Joel Rios Portfolio

JOEL RIOSPORTFOLIO

JOEL RIOSPORTFOLIO

9714 Appin Falls Spring, Texas [email protected]

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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK IN ALBANY DORMITORY

UNIVERSITY OF SO PAULO: CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM

SMART SKIN: FACADE FOR TORINO APARTMENT

CERAMIC MODULE FACADE

EXPANDING THE GRID

PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIES

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floors

basement

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site plan

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initial exploration iteration 3

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK IN ALBANY DORMITORY

The project was to select a pattern found in nature and develop it into a dormitory. The pattern that my partner and I chose to explore was a school of fish. The school of fish has a bottom-up organization, in which a single form is made by many different fish weaving in and out of the school. The initial idea was to create the dormitory with individual dorm rooms popping in and out of the school. In the next iteration, the popping gesture turned into weaving bands. Each floor was created by various bands. Every band was raised or lowered following the next one, making the circulation rise and fall while traveling through the floors. In this project we both worked on all the models and split the drawing in order to complete the demands of the studio.

2nd Year

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structure

circulation final model

early render iteration 3 iteration 4 final render final model

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This studio asked for a redesigning of a conceptual project through questioning its primary ideas as well as addressing fire code restrictions and structural components. My partner and I chose the Contemporary Art Museum at the University of So Palo in Brazil designed by Paulo Mendes Da Rocha in 1978. We were selected to work with two engineering students to help address the structural issues. Our alteration of the museum became a large raised concrete structure that created vast open spaces below grade, between the floors, and within the structure. The museum is a solid mass floating at tree height over different levels of campus and park. The interior of the project is cavernous and contains multiple planes. The building extends as a canopy towards the viewer blurring the boundary between city and art. One slips into the building hardly noticing the transition of space. The ramp ways between the shifted levels enable various views, not just of the art work, but also of the people and space. The extenuated views suggest new relationships in which people and space emerge as a part of the artwork. My role in the group was to help in the development of the concepts and details, while completing the final diagrams and renders. The other architecure student created the final drawing set and contributed to the details and concepts also.

3rd Year

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facade 1 facade 2

interior ramp render

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columns and ramps shell sketch model facade study

Interior ramp render

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section 1


The major alterations include a ramped circulation connecting every level, variation of floor shapes, changing floor heights, a copper faade, addition of fire stairs, and a reorganization of program. The material palette includes darkened copper panels for the facade, black volcanic stone for the fire stairs, board form concrete for the columns, and concrete for interior flooring. The addition of three fire stairs caused a clutter of vertical members. Therefore to lighten the appearance, we decided not to use the fire stairs as structural members, allowing a difference of material between structural and nonstructural.

3rd Year

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The roof is made of glass and concrete panels, with an open air interior courtyard. Louvers were added to diffuse light throughout the ceiling. Upon entering the museum from the school, one is guided to enter a large courtyard and continue to the sculpture park. Ramps take visitors from the park level to the third floor of the museum. There are no stairs outside the emergency fire stairs. The third floor uniquely weaves through the large trusses, allowing for another change of scale.

3rd Year

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section 2

site plan floor 1

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interior ramp render

floor 2 floor 3 roof

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facade patternassemblyhigh transparency low transparency

low transparency panel

high transparency panel summer and winter sun angles

winter sun angle closed air circulation panel

open air circulation panel fully opened air circulation

semi-opened air circulation


This is a 2 person 4 week project, in which the concept for this design derives from the study of frog respiration and my previous facade study. Frogs blood circulation is next to the skin, allowing for osmosis to exchange water, oxygen, wastes, and heat. Some frogs even survive without lungs, using their skin to obtain oxygen. The new facade has tubes which penetrate the new and old facade to increase air circulation. The tubes also adapt to the sun to allow for shading, lighting, and windows. The current modules have a difference in densities of tubes and a difference of transparency to allow for various shading and lighting effects. The air circulation can also vary when opening and closing the circulation of the tubes. When open, the ventilation is maximized, and when closed, the facade acts as an insulator for the building.

4th Year

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low transparency

facade transparency

high transparency

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apartmentstructure

two apartment program

apartment circulation

first floor store first floor circulation

low solar radiation

high solar radiation

kitchen living areas

bedrooms

store

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summer condition winter condition


Our new facade concept is placed on a 1980s apartment complex just outside historical Torino, Italy. The building has two extreme facades; one only receives sun in early mornings of July, while the other facade receives intense solar radiation year round. This as well as the program layout determines the density and transparency of the panels on each facade. The facade with intense solar radiation has frosted glass panels with high density tubes, while the facade receiving less solar radiation has clear glass panels with low density tubes. This new facade is also pulled away from the original to allow for human circulation space and air circulation space. I produced all diagrams and renders, while my partner focused on the grasshopper file and the general 3D model.

4th Year

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circulation street view

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tessellation

interior and exterior modules

water balloons plaster casts slip clay

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CERAMIC MODULEFACADE

This ceramic wall was completed in my fourth year with a team of three students. We were interested in creating a hand crafted module that played with depth and texture. We first experimented with plaster and plastic bags to engage texture to the piece. We eventually added water balloons to the investigation that led to the final product. We created a cast by placing water balloons and pinning them down with a plastic covering. As we poured the plaster, stress marks were created connecting the balloon forms. The cast allowed us to have two extreme sides of the module, bulging egg figures on one side and a smooth inverse of the same shape on the reverse side. We created several different casts of two different modules. Each module connected to the inverse module creating a free flowing pattern.

