Portfolio - Academic by Aida b

ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN

PORTFOLIO - a selection of academic work - 2009-2014 -

by AIDA BISCEVIC

CONTENTS

INSCRIBING A NEW CITY: ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES FOR URBANIZING THE AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE F SAIDA

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# RE-HABITATING THE VALLEY OF INFRASTRUCTURES

pp 14-19

# ALLEÉS CHARLEROI

pp 20-29

# DESIGN OF A NEW CENTER FOR ILIDZA

pp 30-33

# URBAN TRANSFORMATION OF A CITY SQUARE: ‘RAHAT SPACE’

pp 34-37

ARCHITECTURE PAVILION: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2 ND ANNUAL MAGAZINE ARHITEKTON AWARD

pp 14-19

# INTERIOR DESIGN: KITCHEN AND WALL STORAGE

pp 20-29

# SHOPPING CENTER

pp 30-33

# INTERIOR RE-DESIGN

pp 34-37

CURRICULUM VITAE

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urban design

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INSCRIBING A NEW CITY: ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES FOR URBANIZING THE AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE F SAIDA

location_ team_ promoter_ scope_ date_

_Major Lebanese cities

Saida/Lebanon Aida Biscevic & Mario Auricchio Prof. Bruno de Meulder & Ismael Sheikh Hassan Master Thesis spring/summer 2014

_Primary roads system

_Lebanese landscape structure

As a result of the civil wars, the political situation of Lebanon is extremely complicated, with minimized role of the government and the reign of religion and corruption taking place. Lebanon has a long story of sectarianism in all the public spheres, from social sectarianism to political sectarianism; religion and politics are intertwined, as the sectarian division represents an important factor shaping the political scene too. Urban design and planning do not escape from this situation; in the midst of political struggles and corruption, both disciplines have not been given enough attention in terms of providing research. space and means for their positioning and improvement within the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agenda.

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_Agricultrual activities

This results in urban design being almost absent, and planning regulating most of the new developments using one tool - the Land Pooling, which is limited only to a schematic/geometric division of plots according to the newly planned roads. The city of Saida has a long tradition as being THE agricultural center of South Lebanon. However, the land pooling process destroyed many of the characteristic orchard-gardens and resulted in urban sprawl and an unstructured city without identity. This project focuses on one of the last orchard areas - Wastani and alternative proposals for its future, based on the existing elements, landscape and history.

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_the interplay_plain, valleys & hills

_urban tissue_large clusters and scattered urbanization

ABRA BQOSTA MIEH-MIEH BRAMIYEH

Wastani

HILALIYEH

SAIDA

The issues discovered on site vary from traffic congestion problems and underused roads; landscape destruction by wreckless building (specially the use of sustaining walls on the steep hills); uncontrolled garbage disposal culminating in the shape of a garbage mountain on the sea; dying-off of the city’s production; lack of common spaces and endangered pedestrian mobility; to monotonous building-style, disregarding any site specificities, which creates the sprawled identity of the whole city, from the sea coast to the highest hills.

HARET SAIDA

AIN-EL-DILB

DARBESSIM

Dekerman

_unveiling the agricultural landscape

_Sultaniye Road

_the road hierarchy

_Eastern Boulevard

Sultaniye Road

East-West section of the highway

Eastern Boulevard _Sea Boulevard

Sea Boulevard

_The ‘Garbage Mountain’

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500m

1 km

2 km

THE LOCKED PARK

CITY APPROPRIATIONS

KINAYAT THE RAILWAY THE PATHS

THE STADIUM

THE NEVER EXISTING PARK

THE BEACH

THE ABANDONED PARK

The relations between people and the open spaces in Saida became something to investigate – why is it that nobody seems to care about the appearance, function and sanitation of what is in common to all of them, the city. Was it like that traditionally, or were we witnessing the toll the urban sprawl took on the perception of the city? Through the fieldwork we discovered that the former is the case. People used to and still do find ways of appropriating the city’s (common) spaces for leisure, recreation and social activities. However, even though these practices reveal hope and potentialities, the context of the city’s issues make them anomalies, rather than rules.

