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AIA Austin’s Latinos in Architecture Showcase

AIA Austin’s “Latinos in Architecture” is proud to announce “PERSPECTIVAS dosmil11”.

This exhibit aims to showcase the work and talent of Austin Latino architectural professionals and designers during the 2011 celebrations of National Hispanic Heritage Month. The exhibit will take place at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC).

Opening night is scheduled for Friday October 7th (5:30-7:00PM) with opening remarks by Juan Cotera, [...]

Tertulia Story - It's come a long way since 2000...

Tertulia has been a work in progress for 10 yrs now. Its humble beginnings can be traced to a Design Studio course back in Spring of 2000. This post summarizes the highlights of that process.

Tertulia 2000

my original statement read as follows:

I communicate best when I sit and feel comfortable with people, thus the idea of a ‘Tertulia’ came to mind.
The word Tertulia means small social gathering in Spanish.
The goal for the project is to become myself a ‘Communicator’ and design a ‘Tertulia kit’. This will enable me to create a Tertulia, anywhere I please.
I have two weeks, an internal frame back pack, and a cooler for beer, Wine, and crackers, but no chairs, So I will focus on the chairs.
Their form will derive from the metal curved rods inside my pack.
The chairs are meant to be carried as a snowboard on the pack’s snowboard/shovel pocket in the back. (brief from 2000)

Course: DES342 Design and Persuasion

Description: Studio projects will exercise the designer’s ability to convince and persuade.Topics will include historical models, the role of words, context and audience, and the effect of medium.

Prof: M. Mitrasinovic

Project Brief: Design a ’Communicator’

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T.O.G.S. Competition Entry

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ULI Competition 2006

ULI Competition Entry 2006

National Competition Entry for The yearly Urban Land Institute’s competition. Sited in St. Louis, MI

Team members: Kelly Weger, Devin Culbertson, Andy Karvonen, Efrain E. Velez, Kevin Boston

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Casa Marco - Urban Reserve Dallas, TX (2005)

Casa Marco - Site PlanCasa Marco - Preliminary Study Views

Tech. Comm. Semmester project UTSOA (Fall 2005)

Prof. Vince Snyder, Architect

Casa Marco is a small residence specifically designed to meet Dalla’s Urban Reserve’s lot #25. Urban Reserve is a developer’s project that seeks to integrate High-end design with sound environmental practice. Driving concepts behind the house derive from ideas about FRAMING the landscape, TYING the house to the site and its surroundings, and FUSING both the urban and suburban conditions that characterize it. For more information about the site visit URBANRESERVE.NET

Casa Marco

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Tertulia Chair - First Prototype (Fall 2005)

Tertulia - First Prototype

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