ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIOMATILDE MARTINEZ BECERRA

//LUZERN//SWITZERLANDMARCH 2016

PERSONAL INFORMATIONName: Martínez Becerra

Surname: María Matilde

Place of birth: Llerena, Spain.

Date of birth: 02.07.1987

Nationality: Spanish

Email:

matilde.mbecerra@gmail.com

URL:

www.cargocollective.com/matildembecerra

LANGUAGES

Spanish Mother language

English B.2.2

German B.2.2. Deutsch Zertifikat B.1.

A versatile and creative person who enjoys facing up different

projects, I am highly motivated and used to working under pressure,

facing every project as a personal challenge to push my skills

forward. Despite being enthusiastic about my own ideas, I am an

analytical and self-critical person, open to different points of view.

All these things considered, together with my organization skills make

me suited to engage work-teams as well as to cooperate with a

multidisciplinary group.

AutoCAD

Ca.5000 Working Hours

COMPUTER PROGRAMMS

Rhinoceros

Ca.750 Working Hours

Adobe Photoshop

Ca.500 Working Hours

Adobe Ilustrator

Ca.500 Working Hours

Revit Autodesk

40 Hours intensive course

Archicad

Ca 2000 Working Hours 3 Ds Max

60 Hours intensive course

CURRICULUM VITAE MATILDE MARTINEZ BECERRAARCHITECTGRIMSELWEG 12//6005//LUZERN//SWITZERLAND0041-788764626 matilde.mbecerra@gmail.com

Architect assistant at Bosshard und Luchsinger Architekten

- Convent rehabilitation and change of use.

• Assistance on construction process, drawing construction

documents in 1:200 to 1:5 scale.

• Wet cells design according to the handicap regulation. Searching

for products and revising the finals orders.

- Taking part in urban design studies and Architecture competitions

in Switzerland.

Architect Assistant at “Lucas y Hernandez-Gil” Architecture Office, Madrid.

www.lucasyhernandezgil.com

- Collaboration on architecture competitions.

- Design of temporary installation on a shop façade.

• Coordination of the project design and construction.

• Budget planning.

Voluntary worker at Exit NGO. Madrid. www.fundacionexit.org

- Work as a graphic designer to improve the corporative image of the

organisation. 3 months.

Voluntary worker at Jugendhof Godewin organisation, Hitzaker,

Germany.

- Voluntary worker in the refurbishment of an old farm into a house.

• Construction of the foundations for an auxiliary building.

• Construction of a ventilated roof.

Architect, Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM).

Final Year Project

“Revitalization and restoration of Ahmedabad’s Historic Center (India)”

Mark obtained : 9 (on a 0-to-10 scale)

- Technical facilities - The water and cooling systems were adapted to

the extreme weather conditions.

- Construction – Details and construction drawings on a 1:50 to 1:10 Scale.

Official Specialization in “Preservation and Restoration of Architectural

Heritage” Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM).

Architecture Scholarship at the Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische

Workshop “Restoration of Historical-Cultural Latin American Heritage"

(Spain Institute of Cultural Heritage and celebrated in the Heritage School

(IPCE)). Nájera, Rioja. 1 week.

- Analysis of project methodology.

- Results Presentation. (Results public presentation)

“Habitat Design International Studio” (Ahmedabad Architecture University

(CEPT) and Vastu Shilpa Foundation). Ahmedabad, India. 2 months.

- Design a residential development for 1,400 people.

• Increasing 400% the density of an already consolidated area.

• Design based on traditional social communities and

sustainability.

Course “Volunteering work and development cooperation projects”

(Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM)). 3 days.

Workshop “Experimental Design” (Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM)).

Murcia, Spain. 7 days.

Architectural Models, Scale 1:1.000 to 1: 10.

- Made out of differents materials.