CITY CENTER

THE LOCKED PARK THE ABANDONED PARK THE NEVER EXISTING PARK

THE SECRETS OF MEDINA

THE ‘HIDDEN’ STAIRCASES

KINAYAT

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CONSTRUCTING THE BASIS

Constructing elements of the strategy for Wastani were chosen based on our valorization of elements found on site during fieldwork. We focused on revealing the historical layers of Wastani – reading the ‘DNA’, in order to understand the ‘forces’ that shaped the current situation. We concluded this reading with a realization that the richness of Wastani is found in its orchards, traces of the old irrigation system, historical buildings and individual ancient trees – all saturated with history. Surrounding areas provide the possibility of re-inventing the east-west connectivity, i.e. the sea-hill relation.

RAILWAY

Old railway track

Orchards

Canals

Empty

Agriculture on the hills

Landmarks

Valuable agriculture

Valuable trees

TRACING THE WATERWAYS

ORCHARD DISTRIBUTION

MAKSAR - THE ‘SPRING’ COLLECTION POOLS

CANAL SYSTEM ALONG THE ROADS

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re-imagining the framework: OPEN SPACES AS A STRUCTURE

AGRICULTURE PARK THE PRODUCTIVE STRIP

service/leisure railway route promenade

agriculture park

Preserving the agricultural character of the site – memory of the place, providing the basis for economical sustainability by introducing new kinds of agricultural

cultivation, possibly more oriented towards organic production, etc. Allows ‘chambers’ of small scale parks, playgrounds and squares

EAST/WEST CORRIDORS OF COLLECTIVE SPACES The corridors are linear figures that follow the irrigation canals and collect different kinds of open spaces along. The main character is pedestrian, includes pedestrian pathways, platforms and bridges when crossing a ma-

jor infrastructure line. Positioned in a way that makes use of the previously defined valuable elements: corridors are incorporating the system of preserved orchards and empty plots found in Old Wastani.

orchard of the 7 pools ‘non existing park’ implemented

public space & facilities

railway promenade pedestrian crossing over the Eastern Boulevard

RE-COMPOSING THE VALLEYS valleys are the spaces of previously mentioned ‘informal’ appropriation of nature – big figures that incorporate riverbeds, valuable orchards and public facilities along. They are also the places of new large scale services – schools, universities, hospital, etc. Character of each valley is different, according to the existing con-

ditions. Awali river is a historical destination (Kinayat, delta park) and we propose to restore these identities. Together with Bighayas valley, it reaches the sea, highlighting the space in between – the stadium with surrounding open spaces, which are rehabilitated and become a part of the figure: the park and the beach.

bighayas valley and the sultanye road promenades through the preserved orchards

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re-introducing the WATER

water as a backbone of production

water collection in urban clusters

water as a backbone of collective spaces

1) collecting the rain/stormwater from the roads in the restored canals; 2) leading the polluted water to the water treatment pools, 3) leading the treated water to agricultural fields and/or retaining pools.

Introducing the water element in open spaces is the first step of re-instating the value of both. Water collection pools related to the waterways are focal spaces of the squares, parks and promenades they are located on.

Rain water collection at the level of neighborhoods or clusters of buildings, from each of the new buildings, led to a common storage pool.

prevent the covering

FLEXIBLE ZONING REGULATIONS Instead of building on the entire plot, a land owner is offered a possibility to build higher, for example 20% more than the current zoning, in exchange for the open space – which he can decide what to do with, as long as it contributes to the ‘community’: improves the quality and functionality of the neighborhood create a common, semi-public space for the surroundings engage in agricultural production rent the land for a public service (kindergarten, shops, educational centers, sports activities etc.)

creating jobs contributing to the overall variety of uses

respecting the existing conditions on site TOPOGRAPHY

BUILDINGS

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VISION FOR WASTANI - landscape as the guiding element -

According to the analysis and reading of Saida and Wastani, and the analysis of current trends and processes in the city development, it is our conclusion that visions for the future of Saida should be more sensitive to the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historical and social background. Authorities should allow architects and urbanists to participate more in the planning activities, in order to achieve more sensibility and variety of projects. Furthermore, active participation of citizens in the decision-making process should be made possible. In order for such a change to happen, they should be reminded of the values their city posseses. Municipality and/or citizensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; initiatives and non governmental organizations should work together on a campaign of promoting the hidden assets of Saida, in order to re-construct first the social and, consequentially, spatial identity. Instead of widely-spread buildings with huge retaining walls, we propose a more sensitive approach when it comes to urbanization of the hills. The east part of Wastani is already quite elevated (the difference in height from the railway to Sultanye road is cca 30 m).

