Lorena Gomez-Farias

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Lorena Gomez-Farias BlascoBachelor of Science in Architecture1750 Stargazer Pass, San Antonio, Tx, 78260(830)-237-3632lore_gfb@hotmail.com

BRT Station-Bus rapid transit station

Professional work-Intern work at Richard Mogas Architecture

07Park Intervention-Second Level Parkin downtown SA

0809Downtown Condo-Condo “connectivity” with Transit Center

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Visual Communication-Marker-Pen sketches-Color drawing

02 01“New Life” dorms-Dorms for architecture students

03Center for Student living and health-Apartments and and Medical Center

0405Sustainability Ctr.-Green ReachLearning Center

06Parasetic Intervention-Downtownrestaurant/bar

Poth Restroom-Stonework Restroom in Poth, Texas

VISUAL COMMUNICATION

VISUAL COMMUNICATION

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VISUAL COMMUNICATION

MARKER

San Antonio College Nursing building sketch

Design project sketch

Frank Lloyd Wright study sketch

PEN SKETCHES AND GRAPHICS

Graphics-Pen Drawing

Site Sketch Falling waters sketch

Barcelona, Spain sketch

PENCIL DRAWING

Class sketch

Project sketch

Right: San Pedro park sketch in Texas

Left: Pont du Gard Sketch in Italy

Painting with china ink

Class sketch

First place in Senior competitionProject to be built in Poth, Texas

Project was to create a rest stop for the town of Poth, Texas. This project was a competition were the judges were the town council. The building requi-erements was to have a seating area, bicycle stop, water fountain, and built with local sandstone.

STONEWORK RESTROOM

STONEWORK RESTROOM

Prof. Pempertonstudio 2012

First place in Senior competitionProject to be built in Poth, Texas

STONEWORK RESTROOM

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SANDSTONE RESTROOMLAYERS OF DESIGN AND CURVESThree main spaces diagrammed in boxes and then layered and rotated together. The main focus was the sandstone, looking at its rigidity and linear character with a blend of curvilinear colors. Diagramming the main walls to correspond to the breezes and the light exposure. The building uses all natural resources.

Breeze and light diagram

Two main restrooms with a common plumbing chase. The entrance has a main gathering area and a wooden curved wall. Both sides of the walls have a bench and a drinking fountain. The back entrance is for the closet and the plumbing chase.

Concept

SkylightNaturalLightingGutter

WaterCollection

Green GatheringAreas

Breezes

Breeze and light diagram

-1ST PLACE SENIOR COMPETITION PRESENTED AT THE POTH CITY HALL-TO BE BUILT IN SUMMER 2013 IN POTH, TEXAS

Structural plan

Radius for curved wall

Basswood Model

Main Structure

Corrugatedsteel roof

4 Main foundation walls

Beams

Purlins

Wood structure

Composed of a corrugated steel roof with sky-lights, which are located against the sandstone walls. The structure consists of four load bearing walls with the beams and purlins on top.Sandstone was the main concern of the client, which is used as cladding for all the main walls.

Main walls

CMU with block filler

Exposed CMU

Concretefloor

Wood 2x4vertical wall

Concretebench

Wood 2x4benches

Woman’s section Men’s section

These views project how dynamic the building is. The curves of the ground-cover pull you toward the buidling and act as transitions from one space to the other. The two main sandstone walls contain all the movement and are at different angles to speak to each side of the site. The roof, the walls and the curvilinear walkways activate the site, changing a simple rest stop into a place of gather-ing. An EDC meeting will be held Feb 4, 2013 at the Poth City Hall at 7:00 P.M. to discuss preliminary costs for the project

Night front view Interior view of Women’s restroom

Renderings

Construction details in section and floor plan. Plans show that the project is ADA accesible with 5’ radius stalls and following all minimum requirements. Drawings were sealed by an engineer in summer 2012. An EDC meeting will be held Feb 4, 2013.

Construction Drawings

West east section

North entrance to rest stop

This project was to design dormitories for architecture students in downtown San Antonio. Using an old historic building and incorporating a new building, with a game room, dining room, studio and gym. Each room needs a kitchen, bathroom and four bedrooms. Needs to be ADA accessible.

