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prada storeprada store proposal
2nd year studio
eixample blockurban intervention in barcelona
3rd year studio
vervelasocial mediator3rd year studio
artfarm compoundstudio+ residential development
4th year studio
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education Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station | TXBachelor of Environmental Design | Architectural Studies August 2007 | May 2012
study abroadBarcelona | Spain
Architecture Studio: Urban Design
Universitat Politecnica De Cataluyna
Architecture Studios: Designed house model | Prada Store | Civic-center | Social-Sustainable High-rise | Fire Station | Art-farm CompoundGPA | 3.10Pursuing Masters in Architecture.
resume2007-20126406 Dorchester Dr.Austin. TX [email protected]
travel Barcelona | Amsterdam | Rotterdam | Utrecht
Spring Semester 2010
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interests
skillsDrafting: AutoCAD
languages English and Spanish
Craft: Woodworking | Digital Fabrication
Rendering: V-ray | Mental-ray | Maxwell-RenderGraphics: Photoshop | Illustrator | InDesign
3D Programs: Maya | Rhino
publications Prada store | featured in THEOREMAS
Social Mediator | Multi-Program Building for the Favela | featured in THEOREMAS
Experimental structure | featured in ARCHONE
Sustainability Digital DesignCommercial DesignResidential DesignMaterialsArchitectural Tectonics
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pradaprada store proposal
pradaaerial + perspective
prada storehouston, texasby armando romero jr
this project was about a proposal of a new prada store located in downtown houston.
this project was all about the exploration of curved geometry to generate the sensual-ity and elegance of prada. the black exterior was the refl ection of a new prada bag. with a red interior for the perfect atmospherically condition.
this model was design digitally and physi-cally fabricated. The model composed of a series of sections that were laser cut, and join together to form a single piece building.
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pradaexterior & interior images + sections
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eixample blockurban intervention in barcelona
South Study
eixample blockmapping + process
eixample blockurban intervention22@ barcelona, spainby armando romero jr & marcia gibson
this project is about developing one of cerdà’s eixapmle blocks to generate social sustain-ability by designing a civic center.
this project began by analyzing and mapping sun and shadow projection. the amount of sun and shadow were mapped and number based on the direct exposure. the two maps were overlap to generate a new map. the map was used to manipulate the geometry of the building and site a civic center with a green roof that tapers down into the central courtyard to maximized the amount of sun and public space the civic center provides
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Grass
Sky Light
Sky Light
Polivalent Space
Study Room
Reception
Mediateca
Ludoteca
Exhibition Hall
Concrete
AssociationRooms
Sky Light
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eixample blockrenders + axonometric
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eixample blocksite + plans + sections
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vervelasocial mediator
vervelasite + relationship to the community
vervelamulti-program building for the favelaparaisopolis, sao paolo, brazilreviewed by gabriel esquivel, mark gage, brennan buck, alex pincus, paul preissner, and cody davisby armando romero jr
this project confronts the issue between the community and the city and the city to the world through the implementation of a high-ly affectual skyscraper. a social mediator, a programmatic high rise attach to the favela, with the city’s social services and cultural programs in the hearth of sao paulo merging a slum to the city.
this mega high rise is all about skin as struc-ture, an exoskeleton system that supports it-self and the interior system, these tube struc-tures will also inhabit all mechanical systems and vertical circulation. the skyscraper will merge into the favela’s existing infrastructure generating a continuous favela
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vervelaprogram |systems diagrams +
wall sections details
Elavtors/M-E Sys.
MechanicalFloors
Elevators
Storage/Mech/Elec
Main Mech.Room
Main Electrical
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Markets
Banks
Cafeteria
Social Servises
Athletic Facility
IndoorSoccer
School
Culture Facility
Clinic
Parking
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art farm compoundstudio+ residential development
artfarm compoundconcept + siteplan
artfarm compoundserenbe community in georgiaby armando romero jr & emau vega
this project was about developing an art compound, composed of artist’s studios and living modules and the integration of mix-used service facilities that both the artist and public could enjoythe concept is about the form language and the message that the building is given to its users. the concept began with a simple cube. then divided into hamlets derive from their program relationship, these connected with a central courtyard based on the building type requested. circulation and architectural language began manipulating the form. the site steep topography was a major infl uence in the orientation of the compound. the rela-tionship between private and public program reorganized the form. using the guides from the axis created, the housing was dis attach but integrated into the fi nal artfarm com-pound design.
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