Portfolio-Luis Marenco

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PROJECT 001: ADAPTABLE INFILL HOUSING/MIXED USE FOR WYNWOOD

PROJECT 002: WOLFSONIAN EXTENSION

PROJECT 003: INFRASTRUCTURE-BRIDGE DESIGN IN BERLIN

PROJECT 004: KAMPONG BOTANICAL GARDEN EXTENSION

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THE IDEA BEHIND THIS DESIGN IS ABOUT THE CONNECTION OF SPACE THROUGH DIFFERENT MANIPULATIONS. THE SITE, AS INTRICATE AND DIFFERENT AS IT IS, SHARES ONE SIMILAR FEATURE THrOUGH ITS ENTIRETY. IT IS CONNECTED THROUGH A TERRACE SUSPENDED 24 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. EACH LOT CONNECTS WITH ITS NEIGHBORING LOT INTERLOCKING VISUALLY. AN INTERLOCKING SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP RESULTS FROM THE OVERLAPPING OF TWO SPATIAL FIELDS AND THE EMERGENCE OF A ZONE OF SHARED SPACE. WHEN TWO SPACES INTERLOCK THEIR VOLUMES IN THIS MANNER, EACH RETAINS ITS IDENTITY AND DEFINITION AS A SPACE. THESE INTERLOCKING SPACES ARE INFLUENCED THROUGH THE HELP OF SHIFTS IN ELEVATION ON EACH FLOOR LEVEL. THE SHIFT IN LEVEL CREATES ANOTHER SPACE WITHIN THE SPACE IT IS ALREADY IN.

PROJECT 1: WYNWOODCONNECTIONS THROUGH SHIFTS AND INTERLOCKING SPACES

THESE INTERLOCKING SPACES CREATE CON-NECTIONS VISUALLY. THROUGH THIS GESTURE, INHABITANTS ARE ABLE TO BE IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES, YET STILL CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER. THE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS IN HEIGHT CREATE SEPERATE IDENTITIES SPACIALLY, BUT IN REALITY THEY CONNECT THROUGH THE BIGGER SPACE SURROUNDING IT.

CONCEPT PROGRAM CIRCULATION

COMMERCIAL

OFFICES

RESIDENTIAL

DIAGRAMS_SCALE: 1/32” = 1’ - 0”

SECTION A_SCALE = 1/4” = 1’ - 0” SECTION B_SCALE = 1/4” = 1’ - 0” FRONT ELEVATION_SCALE = 1/4” = 1’ - 0”

SECTION C_SCALE = 1/4” = 1’ - 0”

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FLOORPLAN 5_SCALE = 1/4” = 1’ - 0”





FIU SOA GRADUATE DESIGN 4 PROF. ALICE CIMRING ADAPTIVE INFILL HOUSING LUIS MARENCO

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ADAPTABLE INFILL HOUSING/MIXED USE



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PROJECT 2: WOLFSONIAN EXTENSION-MIAMI BEACH

UPON VISITING THE WOLFSONIAN IN SOUTH BEACH, I NOTICED THAT THE GALLERIES WERE NOT A CONTINUOUS EXPERIENCE. INSTEAD IT WAS VERY BROKEN UP INTO SECTIONS BY SEVERAL WALLS THAT SEPARATED EACH GALLERY, CAUSING THE EXPERIENCE TO HAVE PAUSES, AND NOT A LONG MOMENT. KEEPING THAT IN MIND, WHEN IT CAME TO DESIGNING MY EXTENSION, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE LAST A LONGER AMOUNT OF TIME AND MAKE IT CONTINUOUS. THE DESIGN OF MY EXTENSION IS INFLUENCED BY THE CONDITIONS THAT THE SITE HAS WITHIN ITSELF. THE MAJORITY OF THE SITE’S BUILDINGS ARE RECTANGULAR IN GEOMETRY AND ARE ORIENTED HORIZONTALLY TOWARDS THE BEACH. THIS CREATES A HORIZONTAL GESTURE THAT ACTS AS THE FORCE THAT THE SITE ITSELF GENERATES. WITHIN THIS, DENSITY HELPS DISTINGUISH CHANGES IN ELEVATIONS THROUGHOUT THE SITE. KEEPING THE FORCE GENERATED BY THE SITE IN MIND, THIS HELPED DETERMINE THE CIRCULATION OF THE BUILDING. THE CIRCULATION IS INFLUENCED BY THE HORIZONTAL FORCE CREATED BY THE SITE. FOR THIS REASON IS WHY THE BUILDING STRETCHES TO A MAX OF 130 FT AND CONSISTS OF WALLS THAT GENERALLY EXTEND THE EAST FACADE TO THE WEST. THE WALLS ARE WHAT INFLUENCE THE CIRCULATION WHICH IS PROMINENTLY HORIZONTAL IN PLAN, THIS HELPS THE EXPERIENCE LAST WITHIN EACH FLOOR.

