Architect Experience

2014-today

E C S E n g i n ee r i n g Co n s u l t i n g S e r v i ces G m b H . S h a n g h a i , ch i n a
Arc h i tec t
The Shanghai Office specializes in urban planning, architecture and landscape design.
Develop several concept designs of initial stage projects, multitasking, building models
from the scratch, adjusting the images and renderings, putting a big effort on the image
and the presentation that are the main communication tools for the concept.

dec 2015 march 2016

A l m a Res tau r a n t. J o y C i t y M a l l , S h a n g h a i , C h i n a
Arc h i tec t for Interi or Desi g n
Only Designer on this project (freelance). Develop all the phases of the project personally, from
concept to execution, providing detailed drawings and following every step of construction, in
close contact with the client to reach the high expectations of the international DN Group.
The overall project has a casual ambiance that works along with the strong personality of Alma.
In order to meet its unique spirit, everything was designed exclusively for the space, from the
remarkable wallpapers to every detail of the furniture, from the open kitchen to the graphic
designs features.

2013-2014

Sc hool of Arc hite c t u re in t he U n i v e r s i t y o f App l i ed S c i e n ces of

Designer Experience
2015-today
may 2016
dec 2015 march 2016
2015
nov-dec. 2015
2014

Leonardo da Vinci Programme, under the guidance of Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Jochen Siegemund,
director of Master of Corporate Architecture.
Preparing presentation of the book Smart Cities based on students works in Cologne Townhall
and for several german smart companies, collaborating in the organization of lessons and
topics, giving feedback to students, as well as preparing and giving monthly lectures about
architectural concepts for Bachelor students.

Shanghai, China
+86 156 1830 6779
albagalan@outlook.com
2011-2012

2006-2012

2010-1011

Ju ni or Arc h i tec t

Languages

Alma Restaurant. Joy City Mall, Shanghai, China

Art-Graphic Design, Branding, Interior Graphics,
Printables.

Spanish. Mothertongue.

Batique Fashion brand, Shanghai, London, Lisbon

Concept, Logo, Graphic Design, Branding
Dali Reincarnated, design republic, Shanghai, China
Film Curator, Designer, Event organizer.
Official Valencia Government, Spain
Guide of integrated urban regeneration of the
Valencian region, Spain. Concept and Layout Design.

English. High level mastery of

English accredited by the British
Council.
Italian. Bilingual knowledge of
Italian
German. Medium level

University of Alcal de Henares, Madrid, Spain

Architect and Urban Planner
April 2012. Submission of the Final project . Unter Goldschmied, Museum for the ruins of
the Jewish quarter of the Rathaus Platz in Cologne. Outstanding rating of 9.5/10.
Faculty of Architecture, University of Applied Sciences Cologne, Germany
Master Corporate Architecture
May 2011. Outstanding rating for the research project Media Center in der Hohenzollernbrcke.

I n t e r n a t i o n a l Wo r k s h o p s
feb. 2012

International Workshop of Architecture and Landscape in Pavia, Italy.

Architectural Renewal and Improvement of Environment and Landscape Winter School,
organized by the Pavia University and the European Union Commissionment.

oct. 2009

International Workshop on Architecture and Public Spaces in Gdansk, Poland.

Sa n Pe d ro, Bu ild ing St ru c t u re s, Urba n Pla nning and Ar chitectur e, S.L.,

M a d r i d. S pa i n

the best chef. http://www.the-bestchef.com/ (200.000

followers). Logo Design.

Education

Co l og n e , Ge r m a n y.
Arc h i tec tu re Professor Assi sta nt

Survalles winery, chile for chinese market

Art-Graphic Design wine labels

Sensing the City. Designing Urban Experiences by the Gdansk University (Poland). Obtained
maximum score of 400/400.

With a folds project which aims to bring the sea to the edge of the
wall while allowing to go down from the top of it. With a program
like a yacht club it is desired to generate activities to revive an
area somewhat away from the active center of the city.

The access to the Club Nautico is made by folding the cover to create
an entrance ramp that leads to a distributor in the middle floor. The
project becomes successive folds that we communicate with the various functions of the club (restaurant, management, pool, sauna, gym
..) in a new space, hanging over the sea from the edge of the wall of
Cadiz.

architecture intervention in the historical city of cadiz

swimming pools on the edge of the city wall

In the Mostenses square a tower is designed as a center of fashion, and beneath

The structure is suspended from the main communication core,

and around it the square is transformed, gaining free space for the square and

and it also collaborates with three more supports, a circular

placing the market underground.

elevator, a facilities core and a pilaster.

