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Portfolio by November 2014

November 2014

Gorka Beitia Zarandona

My name is Gorka Beitia Zarandona. I am a young architect from Bilbao.

After a great year working for STUDIO MAKS in Rotterdam I feel that it is time for me to take a step forward and find a place where I can continue learning as an architect.

My desire is to reach a position where I could commit for the following years and get steeped in the practice of ar-chitecture.

I am interested in the creative process and aesthetics, both conceptually and from a practical approach in the exe-cution. I consider myself a passio- nate architect who fully believes in the praxis, theory and practice should be interconnected.

A holon is something that is simultane-ously a whole and a part, and this is my perception of architecture today, as a holarchic entity. The value of every person derives from their uniqueness and their ability to capture and interact with others to make use of the fruit of that singularity.

In a young office like STUDIO MAKS I worked in very diverse projects and I had to step up and be responsible at different levels. I was a solid contribu-tor in the design process, generally working on construction plans and fi-nal illustrations.

This portfolio is a brief selection of what I consider to be the most relevant sample that has contributed to my ed-ucation and sensitivity as an architect and designer. It mirrors my personal interests in the last period of my archi-tecture career.

NATIONALITY Spanish EUBIRTH Bilbao, April 18 1985 ADDRESS - Heemraadssingel 292B 3021NB Rotterdam (NL) - Begoñalde 6 1B 48007 Bilbao (Spain)PHONE +31 616 335 267 +34 635 200 461E-MAIL g.beitia.z@gmail.comWEBSITE www.bulego.eu

Profile

O B J E C T I V E Architect position / Available December 2014, January 2015

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

14 14 Assistant Architect At STUDIO MAKS Rotterdam starting January 2014 ending October 2014. Now a freelance collaborator.12 13 Freelance Architect Collaborations with TOKI arkitekturak San Sebastian as a freelance architect for international competitions.11 12 Project Designer Design director in collaboration with Cuantics Creatives Lab for Deusto University marketing project.09 13 Freelance Artist 3D render and architecture visualization production.10 12 Collaborations with CAOSTICA Cultural Association Bilbao Assistantinthedevelopmentofdifferentprojectsinvolvingdocumentaryfilmingandshortfilmfestivalorganization.10 11 Collaborations with ZOOHAUS Architects Collective Madrid Assistant in different projects involving the analysis of degraded zones in the city of Bilbao, urbanism 2.0 and the development of “Inteligencias Colectivas” workshop in the University of the Basque Country.

E D U C A T I O N

13 (June) Architect by the University of The Basque Country (Spain) Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de San Sebastián / language Basque09 (June) Architect by the Victor Horta Institute in Brussels (Belgium) Awarded with an Erasmus scholarship year 2008-2009 / language French and English

Workshops Computing Topos AA Visiting School / Architectural Association London Awarded with a scholarship for a two week intensive workshop organized by Maider Llaguno from AZPML July 2012 Digital Fabrication - Space and Volume / Arteleku San Sebastian Organized by Arteleku Art Centre, directed by Daniel Pietrosemoli Medialab-Prado Madrid April 2012 Fabrication Lab-Tools / Arteleku San Sebastian Organized by Arteleku Art Centre, directed by Iker Etxaniz robotics engineer December 2011 Interactive Architecture and Arduino scripting / ETSASS San Sebastian Workshop directed by David Cuartielles Arduino system founder May 2010 Parametric Architecture with Grasshopper and Ecotect / ETSASS San Sebastian Workshop directed by Vicente Soler Architect and grasshopper expert February 2010 Algorithmic Architecture, RhinoScripting and Digital Fabrication / IaaC Barcelona Workshop directed by Luis Fraguada architect and professor at IaaC June 2009

S K I L L S

Languages Spanish and Basque Mother languages. EnglishHighunderstandingandfluentspeaking. French High understanding and medium speaking.

Organization Excellentteamworkskills,adaptabilityandpositiveattitude,selfconfidenceandstrongworkethic.

