Portfolio clarabalsachsole july2013

PORTFOLIO CLARA BALSACH

Resume

Enclosed is a compilation of my student work.

ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS

INFOARCHITECTURE PROJECTSThis is yours to keep

2008POLYTECHNICUNIVERSITY OFCATALONIA (UPC)

Urban planning project, Viladecans, SpainThe project was developed under the motto: “The past as the base of the future”.The aim of this project is to revive the agriculture and the trade of this area. At the same time gene-rating a connection between the city and the beach that nowadays is totally unconnected.Trying to solve the root problem was the reason behind this project. There is no agriculture if the water is contaminated. So we should start from the beginning trying to purify this water. We take ad-vantage that this is already a wetlands area and so we should create a natural park. At the same time we promote this area with better environmental con-ditions for people and animals. This natural park will make the connection between the city and the beach closer.

Left_ Concept ModelRight_ Plan strategy

Right_ Plan strategy

Right_ Sections strategyFar Right_photomontagesLeft_Concept axonometric


New entrance and museum in the Monestry of Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain.This is a public building project which will gives a new entrance to the Monestery of Sant Cugat and also provides the Monestry a new museum. The monestery of Sant Cugat is nowadays so easily to get into it and also it has lost the main idea of the cloister.To recover this silence, stillness and peace, we should go back in time and remeber the essence of the monasteries: the isolation.This project presents a natural barrier in order to isolate the monestry from the city. Furthermore the paths are led back and conse-quently a new entrance is created. This entrance is also the entrance to the new mu-seum which is underground and makes the connec-tion between the city and the monastery more diffi-cult and so the monastery will be isolated.

Left_ Concept Model Right_ Plan

Right_ Elevations and sections

Right_ Elevations and sections

Right_ Photomontages views


Dwellings in Barcelona, Spain.

The intention of this project is to change the use of a building situated in Barcelona, designed by Fran-cesc Mitjans. From an office building to apartments for two to four people with offices and on the ground floor stores and a kindergarten.This building is characterized for a good construc-tion, its good location and the height between the floors which the project will take advantages of.A big central open spaces breaks the impression of the considerable building depth and it increases the life quality of the dwellings.A game of boxes is the essence of this project. Each dwelling is composed by three boxes of different si-zes placed in a strategic way in order to take a good use of the space. Furthermore it is an easy cons-truction and it uses the original structure.

Left_ Concept ModelTop Right_ Housing Plan

Right_ Elevations and sections of housing

Left_ Dwelling sectionTop Right_ Dwelling Plan

2011BAUHAUS UNIVERSITÄT WEIMAR

Lej-Airport.hotel, Leipzig. Germany

Our project offers a relaxing break from the stress that is perceived very often in international airports. It is a spa-ce that rest (hotel) and off (Library) is able to harmonize.In him this space, guests can retire to open a book and immerse themselves in many different stories to get away from the hectic reality of recent or upcoming trip.Leipzig is known since the Middle Ages as an exhibition center and is still held every March, the famous Leipzig Book Fair. Informing them of numerous publications in Germany, Europe and the world.Our project, the combination of retreat and relaxation room harmonizes with Leipzig as an international air hub and home to the Book Fair at the same time. It inte-grates itself into the region and is also a new, previously unprecedented accent.In addition, the project is environmentally driven with a typical Patagonian landscape. Many large trees in a natural way to absorb the external noise and give the whole area a very peaceful and balanced atmosphere. At the same time it can accommodate all passengers at the airport Leipzig, from businessmen to families.

Left_ Concept ModelTop Right_ Sections

Middle Right_ Sketches Right_ Exterior and interior Renders

Right_ Sections

Right_ Sections

Right_ Exterior Renders

Middle Right_ Render sections Right_ Exterior Renders


(e)co Solar Decathlon

ETSAV School of Architecture, from UPC has par-ticipated once again in the Solar Decathlon Europe 2012 edition, an international competition of energy self-sufficient housing.The experience in SDE 2010 edition and its prototy-pe called LOW3, (Low Energy, Low Impact and Low Cost), turns into (e)co. The new concept defines not only the new prototype design, but also the process behind it, re-evaluating the meaning attributed to “eco” nowadays. Eco = Oykos = House

The house is distributed through the activities it in-volves, multiple not programmed spaces. The user and the objects define the space according the needs, the season or the preferences.Interspaces are a way to enlarge constructed surfa-ce without increasing much its price and acclimati-zation cost.

Left_ Exterior/interior pictures of (e)co House in SDE 2012

Top Right_ Construction process Right_ Elevations/ sections/plans/render

Right_ Exterior pictures of (e)co House in SDE 2012

2013FX ANIMATION 3D SCHOOL BARCELONA

Infoarchitecture

For the first project of the Master degree in Architecture, we were supposed to create a render of a house by using the animation programes 3D Studio Max and V-ray. We started the modeling process by using the plans , sections and elevations from CAD drawings and then finished by adding on the materials and illumination in order to create as realistic intepretation of a real house as possible .Finally we made postproduction work with photo-shop.

Left_ Exterior renderRight_Exterior render

Left_ Interior day render Right_Interior night render


Left_ exterior day render Right_exterior rain render


ResumeDetails

Name_ Clara Balsach SoléAge_25Nationality_Spanish

Education

2007- present Architectectural studies in Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC)Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona),Spain.

2012 - presentMaster’s degree in InfoarchitectureFX Animation Barcelona 3D schoolBarcelona, Spain.

2010Interior Design CourseUniversity of the Arts of LondonLondon, England.

2011 Erasmus International ExchangeBauhaus Universität WeimarWeimar, Germany.

Skills

Digital

3ds maxV-rayAdobe PhotoshopAdobe IndesignAutoCADMicrosoft OfficeSketchUpMicrostation

Analog

Model MakingSketchingRenderingPhotography

Lenguages

English _ Advanced LevelGerman _ B2Spanish_nativeCatalan_ native

Contact

Home addressAvda/del Film, 308193 Bellaterra (Barcelona)Spain

[email protected]

phone+34 651305028+34 936916174

Extra information

Member and Volunteer in an educational and construction project in Sabana Yegua(Dominican Republic) by “Asociación Sonríe y Crece”.

Collaborator as a tour guide in “48h Open House BCN”

Documents

Portfolio clarabalsachsole july2013