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PERSONAL INFORMATIONName: Martínez Becerra
Surname: María Matilde
Place of birth: Llerena, Spain.
Date of birth: 02.07.1987
Nationality: Spanish
Email:
URL:
www.cargocollective.com/matildembecerra
LANGUAGES
Spanish Mother language
English B.2.2
German B.2.2. Deutsch Zertifikat B.1.
A versatile and creative person who enjoys facing up different
projects, I am highly motivated and used to working under pressure,
facing every project as a personal challenge to push my skills
forward. Despite being enthusiastic about my own ideas, I am an
analytical and self-critical person, open to different points of view.
All these things considered, together with my organization skills make
me suited to engage work-teams as well as to cooperate with a
multidisciplinary group.
AutoCAD
Ca.5000 Working Hours
COMPUTER PROGRAMMS
Rhinoceros
Ca.750 Working Hours
Adobe Photoshop
Ca.500 Working Hours
Adobe Ilustrator
Ca.500 Working Hours
Revit Autodesk
40 Hours intensive course
Archicad
Ca 2000 Working Hours 3 Ds Max
60 Hours intensive course
CURRICULUM VITAE MATILDE MARTINEZ BECERRAARCHITECTGRIMSELWEG 12//6005//LUZERN//SWITZERLAND0041-788764626 [email protected]
Architect assistant at Bosshard und Luchsinger Architekten
- Convent rehabilitation and change of use.
• Assistance on construction process, drawing construction
documents in 1:200 to 1:5 scale.
• Wet cells design according to the handicap regulation. Searching
for products and revising the finals orders.
- Taking part in urban design studies and Architecture competitions
in Switzerland.
Architect Assistant at “Lucas y Hernandez-Gil” Architecture Office, Madrid.
www.lucasyhernandezgil.com
- Collaboration on architecture competitions.
- Design of temporary installation on a shop façade.
• Coordination of the project design and construction.
• Budget planning.
Voluntary worker at Exit NGO. Madrid. www.fundacionexit.org
- Work as a graphic designer to improve the corporative image of the
organisation. 3 months.
Voluntary worker at Jugendhof Godewin organisation, Hitzaker,
Germany.
- Voluntary worker in the refurbishment of an old farm into a house.
• Construction of the foundations for an auxiliary building.
• Construction of a ventilated roof.
Architect, Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM).
Final Year Project
“Revitalization and restoration of Ahmedabad’s Historic Center (India)”
Mark obtained : 9 (on a 0-to-10 scale)
- Technical facilities - The water and cooling systems were adapted to
the extreme weather conditions.
- Construction – Details and construction drawings on a 1:50 to 1:10 Scale.
Official Specialization in “Preservation and Restoration of Architectural
Heritage” Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM).
Architecture Scholarship at the Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische
Workshop “Restoration of Historical-Cultural Latin American Heritage"
(Spain Institute of Cultural Heritage and celebrated in the Heritage School
(IPCE)). Nájera, Rioja. 1 week.
- Analysis of project methodology.
- Results Presentation. (Results public presentation)
“Habitat Design International Studio” (Ahmedabad Architecture University
(CEPT) and Vastu Shilpa Foundation). Ahmedabad, India. 2 months.
- Design a residential development for 1,400 people.
• Increasing 400% the density of an already consolidated area.
• Design based on traditional social communities and
sustainability.
Course “Volunteering work and development cooperation projects”
(Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM)). 3 days.
Workshop “Experimental Design” (Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM)).
Murcia, Spain. 7 days.
Architectural Models, Scale 1:1.000 to 1: 10.
- Made out of differents materials.
