Jorge Balboa Resume 2011

Jorge Balboa

Mr. Balboa graduated in 1993 with a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of

Miami. Prior to founding RBL Architecture & Town Planning, Mr. Balboa worked for several

well respected firms in South Florida. His responsibilities included project design, contract

documents and production staff supervision and construction management.

As a former partner and director of design at RBL Architecture, his responsibilities

included urban design, architectural design coupled with presentation, marketing and

graphic design for both client and firm.

Mr. Balboa’s lifelong commitment to excellence in design without sacrificing the clients

goals has been one of his primary objectives, The synthesis of design intensity and

practical solutions.

Representative Project Experience

Gables Engineering, Coral Gables, Florida

Manufacturing facility with a total of 100,000 sq. ft.

Ca’Bella, Surfside, Florida

8,000 sq. ft. Intercostals Residence

Bay Point Schools, Miami, Florida

Dept. of Juvenile Justice – Classroom / Library building & Vocational Center.

The Mediterranean Village, Pinecrest, Florida

Residential Project – 11 townhouse units

Summerville, Miami-Dade County, Florida

Neo-traditional Town including 100,000 sq. ft. mixed use 237 dwellings & charter

School.

The French Village, Pinecrest, Florida

2 acre site - 12 residential units

Kendall Commons, Miami-Dade County, Florida

Traditional Neighborhood - 160 acres, 1256 units, mixed use, 200,000 sq ft

commercial & charter school.

Doranda, Doral, Florida

Traditional Neighborhood – 16.93 acres- 218 units with Mixed-use,

The Mei Condominium, 5875 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, Florida

21 Story High Rise Residential building.

Representative Project Experience

Federal Bureau of Prisons, Miami, Florida

400,000 sq. ft. prison facility Downtown Miami

Sunset Place, South Miami, Florida

Mixed use retail and residential mall.

IVAX, Miami, Florida

Pharmaceuticals, industrial plant Rehabilitation corporate offices, 20,000 sq. ft.

City of Miami, Miami, Florida

Recreation facility, 9,000 sq. ft.

City of North Miami Beach, North Miami Beach, Florida

N.E. 125th Street Downtown Re-design

US Army Officer Housing, Puerto Rico

40 Townhouses

Dade County School Board, Miami, Florida

4 Proposed elementary & middle schools

Adler Residence, Miami-Dade County, Florida

15,000 sq. ft. residence

Saboltsky Residence, Miami-Dade County, Florida 12,000 sq. ft. residence

Chafetz Residence, Miami Beach, Florida

La Gorce island, 9,000 sq. ft.

The Turchin Companies, Miami Beach, Florida

Custom residence, 8,000 sq. ft.

The Diaz / Goodale Residence, Miami Beach, Florida

Custom residence, 6,000 sq. ft.

S E L E C T E D P R O J E C T S

KENDALL COMMONS

Kendall Commons, represents the urban armature at

the other end of Kendall Drive from the new urbanist

infill of Kendall Town Center. The site consists of 160

acres of fill, and is a classic Quarter Section on the

edge of the urban growth boundary. The scale

corresponds to exactly that traditional

neighborhood, with a walk of five minutes from

center to edge. The project is developed as full

neighborhood and ranges from T6 to T3, with

important commercial and civic components.

The bulk of the urban fabric is row house with overall

density of 7.5 dwellings per acre. Net density is close

to 11. 15.3 acres are reserved for a drainage lake,

which will be crossed a by true bridge equipped with

overlooks. The grid individuates townhouse streets,

varying enclosure and urban space with a full

typological range that ranges from plazas to small

fronting greens, from paseo to wilderness. There are

56 new street types, all of them approved.

The 200,000 square feet of commercial, office, and

retail space always carries housing above. They

range in size one 40,000 square foot medium box to

the full program of neighborhood commercial

towards the center. The civic program includes

buildings for a town hall, a post office, a police

substation, and for day-care; a market agora, an

amphitheatre, a public hypostyle, and a variety of

belvederes should also be counted as part of the

civic infrastructure. A charter school, K to12, with

1,500 students, is a prominent part of the project.

Project Facts:

Total project acreage: 160.259 acres

Total developable acreage: 106.429 acres

Total open space acreage: 53.83 acres

Number of single-family residential units: 106 units

Number of multi-family residential units: 1150 units

Total commercial square footage: 160,000 Sq. ft.

Total office/retail square footage: 40,000 Sq. ft.

Total square footage of public use: 1,680,000 Sq. ft.