Reunin

Oficinas
Recepcin
Descanso

Informacin

Descanso
Biblioteca

Seccin transversal
+3.65

Suite de lujo

Descanso

Accesorios

-2,44
Coleccin hombre
Coleccin mujer

-2,44

-3,26

+4.28

Showroom
Restaurante

Talleres y camerinos

+2.34

Cafetera

Planta Cota 0.

The Market is accessed through a ramp, which also provides

The Fashion Center is a tower that is organized in packagesPlaza

of two

access to the fashion center. The ramp extends itself along the

or three floors where the program is distributed, while those with a

entire route of the market. The market is itself a big ramp, and its

large height above are free zones, for resting or exposure.

sides are the stands.

The faade consists

of a double skin of
glass that allows
transparency
and play of light
and colors, and
whose outer skin

Market and Fashion Center in madrid.

can become an
advertising medium.

Urban landscape
The area will be built with a clear
architectural typology.
The dwelling blocks are built with
sustainable materials and contemporary
forms which lead to nice home within its
walls. These buildings, along with trees,
water, sea, sky and ships form a landscape
in which the architecture is identified with

Sun Seekers. Finoo Marina

nature.

elevations on the ground.

An architecture that retains its own

shape and is also defined as a membrane
permeable to the rays of sun.

From any other point of view urban

structure hides its order. The movement
around the area makes us see it with varying
perspectives that offers a casual image like
the one from the nature, which hides its
structure to offer only its beauty.

The shadows from the buildings, as well as

the ones from the trees, allow the light to
pass through and draw the architectural

creating the space of the museum. mold,

positive and negative space.

the mold

the new
building.
The space is built from
the medieval mold, so
the void is what the full
was before as houses and
Synagogue, as the private
living spaces.

t h e m o l d.
It rebuilds the
archaeological remains
found in the plaza as
they were during the
middle-ages.
So the gabled roof
of the houses as well
as the one from the
Synagogue and Mikveh
appear on the top.

The indoor spaces of the museum related

to the medieval remains are defined from
archetypically recognizable volumes made
as molds for those spaces.

We can say that this process from a

volume that becomes a void is producing
a negative space.

The interstitial space between the floor

of the museum and the ruins, the great
medieval space enclosing the space, is the
essence of the project.

Corten steel slats. Offering a glimpse

from the street level to the ruins without
revealing too much, they also let different
levels of visibility depending on the place
where the outsider is looking from.
Latticework of bricks. It is created
leaving gaps between the bricks, which

let a faint, mysterious light into the room.

overhead lighting in the
museum. A structure of high parallel
beams let in a dim light between them,
gently illuminating the exhibition rooms
on the top floor of the museum.

the natural light

the middle age

remains.
The remains are dated from
XII century a.C. though
on many walls there is
evidence from roman
building to 4.5 m height.

Natural lighting can be seen in this

section. In the area closest to the ground
are steel vertical slats.
Above them, a lattice of bricks and in the
halls of the third floor the facade is closed
and the lighting is overhead.

the walls

Unter Goldschmied, Museum for the Rathaus Platz in Cologne, germany

From the walls of the ruins we raise

our walls, exterior massive as the
whole building, but inside they are
dematerialized.
The interior walls of the room of the
remains are hollow, they are horizontal
wooden slats that let air and light
through. And these walls still appear on
the top floor of the museum exhibit, as
well as on the roof.

Synagogue

Skylights

Lucernarios

Beams on
facilities rooms.

Aperture

Aperture
Metal structure
Skylights

Skylights

Floor 03.
Exhibition rooms
Brick
facade

Floor 03.
Exhibition rooms

Glass
walls

Concrete
inner wall
Walls of
wooden
slats

Interior gabled

Medieval void- Permeable

space
interior
walls

Celosa
de
ladrillo

Upper walkway

Pilares de hormign
de 30 cm
Ruinas de casas
medievales.

