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My work done as an undergraduate at UCLA with a few additional projects added to the mix.
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Natalia VaradaSelected Works
Undergraduate Studies
Studio II//Veer House
Studio III//The Palmenade
Studio I//Mountain Rift Elementary
Tech III//Condensed Fluff
Material Studies//Draped Tensions
Tech I//Wing Lock
Tech II//Soft to the Shell
Arch20B//Urban Dilution
Work Experience//Landscapes
AUD 123//StudioIII//Urban HabitationRoger ShermanSpring 2011//UCLA_Department of Architecture and Urban Design
AUD 123//StudioIII//Urban HabitationRoger ShermanSpring 2011//UCLA_Department of Architecture and Urban Design
skatepark and promenade
palmtrees
commercial
canal walk
Alley
North Venice
South Venice
Pacific
Site
Venice Beach, a city as colorful as its sunsets, has long been hailed one of the most eclectic regions of Southern California. The vibrant fusion of Venices many different neighborhoods and denizens creates the allure that Venice has long been known for.
The site, located at the boardwalk between N. and S. Venice Blvd. up un-til the onset of the first canal, provides a zone bordering many of Venices different neighborhoods and attractions. Here, a study in mat building was employed in order to explore multi-unit housing in a uniquely diverse urban setting.
The PalmenadeVenice Beach, CA
StudioIII_ShermanUCLA_Spring 2011
Local Extractions
SkateboardingPromenadePalm TreesCanal Walk
Using the hodgepodge of diversity that is found at each turn in Venice Beach as influence, this project aims connect the wide range of zones border-ing the site through a mat nexus. It seeks break away from monotony en masse by extracting elemental qualities from some of the differing spatial zones found adjacent to the sites large border and amalgamate them into a single unit capable of holding meaningful dialogue across the spectrum of the entire site.
In order to create diversity within a repetitive mat, the unit rep-resents a particular spatial pocket, or neighborhood, with a coherent, yet different relationship to the next. Each unit, or housing cluster, employs architectural qualities inspired by surrounding site conditions, including the iconic palm tree, the promenade, skateboarding, and the canal walk in order to mesh the many different adjacent neighboring zones into one. Each housing cluster is characterized by a cascading greenscape, reminiscent of swaying palm trees and the aerial torque of skateboards, where inhabitants can share public recreation and garden space. When the unit is spread across the entire site, strong axes and walkways are created on the ground level which fuses the connection between the promenade and the canals.
Site Plan Ground Plan
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Sections
StudioIII_ShermanUCLA_Spring 2011
Second Plan Third Plan
Circulation Spatial Organization
Loft Spaces
Singles
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Blvd
Grand Canal Walk
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Site Plan
StudioIII_ShermanUCLA_Spring 2011
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Site Sections
Ground Plan Second Plan
StudioIII_ShermanUCLA_Spring 2011
Third Plan
Strong axial views created from below.
Shifting views from above create a sense of being in the treetops.
In order to create a coherent relationship between project and context, el-ements of the surrounding landscape are lifted into the site which in turn opens the site to its surroundings.
View looking toward S. Venice
StudioIII_ShermanUCLA_Spring 2011
Circulatory Patterns
View looking toward N. Venice
Emerging FieldIndividual Landscape
StudioIII_ShermanUCLA_Spring 2011
View A
Sun Patterns
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View B
AUD 142//TechII//Construction and DetailsStephen DetersWinter 2011//UCLA_Department of Architecture and Urban Design
AUD 142//TechII//Construction and DetailsStephen DetersWinter 2011//UCLA_Department of Architecture and Urban Design
Soft to the Shell
Group Members: Johnny Thanphachanh and Jennifer Thou
This class explored the fabrication of a full scale box and sought to bring a sense of product design into architectural studies. Initially, the class was asked to imagine seven objects. These objects then became the cen-ter around which a zinc box was to be designed and the class was broken into small groups of 3 in or-der to examine the design challenge as a team.