ARCHITECTURE DORMS

ARCHITECTURE DORMS

Prof. Hayes Studio 2012

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ARCHITECTURE DORMS

ARCHITECTURE STUDENT DORMSLiving in the geometry of new order. Incorporating the new building and rotating it from the old building. The building is bended and lifted up. This followed the concept of new type of living by rotating and using dynamic forms.

CONCEPT- dynamic landscape in contained geometry

Concept shifting

Concept

Circulation and corridors Exit Circulation: public way, exit discharge, exit passageway and dead end

Second floor plan

Third floor planFirst floor plan and ADA access

Interior beams through floorwhich is exposed in the hallway

RED: main columnsYELLOW: the bracesSILVER: beams

Stairs and distance Fire rating for Walls

COURTYARD

ROOMS

GYM

STUDIO

GAME ROOM

Section

Courtyard towards the water feature with picnic tables, barbecue area, and grass gardens.

Interior view of game room where the structure is beatifuly exposed. There is a sofa seating area, an area with pool tables, reading tables and an architecture bookshelf. At the end there is an entrance for an elevator and a bathroom facility.

Drawing published in “Architectural Drawing” by R. Yee

Project was to design a center of sustain-ability in the dowtown San Antonio. The center would inform visitors of how to renew resources and become self-sufficient at their homes. It would include a museum, vertical gardens and apartments.

SUSTAINABILITY CENTER

Prof. Thompsonstudio 2010

SUSTAINABILITY CENTERSUSTAINABILITY CENTER

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GREEN REACH LEARNING CENTER

CONCEPT- Using green links, creating a green environment

Concept shifting of grid

ConceptThis concept focuses on landmarks and connecting them through passageways. The landmark is a wind turbine, as a symbol of sustainability. The building creates a courtyard in the middle with two main grids, which would combine in the middle. The grid is transferred to the structure and the ground cover.

Basswood model- view of the front elevation

DRAWING PUBLISHED IN THE NEW EDITION “ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING” 2012by Rendow Yee

Entrance perspective

East Section

First floor plan

Perspective view of the courtyard

Perspective in the main hallway

Perspective of the outdoor walkway

Perspective of exterior passageway

Basswood model

4th place sophomore competition

The Competition challenged to define a new relationship between S.A. College with its students and community. The focus was sustainability, urban planning and landscaping. It is a mix use apartment complex with a health facility, coffee shop, commercial shops and daycare center.

CENTER FOR STUDENT LIVING AND HEALTH

Prof. Bohuslavstudio 2008

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Concept sketches of the sections with the breezes and solar access

Plan studies:circulation, natural re-sources, views and zoning.

MIXED USE DORMSThe project acknowledges the environment, using sustain-ability as the main concern; using natural lighting, passive air circulation and water cisterns.The concept came from connecting the parks close by, and having this new building as the glue to join them all.Concept

Media: Watercolor Media: Graphite

Site concept-connecting two local parks

Dormitory model

Axonometric with circulation Axonometric with natural air ventilation

Floor plan 2-6

Daycare

Medical Center

Commercial shopsRestaurant

Commercial shopsCoffee

Edible Garden

Develop an architectural interventionwithin the city of San Antonio that activates the space and creates new experiences for the people using the downtown area; after investigating the area with diverse mapping techniques.

PARASITIC INTERVENTION

Prof. McClellanstudio 2011

PARASITIC INTERVENTIONPARASITIC INTERVENTION

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Design based on the overlapping of grids of the downtown San Antonio. The grid shifts from orthagonal to diagonal and use this to create an intervention to the Aztec Theater on Commerce street. The new addition will attach to the wall and create a restaurant/bar on the roof top and on the walls activating the area.

DOWNTOWN RESTAURANT

Overlapping drawings to study the grid of the city

Urban discovery

Concept

East Elevation North Elevation

The concept is defined by the grid of the city, with the curves of the river and the hierarchy of the buidlings in the downtown San Antonio.

