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JAVIER MORA SÁNCHEZ

CURRICULUM VITAE

EUROPEAN CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal information First name / Surname Javier Mora Sánchez Address c/ quinto centenario, 12 28905 Getafe (Madrid) Telephone +34 916843160 Mobile phone +34 617868402 E-mail javier.mora.sanchez@gmail.com Nationality Spanish Date of birth 31 / 01 / 1987

Education and training Dates (from – to) 09 / 2005 - Name and type of Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de organisation Madrid (Madrid School of Architecture) Dates (from – to) 09 / 2009 - 07 / 2010 Name and type of Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck organisation (Austria), Architektur Institut

Dates (from – to) 06 / 2005 Title of qualification Selectivity in science. awarded Grade: 8.21 / 10 Name and type of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain) organisation

Dates (from – to) 04 / 2003 - 05 / 2003 Name and type of St. Vital Hight school, Winnipeg, Manitoba, (Canada) organisation

Dates (from – to) 09 / 1993 - 05 / 2005 Title of qualification Bachillerato degree (High school degree) awarded Grade: 7.88 / 10 Name and type of Colegio Legamar, Leganés (Spain) organisation

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal skills and competences Mother tongue Spanish Other languages English (Excellent) First Certificate in English by Cambridge University German (Good) French (Basic)

Social skills and Social skills and competences Good ability in working in a team, in coordinating. Very able to work in a multicultural enviroment, due to the time spent in foreign countries.

Organisational skills and competences Problem solving attitude. Great ability in working under pressure and stress, great curiosity, independence and flexibility. Good management and leading skills.

TTechnical skills and competences Computer skills: Autocad Adobe package Microsoft Office SAP 2000 3D max Rhinoceros 4.0 Great interest in structures, projects development and in 3d modeling.

Driving licence European Driving Licence (Type B), in possession of a car.

2010INFRASTRUCTURECLOTHES STORETRANSITIONAL DWELLINGS

2008AUDITORIUMSOCIAL DWELLINGSHOUSING TOWER

2009CARDBOARD TOWERLANDSCAPE PATHS

PROJECTS INDEX

A SHELL ON THE DESERT

Dubai is a city in constant development. It is situated along the Persian Gulf, with few historical references and a high request for new equipment.

The construction of a new auditorium is mandatory to improve the infrastructure and serve as a cultural symbol of the city. The project is part of a new architectural framework, located on the border of the desert, the sea, and the emerging city.

The proximity to the sea, the vast plains of sand dunes, and the search for a new icon suggested the shell of a hermit crab as a cover of the new building. The large concert hall represents that shell in the middle of the stage and around its auxiliary spaces.

The building program is completed with a library, a restaurant and a small conference room which creates an interior space for public use that opens the building to the city.

AUDITORIUM DUBAI

DISLOCATING PUERTOLLANO

The project will develop a series of low-density dwellings in what once was a factory for the coal treatment in the mine at Puertollano. TheThe project seeks the displacement of the city grid, as well as the change of scenery by changing the colors of the homes which will oppose the great atmosphere blackened by the mine.

It uses the traditional Castilian architecture courtyard houses which are beneficial during summers of extreme heat. Going one step further, the courts were dug in the earth to create a continuous shade, and a chimney effect to encourage housing ventilation, and to lower the interior temperature naturally.

SOCIAL DWELLINGS PUERTOLLANO

SOCIAL DWELLINGS PUERTOLLANO

DISLOCATE PUERTOLLANO

The project in Puertollano requires, in addition to single family homes, a high density typology. Due to this requirement we have chosen a tower because of its impressive efficiency.

The main idea is based on overlapping cubes containing different types of housing units (student homes, houses in L, double height dwellings and tube apartments). These units will follow the same rule of dislocation as the houses in order to ensure unity to the whole urbanization project.

In this case, the diversity of colors is due to the different materials that allow a contrast with the darkness of the mining area.

HOUSING TOWER PUERTOLLANO

HOUSING TOWER PUERTOLLANO

EFFICIENT CITY

It takes a citizen of Houston an hour and a half get from home to work. For a city with over 2 million inhabitants and a total area of 1560 km2, these numbers are not socially or economically sustainable.

Four new models are proposed to improve city communications in Houston:

1.- "Freeways or Trainways": Urban transport could be more efficient by changing the highways to railroads and leaving aside private cars.

2.- "City by the Bay": The city of Houston is located near the Gulf, which we can utilize. If we change the center closer to the bay we could have a city that utilizes the sea, and with an aquatic roads network that would make the connection to the business center much faster.

3.- "Public transport city": The idea is to forbid all kinds of private transports inside the city . This could allow the people to have an efficient network of public transport and, in effect, reduce the traffic of almost 100%.

