Aksel Alvarez-Jurgueson Lebenslauf + Portfolio

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Berufserfahrung

Zeitraum 1.12.2009 - 30.6.2010Beruf oder Funktion ProjektleiterWichtigtätigkeiten und Zuständigkeiten

Koordinierung des Teams für die Entwicklung von bundesweiten Prototypen und Projekten von Sozialwohnungen.

Name und Adresse des Arbeitsgebers

Ministerium für öffentliche Arbeiten und Wohnungsbau Av. Fco. Miranda MOPVI Gebäude, 1010A Caracas (Venezuela)

Tätigskeitbereich oder Branche Amtlich

Zeitraum 1.4.2009 - 30.11.2009 Beruf oder Funktion Direktionsassistent ProjektleiterWichtigtätigkeiten und Zuständigkeiten

* Vorbereitung öffentlicher und privater Ausschreibungen.* Projektbegleitung. Gesamtkosten: ca. 30 Mio. USD* Koordination von Geschäftpartnern und Unterlieferanten


Grupo Padiper, C.A. Av. Ppal. Bello Monte C.C. Bello Monte Ofc. 4L, 1010A Caracas (Venezuela)

Tätigskeitbereich oder Branche Baugewerbe / Bau

Zeitraum 1.2.2009 - 30.4.2009 Beruf oder Funktion Junior ArchitektWichtigtätigkeiten und Zuständigkeiten

Koordinierung von Aktivitäten der Nationalwohnungsprogrammplanung im südlichen Venezuela


Ministerium für öffentliche Arbeiten und WohnungsbauAv. Fco. Miranda MOPVI Gebäude, 1010A Caracas (Venezuela)

Tätigskeitbereich oder Branche Amtlich

Zeitraum 1.4.2008 - 28.2.2009 Beruf oder Funktion ArchitektWichtigtätigkeiten und Zuständigkeiten

Berufserfahrung in Wettbewerben und der Entwicklung von kommerziellen Projekten. Koordination und Zusammenarbeit mit Technischen Beratern


Lasala y Lasala Arquitectura S.A.Av. Ppal. Bello Monte CC Bello Monte Ofc. 5K, 1010A Caracas (Venezuela)


Nachname(n) / Vorname(n) Alvarez Jurgueson, Aksel JavierAdresse Brahms 6, 68165 MannheimTelefon 0621 1228.51.77Mobil 0157 7874.32.65E-Mail [email protected]örigkeit SpanierGeburtsdatum 21.9.1981Geschlecht Männlich

Architekt | Aksel Alvarez-Jurgueson

Lebenslauf

Zeitraum 1.8.2007 - 28.2.2008Beruf oder Funktion GeschäftpartnerWichtigtätigkeiten und Zuständigkeiten

Gründung der Firma in Zusammenarbeit mit der Architektin Diana Garrido.Projektentwicklung: „Heiligtum von Mutter Candelaria de San Jose“ und „Erneuerung des südlichen Hauptfriedhofs, Caracas“


Circuitos Urbanos, C.A.Av. Maria Teresa Toro Las Acacias Sede ONG, 1010 Caracas (Venezuela)


Zeitraum 1/10/2005 - 30/7/2007 Beruf oder Funktion DozentWichtigtätigkeiten und

Zuständigkeiten

Dozent in der Abteilung für Architektonische Komposition (Design) auf den Niveaus I, II und IV | Dozent am Seminar „Die Öffentlichkeit und das Private in Architektur und Städtebau“


Los Andes Universität | Fakultät für Architektur und KunstAv. Ppal. La Hechicera FADULA, 5010 Merida (Venezuela)

Tätigskeitbereich oder Branche Erziehung und Unterricht

Zeitraum 3.7.2006 - 15.7.2007 Bezeichnung der erworbenen Qualifi kation Msc. in Kritik, Geschichte und Theorie des Architektur (nicht fertig)

Name und Art der Bildungs- oder Ausbildungseinrichtung

Los Andes Universität | Fakultät für Architektur und Kunst | Mérida - Venezuela | http://uvero.adm.ula.ve/parquitectura/

Stufe der nationalen oder internationalen Klassifi kation ISCED 7

Zeitraum 15.3.1999 - 12.12.2004 Bezeichnung der erworbenen Qualifi kation ArchitektName und Art der Bildungs- oder Ausbildungseinrichtung

Los Andes Universität | Fakultät für Architektur und Kunst | Mérida - Venezuela | http://uvero.adm.ula.ve/parquitectura/

