elvia gonzález costas portfolio 2015

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ELVIA GONZÁLEZ COSTAS

ARCHITECT

ELVIA GONZÁLEZ COSTASARCHITECT

Personal information

Elvia González Costas.21.11.1986

Vigo (Galicia, Spain)Nerviërsstraat 23, 2018 Antwerpen.

+32(0) [email protected].

Masters degree in ArchitectureDiploma with honors.

Speciality: Urban Planning.Final project and theoretical thesis :

“Un bosque en Betanzos” (”A forest in Betanzos”)First class.

University of A Coruña (Spain)

Professional experience:

Viva architecture2012-2014

Antwerp

Multi-disciplinary studio active in the fields of urbanism, architecture and design. runned by Sylvie Bruyninckx and Kristiaan Van Weert.

Architect stagiaire in the Orde van Architecten in Antwerp2013-2015

Inarco architects 2015...

Antwerp

Profile

Young, dynamic, creative, efficient, good teamwork skills.

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Skills and competences

Software

Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Indesign, LightroomRhinoceros,3d Studio Max, SketchupgvSig, Autocad 2d/3d, Vectorworks

Languages

Spanish +Galician : native., English: C1 Dutch: : level B1.

Portuguese: A1., French: A1.

Publications

Underlying cities(2014)

Resulting from the workshops with the same name attended by: Xabier Eizaguirre(national urban planning award),

Carles Llop(european urban planning award)...

Future magazine nº39-40(2013)

(european+chinese+american edition)Publication of the final project, first class. (“A forest in Betanzos”).

Best final projects from the University of A Coruña.PFC ETSAC(2013)

TU10_Works from the Department of Architectural Projects and Planning (University of A Coruña)

(2011)

Besides architecture....

Regional chess champion (2004,2002) I participated in national championships as an individual player and with the regional team (Galician team).

I am interested in art, photography, painture, sociology, philosophy...

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INDEX

PERSONAL INFORMATION

THE PROJECT...

Academic worksUniversity of A Coruña

(Spain)

Professional worksViva architecture

2012-2014(Antwerpen)

THE IMAGE...

THE CONCEPT...

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Academic works

Masters degree in ArchitectureDiploma with honors.

Speciality: Urban Planning.University of A Coruña (Spain)

2005-2012

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Academic works

Academic works summary University of A Coruña

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Academic works

Underlying cities(University of A Coruña-publication 2014)

Publication that is the result from the workshop with the same name attended by: Xabier Eizaguirre (national urban planning award),

Carles Llop EUROPEAN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS 2010. Transformation plan of La Mina neighbourhood in the Barcelona conurbation, Spain

G05_Coastal system the water and the territory

Víctor Ramos Rodríguez (Professor-Architect and Master in Urban planning -University of A Coruña)

Carlos Ferreiro Díaz, Javier Otero Rey, Diego Quintáns González, Abraham Viqueira Portos (Students)

The workshop was based on an extended reflection about the coastal system in the area of Galicia.

The understanding of the estuary , it´s reality, dynamics and processes is esential to understand the region

The main goal of the workshop was the process and adquisition of new tools to understand the territory starting from a reality with its own logic and structure.

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Academic works

Urban developmentet 02(ETSAC 2008)

in collaboration withLaura González Fernández

ANALYSIS OF THE BUILT AREA

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Academic works

Urban developmentet 02(ETSAC 2008)


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Academic works

Urban development planning 01(rural context)(ETSAC 2008)


Juan Luis Dalda European Urban Planning Award (1997-1998)

. Special Plan of Protection and Rehabilitation of Santiago de Compostela.European Council of Spatial Planners (ECTP-CEU)

Manuel Borobio Urbanist architect from the University of Navarra since 1998, Specialist in Human Settlements in the ETSAM, and Technical Urbanist by the National Institute

of Public Administration.

