2014
architecture
portfolio
maria alina barbu
• name: maria-alina barbu • date of birth: 14.08.1988 • adress: str. tina c. petre, nr.9, bl.L38, sc.a, ap.2, bucharest, romania • telephone number: 40 722 334 226 • e- mail: alina882004@yahoo.com • licence: driver’s licence, B
Curriculum Vitae • PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
April 2016-prezent Architect at Arhiplus Design SRL Projects: Production, storage and employees facilities units- Doduco, Sibiu Storage and employees facilities units-Carrefour, WDP Industrial Park Stefanestii de Jos Storage and employees facilities units-KLG, WDP Industrial Park, Bolintin, Giurgiu Commercial Unit-Penny, Breaza Responsibilities: concept, design and technical documentation for CU, DTAC, PT+ DE, site survey, architectural rendering, direct communication with other specialities May 2015-April 2016 Architect at Concret & Design Solutions, Bucharest: technical documentation for DTAC, PT, DALI for series of projects of energy performance improvement of blocks of flats, District 3, Bucharest September 2014-March Architect at AsiC arhitectura, Bucharest 2015 Projects: single family houses , collective houses, winery, 2 apartments interior design in Bucharest, coffe bar interior design at MEGAMALL, Bucharest Responsibilities: design proposals, 3D modeling, architectural rendering, technical drawing, graphic design, technical documentation. July-December 2014 Collaborator at Verde-Green Investment, Bucharest: house proposal for master-plan Meckesheim, Germany Projects: Single-family house proposal, row houses proposal, double house proposal, Illustration for Urban Master-plan, graphic design for brochures Responsibilities: architectural rendering, design proposals August-Decembre 2013 Architectural Design Intern, at Lums Arhitecti Asociati Projects: Restoration of the UNESCO site Hurezi Monastic Ensemble, in Horezu, Valcea; Responsibilities: site survey for emergency interventions, building pathological survey, technical drawing, architectural rendering, direct communication with clients
August 2012 Architectural Design Intern, at UAUIM Bucharest: Building Survey for traditional house Hagi Prodan Museum in Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania, for the purpose of historical documentation. Project leader: Kazmer Kovacs August 2011 - August 2012 Architectural Design Intern, at CTBIA, ClujNapoca: Project and documentation for single family house, Boldesti-Scaieni, Prahova, direct communication with clients
• EDUCATION
July 2014 Architecture Diploma and Dissertation: Architecture for Archaeology. The social-symbolic dimension of ruins. 2008-2014 Student at “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Bucharest, Romania, 6 year curriculum, with integrated Bachelor and Master Degree 2003- 2007 Baccalaureate Degree“Ion Luca Caragiale” High school, Mathematics‐Informatics profile • EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
August 2012 International MEDS (Meeting of European Design Students) workshop, Ljubljana, Slovenia Project: “A Space with One Wall” Tutors: Rae Moore, Mike O’Dell (Ireland) July 2012 5 Places to Extinguish Prejudices workshop, Arhitext summer school at the Centre of vernacular architecture, Dealu Frumos, Sibiu. Tutor: Mihai Racu Lecturers: Ioan Andreescu, Bogdan Ghiu, Silviu Aldea, Arpad Zachi, Dana Milea, Christina Milici, Mihai Zachi, Mara Popa • SKILLS Hand Drawing in different techniques Model Making Site survey • LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY English - advanced, French- medium, Italian- beginner • SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY
CAD Design and 3D modelling Autodesk Autocad 2007-2016 Graphisoft Archicad 14-19 Rendering Abvent Artlantis 5 Lumion 3D v4 Presentation Adobe Photoshop CS6 - CC Adobe InDesign CS6 - CC Others Microsoft Office Suite 2007
1. rupestral churches of basarabi
visitor centre
Discovered in 1957, at the start of a contemporary chalkstone excavating operation in the area, the ensemble is made up of a series of chambers of worship, branched tunnels, burial chambers, dwellings, tombs. Drawings were found on the walls of these chambers, with a deep symbolic value, depicting different scenes both from Christian and pagan spirituality, as well as a great number of inscriptions, that have not yet been completely deciphered. Excavated in the white chalkstone massif, they reproduce and amplify through sculpture spaces and volumes known in the architecture of the late dark ages, between the 7th and the 10th centuries A.D. This constitutes a unique Romanian monument and an exceptional example of Christian rupestral architecture in Europe. Since its discovery, in the 60’s the stone elements that were partially crushed have been repositioned into a concrete frame with cement mortar. A protective concrete structure has been partially built, covering less than half of the site’s surface. The rest is covered with a temporary wooden protective structure. The project does not aim to replace those structures with others apt to create a more adequate microclimate for the preservation of the monuments because the relevant studies have not yet reached a definite conclusion. Because of the excessive sensibility of the site, special organisational measures are required for visitation. Chalkstone is a brittle material, that is very sensitive and it cannot support functions destined for tourists, while the small, fragile spaces are not suitable for large numbers of visitors. In keeping with these observations, the new building is moved to a separate location, exsitu, but still in the protected area of the archaeological monument. This area has a general urban plan which specifies the arrangement of a “museum park with a belvedere” on stable ground, close to the site. The functions proposed by the project aim to accommodate two types of visitors – tourists and researchers. The first type are interested in getting to know the area and its history, while the researchers have an interest in studying the archaeological findings along with their social history, their languages, and preservation practices. For the former category, it will supply reception and information spaces as well as rooms for displaying and describing the objects found during archaeological digs. Also, due to the frailty and the undetermined period of time necessary to stabilise the authentic materials in the caves, it provides spaces that display, in a clear and un-ambiguous manner, the inscriptions recorded from the caves walls. These spaces will serve to reduce the flow of visitors directly to the caves which can be visited in a controlled manner, in limited groups, under guidance, as they are being opened. The necessary spaces for the research teams are modular, easily configured to accommodate the needs of a specific team. The new building follows the principles detailed in the dissertation, employs a light structure (wood or metal), which is easily reversible, that conforms to the landscape without being intrusive. In case it becomes inadequate, the structure can be disassembled in order to restore the initial shape of the site.
