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Advocacy Planning to Open Irrigation Channels in Isabela, Puerto Rico as a Tourism Attraction

The early part of the XXth century witnessed the construction of an extensive web of irrigation channels to distribute water to homes and farmlands in Puerto Rico along more than 35 kms. Still in operation to this day, throughout time different individuals and groups have acknowledged the scenic value ...

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Published on Feb 26, 2009
Filed under: Design Strategy | Design Work | Exhibit Design | homepage | Industrial Design | portfolio | Typography

Typography becomes landscape… typography is landscape

The Mill Center for the Arts sponsored a national contest in 2005, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, for the design of a new center in Hendersonville, North Carolina. In a collaboration with Jorge Rigau, FAIA Arquitectos, I participated in the creation, conceptualization and design ...

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Published on Jul 15, 2005
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Typography as shelter

This collaboration with Jorge Rigau, FAIA Arquitectos required to find a solution to the client's problem: he only received the newspaper at his home and he did not want it to get wet. The initial to the client's last name served as inspiration for the design and specification of this ...

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Published on Jul 10, 2005
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Façade treated as canvas for typographic narrative

This collaboration with Jorge Rigau, FAIA Arquitectos circled around the design of the front façade for the renovated Vieques Archaeological Center. It was decided to treat it as a scroll, on which we were going to write the story of the building. Concentrating on archaeology, it was decided to treat ...

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Published on Jan 10, 2005
Filed under: Branding | Design Work | Industrial Design | portfolio | Typography

A Memorial for Puertorican Women

This collaboration, the first with Jorge Rigau, FAIA Arquitectos, explored the power of mixing narrative and typography with architecture's spatial meaning. The unrealized proposal meant to honor women in the history of Puerto Rican. As such, part of the earth grows out, revealing those who came before us: slaves, collectors, ...

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Published on Dec 07, 2004
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Family initials become permanent hosts of a residence

This collaboration with Jorge Rigau, FAIA Arquitectos aimed at providing a signature door to an already signature home. The Spivak family inquired for a graphic gesture to welcome their guests at the entrance of the home. Typography was used as inspiration for the design and specification of the finished solution. ...

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Published on Oct 11, 2004
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Fitting five centuries and a city in 18”x 30”

The New School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, with a grant from the American Express Foundation, produced an architectural map of old San Juan, the first of to identify both its structures and public spaces including its patios, nooks and other hidden spaces. The map –edited ...

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Published on Sep 29, 2003
Filed under: Design Work | Industrial Design | portfolio | Publication Design

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