Stufe der nationalen oder internationalen Klassifi kation ISCED 6

Schul- und Berufsbildung

Persönliche Fähigkeiten und Kompetenzen

Muttersprache(n) SpanischSonstige Sprache(n) Englisch B2*, Deutsch B1*

(*)Referenzniveau des gemeinsamen europäischen Referenzrahmens für Sprachen

IKT-Kenntnisse und Kompetenzen - Expertenkenntnisse: Auto-CAD bis 2011, Adobe Illustrator, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Adobe Encore, Adobe Acrobat- Erweiterte Kenntnisse: Adobe Photoshop, VectorWorks, Adobe InDesign, Adobe PageMaker, Grafi k- und Animationssoftware CINEMA 4D, Excel- Grundkenntnisse: Adobe After Effects, Adobe Soundbooth, Inventor, Adobe Flash, MS Project, Adobe Premiere

Künstlerische Fähigkeiten und Kompetenzen

Fotografi e mit digital und analogische MittelZeichnen, Abbildung und 3D-Abbildung



Portfolio


A Real-Estate Agent interested in explore new possibilities in Venezuela‘s medium-high market asked for three different choices for single family houses, one of them have to be oriented to a young and professional buyer with a standard family - a couple and two kids -

The location and the surrounding conditions are not well defi ned, therefore the proposal is conceived as an isolated unit able to be combined with the other more conservative models.

The House‘s location on lot is based

in standard venezuelan regulations and have to be adapted to local regulations after defi ne the fi nal location.

The house divide the public or social program from the private one. Even the fathers are separated from childrens to have enough privacy but still having control on children‘s rooms.

The lower fl oor is a free one to allow different confi gurations an posibilities, thinking in the active social life of young parents as well the huge family‘s partys.

Project DataYear of Design2011Name of Project:Single Family House PrototypeClient:PrivateUbication:

Venezuela

Budget:n/d

Area:Standard lot: 240m2

Implantation area: 84m2

Construction area: 120m2

Schedule:1 month to design a proposalTeam:Aksel Alvarez - ArchitectPosition held on Project:Designer


Left page above: Upper fl oor | The rooms are separated by the staircase, that creates a two level space at the entrace from the garage. The scheme is very simetrical to make the entire house really consistent and balanced.

Left page under: Lower fl oor | Thinking about the intense social use of common spaces, is proposed a fl oor plan that allow different variations and exploit the connection of the inner space and the garden, i.e. extending the kitchen to the garden

This page above: View from the street | The house‘s image is focused on the contrast of the upper volume‘s massiveness and the lower level‘s transparency. The front door is conceived as a stereotypical social machine, also it‘s located in the middle axis with a contrasting image, an image of what a frontdoor have to be.

This page under: View from the garage entrance | The private spaces are located apart, to emphasize that there are only small doors, that are emphasized by the contrasting lighting


Project DataYear of Design2011Name of Project:Façade System to the regional seat of Youth Orchestra System of VenezuelaClient:PDVSAUbication:

Venezuela | Maturín

Budget:n/d

Area:Piazza: 2.160m2

Façade: 1.200m2

Schedule:Proposal: 2 WeeksTeam:Jesús Guerrero - Project LeaderAksel Alvarez - Façade DesignerPosition held on Project:Creative Consultant

The Youth Orchestra System ‚Simón Bolívar‘, an important music program directed by master José Antonio Abreu for more than 35 years, is experimenting at this time a consolidation phase focused on the building of seats in every region of Venezuela.

The task was to defi ne a system that accomplish with the functions as a façade solar protection system and fi ts to the use as a whole to be the main element of the access plaza‘s roof. Additionally to those conditions the system would be easy to build and low maintenance.

The proposal consist in a hexagonal-grid based - 8x5 meters each cell - that allows deformations in every node in a range from 0 to 30 degrees with variations of 5º. Made of linear elements with standarized lengths and simple montage, all the panels are planar and were proposed as perforated elements to enhance the the dramatic game of light.

Piazza‘s roof is composed by two layers to enhance the roof‘s plasticity and to maximize the shadow‘s game.


Opposite Above: Closeup from Piazza‘s roof | Areas where are two layers of panels are dense creating variations in the shadows

Above: System‘s front view | The roof was planned to have a sinous profi l, but the main directions emphazise the building‘s main access. The largest segment have 110m long.

