PoRtfolio

ARCHITECTURE

"Architecture is the habitable art in harmony

with the surrounding landscape."

Sofía Galdame
Architect / Master's degree in
Architecture and Sustainability
INDEX

FINAL THESIS PROJECT:

01 CREATIVE MACHINE

02 MANAOS REFUGE

03 PALERMO APARTMENT

04 BODEGA PETRA

05 PAPALLONA RESIDENTIAL

06 CHALTEN REFUGE
01 CREATIVE
MACHINE
Name Creative Machine, Cultural, Gastronomic and
Coworking Space
Members Arch. Teresa Ortíz Maldonado and arch. Sofía Galdame
Location Mendoza, Argentina
Year 2019

Machine creative is a complex composed of three main

bodies: a cultural, a gastronomic and a corporate one.
The three of them aim to complement each other and
generate a permanent space that provides citizens with
different services.
The main objective of the project is to encourage
interaction between people, to increase creativity and
learning, to offer entertainment and versatile spaces for
the development of multiple activities.
The gastronomic tour supports the two entities explained above, offering a
gastronomic service that aims to set an example, educate and promote
healthier eating habits, and encourage interest in the realization of organic
gardens, which each restaurant implements for self-sufficiency. The company
has three restaurants, which operate independently.

The coworking offices have different alternatives where the rent varies from a
meeting room for the day, a closed office for individual or group use, or even
an office in a shared open space.
The idea is mainly based on encouraging interaction between different
professionals, to create a new and more efficient way of working.

I was mainly in charge of the office project, from its functional and
constructive design to its interior design.
I was also in charge of the architectural representation for the presentation
using photoshop.
02 MANAOS
REFUGE
Name Shelter for Researcher in Manaos
Members Arch. Sergio Montejo, arch. Florencia Mendoca and
arch. Sofía Galdame
Location Manaos, Brazil
Year 2020

Refugio Manaos is a temporary shelter for researchers who need to stay

for a short period of time in the Anavilhanas National Park.
For this project, we do a previous climate analysis of the site was carried
out by obtaining climate data from meteonorm and climate consultant;
temperature, relative humidity, cloudiness, wind rose (speed and
frequency) and solar radiation were analyzed. Once we had analyzed all
the data and obtained the climate graphs, we began to project by
applying bioclimatic strategies that would allow our shelter to adapt in
the best possible way to our environment. DESIGN STRATEGIES
Solar protection by means of eaves,
In this project i was in charge of the formal and plastic proposal, after louvers and vertical protection.

choosing the materiality and the orientation of the locations as a group. Elevated construction to prevent
humidity, flooding and facilitate
I made the infographics of a perspective section, indicating the passive ventilation.
Open floor plans.
strategies used in the project. Openings on opposite facades to
promote cross ventilation.
I was in charge of the exterior day and night renderings. I also showed in Ventilated roofs to evacuate heat, upper

planimetry how the building behaves with sun incidence at different openings to favor thermo-circulation.
Sloping roofs to evacuate water from
times of the day. Winter Solstice constant rainfall.
We determined the exact geographic location where our
shelter would be located, for which we decided that it should
be close to the river to take advantage of the air currents and
to move away from the masses of trees that hinder air
circulation.
We defined our objectives: avoid solar radiation, avoid
humidity, avoid flooding, have control over heavy rainfall and
take advantage of frequent winds.
Once we have defined our objectives, we determine our design
premises and strategies: elevated form factor with open floor
plans, extended building to capture breezes, protection from the
sun through eaves, louvers, lattices, openings on opposite
facades to favor cross ventilation, upper openings to ventilate by
thermo-ventilation, upper openings to ventilate by thermo-
ventilation, sloping roofs to evacuate rainwater, protect roofs
from solar radiation, ventilated roofs to evacuate accumulated
heat, protect the facade from the sun and or by means of vertical
protections, construction elevated from the ground to avoid
humidity, flooding and ventilation and vernacular construction,
using local materials.
03 PALERMO
APARTMENT
Name Palermo Apartment
Members Arch. Sofía Galdame
Location Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Year 2022

