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EDUCATION

WORK EXPERIENCE

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

SKILLS

AWARDS AND HONORS

KARLA VALDIVIA 1205 ST. CHARLES AVE APT. 402 NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130

karla.valdivia@gmail.com

305.343.2102

YTISREVINU ENALUTERUTCETIHCRA FO SRETSAMNew Orleans, LA August 2008-May 2010

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RETNEC YTIC ENALUTNRETNI TCEJORPNew Orleans, LA August 2008-Present

Develop drawings and diagrams for publication. Conduct New Orleans based research. Meet with team members frequently to discuss development.

SECIVRES GNISUOH DOOHROBHGIENNRETNI LARUTCETIHCRANew Orleans, LA September 2008-August 2009Develop a pattern book of low-income housing consisting of differing plans and facades for specified sites within Central City and the 7th Ward. Meet weekly with team members to discuss proposals, budgeting and design changes. Conduct site visits and analysis.

EROTS NEERG OGIDNITNATLUSNOC NGISED - EVITATNESERPER/ETAICOSSA SELASGainesville, FL August 2007-August 2008

Tend to daily activities including sales, inventory adjustments, and purchasing. Assist customers with product information and placing orders. Have a required knowledge of all GREEN building materials. Update website with new product information and events.

EUQITUOB ARUTAZLACREGANAM SELASGainesville, FL July 2005-September 2007

Overlook and execute daily activities within the store. Manage daily sales as well as attend to customers. Account weekly sales as well as hire and train new employees.

SOFTWARE _ Proficient in Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Knowledge in Rhino, ShetchUP, and V-Ray.FABRICATION _ Laser Cutting, Model Making, Woodshop skills and stick welding.

TEAM MEMBER

GRADUATE ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE _ Selected as 1 of 3 graduate student representatives to serve on the Graduate Admissions Committee for the Fall 2010 applications.

2010

TULANE 34 NOMINEE

dliubNABRUREBMEM MAETNew Orleans, LA August 2008-May 2009

Provided winning design serving as the prototype for URABNbuild 4 and collaborated with team members on construction documents during fall semester. Participated in the build throughout the spring semester and conducted red lines on site throughout construction process. The finished house was published in DWELL volume 10, issue 2 December/January 2010.

TEKRAM EVORGYLLOHREBMEM MAETNew Orleans, LA Fall 2009 Semester

Participate in Design+Build of HollyGrove Market Vendor Pods, benches and tracks.

NEIGHBORHOOD STORY PROJECTNew Orleans, LA Fall 2009 Semester

Participate in Design +Build of “StoryPod” for non-profit organization located in the 7th Ward.

OGDEN EIGHT _ Selected as 1 of 8 thesis students to exhibit their final Thesis at the Ogden Museum in New Orleans, La.

AIA MEDAL AND CERTIFICATE OF MERIT_ Awarded to 2 students who exhbit general excellence in the field of architecture.

_A recognition of 34 outstanding graduating students who have excelled scholastically, have distinguished records of involvement, and have excelled in the area of student leadership on campus.

2009 AIA HONOR AWARD in the Residential Category _URBANbuild Prototype 4

CHINA STUDY ABROAD STUDIO_Urban Design

The Qianmen District is 80 acres of dense Hutong neighborhoods

situated along the axis of the Forbidden City and the Temple of

Heaven. Acting as a connection to these two sites, the district’s

neighborhood quality is being erased and new programmatic

developments are planned for the 2008 Olympics. The change is

resulting in the drastic relocation of residents and small

businesses.

Working with a team of 4, we placed focus on eliminating the

removal of Qianmen’s residents and to preserve both the

historical architecture as well as the way of life it creates. Our

hope was to bring funding into the site by creating new up-scale

housing along with mix-use buildings along the site’s perimeter,

by incorporating cultural center, government buildings along with

schools and markets. Many of these additions to the site were

intended to not bring funding but provide jobs and education for

the residents.