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AWALI RIVER AREA

CENTRAL WASTANI - ORCHARD OF THE 7 POOLS

Olive

Agriculture fields

Valuable agriculture

Orchards Pedestrian paths

Orchards

Canals

Paved open spaces

Cleaning pools Retaining pools Services Existing facilities

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zoom-in_CENTRAL WASTANI

SCENARIO 0_Estimated result of urbanisaiton according to current regulations and trends observed on site - meeting the needs of big land owners and developers, disregarding the genius loci. The strategies correspond with the recommendations of Lil Madina for Saida, and if implemented, they could mark the beginning of a new approach to urban desing. The re-creation of the productive landscapes and introduction of new services could similarly be the starting point of a more sustainable local economy, that can help in reinforcing the role of Saida on the map of Lebanon. The open spaces framework could preserve the natural heritage and productividy of Wastani and surroundings and, with the creation of urban clusters, provide the small land owners the choice of environment of preference, whether it is a more ‘rural’ or ‘urban’ setting. The proposal leaves space for a variety of housing typologies, enriching the real estate market. The ‘big’ land owners get to build or continue their production.

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SCENARIO 1_Proposed exible zoning regulations could make it possible for the Municipality to balance between their aspirations to develop Saida according to the needs of the citizens and the demands of different land owners and the housing market.

Our vision for Wastani (Saida) is based on the richness of its historical and natural heritage. Moreover, the use of a principle that allows flexibility of the existing rules of parcellization provides gives the possibility of a new approach -structuring the urbanization following a framework of open spaces. Working with such a framework would allow the phasing of the project: the creation of specific areas of urbanization can protect the elements of the landscape from the complete destruction. Such phasing could allow the site to live even in the economic terms, because different stakeholders could take part in different productive activities during and after the implementation.

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zoom-in_AWALI RIVER

SCENARIO 0_Estimated result of urbanisaiton according to current regulations and trends observed on site - meeting the needs of big land owners and developers, disregarding the genius loci.

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RE-HABITATING THE VALLEY OF INFRASTRUCTURES Vilvoorde/Belgium Aida Biscevic, Thomas Lenaerts & Stefano Aresti coordinator_ Erik Van Daele & Ivan Llach scope_ Urbanism studio date_ fall/winter 2013

The position of Vilvoorde, as the ‘last’ city on the plateau, is crucial for the future of Brussels’ growth. The project area is nowadays made up of brownfields in a ‘bottleneck’, formed by infrastructure and landscape. The built structure of Brussels and Vilvoorde is characterized by urban sprawl intersected with the dominant North-South oriented figures - public transport lines; the Senne valley made up of working industries and many drosscape remaining. The north of Brussels is an important traffic and business node (due to the Zaventem airport proximity). The natural landscape of the area is characterized by many scattered forests following Senne’s tributary rivers, which form a maze - contrasted to the volume of the Zonien Forest in the South. Many of these, including the aforementioned, are protected ecological areas of different hierarchies. The missing link between those is the interruption within the city of Brussels. The proposed strategy aims to create a structuring framework of open space for Brussels (North), through the design of three linear elements in the Zenne valley. These figures each have a distinct ambition and spatial quality; and meet one another in Brussels North, where they join forces to create a new centrality.

MISSING ECOLOGICAL LINK

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

FORESTS OF THE VALLEYS

DROSSCAPE VALLEY

INTERRUPTED GREEN ARCHIPELAGO

INDUSTRIALIZED VALLEY

CITIES OF THE VALLEYS CITIES ON THE HILLS

OFFICES/ BUSINESS PARKS

VOLUME VS. MAZE

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URBAN SPRAWL

BUILT STRUCTURE

location_ team_

LANDSCAPE

- academic project -

STRATEGY reinforced valley figures

The Canal (1) becomes a new front, providing an alternative for the lack of green space in the post-industrial zone, with a focus on public space, soft mobility and residential projects, side-by-side with (local) entrepreneurs. The polluted water of the largely covered Zenne gets treated through multiple series of constructed wetlands, which double as public spaces for new development.