The project was for a young client who had recently inherited this 60 m2
apartment in Palermo, Buenos Aires. Although it was not very big, there
was a lot to be done, it had been abandoned for 20 years. There were
important humidity problems, the installations had to be redone and the
spaces had to be refunctionalized. We had a lot of classic furniture from
1900 that we wanted to incorporate into the design.
The main objective was to achieve spatial amplitude, create luminous
spaces, and rescue as much of the original furniture as possible.
Therefore, partition walls were knocked down to gain spatiality.
My client was a digital nomad so he wanted to add a studio instead of
having two bedrooms as it was originally, so we designed a studio
integrated to the living room, with a division that allowed the passage of
light but visually separated the spaces. The kitchen was integrated into
the living/dining room space. A vanity was added and the dishwasher was
placed in a storage area near the bedroom.
For the style I was inspired by the organic style; using curved shapes,
rustic and natural materials, putting in value the handmade; kingflolk; so
that the design incorporated original classic elements of the apartment
that contrasted with sober white spaces.
EThe project was for my boyfriend who had recently inherited this 60 m2
apartment in Palermo, Buenos Aires. Although it was not very big, there
was a lot to do, it had been abandoned for 20 years. There were important
humidity problems, the installations had to be redone and the spaces
had to be refunctionalized. We had a lot of classic furniture from 1900 that
we wanted to incorporate into the design.
The main objective was to achieve spatial amplitude and create bright
spaces. Therefore, separating walls were knocked down to gain spatiality.
My client (my boyfriend) wanted to add a study instead of having two
bedrooms as it was originally, so we designed a study integrated to the
living room, with a division that allowed the light to pass through but
visually separated the spaces. The kitchen was integrated to the living-
dining room space. A powder room was added and the dishwasher was
placed in a storage area in the bedroom.
For the style I was inspired by the organic style; using curved shapes,
rustic and natural materials, putting in value the handmade; kingflolk; so
the design would incorporate original classic elements of the apartment
that would contrast with white sober spaces; and finally a bit of tropical;
with the incorporation of vegetation, jade green ceramics in the
bathroom and other decorative elements.
04 BODEGA
PETRA
Name Bodera Petra
Members Arch. Teresa Ortíz Maldonado and arch. Sofía Galdame
Location Mendoza, Argentina
Year 2017

The Pietra winery offers visitors a tour of the wine industry and, at the same
time, generates a unique experience through its architecture and the
surrounding landscape, which we wanted to revalue.
Its shape and plastics generate a dialogue with the mountain and a sense of
mimicry, creating a total harmony with the environment, where the shapes
blend in and become part of nature.
The building also pretends to offer the visitor a differentiated circuit, which
allows a clear appreciation of each of the phases of wine production, and to
separate it completely from the staff's work area, thus avoiding the crossing of
circulations.
The project is developed on two levels and a basement. Different activities take
place inside the building, which are differentiated volumetrically, developing
the building in three volumes and linking them together by means of bridges
and suspension walkways.
The first volume is the access volume, where visitors enter and the tour begins,
which finally culminates in a tasting room on the upper level, with the best
views.
Then, in the other two volumes are the different stages of production,
reception and milling, tank room and fractionation.
And finally in the basement for optimal conditioning, the barrique room.
The Pietra winery offers visitors a tour of the wine industry and, at the same
time, generates a unique experience through its architecture and the
surrounding landscape, which we wanted to revalue.
Its shape and plastics generate a dialogue with the mountain and a sense of
mimicry, creating a total harmony with the environment, where the shapes
blend in and become part of nature.
The building also pretends to offer the visitor a differentiated circuit, which
allows a clear appreciation of each of the phases of wine production, and to
separate it completely from the staff's work area, thus avoiding the crossing of
circulations.
The project is developed on two levels and a basement. Different activities take
place inside the building, which are differentiated volumetrically, developing
the building in three volumes and linking them together by means of bridges
and suspension walkways.
The first volume is the access volume, where visitors enter and the tour begins,
which finally culminates in a tasting room on the upper level, with the best
views.
Then, in the other two volumes are the different stages of production,
reception and milling, tank room and fractionation.
And finally in the basement for optimal conditioning, the barrique room.
05 PAPALLONA
RESIDENTIAL Summer Week
South Facade
(21 June)

