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URBAN / ARCHITECTONIC PORTFOLIOby Ana Sabrina Martnez

2008 - 2013

2Age 28Nat MexicanT +32-0483-149-187 M [email protected] Jan Stasstraat 5 bus 8 Leuven 3000, BelgiumG Female

Architect and Urban designer

4MOTIVATIONMy main inspiration is the people

I am applying for collaborating with you as an urbanist and architect. My experience as urban designer, small architectural studio cofounder, head of the special projects department in an automotive corporation, and my latest success, the completion of my masters in urbanism and strategic planning, have uniquely prepared me to understand and solve projects for meeting both, our clients (capital) and the final users needs.

My personal objective is to develop sustainable projects that consider the social agency as an important part of the design process. I believe that the lessons learned during the fieldwork of my master thesis from the slums in Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico about sustainability, eco-nomy and self-organization, can be a powerful tool to reinterpret the contemporary city and should be taken into consideration when designing urban and architectural projects.

Moreover, I consider the landscape as the strongest dialectical element in any territory, as it is the environment in which we live the one that shape us, and at the same time, it is us who constantly re-shape the environment. I am convinced that as urbanist, architects and planners, it is our task to make this dialect a virtuous circle instead of a vicious one.

I am relocating to Brussels and would welcome an opportunity to talk with you about the open positions. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Ana Sabrina Martinez Feria

6Academic work

URBAN DESIGN WORKSHOPS PUBLICATIONSURBANISM20

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08ARCHITECTURE

[9] landscapes of inclusion MX

[17] interplaying densities CN [23] mapping Taihu CN [56] our common risk

[57] Gran Via Sabadell

[33] Hercules - La Caada MX

[27] Gran Via ES

CONTENTS

7Work experience

URBAN DESIGN EXERCISES PUBLICATIONSURBANISM ARCHITECTURE

[37] reconstruction IT

[49] residential MX

[51] residential MX

[52] refurbishment MX

[41] North Qro MX [47] Mediterraneo MX

[46] Machorra MX

9LANDSCAPES OF INCLUSION and their moving spaces

Academic projectMaster thesis

EMU Programme - KU Leuven

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location: Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico, Mexicoarea: 160,17 km2promoter: Bruno De Meulder scope: Master thesisdate: November 2012 - June 2013video: https://vimeo.com/73993110

LANDSCAPES OF INCLUSION AND THEIR MOVING SPACES

Ecatepec de Morelos is a mosaic of fragmented realities hosting a multicultural environ-ment. A landscape shaped by religious rituals, social traditions and a strongly rooted co-llective imaginary. It is an unfinished product mostly sculpted by informal urban practices, spaces in constant evolution (Turner, 1963), non-stop moving areas (B. Jacques, 2001) that use and create the landscape as a language of perpetual conflict and compromise be-tween what is stablished by the authority and what the vernacular insists upon preferring. (Jackson 1984:148). It is a territory that demands its own right to the city by reclaiming the streets as a collective democratic element (B. Jacques, 2004) were scenes of [civic] public life and activities of exchange take place.

Located in the northern part of what used to be part of the Lake of Texcoco. The majestic 260 km2 lake has been reduced to 17 km2 in 100 years. The dramatically shrinking water surface, the risk of flooding events and obsolete drainage system combined with high risk areas of subsidence obliges us to think about new solutions, visions and strategies when approaching this territory.

I propose to recover what should be the most important resource and identity of the area, the water.The three transversal water structures (A,B and C) and the Grand Canal shown the left map, are projected as carrying structures for purified water distribution while serving as storm water runoff and graywater collectors. Both viaducts and open chanals, discharge todays considered wastewater, into the seven urban lakes along the territory. These basins are designed to create large public parks and water filtering infrastructures for processing this element through constructed wetlands and storing it in some of the rehabilitated Lake of Texcoco reservoir for future domestic and agricultural use.

Mexico City

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VISION 2050

water viaduct

purified water basin

street market

floodable areaslakeside transition

agroecosystemswoods

open canals

storm and gray water recollection

water centers and communitary gardens

constructed wetlands

vaporeto system

teleferic gondola systemvaporeto station

teleferic gondola station

suburban train station

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3

2

2

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5topography lines every 10 m

existing metro system

topography lines every 2.5 mtopography lines every 0.5 mold lake of texcoco line

El Caracol water parkLake of Texcoco National Park

dam - storm runoff collection4

5

Grand CanalRemedios River

buildings on pilesdike building

0 2

1 3

5km

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structure a

structure b

structure c

dry season wet season

proposed section in floodable and subsidence area

existing section in floodable and subsidence area

0 2

1 3

5

a

bZ1

c

AA

km

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terraces anti-erosion

terraces anti-erosion

community gardenscamping area

cut and fill tecnique used for dike construction

constructed wetlands terraces for water purification

water collector

proposal of water collection. (mountain system) section A-A

section proposal B-B

water collector

cut

fill

camping area

public baths and gymnasium


tianguis plaza

terraces for erosion control

gondola lift system

dike

tree nursery for controling urban growth and erosion

community library

public baths

chapel

filtering wetland terraces

day-care center

community gardens

B

B

0 3

51

10

0 5

102,5

20

0 10

305

60

m

m

m

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dwellings reconvertion to mixed use

civic center

warehouses reconvertion to mixed use


abbandoned rail tracks used for moving market

C

C

existing section

tianguis taxi rack

parking

proposed viaduct (structure b)

0 10

305

60m

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VISION 2150?

