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Alonso Raimilla-Couture

Designer & 3D Visualization | Rhino, Twinmotion, Adobe

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Cover image for Independent Study Experience, RPI - LA PLAZA-BAZAR These are...

Independent Study Experience, RPI - LA PLAZA-BAZAR These are the digital visualizations from a personal design study completed during my Independent Learning Experience through RPI, reimagining Santiago’s Plaza de Armas — the city’s historic center and one of its busiest commuter hubs. The proposal redefines the plaza by dedicating more space to street vendors while improving access to the metro, creating a cohesive public realm that preserves its cultural significance. Excavated spaces below the square open into a modern bazaar, where vendors and commuters converge beneath two parametric pavilions rising from the plaza’s excavated perimeter. The visualizations take on a diagrammatic tone, emphasizing the proposal’s role as a civic infrastructure formed by the overlap of formal and informal economy.

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Cover image for Comprehensive Design Studio, RPI - THE VAULT These are the d...

Comprehensive Design Studio, RPI - THE VAULT These are the digital visualizations from an academic studio at RPI, featuring my proposal for a new seven-story branch of the New York Public Library on the corner of West 26th Street and 10th Avenue in Chelsea. The design draws from the site’s contrasting contexts — the historic Fulton & Elliott Apartments and the modern fabric of Hudson Yards along the High Line — where a clear socioeconomic duality defines the neighborhood. Rather than presenting a polished monument, the renderings aim to capture the site’s rawness and materiality, embracing Chelsea’s layered identity through a design that feels grounded, textured, and authentically urban.

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Cover image for Architectural Design Studio 4, RPI - THE COMM. These are the...

Architectural Design Studio 4, RPI - THE COMM. These are the digital visualizations from my final adaptive reuse project at RPI — a proposal to transform the abandoned St. Mary’s Church in Troy, NY into a midrise mixed-use housing development. Rather than erasing its past, the design preserves the church’s dark, cavernous quality while expanding on its atmosphere. Light filters through openings, rising into a vaulted canopy that diffuses softly across the atrium. Apartment units and shared spaces glow with warmth, cultivating a quiet sense of community within a space once forgotten. The renderings explore the dialogue between light and dark — embracing shadow to reveal community and serenity.

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