Undergraduate Portfolio

Manuel Olivares

TABLE OF CONTENT

Project: Ramp Up Pg. 3

Financially Smart Living Pg. 10

From the Earth Pg. 15

23.5 Pg. 20

Terry Allen Drive In Pg. 24

BIM Introduction: Farmsworth

Dealership Pg. 29

Lever House Pg. 36

Lubbock Confidential Pg. 37

Revolution Pg. 39

Alley Ways Pg. 41

Hidding in Plain Sight Pg. 43

SOCIAL MEDIA

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Ramp Up ABOUT

The Red River district has always been a unique area even in Austin, this community has always pushed the city of Austin towards inclusion and living up to the city’s motto of “Keep[ing] Austin Weird”. This event space envisions keeping the original legacy of the Red River district by adding to it. This district offers a lot to the community like a high music life, a place for film to thrive, and other rising industries, like the 13th floor elevators did in the 60s to create psychedelic rock. The way that I see the event space being used is by using the green space, not just next to the creek but to the side of it as well, to be involved throughout the building. This would then create a unique green space and build up space too. The way that the event space can serve SXSW (South by Southwest) is by having the space being used for everything. From celebrating the technology, film, music and culture that inhabits the city from the conference that are hosted there yearly. Along with the inclusion of the theater, outdoor and indoor spaces can be used to make this event space useful for any event that organizations, the city, or anyone else would like to use at any given time. Some examples could be when an event is in need of a space to hold a presentation then the interior space could be used, or the outdoor spaces could be used with covered areas for unpredictable weather. The green spaces can be in both the indoor or outdoor areas, which could be achieved with unique entrances and multiple levels. Using other venue spaces and shops can allow for more people to have knowledge of the space and can influence more people into using it. By creating a welcoming space that allows the public to feel accepted and more likely to stay in this space.

Financially Smart Living

ABOUT

In efforts to support those most vulnerable in thecommunity, these proposals focus on developing affordable housing that goes beyond the necessities of providing adequate shelter. To go beyond just providinghousing security, these proposals assist residents through various economic programs utilizing the inherentsocial fabric of the projects to better people’s lives. Methods introduced in these proposals to support residentsinclude flexible spaces to house workshops to educate residents on employment assistance, budgeting, andfederal application assistance. Additionally, program spaces are integrated into the proposals that are considered“daily support” such as daycare centers, and local grocers; which will even provide cooking demonstrations forresidents. Each element of the proposals aims to create a community that grows, educates, and improves eachother’s lives through the spaces that they call home; To not only improve basic economic outlooks for theresidents but to give them the tools to further sustain themselves and thrive in everyday civic society.

From the Earth

ABOUT

When people hear “West Texas” most people imagine oil rigs and open plains, however, West Texas may seem like a place with not much to see, that is, if you don’t know what you are looking for. At first glance there are only gracing farms of cotton, red dirt, and playa lakes but once you start to take a deeper look into these things are part of the charm. The Ogallala Aquifer and the playa lakes in this area take a larger part of being able to farm and sustain land in this area as there are not many other water sources around. The red earth may look unappealing but this soil is one that grows on you. Using the irrigation and earth of the site, it started to inform my project. The irrigation patterns left from when the site was still a crop field to create a grid, this started to organize my stroke survivor building. The use of material, such as rammed earth, came from the red unique soil here in West Texas and the unique shading system came from the grid. The semicircular area of my building is used for the common spaces giving this space a unique feel of it feeling like a cave, while my stroke survivor spaces feel more clinical to give them an experience from going space to space.

23.5

ABOUT

Using the Folly Pavilion and the Agricultural City as precedents and breaking them down in their main tectonic elements. At this point using some of the original tectonic elements of the precedent I created a grid that this project is based on. The linear aspect of the agricultural city and the rotation of the Folly Pavilion were used to create this 23.5 bend that pushed this project forward. This program was designed to hold an after school arts program in the city of Lubbock, Texas, where each of the spaces would be used for a different art curriculum.

TERRY DRIVE-IN

About

Making our own ground. This was a unique aspect of this project as we tried to make a home for the Terry Allen Archive. The unique ‘canopies’ in this were derived by Allen’s unique asWpects of his music. Next we mesh the unique terrain of the Lubbock and Sacaton Mine in Arizona. The convention of this flat land, and of the mine, which we referred to as the pit and pile, I created a unique ground that affected both the landscape of this drive-in and of this unique archive.

Building codes

BIM Introduction: Farmsworth Dealer -

About

We were tasked with using Revit to recreate the Farmsworth House, originally designed by Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe, while adding our own unique touches to help us master the software.

Lever House

Using the precedents of the Lever House to study how these projects are assembled. (Wall Elevation and Wall Sections are shown)

Location: New York City, New York

Height: 307’

Architects: Gordon Bunshaft and Natalie de Biois

Lubbock Confidential

About

In the eyes of the untrained, and most people of Lubbock, may not have the most unique architecture, but that is where most are wrong, Lubbock has much Mid Century Architecture that is very unique to this area. Using Lubbock as a case study, we studied the aspects of what makes a building a part of the Mid Century Architecture. We started by writing a paper about an “Iconoclasts” to get us in the minds of artists in this era. Then we studied some buildings in the Lubbock Downtown area where we measured and documented 6 buildings. Lubbock Wholesale Florist was the building my group documented. Finally, we were taught “Hardedge Drawings” to help us represent some of the buildings in the Lubbock Area in a different and unique way.

Revolution

About

Studying what makes a city from the ground and what makes it unique, there are many factors that can contribute. My city was La Havana, Cuba. This city was plagued by so much throughout its time in history from a weak government to being under a dictator and living in fear. The following are posters documenting what life was and still is like in Cuba, from Castro’s ruling like a king.The choices they have in living in Cuba, to what each one of their choices look like, and finally a utopia if Castro never took over the country are presented in the posters.

Alleys

About Alleyways to me are as important to the city as anything else. In this personal project, it was my intention to show what I see when I look at the alleys in Lubbock, Texas.

Hidding in Plain Sight

About

When we think about small towns we believe that they do not have anything to look at and I am not a firm believer in that. I believe that there is something to be seen, something worth seeing in any small town. These are images from a small town maybe an hour and half away from Lubbock, Texas in Hobbs, New Mexico. They were taken with the intent of showing them a little bit of the life that was to be held in this small town.