0 2

1 3

5

water viaduct


street market

floodable areaslakeside transition

agroecosystemswoods

open canals

storm and gray water recollection

water centers and communitary gardens

constructed wetlands

vaporeto system

teleferic gondola systemvaporeto station

teleferic gondola station

topography lines every 10 mexisting metro system

topography lines every 2.5 mtopography lines every 0.5 mold lake of texcoco line

dam - storm runoff collection

buildings on pilesdike building

km

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2012

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INTERPLAYING DENSITIESVision for Taihu 2040

Academic projectEMU Programme - KU Leuven

location: Taihu, Beijing, Chinaprofessor: Kelly Shannon, Viviana dAuriateam: Ana Martinez, Calin Lambrache, Dennis Schowers, Ray Qin, Sam Khabir, Tianlu Chou, Yuvi Chauhan, Jonas Knapenscope: urbanism and urban design proyectdate: February 2012 - June 2012

INTERPLAYING DENSITIES

Beijing is booming at an unbelievable speed. In thirty years the city has grown up till its 6th ring road, where the Taihu municipality is located. The massive migration from rural to urban metropolis and the opening of the new high speed train station that connects Tianjin with Beijing, creates a strong trend of urbanizing the area. We believe that the challenge is to create a city that allows growing and shrinking. A dynamic, flexible, multifunctional city that rethinks density as a way of regenerating the urban fabric while creating a void occu-pied by a high-tech productive landscape. As a result, our project focuses on offering three diverse lifestyles - Ciquizhen City, Jin Kuang Villages and the Lian Villa -

Ciquizhen City is proposed for people wishing to have a healthy and intense outdoor life. The main idea is to create a car-less city were the public realm is completely designed while the private areas can be projected according to the inhabitants dreams.

In Lian Villa, we have created a sanctuary specially for those who aim to live in balance with nature. We developed a natural-like man-made landscape network that connects the different villas to a series of get-away spaces, designed for their comfort and enjoyment. Moreover, the development gives them the opportunity to produce their own organic food, while living in a first class villa that can be shaped according to their needs.

The Jin Kuang Villages are multilayered small/medium enterprise networks, that bring pri-vate and public investments to the area providing trading and training facilities along the Xiao Tai Hou River. The project aims to protect the traditional villages, while regenerating the urban tissue. This is archieved by developing new housing typologies that combine work and living units.

Beijing

VISION 2040

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rivers

fish pondsfloodable areasparks

productive landscapeexisting villages

open canalsconstructed wetlands

Jin Kuang Villages

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Ciquizhen CityLian Villa

new urban tissue

km

Ciquizhen City section A-A

Taihu train station

overlooking the productive landscape

second level of public space

section B-B

section C-C

AC

BAC

B

Lian Villa

section A-A

traditional villages with new typologies and water structures

Cizumi viewpoint tower

section B-B

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B

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B

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Single house

ground floor family house

first floor family house

0 2

1 3

5

0 2

1 3

5

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10

m

m

Jin Kuang VillagesA

BAB

fish village

dog village

lotus ponds village

section A-A

section B-B

mts0 200 400

100 300 500

Z1

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NOMADICSCAPESmapping Taihu

intensive fieldwork and mapping workshop

Academic projectEMU Programme - KU Leuven & PKU China

location: Taihu, Beijing, Chinaprofessor: Kelly Shannon, Viviana dAuria, Bruno De Meulderscope: fieldwork and mapping exercisedate: March 2012

NOMADICSCAPES

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GRAN VIAThe metropolitan street of Sabadell

Academic projectEMU Programme - UPC Barcelona

location: Sabadell, Barcelona, Mexicoprofessor: Antonio Font and Isabel Castieirateam: Ana Martinez, Ana Neto, Andrea Voigt, Angelica Salazar, Carmen Boyer, Pau Fuster, Sophia Fernndez, Sonia Adamuz,Tomas Castro,Xavier Riberascope: urban planning proyectdate: February 2011 - May 2012