Technical Ski l ls 2D-3D Modelling Advanced: Rhinoceros, AutoCAD, 3dsMax / Basic: Revit, ArchiCAD, Cinema4D, Maya, Digital Project. Illustration and Design Advanced: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. 3D Rendering and ArchViz Advanced: V-ray rendering. Others Medium: Grasshopper, Ecotect / Basic: Vasari, Rhinoscript, Arduino and Proccesing. I N T E R E S T S Philosophy and Aesthetics / Emergent Technologies / Literature and Poetry / Cinema Painting (oil and watercolour from age 7) / Photography (3 month course in the Basque Institute of Photography) Tai Chi Chuan and Kung Fu (Basque Federation 2012) / Basketball (1st Regional Parque Bilbao Team 2012-13) Futsal (High School Team 1995-2001) / Swimming (Club Maristas Bilbao 1993-2000) / Jogging / Cooking

NATIONALITY Spanish, born April 18 1985 (29) ADDRESS Heemraadssingel 292B 3021NB Rotterdam (NL) / Begoñalde 6 1B 48007 Bilbao (Spain) PHONE +31 616 335 267 / +34 635 200 461E-MAIL g.beitia.z@gmail.comWEBSITE www.bulego.eu

Name GORKA Surnames 1 BEITIA 2 ZARANDONA CV

References

Marieke Kums

STUDIO MAKS office principalArchitect and Professor

E-mail mk@studiomaks.nlPhone +31 614 283 683Website www.studiomaks.nl

Diego Soroa

Cuantics Creatives CEOArchitect and Curator

E-mail soroa@cuantics.comPhone +34 605 951 728Website www.cuantics.com

Ibon Salaberria

TOKI arkitekturak office founderProfessor ETSASS University of the Basque Country

E-mail ibon@toki.wsPhone +34 656 781 341Website www.toki.ws

Visitor Center Vijversburg STATUS In Construction

LOCATION Tytsjerk (The Netherlands)

PROGRAM Visitor center, auditorium,

renovation of historical mansion, green

houses, stage for performance

AREA 1.000 m2

With Junya Ishigami + associates

Cloud TableSTATUS Installation for Salone Internazi-

onale del Mobile / Milano Design Week

LOCATION Milan (Italy)

TYPE Installation / Furniture Design

TEAM Marieke Kums, Alessia Nociaro,

Zsofia Szoke, Gorka Beitia Zarandona

Luzern Psychiatric Building STATUS International Competition Entry

LOCATION Luzern (Switzerland)

PROGRAM Psychiatric Building

AREA 4.400 m2

TEAM Marieke Kums, Alessia Nociaro,

Zsofia Szoke, Gorka Beitia Zarandona

Prix de RomeSTATUS Competition Entry

LOCATION Rotterdam

PROGRAM Urban re-envision

AREA 250.000 m2

TEAM Marieke Kums, Jinsun Baik, Olivi-

ero Vitali, Gorka Beitia Zarandona

Learning by Nature STATUS Competition 1st Prize

LOCATION Schwarzenfeld (Germany)

