Undergraduate Architecture Portfolio

Cesar Delgado Rodriguez Portfolio

This portfolio is a compilation of the best projects I have had the opportunity to do throughout my studies.

When designing architecture I give an important place to the consideration of the scale of influences: how an apartment design

can influence the city by the users behavior and how an urban plan can take a very important roll in how a small apartment

and the many other city components have to be designed.

For me, design is the power of reflect reality, needs and expectations of a culture; answering to immediate requirements

and human evolution using knowledge, technology and creativity always thinking in past, present and the future generations.

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Index

Curriculum Vitae.................................................................................02

Selected Architecture Works (chronological order) I. Dynamic learning pavilion................................................................05

II. Single Family Social Housing..........................................................13

III. Group of houses.............................................................................19

IV. ARENA School for Children with Autism............................ ...........27 V. Patio House.....................................................................................35

VI. Urban Development Plan in Bogota..............................................41

VII. ITESM Architecture School...........................................................49 VIII. Citizen Urbanism: La Florida Park+School Centre.....................57

Selected Digital Fabrication Work (chronological order)

I. Lotus Bench....................................................................................67 III. Prametric Pavilion..........................................................(In progress) Selected Branding Work

I. KUBIKA.............................................................................................71Selected Photography Work..........................................................75

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CVPersonal Data Full name: Cesar Ulises Delgado Rodriguez Age: 23 Date of birth: August 4th 1991 Nationality: Mexican Citizenships: Mexican and American

Professional Objective

Perform with quality and effectiveness the tasks that surround me, always looking for successful individual and teamwork, providing creative and original ideas to it using my skills and my knowledge

Academic Education

08/2009 - present B. A. in Architecture.

07/2012 - 12/2014 Semester abroad. Validation of all the urbanism assignments.

Additional Courses and Workshops

08/2010 - 12/2010 Workshop.Analysis of Norman Fosters work,focusing on precision of detail and aesthetics of mega structures.

10/2010 Workshop.Creation of interactive platforms combining 2D,3D AND algorithmic information streams to map innovative stages.

08/2013 - 12/2013 Workshop.Real estate market and financial studies,marketing design and simulations with investors.

Tecnologico de Monterrey.

Universidad de los Andes

Museo de Arte Contemporneo de

Monterrey

Southern California Institute of

Architecture

Orange Investments

Mexico

Colombia

Mexico

Colombia

Mexico

Languages

Spanish: Native language Portuguese: Basic English: Fluent (550 TOEFL)

Software abilities

Autodesk AutoCAD(advanced), Revit (advanced), 3DS Max (intermediate) Adobe Photoshop(advanced), Illustrator (advanced), InDesign (advanced)

Others Rhinoceros & Grasshopper (basic-intermediate), Sketchup (advanced), Microsoft office (advanced)

Contact information

Address: Santos Cantu Salinas 450 Monterrey, N. L, Mexico 64750 Telephone: +52 1 (81) 1790 5595 E-mail: [email protected] Skype: cudelgadorodriguez

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Professional Experience

06/2012 - 07/2010 Architecture Intern (20 hours per week)

-Design of building re-utilization options using AutoCad and

Sketchup

02/2013 - 05/2013 Architecture Intern (20 hours per week)

-Correction and creation of schematic design and

construction documents using AutoCad and Sketchup

-3D modeling

01/2014- 07/2014 Architecture Intern (40 hours per week)

- Drafting and preparing material (details, sections,floor plans,

elevations and diagrams) for plans in the schematic design and

construction documents of the projects Tangaroa Fish Market

(commercial), SUMA (arts/educational), The Six (housing) and

Slauson Ave Facade (commercial) using AutoCad, Revit, and

Rhinoceros

- Marketing tasks such as selecting and sending publications

material and preparing exhibition boards using Adobe Creative

Suite.

-Photographic documentation of models

- General office tasks.

Extracurriculars and Accomplishments

08/2009 - Present Academic Talent Scholarship

70% scholarship on university tuition fee

for maintaining academic grade over 85/100 (actual: 93/100)

01/2010 - 12/2010 Coordinator in student association

Events and social activities organization to promote

sustainability conscience.

