1. Israel Hurtado Cola
Architect
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Name/ Occupation:
Israel Hurtado Cola
RIBA Part III +7 yrs PG
ARB Registered No. 079162H
Contact:
e: israel@elpiso.net
www: israelhcola.com
a: 20 Cowper Road. N16 8PF, London
m: 07504919295
Selected Portfolio:
oct2013-aug2015
Conrad Shawcross Studio Development
Refurbishment and extension of home, office and workshop for a sculptor in Hackney, London.
Construction cost £900,000
Stages 3 to 7
dic2014-aug2015
7 Kidderppore Avenue
Refurbishment, extension and landscaping in Hampstead, London.
Construction cost £800,000
Stages 3 and 4
dic2014-jun2015
13 Hewlett Road
Residential garden extension in Bow, London.
Stages 3 to 7
oct2010-may2013
Proctor & Matthews Architects (London)
Part III Architect
* Great Kneighton (Clay Farm), Cambridge
Project Winner at Housing Design Awards 2012
New build private & affordable housing scheme +400 dwellings.
CSH-5, Lifetime Homes, Housing Quality Indicators.
RIBA stages A-K
jan2010-sep2010
ST + R Architects (London)
Part III Architect
* Lauriston Road, London
Mixed-use extension to Victorian terrace in Conservation Area
Concept, design and material research
Planning application
* BackPack terrace
Competition
Shortlisted British Home Awards 2010
Retrofit small conversion
Concept and design
* Queen Mary’s Children Hospital, London
Study
Retrofit temporary
Concept and design
feb2015-mar2015
The Butterfly Hull. Competition
Multi-display folding kiosk for Southwark Young Pilgrims, London.

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jan2015-mar2015
Coop/Comm Living
Proposal for a cooperative settlement out of the M-25 ring road in London
jun2014-dec2014
The Clapton Arcades
Meanwhile market proposal for disused police station in Clapton, London.
oct2014
Lost in Modernity
Article on the 14ª Venice Architecture Biennale ‘Fundamentals’
Co-written with Vassiliki Tzanakou [http://interartive.org/2014/10/architecture-biennale/]
may-jun 2013
Costume Camp at ‘Nowhere Festival’
Temporary pavilion, shade structure & catwalk
Concept, design and self-construction
jan-feb2013
“Wasservorhang”
Runner-up at “Poolbar Festival”
Architectural Competition (Austria)
Internal & external temporary refurbishment for the Altes Hallesband building
[http://poolbar.at/competition_votings/showid=651&voting_id=21]
jul2012
“May 2012”
Essay. 2nd round at ‘Moral Borders: Affordable Utopias’ International Competition
Concept: The London riots as a catalyst for urban regeneration
[think-space.org/competitions/moral-borders]
dic2008- dic2009
ANPE Offices for secondary school teachers union, Spain
Internal & external refurbishment
Concept, design development, planning application, client meetings, project planning, technical detailing,
Construction.
Construction cost £150,000
Stages 0 to 7
feb-may2008
“La Balsa Vieja”, Spain
Competition 2nd Prize
Extension & redevelopment of public square in Murcia. Reactivation of weekly local market
jan2006-dic2009
F & M Architects (Alicante)
Assistant Architect + Architect
* IBMC Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Elche
First prize international competition 2006
Extension building to existing research laboratory centre
Concept, design development, client presentations, project planning
Technical detailing
Construction, weekly follow-up on site
* International Competitions:
* Refurbishment of Head Office for the Association of Economists of Alicante (Spain)
* A new Theatre and Arts Center for Sundsvall (Sweden)
* Exhibition and Congress Center ‘Vegas Altas’ in Villanueva de la Serena, Badajoz (Spain)
* Koivusaari International Ideas Competition: a new Master Plan for Koivusaari Island (Finland)
* Extension of Administrative Office Building for the Treasury Department of Almeria (Spain)

