For me, architecture is a journey of exploration and learning, an experience that integrates the human dimension, the habitat we build and transform, and the place where we are and exist. This portfolio represents that experience: an organized selection that shows how each project, from singular explorations to more solid proposals, builds the image of me and of my path in architecture.

The gallery brings together plans, details, and experiments that express both the unity of the whole and the richness of detail. It reflects my creative journey in architecture, from early pieces to more solid and representative works. Materials such as concrete, wood, glass, wire, and my beloved maps are explored as part of a constant search and experimentation.

My exploration with watercolor, pencil, technical pens, ink, and charcoal does not seek perfection, but to discover in each technique a different visual and artistic sensitivity. These sketches are part of my journey beyond architecture, an exercise in looking and drawing, in representing what I observe and feel. I am not an expert, I am an explorer, and in each stroke I find a way to experiment and give shape to my creative path.

Photography has been one of my passions for as long as I can remember; I have always lived surrounded by images, even moving ones. I have experimented from my phone camera to more robust equipment and, more recently, with aerial photography through drones. This experience was especially useful in my undergraduate final project, where the aerial perspective helped me better understand and represent urban spaces. My interest in capturing the memory of places connects deeply with my passion for architecture, which I also find in architectural photography: a way of seeing, pausing time, and shaping my creative path.

On Instagram: Architectural photography of places and cities:

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Architecture is a way of understanding and shaping the world, and of reimagining it

Michelle Cabrera Otero
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Location: Raleigh, North Carolina.