The railway (2), brutally cutting through the valley on a talus with lots of residual space, becomes a green, crossable and accessible landscape element; with a mixture of housing, retail and public functions. Woluwe(laan) (3) becomes a parkway with a tram; lined with a mixture of centralities, ranging from a local, to a regional and even to an international scale. A detour away from the highway strings the remaining agricultural plots together.

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CANAL - ZENNE TODAY (post)industrial water’front’ brownfields causing pollution, (mostly local) entrepreneurs PROPOSAL esplanade carrying soft mobility, ater treatment and mixed use neighborhoods (including residential buildings)

RAILWAY TALUS TODAY (post)industrial no-man’s land & dividing volume

accessible landscaped talus with mixed use contents, carrying soft mobility along PROPOSAL

WOLUWE(LAAN) - PARKWAY TODAY

green ‘tunnel’ & left-ovebuffer zone with enterprises and public facilities green ‘tunnel’ & left-over buffer zone with forestry and water management PROPOSAL

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CANAL

‘PARMENTIER’

(ZENNE)

KITO SCHOOL

SCHAARBEEKLEI

CANAL

ZENNE

HOUSING ON LANDSCAPED TALUD

‘CENTRAL PARK’ WITH PUBLIC FACILITIES AND TRAM

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RAILWAY

WOLUWELAAN

MASTER PLAN

reinforced valley figures and a new - inhabitated forest 1.

1. CIRCULATION AVOIDING GOING-THROUGH TRAFFIC 2. WATER MANAGEMENT & TREATMENT CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS 3. STRUCTURE DOMINANT DIRECTION IN CONSTRUCTING THE FOREST 4. PUBLIC FACILITIES CENTRAL PARK & TRANSVERSAL TRAM & PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS

water treatment and management as public space and structure for new development

fast and average-growing trees (common alder and common silver birch) provide a forest base for the development in a relatively short time

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trees with a distinct color characterize public/pedestrian areas and public facilites areas, mainly european bird cherry trees with colorful flowers

‘central park’ along Woluwelaan

canal promenade

the inhabitated forest details

“a room with a view”

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ALLEÉS CHARLEROI - academic project -

location_ Charleroi/Belgium team_ Griet Juwet & Johanna Jacob coordinator_ prof. Bruno de Meulder & Wim Wambecq scope_ landscape urbanism studio date_ spring/summer 2013

s1_R3 east ring

s2_Chaussee de Philippeville s3,4&5_E420 central highway

s6_Sambre, Landelies

s7_path near rue Général de Gaulle, Courcelles

s8_old railway near rue Paul Pastur, Bouffioulx

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READING CHARLEROI a city of infrastructures

oversized highway

unfinished public transport

obsolete railway

underused waterfront

pockets of urban tissue

in between spaces

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RE-thinking the IN BETWEEN

The residual spaces of Charleroi’s infrastructures make up the core of the vision: the landscapes ‘in between’ are re-imagined as the main connectors of the city, crossing the fragmented mobility network, the valley and dispersed ‘villages in the city’. Therefore, the in between is what re-structures the city, deals with its disperesed urbanization and ‘frames’ the pockets of scattered tissues.

bikenetwork public transport public transport stop city public transport range

0,5 km

railway line train station railway transport range 2 km 1 km

In order for the vision to work, the moblity network has to make way for ‘new’ ways of moving through - public transport and bicycle networks should reduce the destructive role the car has played in Charleroi.

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THE VISION The problems of obsolete and/or underused lines of infrastrucuture are dealt with in the new mobility proposal: Fragments of the abandoned rail network, existing bike paths, and pieces of the highway and road network are re-combined into a continuous bike network that connects all the parts of

This new mobility system is part of a re- interpretation of both the infrastructures and the spaces along them.

the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s territory, crossing the topography in the most optimal way. To the existing tram lines, additional public transport axes are added where busses or trams use their own lane and form an efficient way of crossing the city. These two systems complement the mobility of the railway stations, that connect the communities on a bigger scale.

landscape. Dealing with forest, water networks and ecology are important aspects of this vision that come back in a more specific project.