GRAN VIA, THE METROPOLITAN STREET OF SABADELL

The Gran Va in Sabadell is today mainly used as the main car connection between the City of Barcelona and its northern metropolitan area, creating a strong barrier between the downtown (north) and the industrial town (south). The proposal re-thinks the highway as a suburban clamp that reintegrates both sides of the city proposing a new cultural spine with public plugge-in programmes for leisure, heath, education and housing. The project is reinforce by a multimodal mobility network plan, which will allow the down-grading of street and therefore, the decrease the amount of vehicles for creating other types of activities.

avenue as barrier densityintensity of use

boulevard of inte-gration

mobility flowsc o n s t r u c t i o n of ringroad for down-grading the boulevard

Barcelona

change of paradigm

restructuration road hierarchy

actual situation actual section proposed sectionlocation

restructuration of bus lines (13 to 8 lines) and waiting time reduction (25 min to 12 min) rising the system capacity (33% to 41%).

Bike strategy implementation

mobility strategy

eco-bicing

lane Ripoll

parking bike

wild routeline 7

line 3

line 5

line 1

actual bike lane

proposal for new lanesbike-friendly streets proposalline 8

line 4

line 6

line 2

0 2,5

1 5km

0 2,5

1 5km

Value map

important buildings

empty plotsparking lotscity doors

areas of opportunitycommerce

public facilities

Carrer Ramon Llul

Carrer de Barcelona

Calle Rambla

Calle Saint Pau

Calle M. dei Rei

Calle de Sol i Pardis

Calle del C. de Raul

Gran Via wider typical section

actual situation

option A1 (Rambla)

option B1

option A2

option B2

option A3

option A1

option A3

option B2

sidewalks

central rambla,bike lane,tram stop, wide sidewalks

wide sidewalks, bike lane,tram stop

wide sidewalks, bike lane



space for transportation 60% space for pedestrian 40%












bus lines

tram lane

tram lane

tram lane

tram lane

tram lane

2 car lanes in each direction+ side lanes andparking space

2 car lanes in each direction



1 car lane in each direction, 1 lane for left turn


Gran Via narrowertypical section

typical boulevard section proposal 2



typical promenadesection proposal 1

pedestrian movements

cross street

Gran va - Ctra Prats de Llucanes

Gran va - C de Caldes

Gran va - C de les Creus

Gran va - Sol i Pardis

Gran va - RamblaGran va - Ctra Barcelona

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HERCULES - LA CAADAtowards a policentric city

Academic projectbachelor architecture- ITESM Queretaro

location: La Caada, Queretaro, MexicoProfessor: Alfonso Garduo, Carlos Gmezteam: Ana Martinez, Aurelio Valtierrascope: Urban/Architectonic designdate: August 2009 - December 2009

HERCULES - LA CAADA

Santiago de Quertaro is one of the most important cities of Mexico. It is located 178km from Mexico city and forms part of the industrial area called Bajio. As many latin american cities, during the last 30 years Queretaros urban sprawl has grown up to 16 times more, without any fixed plan or design. This undergraduate exercise was done to understand the agents of growth of the city while recovering the identity of the neighborhood Hercules and La Caada. These are the barrios were the indigenous people settled back in the day of the colonization. Moreover, this area is known as the place were the spring-water was collected and transported towards the city center. Today an almost deserted highly polluted river is all that remains. The project aims to recover the river side while regaining the old centrality of the area.

Current Proposed

Monocentric city

Poly-centric city

Current Proposed

Monocentric city

Poly-centric city

actual situation monocentric city proposed poli-centric city proposed density

actual density

Quertaro

mobility

levels of pollution

industry

16%64.354 ton/yr

73%286.000 ton/yr

11%42.902ton/yr

nature

moves

plots to intervine

plots to intervine

T4 without riverfront

T4 with riverfront

accessrectorylibrarytheaterperforming artsvisual arts

T3

T2

tram

bike lane

river purification

recovery of river front with public plugged-in facilities

Z1

performing arts building ground floor 0 21 3

5

10

10

m

mperforming arts building first floor 0 21 3

5

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RECOSTRUCTION OF PALAZZO CAMPONESCHIL Aquila

Work Experienceinternship - Rizzi Proteco

2011

location: L Aquila, Italyarchitect: Rizzi Protecoocupation: intership/ modelerscope: projectdate: June 2011 - September 2011

RECOSTRUCTION OF PALAZZO CAMPONESCHI

The earthquake of 2009 in the region of Abruzzo affected mostly the city of L Aquila. Today the city looks like what could only be described as a post-disaster abbandoned area. To restablish the economical activities, some organizations decided to begin with the recons-truction of the most imporant monuments. This exercise was done for a competiotion held by the municipality of L aquila during a period of three months summer internship in Veni-ce. at the studio Rizzi Proteco. The main activity I performed was the production of three plaster models for explaining the relation and importance of the Palazzo Camponeschi and the city. One 1:500, 1:25,000 and 1:100,000

physiognomy of the city and morphology of the place

Palazzo Camponeschi and La Fontana delle 99 CannelleCity and landscape

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NORTH DEVELOPMENTa new way of planning the city

