Project Recognition:

• Published by Ask Nature, 2011
• AIA Henry Adams Award, 2010
• Merits and research grant by the University of Puerto Rico, 2009
• Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 2008
• Dan-El Viera Oliveros Award, 2007
• Hispanic Scholarship Fund Grant, 2005

Design Objectives:

• The human skeleton is a model for structural systems.
• The femur’s form advises reinforced concrete frames.
• Biomorphic geometries increase the building’s mechanical, structural and sustainable performance; especially in response to lateral forces.
• Specifically addresses the seismic geographical conditions of the Caribbean and Latin America; even the strongest construction materials, like reinforced concrete, becomes vulnerable when devastated by a seismic wave.
• Reduces material waste and energy needed for fabrication.

Wilfredo’s Mental Tectonics:

• A structural system based on the biological adaptation of bone morphology to reduce structural material and optimize reinforced concrete.
• Biomimicry principles are strategically applied to drop seismic vulnerability of reinforced concrete structures.
• STICK.S (Stick System) applies Wolff’s Law to a lightweight structural system that adapts material resources to force structure diagrams employing them where needed.
• Without compromising load resistances STICK.S reduces the necessary concrete by 30 % and decreases the CO2 component by approximately 118 lbs.