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EDUCATIONBACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE (5 YEAR PROGRAM)iInstituto Tecnologico de Monterrey, ITESM

HIGHSCOOLInstituto Laurens A.C. Monterrey, Mexico.

Aug 2004 - May 2010

Aug 2001 - May 2004

UNDERGRADUATE COMPETITIONS AND COURSESCATEDRA VITRO Headed by Architect Alberto Vidal

LUIS BARRAGAN REGIONAL COMPETITION 2008 PLAZA2nd place

CATEDRA BLANCA CEMEX Headed by Architect Agustin Landa

LUIS BARRAGAN REGIONAL COMPETITION 2010 ART SCHOOLFinalist

CATEDRA ORANGEHeaded by Orange Investments

ENEA COMPETITION (NATIONAL COMPETITIONOF ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS)1st place Team project.ENEA COMPETITION (NATIONAL COMPETITIONOF ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS)Relevant Project

Aug - Dic2008

Oct 2008

Jan - May2009

March 2010

Jan - May2010

April 2010

April 2010

PUBLICATIONSCATEDRA VITRO III PUBLICATION 2008

ITESM ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM 2008Selected as relevant project for publication.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEROUSSEAU ARQUITECTOS ,Monterrey, N.L Mex.-Tec Residence-Faissan Residence

M arquitectos. San Pedro, N.L. Mexi-RLK Apartments

TEN Arquitectos. NY ,NY. USA.-Rutgers Masterplan N.J. USA-Rutgers Bussiness Shcool N.J. USA-BAM Mixed Use Building , NY. USA-Center For Community Organizations Orange County. USA

Jan 2008- Aug2008

Aug-2008- May2009

Jul2009 - Jan2010

SOCIAL SERVICEDIF CAPULLOSACADEMIC CLASSES

CENTENARIO MUSEUMARTISTIC CLASES

MISSIONARY WORK PUEBLO NUEVO COMMUNITY

Jan - Dic2007

Summer 2009

Summer 2007

CONTACT. alexandro.medina @gmail.com

SKILLS3D MAX,, VRAY, RHINO, REVIT, SKETCHUP, AUTOCAD, PHOTOSHOP, ILLUSTRATOR,INDESIGNLANGUAGESENGLISH, SPANISH

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PROJECT INDEX

House in the valley

Student Villa

School of Arts

Centrito Apartments

Tiananmen Competition

Multi-Programatic Square

Professional Experience

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HOUSE IN THE VALLEYThe project is an urban family chalet, whose program is contained in different volumes that attach to an axis which works in horizontal and vertical circulations.

This house was created with an idea of trying to combine both the essence of the living and the lost monumentality in contemporary architecture. The project incorporates a bold simplicity, which is expressed by the material of the concrete and the deconstruc-tion and extension of a monolithic rock in different planes and volumes.

The design process behind it started with the idea of the integration of nature with the architecture by the openness of the design, allowing different volumes attached to a single axis..

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The house is located is in a valley in the city of Monterrey, Mexico. This Mexican metropo-lis is surrounded by beautiful mountains and magnificent views that allow the use of experimentation with different volumes.

The process starts with the division of the mass that develops in an irregular terrain. It is then organized by an axis from north to south, where the whole structure is attached and crosses the entire house.

The house’s organization and the attachment of the volumes start s from the social spaces and moves to include the kitchen, bedrooms, and private areas that all have 360 degree views.

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This is a student housing complex at San Luis State University. This project required a great amount of area for dormitory rooms for students, spaces for researchers and teachers, social areas and lounges, sport fields, and a parking lot area.

The whole complex is unified with the vision of the institution and the integration of growing schemes that tie together this housing complex with its university.

The design concept behind this project is simple, with unit tower structures that connect through bridges. Every connection contains a social space for TV rooms, lounges, and study cubicles. People can experience travel through the circuit from tower to tower with connection points as social gathering areas..

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The intervention place is located 40 minutes away from the urban area, though there are easy access routes and great connections to down-town. This place is a good point of activation, while it works as a landmark and example of densification, in a horizontal place with great potential.The location of the university housing complex is on the northern side of campus, and it works as a visual landmark to that northern end of the university.

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1. The city of San Luis is ac-tively expanding, making the location a prime place for activation through densifica-tion.

3. The Student Villa works as a landmark in a horizontal region.

4. The ramification system cre-ates interesting circuits with social connections

2. The tower unit functions as a cylinder system, which al-lows the South winds to flow through the complex, provid-ing circulation.through densi-fication.

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SCHOOL OF ARTS

The School of Arts is the university Tecnologico de Monterrey’s execution of the idea to combine three fields of study—architecture, digital animation, and industrial design—into one building. This building responds to different needs of each field of study while reflecting flow of ideas and cre-ativity. The structure is an example of the success in combining ideology and beliefs of an institution with great tradition along with a search of contemporary vision.