This project was assigned to allow flexible experimentation in the fabrication of full scale object construction as well as exercise the aid of representative techniques and technology. Not only was the box designed and represented using digital tools, it was then continuously tested through a series of mock ups and experiments with the final materials giving the class experience in designing with the incorporation of real world technology and design methods.
Influencing the groups design were the con-cepts of petals, hard shells, soft interiors, cub-by holes, and sponge-like texturing.
digital//representational//fabrication_techniques
TechII_DetersUCLA_Winter 2011
Zinc was the only material specified by the assignment. All other materials were up to each group to determine. Our group decided on a 1/4felt to line our zinc shell and a very stretchy silicon to create an even softer layer of web-like storage pockets. We were interested in exploring the layering of hardest to softest. Our group also employed a similar method of layering in the ac-tual construction of the shell using a technique of layering the different parts and then riveting them together.
When working with the silicon, we used a series of beans as a mold in or-der to create the spongy texture of the softest lining.
Before we began to work exclusive-ly with positive bean molds, we explored negative bean and rice molds.
Sections
Hardware Studies
A handle was designed to be placed on the box for aid in carrying. In studying the ways in which to fabricate this handle, a 3-D print was made for potential injection mold making.
TechII_DetersUCLA_Winter 2011
Interior Pockets
Open v. Closed Shell
AUD 122//StudioII//Tectonics and DomesticityHeather RobergeFall 2010//UCLA_Department of Architecture and Urban Design
AUD 122//StudioII//Tectonics and DomesticityHeather RobergeFall 2010//UCLA_Department of Architecture and Urban Design
Veer House
In using UN Studios Villa NM as a precedent case study a system of folding and opening of spaces along a circulatory and spatial sequence specific to the site morphology was extracted. This method-ology results in a home where program, occupant, circulation, and space blend together smoothly.
Located in a densely zoned Santa Monica, CA, neighborhood, the site is situated along a sloping hill and has a fairly steep (8) change in grade. Adding to the challenge of a sloping site are the tight restrictions created by the narrow and elon-gated nature of the lot and the close proximity of neighboring homes.
With these parameters as a beginning point, this house explores the ways in which architectural language can begin to merge site generated elements with the functions and needs of the occupant. By mimicking the shift in topography of the natural site, a system of blended walls and ceiling planes aids the continuous shift of space and experience. Expanding on this connectivity between architec-ture and space, the blurred wall and ceiling planes create opportunity for diaphanous moments of aper-ture.
Spatially, the house is broken into either open (exposed) interior spac-es with complementing private exterior space or more intimate space with more open, public, views. The front of the house leads to a small guest bathroom, closet and living area which then either thrusts open, either upward into the private living space or downward into the very open kitchen and back-yard. By entering through the driveway, the occupant moves through the house in a reverse spatial sequence, starting witch the open moving upward into a more into the more intimate sections of the house. Because the bedrooms are a level above the ground, they each welcome their own view out.
653 Raymond Ave//Santa Monica, Ca
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Topographic Qualities
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Spatial Response
StudioII_RobergeUCLA_Fall 2010
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First Floor Plan Second Floor Plan
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Direct Sunlight
Diffused Sunlight
Sun and Natural Light
public to privateViews Spatial Shifts
Diffused
Direct
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Public Entry
Private Entry
Open/Exposed
Closed
street
yard
hillside
Spatial Relationships Accessibility
StudioII_RobergeUCLA_Fall 2010
Shifting planes create moments of transition from wall to ceiling as well as create op-portunities for aperture and terraced landscaping.
Public_Private Gradient
Open/Public
Enclosed/Private
Circulation and Activity
Elevation Views
StudioII_RobergeUCLA_Fall 2010
wall
ceiling
Walls shift into ceiling planes in order to create new space.
Apertures, which follow a similar logistic of horizontal to vertical, are applied during mo-ments where walls and ceiling converge.
