Portafolio 2006 - 2010

Bachelor in Architecture 2007

Universidad Iberoamericana,

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Ivan Henriquez

Portfolio: 2006 - 2010

Undergraduate & Independent practice

Undergrad project

design studio

Unib-Art

Site area: 50,000 sq meters.Gross Floor area: 14,621 sq. meters.Capacity: 600 Vehicles & 5000 students

The project involves a university campus (miniature city) reaching international students from all over the world. Located completely removed from metropolitans area in the country side, strategically placed in the remarkable landscape of caribbean coast.

It would be used as an extension of actual UNIBE (Universidad Iberoamericana) , focusing as an Academy of arts with an international scale.

School Projects

Concept development

arts = hands skills

Our hands are capable to perform and function freely to generate all types of arts, therefore I was inspired by the hands physiological quality.

I chose to focus in very specific points of the muscles and joints that determines the movement and action of our hands, finding this spots potential layout for distribution, which shaped this project overall form.

Undergrad project

The biggest challenge was to handle the responsibility of a transforming an existing precarious social condition into a brand new urban scenario. The concept manifest a high use of public space with green landscapes, more efficient land use, modern low rise mixed use buildings, emanating from a fractal composition extracted from the essence of the existing turbulent urban grid.

Santo Domingo, Evaristo Morales Neighborhood.

Thesis Proposal Unstable Urban Settlements

School Projects1.Restructuring principal road, with a new boulevard with wide streets and sidewalks. 2. Implant a central park, as landmark of the project and the sector.

Specific points of intervention.

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The main idea of this urban redevelop master plan was to regenerate a new flexible structural grid with a sequence of orthogonal volumes bands providing a more cohesive distribution of each existing lot .

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Re-envisioning slums in the city of Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.

Architecture practice experience

• Reusing space design

• Residential renovation

• Commercial warehouse retail remodeling

• Interior architecture / residential + office

• Bar & Lounge design

• Logo redesign

• Office space design

• Cafe and Lounge design

• Furniture / materiality design

Design & built project types:

Roof top bar Structure

Logo re-design

Vacation Villa

Work samples & representative ideas / 2008 - 2010

Mechanical room

Window films show room

Interior architecture design

The biggest challenge in this design experience was to adopt a very small space kitchen, dining room, in a multiple space without blocking the majestic view of the balcony, creating a more welcoming and adaptable for family weekends.

The choice and design of the furniture, light fixtures, tones and colors remained consistent to the tropical context with modern and contemporary look.

The client requested that the kitchen should be the center of attention based on his passion for food. My design solution came out to be all about a Lounge Space ,providing this way communal experience, merging the the dinning an kitchen to one single space.

Condo/beach apartment unit.

Gross Floor area: 115 sq. M.

2 Bedrooms - 2 Bathrooms

Location: Juan Dolio Beach,

Costa del Sol Condo Dom. Rep.

Client: Henriquez Then Family

Project description:

Residential renovation

3D proposal

Final result

Residential design

Tatis Kewin family, wanted me to design a compact space for resting on long weekends after a stressful labor days, isolated from the city.

The result of the overall form of this two bedroom vacation villa , was derived by the gesture of orthogonal concrete shapes, shifting intentionally to integrate the exterior vegetation with the interior space. It allows the natural condition to infiltrate the inside space of the house.

This dialogue starts form the main entrance and garage where it reveals the exposure of the surroundings through series of exposed wood frame allowing a total transparency and transition to the solid concrete shell.

Ground floor

3D modeling proposal-front view

Pool area, rear patio view

Site area: 1,000 sq M

Gross Floor area: 2 levels

435 sq. M.

2 Bedroom single family unit

Client: TATIS KEWIN Family

Single family house

` Bar & lounge design

Cross Section

3D proposal, front View

bonobos bar Owner :Pablo Mayoral

This was a challenging project because of the clients vision to create a bar on the second floor of an existing gift shop in the core of a popular tourist destination in the Dominican Republic. I came out with the idea of having the people floating on a tropical deck, providing a perfect view of the caribbean ocean.The vision was to engage the feeling of a floating boat, open space, a social interaction in a joyful environment.

Gross Floor area: 60 sq. M.

Capacity: 40 persons

Location, Bavaro, Higuey, Dom. Rep.

Interior View

Roof deck @ Bavaro beach

Project description:

` Warehouse retail renovation

Before

Musicarro Inc, has been a stablished company for more than 30 years selling auto parts and automotive accessories in Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. This company is a traditional one of a kind retail stores, very common in this culture. It is one of the first to appear in the market in late 70’s.

As a family member and as a designer my mission was to renovate the old trademark and obsolete image for decades of popularity and give it a complete new vision of a contemporary identity more relevant to this century. The store is located in the main artery connector of the city, which had a more complex and challenge urban impact than a typical lot.

Automotive Accessories retail store

Personal experiences: Design Process

Concepts development, Structural Design,

Construction Documents, diagrams, schedules, and other, Materiality.

Landscape

Project managementResponsible for administration and

coordinating, budgets and pricing, site relationship with Sub and General

contractors,etc.

Remodeling and new additions

After

The master plan, shows the complete site area of 2,112 sq. meters. of

intervention. The scope of work varies from Parking lot for visitors and for

customers, show room, snack bar, storage areas, green areas or landscape and

window film installation car booth.

The Project has tow different options of accessibility, depending on which

road you come from, solving problems of previous access issues.

Project description:

` Warehouse retail renovation

Window films show room

3D proposal

Design scope

Site Plan

` Commercial renovation

North Elevation

West Elevation

East Elevation

Architectural drawings

Plan:2nd floor / office space

Credits:Parent Architect,

Adan del Rosario Mota

design process architectural drawings

Rendering

Collaborations:Structural Engineering

Acero Mas Inc.

Logo Design Frank Ordonez

Graphic Designer

Lighting and illumination Johnson inc.

Miscellaneous building features

Technicians seating area

` Finished built project

Inside parking view.

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03Main parking access.

Building features