01/2011 - 12/2011 Coordinator in student association

Evaluation of members and management of 35,000 USD in

scholarships

12/2011 Alma Mater Award

Successful fundraising with entrepreneurs and events

obtaining more than 45 000 USD for scholarships.

Harari Landscape

GEO

Brooks+Scarpa

Architects

Tecnologico de

Monterrey

ECOTEC/

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Monterrey

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Monterrey

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Monterrey

Mexico

Mexico

United

States of

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Mexico

Mexico

Mexico

Mexico

Interests and hobbies

Traveling as backpacker, photography, practicing capoeira, hiking and reading about architecture and politics.

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I. Dynamic Learning Pavilion

Design Studio I . Aug-Dec 2010Type: Educational spaces

Location: Monterrey, N. L., Mexico.

Selected Architecture Work

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Dynamic Learning Pavilion

The site is one of the campus hearts, where take place the intersection of important circulations sheltered by an unique vegetation preserved for more than 50 years with four of the most representative ITESM buildings.The alumni, while studying or taking a break, enjoy the direct interaction with the characteristic flora and fauna of the place.

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b.a. Site. No scale.b. Exploded axonometric. No scale.

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The proposal answers directly to the context and to the empowerment of the activities that originally take place on the site.

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b.a. Floor Plan L1. 1:500 1.Exterior Lobby 2.Resting area 3.Coffe Shop 4.News shelves 5.Gallery 6.Restrooms

b. Flor Plan L2. 1:500 1.Study/Meeting Area 2.Computers area 3.Printing area

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Dynamic Learning Pavilion a. Floor Plan L3. 1:500 1.Exterior meeting area 2.Green roof 3.Equipment roomb. Section A. 1:250c. Section B. 1:250

The space inside the building can be adapted to individual or team working.Transparency and lighting takes a very important role all over the floors and the circulation and services areas take place into the central area to leave the building outline for the staying places.

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a. South elevation 1:500b. West elevation 1:500c. North elvation 1:500d. East elevation 1:500

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II. Single Family Social Housing

Design Studio II. Part I. Aug-Dec 2011Type: Housing



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Single Family Social HousingSocial housing in Mexico has a lack of an appropriate attention to design due to the rules that the different construction companies have to follow and the prices they have to respect.

The lack of open space and the no planning of extension capacity make of this units, spaces that do not improve the life quality of its users neither the interaction between the neighbors.

90m2

Concept puts on priority 50% of open

space.

Separating constructed areas encourages users to have often contact with open space.

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Single Family Social Housing

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Planned phases PhasesPlanned phases Phases Design to future extension and aggrupation createsquality communities.

a. Floor Plan. 1:50 1.Family Room 2.Bathroom 3.Bedroom 4.Flexible room 5.Garden 6.Laundry

b. Extended module floor plan. L1. 1:50

c. Extended module floorplan. L2. 1:50 1.Bedroom 2.Restroom

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Single Family Social HousingThe module is designed in a way it can be arrange it in different ways, due to three of its facades can adjoin with a wall without illumination or ventilation problems.

In the first arranging windows are disposed to the street, and also recesses in the shape, facts that allow the light reaching the sidewalks improving the quality of this routes.

a. Arranging proposal 1. 1:50b. Arranging proposal 2. 1:50c. Arranging proposal 3. 1:50d. Arranging proposal 4. 1:50

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Single Family Social Housing

In the second arranging proposition, the generation of public space giving the front free area to the neighborhood, proffers a better coexistence environment between the different families.

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III. Group of houses

Design Studio II. Part II. Aug-Dec 2011Type: Housing



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Its decided to make a housing development where residences can

be fully distinguished from one to another without generating large

volumes which interrupt the privileged view.

It is also decided the orientation of the houses and an approximate size and

shape taking into account the context and the earth slope.

Due to a better precision that allows the scale, the sizes of houses and their

arrangement got closer to reality and they were modified for the generation

of wider free space that allows the houses to connect each other without

leaving the property.