Work Experienceintership in urban planning - NURBLAT Queretaro

2008

location: Santa Rosa Jauregui, Queretaro, Mexicoarchitect: Nuevo Urbanismo Latinoamericanoocupation: designerscope: Urban planning projectdate: September 2008 - April 2009area: 700 ha

NORTH DEVELOPMENT

The Development of Santa Rosa, will be the first sustainable project of these dimensions ever built for the Quertaro City. In an hybrid yet fragmented city that has them both, his-torical and industrialized potentials, remains the nostalgia of the down town city center as the place where things happen in contrast to the contemporary city where sprawl has taken place taking away any kind of public space. The development is conceptualized with prin-ciples of New Urbanism, where the idea of a poli-center city linked by urban and suburban system of parks and plazas.

Quertaro

green structures districts and densitiesneighborhoods facing

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1.Green corridors 5.Hopitals district 9. Mall2. Principal Avenue 6.Civic/Commercial district 10.Lake 3.Educational facilities 7.University district 11.Urban Park4.Ecoindustrial district 8.Club 12.Ecological reserve

masterplan streets and main avenues0 21 3

km

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TRAINING PROJECTSre-thinking the industrial city

Work Experienceintership in urban planning - NURBLAT Queretaro

2008

location: Queretaro, Mexicoarchitect: Nuevo Urbanismo Latinoamericano (NURBLAT)ocupation: designerscope: projectdate: September 2008 - April 2009

LA MACHORRA DEVELOPMENT

La Machorra was a rapid exercise for creating a new neighborhood next to an industrial development. The challenge of this project was to create a housing neighborhood that allowed mixed use and at the same time, create a public space network with low founds.

location: Queretaro, Mexicoarchitect: Nuevo Urbanismo Latinoamericano (NURBLAT)ocupation: designerscope: projectdate: September 2008 - April 2009

MEDITERRANEO DEVELOPMENT

The first project I had during my intern was to take the Fraccionamiento Mediterraneo in Corregidora Quertaro (made by another firm) and redesign it with more economical and spatial values. The original design functions as a cluster with 129 houses without any kind of public space or commerce area. The redesign project archived 120 dwellings plus 22 spots for commerce and a small community park keeping the sizes of the housing plot of the original plan.

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ARCHITECTONIC PROJECTS private clients - residential houses

Work Experiencedesigner - Laboratorio Siete Arquitectura

Queretaro

NOTE: For privacy reasons the clients requested not to reveal the plans of the houses

2010

2009

location: Nuevo Len, Mexicoarchitect: Laboratorio Siete Arquitecturaocupation: designerscope: architectonic projectdate: January 2010 - June 2010

CASA SANCHEZ CASTILLO

This project arrived to us after finishing the Casa Snchez Carrillo. Our former client was happy with the results and recommended us to her brother in Monterrey, Nuevo Len. The challenge of this project was to merge the interest of a recently married couple. They wan-ted a dynamic house where their family could grow.

main entrance living room and staircase

backside facade

location: Quertaro, Mexicoarchitect: Laboratorio Siete Arquitecturaocupation: designerscope: architectonic project date: August 2009 - October 2009

CASA SANCHEZ CARRILLO

First single family house design made by Laboratorio Siete Arquitectura. The challenge was to propose an interesting and at the same time economical project. The clients were a couple in their late 40s with two teenage children.

dinning room kitchen

public area perspective

location: State of Mexico, Mexicoarchitect: Laboratorio Siete Arquitecturaocupation: designerscope: refurbishment and expansion project and constructiondate: June 2009 - April 2010

CABAA XACH

The Cabaa Xach was a project taken when half of the house was already built. The clients had several problems with the former architects and decided to change firms. The challenge in this project was to reinterpret the shell of the house and reshuffle the inte-riors to better fulfill the clients needs. Moreover, a third body was requested projected and approved by the clients.

House re-oriented towards the landscape. Interventions: the main facade was practically deniying the landscape. We redirected the central body by proposing a glass facade due to its public function

re-distribution of Master room

ground floor: chimney, living and dinning room in central body. First floor: Reading area chidrens room proposal

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PUBLICATIONS

Academic projectsIUAV - EMUUPC - EMU

The booklet Our Common Risk Scenarios for the diffused city is published. It collects the results of the fall semester 2011/2012 of the EMU (IUAV University of Venice) produced by the Master students and profes sors together with Latitude, in the frame of the 5th International Architecture Biennale of Rotterdam (2012)

The booklet La reforma de la Gran Via Un projecte de futur is published. It collects the re-sults of the spring semester 2011/2012 of the EMU (Universidad Politcnica de Catalua) produced by the Master students and professors.

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Thanks for your consideration

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