4 .- "From donut-City to polycentric city": Cars always travel in the same direction to reach the business center. This leads to huge traffic jams and long waiting times on private transports. If we could split up the working area into different working key points, this problem would be solved.

INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSTON

INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSTON

THE SUPERBUILDING

As a final proposal, we will construct a superbuilding that takes the best aspects of each model described previously. This new building replaces the existing city, and generates a new pattern of urban settlement.

The superbuilding is comprised of a series of internal railways which allow the health, educational and security program to move throughout the structure, and to reduce the private transports almost entirely. This is made possible by the fact that the public transport is already included in the infrastructure.

The houses are situated around the transport network and connected through a system of elevators and walkways that make the building unified.

LANDSCAPE PATHS PASSO STELVIO

NEW WAY TO EXPERIENCE THE MOUNTAIN

The Passo dello Stelvio is an ancient mountain road which was built by the Austrians during the early nineteenth century. Today it is a mountain resort operating only during summer, since during the rest of the year it is covered by snow.

To study the topography of the field was the first step towards the full understanding of the project area. According to the characteristics of the place, it was initially decided to collect data through 360º photos and then look for a color interpretation by layers, giving rise to a new map and a new understanding of the Passo dello Stelvio.

The final proposal is an interpretation of the center of the mountain fully open through a series of roads which run near the ski resort and make places previously impossible to access, surveyable. In addition, the roads were widened at certain points, creating meeting spaces for cultural use, as areas of exhibition, reading, or dancing.

LANDSCAPE PATHS PASSO STELVIOVegetation

light&shadow

population

colour

texture

topography

CARTON PLEIN EXPOSITION

During a workshop that took place in the Institut fuer Konstruktion und Gestaltung (KoGe) based at the Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck. We had the opportunity to develop with Ruebe Maleczek, member of the Collective ArchiWASTE, a tower with the high of 10 Meters, entirely build of Cardboard.

The Tower is based on a simple folding principle that creates a unity between material , space and structure. The object is not conquering the eye of the staircase, it is adding a new momentum to the moving visitor. The structure opens constantly new axis of views within the movement of the visitor and underlines in that way the vertical component of the space.

The structure is based in a simple stripe with changing rotation axis to fold. To create a tower it was necessary to bend the stripe in an Angle that is defned through 360/number of stripes. The starting point was a vertical element from that the bending started in both directions.

See more on www.archiwaste.org

CARDBOARD TOWER PARIS

CARDBOARD TOWER PARIS

A SHOP TO ATTRACT PEOPLE

In the center of Getafe, a new fashion store took the place of an old TV repair shop in order to change the decadent image of the old establishment.

The project's aim is to open the facade facing the street, creating a great showcase. This operation generates a new large window, only interrupted by pillars, covered with steel plates to give a modern and dynamic final impression.

Furthermore, the whole interior is completely an open space and remodeled basing on self-designed furniture. A chromatic effect is given by the warm colors, such as the red front wall and the brown of the furniture, which are opposed to the cool tones of the steel.

CLOTHING STORE GETAFE

REINTEGRATING INTO SOCIETY

On the banks of the river Galindo in Bilbao, on the right side of the estuary of the Nervión, stood the former city steelworks, which once produced a plethora of manufactured material. These buildings were abandoned because of deindustrialization in Vizcaya. There is now a movement to re-design the buildings into a residential area. The aim of this new neighborhood is to serve as a place to reintegrate groups of at risk, marginalized, peoppeople. Therefore, the neighborhood will be a source of hope for many disadvantaged people currently living in the city.

The program includes 160 homes where the individuals at risk would stay for a limited time. They would be reintegrated back into society once deemed self-sufficient by their supervisors. In addition to their use as a residential area, the buildings also include a series of classrooms, workshops and rehearsal rooms, an outdoor library, and finally a youth hostel which would become an economic engine for the area.

TRANSITIONAL DWELLINGS BARAKALDO

TRANSITIONAL DWELLINGS BARAKALDO

The transitional homes are designed to help people accomplish their daily activities. These daily activities will take place in common spaces, which include a small bathroom, a sitting area and a storage area. The simplicity of the design will help the guests stay focused on their activities.

The bedrooms are grouped into a series of towers, leaving the interior spaces for the rest of the daily activities, and the lower floor to be used as common areas with Laundry and TV rooms.

The classrooms, workshops and rehearsal spaces will be placed in the old factories, and the boxes that cross the existing building, will be remodeled, leaving a visible structure which will give the building a more industrial look.

Finally, the youth hostel stands as a screen tower at the end of the area opposite to housing towers, with stunning views of the estuary of Bilbao.

2008 - 2011