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* Subsidized Dwellings for Elderly People + Daytime center in Palma de Mallorca (Spain)
* Redesign of Market and Market Square of Pere Garau in Palma de Mallorca (Spain)
* A New Exhibition Space in the historical office building “La Baskonia” in Basauri (Spain)
* Ideas competition for a new Auditorium in Elche (Spain)
* Ideas Competition “Casa Mediterraneo”: Redevelopment of Benalua district old rail station (Spain)
nov2006-dic2007
Project “Parque Via”
Transformation of ring road into green belt in the periphery of Alicante. Re-connection and regeneration
of the outer neighbourhoods through a hybrid infrastructure that is road, park and public building.
* march 2008: ‘PARQUE VIA’ selected for the workshop Alacant-AfterSun
[http://alacantaftersun.es/int/?p=116]
* march 2009: ‘PARQUE VIA’ selected for the international ‘Beta Workshop’ 2009: PARK-WAY
ALICANTE at Hogeschool van Amsterdam
* february 2009: ‘PARQUE VIA’ selected for the international exhibition of End of Degree Projects at
University of Alicante [http://vimeo.com/3594252]
2006-2010
Teaching collaborations
University of Alicante School of Architecture
Workshop “Architecture and beauty: sustainability of aesthetics” with PhD Professor Francisco Mejias
Education & Training
jan-jun2013
Public Participation & Engaging Communities
MA International Planning & Sustainable Development
Westminster University
sep-dic2012
Furniture Design & Making
London Metropolitan University
apr-jul2012
Creative Writing
City university, London
jan-may2011
Experience Design
Central St. Martins London
2007
MArch
University of Alicante
Dissertation/project “Parque Via”: proposal for a mixed-use green belt & regeneration of outer
neighbourhoods along ring road (Alicante)
CAD / Drawing Skills
Microstation Proficient
Archicad Proficient
Autocad High level
Photoshop High level
Rhino High level
In Design High level
Illustrator High level
3D Studio Max Good level
Revit Basic level

4. Conrad Shawcross’ Studio Development
* Renovation and extension of artist’s studio/workshop/home, part of a late Victorian barn In Clapton
(Hackney). Construction cost £950,000
* This development put an emphasis from the start on a collaborative process of design / construction
between the architects and the sculpture studio
* One of the main features is the house roof, made of weathered steel tiles and closely designed with
the artist/client. The tiles’ subtle spin follow the pre-existing barn geometry, and will be treated with
different aging products to enable an organic integration between the old and the new
* Detailed/Technical Design to Construction (Stages 3 to 7). Collaboration with RJA Architects
03 #regeneration #upgrade
06 #arts #makers #collaborative design
East London. Oct 2013-Oct 2015

5. Conrad Shawcross’ Studio Development

6. 7 Kidderpore Avenue
* Residential refurbishment and extension in Hampstead. Construction budget £850,000
* The proposal aims to reconcile the client’s needs for an enlarged home with the Planning require-
ments to safeguard the appearance, character and visual amenity of the area.
* This results in a basement extension into the rear garden that is fully integrated with a new stepped
landscaping, making use of the existing level drop to minimise its impact.
* The proposed landscaping will enhance the range of plants and flowers, and will act as a natural
insulation layer and rainwater collector for the extended buiding.
* Design development, Technical design and Tender action. * Collaboration with MIRA Architects
01 #natural light
02 #sustainable design
04 #refurbishment #upgrade
London. Jan2015-Aug2015

7. 13 Hewlett Road
* Garden extension to Victorian terrace house in Bow (Tower Hamlets).
* The brief was to open up the dining space onto the back garden, through a minimum
intervention that brought light and nature into the long deep space. The challenge, to use
standard products to achieve a designed sense of minimalism.
* Structure, function and aesthetics are merged in the main project feature: a concealed
beam-gutter that collects rainwater from the rooflights to be reused for gardening purposes.
* RIBA Stages 3 to 7
01 #natural light
02 #sustainable design
04 #refurbishment #upgrade
East London. Dic2014-Jun2015