Steel slats to
filter light and
the view of
passersby

Walkway above
ruins

Walkway

Large basement of
Koppe Hause

Public
aperture
for peeking
inside the
space

Medieval ruins

Audiovisual
room

Judengasse
Steel slats

Continuous
Reinforced
concrete
diaphragm wall

Screen foundation
trenches

Unter Goldschmied, Museum for the Rathaus Platz in Cologne, germany

New County Cultural Center. nanchang, china

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New County Cultural Center. nanchang, china

A thing within a thing

Theatre and Conference Hall

Addition
Museum

Promenade
Library

Under the sky, on earth

Science Museum

Suspended
Cultural center

New County Cultural Center. nanchang, china

Substraction
Senior and youth center

Nanchang factory renovation

mixed use

Nanchang factory renovation

mixed use

Design inspiration:
Keeping the industrial image of the old factory, while adding the
modern commercial uses, the old complex success into adapting
and be full functioning in nowadays life.
Design principles:
The project combines the restoration, extension and
transformation of the old buildings, bringing in also new
architecture, still respecting the historial value of the complex.
Design ideas:
The main point of the design is the interpretation of the old
yarn dyeing factory, redefining the main characteristics and
transforming the industrial function to its historical heritage
value so it can be reused.
Information of works:
Project is located in Nanchang City in an area that carries the
local textile culture and history and at the same time also has a
good development potential.

Nanchang factory renovation

mixed use

Design inspiration:
Red is the theme color, better fitting the
Changchun Film Studio, recalling the image
of the film culture - red carpet and the
companys background as red history.
Info:
Haikous Global 100 will be a theme hotel
in the first phase of construction project,
different from the traditional tourism resorts
of the area.
The project reflects the overall interest and
leisure theme style in the use of red, recalling
the tropical and thai architectural style

hainan hotel

Special attention was paid at the landscape

design, focusing on two main areas, the main
plaza that works as an axis communicating
two parallel roads as well as a podium for
the public face of the hotel, and the private
interior garden-resort landscape for guests
and residents of the apartments.
The main plaza recalls the shape of a star,
symbol of the company and its red past
as chinese war movie producer, defining
a central area for commerce and outdoor
activities and events, dropoffs and green
perimetral areas as well as entrance for the
hotel.

hainan hotel

The client of this project is a biotechnology company

from Taiwan with eight years of history, microbial strains
for research and development of core technology and
planting application technology.
For a sustainable development of the proyect, the
functions the project will fulfill for the clients company
will be:
1 corporate headquarters office and reception, the lead
in building space;
2 Science and technology exhibition space, signs and
guide;
3 corporate image, part of the landscape.
The functions regarding Visitors and Tourists will regard
the next goals:
1 to achieve the balance between the environment and
the visitors
2 participation under the focus: the four seasons, the
dynamic and the static, the day and the night;
3 to control the number of guest rooms to ensure
quality;
4 engage hotel rooms in combination with the activities
of farmers, to open up a diversified group of guests and
activities;
5 cost control.

Taicang hotel concept

Goals for the visitor experience:

- place of peace
- participate and engage with the landscape
- find a place of home
Combine technology with the development of
Agriculture
- to give employees a second home
- Display the eco organic enterprise culture
- return to respect for nature

Taicang hotel concept

The design for Block B in the city of Nanjing is a mixed use

project block that finds itself in front to a shopping mall and
next to a hotel, all from the same developer.
The main idea here is to transform the shopping mall into
the citys living room, for it to become a meeting point for
people, and a place to share and live. This new public space
is a plaza itself, that connects together the shopping mall
in front, the hotel and the new shopping mall, a large plaza
sheltered by a large roof that will hold and gather together
the citizens.
On the same main street the headquarters are lifted up
to give more space to the public use, and they are also
sheltering the entrance. Aiming for good quality spaces
inside, there are several courtyards that allow more intimate
living and working.
From the other side, Soho apartments are facing the park,
as they are the blocks for offices for rent.
In a quite complicated site, with different heights and
functions around that condition our Block B and its
functions, this is not only a mixed use block but also a
research about new shopping malls and the aim for finding
other spaces to share when our apartments are becoming
smaller and smaller.

nanjing mixed use project

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Qinghai Lake Road Primary School

Qinghai Lake Road Primary School

gaoqing business incubator project

gaoqing business incubator project

Nanchang technology Development area

Nanchang technology Development area

hangzhou mixed use

hangzhou mixed use

hangzhou mixed use

restaurant alma. shanghai

restaurant alma. shanghai