2.office tower
serban voda way, bucharest
1st floor
groundfloor
2nd floor
3rd floor
4th floor
standard floor
final floors- restaurant and terrace
3. single family house
jean louis calderon, bucharest
ground floors
top floor
intermediate floors
4. row houses
george georgescu, bucharest
ground floors
intermediate floors
upper floors
5. urban living room
kisseleff park, bucharest
A specific atmosphere... In a representative area of Bucharest, one very much impregnated with culture, I attempt to recapture the lost communal charater which this street had in the past. Kiseleff boulevard was initially concieved as an urban promenade, framed on each side by ”bohemian” fin-de-siècle buildings. The street was the place to see and be seen, to reflect on and trade impressions, gestures, news, or fond memories. It thus quckly become an elegant meeting place, a place which greeted everyone warmly - a common ”living room”. Although the buzz on the boulevard has been replaced since by that of the cars, the ideas of ‘exchange’ and ‘meeting’ still manifest themselves in the different fairs throughout the year. My proposal consists of a number of mobile frames - modules which contain antique pieces of furniture. My intetntion is to create an interior atmosphere in an outdoor space, to celebrate the openness and popularity of the streets in the past. The modules make the transition between the street and more intimate surroundings, which have an open-air library, different places to sit and exchange ideas, impressions, books and stories. The whole ensemble is meant to lie in stark contrast to the agitation of the surrounding streets, while its temporary and flexible character transforms it to a kind of guerilla architecture.
Public space - private space
Evolution of the Street - attitude towards the street
Intervention - The atmosphere of a room is recreated outdoors to express the close relationship people had to the streets of the past.
possible configurations of the modules
free community
meeting
lecture/ concert
modules - flexible - mobile - temorary - permanent - frame - display window - trace - memory
water-resistant timber roof
timber posts
timber platform
mobile base
The modules are concieved as mobile and flexible. They can thus configure themselves to create different spaces depending on the requirements of a specific event. They have a temporary character and the interior funiture elements express that certain intimate character which invites one to participate. They are also provided with community libraries / dispay cases (depending on the weather) - which are permanent elements. In the times when no events are planned, the bases and the display cases act as reminders of the events which took place there, even thought they are missing.
6.insertion in historical centre
ion luca caragiale, bucharest
7. a space with one wall
MEDS, ljubljana, slovenia
A space with one wall 2012, MEDS (Meeting of European Design students) Slovenia Coordinating Team: Rae Moore, Mike O’Dell “Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul” (Oscar Wilde) Participation in the MEDS Workshop gave me an opportunity to engage in dialogue with people from different countries and collaborate on the design and construction of a pavilion which was exposed for a week in the courtyard of the Ethnographic Museum in Ljubljana. The concept behind the pavilion is the definition of a spherical space which, not unlike a meditation pavilion, heightens one’s awareness of the self. On approach, the golden sphere gradually discloses itself, but never completely, because it needs to keep itself separate form the environment. Once inside, the spherical space becomes a multisensorial experience. Light and sound coming from outside are distorted and the anything originating inside is amplified.
8.survey of pathology
hurezi UNESCO heritage site
9.site survey of a traditional house
hagi prodan museum, ploiesti
10. 3D modelling
11. professional experience
single family house, bragadiru, bucharest
responsibilities: concept, technical drawing, 3d modeling, rendering
living+winery,s+p, buzau
responsibilities: concept, technical drawing, 3d modeling, rendering
collective housing, peris street, bucharest
responsibilities: concept, technical drawing and documentation, 3d modeling, rendering, site observation
single family house, ploiesti
responsibilities: concept, technical drawing, 3d modeling, rendering
interior design
responsibilities: concept, technical drawing, 3d modeling, rendering
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