OCTAVIO MAGAÑA-GONZALEZa s a n a r c h i t e c t

a b r i e f g u i d e t o u n d e r s t a n d i n g

Bio

Underground Aquarium

Panamerican Tram Station

The Office Parasite

A New Library for Prague

La Bodega

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CV.name

José Octavio Magaña Gonzalez

.nationalityMexican

.date of birth05.06.1986

.civil statesingle

.languagesspanishenglish

e.mailoctaviomag@gmail.com

.skillsease in both Windows Os and Mac Os, AutoCAD, ArchiCAD,

Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver, 3dStudio Max, V-ray, Sketch Up, Final Cut Studio, among others.

Does NOT crack under pressure.

.1986born on May 6th, in Zamora, México.

.2004starts Architecture studies at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey ITESM, in Guadalajara, Mexico.

.2006internship at Maya Productions, in Los Angeles, California.

.2007writes Sensualidad en la Arquitectura / Sensuality in Architecture, published in a couple local Architecture Megazines in Guadalajara

.2008ºcollaboration with Studio Banana for the installation of the project “¿Sueñas ciu-dades?” (“Do you dream cities?”) at El Matadero, in Madrid, Spain.

.2008/2009Erasmus at the Faculty of Architecture, in the Czech Technical University CVUT, in Prague, Czech Republic.

.2010finishes Architecture Degree at ITESM, in Guadalajara, Mexico.starts working at Octágonos Construcción

.2010/2011designs, projects and builds “La Bodega”.

.2011starts collaborating with edgargonzalez.com 03

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Underground AquariumAcademic Project Second Year

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Proposal of an Underground Aquar-ium in Guadalajara´s downtown. The main challenge for this proj-ect was to settle the difference in depths of the different pools mak-ing them accesible for both the visi-tors and the Aquarium´s curators.This issue was solved by present-ing all of the pool surfaces at the same level, disregarding the deep-ness. The rest of the building was project meeting the standars of the Association of Zoos & Aquariums.

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7As the Panamerican Village for Guadalajara 2011 was proposed, the need of a core building for the complex was spotted.

This building is conceived as a solution for three main aspects: to hold a Tram Sta-tion, to link Parque Morelos and Plaza Tapatía (saving a 5 meters drop between them) and to create an axiom for the Panamerican Village.

The station includes several bridges connecting the different levels, an auditorium, cinema theaters and many multi-purpose rooms.

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Panamerican Tram StationAcademic Project Third Year

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The Office ParasiteAcademic Project Fourth Year

The proposal for a Conference Room Attachment in an Office Building in Av. Américas, in Gua-dalajara.Since the beginning, the Room was understood as an attachment to the original building. A parasite, if you would.It was decided that the Conference Room should look as what a para-site looks for a High Class Office worker.

The materials where chosen to provide a fully functional and con-fortable space and adjusting to the context with a radical contrast .

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Prague´s Center Fringe Analysis

CRITERIA:

IN THE CITY CENTER FRINGEthe optimal location for the national library was based on local and global criteriamain roads tram lines cycling waystrain rails metro station 300m metro surrounding

ACCESSIBILITY The building must be close to public transportation such as trams, metro and bus stations. Walk- ing distance from metro should not be longer than 300m and from tram must be 100 m the most. Easy connection to airport, higways and train station

HIGH FLOW DENSITY OF PEOPLE should be taken in consideration: _the new business development areas such as Pankrac, Smichov, Karlin and Holesovice _nearby the Universities (Dejvická) _the flow of people that come from the center

AN OPEN FREE SPACE, SQUARE AND/OR GREEN AREA IN PROXIMITY WITH THE LIBRARY This public space should be a representation of the social life of the Library

PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL FACILITIES OR THE POTENCIAL TO HAVE THEM REVITALIZATION OF UNDERVALUED AREAIMPACTS _physical: respect to the architectural history of the city; revitalization of an undervalued area _social and cultural: quality of life for the area and city residents by new facilities attracted and pleasant and enjoyable continuous pub-lic space

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A New Library for PragueAcademic Project Fifth Year

The Czech National Library serves as a pub-lic space where people from different ages and social positions can go and use it not only to research books but also to obtain knowledge/culture by other ways, such as exhibitions, me-dia center, computer labs and by other, more informal mode.

Moreover, the building itself may represent to the citizens an important place to translate its culture and tradition.The library should be con-sidered to be an icon to the city and to hold all necessary knowledge which the country keeps and preserves. Also, such icon needs to have a vital connection with the users and place in its urban context as an integrated element re-specting the surrounding landscape, buildings around it and, mainly, a good relationship with the city scale.

KARLIN

“a place to chill, learn, grow... and why not,read!”

LOCAL CRITERIA FOR SITE SELECTION

CLOSE TO METRO STOP - 200M

NEAR TRAM LINE/STOP - 200M

MAIN FLOWS OF PEOPLE MOVEMENTS BETWEEN WORK - COMMERCIAL - EDUCATIONAL

OPEN PUBLIC SPACE

LINKED WITH LIBRARY ENTRY - SQUARE - GREEN AREA (PO-TENTIONAL AREAS IN FREE PUBLIC SPACE)

PUBLIC/ COMMERCIAL FACILITIES SURROUNDING THE BUILDING

HAVE BENEFIT OF DIFFERENT AMBIENCES CALM/ACTIVE AREAS

GOOD VISIBILITY LANDMARK/ ICON

ACCESIBILITY HIGH FLOW OF PEOPLE

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BUILDING FUNCTIONS TRANSPORTATION

OPEN SPACES POTENCIAL SITESSELECTED SITE FOR THE LIBRARY 21

Built and used as a Warehouse for almost three decades, La Bodega (as known by its owners) had been caught in a highly populated area. The initial proposal included 5 one-room apartments, but due to a restringed budget, the project evolved into a 3 units building.As the project was ignited and being already in construc-tion, some economic issues affected the owners, having to work on an even tighter budget. The total transformation cost, from the 28 year old ware-house to the ready to rent apartments, was near $1,500,000 MXP (around $130,000 USD).All 3 apartments are occupied.

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La BodegaBuilt Project -Zamora, México

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The North Façade was de-signed in order to avoid the graffiti painters in the area. Upon site observation, it was concluded that only that fa-çade was exposed to them, since a Federal High School is located upstreet.The façade includes a green wall (recently planted in the picture) and see-through garage doors. Until now, the design has been com-pletely sucessful in this subject. 27

I have an e-mail account: octaviomag@gmail.com

I have a phone number: +52.351.114.1212

I have a skype account: o c t a v i o m a g

I have a twitter account: @ o c t a v i o m a g

I write at this architecture blog: www.edgargonza lez .com

I have a dog.

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