Javier Castro Alba. Portfolio

jcaA R C H I T E C T ANDGRAPHIC DESIGNER

Javier Castro Alba

[email protected]

0754 4127741 (m)

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curriculum vitae

Javier Castro Alba [email protected] 0754 4127741 (m)

academic education

[2006]

[2006-2010]

[2012]

[2012]

[2012-2013]

[2012-2013]

IV International Workshop of Architecture “IMITATION AND EXPERIENCE”

IX, X, XI, y XII Season of Architecture Meetings in Hernando Colon Residence Hall.

Workshop: “Infographic Developement of Architecture Render”Ability to generate models by utilizing Autodesk 3ds Max and AutoCAD, rendering by V-ray and post-production of the picture by Adobe Photoshop.

Wooden class season: “RESTORATION AND SUSTAINABILITY”.

Arch i tetu ra l Des ign of Wooden S t ructu re and D ig i ta l Manufacturing.

Practice course: ENGLISH FOR ARCHITECTS. Organized by Fidas society.

additional education

[2003-2005] HIGH SCHOOL

[2005-2014] ARCHITECT

Natural and Health Science track.Guadalete School, El Puerto de Santa María.

Higher Technical School of Architecture in Seville.Degree Final Project: “Sport Centre” in El Puerto de Santa María.


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work experience

_BARRAMEDA ARQUITECTOS January - March 2014

Planning and development of a residential and business building graphic designs in Brazzelia, Congo.

skills

_PERSONAL QUALITIESUntiring, hard-worker with positive attitude at all times with the ability of work as part of a team or working i n d e p e n d e n t l y . O r g a n i z e d , f l e x i b l e , p u n c t u a l and with great qualities of graphics expression.

creative,

_SOFTWAREOFFICEAutoCADRevitCorelDRAW3D Studio Max + V-rayPHOTOSHOPCYPECADSAP 2000CE3X

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_LANGUAGESSpanishEnglish

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projects


The initial idea started with the construction of a seat that can be folded in a single plane.

In order to optimize the material and the production efficiency, I decided to generate the seat

through cuts in the board base. This allows three folds of alternating directions to conform the

seat, getting a hundred percent advantage of the material.

When the seat is not being used, it can be stored by hanging it on the wall in a decorative

manner, much like a picture.

The opening and closing of the furniture is performed by a simple maneuver, exerting pressure on

its edges. This quirky opening action adds an extra design aesthetic to the seat.

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fold seat


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house as a museum: The house without owner


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The project consisted of making a house with 6x6 meters of horizontal

surface area by 12 meters of height, in a undefined location.

Immediately thoughts began to come to me; conceptual ideas of

how I could distribute the interior, all of which had been inspired by the

same pattern in my childhood. When I used to visited my grandfather, I

loved climbing the trees that he had in his orchard, to take to the fruits

and eat them seated in the possible part of the tree.

When I used to go hiking in the mountains, I always accelerated past

the group and rose to the most complicated site of the rocks, in search

of a good vantage point, to sites where only I could climb and sit there

awaiting them to reach me.

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That was what I tried to obtain with this project; a house in which, entering the ground floor,

you are rising step by step, discovering new levels of elevated sites to sit, rest and enjoy.

The elevation of the house brings a dynamical aspect. A part of the volume arrangement is

made with displacement of planes and small volumes, as it is the case of the corbel, which is a

plane that moves, leaving the “vertical limit” that forms the opened facade of the house.

The conceptual idea was as if the stairs had slowely propagated over time from there orginal

location vertically up, to create a downstairs doorway into the building.

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As we elevate from level to level, we find different ways to

take. We can keep walking by a footbridge that leaves the

facade of the house, forming a projection; or we can go

downstairs by the floating stairs aforementioned, stairs that

lead to nowhere. In this part of the explanation of the project

I am going to take a breather to explain the reasoning

behind the stairs.

Recalling a book which I worked in my first year of university,

titled House collage: a test on the architecture of the house, I

remain with the titled chapter “the valid ambiguity”. This

chapter taught how to consider the spaces like the corridors,

or in this case the stairs differing from the habitual purpose. It

would be more useful to consider them as a common

structure that allow other uses in addition to the one of transit.

I consider the stairs as a zone destined to something more

than elevational reasons. I removed the stereotype of the

stairs being a traffic zone, because they do not embark in

another level of the house, and do not take you anywhere.

The user will be able to descend utilizing each of the steps as

a place to sit and observe the landscape.

