Portfolio by Ana-Maria Drughi

nC State University, College of Design M.Arch. 2013

Portfolio

AnA-MAriA Drughi

While an undergraduate, I had the opportunity to study abroad for one year, in Lisbon, Portugal. This experience helped me change my perspective on design and understanding of various geographical and cultural backgrounds and contexts. Also, it opened up a new road ahead of me, one in which the international experience become much more important to me. In 2011, the next stop was US where I am continuing my education studying for a Masters Degree in Architecture. As a student, both on my undergraduate and graduate degree, I have studied and produced studio projects that have looked into the problems of the cities and appropriated urban design approaches, as well as more detailed architectural projects. The most recent projects involve sustainable design in vernacular contexts and airport planning. As a graduate student at NC State University, College of Design I have participated in the ULI/Gerald D Hines Urban Design competition in January 2012 and again in 2013, as a team leader. The skills that I will be able to bring to a team stem for my educational experience from the University of Architecture and Urban Planning â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ion Mincuâ&#x20AC;?, Bucharest and as graduate student at NC State, where I have studied architecture, city design and landscape architecture.

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romania

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usa

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Ana-Maria

Drughi

adrughi@ncsu.edu

| 267.303.4391 | 3820 Jackson st | P324 | Raleigh NC | 27607

EDUCATION & TEACHING

North Carolina State University Raleigh NC Master of Architecture expected graduation May 2013 City Design Certificate May 2013 Kamphoefner Honor Fellowship, 2nd place 2012 NC State University Foundation Fellowship 2011-2012 Teaching Assistant – First Year Experience, instructor Fernando Magallanes Aug 2011 – present Research Assistant – Army module, Dean Marvin Malecha July 2012 Research Assistant – Determining patterns of architectural reciprocity within the EU Hunt McKinnon July 2012 University of Architecture and Urban Planning “Ion Mincu” Bucharest, Ro Master in Landscape and Territory, 1st in my class of 2010-2011 Teaching Assistant – First Year Design Studio, instructor Cristian Drughean Oct 2010 – July 2011 University of Architecture and Urban Planning “Ion Mincu”, Bucharest, Ro Bachelor of Architecture, Summa Cum Laude Graduated 2010 Lusofona University of Humanities and Technologies, Lisbon, Pt Bachelor of Architecture, 2nd in my class Exchange student, 2008-2009

RELATED EXPERIENCE

S.C. DD Design Studio S.R.L., Bucharest, Romania, July 2009 – July 2011 Architect Intern Single family residence, cultural, health facilities, hotels SC Architect Concept Studio SRL – Bucharest, Romania, March 2008 – June 2008 Architect Intern Multifamily residential Architecture Firm Ana Maria Dabija, Bucharest, Romania, Jan 2008 – Feb 2008 Architect Intern Worked in a team to survey an existing building

EXHIBTIONS

Kamphoefner Honor Fellowship Exhibit – Oct 2012, Raleigh NC, 2nd place ULI competition – Jan 2012, Jan 2013, Raleigh, NC, participant AIA Scholarship – Dec 2011, Dec 2012, Raleigh NC, nominated Annual of Architecture – July 2011, Bucharest, Ro, participant, 2 projects RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards – Dec 2010 London, UK, participant Pensar Carnide Exhibition – July 2009, Carnide-Lisbon, Pt, participant New Life for Urban Steams II: strategies for revitalizing the Jardas/Barcarena stream, organized by Berkley University– June 2009, Lisbon, Pt, participant Towards a New Architectural Identity – June, 2009 Lisbon, Pt, participant UAUIM Exhibition – 2004-2008 Bucharest, Ro, participated in the yearly exhibits

AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS

Gala of Romanian Students Studying Abroad finalist – Bucharest Ro Jan 2013 Kamphoefner Honor Fellowship 2nd place – Raleigh, NC Oct 2012 SROBMS Award for Best Graphics for poster design – Bucharest, Ro Sept 2012 UAUIM / ATELIER – Bucharest, Ro July 2012 3rd place public vote ArtURBAIN – Paris, Fr May 2011 Best diploma project of the year – Bucharest, Ro July 2010 Certification for AutoCAD and 3ds Max – ULHT Lisbon, Pt May 2009 igloo student journal no 1 – Bucharest, Ro March 2008