- Large experience in the use of the laser cutting Machine – The use of this
machine allowed me to achieve very good results on my Final Year Project.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH5MucBmOtA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
October 2014- Present
June 2014
January 2014
Summer 2012
SKILLS
EDUCATION
2013/2005
2013
2012
2009/2010
COURSES
2014
2012
2012
2008
FLORIDA PARK BUILD ING REHABILITATION, MADRIDARCHITECTURE OPEN COMPETIT ION, LUCAS Y HERNANDEZ-GIL ARQUITECTOS, MAY 2015
STORE FASSADE TEMPORAL INSTALATION DECOR ACCION 2014, MADRIDCOLLABORATION BETWEEN ARCHITECTS, INTERIOR DESIGNERS AND COMERCIAL ASSOCIATIONS FROM MADRID CITY CENTER, LUCAS Y HERNANDEZ-GIL ARQUITECTOS, MAY 2015
AHMEDABAD HERITAGE CENTER, INDIAFINAL YEAR PROJECT, POLYECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF MADRID (UPM), OCTOBER 2013
Promoted by the municipal corporation, Ahmedabad Municipal Centre is
an Institution dedicated to the restoration and rehabilitation of the
historic heritage buildings of Ahmedabad. The complex includes not
only the Municipal Institution, but also a 30-families re-housing
program as well as bath and cooking facilities for the existing houses.
It follows a modular vernacular yet innovative approach in response
to its unique location, Ahmedabad historical city centre.
By the use of a 6x6 modular structure and staggered platforms at
the ground level, the Institutional building provides a continuous
space that can be either filled by a single use or occupied by differ-
ent programs. Due to mobile light elements the staggered platforms
can be isolated and adapted to different shadows and privacy
requirements.
The city main axes and the new buildings are joined through the conexion
of various dead ends streets, creating a pedestrian pathway.
While the ground-level of the Institutional building works as a flexible
and continuous space for temporal uses, the AHC key program organi-
zation is based on the traditional Ahmedabad Indian palace “Havelis”
. The “Havelis” rooms can be divided into 3 different types depending
on its privacy degree and the amount of sun-light that they receive.
Due to this classification, protected areas, intermediate areas and
exposed areas can be found at the AHC building complex.
The protected areas, placed on the wood cantilever structures, offer
a highly controlled environment with soundproof
isolation and filigree screens to provide shadow to the inner spaces.
The cantilever structures houses the offices permanent uses without
interfering on the 6x6 ground level structure.
The intermediate areas, facing the street under the cantilever struc-
tures, are protected from light and rain, though exposed to the
street noise. This part is occupied by permanent uses related to
public-users, such as office-secretaries or information points. The
exposed-areas include the ground-level flexible area subject to
temporal changes, and the always exposed entrance area, a place
dedicated to the dissemination and awareness of the heritage conser-
vation importance.
In response to the AHC changing program, a modular structure with
mobile panels is designed at the heart of the building. By the use of
the mobile panels, users are able to create different shading
conditions according to the use requirements.
The offices need of a greater insulation is solved by the use of a
double façade system. The outer enclosure consists of a porous
timber façade to filter the light and noise, while the inner bamboo
and glass façade protect the inside from the rain.
The cardboard model not only represents the project structure, it
was made to maximize the possibilities offered by the toll to use, the
laser cutting machine in this case. The model was built up without
glue, fitting pieces together thanks to little grooves placed at the
pieces upper or bottom parts. Thank to this, a faultless and detailed
architecture model was obtained.
The building is adapted not only to the material availability of the
site, but also to the Indian weather extreme conditions. The building
distribution and façades were thought to allow passive refrigera-
tion. An ecological water system was introduced to solve the water
scarcity problem; this ecological water system includes a system to
collect the rain water in tanks, so it can be used along the whole
year, and a sewage treatment system, which clean the water
through the use of a particular kind of plant.
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ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION, BOSSHARD UND LUCHSINGER ARCHITEKTEN, JANUARY 2015
SOCIAL SPACE AND MARKET IN CASABLANCACOLLEGE PROJECT, POLYECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF MADRID (UPM), AUTUM 2011
The project is placed in the Moroccan city of Casablanca, within the
Mohammadi lively neighbourhood, an area where an innovative and
international Masterplan promoted by Michael Ecouchard and the team
10 was launched on the 50’s. Over time, the initially one-storey white
houses of the development have been transformed; they have growth
in height through unstable constructions. The aim of the complex is
to replace the actual non functional local market, including social
shared spaces, and cultural facilities as the “Instituto Cervantes”
promoted by the Spanish government.
