Humacao, Puerto Rico

House facade remodelation in Humacao, PR is located in a growing neighborhood. the design proposes a modern renovation that will increase rent sales and promote the investment of existing neighborhood properties.

Soho, New York

Located at the intersection of Broome and Watts Streets in New York City’s Soho neighborhood is the proposed Broome Hotel and Residences. The heights of the buildings contrast, creating a unique skyline in Soho. The two buildings feature a resident and hotel lobby on the ground floor.

La Parguera, Puerto Rico

La Parguera in Puerto Rico is a beautiful natural site surrounded by mangroves located on the southwest coast. The design happens around the mangrove, exploring the urban and architectural scale to create a floating city as an extension to the existing land community.

Lincoln Road, Miami

The Architecture Center serves as an extension to Lincoln Road, functioning as a platform for connectivity and cultural exchange. Through the intersection of rectilinear and circular elements, the proposal fosters a sustainable plan.

North Miami Beach, Florida

Located in North Miami’s Beach Public Skate Park, the Miami Beach Cultural Center adapts to its surroundings and culture. Similar to the neighborhoods style, the building has a breezeway between two buildings, a gymnasium, terrace space, and classrooms.

244 NE 58TH Street Miami, Florida

In the zoning district T3-0, Little Oak Residences offers two story affordable housing units. Both units are tested with three construction methods: CLT, Steel Frame, and 3D Printing to meet 80% AMI and cover for construction costs.

Stawamus River, Canada

The Fitness In Nature structure sits in the mountainous topography of the Stawamus River. In its organic structure, the building’s organic structure opens to the integration of an exterior running track with an interior gymnasium, pool, spa and classroom spaces oriented towards its scenic views.

Miramar, Puerto Rico

St. Magdalene Cathedral is a renovation to the existing Nuestra Señora de Lourdes Chapel. The Cathedral located in the city, explores different architectural gestures that best define sacred spaces through the understanding of religious symbolism, light filtration, location, and gothic elements.

Watson Island, Miami

The Japanese cultural center’s interior and exterior organization evolve as it transitions from geometrical sharp spaces to organic openness. The building enables to experience Japanese cultural activities inside of its: offices, Tatami Mat room, conference rooms, bookstore, theater, and a Japanese restaurant.

Miami, Florida

A set of architecture photographs that capture significant architecture gestures seen in buildings, landscapes, cities and objects. A deep research through photography that documents the storyline of urban development, architectural symmetry, integration to nature and densification in the city of Miami.

601 NW 2nd Ave Miami, Florida

Live Oak Elementary School is a free from floor plan concept developed around the site’s existing trees. The geometrical shapes curve and branch out to their adjacent buildings imitating its trees. The divided buildings per subject enable classrooms to have a variety of views with cross ventilation and natural light.

Marsh Harbour, Bahamas

The Bahamas Residence is a six story building with a total of 36 apartments following 4 different apt. modules. The complex’s shape is predominated by its facade curvature wrapping around its exterior balconies. The ground floor serves for parking, retail, and communal activities while hallways are passively cooled.

University of Miami, Florida

The Nautilus Pavilion is inspired by the Nautilus shell’s radial curve. The wooden pavilion expresses the structural component of the Nautilus shell as it hardens in its core and weakens when extending outward. Its harmonious wooden curvatures encapsulate trees while forming external SoA spin up spaces.

Sunset Drive, South Miami

The design intent follows the desires of a Puerto Rican client that wants to establish her coffee business. Inspired by PR’s culture, the interior contains elements of PR’s known natural reserve, El Yunque Rainforest: perforating skylights, bridging, heights, and ventilation.

School of Architecture, University of Miami

The coffee shop installation takes place in the middle of the courtyard facing UM’s lake. To bring tranquility into an educational space, the the second floor hammocks become this lounge environment. In between the cavity spaces, students can study while grabbing coffee or lounge around its floor sunken sitting areas.

Menonita de Caguas, Puerto Rico

Menonita de Caguas hospital terrace proposal includes a cafeteria with an elegant outdoor structural pergola roof shading system. Under the pergola, sitting areas are actively cooled by enclosed low e-coating glass as an extension to the cafeteria.

Miami, Florida

Exploration of shade and shadows from different variations of the Gottardi Villa 27. A study of the villa’s spaces through its depth and illumination.

Murphy Patio, University of Miami

The panels are an installation in front of the University of Miami’s SoA Murphy building. The installation is an abstracts of both Joseph Albers’ and SolLe Witt’s artworks. The abstraction follows a retro pattern expressed by two contrasting colors: white and black.

Puerto Rico

Diaz’s house targets earthquake prone unsafe houses and are under affordable housing. The design along with its exterior installations are meant to provide aid during hurricane emergencies commonly pertinent in the island.