EXPERIENCE THROUGH FORCES AND DENSITY

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PROJECT 3: INFRASTRUCTURE - BRIDGE DESIGN, BERLIN

CROSS SECTION AA

CROSS SECTION BB

CROSS SECTION CC

CROSS SECTIONS A, B, C_SCALE : 1/16” = 1’ - 0”

DENSITY OF URBAN FABRIC - EAST VS WEST

ALLEYS/EMPTY SPACE

BUIDLINGS

GREEN SPACES

ROADS

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FIGUREGROUND-CONNECTIONS OF SPACESINTERLOCKING OF MAIN AND SIDE ROADSINFRASTRUCTURE

MAIN ROADS

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INTERLOCKED ROAD

BICYCLE ROUTES

3D STRATEGY - DENSITY F URBAN FABRIC : EAST V WEST

THIS STRATEGY ILLUSTRATES WHICH SIDE OS THE RIVER IS MORE DENSE IN REGARDS TO THE BUILDINGS.THIS STRATEGY HELPS DESIGNATE WHICH END OF THE BRIDGE SHOULD BE MORE DENSE ACCORDING TO DENSITY OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS. THE GRADIENT SHOWS HOW THE BRIDGE WOULD PROGRESS IN DENSITY FROM ONE SIDE OF THE RIVER TO THE OTHER.

UPON VISITING THE SITE, CERTAIN CONDITIONS STOOD OUT MORE THAN OTHERS. CONDITIONS THAT MADE THE SITE HAVE ITS OWN IDENTITY. THESE CONDITIONS INCLUDE GRAFFITI, FORMS OF CONNECTIONS AND BICYCLING. THESE THREE POINTS CREATE CONNECTIONS THOUGHOUT THE SITE. THE GRAFFITI CONNECTS THE PEOPLE TO THE CITY’S HISTORY, LETTING THEM EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN THEIR OWN WAY. THE CERTAIN WAY THE CITY CHOOSES TO CONNECT EITHER A CHANGE OF ELEVATION OR SPACE IS UNIQUE ON ITS OWN. THE LAST POINT OF BICYCLING ENABLES THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY TO CONNECT TO ALL AREAS. THESE THREE POINTS CREATE AN INTERLACING GESTURE WITH EACH OTHER AND ARE WHAT MAKE UP THE CITY.

INTERLACING ELEMENTS

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RESPONDING TO THE NOTION OF THE COMMUNITY BEING PUSHED AND PULLED OVER TIME. THE IDEA IS THAT THE SETTLEMENT STARTED AT THE WATER AND CIVILIZATION WAS PUSHED AND PULLED INTO THE LAND LEADING TO THE PROGRESSION OF ARCHITECTURE. THE PROGRAM IS PUSHED AND PULLED THROUGHOUT THE SITE AROUND A DATUM LINE. THE DATUM LINE BECOMES THE CIRCULATION WHICH IS INFLUENCED BY THE IDEA OF WATER AND LIGHT. WATER IS LIFE, WHICH GIVES LIFE TO THE COMPLEX. THE WATER IS BROUGHT IN THROUGH A PATH STARTING AT THE BAY. THE DEPICTION OF TIME GENERATED BY SUCH GESTURES INFLUENCE A CHANGE IN MATERIALITY, WHICH PROGRESSES FROM STONE, TO WOOD, TO CONCRETE. THIS SHOWS THE IDEA OF PROGRESSION FROM THE TIME OF THE SETTLEMENT TO TODAY. WATER WAS BROUGHT IN, CREATING SMALL LAKES IN THE SITE. SINCE WATER INFLUENCED THE SHIFTING OF PROGRAM, THE LAKES INFLUENCED THE PLACEMENT OF THE PROGRAM PUSHING IT AROUND IT. IN A SITE ANALYSIS THE PLACEMENT OF TREES WAS STUDIED IN REGARDS TO SPACES CREATED FROM THE NEGATIVE SPACES SURROUNDING THE TREES. IN ANOTHER SITE ANALYSIS THE PATTERNS OF TREES WAS STUDIED BASED ON THEIR AXIS. THESE AXIS GENERATED A PATTERN AND RHYTHM AND IT SHOWED THAT BIGGER TREES WERE PLACED IN A VERTICAL MANNER WHEREAS SMALLER TREES WERE PLACED HORIZONTALLY. THIS STUDY HELPED GENERATE THE SIZE AND PLACEMENT OF WINDOWS. BIGGER WINDOWS WERE PLACED ON FACADES GOING NORTH TO SOUTH WHERE AS SMALLER WINDOWS WERE PLACED GOING EAST TO WEST. THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING IS MADE OF STEEL MEMBERS SUPPORTING THE BUILDING AROUND ITS FACADE. IT WAS INFLUENCED BY THE RHYTHM OF AXIS FROM THE TREE, SHOWING THE REPETITION OF LINES ACROSS THE SITE. A TRELLIS SYSTEM WAS CREATED INTEGRATED INTO THE STRUCTURE TO REPLACE THE EXCAVATED PLANT LIFE THAT WAS EXISTING. THE TRELLIS SYSTEM IS MOSTLY HIGHLIGHTED BY THE CIRCULATION.

PROJECT 4: CORAL GABLESDEPICTION OF TIME

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KAMPONG BOTANICAL RESEARCH CENTER

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