This creates and even distribution of load from ceiling to ground.
horizontal load//primary structure
vertical load//secondary structure
shifting load//tirtiary structure
walls shift in order to transition into new spatial
walls shift into ceiling planes open bedrooms to outside
StudioII_RobergeUCLA_Fall 2010
Shifting Walls and Space
AUD 143//TechIII//Digital TechnologyGeorgina HuljichSpring 2010//UCLA_Department of Architecture and Urban Design
AUD 143//TechIII//Digital TechnologyGeorgina HuljichSpring 2010//UCLA_Department of Architecture and Urban Design
Condensed Clouddigital//representational//fabrication_techniques
TechIII_HulijkUCLA_Spring 2010
In order to build a solid foundation in digital modeling, drawing and fabrication, this project was divided into two parts which included the building and representation of a human leg digitally and the further explora-tion of those digital techniques to design a completely new tangible object. The first part of the project included modeling the leg at a macro level as well as a micro scale surface detailing. By using the techniques of tiling (micro) and folding (macro), the second part of the project went into the study of applying those methods to give life to seemingly bland mylar sheets.
After the leg had been modeled and documented in the first part of the assignment, the second part of the class was spent researching the material qualities of mylar and the technological technique of laser cutting as an aid in fabrication.
The result was a bulb like module which was then clustered into a cloud like form to be hung for display at the Rumble exhibition in 2010.
outter parts
inner parts
Kit of Parts Seams and Folds
To study the leg further, a series of drawings examines the ways in which the leg is constructed and dismantled.
Sections Contours
TechIII_HulijkUCLA_Spring 2010
extracted particular muscles of the region
unseamed the muscle to create an outline
perforate and fold to create flexibility and strength
cluster and distort for variation
fold and tuck to 3 dimensionalize and add strength
cluster again and reconfigureinto new object
Condensing the Cloud
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Plan Elevation
Using ideas gained from the first part of the project, experiments with mylar led to a flower like module which was assembled to emulate a cloud.
TechIII_HulijkUCLA_Spring 2010
AUD 121//StudioI//Skin and SurfaceJudith MusselWinter 2010//UCLA_Department of Architecture and Urban Design
AUD 121//StudioI//Skin and SurfaceJudith MusselWinter 2010//UCLA_Department of Architecture and Urban Design
Mountain Rift Elementary
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Counter Culture Classic
Free hand sketch to Ratatat
How to integrate older and younger kids?
Integrate both together through central hub of
shared public programming
Palmdale, CA
This studio involved the in depth analy-sis of landscape and events through the use of programmatic relationships. To begin, the class was asked to develop three programmatic schemes for a potential elementary in Palmdale, CA. Each scheme was influenced by a different system of arrangement, including the fluidity of freehand sketching to music (counter culture classic meth-od), the rhythmic system of layered grids, and a loosely scattered arrangement inspired by Sou Fujimoto. Ultimately one of these organizational methods was selected and then developed further into an elementary school.
Lending to the idea of programmatic flu-idity was the counter culture classic method of free hand drawing. The song played was Ra-tatats, wildcat and the drawing that emerged on the site generated the idea of creating a more direct integration of younger and older children through the use of shared functional and educa-tional spaces.
Because of the sites sweeping views of the city below it, the initial study of grid systems also stimulated inspiration. Using the strong visual pull of the city grid, the schools skin and surface system starts to pull/peel away from the mountainous site and encourages moments of programmatic activity.