Due to the traditional Moroccan Architecture a massive 3-storey
concrete building delimit the vacant space. In contrast to this massive
structure, a high-storey light structure houses the “Instituto
Cervantes”.
The 3-storey massive structure act as a concrete skeleton which can
temporally be filled by food or cloth stalls, its prefabricated
V-shaped structure placed at the buildings façades provides shadow,
and allows passive ventilation. A spiral ramp placed at the inner
perimeter of the building works as a safe exit route, while giving
access to the small-business. For a faster communication, elevators
for clients are placed at the buildings corners, whose galleries are
connected through light steel bridges. To create separate circulations,
the goods flows network is placed at the centre of each gallery.
In opposition to the market low-rise building, the culture programme
placed at the centre of the site grows in height. An enclosed green
space is created between both buildings, which can be colonized by
uses related to the “Instituto Cervantes”. The twelve-storey building
whose structure is made of stainless steel has a double steel mesh
façade to provide shadow and privacy to the inner spaces.
These plaster and cardboard model was built to show the
transformation of the housing masterplan. Initially the one-storey
white houses, spread over the empty suburbs, looked as a sculpture
on the desert. Finally the houses have become a marginal and
unhealthy neighbourhood where the traces from the original design
can slightly be recognized.
To help us to integrate the architecture proposal on the site, a extremely appealing model built of soap and foam was created. The plot's terrain was built up
with white rubber foam, giving a breaking point to the coloured volumetry of the new architecture solution made of soap.
The multi-functional program which includes large-scale social ameni-
ties such as a commuter train platform and a sports centre, leisure
spaces and a housing programme are set on a highly sloped and irreg-
ular plot, placed at the border of Sestao city. Sestao is an economi-
cally weak area with a strategic location thanks to its unique views
over the Bilbao Estuary and the Blast Furnace monumental structure.
The master-plan responds to the landscape contour, creating a 240
meter-long Axe, designed as a seafront promenade to draw the city
life to the water-front. It provides a pedestrian route through the
site linking the plot uppermost and lowest levels while structuring the
multi-functional programme around it.
The shopping and housing areas remain at the upper level of the axe,
facing Txabarri Street and keeping the building profile low in sympa-
thy with scale of the housing surrounding buildings. At this section of
the axe, the promenade has a traditional shopping scale, with lively
work ateliers facing the street. The city train station, placed at the
centre of the promenade is linked to the shopping areas and the
ateliers, acting as the master-plan heart. ollowing the sequence of
the promenade, we are driven through green spaces which combine
nature and sports amenities, till we reach a 4-storey sports centre
at the end of the axe.
A RESPONSE TO BILBAO’S INDUSTR IALLANDSCAPE , BILBAOCOLLEGE PROJECT, POLYECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF MADRID (UPM), SPRING 2011
Course made during my German scholarship at the Rheinisch-West-
faelische Technische Hochschule (RWTH). The goal of the course was
to transform raw round steel into an useable chair. It was about
shaping the material, thinking in a functional design, without
forgetting the imagination.
After 2 weeks working on the chair design, a scale model was made
using wire cables and galvanized wire weldings, and tested. The course
provided an introduction to material processing techniques such as
cutting, cold forming, and welding.
WIRE CHAIRAACHENSCHOLARSHIP PROJECT, RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE (RWTH) AACHEN, SPRING 2010
Course made during my German scholarship at the Rheinisch-West-
faelische Technische Hochschule (RWTH). The aim of the course was
to build a constructive form inspired on the nature, to make visible,
things that are only visible using microcope or special cameras.
The object chosen was a natural sponge, whose intricate spatial
structure offered great posibilities. While modeling the sculpture,
we learned different techniques to shape the clay, and differents
ways to mix the materials obtaining differents kinds of klay.
MAKROBAUENAACHENSCHOLARSHIP PROJECT, RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE (RWTH) AACHEN, AUTUMN 2009