Connecting forests and railway stations, crossing front- and backsides, it forms part of a re-framing of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in-between

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project: FOREST AS A STRUCTURE - FROM SOLEILMONT TO CHATELET -

Project area is located in the east part of Charleroi, more precisely around the east section of the ringroad - highway. The spaces along the highway here reveal the severeness of the ‘cut’ that it has made since implemented. Furthermore, this section depicts the city as a whole in a way, since the cut surrounding varies from a forest to industrial and business area. The patterns of urbanization around this section are therefore very different

from north to south: from a street grid-led village that stretches over the highway and into the forest, through typically sprawled villages in the city, to the industrial and business node. All along the highway the buffer zones are intertwining with other residual and leftover spaces of Charleroi, creating an important ecosystem, which, in this case, begins and ends with a ‘massive’ natural figure - forest in the north and terril park in the south.

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the patterns

‘uncommon grid’

typical road structure

highway-bound ‘wild forest’

_urban context and natural conditions

highway-bound business park

pockets of urbanization within the ‘crossed forest’

_ecological structures and mobility concept

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The detailed project focuses on the northern part of the studied section along the highway. The main principle is derived from the observed patterns of urbanization around, which follows a grid-like pattern, but is still a typicall example of urban sprawl - with ribbon development and numerous un(der)used spaces. Starting from

these figures of the plotsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; backsides, a new structure emerges: breaking the existing pattern, densifying the urban tissue and turning what used to be THE backside into a series of re-forested gardens, parks and public spaces and drawing the new urban tissue away from the roads and towards the new â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;forestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

_system of backside plots turned into a new forest-park network

_the forest: existing & proposed

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The obsolete highway is turned into a major public transport and bicycle route - a parkway. On each major crossing there is an urban platform proposed, with public transport stops and exits for the bike routes. The reforestation of the area includes the highway, where the remains become taken over by nature and transformed into a parkway. This, together with the parks, gardens and orchards within the urbanized area, forms the new, extended forest figure.

_pedestrian and bike mobility, platforms, waterways & marshland structure

The proposal also includes re-instating the natural water system, by allowing the existing waterways to flow back on the surface, as well as using natural flood areas to create marshlands and water collection pools. Furthermore, a series of pedestrian platforms crosses this new landscape, from the parkway, through marshlands to the new forest system.

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DESIGN OF A NEW CENTER FOR ILIDZA - workshop/competition - 1st place -

location_ Ilidza, Sarajevo/Bosnia and Herzegovina team_ Aida Biscevic & Emina Arapcic coordinator_ The Faculty of Architecture Sarajevo, Ilidza-Sarajevo Municipality & Ministry of Spatial Planning and Environmental Protection of Canton Sarajevo scope_ workshop/competition date_ September 2010

The area of the project is already an important transport node, as it hosts the last tram stop from Sarajevo to its suburb IlidĹža. The competition called for a new design which incorporates a new commercial center, within an area enclosed by existing blocklike structure, made of small shops and other services. Although the jury paid a lot of attention to the aesthetics and function of

the commercial center, this project dealt primarily with urban design issues. The idea was to create a new series of access to the site, incorporate the existing structures into the project to avoid demolition and work with the open groundfloor level, which leaves the opportunity for creating a flexible and multifunctional open space for a new centrality.

high concentration of pedestrians new access points tram line

The principles set for the function and appereance of the commercial center were multifunctionality, flexibility, visual domination in the existing surrounding and breaking with the block structure but using it as much as possible. Therefore, the proposalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s maing goals are reinventing the existing space and creating a new identity for the center of Ilidza.

massivity

unloading

domination

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SITE PLAN

Partly open and partly roofed, the new square is crucial for the identity of Ilidza. The visual domination of the center is determined by the fact that the building is leaning on the existing structure, giving it a new accent. The chessboard pattern of the square is formed by rails, which contribute to the flexibility of the

space - urban furniture is movable along these rails, creating the opportunity for a changeable identity. The main access to the site is now provided directly from the bus&tram terminal, highlighting the connectivity and importance of the new square.

GROUNDFLOOR SCHEME

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COMMERCIAL CENTER PLANS - SCHEME

BASEMENT

GROUNDFLOOR

1ST FLOOR

2ND FLOOR

DESIGNED URBAN FURNITURE

COMMERCIAL CENTER FUNCTIONAL SCHEME

CINEMA

SANITARY FACILITIES VERTICAL COMM.