Building skin studies, how it attaches itself and how the colors and movement inter-act within the city.

Exploded Axonometric

3D model created in the program Rhino using the paneling plug-in. The build-ing is wrapped by a metal frame, with glass panels creating colorful curvilinear shadows. The frame creates movement between the spaces along the wall.

South Section South Section

RenderingsView of restaurant roof with wall patios and staircases

Upper right: Roof restaurantLower right: Front elevation

Renderings

Wall balconies

Project was to create a park in the downtown of San Antonio from the University of Texas to Hemisphere park. This park would have to create urban spaces where none before, and link the downtown area.

PARK INTERVENTION

Prof. Hayesstudio 2012

PARK INTERVENTION

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PARK INTERVENTION

Design solution was to create a second story park as link of UTSA and Hemisphere park. Main focus was to ceate vertical gardens as a green solution and to create a visual icon on the skyline of San Antonio. The park focuses on curves which represents the flowing motion of the riverwalk. These curves create a fluid motion for the walkways.

DOWNTOWN PARK

Overlapping drawings with the plan view of the park in the downtown SA.

Concept

Left: “look out” tower with vertical gardens for the community.Right: Upper level of the park with a bicycle route and sev-eral sitting areas.

This project was to design a BRT (bus rapid transit) station for the Medical Drive intersection. The project required two stations on both sides of the street with a shaded sitting area for a minimum of 10 people. 08Prof. Bohuslav

studio 2007

BRT BUS STATIONBRT STATION

HELIX STATION Design San Antonio's BRT station at Medical Drive street. The purpose of my project was to create a connection between both sta-tions with the concept of DNA. Concept

Shadowssketch

Sketch perspective

Site Montagewatercolor

Concept DiagramMedia: watercolor

Model on site focusing on the station’s wrapping curves

Final Drawings

Site Montagewatercolor

Final Section

Prof. McClellanstudio 2011

Project required a transit and tourism center with a sitting area for the bus station. Accessible to all people from the street and river level. The accommodations are a condo/hotel with a spa and fitness center with 25 park-ing spaces, as well as a restaurant, deck area, pool, physical plant and offices.

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CONDO CONNECTIVITYCONDO CONNECTIVITY

CONDO-CONNECTIVITYWITH TRANSIT CENTER

The main concept started with a bubble diagram to separate the spaces into private and public areas. The parti is a pinwill where there are four main spaces radiating from one main center. The L-shape form is also used to open to the downtown area and block from sunlight and create privacy. In elevation there is two main areas rotating along the main core circulation.Concept

Massing

Bubble diagram

Green Link “Core”

Concept Diagramming

Structure: main core, with circulation, with main columns, and floors.

Bubble diagram

Parking Circulation

1st Floor plan

Room floor plan

Final Drawings

The site of the building was limited. My design has one main circulation tower as a core and two apartments per floor. The first and last floor plan started with a simple rectangle, and the other floors shifted shapes to open to views, light sources and breezes. The tower elegant-ly twists around the core to create a dynamic building and activate the site.The first floors have a commercial area, transit center, restaurant and lobby. There is a pool and lounge area in the middle of the tower to create a focal point, to channel the breezes and to manipulate the light and shadows to activate this space.

parking

restaurant

pool area

bar

offices

Perspective of waterfront

Interior view of living room

Perspective of back entrance

restaurant

pool area

bar

View of restaurant, bus stop and game room

North Elevation

East Elevation

Perspectives are shown from the street level. The green link surrounds the spaces defining each area while giving them privacy. The bar/restaurant is open to the riverwalk.

Project manager intern at Richard Mogas Architecture in 2012.

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PROFESSIONAL WORK

PROFESSIONAL WORKPROFESSIONAL WORK

HOUSE RENOVATION House renovation at Olmos Park. The project description was to add a master bedroom, an exterior carport, a gate, a kitchen, a laundry room and a bathroom. I created the construction documents while coordinating with the contractor and engineer.

Interior Elevations

East elevation

Construction Documents

Interior Elevations

North elevation

Museum board and basswood study model for a residential project in McAllen, Texas