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Summer Internship Array HFS Summer 2012

Harvesting the Future Urban Farm, Philadelphia, USA Fall 2011/ Spring 2012 SIENA Internship Summer 2011, Quito, Ecuador Summer 2011 Ludoteca in Trastevere, Rome, Italy Spring 2011

Walnut St Prison, Philadelphia, USA Fall 2010 S:CREEN Riverfront, Philadelphia, USA Fall 2010

Sustainable Design School, Philadelphia, USA Spring 2010

Sauna Pavillion Wall Section, Philadelphia, USA Spring 2010 Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA Spring 2010

Live-Work Rowhouse, Philadelphia, USA Fall 2009

Residential Rowhouse, Philadelphia, USA Spring 2009 Community Hill Cemetery, Norristown, USA Fall 2008 The Gamble House Study, Pasadena, USA Spring 2008 Design Exercises Fall 2007

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Architectural Design Portfol io 2007-2012Daniela Rodriguez Phi ladelphia Univers ity

During this summer internship the work executed was very diverse. Some weeks it was focussed on modelling in 3D and creating renderings for different areas of the projects. Other weeks the work mostly consisted in developing architectural drawings in 2D and creating construction documents. Additionally, two site visits took place where field measurements were taken of the existing buildings where renovations were going to be done. South Miami Hospital - Reception Desk

Healthcare Facilities Design

Summer Internship Array HFS

South Miami Hospital - Coffee Shop

The work presented on these pages is from two different projects that the firm was working on. The work for the internship consisted in modeling the interior spaces, applying the materials to the 3D model and rendering different views of each area. With the renderings done, meetings were set up with the clients to discuss possible design changes. Finally, an interior materials board was created for each project and submitted to the client for approval.

Okyanos Heart Institute - Reception Area Okyanos Heart Institute - Nursing Station

Okyanos Heart Institute - Patient Room

Form Evolution

HF-Urban Farm serves as the model for urban growth by blending technology with natural growing methods. While vertical farming is a generic methodology for all cities, HF-Urban Farm draws deeply from the specific site and historical contexts of Philadelphia. Therefore, the concepts of shifting density and the subsequent need for interweaving spaces have emerged to inform the design approach for the project.

Concept Model

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Harvesting the FutureUrban Farm

Growing vertically provides social, environmental, and economical benefit to the expanding urban community.

As each element evolves, the project challenges the limits of technology to accommodate the increasing need for farming in the city.

Form Evolution

Site Forces Guiding the Building Form

Sun Forces Guiding the Building Form

Race St Elevation 2nd St Elevation

Parametric Definition for Diagrid Facade

Longitudinal Section

Integrated Building Systems Detail

Typical Crop Distribution

Detail Sectional Model

Interior Market

Crop Growing Systems

In the levels above, interior parks are created by weaving planes of hydroponic planter systems with light and circulation.

A market space carves itself into the grade plane to lend itself to become owned by the community through allocated vendor spaces.

SIENAInternshipThese images are a collection of work from 2011’s summer internship. The construction company EDECONSA S.A. (Quito, Ecuador) requested renderings for the building overall, highlighted areas of the project and renderings for each specific apartment unit that was going to be sold.

These images were put together in a sales folder to be distributed to clients, they were published in brochures and were included in different advertisement banners to showcase the project. Main Entrance Detail Main Lobby

Main EntranceExterior Rendering

Suite Rendering Apartment Rendering Duplex Apartment Rendering

Ground Level Plan Typical Floor Plan Elevations

“Ludoteca in Trastevere”Children’s Play-Center in Rome

Located in Trastevere, one of the most well known neighborhoods in Rome, the project has a playful appearance with its terracotta panel facade and varying ceiling heights. The main focus is the playground which has its own unique character.

Site Plan

East Elevation Cross Section

Terracotta Panels

South Elevation

First Floor Plan

Playground Design

Playground Plan

Playground Location

Longitudinal Section

The plaground is based on the idea of a continuous ramp that will promote vertical and horizontal movement through the space. There are two main suspended platforms where the main activities will take place.

Interior Views

Walnut StPrison

The project consists of three main towers that are interconnected by sky bridges. The towers are elevated off the ground for security purposes. The vertical connecting element is the structural concrete core devoted to circulation in every tower.

Structural Model

Located in Center City Philadelphia, the Walnut St Prison is an inconic building. Even though it is specifically designed to accommodate the activities of a penitentiary, the building still blends into its surrounding context.