SKILLS

Hand & Digital Drawing, Drafting, Photography, Collage, Model-building, Publication Design Software Proficient in Autodesk - ACAD, 3ds Studio Max + V-ray Windows, Microsoft Office Sketch-up Adobe CSx (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) Beginner in Revit, Rhino + Grasshopper Languages Fluent in English, Romanian, French, Portuguese, Ongoing German Course

Content portfolio

city grain Minneapolis, Mn

COND

PUBL ENER

HOTEL PV PANE LS FOR HEATED SIDEWALKS

PV PANELS FOR HEATED SIDEWALKS

PUBLIC

TAILGA + PARKIN

1 BEDROOM UNIT 1 BEDROOM UNIT

TAILGA

RETAIL RESIDENDITIAL UNITS

3 BEDROOM UNIT STUDIO UNIT

[bayou]diversity | uli Houston, tX

MOTION+REST DurHaM, nC

PLANT BREEDING & GENETICS CENTER LISbon, PortugaL

CARNIDE AUDITORIUM LISbon, PortugaL

FITNESS FACILITY

15’ SIDEWALK

10’ TRAFIC

STORMWATER HARVASTING

8’ BIKELANE

RETAIL

STORMWATER HARVASTING

15’ SIDEWALK

RETAIL

8’ PARKING

FITNESS FACILITY

RETAIL

10’ TRAFIC 8’ BIKELANE

FITNESS FACILITY

STORMWATER HARVASTING

10’ TRAFIC

STORMWATER HARVASTING

68’ LINEAR PARK

15’ SIDEWALK

10’ TRAFIC

8’ PARKING

15’ SIDEWALK

RETAIL/LIVE WORK UNITS

8’ PARKING 8’ BIKELANE 10’ TRAFIC

FITNESS FACILITY

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NC State University, College of Design M.Arch. Track 1

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2013 Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition instructor Simon Atkinson, Robin Abrams and Sara Queen team Ana-Maria Drughi (team leader), Soroush Khajegi, Tyler Parker, Christopher Rumbley, Eric Thomas

City Grain is a wellness-oriented development initiative designed to catalyze the growth of complete communities throughout Minneapolis by implemening asset-based and ecosystemic interventions into the Downtown East District. The main concept focuses on WELLNESS and its implementation in four major real: physical, environmental, community and economic.

operational network of strat gather investment and pu place making at the ARM

PHASE TWO: mixed residential an 1,751,999 sq

food shelter

urban farms

food truck on 5th

grocery home in elliot park condo on portland ave

community supported agriculture

7 STREET

Economic Wellness

The introduction of a major food hub to Downtown East District pivots around adaptive reuse of the historic Armory as a fresh market serving surrounding neighborhoods and becoming a destination for the broader metro region.

Environmental Wellness

PV PANE LS FOR HEATED SIDEWALKS

Honoring Minneapolis’s historical orgins on the Mississippi, City Grain Project invites the vitality of the river into the heart of Downtown East by visually and ecologically managing stormwater as an asset.

PV PANELS FOR HEATED SIDEWALKS

1 BEDROOM UNIT 1 BEDROOM UNIT

RESIDENDITIAL UNITS

3 BEDROOM UNIT STUDIO UNIT

15’ SIDEWALK

STORMWATER HARVASTING

8’ PARKING

RETAIL

10’ TRAFIC 8’ BIKELANE

RETAIL

10’ TRAFIC

STORMWATER HARVASTING

FITNESS FACILITY

8’ PARKING 8’ BIKELANE 10’ TRAFIC

15’ SIDEWALK

10’ TRAFIC

8’ PARKING

10’ TRAFIC

8’ PARKING

15’ SIDEWALK

RETAIL/LIVE WORK UNITS

FITNESS FACILITY

68’ LINEAR PARK

FITNESS FACILITY

STORMWATER HARVASTING

15’ SIDEWALK

10’ TRAFFIC

LIGHT RAILS

15’ SIDEWALK

VERTICAL FARM

10’ TRAFFIC

15’ SIDEWALK

STORMWATER COLLECTION

10’ TRAFFIC

15’ SIDEWALK

10’ TRAFFIC

15’ SIDEWALK

ARMORY MARKET

5 STREET

15’ SIDEWALK

6 STREET

15’ SIDEWALK

10’ TRAFFIC

15’ SIDEWALK

food aggregator

compost

garden design

LAND USE MASTERPLAN

emphasis on corridor activitation, greenway FOOD connectivity, mixed-use redevelopment