Location

Name Papallona Residential Temperature

Members Arch. Catalina paz, Eng. Alejandro gomez, Winter Week

South Facade
arch. Sergio Montejo and arch. Sofía Galdame (21 December
Location Sant Adrià de Besós, Barcelona, España
Year 2021
Radiation

Papallona residential is a building located near the mouth of the river besos, right
next to the iconic towers of the old thermal factory. The project has been
elaborated with the aim of designing a building with the lowest possible energy
consumption thanks to an exhaustive climate analysis, design of active and passive Sun Exposure
Winter Week
North Facade
strategies, production of energy from renewable sources and integration of (21 December)

vegetation.
Each strategy taken has been supported by a series of calculations and values
SUMMER WINTER
extracted from different specific softwares that have served as support and guide South facing for better solar
Solar protection through
to obtain the required and expected results. Savoid solar overhangs or vertical protection Capture solar gain and better views
radiation radiation
The building proposes different solutions to improve the thermal transmittance of Winds Sun protection through the
Thermal mass in floor slabs and walls
use of vegetation (deciduous)
Avoid cold to capture and then radiate the heat
the enclosures, complying with the requirements of the CTE - HE. For the thermal Head losses winds
Thermal insulation on the
Night thermal insulation on glazed
bridge break of the balconies that surround a large part of the perimeter of our exterior to keep heat out
surfaces to avoid heat loss
Use of vegetation
Summer Week Conserve heat
building, we chose the Isokorb system, composed of corrosion-resistant glass fibers South Facade
as a temperature Double skin as a ventilated
and prevent losses Deciduous vegetation allows
regulator façade that dissipates heat
that form a very compact package and are bonded by a vinyl ester resin. (21 Jun) capturing the sun in winter
Then, for our double skin we decided to use Corian, which is
composed of panels 3.2 x 2.2 m in size that are mounted on a
metal frame structure that is fixed between slab and slab to
provide support, and on this frame are placed vertical metal
turnbuckles, anchored end to end on the frame with a 1 m
spacing, and the Corian panels are attached to this structure by
several anchor points.
I was in charge of the pre-design of the gray water treatment
system for subsequent reuse in the toilets. I was also in charge of
the calculation of the rainwater collection as a supply for the
irrigation of the common green areas of the building, assisted
with sensors and home automation technology for greater
control of consumption.
Carried out the design of the landscaped areas, choosing the
species according to the climate and location.
I conducted research on the best thermal insulation options for
breaking thermal bridges.
In charged of the exterior renderings of the building.
06 CHALTEN
REFUGE
Name Chalten Refuge
Members Arch. Sofía Galdame
Location El Chaltén, Argentina
Year 2020

The shelter is accessed by a walkway that leads to the main door, through
which you enter a first buffer space, which acts as a thermal chamber before
reaching the main space, which is accessed through another door.

Once inside the shelter, a large single space can be appreciated, being a
flexible space that allows to develop any type of activity according to the
needs of the users. This space has a storage area around the entire interior
perimeter of the shelter, providing, in addition to the storage function,
insulation from the outside.

Inside the shelter different areas can be distinguished: kitchen, which is

hidden in the wall and storage area; dining room, a circular table that can be
folded and stored as needed, as well as the seats; a small bathroom, located
next to the entrance; the living area, located to appreciate the best views;
work area; rest area, raised in a kind of staircase-ramp, with space on the
steps to place mattresses and sleeping bags, with a view to the sky through
a skylight, and a view of the forest.
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