Physical Model and Composite Perspective
view looking over Palmdale
urban grid
topographical grid
new tensile grid
1_project city grid on site
2_pull grid toward topo grid
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Site and Surface Reaction
nurture
explore
grow
StudioI_MusselUCLA_Winter 2010
Overlooking view of Palmdale
1_Pull in city grid2_Spread grid according topographical pull
Program Parti
sociallibrarygrade
technology
interactivity between classes, educational program, and social
activity
K-1
2-3
4-5
cafe
lab library
sports
sports
views
hillside
Programmatic Relations
Section a
Ground Plan a
Cut plane along urban grid
Pull grid toward topography
Surface created which lays over program
Opportunities for events occur in negative space
Surface Systems
StudioI_MusselUCLA_Winter 2010
Site Plan
Physical Model and Composite Perspective
social eventscafe//terracebathrooms
k-1st//special ed.2nd-4th 5th-6th
librarycomputer labscafeteria
administration
Circulation and Access
Program and Events
West Elevation
Social Zones
StudioI_MusselUCLA_Winter 2010
AUD 141//TechI//Techniques Kelly BairFall 2009//UCLA_Department of Architecture and Urban Design
AUD 141//TechI//Techniques Kelly BairFall 2009//UCLA_Department of Architecture and Urban Design
Forms of Operation
1_Cut strips2_Score strips on a diagonal at center3_Cut latches into strips4_Interlock two strips into diamond5_Interlock diamond A with diamond B
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Wing Lock
This class focused on the foundational aspects in architectural representation by applying real design techniques to create an object and then document it using hand drawing methods. For the project we se-lected a word from a list of different operative methods and designed a small object for representational study. The final result was a light-weight skeleton made from museum board which connects and interlocks with itself for maximum strength and minimum bulk.
Lastly, we were asked to represent our object and the method used to derive it through a hybridized orthographic and diagrammatic drawing.
TechI_BairUCLA_Fall 2009
An introduction to representative techniques
Arch14//Materials and Processes of ConstructionColeman Griffith and Dionicio ValdezSpring 2009//Pasadena City College
Arch14//Materials and Processes of ConstructionColeman Griffith and Dionicio ValdezSpring 2009//Pasadena City College
Project Specifications The class was first asked to select a material that is readily available with the potential for structural integrity. Through experimentation and a group analysis of the materials inherent properties, a strategy was defined to create a structural composition at the human scale. With our investiga-tion of the intrinsic possibilities found in rope, we explored the results of different knotting techniques, the effects of tension, and capturing these specific tensile moments through the application of a fiberglass resin.
Group Members_Melissa Peter, Corina Rodriguez, Natalia Varada, Fionna Wu
Initial Research_Sailors Knot, Gaudi and Marcel Wanders Knot Chair
Draped Tensions
Experiments with Rope
ONE_research and selection of prospective knot and mod-ulation
TWO_studies in tension, con-trol grids, resin, and di-mension
FOUR_draping the knotted rope mod-ules from the con-trol points
FIVE_application of resin stabilizing the distinct study in place
SIX_while wet ap-plication of ten-sion through wire strands
SEVEN_once sufficient resin coats dry flip and repeat
EIGHT_two resulting modules connected by a second system of rope and resin
Three_development of cube shaped jig maintaining 8 control points
Arch24B_ValdezPCC_Spring 2009
module1_catenary moments
module2_cantenary tension
preliminary study model_tensile ropie
After group experimentation of knotting technique sand rope options through our initial study model, a finer tuned method was taken to create a final form. The second model, incorporated the techniques learned from the first and also used a cube shaped jig which allocated 4 controls points to help give dimension to the typically limp rope. The addition of a three-dimensional cube shaped control grid allowed for two knotted sheets to hang in moments of catenary tension, which were then captured with a thick resin coating. When dry, we removed the frozen catenary and repeated the process. Once we had two catenary forms, we then fused them together with a rope resin column. Having adapted this strategy for the final, the group broke into two teams of 2 and completed 2 more rope studies based on different draping and connective techniques.
Final Display
module4_triangulated weaving
module3_tensile moments
Arch24B_ValdezPCC_Spring 2009
Arch20B//Urban DilutionColeman Griffith Spring 2009//Pasadena City College
Arch20B//Urban DilutionColeman Griffith Spring 2009//Pasadena City College
Green v Concrete in the Los Angeles basin
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Urban Expressions
Zoning
Population DensityCirulationGreen v Concrete Site Relationship
Before
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Urbanitys Impact// water+flow
Arch20B_GriffithPCC_Spring 2009
Urban Dilutionproject description_design a more efficient method of water reclamation de-spite the dense urban condition of the site and its surrounding context.