PROGRAM Public Space

AREA 25 m2

TEAM Marieke Kums, Jinsun Baik, Gorka

Beitia Zarandona

Proffesional Work

EdufactorySTATUS Thesis Project June 2013

LOCATION Bilbao

PROGRAM Educational & Cultural Facility

AREA 7.700 m2

All the creative process could be followed

in the blog www.tumblr.com/gorgheus

Tokyo Replay CenterSTATUS Competition Entry 2013 2nd Prize

LOCATION Tokyo

PROGRAM Leisure & Store

AREA 3.600 m2

COLLABORATOR David Santos Castillo

JURY Atelier BOW WOW, Tezuka Archi-

tects, Nobuaki Furuya, David Orkand

Paris Market LabSTATUS Competition Entry 2012

LOCATION Paris

PROGRAM School and Restaurant

AREA 3.300 m2

COLLABORATOR David Santos Castillo

Es BonitoSTATUS Competition Entry 2011

LOCATION Madrid

PROGRAM Exposition space

AREA 120 m2

COLLABORATOR Garazi Pascual

Ignacio Zuloaga MuseumSTATUS School Project 2011

LOCATION Zumaia

PROGRAM Museum

AREA 3.600 m2

Personal Work

Glass Pavilion Rendering

Concrete base in construction

Park Groot Vijversburg was established in the 19th century and contains a rich history of flora and fauna. A historical villa is centrally placed in the park. Throughout the year, the park hosts many events such as international exhibitions of contemporary art, musical performances, church services and excursions.

The goal is to design a new visitor center, reno-vate the historical villa, develop a floating stage for performances, and create glasshouses for the botanical gardens.

The visitor center is positioned next to the histori-cal villa. In plan, the form is as if pulled tightly in three directions while maintaining a required main hall. As the main hall stretches, it gradually be-comes a path – naturally transforming into a park trail. This slowly pulled wing loses its quality of interior space as one progresses along it, leav-ing only its wall, until it finally disappears into the park environment.

Visitor Center Vijversburg STUDIO MAKS / Junya Ishigami + associates

South elevation

Steel roof structure

In collaboration with Japanese architect Ju-nya Ishigami STUDIO MAKS is now building the glass pavilion and finalizing the villa restoration. I worked on the design and construction of this glass visitor center. I was mainly involved in the 3D-modelling and the checking of the 3D con-struction drawings, being responsible for the final geometry design.

I had meetings with the engineer in charge to achieve the best balance between our design pro-posal and efficient solutions. My role in the project also has touched other areas such as the 19th century villa restoration, the new stage design and site visits for examination of the villa, as well as new renderings.

Through this project I have understood the com-plexity of architecture execution, the necessity of attention to detail and precise organization. The project will be completed January 2015.

Installation in Salone Internazionale del Mobile

Production process Installation process

Cloud Table STUDIO MAKS

Our aim was to design an environment at the Sa-lone in Milan that would accommodate people’s needs for social interaction and information ex-change during this week long design fair.

The table hides wireless charging pads integrated in the table surface, so visitors can re-charge their phones and tablets by simply laying them on top of the table surface. WiFi signal enhancers were also integrated into the piece of furniture to pro-vide better internet connection.

The 70 m2 untreated poplar wood top was bal-anced on thin steel legs, with the surface snaking around the former industrial building, widening and thinning at various points. Changes in depth and niches formed by bends created areas for group discussions next to spaces for individual work, with seating provided by stools made of the same material.

Installation in Salone Internazionale del Mobile

Installation in Salone Internazionale del Mobile

I was deeply involved in the design, which we had to completely restart due to a reduction of exhi-bition space and budget. Initially the table was supposed to be three times bigger. I became in charge of the production of the table, having to research materials and testing different structural systems.

In conversation with Fiction Factory, the company that built the table, we came to a simple solution of poplar wood pieces and steel frames. I devel-oped the execution file for the CNC. I also visited the Factory several times as a production supervi-sor and helped the carpenters with the wood job. Later in Milano I supervised the montage of the installation.

This project made me realize the importance of collaboration and dialogue between designer and construction company, and how to deal with the different parties in the production of such an in-stallation.

Entrance garden view

Interior passageway and garden view

We tried to support the spatial idea of a building for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients with hu-man scale, thinking about the individual needs of the patients while living in community. Due to the site configuration of the land, the building volume should remain compact. And due to the complex structures that these buildings require it should be easily expandable in the future.

The project consists of smaller building units forming a joint complex. The units are free on the landscape and they connect by narrow pas-sageways. The heart of the building consists of a courtyard with a beautiful garden. It allows users to experience nature and it acts as a calm core for residents, employees and visitors.

The building complex is set like a small village. The open structure of the urban grid is integrat-ed into the environment and it allows autonomy, growth and future changes.

