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WHO AM I? WORK EXPERIENCE

OSCAR O. CARTAGENA Professional Experience Design Consultancies Built Projects
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cartagena.arq88@gmail.com Full Time Consultant ICRC / Honduras / 2018 Naranja Urban Lab- IADB, Tegucigalpa, 2019

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Design of the expansion building and
“If architecture doesnt has a YOU CAN FIND ME IN Innovation Lab, Honduras, 2019
Triage Urgencies area for Hospital
First house prototype built by the Sustainable
and Social Housing programme
purpose to serve others, Infrastructure Coordinator Escuela de Honduras
EDUCATION Architecture and Design Department of the ICRC / Honduras / 2018
G22 organization, Guatemala City, 2016

then it is useless” Os_Cartagena Oscar Cartagena Master degree in International Cooperation and National Penitentiary Institute, Honduras, “Wawa Pukllay” (Children Playing, Quechua
Sustainable and Emergency Architecture 2013-2019 Design of the family Services Room, for the dialect), Recovery of public spaces for children.
SKILLS & COMPETENCIES International University of Catalunya, Barcelona, Judicial Morgue of San Pedro Sula city X Latin American Social Workshop/Colca Valley,
2006-2013 Local Developer and designer ICRC / Honduras / 2018 Peru/2013.
LANGUAGES PROFESSIONAL PERSONAL Inter-American Development Bank's
Bachelor´s degree in Architecture Family care room for the Judicial Morgue of the
English Autocad Leadership Innovation Lab, Honduras, 2016
City of San Pedro Sula
“Bio Chantin” Rural Housing Recovery.
Universidad Católica de Honduras National University of Panama.
Lumion Creativity Honduras, 2005-2011 ICRC / Honduras / 2017
Spanish IX Latin American Social Workshop/Chitré,
Revit TeamWork
INTERNATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE INTERESTS Herrera, Panama/2012.
French Sketchup Empathy
Photoshop Punctuality
TRAVEL ENTREPRENEURSHIP “S.O.S”, Emergent Housing prototypes toward
urban disaster´s exposure.
NET Sketching
Corel Draw Universidad Católica de Ecuador
WORKING RESEARCH SOCIAL
MEDIA VIII IX Latin American Social Workshop/
InDesign
Ms. Office
NGISED
Product Quito Ecuador/2011.

PHOTOGRAPHY Design
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HOUSING PROGRAMME
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Location: Guatemala City
Materials: Timber, Compressed soild blocks, wood coffee, etc.
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The shown prototype housing unit was designed during the

DVSS programme (for its acronym in spanish), organized by the Timber
organization G-22. This programme main goal is to gather
architects from all Central America to learn about sustainable,
green and self-built architecture.
Bambu
After a 6 month research and design process this was the
module co-designed with the family selected in Honduras.
Several methods proposed by this design were built in a 1:1
scale pilot housing unit in Santa Elena Barillas community, and OSB Panels
donated to a homeless family.

INCREMENTAL-SELF CONSTRUCTION PROCESS

ÁREA DE PILA

BAÑO BAÑO

Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4

 Existing Dorms Kitchen facility Daycare Existing Dorms Existing Dorms Kitchen facility Daycare Room Playground Existing Dorms

CONCEPT
Basic shapes and Volumes
INTEGRATION
EARLY STIMULATION ROOM & Common spaces
for Children´s use and safety
DAYCARE IN THE HONDURAS
NATIONAL FEMALES PRISON
This facility was designed according to the needs
assessment and the evident lack of spaces for
newborns and toddlers living with their mothers in
prison, almost until they reach 4 years(during their SUSTAINABILITY
breastfeeding age). VOLUME DECOMPOSITION
The key objective was to create a secure space for for lightning and crossed ventilation
them within the detention centre. However, it was
required to be a safe and learning space through which
children may feel in a free environment.
 MODEL

WAWA PUKLLAY,
COPORAQUE,
COPORAQUE, PERU.
VALLE DEL COLCA, PERU
COPORAQUE comes from the quechua word, “Quoto”,
which means “ Plenty of Corn”, and “Rake” which means
“Share what you have or placed shared”.