Currently Los Angeles relies purely on a man-made system of water rec-lamation. One of the most extreme examples of urban sprawl, with nearly every square inch lined in concrete, Los Angeles relationship with the natural patterns of rain flow and drainage have been severely altered. In order to take control of these irregular water patterns and provide order over the physical environment, the regions natural network of tributaries has been heavily transformed into a synthetic river system capable of rapidly deploy-ing water through the city back into the Pacific. Although this synthetic system of water channels has allowed the city to develop land in new ways, it also depletes the region of its natural qualities as a riparian zone leav-ing many areas along the river devoid of any of their natural landscape and essence.
The city, which acquires its water from up north, currently processes all of its waste water at multiple facilities across the city. Water at these facilities is processed so that it can be released safely back into the wa-ter table. In order to reintroduce a more natural relationship to the heav-ily regulated water system of now, an organic node along the cities drainage channels can serve to function as a more localized tributary, serving a more communal function. In order to explore this idea on its largest scale, a site situated along the most urban and industrial corridor of the water systems main channel, the LA river in downtown, was studied. Between 1st and 4th Street, on the east side of Alameda, there is a large plot of open land which functions as a space for train lay ups. This patch of the LA river is one of the most extreme examples of the rivers transforma-tion into a barren urban canyon, where the sediments that create the walls, are layers of graffiti which reflect the surrounding context of worn out industrial back lots and underpasses.
With such an extremely dramatic industrial setting, a study in recon-necting the urban with the natural emerged and the idea of a more localized water treatment facility which would serve the surrounding area while cre-ating a more natural relationship with the city, natural environment, and water reclamation system developed. This project aims to create a relation-ship between the urban and natural with a proposed water treatment facil-ity which would also function as a large public park with living systems of water reclamation using local grey water and runoff as irrigation for the reintroduction of riparian elements back into downtown.
Water and Regional Analysis
Urban Section_Downtown Los Angeles
Master Plan of Region
Tributaries Neighborhoods
storage tank
primary tank
reclaimed water
Riparianization of the Urban
Arch20B_GriffithPCC_Spring 2009
Living Corridor Expanded Currents Irregation
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Site and Site Plan
Building Section
Transit
Riparian-Scape Treatment Phases
LOBBY
RIVER EDUCATION
LIVING MACHINE
CONTROL ROOM
RIVER EDUCATION
MECHANICAL/DISINFECTION
LABORATORY
RIVER WALK
WATER STORAGE
LABORATORY
CAFE
OFFICE
CONFERENCE
TERRACE
TERRACE
METRO LINK
LIVING MACINE
Arch20B_GriffithPCC_Spring 2009
Ground Floor Plan First Floor Plan
Work Experience//LandscapesBarbara Kennedy Design2012
Work Experience//LandscapesBarbara Kennedy Design2012
A. Muhlenbergia Capillaris No Mow Fine Fescue Blend 1000 sq. ft. Kalanchoe Manginii Pea Gravel 240 sq. ft. 18x36 Concrete Pavers 6
Raised Beds1. 12x2.5x22. 8x2.5x23. 5x2.5x2
stacked concrete planter
play structureexisting hedgepressure treated
wood edging
existing Acer
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compost
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tubexistingbamboo
retaining wall
walkway
flagstone
retainingwall
flagstonepatiotree
down
house
porch
gravel