Right: Aerial view | All the roof‘s cells are regular hexagons in fl oor plan projection, only have variations over their ‚Z‘ axis

Under: View to the building‘s access | The façade‘s cells are based in triangles based on an original rectangular grid

Opposite Under: Piazza‘s roof small section


Project DataYear of Design2009 - 2010Name of Project:New Housing Prototypes for the National Housing PlanClient:Ministry of Housing and HabitatUbication:

Venezuela | 180 Dif. Locations

Budget:55.000 $ / Housing Unit

Area:Construction area: 56m2 - 72m2

Schedule:Design Phase: 1 YearTeam:Diosdado Cabello - MinisterUlianov Niño - Deputy MinisterAksel Alvarez - Lead. Design TeamErnesto Meléndez - Design LeaderJuan J. Núñez - Civil Eng. Lead.Javier Lemoine - Urban Des. Lead.Víctor Hernández - Geological Sup.Catherine Carías - InfraestructureDeifi lia Alvarez - Project AnalisysPosition held on Project:Leader of Design Team

Housing in Venezuela is an very important matter. The housing defi cit is around 3.000.000 units and every year are produced no more than 70.000 units. The ministry of Housing and Public Works grounded an unit to take charge of the design and research of new prototypes that fi t to the social needs and can be faster and better build.

Taking this in mind the design unit have developed different prototypes that fi t to different conditions - urban areas, rural areas, high density, shanty towns, and other cases identifi ed - and are part of a system that starts with idea that the housing unit is a family, so a groups of families are a community and a

group of communities are a major community, or the same a group of housing units are a building, a group of buildings are a ‚block‘ and a group of ‚blocks‘ are a planning area.

This simple idea drove the design of a serie of interchangeable housing units that allow the designers and developers achieve different confi gurations of density, image, characteristics, etc.

Most of the construction pieces of the houses are interchangeable and can be easy industrialized in community factories, creating not only homes but also jobs.


Opposite page: Front view of the urban single family house prototype | The relatively small ground area allows to build more houses with less infrastructure grids, saving resources and maximizing the acceso to them

Above: Aerial view of the standard urban block with multifamily housing prototypes | The idea of the block comes from the spanish foundation cities. Most of the cities in Venezuela where founded under the guidelines of the India‘s Law by the spanish conquerors, those sectors are the most effi cient sectors of the cities due to different reasons such as the mixed use, the inclusion of parks in the urban grid, the order of the public services and infraestructure, etc. In this way that seems to be the best way to approach to the reconstitution of the venezuelan cities, theres above an 60% of he population that lives in no formal conditions, that means a serios disbalance in the acces to basic infraestructure and services, like security or water.

Right: View of an isolated multifamily house | The design of the blocks as standardized pieces is to include not only the buildings but also all the urban elements like public telephones, trashcans, traffi c lightings and other elements. Also the lower leves in the street sides are dedicated to small community comerce to promote the mixed use developments

Under: general view of a block core | Those cores are not only to park the cars, even the most important use is the recreational one. Every block have a vast recreative area that can be adapted in function to the general shape of the development, constituing a grid of public spaces that enhances the life quality.


Project DataYear of Design2008 - 2009Name of Project:IACFA HotelClient:PDVSAUbication:

Venezuela | Caracas

Budget:n/d

Area:107.000m2 aprox.Schedule:Design Phase: 2 YearsTeam:Isabel Lasala - DirectorAna Lasala - DirectorSilvia Hernández - Historical Adv.Eduardo Kairuz - AdvisorAksel Alvarez - ArchitectSilvia Caradona - ArchitectFernando Lara - ArchitectMariana Lugo - ArchitectClara Guerrero - SecretaryPosition held on Project:Architect

In the major military facility in Cara-cas - Venezuela‘s capital - is located a hotel complex to host military visitors as well civilian ones. Due to the im-portance of this location and the lack of theaters with a capacity over 1.000 spectators in Caracas was called an architectural competition to present schemes for an urban hotel with 300 rooms associated to a theater with capacity to 3.000 spectators. This proposal won the fi rst place and gets on the project phase to develop the complete construction project.

The lot is a small depression in the mountain limited in the sides and back by the the mountain‘s slopes and in front by a small hill and the sorrounding buildings. That gives to the building an important role in the inmediate landscape. In this way was defi ned an scheme that takes advan-tage of this landscape conditions to enhance the building‘s image.

The project divides the program in four ‚pieces‘. The fi rst one are the rooms, that are located in a very long volume that works as screen an goes into the mountain in one of its ext-remes. That volumen is ‚fl ying‘ over a piazza and the recreation spaces. That cut in the building volumen is made at the pool level, located in the small hill in front of the hotel. The third piece is the theater and the reception. Are located under the pi-azza level and stablish the contact between the hotel and the theater. The fourth piece are the service are-as, that are located under the ground level and host all the services and personal areas.

This project aspires to one with the landscape, not by blending itself as a „green something“, but as an va-luable addition to the existing lans-cape through an strong image and presence


Opposite page: Floorplan at Theater‘s level | This fl oor plan shows the Hotel‘s service level. At this level are located all the employees facilities and service areas like kitchen and storerooms.

