Miranda Davila
Architecture Portfolio
My selected student work showcasing my design and growth.
01
CARACOL APARTMENT CO-OP
This project is a four level apartment co-op that was designed in a four building series. Each building focuses on a specific age group of childcare and includes agricultural space for generating income.
GROUND FLOOR
Hosts infant and toddler daycare centers and fields for food production. The co-op members sell the harvest to reinvest in services.
​
Ground floor apartments have exterior access decks instead of balconies.
SECOND FLOOR
An all residential floor with 2-4 person units designed for families. All units have a communal living space and a balcony.
THIRD FLOOR
Mainly residential floor, with a laundry room for easy access.
FOURTH FLOOR
Hosts a rooftop greenhouse for residents' use only.
3 PERSON UNIT
4 PERSON UNIT
02
MODULAR HOUSING UNITS
These two units are designed to be affordable housing that can built off site and transported by trailer. One is for single occupancy, and the other for family living up to 4.
For sustainability efforts, each unit is equipped with maneuverable bamboo panels for doors, windows, and roofs. The panels provide daylighting and natural ventilation while promoting individuality and personal agency in the user's space.
The roof system is double layered for waterproofing.
FAMILY UNIT PLAN (TOP)
SINGLE UNIT PLAN (BOTTOM)
FAMILY UNIT SECTION (TOP)
SINGLE UNIT SECTION (BOTTOM)
03
THE MUSIC LIBRARY
The library is situated in the public Los Angeles State Historic Park with a focus on materiality found on site. The project encourages user curiosity and interaction through texture and wandering pathways.
LIBRARY PLAN
Programmatically, the library houses bookstacks, community rooms, restrooms, offices, a computer room, and the music room.
LIBRARY ELEVATIONS
The elevations draw people into the library by giving them bits and pieces of views from tiles or the slits in the wooden walls.
A CLOSER LOOK: THE MUSIC ROOM
MUSIC ROOM PLAN
Each room in the Music Room is inspired by an instrument and designed to make sound if interacted with by the users. People are encourages to explore through their sense of touch and sound.
​
The cubes are all carved from solid wood. Along with a secondary material - string, steel, or fabric - the forms imitate the instrument and its music.
XYLOPHONE
The bars of the xylophone curve around the user, while the resonators are individually carves out from the wood directly behind each bar.
STRINGS
The void is modeled after the sound hole in guitars, which create a space for the string vibrations to resonate.
STEEL DRUM
There is one hollowed out space in the cube in which one steel shell is placed. Instead of individual drums, the steel drum makes different notes by the size of the concaves.
FABRIC DRUM
Cylindrical shells are set into the cube, with batter heads tensioned and surrounding the user.
04
FLAT PACK FOOSBALL
The foosball table is in accordance with official gameplay standards, and constructed from 2 sheets of CNC cut plywood. Due to the stress foosball tables endure during play, the table comes together through dados and mortise and tenon joints.
MATERIALS
3/4" Plywood - 2 (8'x4') sheets
1/8" Acrylic Sheet
Hollow Aluminum Rods (8pc)
Rod Handles (8pc)
Plastic pre fabricated bumpers (16pc)
Plastic pre fabricated caps (8pc)
1/16" Wooden dowel
24 Wood Screws
20 Nuts
ROD ASSEMBLY
TABLE LEG ASSEMBLY
TABLE TOP AND BALL RETURN
BUILT PROJECT PHOTOS