pamypebbles
Agave
pot
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ground cover
A. Romneya CoulteriB. Ceanothus ProstratusC. Cistus X SkanbergiiD. Cistus LandaniferE. Salvia ClevelandiiF. Deandromecon HarfordiiG. PholomisH. Salvia Blue SpiresI. Salvia Coahuilensis J. Penstemon SpectabilisK. Penstemon HeterophyllaL. Bulbine Frutescens M. Nepeta x Faassenii N. Heuchera Maxima O. Philodendron SelloumP. Amaryllis BelladonnaQ. Salvia LeucanthaR. Bougainvillea Barbara KarstS. Lonicera Japonica
3424 LARISSA DRIVE n1/8=1 scaleLOS ANGELES, CA 90026
The Redcliff Residence
The Wattles Residence
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water wall
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Trees Container Quantity
A. Pinus thunbergii 36 box 1 Japanese black pine
B. Juniperus bonsai 24 box 1 * variety to be chosen by client
C. Acer palmatum Bloodgood 24 box 2 Japanese maple Bloodgood
D. Acer palmatum dissectum Ever Red 24 box 1
Shrubs
E. Camellia sasanqua White Doves 15 g 3 Camellia sasanqua White Semi-double
F. Nandina domestica Sienna Sunrise 15 g 4 Heavenly Bamboo
Grasses/Bamboo
G. Cyperus papyrus 15g 5 Papyrus
H. Bambusa olldhamii 15 g 24 Clumping giant timber bamboo
I. Hakonechloa macra Aureola 5 g 6 Veriegated Japanese forest grass
J. Opiopogon planiscapus Nigrescens Flat 26 Black mondo grass
K. Imperata cylindricia Red Baron 5 g 1 Japanese blood grass
Liriope spicata Silver Dragon 1 g 57 Lily turf
Perennials/Ground cover
L. Juniperus procumbens Nana 5g 3 Dwarf Japanese juniper
Aquatic
N. Myriophyllum aquaticum 1g 11 Parrots feather
O. Nymphae 1g 13 Water lily
Sod
St. Augustine 160 sq ft
Pavers/stone/boulders
Criba/Lentejas pebbles 395 sq ft
Verano pavers 4624 X 24
Boulders 7Three Rivers
Mexican beach pebbles 15 sq ft
property line
24x24 pavers w/ stone
retaining wall
GAS
The Fugier Residence
Work Experience_LandscapesBarbara Kennedy Design_2012
EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELESSCHOOL OF THE ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE_Bachelor of Arts-Architectural Studies
4222 Brunswick Avenue//Los Angeles, California 90039//(323)-336-4330//[email protected]
LOS ANGELES, CAJUNE 2011
ObjectiveTo obtain a position in a creative field where I can utilize my skills on real projects in order to continue learning and developing as a young professional.
Experience
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY-LOS ANGELESVOLUNTEER // CORNERSTONE CONSTRUCTION CERTIFIED_training in basic construction procedures for habitat sites_framing, drywall and finishing _familiarity with power tools and construction methods
GARDENA, CAAUGUST 2011-PRESENT
TECHNICAL_the Adobe Suite CS4 and 5, Rhinoceros 4.0, autoCAD 2012, Maxwell, Microsoft Office _workshop machinery such as laser cutting and power tools _design drawings, diagrams, hybrid drawings, rendering_Mac and Windows friendly
COMMUNICATION_verbal_visual_written
BARBARA KENNEDY DESIGNASSISTANT_landscape drawings on multiple residential projects_as built drawings for design study_plant and material knowledge
EAGLE ROCK, CAJANUARY 2012-PRESENT
BALL-NOGUES STUDIOINTERN_3-D modeling and template making for full scale mock-ups_mock-ups and material research_competition boards_preparation and packing of fabricated parts for on site installation _on site installation_worked on projects including Cloud, Screen, Cradle, Lens, and Gravitys Loom
LOS ANGELES, CAJULY 2009-OCTOBER 2009
Useful Skills
LANGUAGE_English-fluency in reading, writing and speaking_Spanish-intermediate in reading, writing and speaking
BUILT INC.ASSISTANT_design drawings _maintaining contact with material suppliers_as built drawings_renders and 3d modeling_worked on the Pink Taco Sunset project and multiple residences
LOS ANGELES, CAOCTOBER 2011-JANUARY 2012
Natalia Varada