The conceptual approach integrates different concepts like technology, material, structural honesty, space richness, legibility, flexibility, and sustainability.

The School of Arts works as an example of all the dynamics inside this learning machine.The design concept is all about space with the help of the two interior structures that allows flexibility and an exterior that shows the permanence and tradition of the building.

Then interior space has a full richness and openness that pushes the creativity to the limit. This space opens up central space by integrating light, wind, vegetation, and visual connections with the help that combine to make the ideal environment for creative students.

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The first steps in this project were to locate and analyze the non-existing building in the complicated context of an urban campus with a pre-existing development plan.The location inside the campus was determined after analyzing an unused plaza, and the need to make an urban intervention an architectural endeavor.The theory is to activate the plaza’s energy by the contention with buildings that embrace the open space and respect the circulations and dynamics between buildings.

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Flexible Multi-programmatic interior

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1-5 TALLERES6-8 SALONES DIGITALES9.SALA DE EXPOSICIONES10. NUCLEO SERVICIOS.11.AREA DE OFICINAS

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APARTMENTS CENTRITO

The project is a mid-density apartment building, which rehabilitates an area of former mansions and converts them to apartments, in order to aid in solv-ing the problem of the urban expansion.

There are problems due to the expansion of the city and the non-sustainable urbanite solutions, because there is a lack of density in housing.

The concept is about developing the interior space that generates and or-ganizes the building. It also improves the quality of living of residents by in-troducing a green area, which offers ventilation and light to all the users of this building. The Centrito is surrounded by a rigid concrete structure of modules and makes the building flexible..

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The building is composed of apartment modules with horizontal circulations in their centers, allowing every apartment to have great views.

The interior patio and the configuration of the building support the context, while the public park and the green area in-side relate back to the desired sustain-able elements. Also, the exterior creates a dynamic interest among the people and its circulations

The context here is a residential urban area with great city connec-tions and accessibility. The challenge was to integrate an urbanized surrounding where the use and density should change with a build-ing that should be a model of densification with a mix between resi-dential and retail.

The design process starts with the rectangular terrain and the subtrac-tion of the interior mass to create the interior area. The building rises to permit the flow of people with the building. The importance of the corner and the street make the building evolve and grow vertically towards the street and the same time announces the entrance to the building.

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TIANANMEN SQUARE COMPETITION

Tiananmen Square, located in Beijing, is in a very controversial and important place historically and socially for China. Having been a place of multiple con-flicts and restrictions, Tiananmen Square upholds the idea to create a city inside a city: a multicultural and multi-programmatic city.

This square represents the duality between the Forbidden City and this multi-programmatic city by displaying comparing ideas between the forbidden, elit-ist, urban elements of the city and the new multi-programmatic city. Proposed contents for the square are flower markets, cultural scenarios, green areas, and agricultural outlets all within the same space.

The goal is to create a place that brings liberty to a massive city.

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Tiananmen Square is 400,000 meters in area, which has the capacity to bring a space of liberty inside the city of Beijing.

This proposal respects space by carving the city and having a free visual component by bringing an open space below the plaza level.

The square makes a connection to the Forbidden City with long transitional stairs. It conserves the relations to the square’s surroundings; this proposal is for the people and for their liberty.

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PLAZA ROJA_RUSIACITY MOSCU POPULATION10.535.100AREA7 0 000M2

MACROPLAZA_MEXICO

CITY MONTERREY POPULATION 5,346.800AREA 400,000

ALEXANDERPLATZ_ALEMANIA

CITY BERLIN POPULATION 3,700,000AREA 80,000M2

CITY NY POPULATION 18,223,56AREA

TIMES SQUARE_USA

CITY THERAN POPULATION8,429,807AREA 50,000

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CITY MEXICO POPULATION 20,000,000AREA 9000M2

PLAZA DE LAS TRIES CULTURAS_MEXICO

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MULTIPROGRAMATIC PLAZA

This space is located in an ideal location. Due to the lack of activation, the proposal has less interven-tion resulting in a great activation with a multi-programmatic concept. This multi-programmatic concept uses a module that works with different arrangements and loca-tions to bring a different use to the space. The idea is a non-permanent function, which brings back original use of the plaza—a place of social liberty where dynamic, interactive circulations occur

Max activation with the less intervention.

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The area is introduced with an eco-friendly zone, free of restriction. It continues with a 6x6 meter grid that can be arranged so that the concrete pavement creates connection and dynamic circulation between users and buildings.

The grid helps to arrange the 3x3 meter modules and arrange them for different uses. The program of the plaza works with different arrangements and a continual change that brings people together. The space could house a plethora of functions, such as a cultural gathering place, an itinerary library, a fashion show site, or a market. .

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Alexandro MedinaMonterrey, N.L. Mex

alexandro.medina@gmail.com

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