Section A Section B West Elevation

View from entrance looking up

Site Plan View of Common Recreation Area

The prison has a rotating system for the use of the common areas. This prevents the inmates in each pod from having contact with other pods to avoid conflicts among them. The inmates spend half of the day in their own pod and the other half rotating between activities in the prison.

Common Areas Pods sharing spaces at a time

Daily Schedule for Inmates

Entrance Floor Plan Education Area Floor Plan Typical Pods Floor Plan

Main Entrance View

Concept Model Education Area Bridge View

Typical Desk Panel Layout Typical Bed Panel Layout

Pod With Desk Panel View Sectional Model

The facade consists in thick metal panels with different configurations. They also serve as desks and beds for the inmates’ pods. There are 4 main configurations that give variety to the facade and the interior pod layouts. The recreation areas have curtain walls to allow more light in the space.

first floor plan

Culture_Recreation_Environmental_Education_Neighborhoods

S:creen Riverfront

Longitudinal Section

This public recreational complex, located along the banks of the Schuylkill River, consists on a series of piers influenced by the strong horizontals composed by the most prominent structures in the city grid: the four main bridges. A louver system wraps around the south and west facades of each structure, therefore acting as a passive shading system.

Ground Floor Plan

Sectional ModelMain Access View

Sustainable Design School

The building is based on the idea of having a slopping site completely immersed in nature. The structure therefore flows through the site. As the visitor experiments the building he or she encounters two basic nodes: the cafe and the gallery space.

Site Plan First Floor Plan

second floor planSecond Floor Plan

Circulation Plan Diagram Circulation Section

Detail Section

Section A

Section B

Structure Diagram

North Facade

Going with the concept of nature, the building has wood as its structural system along with a series of loadbearing masonry walls. These walls are positioned so they can block harsh eastern and western sun. They also give the opportunity to have open north and south facades.

Detail Section

South Elevation

East Elevation

Winter Sun Path Summer Sun Path

Sauna Pavillion Wall Section

Wall section model showing exterior copper sheathing

Wall section model showing interior granite slab

Habitat Philadelphia is a non-profit entity that focuses its efforts in building multiple homes in a community for low income families.

As Habitat Philadelphia continues growing, the hopes for the near future are to increase the number of built and rehabilitated homes and to get a Re-Store. This component will create the possibility for more donations to be accepted and obtain as much help as possible.

Site Conditions Site Plan

Structural Model

Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia Headquarters

First Floor Program

Broad St Facade

Ridge Ave Facade

Third Floor Program

Section Diagram

Structure Diagram Ground Floor Plan

Third Floor Plan

Cross Section A

Sectional Model

Section B

Section C

Warehouse Interior View

Re-store Interiow View

The main dividing element in the project is the stone masonry wall that is part of an existent building in the site. This wall is being reused in the HFHP Headquarters and acts as the division between the warehouse and the re-store.

The wall’s structure is reinforced by concrete “bracing” elements that are also part of the overall structural system of the building.

Broad St Elevation

Ridge Ave Elevation

Third Floor Interior View

The facade is influenced from the various colorful murals around the site. The three primary colors are used to create various panels that provide shading to the interior spaces of the re-store and the common lounge space on the third floor.

Some of the panels are attached to the curtain wall behind them and some others are inset between the mullions. This allows for depth variation on the facade and different shading conditions for the interior spaces.

Live-Work Rowhouse

The building combines personal living space and professional workspace in such a way that neither is compromised. the organizing principle of the edifice is its load bearing wall structure going across the site which gave the opportunity to open the front facade for daylight and ventilation.

Site Plan

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Section A

16th St Elevation

Second Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

The design of the facade relares to how light is required to enter certain spaces but should be blocked from entering other areas.

Sun and Wind Analysis

Residential RowhouseThe design of this single family rowhouse is based on the idea of breaking away from the typical rowhouse design and treating the facade differently by stepping it inward.

In order for this to be possible the top floors are supported by diagonal columns that are present throughout different parts of the house like the living room and the back yard.

Front Facade Street View

Living Room ViewSectional Model

Axonometric Drawing

Concept Sketch

Community Hill Cemetery

The masterplan of the Community Hill Cemetery was based on the rigorous site analysis that was done before the design of the project. This analysis included studies about topography, drainage, vegetation, surrounding site context, among other criteria.

Site Analysis DiagramsInitial Site Conditions

The masterplan’s main elements are three prominent burial plot structures, a crematorium, a mausoleum, a ceremonial building as well as a big pond for meditation actitivites around it.

Masterplan ModelMasterplan

Burial Plots

Burial Plots Plan

Sun Studies

The burial plots design was influenced by the Aztec Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan, Mexico.