FITNESS & SPA

COMMERCIAL SERVICES

SANITARY FACILITIES VERTICAL COMM. SUPERMARKET

ENTRANCE HALL

GIFTSHOP

GALLERY BOOKSHOP

SANITARY FACILITIES

GAME SHOP

VERTICAL COMM. LANGUAGE CENTER BUSINESS SERVICES MEDIATHEQUE

SANITARY FACILITIES VERTICAL COMM.

GALLERY RESTAURANT

PLAYROOM BUSINESS SERVICES

MEDIATHEQUE

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URBAN TRANSFORMATION OF A CITY SQUARE: ‘RAHAT* SPACE’ rahat* - Bosnian word (Turkish origin), carelessness, relief, restful

location_ Old Town, Sarajevo/Bosnia and Herzegovina team_ Aida Biscevic & Emina Arapcic coordinator_ The Faculty of Architecture Sarajevo, Old Town-Sarajevo Municipality & Ministry of Spatial Planning and Environmental Protection of Canton Sarajevo scope_ workshop/competition date_ February 2010

THE SITE [2010]

EXISTING SECTION THROUGH THE MUSIC PAVILLION PARK [2010]

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- workshop/competition -

The site is located near the old hystorical center of Sarajevo. Main points of interest are the zone of musical pavilion and the zone of Austrian square. Importance of the site is accented with many of historically important buildings surrounding it, such as the Latin bridge (where the event that started the 1st World War took place). Also, the site is very important for the city of

Sarajevo as a great potential to revitalize the neglected river Miljacka’s left bank. At the moment, the zone of the Musical pavilion functions as a park, but without appealing services and the zone of Austrian square is entirely used as a parking place and turntable point for trolleybus.

PROPOSAL square as the main symbol integrated in the space space divided by the functions (music, exhibition, film), but conncected by the materialisation of surfaces. new identity of the square with urban furniture, cascades and water element. EXHIBITION

MUSIC

The zone of the musical pavilion is now active during the al four seasons - fairs, exhibitions, dances, music, cooked wine In this concept, the archeological site is booths etc. A connection with the promtreated as a potential exhibition space, enade and the river is established with with it’s own public square. docks over the water.

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FILM This is also a multifunctional space, which provides the possibility of film screenings. The screen is attached to the redesigned facade of an existing structure. Storage space is provided in the structure’s extension. Flexible and mobile urban furniture, such as “solar trees” and modular stands, is set up.

Austrian square becomes a central point in the wider area. New landscape architecture and space organisation make a real square of this space again. Main troleybus station is located here too. A “map” of the Sarajevo’s important points is set up iin the floor tiling with solar panels - they collect the energy during

PROPOSED SECTION THROUGH THE MUSIC PAVILLION PARK

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architecture

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ARCHITECTURE PAVILION: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION - 2 ND ANNUAL MAGAZINE ARHITEKTON AWARD

- international competition -

location_ N/A team_ Aida Biscevic, Emina Arapcic & Irma Santic coordinator_ Akhitekton Magazine (Serbia) & Kingspan scope_ international competition date_ April 2012 web_

http://www.arhitekton.net/konkurs-nagrada-competition-award-2012-2/?lang=sr

The task was to design an architecture pavilion, as exhibition space. The idea was to call on young architects to design a new ‘timeless’ and ‘spaceless’ pavilion, that discusses the issues and aspirations of contemporary architecture. The prerequisites were: the use of Kingspan modular panels, to accentuate the form and function of the pavilion; the site is perfectly flat and accessible from all sides; respect given approximate dimensions (3,6 x 12 x 4,2 m); give special attention to the lighting, create an atmosphere suitable for the function.

concept

The concept of our proposal is based in the decision to reflect on the ‘timelessness’ and ‘spacelessness’ of architecture through a prism of timeless and spaceless social issues: transience and lasting, contrast and unison, equality and opposition, cyclicality of life and the constant battle between good and evil - light and darkness.

EVOLUTION OF IDEA flexibility: visual and functional

cyclical movements through space gradation vs. contrast: perception of diversity playing with the volume - adding and subtraction

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symbolism and perception

unison volume

expanded volume

contrasted volume

final proposal site plan

Two different volumes (exterior) and distinct spaces (Interior) - symbolizing the struggles between good and bad, night and day, peace and turbulence; are brought together in architectural celebration of diversity through form, multiculturality through function and cyclicity of life through organization of space and materialization.

the cycle

‘night’ area

Interior of the pavilion mimics the cyclic movements in nature. Divided in two areas, it has the space of light - day, with large windows open to the exterior, and of darkness - night, enclosed from the outer world. The border between them is made of perforated aluminum

‘day’ area

rotating panels

panels, creating the game of light and shadows. The routes are somewhat imposed to visitors: two entrances on the opposite sides set them in different starting perspectives, but result in moving through the whole circle, i.e. the spaces of both ‘night’ and ‘day’ nevertheless.