LUPS Luzern Psychiatric New Building STUDIO MAKS

Cross Section North-South

Competition model

I worked in all stages of the design for this compe-tition. Given the complexity and strict inflexibility of the program I was asked to create new smart solutions for a psychiatric building. During the de-sign process I built huge number of models. Later for the competition panels I was in charge of the main images and drawings.

Through this project I learned to deal with specific and complex programs and how to translate ideas into form.

Render Elevation of the Sprouting Block / Growing Towers

Competition model

The Prix de Rome 2014 assignment is to re-envision the Hoogstraat as a “city street“ and to commemorate its early beginnings. For the last 75 years, Rotterdam has enjoyed a period of renewal and growth, pre-senting itself as a strong resilient city. Now most of the post-war land plots have been filled, growth has slowed down like in many other traditional Eu-ropean cities. Free lots now a luxury, Rotterdam must shift towards a new strategy for maintaining its invaluable image of a progressive city.

We analysed the city, its map, its spaces, its past and present plans. What emerged from the data is a void plan illustrating spaces that can be uti-lized for change. These voids can be used by pro-grammes derived from the contemporary needs of the city and its citizens, always conceived with a limited life-span in mind. The void thus becomes a laboratory for possible modes of civic life, a new artificial urban nature. We imagine these pro-grammes to be a myriad of systems including new ecologies rather than building projects alone.

As for Hoogstraat, by activating specific voids along its axis it is reinterpreted as a cross sec-tion of diverse and flexible environments. The image of Hoogstraat will continue to change over time, always updating to contemporary needs and trends. These project proposals, that will occupy several voids, show mere programmatic struc-tures, not spatial designs.

Prix de Rome / Emerging Ecologies STUDIO MAKS

Exhibition space

Competition model

Prix de Rome is the most prestigious award for under 40 y.o. Dutch architects. In the 2014 edi-tion we competed against 7 other participants. I had a significant role in the conception and pro-ject design.

I worked on the preparation of the 3 x 1,5 meter paper model and I was put in charge of all the im-ages for the final panels.

For the 2014 Tile award we propose a tidal landscape for children made of land, water and plants, in which the relation between the differ-ent elements is under constant negotiation. In this dynamic existence many natural conditions are created and un-created. We studied the natural processes and appearances of tidal landscapes and transformed our findings in a man-made en-vironment that can be reproduced in any kind of setting.

Our plaza-like proposal has hills and valleys, lakes and gardens. Its appearance changes throughout the year; in the dryer season the plaza is empty, only to fill up again when it rains. It can also be ir-rigated in the summer by numerous small springs, to provide refreshment in times of heat.

The form and layout of these landscape refer to similar situations in nature in which water and land exist in an intertwined balance. The patterns that arise from these dynamics were studied and translated into more abstract graphical patterns; consecutively different types of tiles from Agrob-Buchtal‘s existing tile collection were used to recreate these patterns. By optimizing the differ-ences in colours, size and thickness a new and natural landscape was created.

Learning by Nature STUDIO MAKS

Rendering of the proposal

Working model 1:1 scale

For this competition we explored new applications and geometries applied to the urban landscape. After various tests I designed the final geometry of the plaza and created the main illustrations for the competition panels.

I learned to properly organize a competition in a very short notice. It became a challenge in itself because the majority of the design responsibility was shared between me and my colleague Jinsun Baik.

We were awarded with the 1st Prize Newcomer Award 2014 Agrob Buchtal. A 5x5 m2 prototype was built for a future expo.

Project plan

Rendering of the north facades

Institute for architecture and creativity. Thesis project based on a new holarchic architecture.

The project proposes the transformation of an old factory now in ruins in a degraded industrial zone. The complex is formed by eight different buildings that are grouped within three cores: one educa-tional, one for research and offices and the last one for cultural purposes.

This thesis project investigates the complex rela-tions of spaces and flows within a building and the

possibility of a holisitic understanding of them, as unique entities and as a whole.