The burial plot area contains stepped looking structures that are open to the outside. The roof is held by numerous thin columns which represent each of the grave markers. water leads the entrance and also surrounds each structure to give a sense of peacefullness once the visitor is inside.

Burial Plot Sectional Model

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The Gamble House Study

Second Floor Plan

North Elevation

West Elevation

The project was focused in understanding the architectural language of plans, sections, elevations and perspectives by hand drafting the blueprints of the house. Additionally a model of the house was built to scale.

Recreation of the Gamble House (1909) designed by Charles and Henry Greene.

First Floor Plan

Cardboard Shoes

Mondrian in 3DExperimenting and understanding the idea of a”section cut” by recreating a shoe with layers of cardboard.

Side Elevation

Horizontal Layers

Vertical Layers

Based on Piet Mondrian’s paintng New York City I, the project consists in “extruding” volumes from the 2D panting to create a 3D model. The concepts of depth and hierarchy are studied through 2D and axonometric drawings as well as through 3D models.

Piet MondrianNew York City I 1941-42

Skills

Experience

Selected Courses

Distinction

Activities

Architectural Intern BDG Architects, Tampa, FL September 2012- Present Worked under the supervision of serveral Project Architects performing tasks related to Project Management, PermittingProcedures with different municipalities and Construction Administration. Designed and built numerous 3D Models using Revit to develop a new building prototype for the firm’s biggest client: JP Morgan Chase Bank.Architectural Drafter Array HFS, Boca Raton, FL May 2012-August 2012Worked with Senior Architect on construction drawings, developing plans, sections and details in Revit for different projects.Developed architectural renderings using Revit to provide the clients photorealistic images of their projects.Worked on selecting interior finishes and ordering samples for several projects creating appealing interiors. Architectural Intern EDECONSA, SA. Quito, Ecuador Summer 2010,2011Worked closely with licensed architect in client meetings at the end of the design process of their most recent project SIENA.Created the renderings of the overall building and of each residential apartment unit that was advertised for sale.Designed the marketing products of the project including the sales folder, two banners and a brochure for a construction fair.Architectural Intern CR Constructora, Quito, Ecuador Summer 2009Contributed to the design of floor layouts and picked wall colors for the office building TORRE BOSSANO.Visited present and past job sites, and learned about the construction phase of projects while assisting with office tasks.

Design IXComprehensive studio structured around working in teams to integrate structural, building, and environmental systems in the design and documentation of a vertical urban farm. Advanced ModellingComputer-aided design course that focuses on complex three-dimensional modeling, photorealistic rendering and virtual reality. Interactive media and digital imaging were used in order to increase the effectiveness of design presentations.

AIA Henry Adams Certificate May 2012Certificate awarded by the faculty in the Department of Architecture to that graduate of the professional degree program in architecture who has shown the second-highest average of excellence throughout the course of study in the program. Archived work for NAAB exhibit 2009, 2010, 2011Projects chosen to be archived for the NAAB exhibit: HFHP Headquarters, S:CREEN, Walnut St Prison, Vertical Urban Farm. Most Valuable Player of the Year May 2009, 2010Selected MVP for the Philadelphia University Women’s Tennis Team.

Philadelphia University Women’s Tennis Team: Member and team captain Aug 2007- May 2011Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis Center: Volunteer for community service and tournament planning 2010, 2011Student-Athlete Advisory Committee: Member 2009,2010,2011Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia: Volunteer for the construction of a single family house Jan 2010- May 2010Latin American Student Organization: Member 2008,2009,2010

ProgramsAdobe: Photoshop, InDesignAutodesk: AutoCAD, Revit, 3ds MaxMicrosoft: Word, Excel, PowerpointRhinoceros: Grasshopper

AbilitiesSite: Planning, Documentation, AnalysisDesign: Sketching, Model BuildingPresentation: Technical Drawing, 3D Modelling, 3D Rendering, Graphic Design

LanguagesSpanish: Native SpeakerItalian: Intermediate

EducationFlorida International University, Mia, FLMasters in Construction Management*Expected Graduation: Summer 2014*Weekend Study program

Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PABachelor of ArchitectureGraduation: May 2012Business Management Minor Concentration

Study Abroad, University of Arkansas Rome Center, Rome ItalyLived and designed within the historical context of Roman architecture for the Spring 2011 semester

Cumulative GPA: 3.78Dean’s List 10 of 10 semestersCACC All-Academic Team 6 of 6 semesters in tennis team

About Daniela Rodriguez

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