hospital

vertical farm

15’ SIDEWALK

10’ TRAFFIC

school

8 STREET

15’ SIDEWALK

10’ TRAFFIC

restaurant

rural farms

We believe urban design projects should be interventions that catalyze the positive momentum and existing assets in surrounding neighborhoods, enfranchising and knitting ARMORY together the grain of the city into a cohesive fabric where MARKET wealth spreads out and all live uniquely well.

bike delivery

7 STREET

VERTICAL FARM

GROWING A 21st CENTURY CITY

compost

garden design

MARKET AND LINEAR PARK

community supported agriculture

culinary training

10MIN WALKING BIKING WALKING

8 STREET

10’ TRAFFIC

WALKING BIKING WALKING

10’ TRAFFIC

Partnerships, collaborations and good neighbors are vital to creation of community wellness. New residential development emphasizes the creation of mixed-income live/ 10MIN work buildings walkable to new schools, local food, cultural experiences, greenspace and multi-modal transit options connecting to the metro region and beyond. Design strategy for new construction emphasizes responsiveness to existing architecture and form that is customizable for individualized lifestyle as well as adaptable for future growth and uses. A vision for the new Vikings Stadium encourages a yeararound activated park/plaza that invites participationfrom surrounding neighbors and becomes public space that serves game day and every other day.

We believe urban design projects should be interventions that catalyze the positive momentum and existing assets in surrounding neighborhoods, enfranchising and knitting together the grain of the city into a cohesive fabric where wealth spreads out and all live uniquely well.

VIEW OF THE ARMORY rooftop growing

10’ TRAFFIC

GROWING A 21st CENTURY CITY

15’ SIDEWALK

Community Wellness

FOOD HUB DIAGRAM

city city GRAIN GRAIN

Collaborating with regional partners, City Grain seamlessly integrates athletic, fittness, nutrition and local food centers. A greenway-oriented bike hub prioritizes bike transit options and access to riverfront amenities to maximize a preventive health culture.

HUB DIAGRAM

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15’ SIDEWALK

Physical Wellness

PREDEVELOPMENT: community activation an

culinary training

bike delivery

physical physical

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physical environmental environmental environmental communitycommunity community economic

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economic economic

food hub, bike hub and wellness center

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wellness

SALE: form based code and reinvestment (2024)

mixed use high rise hotel mixed use residential expanded initiatives

establish a form-based code district sell properties and pay off remaining debt reinvest

school

SALE: form based code and reinvestment garden design (2024)

hospital

establish a form-based code district

ARMORY

vertical farm

MARKET

food aggregator food shelter

$ $

VERTICAL FARM

WELLNESS CENTER

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4 STREET

3 STREET

A 2 bedroom unit

2 bedroom unit

1 bedroom unit

urban farms urban farms grocery grocery

TH 5 STREET 5 STREET

TH 6 STREET TH 6 STREET 4 STREET

URBAN DESIGN

100’

200’

BEHAVIOR MAPS

500’

TH 4 STREET 4 STREET

3 STREET

RURAL FOOD PRODUCTION numbers of farms

TH 3 STREET 3 STREET

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GAME DAY

PANELS FOR PV PANNELS HEATING THE SIDEWALK

residents

STORMWATER COLLECTION

EVERY DAY

SECTION A-A

SECTION SECTION A-AA-A

visitors

15’ SIDEWALK

10’ TRAFFIC

15’ SIDEWALK

10’ TRAFFIC

LIGHT RAILS

STORMWATER COLLECTION

10’ TRAFFIC

ARMORY MARKET

15’ SIDEWALK

10’ TRAFFIC

15’ SIDEWALK

10’ TRAFFIC

retail

15’ SIDEWALK

10’ TRAFFIC

15’ SIDEWALK

fitness facility

homepark in elliot park home in elliot on portland ave condo oncondo portland ave

residents

5 STREET

visitors

food shelter food shelter

community supported community supported agriculture agriculture

STADIUM

residents

EVERY DAY

LAND USE MASTERPLAN

food aggregator food aggregator

emphasis on corridor activitation, greenway connectivity, mixed-use redevelopment