Through the development of this project I had the opportunity to learn how to organize extensive complex programs while maintaining a clear idea in the whole design process. This is something that I consider vital in architecture nowadays.

As architects we must learn to organize, manage and design complex systems and be able to trans-late this ideas into space and life.

Edufactory Thesis Project

Cross section of the complex through patio 1

Through the development of this project I had the opportunity to learn how to organize extensive complex programs while maintaining a clear idea in the whole design process. This is something that I consider vital in architecture nowadays.

As architects we must learn to organize, manage and design complex systems and be able to trans-late this ideas into space and life.

Rendering of the waterfront facing east

Rendering of the garden hall pavilion

Axonometric illustration of the project area

Project area

Edufactory complex ground level plan

Cross section in perspective of the school building through stairs

Longitudinal section in perspective of the school building through working spaces

View of the multifunctional plaza into the building

Tokyo Replay Center

This project follows the urban fabric of Akihabara but stays hidden inside a large opening of the To-kyo skyline. Aesthetically topped by a mosaic, a plaza surmounts a podium flanked by two emerg-ing towers of stacked zashiki boxes. The project delimits a space of calm within the chaos of a city. It generates a void energized by tradition, a re-doubt where the mind plays.

The aim of this competition was to develop a new leisure center in Tokyo. The center had to fit with the lifestyle of Japanese society while offering a new method of entertainment designed especially for them.

Competition 2nd Prize

Through this collaboration I learnt how to trans-form a strong simple idea into a project efficiently. First day of discussion we came out with the con-cept of an empty void and two towers facing each other. During a two week collaboration we evolved the idea and ended up with a final design that re-spected Japanese tradition.

Axonometric representation of the project

Representations of the outer and inner facades

Plans from basement level

Perspective plan of one tower

Paris Market Lab

The aim of this competition was to develop a new type of gastronomic space next to the Saint Germain Market in Paris. The project should work as a school by day and as a three Michelin star restaurant by night. Baudelaire’s flâneur, Walter Benjamin’s Parisian gallery tours and François Rabelais’ Gargantua were inspiration for this project as we tried to create uniqueness into the Parisian urban context.

We established a conceptual paradox confront-ing monolithic complexity versus molecular simplicity. The competition strictly asked for the mixture of two programs and we tried to execute this with a metallic veil around the building. This formed a two sided Janus face: one transparent and light by day and a more dense, foggy and mysterious one by night.

Competition

Rendering representation by day Rendering representation by night

Isometric view of the building

Es Bonito

La Casa Encendida art center in Madrid organizes annually an expo gallery com-petition for young curators. Aesthetics phi-losopher Garazi Pascual was in charge of the art-work selection while I designed the installation space.

We opted for simplicity, trying to empha-size the centrifugal force of the space while highlighting its continuity and fluid-ity. Very cheap materials should be used, just white round corner walls and a bench around all the perimeter.

Rendering of the exposition space

Competition

This multidisciplinary collaboration made me understand the importance of deal-ing with multiple intellectual perspectives while confronting an architectural project.

In my opinion this is the base for experi-mentation and real innovation in this new era of architecture and design.

Isometric representations of the exposition concept

View of the museum entrance

Axonometric representation of the project area

Ignacio Zuloaga Museum

Ignacio Zuloaga Spanish painter ’s museum exten-sion at his family house in Zumaia. Located into the gardens the project is divided into three sepa-rate buildings according to their function, combin-ing the entrances.

The concept suggests a filter between the sky and the underground. Entering the complex through the main triangular building which is light and clear just to go down the cave, a series of dark galleries where Zuloagas’ work is hidden.

School Project

Rendering of the accessible roof

Inside rendering of the gallery caves open to the garden

I consider this project to be a good sample of one of my first tests towards a conceptual simplicity. From the beginning I stood for lightness and func-tionality in the most practical way, not reducing the program but building a synthesis of it.

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