Above: View from the pool | The pool and the Hotel are connected by a two level bridge that host recreative facilities like the massage areas and other relaxation facilities. The pool occupies the top of the small hill in front of the Hotel, in this way it have a priviledged view of the sorroundings

Right: Cross section | The roof of the theater is the piazza itself, so it‘s used to set an open air theater, that could be used to some performances taking advantage of the scenary set made by the rooms building in its back and the mountain in front.

Under: View at the access level to the building


Project DataYear of Design2008Name of Project:La Alameda Commercial CenterClient:PrivateUbication:

Venezuela | Caracas

Budget:5.600.000 $ aprox.

Area:Commercial: 44.000 m2

Public Plaza: 8.000 m2

Schedule:Design Phase: 2 YearsTeam:Isabel Lasala - DirectorAna Lasala - DirectorEduardo Kairuz - AdvisorAksel Alvarez - ArchitectSilvia Caradona - ArchitectFernando Lara - ArchitectMariana Lugo - ArchitectClara Guerrero - SecretaryPosition held on Project:Architect

One of the biggest Firm of Groceries Stores in Venezuela owns a priviledged lot in one of the most luxury housing developments of Caracas and they want to develop a new concept that combines the grocerie sales with other commercial activities such as restaurants, stores and offi ces to improve the quality of the instalations and to maximize their bussiness opportunities.

Due to the lot‘s really complex topography and the urban restrictions the most logical way to abord the project was create an artifi cial new topography that communicates the

upper and lower street levels and serves as roof to the commercial activities, as well the „visible“ buildings are small respect to the lot‘s surface.

The piazza works as a garden to the surrounding housing developments, despite they have a high luxury level there‘s no public gardens or piazzas. The entire piazza is open 24/7 and offer different spaces, most of them are green areas with lower vegetation.


Opposite page: Eye level view from the main acces to the commercial fl oors |

Left: Detail of the model showing the main entrance to the commercial fl oors |

Opposite page: Superior view of the model | The whole building is integrated in the lot‘s natural contour, the only pieces that stand above the piazza level are the two offi ce buildings - one of the have an accesible roof too - and the main vertical circulation core

Above: Cross section | Directly under the ‚ground level‘ is located the supermarket with a variable free height. In this section could appreciate too the gardens located on the back slope, those gardens allow the natural lighting and ventilation

Right: View from the elevated side of the piazza


Project DataYear of Design2007Name of Project:Mother Candelaria of Saint Josehp SanctuaryClient:Guárico State GovernmentUbication:

Venezuela | Altagracia de Orituco

Budget:1.750.000 $

Area:Chapel: 500 m2

Services: 1.200 m2

Landscaping: 1,5 HaSchedule:8 months (including construction)Team:Diana Garrido - DirectorJuan Lugo - Contract ManagerMiguel Bartorila - Lead. DesignAksel Alvarez - ArchitectMc Quae & Partners - EngeneersAugusto Garrido - Theological AdvPosition held on Project:Architect

In April 2008 was programmed the beatifi cation of Mother Candelaria of Saint Joseph, founder of the order of Carmelite Sisters in Venezuela. She is the second venezuelan that reach the altars. Due to the signifi cance of this, the Catholic Church and Guárico State’s government, decided to build a sanctuary in the place were Mother Candelaria founded a Hospital in the early of 20th century. This place is a little hill located at the side of Orituco river. The hill rises around 50 meters over the town, offering an excelent view of the Town and the surrounding valleys.

The project was commissioned on september 2007 and required to be completed before april 2008. So the assignement was develop whole project, includind the Art Works, and its construction in 8 months.

The concept was very simple, the climb to the hilltop was conceived as a pilgrimage that ends in a small piazza hidden behind a tall perforated-brick wall, that works as an extension of the chapel in special services.

The chapel and the cript are contained in one building, simply made of bricks and concrete expressing humility and character, both of them features of Carmelites Order.

The buildings also need a very low maintenance and have a „massiveness“ that comforts the pilgrim. The vast employ of perforated-brick, also it helps to maintain comfortable temperatures inside the buildings without mechanical systems.


Left: General view from the Orituco River Valley | The Perforated-brcik wall works as a fi lter between the town and the chapel

Rigth: View of the Chapel‘s interior | The window behind the Altar have view over the Orituco River valley

Rigth: General plan of the Chapel and the piazza | At extreme left is the Belfry, that works as a signal to the entire town, even in a geographic scale

Left: Opposite view of Chapel‘s interior | Most of the front wall can be open to the piazza extending the chapel space to attend huge services

Rigth: view of the Cript‘s interior | Here can the pilgrims contemplate the remains of Mother Candelaria and have the necessary isolation to their contemplation

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