- Large experience in the use of the laser cutting Machine – The use of this

machine allowed me to achieve very good results on my Final Year Project.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH5MucBmOtA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

October 2014- Present

June 2014

January 2014

Summer 2012

SKILLS

EDUCATION

2013/2005

2013

2012

2009/2010

COURSES

2014

2012

2012

2008

FLORIDA PARK BUILD ING REHABILITATION, MADRIDARCHITECTURE OPEN COMPETIT ION, LUCAS Y HERNANDEZ-GIL ARQUITECTOS, MAY 2015

STORE FASSADE TEMPORAL INSTALATION DECOR ACCION 2014, MADRIDCOLLABORATION BETWEEN ARCHITECTS, INTERIOR DESIGNERS AND COMERCIAL ASSOCIATIONS FROM MADRID CITY CENTER, LUCAS Y HERNANDEZ-GIL ARQUITECTOS, MAY 2015

AHMEDABAD HERITAGE CENTER, INDIAFINAL YEAR PROJECT, POLYECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF MADRID (UPM), OCTOBER 2013

Promoted by the municipal corporation, Ahmedabad Municipal Centre is

an Institution dedicated to the restoration and rehabilitation of the

historic heritage buildings of Ahmedabad. The complex includes not

only the Municipal Institution, but also a 30-families re-housing

program as well as bath and cooking facilities for the existing houses.

It follows a modular vernacular yet innovative approach in response

to its unique location, Ahmedabad historical city centre.

By the use of a 6x6 modular structure and staggered platforms at

the ground level, the Institutional building provides a continuous

space that can be either filled by a single use or occupied by differ-

ent programs. Due to mobile light elements the staggered platforms

can be isolated and adapted to different shadows and privacy

requirements.

The city main axes and the new buildings are joined through the conexion

of various dead ends streets, creating a pedestrian pathway.

While the ground-level of the Institutional building works as a flexible

and continuous space for temporal uses, the AHC key program organi-

zation is based on the traditional Ahmedabad Indian palace “Havelis”

. The “Havelis” rooms can be divided into 3 different types depending

on its privacy degree and the amount of sun-light that they receive.

Due to this classification, protected areas, intermediate areas and

exposed areas can be found at the AHC building complex.

The protected areas, placed on the wood cantilever structures, offer

a highly controlled environment with soundproof

isolation and filigree screens to provide shadow to the inner spaces.

The cantilever structures houses the offices permanent uses without

interfering on the 6x6 ground level structure.

The intermediate areas, facing the street under the cantilever struc-

tures, are protected from light and rain, though exposed to the

street noise. This part is occupied by permanent uses related to

public-users, such as office-secretaries or information points. The

exposed-areas include the ground-level flexible area subject to

temporal changes, and the always exposed entrance area, a place

dedicated to the dissemination and awareness of the heritage conser-

vation importance.

In response to the AHC changing program, a modular structure with

mobile panels is designed at the heart of the building. By the use of

the mobile panels, users are able to create different shading

conditions according to the use requirements.

The offices need of a greater insulation is solved by the use of a

double façade system. The outer enclosure consists of a porous

timber façade to filter the light and noise, while the inner bamboo

and glass façade protect the inside from the rain.

The cardboard model not only represents the project structure, it

was made to maximize the possibilities offered by the toll to use, the

laser cutting machine in this case. The model was built up without

glue, fitting pieces together thanks to little grooves placed at the

pieces upper or bottom parts. Thank to this, a faultless and detailed

architecture model was obtained.

The building is adapted not only to the material availability of the

site, but also to the Indian weather extreme conditions. The building

distribution and façades were thought to allow passive refrigera-

tion. An ecological water system was introduced to solve the water

scarcity problem; this ecological water system includes a system to

collect the rain water in tanks, so it can be used along the whole

year, and a sewage treatment system, which clean the water

through the use of a particular kind of plant.

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ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION, BOSSHARD UND LUCHSINGER ARCHITEKTEN, JANUARY 2015

SOCIAL SPACE AND MARKET IN CASABLANCACOLLEGE PROJECT, POLYECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF MADRID (UPM), AUTUM 2011

The project is placed in the Moroccan city of Casablanca, within the

Mohammadi lively neighbourhood, an area where an innovative and

international Masterplan promoted by Michael Ecouchard and the team

10 was launched on the 50’s. Over time, the initially one-storey white

houses of the development have been transformed; they have growth

in height through unstable constructions. The aim of the complex is

to replace the actual non functional local market, including social

shared spaces, and cultural facilities as the “Instituto Cervantes”

promoted by the Spanish government.

