Doel Fresse

Hace un tiempo atrás diseñe con el corillo de Tiguere este mobiliario para la tienda de Para la Naturaleza en la Casa Ramón Power y Giralt en VSJ. Finalmente se completó luego de la pandemia.

Los colores y las formas contrastan con la sobriedad de la arquitectura colonial del edificio. Las formas están inspiradas en máquinas y molinos de granos que son parte de algunas de las propiedades de PLN.

Fabricación: La Productora
Fotografía: Raquel Pérez Puig

Diseño del Premio AIA 2020 entregado a tres arquitectos exaltados a Fellows en la Convención del American Institute of Architects este pasado viernes. Felicidades a lxs colegas por esta gran distincíón.

Edición limitada de la taza Brukfil para el MADMi. Solo disponible en la tienda del Museo.

TBT 2019. Hurricane Maria Memorial 2019.

TBT 2019. Esta fue mi propuesta para la competencia Hurricane Maria Memorial organizada por la ciudad de Nueva York en el 2019. Una estructura sombría que honraría la memoria de las mas de 3,000 victimas que perdieron su vida. Se inspiró en la frase “bent, but not broken”, aludiendo a la fuerza de los puertorriqueños que sobrevivimos al huracán y al gobierno.

Rhizo Bike Rack

Photo by Raquel Perez Puig

Rhizo is a bike rack inspired by the root structures of the red mangrove trees found in coastal ecosystems across the Caribbean. Through its form, the design creates a physical link with cycling, an environmentally friendly form of transportation. Thus, just as red mangroves encourage biodiversity in nature, Rhizo seeks to help diversify forms of transportation in the city.

This midcentury modern house was designed by architects Amaral y Morales as a model unit for the housing development University Gardens in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. Several model units were designed by the architects in the 1960’s and the architecture reflected on what it meant to live on a tropical island.

The original design intended a connection between interior and exterior in terms of both use and visual connection, but after many modifications though time that connection was lost. To bring back that connection, transom and jalousie windows were installed on the street-facing façade. The glass windows bring natural light into the interior and the jalousies are operable to allow for cross ventilation.

Inspired by midcentury breeze block walls, the new entryway is surrounded by a screen wall that provides privacy, shadow, and a transition between indoor and outdoor. The screen wall was conceived as a modular system that could be replicated for other architectural applications such as brise soleil, privacy screens or fences.

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TBT 2015. Entry gates at Condominio El Monte Sur. Pattern inspired on heliconia plants.

Palmar on Designboom
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/minimal-modular-hurricane-resistant-home-arch-out-loud-shelter-competition-05-11-2021/

a minimal and modular hurricane-resistant home wins arch out loud's 'shelter' competition arch out loud has shared the results of the 'shelter' competition, challenging participants to design the hurricane resilient home of the future.

Very happy to share my winning entry for the international juried design competition Shelter: Designing Within a Hurricane Shell organized by Arch Out Loud and sponsored by Deltec Homes. Palmar won both Overall Award and Minimal Home Award. This award is very important for me because it validates my exploration on living and designing in the Caribbean and the intersection between Architecture and Industrial Design.

Here’s the link to the competition results: https://www.archoutloud.com/shelter-results.html