4th Year

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stress marks

drying clay dried clay fired interior texture initial study wall organization of the wall patterns within the wall

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mxico city metropolis100 meters

ecological reserves

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POPULATION DENSITIES

legal wells

illegal wells

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mxico is the 2nd largest consumer of bottled water

wealthy residents average 600 l of water per day

poor residents average 20 l of water per day

38% of all water in mexico is lost through leaks in supply systems

mexico city population density and ecological reserves site location

2003 confined aquifer (red) free aquifer (blue)

1985 confined aquifer (red) free aquifer (blue)

EXPANDING THEGRID

The water crises in Mxico City begins with the over consumption of the Mxico City aquifer, the wealthy use 600 liters/day while the poor only use 20 liters/day. The poor also pay 500x the price for bottled water. The over use of the aquifer is also related to the 4% of rain water that is eventually drained into the aquifer during the wet season, May to October. To further the problem, the slums are now invading the ecological reserves that surround the city, which are the critical areas that filter water to the aquifer. The south west region of the city, near parts of the ecological reserves is known for the highest number of legal wells, which supply a very large portion of the city. It is very reasonable to believe that the largest numbers of illegal wells are also located there. The site I investigated is located on the hillside of the Mxico City valley. Slums are invading the current farmland and ecological reserves. The sites hilly terrain has natural watersheds that are being invaded by urban sprawl, causing major flooding and mud slide issues.

5th Year

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only 6% of mxicos sewage and water runoff is treated

4% of rain water is naturally filtered to aquifers in mxico

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an additional 20% is lost through illegal connection leaks

water bought in informal areas can cost 500x the regular price

5,000-10,000 illegal wells exist within mxico city

conceptual housing development

conceptual park development

rainfall in mxico city

smaller blocks

rain water capture

roofscape

local markets

poor save money

stronger community

reservoir

local farmsgrey water recycling

cheaper food

house uselong blocks

private water vehicles

high cost for water

poor quality

poor stay poor

poverty causes violence

illegal connections

high water need

farmingslumecological reserves roads

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housingfarmingecological reserves roads resevior

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current social order projected social order

current slum / farm relationship projected slum / farm relationship

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EXPANDING THEGRID

The site currently consists of flattened land for farming that is being invaded by the slums. Since slums are affecting the efficiency of the farms, I am suggesting to redevelop the site leaving specific areas of farmland, while developing a new city grid with pockets of reservoirs. This new city grid would be developed with a more informal logic than what currently exists in the Colonias of Mxico City. There would be a primary car circulation along with a secondary pedestrian path circulation throughout the new slum morphology. The slum morphology will be based on hydrological flows to capture and maximize rain water for the community, gardens, farming, and filtration to the aquifer. The focus of design is the roofscape that captures water while transporting it though pedestrian bridges that connects the overall roofscape. Rain water flows into storage locations through a series of tilting roofs. From the storage locations, water is also sent to reservoirs and farms.

5th Year

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stairs

stairs

rain capture module

grid transition module

canopy module

vertical planter modules

walking path

bridging

horizontal planter module

current site hydrological distribution

block plan

water flow

module mapping

reservoir territory

farmlans

reservoir

grid martix

ecological urban

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community

gardens

farms

wetlands

site circulation water priority

constructing framework

reservoir dry season

reservoir wet season

rain water collection horizontal planter canopy vertical planter filtration

farmland

reservoir

new city grid

road

wetland

wetland park

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wet season

facade section

chinampas

EXPANDING THEGRID

Preventing evapotranspiration is a crucial part of the design since 73% of rain water is lost though this natural means. Thus repeatable panels would be devised in order to create a inexpensive roofscape that would allow for the collection of rain water. Water would be captured through the roof during the wet season and stored internally throughout the year for use to prevent from evaporation. This internal bladder would help maximize the rain water shortages during the dry season. Nearly 8 inches of rain falls per day at the peak of the wet season while only half an inch falls during the peak of the dry season. The faade would allow for the filtering of water. This module is based on a similar design of the water cone, which uses evaporation to filter water.

5th Year

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dry season

rain storage

evaporation filtration

vines

evapotranspiration prevention

gardens

filtered water accessibility

water storage

water table

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guggenheim, nyc, usa brooklyn bridge, nyc, usa

church ruin , antigua, guatemala lago atitlan, guatemala

PHOTOGRAPHYSTUDIES

Photography is my favorite way to personally engage and study different aspects of architecture. Capturing moments that inspire and tell stories through a single image is very powerful. Projects can be made by just one incredible image, be that a render or a photograph. Detailing the spacing, texture, and light help me further understand ways to create similar moments in my architectural designs. These photos were taken with my D5100 Nikon SLR camera and edited in Photoshop and Lightroom.

4th-5th Year

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atlantic city boardwalk, new jersey, usa church ruin, antigua, guatemala

lincoln center, nyc, usa eastern state penitentiary, philadelphia, usa24

graffiti and muralism in architecture

PHOTOGRAPHYSTUDIES

Photomontage is another way I have studied architecture throughout my education. The possibilities of merging art in different ways architecturally through installations, design and studies really excites me. The first image is an exploration of architecture, graffiti, and murals in Latin America and was completed in my 3rd year. My focus was to create an almost seamless texture by connecting spaces and merging different types of art and architecture. The second image was a study for my thesis, looking at Mxico City and its untamed growth. The urban growth seems to have no limit, from valleys and steep slopes, people find ways to reside in extreme areas. This endless city has had major effects environmentally because of the population. The third collage was done in my 4th year. I was exploring ideas of creating a more natural and vibrant Braslia. In the project my partner and I redeveloped and extended an existing park in the spine of Braslia and intergrated a new bus station, which was at the heart of the original design of the city.

3rd-5th Year

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mxico city urbanism

rethinking braslia

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9714 Appin Falls Spring, Texas [email protected]

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