In developing countries most people live in rural areas and will continue to do so not with standing considerable movement to urban areas. Given the urgent need to improve the quality of life of these people, which have been hit her to relatively neglected, planning and development of rural settlements should become a focus of national development policies and programmes. National cultures have strong roots in the villa-ges, and form a vital resource of great potential in development and therefore must be recognized in development strategies. Growth, change and social transformation have meaning only if they touch rural peoples. Planning for rural settlement development must be holistic and on a

local basis within regions so as to mobilize and use all available resources.This subject is based on the study of one rural settlement.

This settlement is Pazos, located in the region of Galicia, in the north west of Spain.Our work goes from the first understanding of the place until the proposal of expansion of the settlement.

Rural settlement_Pazos

population density occupation

2analysis

aeral photo 1956

1indentification of the rural settlement

cadastral plan

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Academic works



1 Definition and identification of the rural settlement.2. Analysis (occupation,density of population, means of transport...)

3. Cataloge of existing areas and proposal of rural settlements developing policies.4. Future extension of the settlement

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Academic works



Just as all human settlement planning must be an integral part of national development planning, so planning for individual rural settlements must be part and parcel of planning for general rural development in a region or nation

PLANNING FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL RURAL SETTLEMENTS SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE PRESENT AND EXPECTED STRUCTURE OF RURAL OCCUPATIONS, AND OF APPROPRIATE DISTRIBUTION OF

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, SERVICES AND FACILITIES.Appropriate location of market places, community centres, potable water supply, health and education facilities and transport services.

Respect for local customs and traditions as well as to new needs and requirements.Use of local resources and traditional techniques and styles of construction.

We realized an extensive study and catalogue of the different areas that are defined with a characteristic settlement patterns ,parameters and typologies.After the first catalogation we also define urban settlements developing policies according to the different areas.

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TRADITIONAL AREAS1A.Pazos de arriba1B.Pazos de abaixo1C.Lourido1D.Vimieiro1E.Casas do frade1F.Casas do monte1G.Rebordáns

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INDUSTRIAL AREAS

TRADITIONAL AREAS

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Academic works



TRADITIONAL AREAS

AREAS OF TRANSITION

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Academic works



The improvement, renewal and rehabilitation of these settlements should therefore be continuous. They thus present a major challenge in improvement of quality of life, and of the existing fabric of settlements.

SETTLEMENTS MUST BE CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVED - RENEWAL AND REHABILITATION OF EXISTING SETTLE-MENTS MUST BE ORIENTED TO IMPROVING LIVING CONDITIONS, FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURES AND ENVIRON-

MENTAL QUALITIES. THE PROCESS MUST RESPECT THE RIGHTS AND ASPIRATIONS OF INHABITANTS, ESPECIALLY THE LEAST ADVANTAGED, AND PRESERVE THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL VALUES EMBODIED IN THE EXISTING

FABRIC.We propose the future extension of the settlement giving special attention to:

Upgrading and preserving the existing stock through the development and use of low-cost techniques, and the direct involvement of the present inhabitants;

Undertaking major clearance operations only when conservation and rehabilitation are not feasible and relocation measures are made.Providing for the welfare of the affected inhabitants especially with respect to employment opportunities and basic infrastructure.

4. Future extension of PAZOS

DEFINITION OF THE EXTENSION PER AREA

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Academic works

Urban development planning 02(ETSAC 2008)


Iago Valverde Pérez

The subject presents excerpts from an ongoing exploration of the process of mapmaking, proposing the use of cartography as a veritable “project” that constructs realities while often remaining concealed in forms of apparently objective presentations and representations.

New ways of ‘designing’ the spaces of urban interaction through mapping the untamed ‘waves’ of the datascape are shown through the study of the changing urban condition.

Giving a physical form to those representations, poses as an important possibility and challenge not only for contemporary architecture, but also, for the spatial praxis across a number of related fields including site-specific and media art, drawing, interaction design, urban and social

studies, e-communication and many others.

