Mónica A. Hernández H.

Project 7 and 8. Thesis Project.
December 2007

Museo de Bogotá in 'La Sabana' station.

Project 6. The Urban Form.
Convention Center at 'El Restrepo'.
December 2006

The 17th south street in Bogotá is a big scale axis. It changes the conditions at specific zones of the street. These points are developed as Urban Equipment Nodes where the street is widen. These nodes correspond to a comerce complement developing a Convention Center through the open space.

Project 5. Complex Buildings.
Eco – Turistic Complex in 'Morelos'.
Mayo 2006

The workshop final project proposed an abandonned sugar elaboration 'hacienda', as a place to design an eco – turistic project. The client was a peasant cooperative that needed to generate employment and the tourism increase. As a final result, it included bread and yarn workshops as well as cabins, camping zone, open space activities, and administration offices.

This work was developed at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México as part of the academic intership program.

Project 5. Complex Buildings.
General Hospital Plaza.
March 2006

An abandonned structure in México D.F. is adopted as service building for the patients companion. It involves parkinglots for ambulances and particular vehicles, bus stop, restaurants, communal kitchens, public W.C., and entertainment spaces. The proposal includes a renovation for the urban space through the design of a pedestrian way and a plaza.

This work was developed at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México as part of the academic intership program.

Project 4. The House.
Paragliders house at 'Sopo' mountains.
May 2005.

The purpose for the project was to provide the user a resting and permanence space in conctrast to his daily experience; flying at the open space. The house also differs from its emplacement for being an orthogonal and modulated, closed and controlled space.

Project 3. Place, Form and Architecture.
Funereal Complex as 'La Sabana'.
May 2005

The project initial idea turns around a pilgrimage road in ascent. Through the process, it acquires specific geometrical characteristics as a circular plan and the use of radius as limits. The project principal objective, is to generate three kind of sensations with the guideline of introspection and still staying open to landscape.

Project 3. Place, Form and Architecture.
October 2004

IIT Mies Van Der Rohe Chapelle analysis.

Project 2. Tectonics.
Gas Station – Caracas Avenue 26St.
May 2004

Between two important high traffic lanes in Bogotá, a full service gas station is developed. There is a high level difference which is very important for the public space origin, as well as for the vehicle route at the interior. The sustainability of the project is manipulated though openings that allows natural lighting and ventilation.

Project 2. Tectonics.
High-rise Office building 'Centro Internacional'.
March 2004

As a first step a concession between three designers is made, in order to define the surface tratment for a high sloped location. Then, an identification of the correspondance between the spiral, the revolutionary dinamism and the ascent allows a form that deals with the problem of the afternoon sun exposure through the use of balconies.

Proyect 1. Use.
Recycling of an existant structure.
September 2003

At the structure recycling, minimum dimensions related to use are understood. The elements of localization, the approach to the user, and a proposal that respects the previous existant structure is developed.

Architecture 2. The Relations.
Art Gallery at 'Parque de la Independencia'.
May 2003

This final project consolidates the building's different parts understanding process; Cover, Body and Base. At the cover, different levels of light permeability are used. The result shows a public building, composed by different paths and light sensations.

Architecture 2. The Relations.
Photographer Studio Analysis.
October 2003

At this analysis exercise, the three structural systems are taken in consideration in order to define the form and the building’s lighting. The model exercises illustrate each system accomplishment (In terms of light and visual weight), and guide to the final position. The project also allows proximity to the needs realted to the use of the building and its correspondance to specific dimentions.

Architecture 2. The Relations.
Cover. 'La Caneca' Access.
March 2003

Architecture 2. The Relations.
South Patio – National Museum.
February 2003

The general understanding of the building’s parts, starts by the surface treatment. That is how a place of historical importance is chosen to develop a renovation for public space. The presence of a slope directs the project to a level differenciation problem.

Architecture 1. The Elements.
Forestranger tower.
December 2002

Architecture 1. The Elements.
Representation.
September 2002

Ascent to Monserrate

Architecture in Colombia.

An interview with Carlos Niño Murcia. Writer architects.

Who is behind of...

Art and Architecture Museum of Stockholm – Analysis.

Rafael Moneo buildings analysis.

November 2006

Modern Architecture.

Larkin building and modern building analysis.

November 2004

Classic Architecture.

Classic composition and classic architecture thinking.

May 2004.

Architecture Archetypes

Surroundings and their relations to rite. The rite as human element.

November 2003

History Workshop 2.

Viipury Public Library – Alvar Aalto. Modern architecture analysis.

January 2003

History Workshop 1

'Atenea Niké' Temple. Classic architecture analysis.

November 2002

Intervention, Criticism and Preservation.

CUAN intervention: Urban Renovation - Heritage Intervention.

May 2007

Seminar-Workshop Bogotá.

'Muzú' Analysis. Modern city analysis.

November 2006

Triping as urban practice: Trips around the city.

Recognizing urban compositions and urban archipielagoes. Memory trips.

November 2005

City and Social Housing.

Analysis 'Barrio Taberin'. Influence factors at an informal neighbourhood.

May 2005

City 3 - City and Territory.

Urban Intervention final project.

November 2004

City 2 - Urban Project.

May 2004.

City 1 - Urban Architecture.

Analysis for a city trip. National Newspaper Library: 'Barrio Alfonso Lopez'.

October 2003

Techniques1: The systems.

December 2003

This exercise main principle was to build a model on a 1:50 scale so that all systems were overlapped and solved in a correct way.

Architectonic Composition

Various Exercises: Basic notion models and the final project.

October 2006

Landscape Restoration.

Access plaza to convention center. Landscape Project.

May 2006

Lanscape Restoration.

Various Exercises.

March 2006

Drawing workshop 2

Exercises.

May 2003

Drawing workshop 1

Exercises.

October 2002