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Hotel + Condominium TowerSan Antonio, Texas

Hotel + Condominium

The riverwalk and historical markers are a major tourist attraction to the city of San Antonio.The culture and diversity is what attracts people to come to the city. In San Antonios River-walk there is always traffic of people going from the upper TransiT (sTreeT) level to the riverlevel, and vice versa. In downtown San Antonio, downtown living would be prime real estateand benefit the city of San Antonio. This Hotel + Condominium Tower has a complex program

that needs to be met to provide the best amenities for private condominium owners, the publicon the river level, and public on transit level, and those waiting at the corner of the bridge forthe bus stop.

This H+C Tower includes Condominiums, with views towards the Riverwalk or views overlook-ing Downtown area and landmarks such as the Tower of Americas and The Alamodome. AresTauranT on the riverwalk accessible by the public from the river level and the lobby on thestreet level. A Bus Transit|Tourism Center accessible from both levels.


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SiteAztec TheatreSan Fernando Cathedral || Main Plaza

Majestic TheatreTravis ParkThe AlamoTower of LifeHemisfair ParkHenry B. Gonzales Convention CenterTower of Americas

Program

Bus Transit | Tourism Center- Accessibility from the street and river level- Waiting space for minimum 50 people- Minimum 3,500 ft2

- Waiting area open 24 hours

Condominium || Hotel- 50 lofts, minimum 2,000 ft2 each- Lobby with Reception and Concierge areas- Rooftop Pool and Deck area- Spa and Fitness level- Administration level

- Housekeeping level- Mechanical level- Underground parking garage for minimum 25 spaces

includes:- Service elevator for loading/unloading to residenceslevels and restaurant

Restaurant on Riverwalk

- Accessible from H+C lobby and Riverwalk- Indoor/Outdoor seating

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Urban Park

Urban ParkSan Antonio, Texas


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San Antonios downtown city is characterized byits historical markers, such as The Alamo, and TheRiverwalk. Southern downtown of San Antoniodoes not express the unique culture and diversitySan Antonio is made up from. This project entailed

of creating an Urban Park in a more desolate partof downtown . Working alongside a partner, ourmain design goal was to bring a connection to theexisting part of the Riverwalk. Draw in the touriststo this part of town and a bring more public trafficfrom the residents who work in the downtown area.

Southern downtown of San Antonio, the existingsite was being used as parking lots for residents

who worked in the area. To be more efficient,we decided to build above the site and designa park that would rise above the street level.

Design challenges were to deal with threedifferent levels, river, sTreeT, and Park levels.Designing our own program, we included outdoorauditoriums , plaza level with enclosed area for a

Restaurant, bus/rail station for San Antonio'splanned 2012 VIA transit rail, shopping centerand parking.

River AuditoriumRestaurantPlazaVIA Bus|Transit Rail StationShopping CenterParking below Park (Street Lvl)Auditorium || Field

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Marfa Art Space

Marfa Art SpaceMarfa, Texas


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Marfa Art Space

Locaed in Marfa, TX, a minimalist Studio Art Center was designed that included space for galleriesand also a residence and studio place for selected artists to temporary live in Marfa while working.

Marfa is known for being a city that is filled with minimalist art and architecture. Donald Judd is a known minimalistartist and with a view that art should be equal within arts with a sense of hierarchy. In my design, the overallform should be minimal and the importance of space is shown in the hierarchy of the form itself.

Loading Dock | StorageLobby | ShopAdministrationArtist Galleries

Permanent GalleryArtist Residences

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N.O.L.A Housing

New Orleans Affordable HousingNew Orleans, Louisiana

After the devastating disaster from Hurricane Katrina, the projectwas based on designing affordable living conditions for those af-fected from the storm. Precedence for this project, came from atypical 'Shotgun House'. The expectation for the site of the resi-dence would be in the '9th Ward' location in New Orleans, LA where

the site area was minimal and would have very close neighbors.