8. 13 Hewlett Road

9. Clay Farm (Great Kneighton)
* New Residential Development in Cambridge. Housing Design Awards 2012
* New Build Private & Affordable Housing Mixed Scheme, +300 Dwellings.
* Scheme designed following high accessibility & environmental standards: Code 4-5 for Sustainable
Homes, Lifetime Homes, Housing Quality Indicators.
* Energy & sustainability inform all the design strategies adopted: heating, lighting, hot water, rainwater
management, solar energy, low impact materials, waste storage & management, insulation and heat
loss, ventilation and air-tightness, composting, cycle storage, ecological enhancements (green roofs
and SUDS).
* Developed and Technical design, Tender, Construction Documents (RIBA Stages D to K)
* Part III Architect at Proctor & Matthews Architects
02 #sustainable design
#energy efficient building design
05 #affordable housing
Cambridge. Oct2010-May2013

10. Clay Farm (Great Kneighton)

11. IBMC Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular
* First prize international competition 2006.
* Extension building to existing research centre at University of Alicante. Constructon cost £2.5M
* Translucency as a quality that blurs but doesn’t hide the internal functioning of the building. Against the
opaque concrete bearing walls clad in natural stone on the outside, all the internal corridors, patios,
terraces and service cores are completely dressed in glass: opal glass partitions, polycarbonate ceilings
and insulated U-glass facades.
* The proposed layout subverts the typical corridor scheme by introducing patios which different position
by floor creates open views and terraces as spaces of decompression and relation for the researchers.
* Stages 0 to 7. Architect at Figueiras & Mejias Arquitectos (Alicante)
01 #natural light
03 #extension #upgrade
04 #public building
#education & research
Alicante, Spain. Jan2006-Dec2009

12. IBMC Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular

13. ANPE. New offices for secondary school teachers’ union
* Internal fit-out and design of facade for union’s new headquarters. Construction cost £150,000
* How can we make a long narrow dark space look like an open light and welcoming environment,
where staff will spend 8+ hours a day. We wanted to bring a natural atmosphere inside the premises,
almost like breaking the ceiling out to introduce the sky inside the space of an office. This is achieved
by a glazed back-lit ceiling that spreads organically above each individual working bay.
* Storage was the co-protagonist and a key request from the client’s brief: walls are purposedly
thickened and conceal a generous cupboard/shelving space for each user, also integrating all desktop
units, sockets and power points. This way we managed to provide a certain sense of ‘controlled
dis-order’ within the often chaotic office environment.
* Concept through to construction
01 #natural light
02 #sustainable design
03 #refurbishment #upgrade
Alicante. Jan2009-Dec2009

14. ANPE. New offices for secondary school teachers’ union

15. Rüti Vocational School
* International Competition for extension of vocational school near Zurich. Allowed construction cost £2M
* The brief required a high level of spatial flexibility: a big aula space that could be subdivided occasionally,
and connected to a multi-purpose room working as small classroom, seminar, or exhibition space.
* Our proposal creates 2 clear volumes: one containing the bigger more versatile uses, and a second one
with the smaller more fixed programmes such as office, storage, toilets, etc. Their intersection creates an
open lobby as a semi-public space, accommodating the multi-purpose area.
*This programmatic intersection is materially manifested in the supporting structure, which creates large
triangular rooflights above the lobby/multi-purpose space.
* Collaboration with Francisco Espi, David Fuente and Daniel Cano
01 #natural light
02 #sustainable design
03 #regeneration #upgrade
Zürich. Aug2015
Ansicht West
E=1:100
0 1 m 10 m
5 m1:100
E=1:100
0 1 m 10 m
5 m1:100

16. Rüti Vocational School
E=1:20 E=1:20
Kunststeinplatte mit
Befestigungsanker
puntuell an Beton
befestigt 25-50 mm
Wärmedämmung 200 mm
Sichtbeton, 300 mm
Terrazzo 10mm
Trittschalldämmung 5 cm
Ortbeton 200 - 420 mm
Dämmung Hart
Drainage
Isolierverglassung
3200/1000
Holz-Aluminium Rahmen
Begrünung extensiv 80mm
Abdichtung Polymerbitumenschweissbahn
Mineralwolle 200 mm
Stahlbeton 250 mm
Akustikdecke
Sichtbeton, 200 mm
Drainage
Terrazzo 10mm
Trittschalldämmung 5 cm
Ortbeton 200 - 420 mm
Dämmung Hart
0 0,5 m 2 m
1 m1:20
0 0,5 m 2 m
1 m1:20
Ansicht Nord
E=1:100
+0.00m
+3.30m
+4.30m
0 1 m 10 m
5 m1:100

