Daniela Gomez University of Florida

School of Architecture

Design Portfolio

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Table of Contents

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ResumeActivated Landscape Occupant and AscensionHierarchiesThresholds and NodesVertical ObservatoriesGradient SurfacesClaiborne Haven

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Daniela Gomez Career Overview

Full time student at University of Florida

Time management and organizational skills are well rounded due to everyday tasks, school re-

lated assignments and extracurricular clubs and hobbies.

Experience working with graphic design technologies such as:

-Photoshop

-InDesign

-Illustrator

Experience using drafting and modeling technologies such as:

-AutoCAD

-Rhino

-Sketch-up

-Revit

-Laser Cutting

Working on L.E.E.D Green Associate credentials

Presentation skills as the speaker for the 2015 NOMA Student Design Competition

Leadership experience as competition chair for 2016 NOMA Student Design Competition

Attended architectural related conferences such as AIAS SouthQuad 2014 (New Orleans), NOMA:

Rise National Conference 2015 (New Orleans), Greenbuild Expo 2015 (Washington D.C)

Learned independence and responsibility opening and closing a museum gift shop as a cashier

Core Strengths

• Bilingual

• Fastlearner

• Activelisteningskills

• GreatMulti-TaskManagement

• Adaptability

• Designsoftwareskills

• Strongorganizationalskills

• Communicationskills

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Contact:

2800 SW 35th Place Gainesville Fl 32608

danielagomez@ufl.edu

407-404-1209

Accomplishments

DCA Juried Design Communications Exhibition Design Communications Associa-

tion (DCA) Atlanta, GA

• Architecturalprojectjudgedandselectedtobeexhibited

University of Florida’s Dean’s List

• MetGPArequirementsallacademicsemesterssinceadmittance2013

N.O.M.A Competition Fourth Place

• LeadingtheteamfortheNationalOrganizationofMinorityArchitecture

national student competition in 2015 and achieved honorable mention

ScholarshipRecipientforGreenBuildExpo

• U.SGreenBuildingCouncilselectedmetoreceiveascholarshipfortravel

andlodgetoattendtheGreenBuildConferenceinWashingtonD.C

Work Experience

Store/Sales Associate at Harn Museum Gift Shop

August 2013 to Present

Harn Museum—Gainesville, Florida

Responsibilities include, tagging and restocking items, store displays and labeling,

handling store transactions with POS system, opening and closing, keeping the gift

shop clean and having product knowledge in order to share with customers and

be better able to assist them as well as general knowledge about art exhibitions

andeventsintheMuseuminordertoanswerbroaderquestions

Educational Background

Lyman High school,(Engineering Magnet Program) Class of 2013

UniversityofFlorida,(UndergraduateArchitectureMajor)Classof2017

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Activated Landscape ThesiteoftheprojectisderivedfromFortIsland;apublic man-made beach on the gulf coast of Florida. Theprojectgoalistoocreateamaritimechapelthatincorporates elements of the site along with a gradi-entsurfacethatprojectscharacteristicsof thesite.My intervention is mostly hidden behind a vertical landscape but reveals itself to the public from the beach shore. This is intended to intrigue the public eye and make them search through the landscape to find thishidden treasure.The spaces insidemychapel include a long stepped threshold or proces-sion, an intimate space for votive candles, bridge access to a higher ground of the landscape and a sit-ting and observing area that allows for the views of sea, land, and sky to be connected back to the interi-or. The exterior of the chapel surface has also been punctured by components that let in the natural daylight in. The effect of the daylight streaming in gives the chapel a poetic and spiritual atmosphere.

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Occupant and Ascension

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The cultural artifact used to extrapolate the con-ceptual ideas for door window stair was Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear Window”. Three of the movie’s characters were analyzed in their actions, move-ments, and experiences in order to derive spatial readings and eventually create interventions spe-cific to the characters.Henceforth, the project isread as a construct in which three different inter-ventionsoccurandareoccupied;aswellasspacesthat are transitional and create an itinerary from one intervention to another. Jeffreys, Lisa, and Lars Thorwald were the three characters analyzed butsoonafterthebeginningsoftheprojecttheirroles were re-interpreted and re-named The Ob-server, The Outsider, and The Killer, respectively.

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Hierarchies

Mydesignbeganwith two territories.Between the territo-ries is my primary node which is a compressed, and intense cubical space that weaves between white space, yellow space, andthegrayspaces.Thenodesqueezesbetweenthetwoter-ritories and extends its density into the territories, which creates with in them smaller and more intimate spaces. The interlocking of spaces manifest into a secondary node found in the territory to the right which is demonstrative of how the density from the primary node is expanding to the ter-ritories.A thirdnode is found justabove theprimarynodewhich doesn’t present itself as being dense but serves more ofadirectionalpurpose;itpullsinspacefromthefieldintoitself and then pushes it down toward the primary node.

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Thresholds and Nodes

This project consists of three nodes, or “rooms” which are then complimented by secondary nodes that frame the primary nodes. An itinerary is then created between these three nodes by creating thresholds that move the occupant past, through, above, or below the spatial nodes. The project shears to create a more dynamic experience.

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Vertical ObservatoriesThegoalof these twoprojectswere tocreate towers thatwould functionasapieceofa larger fabric. In thefirstprojectthefabricwasthehistoriccityofSt.Augustine.Thecreatedtoweroverlooksthecityattheedgeof what used to be the fortress wall and it observes the passing and going of the tourists and civilians while providing spaces for studying and conference rooms because of its proximity to Flagler College. The tow-er ties in not only to the program of education but also has its own tourist value that adds to the city of St. Augustine.The secondproject aims tobeapartof a larger constructbut focuseson theverticallyof spacesand how those spaces are stacked on top of another but still connected through vertical shafts and thresholds.

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Gradient Surfaces Study of geometric patterns that cre-ate depth on a flat surface using sim-ple cuts and folds. Variety in size, shape, and frequency allow for these compo-nents to create a gradient, suggesting different operations on a single surface.

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Claiborne Haven

Collaboration between students from different studio levels and different disciplines to submit a design for the 2015 Nation-al Organization for Minority Architects Student Competition.

The design challenge for the competition was to rethink a high-way that cut through a historical neighborhood that had declined because of the bypass. Our design initiative was to demolish the current highway and redirect through the neighborhood streets. Wekept remnantsof thehighwayandsomeof itsexistingqual-ities in order to make the change subtle. The main design fea-ture is the elevated green park that sits on top of the remnant support columns and opens up to below to allow daylight to a once dark place. On the west end of the park there is a cultural center that contains galleries, libraries, conference rooms, class-rooms, and retail spaces for local businesses. Under the green park there is a large atrium space for events such as festivals like a Mardi Gras along with spaces for a farmers market vendors. Mostofmyindividualcontributiontotheprojectwastheproduc-tionofthepleximodelaswellaspresentingthedesigntothejury.

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