Portfolio Englis
- 1. r po t ruth g o n z á l e z v á z q u e z folio
- 2. training final degree project student residence . milan 2005 this garden is located at ten minute walking from the duomo, out of the way. two ways to access: from the north, through a walk with trees; and from the south through the via francesco sforza, with a huge traffic. this project, within the hustle and garden, wants to make a difference. a strip available as a wall, in which the common uses will be provided and from this point we will advance to the church, respecting a prudential distance and the broken polyline zigzag which formed the medians of the side reaching its point, but not reaching at the same time. this space divides the building into three parts with two entries, with three facades which leaves a gallery before we arrived to it. regarding the common uses strip, it is fractionated a third floor which flies a module on ride, composing in the wall façade the door “air”, opening a space to the statale building and to the whole garden. from this place we can see how, from a short distance, the velasca tower presides the skyline.
- 5. site plan
- 6. ground floor
- 7. 2nd floor 4nd floor
- 8. entrance elevation passage elevation via sforza elevation
- 9. entrance block seccion-elevation midblock section entrance section
- 10. three blocks section garden elevation
- 12. work contest for the reform of “la violeta” as popular civic center . barcelona 2009 “la violeta” is part of the historical heritage of Gràcia. It is a building where, over more than 100 years, it has hosted all kinds of social and cultural institutions in the neighborhood. that is why the proposed action is very sensitive to preserve the elements which are most characteristic. the intervention has as main aim the renewal, keeping their neoclassical facades and interior spaces of higher quality, such as coffee and billiards room on the ground floor, and the dance hall on the 1st floor. the main idea has as principal objective maintaining fidelity to the original core of the building, acting with more transformation within the two blocks on either sides of this central space, with five floors including the basement, so that they can accommodate all rest of the program, and they would contain the new cores of vertical circulation.
- 14. location section
- 15. 3rd floor ground floor 2nd floor 1st floor elevation basement floor
- 16. collaboration sports pavilion + pool contest . santa eulalia de ronçana 2009 the proposal starts with two main aims: to achieve the construction of two sports spaces (sports pavilion and double pool) in an available way of two phases , and create a relation space which are proportionate among them, the rest of the program and the existing pavilion. the main volum of the new pavilion is placed close to the preexisting pavilion. subsequently, the volume of the pool is placed facing the new pavilion and ending close this entry-relationship space, which becomes a square. the position of the volumes is important for the relationship of spaces: the square is located to level +90, and from here there is the entrance to the new pavilion and bar, whose flat roof functions as podium to the old pavilion, which is located at elevation +93.50. the pool is located at elevation +87, being half way between the square and the street below, which facilitates the access to the technical room located at elevation +84, and creating a private garden for swimmers, separated from the transit of the entry square.
- 18. entrance square view general views site plan
- 19. square section arrival street section entrance street section
- 20. +90.00 floor
- 21. +93.50 floor +90.00 floor +87.00 floor
- 22. collaboration sant jaume apostol street urbanization . 2008-2009 barcelona The project involves the urbanization of the three stretches which shape Sant Jaume Apòstol Street, lo- cated in the district of Sarria-Sant Gervasi. Located at the mountainside of Collserola, the three stretches have a great level to save which prevents the road traffic. The main objective has been to allow the con- nection of the three stretches, improving the quality of urban space via some steps that are as uniform and comfortable as possible. In addition, other objectives have been addressed: to provide the street with a sewerage which was nonexistent at first, to bury all utilities which were air at first, to provide the public street with lighting and place it within the stretches which need it, and to provide access to existing farms.
- 26. collaboration can saladrigas factory rehabilitation in cultural container . 2005-2007 barcelona the new container concentrates all its efforts on maintaining the shape and appearance of the building, posing minimum interventions to improve relations with common spaces of the various services. it concentrates all external action in the annexes to the manor of elderly people and on the north facade. access is down the Joncar street. the large outdoor space that is generated around the street at this point, is significant enough to generate the building’s entrance door. after the bulk of the facade, there is a large space that serves as the main hall. from here you access to both the library and the conference room, to the upper lobby of industrial culture centre. in the facades, initial architectural voids and cornices, jambs, sills and trim are recovered, making a cleaning work treatment with projectors, to ensure their conservation.
- 28. ground floor
- 29. 1st floor longitudinal section
- 30. transversal section entrance elevation
- 31. lift elevation
- 34. collaboration “servicio estación” building rehabilitation . 2005-2007 barcelona it deals with a complex project, which covers the reform and the regulatory compliance of the “servicio estación” building (propiety of commercial society called “servicio estación” sa domiciled in barcelona, aragon street no. 272), designed in the 60s by the municipal architect from barcelona, soteras . furthermore, it will be structurally reinforced, escalators will be placed, the public areas which were not used at first will be renovated. this project has been addressed in several phases. one of the aims has been to return to the building the structural clarity and the original composition, providing everything you need within to achieve the objectives, and to facilitate the transit of customers. It has been an exercise to clear rather than built, it has been to put in order all the standards with some color.