17. The backpack terrace
* Shortlisted British Home Awards 2010
* The aim of the conversion of this existing 4-unit housing block is to build an energy efficient and
sustainable house, taking into account the small dimensions of the plot and existing floor plans.
* This is achieved by opening the house towards the gardens and the surrounding amenity space to
maximise the feeling of space and openness, through a series of alternating extensions.
* Apart from amplifying the living space, the new plugged-in extensions provide a more flexible layout that
allows future tenants to decide where to locate their main entrance, depending on their personal prefer-
ences and mobility.
* Collaboration with ST+R Architects (London)
01 #natural light
02 #sustainable nerighbourhoods
03 #extension #upgrade
#regeneration
05 #communities
London. Jun2010

18. Coop-Looping
* Cooperative + Commuting: a new housing concept based on an ASSOCIATIVE STRUCTURE with a relatively
small size and productive capacity from home. The proposed units provide the 3 BASIC FUNCTIONS of a
sustainable settlement:
Living: private space adaptable to different family sizes
Working: home office & storage in the private areas. Co-working & shared workshop in the common spaces
Producing: SELF-SUFFICIENT units with potential for joint production to supply local markets. Shared areas
include barn, storage, tools, etc.
* All units are based on a Generative Matrix which, while securing a fast and STANDARDISED PROCESS of
design & construction, generates a rich variety of dwellings within 3 FAMILIES: Patio, Narrow and Tower house.
* The versatile Design Matrix allows for a considerable number of Iterations with the same elements, creating a
Catalogue that can easily be combined to adapt the new settlements to the existing environment.
* Competition. Exploration of future of housing in the periphery of London.
02 #sustainable planning
#energy efficient design
05 #communities #participation
London. Mar2015

19. Southwark Young Pilgrims Information Stand
* Competition. Design of 2 mobile kiosks at London Bridge and in Potters Fields Park.
* The ‘butterfly hull’ is a light, mobile, versatile piece of urban furniture with a folding structure, that
allows it to be readily transported to its daily storage, or easily dismantled in the winter.
* Though its main feature is mobility, the ‘butterfly’ seeks integration within the river landscape, through
a gradually weathering copper skin that mimicks the old ships‘ hulls. Hence, a light new temporary
presence aims to appear as a perennial object that might have been there for ages...
* Its multiple display surfaces generate diverse perceptions of the piece, blurring the conventional
relation between the kiosk and its users, and encouraging curiosity and a richer interaction.
04 #public space #temporary
#pavilion
06 #arts #makers
London. Dec2014

20. Wasservorhang (water curtain)
* Poolbar is a cultural festival that during 7 weeks takes over the iconic Altes Hallesband, an old civic
centre/public pool from the 70s now vacant and waiting for redevelopment. Every summer the festival
organises an open competition to design the temporary colonisation of the empty space.
* Our proposal responds organically to the long varied programme -with night and day activities and a
strong level of informal interaction between artists and visitors- by creating a continuous scenic space
surrounded by interstitial pockets or mini-backstages for storage, staff, access, equipment, etc.
* The continuous skin -made of polycarbonate, lighting, projections and the visitor’s movements- blurs
the space boundaries and scale, emanating a waterlike atmosphere that wraps up the old concrete
interior and somehow recovers the building’s original aquatic memory.
* Collaboration with Francisco Espi
03 #regeneration #upgrade
04 #public space #temporary exhibition
05 #community #particpatory design
06 #arts #festival
Feldkirch, Austria. Feb2013

21. Wasservorhang (water curtain)

22. Queen Elisabeth Children’s Hospital
* Temporary installation in disused hospital building in Hackney
* The intervention seeks to provide small exhibition spaces inside the old structure, complemented with
an interactive skin dressing the existing facade. This will respond to each environment on different
events through lighting and projection devices.
* We wanted to reactivate a long-abandoned space to show authorities how useful this local landmark
may be for the neighbouring communities, challenging the predominant trend towards exclusive private
developments in the area
* Concept design. Collaboration with ST+R Architects
03 #regeneration #upgrade
04 #public space #temporary
05 #communities #participation
East London. April 2010