Program required five houses on a specific site distinguished by the views

and a surface with a very inclined slope.

a. Model 1:500b. Model 1:250c. Location

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Group of Houses

Sharing open space allows the new family neighborhood create a network of small courtyards that are connected by a path which with vegetation, views and slope make communication very useful, and pleasant

Shape and materials are the common factor between the houses, this to contribute unification between them and make them be a more peaceful composition with the landscape.

Slope is resolved with little courtyards, which can be acceded from the green walk path trough ramps. They are strategically situated to everyone in the family can have one near to its house.

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Group of houses

a. Floor Plan L1. 1:200 1. Living Room 2. Dinning Room 3. Restroomb. Floor Plan L3. 1:200 1. T.V Room 2. Studio 3. Breakfast Room 4. Kitchen 5. Terrace 6. Laundry & c. Floor Plan L5. 1:200 1. Bedroom 2. Bathroom 3. Walk-in closet

Apertures to carefully manage

views

Public areas with direct connection with the shared

garden.

Social areas as a big family

room: main house space

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a. Section A-A. 1:200b. Section B-B. 1:200c. Exploded axonometric. No scale 1. Private 2.Social-Private 3.Social-Public

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IV. ARENA School for Children with Autism

Design Studio III. Jan-May 2012Type: Educational Spaces



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ARENA School for Children with Autism

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ARENA School for Children with AutismARENA, Asociacin Regiomontana de Nios Autistas is an educational institution for children with autism that required a school with capacity to 120 children and a urban analysis for a site choice recommendation.

Before and during the design process, autistic children behavior needed to be nearly analyzed and traduced to spatial and environmental characteristics.

Site election

Building

Quantity/quality of nearby public space

Public space expands into the property

Pick & dropSense orientation Open space provided in different ways to adapt it to

every kind of behavior.

Shape generates filtersTypology adapts directly to the site generating logic with uses

Urban accessibility by public transport

Land use diversity

Administration Classrooms

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ARENA School for Children with Autisma. Floor Plan L2 1:500

b. Section A-A .1:200

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ARENA School for Children with Autisma. Floor Plan. L3. 1:500 1. Treatment cublicles 2. Classroom 3. Flexible workshop 4. Bathrooms 5. Multiuse community room 6. Storage 7. Office 8. Meeting Room

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V. Patio HouseConstruction Studio I. Summer 2012

Type: HousingLocation: Monterrey, N. L., Mexico.

Co: Alejandra Telpalo


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Patio House

a. Floor Plan L1. 1:200 1. Garage 2. Living Room 3. Dinning Room 4. Bar 5. Restroom 6. Kitchen 7. Patio 8. Equipment 9. Laundry 10. Service Bedroom 11. Bathroom

b. Floor Plan L2. 1:200 1. T.V Room 2. Bedroom 3. Bathroom 4. Walk-in closet 5. Services/Equipment

Patio House takes place in a private neighborhood where the two houses next to it uses the property limit to build a wall. The concept is based in resolve the contextual situation and configure the spaces around a central courtyard generating natural illuminated and very comfortable spaces.

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Patio Housea. Section A-A. 1:200b. Section B-B. 1:200c. Exploded axonometric. No scale.d. South elevation. 1:200e. North elevation. 1:200

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Urban Development Plan in BogotaDesign Studio IV. Aug-Dec 2012

Type: Urban RegenerationLocation: Bogota, D. C., Colombia.

Co: Maria Amaya


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Urban Plan in BogotaLa intervencin es solicitada en el Anillo de Innovacin de la ciudad de Bogot. El Anillo se dividi en diversas zonas para su anlisis y propuesta de solucin de tal forma que se generara una serie de proyecto a comunicar y dentro de la zona asignada se encontraron tres principales problemas:

1.Falta de apropiacin del lugar causada por la nula existencia de vivienda; hecho que genera un deterioro del espacio creando un ambiente nulamente habitable.

2.La zona no cuenta con una comunicacin con la ciudad a pesar de su ubicacin en el centro de Bogot debido a la poca permeabilidad del sector definido por bordes causados por el uso, el abandono y el poco espacio de aprovechamiento pblico.