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the inner panels

the light and the darkness

Perforated panels that form the border between the two spaces can also rotate around their axes, providing different spatial dispositions of the pavilion, adjustable to the different purposes of exhibitions.

The border itself divides the space physically, but also creates a ‘metaphysical’ connection, by having keywords of the concept (time, contrast, unity, life, death, peace...) create the perforations. It also plays a crucial role in the change of ‘power ratio’ between opposing forces - ‘inversion’ of the pavilion in the night

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the borders

the exhibition space as exhibit

Playing with the lighting (full wall, perforated inner panels, big glass surface) results in changing borders of the building, depending on the time of the day. During the day(light) the glass facade opens the pavilion to the outside. During the night and thanks to inner lighting, the facade â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;movesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to the back and panels messages come to the foreground.

The main function of the pavilion to host different exhibitions. However, the panels inside are imagined as a kind of permanent exhibiton themselves, backed up by the lighting and movement concepts. This, combined with the changes in the appereance during the day, transforms the exhibition space into an exhibit itself.

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INTERIOR DESIGN: KITCHEN AND WALL STORAGE - freelance project -

location_ author_ client_ scope_ date_

Sarajevo/Bosnia and Herzegovina Aida Biscevic Ena Vukovic/Amar Vukovic Freelance project - design of the kitchen and living room wall storage in an apartment for two January 2012

This project was done as a freelance one. Friends needed a design for the furtniture in their new apartment for two in Sarajevo. The space of intervention was limited to the living room and kitchen area. Because of the disposition and size of the apartment, this space had to be an open one, meaning that the separation of the kitch-

en into another room was not an option, for both functional and hygienic reasons. Therefore the dining â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;isleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is meant to visually separate the living and cooking spaces, while the repetative forms of the elements of water storage for the living area and the kitchen elements create a unified appereance.

LIVING ROOM & KITCHEN PLAN

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WALL SURFACES

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SHOPPING CENTER - academic project -

location_ Alipasino Polje, Sarajevo/Bosnia and Herzegovina team_ Aida Biscevic & Emina Arapcic coordinator_ Prof. Sabrija Bilalic scope_ Architectural design studio: commercial buildings date_ January 2011

An assignment within the class of Commercial buildings in the IXth (3rd)semester at the Faculty of Architecture in Sarajevo. The project was created in teams of two people on given sites and different types of commercial buildings, markets, etc. A list of obligatory services within each project was also given to each team, with the freedom of adding more services of their choice. besides the presented floors, the building has 3 underground levels containig supermarket, cinema and some services in the 1st underground level and parking in the other twe levels.

site plan

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groundfloor plan

1st floor plan

longitudinal section

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2nd floor plan

3rd floor plan

cross section

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facades

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INTERIOR RE-DESIGN

location_ Bihac/Bosnia and Herzegovina author_ Aida Biscevic coordinator_ Nermina Zagora scope_ Interior design studio date_ July 2009

- academic project -

existing apartment plan

BEDROOM

CHILD BEDROOM

BATHROOM

KITCHEN

LIVING ROOM

CHILD BEDROOM

proposed interventions

The project was an asignment within the class of Interior and Design 1, where the task was to redesign an existing interior of a living space (for example oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own house, apartment). The furniture used in the design had to be designed by wellknown designers.

proposed apartment plan

In this project the redesigned interior is the living-room space, connected with dining-room and kitchen in a home which was originally predicted and organised for a family of four but can now be adjusted to the needs of only three people. Therefore the project proposes an expansion and redesign of the living room and creation of a hallway separating the bedrooms. The detailed project is focused on the living and kitchen area.

CHILD BEDROOM BATHROOM

KITCHEN

demolished walls added walls kept walls

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LIVING ROOM

BEDROOM

proposal

proposal detail living room & kitchen

appereance of wall surfaces traversing walls

longitudinal walls

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