Due to the traditional Moroccan Architecture a massive 3-storey

concrete building delimit the vacant space. In contrast to this massive

structure, a high-storey light structure houses the “Instituto

Cervantes”.

The 3-storey massive structure act as a concrete skeleton which can

temporally be filled by food or cloth stalls, its prefabricated

V-shaped structure placed at the buildings façades provides shadow,

and allows passive ventilation. A spiral ramp placed at the inner

perimeter of the building works as a safe exit route, while giving

access to the small-business. For a faster communication, elevators

for clients are placed at the buildings corners, whose galleries are

connected through light steel bridges. To create separate circulations,

the goods flows network is placed at the centre of each gallery.

In opposition to the market low-rise building, the culture programme

placed at the centre of the site grows in height. An enclosed green

space is created between both buildings, which can be colonized by

uses related to the “Instituto Cervantes”. The twelve-storey building

whose structure is made of stainless steel has a double steel mesh

façade to provide shadow and privacy to the inner spaces.

These plaster and cardboard model was built to show the

transformation of the housing masterplan. Initially the one-storey

white houses, spread over the empty suburbs, looked as a sculpture

on the desert. Finally the houses have become a marginal and

unhealthy neighbourhood where the traces from the original design

can slightly be recognized.

To help us to integrate the architecture proposal on the site, a extremely appealing model built of soap and foam was created. The plot's terrain was built up

with white rubber foam, giving a breaking point to the coloured volumetry of the new architecture solution made of soap.

The multi-functional program which includes large-scale social ameni-

ties such as a commuter train platform and a sports centre, leisure

spaces and a housing programme are set on a highly sloped and irreg-

ular plot, placed at the border of Sestao city. Sestao is an economi-

cally weak area with a strategic location thanks to its unique views

over the Bilbao Estuary and the Blast Furnace monumental structure.

The master-plan responds to the landscape contour, creating a 240

meter-long Axe, designed as a seafront promenade to draw the city

life to the water-front. It provides a pedestrian route through the

site linking the plot uppermost and lowest levels while structuring the

multi-functional programme around it.

The shopping and housing areas remain at the upper level of the axe,

facing Txabarri Street and keeping the building profile low in sympa-

thy with scale of the housing surrounding buildings. At this section of

the axe, the promenade has a traditional shopping scale, with lively

work ateliers facing the street. The city train station, placed at the

centre of the promenade is linked to the shopping areas and the

ateliers, acting as the master-plan heart. ollowing the sequence of

the promenade, we are driven through green spaces which combine

nature and sports amenities, till we reach a 4-storey sports centre

at the end of the axe.

A RESPONSE TO BILBAO’S INDUSTR IALLANDSCAPE , BILBAOCOLLEGE PROJECT, POLYECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF MADRID (UPM), SPRING 2011

Course made during my German scholarship at the Rheinisch-West-

faelische Technische Hochschule (RWTH). The goal of the course was

to transform raw round steel into an useable chair. It was about

shaping the material, thinking in a functional design, without

forgetting the imagination.

After 2 weeks working on the chair design, a scale model was made

using wire cables and galvanized wire weldings, and tested. The course

provided an introduction to material processing techniques such as

cutting, cold forming, and welding.

WIRE CHAIRAACHENSCHOLARSHIP PROJECT, RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE (RWTH) AACHEN, SPRING 2010

Course made during my German scholarship at the Rheinisch-West-

faelische Technische Hochschule (RWTH). The aim of the course was

to build a constructive form inspired on the nature, to make visible,

things that are only visible using microcope or special cameras.

The object chosen was a natural sponge, whose intricate spatial

structure offered great posibilities. While modeling the sculpture,

we learned different techniques to shape the clay, and differents

ways to mix the materials obtaining differents kinds of klay.

MAKROBAUENAACHENSCHOLARSHIP PROJECT, RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE (RWTH) AACHEN, AUTUMN 2009