Incorporating a market/green space hybrid with spaces that one

can shop, work and play, help to keep the neighborhood lifestyle

many Chinese people are used to. Using the hybrid as a datum

throughout the site creates a connection with each programmatic

piece within the 80 acre urban design project.

COMMERCIAL MIX-USE

GREEN SPACES AND RECREATIONAL AREAS

STREET NETWORKS

HUTONGS AS THEY RELATE TO MARKET SPACES STREET NETWORKS AS THEY RELATE TO GREEN SPACES

STREET NETWORKS AS THEY RELATE TO MARKETS

RESIDENTIAL AS IT RELATES TO CULTURAL AND EDUCATION AREAS

GOVERNMENTAL ANC SOCIAL SERVICES

RESIDENTIAL ZONES

OPEN MARKETS

FLORIDA LANDSCAPE STUDIO_A Water Research Center

The Water Research Center was to include

studios, a common area, a meditation point

and a library.

One enters from the side of the site enabling

one to experience the landscape during the

procession from the world’s distractions

into the project at hand. The procession

moves one from the most public areas into

the more private spaces ultimately ending

at the meditation area.

The landscape was a constant charge

during the design process lending to the

heavy integration into the context.

The process began with site condition

studies through ink washes.

Edges Beneath the Water’s Surface: Watercolor and Ink on Watercolor Paper

Zones: Watercolor and Ink on Watercolor PaperPermeable Edges: Watercolor and Ink on Watercolor

Paper

Hard Edges: Watercolor and Ink on Watercolor Paper

Sectional Site Model: Chip Board, Bass Wood, Plexiglass and Wire

Sectional Diagrams: SketchUP Sections, Hand Drawing and Photoshop

DESIGN+BUILD_URBANbuild

URBANbuild is a year long program

where students team up to both

design and build a low-income

housing project in Central City, New

Orleans. During the fall semester 12

designs were proposed for a 3

bedroom, 2 bath 1200 sq. ft. house.

One scheme is chosen and further

developed throughout the semester

concluding with the finalization of a

set of construction documents submit-

ted for permitting.

The spring semester is spent building

the house and updating red lines on

the document set.

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THESIS STUDIO_ Community Collage: The contexualization of the re-development efforts in Central City, New Orleans, La.

The programmatic pieces

gesture toward one another to

claim exterior space and form

spatial extensions. While the

buildings house important

program in their interior, each

hold spatial qualities such as

permanence, interstitial

spaces and public, open

areas. Each formal gestural

allows the program and the

engagement of the site to

extend beyond the building

proper.

OPEN SETBACK

OCCUPIED STRUCTURE

ABANDONED STRUCTURE

ENTRY

OPEN / PUBLIC

PERMANENT SOLID

OPEN FABRIC

TRANSIENT SOLID

ABANDONED PROPERTY

INTERSTITIAL SPACE INTERSTITIAL SPACE

The programmatic pieces

gesture toward one another to

RE-DEVELOPMENT CENTER

This proposal, concentrated in the heart of Central City, New

Orleans, explores a way of developing a connection to the historic

fabric while explicating the contemporary goals of

re-development. Through programmatic and socially driven

elements, it will work as both a physical and geographical stitch

within the neighborhood and community. Many of the interven-

tions evoke a common response as being alien as they are seen

and experienced solely from the exterior allowing for little to no

understanding of the spatial qualities, form and tectonics the

contemporary typology offers. The proposal is in critical dialogue

with these interventions as it adopts from the achitectonics of

these projects yet renders itself comprehensible by engaging the

public as a whole through program and culture. As the current

contemporary interventions in this area act as isolated, dispersed

nodes, the proposed Community Block must work as the anchor

that will didactically allow for the experiential.

RE-DEVELOPMENT CENTER

CAFE AND EXHIBIT SPACE

FITNESS CENTER

SECOND FLOOR PLANFIRST FLOOR PLAN

SITE IN RELATION TO STREET ACCESS

COMPOSITE SITE DIAGRAM OF SPATIAL EXTENSIONS