3.La zona y sus actividades no estn vinculadas a los planes de crecimiento a futuro de la ciudad.Para lo que se gener una intencin inicial:

a. City Integrationb. Urban structure integrationc. Image of the City analisis

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Urban Plan in Bogota

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a. Roofs plan. No scale. 1. Linear Park 3. Market 4. Swap meet plaza 5. Park 6. Public sport court 7. Commercial use on first floor 8. Social Housing Building 9. Housing Building 10. Duplex housing building 11. Clinic 12. Elementary School

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Urban Plan in Bogotaa. Floor plan L1. No scaleb. Section C-C

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ITESM Architecture SchoolDesign Studio V. Jan-May 2013

Type: Renovation/ Educational SpacesLocation: Monterrey, N. L., Mexico

Co: Luisa Herrera


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a. Roof Plan 1:2500 b. Floor Plan L1. 1:2500

The proposal generates the continuation of one of the main pedestrian axes campus, creating a bridge building that

promotes the integration of the school of architecture with the institution and provides an icon to the area, helping the

delimitation school-city without fences

The architecture school at ITESM hosts one of the most populated programs in the university and required a renovation for its building; a structure designed in 1950 : a concrete roof and brick walls.

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Citizen Urbanism: La Florida Park + School CentreIntegral Design III. Aug-Dec 2013

Type: Urban Planing / Institutional SpacesLocation: Monterrey, N. L., Mexico

Co: Catedra Urbanismo Ciudadano I


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Citizen Urbanism: La Florida Park + School Centre

The project required an urban analysis and intervention in the Tec District, which was just considered as an independent actuation polygon in the city of Monterrey and has a huge project to improve the zone and to promote a high density population polygon. Its decided to look back to previous theoretical analysis made by others in the same area and to collect and use data to understand the situation. After proposing an urban action, its also designed a specific architecture project that forms part of the entire vision.

Sasaki Architects schematic diagram for the future of the campus

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Existing status quo Proposed status quo

Students Shopkeepers Employees Church community

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COMMUNITY

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Park improvement

High schoolimprovement

Zone connections improvement

Neighborhoodconnections improvement

a. Zone level proposal

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Citizen Urbanism: La Florida Park + School CentreNeighborhood level proposal

a. Roof Plan

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Seating

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Selected Digital Fabrication Work

Lotus BenchDigital Fabrication Workshop. Aug-Dec 2014

Type: FurnitureLocation: Monterrey, N. L., Mexico

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Lotus Bench

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Lotus Bench

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KUBIKAOrange Investments Workshop. Aug-Dec 2013

Type: Real Estate Development MarketingLocation: Monterrey, N. L., Mexico

Selected Branding Work

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KUBIKA

KUBIKA is a mixed use development project directed to an emergent market in Mexico; tech lovers: modern young people and young families who keep up to the cutting-edge technology and dont have the opportunity to identify themselves with a living, working and shopping existing concept.

For the branding, three concepts were created in a same pattern: KBICA HOME, which includes three different apartment options, KBICA CONNECT, a very sophisticated mall and KBICA INTEL, the best place to have an office in Monterrey

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KUBIKA

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! e best memories are written in the soul, sometimespeople like me enjoy to capture them in graphics.

many emotions and empathy are perpetuated in the following pictures. Enjoy them.

Selected Photography Work

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Photography

10:01 Chester, U.K.

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Photography

Torres del parque.Bogota, Colombia.

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Photography

Afternoon StoryAmazonia

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Photography

Peace after all.Bogota, Colombia.

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Photography

Th e corner.German Pavilion, Barcelona, Spain

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Photography

Salt and lightNemocon, Colombia

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Photography

Waiting for you.Barichara, Colombia.

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Photography

Holding ColorsParc Guell, Barcelona, Spain.

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Photography

Working on Sunday Bogota, Colombia.

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Photography

MermaidCardiff , U.K.

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Before printing this document please consider the environment.If printing a hard copy is absolutely necessary,

please do it on reused or recycled paper.

Th ank You.

Cesar Delgado Rodriguez

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