Mapping

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Academic works




MAPPING THE HUMAN SETTLEMENT

THE TOPOGRAPHY DEFINES THE SETTLEMENTPUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACES REFLECT THE RELATION TOPOGRAPHY-BUILT-UNBUILT

Lichting ShadowEmpty - Full spaces

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Academic works




ALTERNATIVE TOPOGRAPHY

section 02

section 01

section 01 section 02criteria

MAPPING THE PUBLIC SPACE

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Academic works




MODELALTERNATIVE TOPOGRAPHY

the empty space is built

DIAGRAM OF THE PUBLIC SPACE

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Academic works

Project in CantodareaHow to renovate a neighbourhood

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Academic works

Urban research in Betanzos (Galicia-Spain)

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“A forest in Betanzos”

Final project-thesis 2012University of A Coruña

Day center + social housingtutor Pablo Gallego Picard

Urbanist Master of Science, Architecture, Planning, Visual Arts, Film in Columbia University - Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

architect by the University of A Coruña and Madrid

How should be the city for you?- It mustn´t be possible going from home to work without passing through a forest.

“In the density there is life”

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A forest in Betanzos

A MODULAR STRUCTURE TO CONECT THE PLACE WITH THE PROGRAMThe proposal will consist of modules located at the place given to encourage the continuity of the city, Betanzos.

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LIVING ORGANISM THAT GENERATES ORDERCreate a tree density where will be inserted the day center and the housing.

Covering the entire area.- creating a mesh of trees and connect to extend the plot with the old city.

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THE COMMON SPACE

the river - the forest

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THE UNIT

flexibility

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DISPERSED BUT COMPACT (perception)The modules are added in a way that gives a sense of neighbourhood. from the city that it is in a higher level

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THE STRUCTURE \ THE LOGIC OF THE CONSTRUCTIONSolving the living unit.

Each unit has its own identity.

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THE STRUCTURE \ THE LOGIC OF THE CONSTRUCTIONClear system: economy of materials, fast mounting....

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THE STRUCTURE \ THE LOGIC OF THE CONSTRUCTION

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Professional experience:

Viva architecture2012-2015

This has been my first experience as an architect.In Viva I had the opportunity of following projects from the

designing fase until the building permit.Most of my work was in the designing fase, where I could work

from the concept until the final design.

Viva architecturecarnotstraat 39 2060 Antwerpen

email: [email protected]

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Viva architecture

HOH(2012)

preliminary design

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Viva architecture

Master plan in Kauwlei master plan and preliminary design for a residential development of 12 ha

(2013 - in progress)preliminary design

the concept the place

the typology...

the master plan

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Viva architecture



the atmosphere

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Viva architecture



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Viva architecture



The idea consist in solving a 3 app block with a long stair that conects the public space (the street) and the private space (backyard) in the ground floor

but also the 3 app in vertical.The result is an in-between semipublic space rich in spaciality

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Viva architecture

An apartment in Antwerpen(2014...-2018 in progress)

design and building permit

concept_street-backyard connection_creating a semipublic space

the relation with the place

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Viva architecture



the place

the façade

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Viva architecture



the plan and the space IN-BETWEEN

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Viva architecture



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Viva architecture(competition)

Rateau plateau(2013)

concept and design

Intervention in an old factory to create a multidisciplinary space in between with shops and housing.THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COMMON SPACE

the concept

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concept and design

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concept and design

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concept and design

BegonialaanA house in the forest

Kalmthout design and building permit

(2014)

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Viva architecture

Housing development in Antwerpenpreliminary design and building permit for 26 apartments

(2014)

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Viva architecture

Atomium public square, Brussels

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Borgloon(2013)

diagrams

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Borgloon(2013)

diagrams

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DokkenTHE PUBLIC SPACE

proposal for the oude dokken in Gent

“Project in Antwerpen”(2014...-2018 in progress)

“Common space in Antwerpen”(2014...-2018 in progress)

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Viva architecture

THE PUBLIC SPACEconcept and design

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ELVIA GONZÁLEZ COSTAS

ARCHITECTElvia González Costas.

Nerviërsstraat 23, 2018 Antwerpen.+32(0) 479039166.

[email protected].

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