The highest and intimate part of the house is destined to be

the bedroom; a room where the bed is located within the

floor cavity, and by lifting the floorspace, the bed can be

revealed. Designing the room in such a manner allows the

floor to be “closed”, while the room is not being used to sleep,

granting extra space with spectacular views from the top.

This space however can only be accessed by more difficult

means of climbing. Once the angles of the views have been

studied, it becomes apparent that the building can be

appreciated for all its glory unseen from lower levels.


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museum in the Guadalquivir river bank (Seville)


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Museum of Contemporany Art in Helsinky, Steven Holl.

This project consisted of developing a museum dedicated to the Guadalquivir river (Seville) that would be built on the river bank, which is currently scattered with local vegetation.

During the development of the project, a key aspect of importance was to consider the surroundings, as much of the local woodland makes up the characteristics of that part of Seville.

Therefore the building is “surrounded” by the nature, which can be appreciated from every angle of the perimeter thanks to glass walls. An artificial water surface “raises from the river” interlacing itself with the building.

From the main volume of the building extrudes viewing galleries, that give the best visuals of the river allowing it to be appreciated for all its worth.


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Sport Centre in El Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz) Degree Final Project


The election of the subject of the Degree Final Project is a reflection and maturation ,

something to which we are going to dedicate a considerable time to him of the degree before

finish it, is an opportunity to develop something with which to enjoy in the process, and

something that, if possible, helps to grow and to advance of correct form to my city.

The objective of the intervention is the advantage of the left margin from the Guadalete river to

its pass by El Puerto de Santa Maria, so that spaces of interest are created near the historical city

centre and give back to this area the life that always has had.

process


The nature and free spaces surround to the

building, always with the presence of the

water, as the main and more important

element of the project.

The northeast oriented facade, opened to the

outer green zone of the parcel, has a horizontals

wooden system as a pergola that filters the direct

solar light.

One put special well-taken care in the control of the

routes when I was designing the inside spaces,

playing with the intuition of the user and its

experience with the building, and always

differentiating the zones between dirty feet and

clean feet.


A series of volumes is arising one from the other, as a

matrioska or Russian doll, to gather to the user in the stroll

and to take it, crossing the different spaces, until the main

volume that lodges the swimming pool.

A smaller height on one of the borders of the

swimming pool creates a warm rest area for the

swimmer. Lodging in its interior the necessary

machinery for the air conditioning of the building.

The design of the roof responds to a logical

structural system that it contains the necessary

facilities for the swimming pool and obtains an

entrance of diffuse light in it.



When I began to design the roof, I wanted to

integrate in it all the necessary functions. With

that objective, I started to study Miguel

Fisac´s works. In his life, Miguel Fisac tried to

design a precast concrete element which

works as an structural element, covering the

desired surface, filtering the light making it

diffuse and canalising the rainwater.

Keeping in mind that it is very difficult to use

concrete over long spans and, in addition,

with the original idea of developing a light

structure which hosts sporting facilities, it lead

me to a design made wholey of wood.

Initially I incorporated a solid-web beam,

with 2,5 metres-skylights, forming a drawer

under the beams in alternate hollows to insert

the air ducts in it. By doing this I integrated the

air filtration in side the roof in a hiden manner.


This design provides an excess of direct light on

the swimming pool surface, so I tried to light it up

using a skylight with a closed top and opened

vertical sides. This causes the light to be reflected

down to the pool as indirect lighting, to avoid the

glaze of direct sunlight. In addition, I tried to

optimize the integration of the wood, as using

solid-web beam, each 2,5 metres with suports

each 5 metres was excessive. To achieve this I

decided to use a roof truss system, keeping the air

duct drawer.

Finally, I decided to spin the top of the skylight to

add solar panels to the roof which are needed to

provide the sport centre with hot water. By doing

this, the solar panels do not appear as some

elements simply based on the roof. The only

problem is that the solar panels now are not

facing the south, but with the current orientation

it fits more solar panels than facing the south,

which, evidently solves the issue of lost energy

that occurs in a south facing configuration.


3D model of a wooden structure.Modeled by AutoCAD


3D model of a wooden structure and steel gutter. Modeled by AutoCAD


graphic desings


winehouse in Ronda, Málaga (Spain)


Residential and bussines building in Brazzelia, Congo


Museum in Trujillo, Badajoz (Spain)


museum in Guadalquivir river bank (Seville)


Sport Centre in El Puerto de Santa María

Degree Final Project

Javier Castro Alba

[email protected]

0754 4127741 (m)

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