Total Project Cost: US $450,000,000

VIEW TOWARDS THE SW

KENDALL, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA

DORANDA TOWNCENTER

DORAL, FLORIDA

14.93 ACRE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT –218 UNITS MIXED USE

MEI CONDOMINIUM

MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA

21 STORY HIGH RISE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

SUMMERVILLE

Summerville is half a TND, anchored on the south side

by a future mixed use center that will provide components of neighborhood commercial. A school

and a large green, doubling as an athletic field,

anchor the northern and eastern ends. All three are

tied together by eminently walkable avenues. The

intersection of this armature is an oval with attached

civic. The project has 267 residential units with ten

different types, from single homes to rowhouses

The site consists of 48.11 Acres Gross (TND) with an

added 5.7 acres in the future mixed-use center, at

the crossing of SW 117 Ave and SW 248 Street. A 2.4

acre site on the northern corner will contain a charter

school and a fire station. The land is ex-agricultural.

The few existing trees will be transplanted to

accommodate flood criteria for fill..

The T3-4 project is located in an area that is in

transition from rural agriculture to single family

residential. It is hoped that new development to the

east will tie, providing an alternative model to current

arterial pod development. The existing TND code for

Dade County was followed and no variances were required.

Project Facts

Total project acreage: 48.11 acres

Total developable acreage: 32.09 acres


Number of single-family residential units: 156 units

Number of multi-family residential units: 111 units

Total office/retail square footage: 250,000 Sq. ft.

Total public use: 698,000 Sq. ft.

Total Project Cost: US $115,000,000

GOULDS, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA

REGULATING PLAN

LANDSCAPING PLAN

THE FRENCH VILLAGE

The French Village at Pinecrest develops 1920s Coral

Gables precedent to bring an urban close into a

suburban context. It replaces the ranges of

townhome parking lots as a development model and

can be considered a retrofit of a cul-de-sac, in which

a vehicular turnabout is replaced by a series of

sophisticated public-private transitions made possible

by shaping space.

The site included a few exotic trees, which were

transplanted on site. Seventeen variances were

initially needed against the suburban regulations, but

the project was later modified to build as-of-right.

The street supports the classic human community

number of 12, followed directly by parking treated as

entry courts. These are in, in turn, juxtaposed to the

private space of small pools, made possible by the

extensive use of walls.

Project Facts

Total project acreage: 2 acres

Total developable acreage: 2 acres


Number of multi-family residential units: 12

Total square footage of public use: 2,500

Total Project Cost: US $9,000,000.00

PINECREST, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA

AWARDS + PUBLICATIONS

2004: CNU Florida New Urbanism Guidebook

Publication; Kendall Commons: Traditional Neighborhood


Publication; Summerville


Publication; The French Village

2003: Miami Today:

Article; Firm Review and the Implementation of Traditional Neighborhoods

2003: The New Urban News:

Article; Summerville: Traditional Town Plan

2003: Miami Herald:

Article; Summerville: Traditional Town Plan and Firm Interview

2002: University of Miami:

“75 years of Building”; Exhibition: Selected Works


Presentation/Exhibition; Caribbean Urban Typology

2001: American Institute of Architects:

Award for Design Excellence:

Ca’Bella, 8,000 sq. ft. Intercoastal Residence, Surfside, Florida

2001: Builders Association of South Florida (BASF):

Platinum Award in Architecture: French Village; 12 units Hamlet

Platinum Award in Architecture: Porto Vecchio; 18 units Hamlet

Platinum Award in Architecture: Porto Vecchio; Best Multi Family Product


Exhibition: Havana/ Miami Retrospective in Architecture

1996: Casa International:

Publication; American Houses: Casa Atlantic

1993: Piano Mobile Gallery

“Furniture by Architects” Design competition

Best Dining / Conference room table

“Tutti-frutti” Terrazzo & Iron Table

CLIENTS REFERENCES

ROSELLO BALBOA + LORDI : ARCHITECTURE + TOWN PLANNING

CLIENTS REFERENCES

• Neil Eisner

Transeastern Homes, Inc.

3300 University Drive Suite 100

Coral Springs, FL 33065

Phone: 954.346.9700

Fax: 954.346.4190

• Armando Perez Aleman

City Wide Developers

10690 S.W. 7th Terrace

Miami, FL 33174

Phone: 305. 221.1110

Fax: 305. 221.2322

• Mike Garcia

GC Homes Inc.

14600 SW 136 Street

Miami, FL 33186

Phone: 305.259.8026

Fax: 305.675.3645

• Timothy Goodale

Phone: 305-495-2155

• Jose Boschetti

BF Group, LLC

2159 Coral Way, Suite B

Miami FL 33145

Phone: 305.541.3738

Fax: 305.541.1314

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