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Our proposal for the Hudson’s Department Store site in downtown Detroit can be summarized as a collection of action triggers purposely bundled into one dynamic mixed-use development. Specific programs were selected and blended with the purpose of promoting a dynamic exchange amongst people, a fertile ground for innovation, and a new urban entrepreneurial spirit that will attract people back to the urban city core. Highlights of that program include a series of business incubators in the form of towers, a dynamic market place in the form of a base, a hotel and diverse range of housing options, also in the form of a tower, and common areas of social exchange in the form of a climate-controlled and daylight shell between the volumes.
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Competition Poster
I know, We are probably getting too old to keep doing this… but, wanted to share the news…
Myself and two friends in Croatia (Juan J. Nuñez & Marko Kanceljak) stayed up for a few nights during memorial day weekend and got this project done…
Didn’t think anything would come out of it, but we won [...]
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 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:
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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.
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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’
Continue reading Tertulia Story – It’s come a long way since 2000…
 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 - 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 - First Prototype
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