This workshop was developed to give the children of

Coporaque the chance to have a dignified playground.
The main concept needed to be integrative,
nevertheless, respectful to their playing dynamics, the
EXPLODED use of local materials and context.
DISTRIBUTION PLAN
THE FOREST
By the use of eucalyptus tree branches, wood logs and
COLLABORATIVE PROCESS compressed soil, the project conceptually built an
eucalyptus forest, as the ones nearby Coporaque. The
project was given to the local public school, who
collaborated across all the building process.
INHABITED FOREST Eucalyptus wood is a local material they knew very well,
INTERACTION STRATEGY as they use it to cook and for roof’s and wall`s bracing.
 BIO CHANTIN WORKSHOP
GUIDING
Location: Chitre, Herrera, Panama.
PRINCIPLES Materials: Bambu, dried grass, timber, clay, mud ,
etc.
VISUAL
USER CENTRED INTERCHANGABLE TRANSFORMATION FLEXIBILITY The BIOCHANTIN workshop took place in Chitre,
city of Herrera, southwest department of Panama.
It was led by ONEA Panama, ( National
Organization of Architecture Students), to
encourage architects to learn about green
CONCEPT architecture, sustainable and local.

The event was organized to collaborate with

Chitre`s City Council to design two housing
Permeability Sustainability Modularity Adaptability
prototypes (an improved traditional unit and a
(Climate Adapted) (dynamic)
modern sustainable unit), both adapted to climate
conditions and with local material use.
The closing part of the workshop consisted on the
experience of building a real housing unit with the
BIOCHANTIN BUILDING EXPERIENCE local technique known as “junta de embarra”.

rotating panels for ventilation and lighting control.

CONEXIÓN VITAL
Location: Quito, Ecuador.
Proposed Materials: Timber, Recycled plywood, plastic sheets.

This workshop aimed to assess and facilitate the City Council multiple
prototypes to built fast and cheaper shelter solutions. They were assessed
for Early Post Disaster Recovery solutions (EPDRR). Quito is an exposed
vulnerable city, in constant risk of suffering landslides or volcano
eruptions.
The unit named “Conexión Vital”, is a modular wood-panel design (1.20mx
2.40m) that can be easily assembled and transported. It’s built with wood
poles between plywood boards by each side, perforated to connect with
other module when it's needed to be deployed on site, as well for its
stability.
Each wood pole intersection is perforated, to install essential furniture
needed during a disaster, such as cooking table, bed, and storage deposits.

Master Plan
Socialization Process
This was a consultancy project for the
socialization process of the Urban Master
Plan of the city of Ojojona in Honduras.
The Junta de Andalucia, who assessed the
Master Plan Design, encouraged to build the
scale model as an adequate strategy to
inform the community the design final
results.
The model resulted on a 3 x1.5 meters size
prototype, fabricated with plaster cardboard,
wood and glass.
 PUBLIC SPACE ACTIVATION
Historic Center of Tegucigalpa
This is a first experimentation project with public spaces, part
of the initiative Naranja Republik, co-lead by of the Inter-
American Development Bank, the public and private sector of
Tegucigalpa city.

The activation was based on the selection of two spaces, The

Brassavola Street and Los Dolores Square, both with different 2

and complex dynamics of use. Due to the lack of maintenance

both spaces had not given a sense of belonging to users and
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neighbours, ending up being abandoned and insecure spaces.

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The Brassavola Street is mainly used by of close living 2

neighbours and Los Dolores Square is a transit space with

surrounding commercial and religious buildings. The co-
design of urban furniture was developed through a
participation process as an element of activation, to prioritize
pedestrians, its existing socio-spatial dynamics and the Floor Plan Floor Plan
closest citizens to the spaces. Plaza Los Dolores Brassavola Street
Management

Top-Down Top-Down
City Council Public Sector
Design and Proposal
International Be
Cooperation
Institutional
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Participation Duties and Planning Intervention Participation

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Private Sector Association,

Mercado Evaluation
Los Dolores and Testing

Neighbhor´s Grassroot
Association, Organizations Bottom-Up Research Bottom-Up
Barrio La Hoya
(Consultation Process)

The Brassavola Street

STAKEHOLDERS MAP THE ACTIVATION PROCESS Los Dolores Square
OTHER INTERESTS URBAN SKETCHING URBAN ART &
Urban sketching is an inspiring way that helps me
conceptualize my art projects and designs. It is a
PHOTOGRAPHY
way I'm able to register many urban locations and Through other hobbies I’m able to complement
understand how the systems and dynamics of architecture and design.
cities work. Urban art with participatory focus, has led me to
interact with communities face to face. This has
I’ve used these skills to promote the understanding strengthen my observation skills to support my
and awareness of many urban issues up fronted by research methodologies on several projects.
our cities and public spaces.
´CODIGO MORSE´, a 6 practitioners collective
decided to collaborate and assess projects aiming
participatory planning, urban design, architecture
design, public space recovery and tactical
urbanism.

Photography has given my projects a great visibility.

Ive used it in some urban-art installations aiming to
create awareness with people and direct users.
Social media has served as a way to create
engagement and tu complement each project
outcomes and process.