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N.O.L.A HousingN.O.L.A Housing

Design of the interior spaces maximizes area for bedrooms by providing a single hallway that allows entrances to


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N.O.L.A Housing

Design of the interior spaces maximizes area for bedrooms by providing a single hallway that allows entrances toevery bedroom. This unit has a porch that is shaded by the exterior facade that faces the south. This facade made ofwooden panels protects from the southern sun rays and allows for ventilation to run across whichever way the direc-tion of the wind may be. What is special about the 'Shotgun' house, is that in this unit I provided an outside space forthe residents. Usually in New Orleans, it may be common for the resident to hang out in the front porch and peoplewatch.

Master BedroomBedroomKitchen Area

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Component Design

ComponentSan Antonio, Texas

This contents of this project were for more ofa digital aspects and exploration. This project

was broken into parts, starting with designing acomponent and taking into consideration how itcould be replicated to form a wall.


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Component Design

Instead of just designing one single object, I played around with the idea of two components and each could be in-


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Component Design

terlocked with each other to add more dynamic to 'wall surface.' Below are images of each of the components andthen showing how each one would be grouped together to make a component that could be repeated and fit in itsx & y axis.

Component 1 Component 2 Component 1 and 2 grouped together to make a paneling component

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Next part of this component design project. We were to design a bus stop station usingthe component designed from the first part. Recreated Component 1 in a form that could bemanipulated to provide shelter for those that are waiting at the bus stop with seating area.

Grasshopper Definition for Bus Station

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Honeycomb Wall

Honeycomb WallSan Antonio, Texas

We are trying to create an environment based o of a single celled organism, (i.e. bacteria,algae, fungi) that involves a modular pattern for a communityin which people would thrive oof. The pattern of a beehive comes from a 2d at shape which is then extruded and multipliedin order tocreate pockets/nodes which bees use for storage or new breeding ground. Thishexagonal modular shape creates one of the strongest structures known. It also induces awork type of environment creating greater efficiency and structure throughout the whole com-

munity. Creating this highly adaptable space would accommodate any type of climate change.Since bees are ever-evolving they continue to grow and work in whatever the condition. Theshape of the pattern will be used to determine the actual grid for our space/ spaces. The ma-terials we would be using for this form would be metal and glass.


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Parasitic InterventionSan Antonio Texas


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Parasitic Architecture

San Antonio, Texas

In this project, we were to find a location in down-town San Antonio to create an architectural inter-vention. I chose a place that is highly transited andhas a total different character than the intersectingstreets. The backside of the famous Aztec Theatrein downtown San Antonio is a place where people

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Car Routes Public Transportation Route

Pedestrian River to Street Level Stairs All Routes

Illuminate|LuminariaSan Antonio, Texas


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Illuminate|Luminaria

This was a collaboration of a few students from University of Texas San Antonio College of Architecture. Illuminate

started out as a design competition for our local AIA San Antonio's "Illuminate" Beaux Arts Ball where light had to beincorporated into four fashion runway designs.

What started out as a charette between the students, it morphed into the final design for geometrical shapes thatwould penetrate light through a translucent material to create a soft diffusion and form to the body. Each costumewas designed to accent the rest of the designs and was also wired with sonar technology so that when another de-sign comes closer to contact, more strands will light up and create an brighter effect.

Each year, the city of San Antonio invites and chooses artists to become part of "Luminaria" and showcase theirworks. Students and faculty of UTSA CoA who took part of Illuminate worked together to design a sculpture to bepart of Luminaria design. We designed a freestanding sculpture that was inspired from our Illuminate design so whenboth are showcased at the Luminaria, they will compliment each other.


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We designed geometric shapes and scaled that would be placed on our models for the Illuminatefashion runway. Each shape was designed in an origami direction so it can be fabricated repeat-edly. Each shape was also designed so it would be able to apply itself to the fabric and to fit withits neighbor shapes.


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Illuminate 2011 - UTSA COA


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