NUBIA LLUVICELA GARCIA

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

A SQUARE IS STATIC, A RECTANGLE IS

DYNAMIC. FROM THE CONVERSION OF TWO

DIMENSIONAL INTO THREE DIMENSIONAL, THE GOLDEN

SECTION EXISTS IN ALL DIRECTIONS. USING GOLDEN

SECTION GEOMETRIES,THE PORPORTIONS CREATE A

VISUAL ORDER ANDHARMONY IN SPACES.

GOLDEN SECTION

PORPORTIONS

FIRST YEAR

DESIGN 1

SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE

CRITIC: ANA STERNER

ARCHIECTURAL ELEMENTS IN THIS DESIGN PROBLEM WERE AR-RANGED IN A HIERARCHICAL ORDER, WHERE THE SENSE OF MOVEMENT ROM ONE CORNER TO THE OTHER SIGNIFIED A FORM OF GRADATION.

THE NINE SQUARE

FIRST YEAR

DESIGN 2

SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE

CRITIC: ISABELLE GARCIA

THE MAIN JOINT OF THE KAN-GAROO IS ITS LEGS AND IS BALANCED WITH ITS THIRD

LEG, ITS TAIL. IN EXAMINE-ING THE WAYS IN WHICH THE JOINT MOVES IN THEIR LEGS,

I FOUND HOW IT WORKED TOGETHER AS A WHOLE, THE SHELTER THAT WAS REALIZED

EMBODIES THESE CHARAC-TERIST ICS OF THE KANGA-

ROO’S LEG.

AS IS STRUCTURE, SO IS

SPACE

FIRST YEAR

DESIGN 2

SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE

CRITIC: ISABELLE GARCIA

THE PROJECT ENCOURAGES THE BODY TO [RE]ACTIVE THE

BODY AND ARCHITECTURE THROUGH EXPLORATION OF

MOVEMENT AND [RE] INTE-GRATE L IFE IN THE SPACE.

THE BUS STOP POINTS TO THE DIRECTION OF THE BUD

ROUTE. IT ADDS A SCREEN OF SHADE FROM THE SOUTH

SUN AND LIVENS UP THE AREA WITH VEGETATION.V

PUBLIC ART BUS SHELTERSAN ANTONIO’S WESTSIDE

CULTURAL CORRIDOR

SECOND YEAR

DESIGN 3

SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE

CRITIC: DWAYNE BOHUSLAV

THIS PROJECT ACTS AS A CATALYST FOR (RE)

ACTIVATING THE WEST-SIDE CREEKS OF SAN ANTONIO,

SPECIFICALLY MARTINEZ CREEK AT W WOODLAWN

AVENUE. INTEGRATING LIFE, NATURE AND THIS ART

THROUGH INSPIRED AR-CHITECTURE, DESIGNING A

CONTAINER CAPABLE OF IN-SPIRING CHOREOGRAPHY OF

MOVEMENTS.

ROLLER DERBY RINKWEST SIDE WOODLAWN

SAN ANTONIO, TX

SECOND YEAR

DESIGN 3

SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE

CRITIC: DWAYNE BOHUSLAV

A NEW DEVELOP-MENT TO INTEGRATE PUBLIC

TRANSPORTATION TRANFORM THE WAY PEOPLE INTERACT

ON A DAILY BASIS IS AP-PROACHING. THE PROJECT WAS REALIZED TO ADDRESS THE PEDESTRIANS COMING

FROM THE AMTRAK RAIL, THE STREET CAR AND OTHER

MODES OF TRANSPORTATION BY CONFIGURING A MIX-USE

PROGRAM OF COMMERCIAL, RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL;

THEREFORE, COLLABORAT-ING IDEAS WITH TWO OTHER

PROJECTS AND REACTING TO THEM.

TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT

HOUSTON ST.

SAN ANTONIO, TX

SECOND YEAR

DESIGN 3

SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE

CRITIC: DWAYNE BOHUSLAV

THE PROJECT REACTS TO THE URBAN EDGE ON MAIN

ST. AND ALLOW FOR A POCKET PARK ON THE RESI-

DENTIAL SIDE OF THE SITE. THE BUILDING UNIFIES ALL

THE SPACES WITH A GRAND . DOUBLED HEIGHTED ACRES ARE FEATURES THROUGHOUT

THE BUILDING IN ORDER TO LINK THEM TOGETHER JUST

AS ARCHITECTURE AND EN-GINEERING ARE LINKED.

SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE SCHOOL OF

ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING

SAN ANTONIO, TX

SECOND YEAR

DESIGN 4

SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE

CRITIC: MICHAEL CONNOR

THE PROJECT ENDURES A HY-BRID OUTREACH TO

CONNECT THE COMMUNITYAND ENGAGE THE

PUBLIC TO AN OUTDOOREXPERIENCE IN THE

PRESENCE OF THE ACEQUIAMADRE DE VALERO.

THE PROJECT DEALS WITH THE HYBRID SITE, THE URBAN

AND THE PARK. IT PLACES THE MOST DENSE PROGRA-MALONG THE URBAN EDGE

ON BROADWAY AND GRAD-UATLLY TREATS THE PARK

WITH DELICACY .

ALAMO COLLEGES

ADMINISTRATION BUILDING &

CONFERENCE CENTER

*PLACED FIRST OF 48 ENTERYS IN

SOPHOMORE DESIGN COMPETITION

EXHIBITED AT AIA SAN ANTONIO OFFICE.

JURORS: LANNIS KIRKLAND, ASSOCIATE DEAN

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON,

VINCENT CANIZARO, PH.D.DEPARTMENT CHAIR OF

ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM UTSA

SECOND YEAR

DESIGN 4

SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE

CRITIC: MICHAEL CONNOR

THE DESIGN IS MADE UP OF TWO MODULES, ONE WHICH

IS SHORT AND DENSE AND THE OTHER IS LONG AND

THIN. THE MODULES MAKE GRADATIONS OF LIGHT IN

A SCATTERED, AGGREGATE FASHION. L IKE ANTONY

GROMLEY’S CLOUD XI , THE HUMAN FIGURE IS

ILLUSTRATED A GRADA-TION USING PERPENDICULAR

“T” ELEMENTS. THIS DESIGN GIVES THE IMPRESSION OF

AN ORGANIZED MESS.

TECTONIC ROOF CANOPY

SECOND YEAR

DESIGN 3

PRATT INSTITUTE

CRITIC: ANDREW LYON

Floor_ 0.0_______GALLERY

Floor _ -0.5____OFFICE/WRK

Floor _ -1.0_WORK/GARDEN

Floor _ -2.0________LIVING

Floor _ -3.0___DWELL/SLEEP

Tectonic_ 1

Tectonic_ 2

Tectonic_ 3

2 4 8 16 32

THE PROGRAM IS FORMED IN A HIERARCHICAL ORDER

FROM PUBLIC TO PRIVATE PROGRAM AT THE VERY BOT-

TOM; IT LEADS YOU TO THE DWELLING, AN INTIMATE

SPACE FOR THE ARTIST. ALL PIVOTING SPACES LEAD TO A CENTRAL SPINE OF CIRCULA-

TION. FROM THESE SPACES, THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO

VIEW THE LANDSCAPE. FROM THE SPINE, GRADIENTS OF

STRUCTURAL AND LOUVRED SYSTEMS EMERGE TO DEPICT

L IGHT IN AN AGGREGATE ORDER.

AN ARTIST DWELLINGWAVEHILL, THE BRONX, NY

SECOND YEAR

DESIGN 3

PRATT INSTITUTE

CRITIC: ANDREW LYON