6 STREET

emphasis on corridor activitation, greenway connectivity, mixed-use redevelopment LAND USE MASTERPLAN

restaurant restaurant

hospital hospital

HOSPITAL

BIKE HUB

school school

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The TOWER

FOOD AGGREGATOR

B B

SECTION A-A

ARMORY ARMORY

GUTHRIE THEATER

CULINARY INSTITUTE

home in elliot park condo on portland ave

rooftop growing p growing

MARKET MARKET

ARMORY MARKET

grocery

community supported community supported agriculture agriculture

vertical farm al farm

WELLNESS CENTER ELLIOT PARK

TRANSIT STATION

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7 STREET

STADIUM BIKE HUB

urban farms

food truck on 5th

community supported agriculture

rural farms rural farms

LIBRARY

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HOSPITAL

WELLNESS INITIATIVES

LAND USE MASTERPLAN

rural farms

restaurant

VERTICAL FARM

RESIDENTIAL UNITS SCHOOL

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FOOD HUB DIAGRAM

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CULINARY INSTITUTE

FOOD AGGREGATOR

MARKET AND LINEAR PARK

rooftop growing compost

GUTHRIE THEATER The TOWER

LINEAR PARK

form based and reinvestment SALE:SALE: form based code code and reinvestment (2024)(2024)

mixed use high rise hotel mixed use high rise hotel mixed use residential mixed use residential expanded initiatives expanded initiatives

ft (2018-2023) GROWING A 21st CENTURY CITY

urban agriculture fitness arts corridor

PHASE residential and hospitality PHASE TWO: TWO: mixedmixed residential and hospitality 1,751,999 sq ft (2018-2023) 1,751,999 sq ft (2018-2023)

community supported agriculture

ARMORY MARKET TRANSIT STATION

PHASE TWO: mixed residential and hospitality 1,751,999 sq ft (2018-2023)

wellness

VIEW OF THE ARMORY

LIBRARY

ALTERNATIVE TRANSIT

food hub, bike hub and wellness center green infrastructure and linear park mixed-use, mixed income residential

SCHOOL

circulator bus nice ride bike stations light rail

tegic partnerships urchase properties MORY MARKET

RESIDENTIAL UNITS

WELLNESS INITIATIVES

PHASE ONE: amenities and mixed use residential construction 1,243,265 sq ft (2015-2017)

$ 5813

urban agriculture fitness arts corridor

nd investment (2013--2014)

physical environmental community economic

LINEAR PARK

wellness wellness

5813

35 11

A A

2 bedroom unit

2 bedroom unit 2 bedroom unit

2 bedroom unit

1 bedroom unit

2 bedroom unit 2 bedroom unit

1 bedroom unit 1 bedroom unit

fitness facility

URBAN DESIGN

15’ SIDEWALK

10’ TRAFFIC

15’ SIDEWALK

retail

STORMWATER COLLECTION

100’

200’

fitness facility

PANELS FOR PV PANNELS HEATING THE SIDEWALK

fitness facility

retail

URBAN DESIGN URBAN DESIGN

15’ SIDEWALK

10’ TRAFFIC

15’ 10’SIDEWALK TRAFFIC

10’ TRAFFIC 10’ TRAFFIC

10’ TRAFFIC

15’ SIDEWALK 10’ TRAFFIC

15’ SIDEWALK

10’ TRAFFIC

LIGHT RAILS 15’ SIDEWALK

15’ SIDEWALK LIGHT RAILS

10’ TRAFFIC 10’ TRAFFIC

STORMWATER STORMWATER COLLECTION COLLECTION

10’ TRAFFIC

15’ SIDEWALK

10’ TRAFFIC

15’ 10’SIDEWALK TRAFFIC

10’ TRAFFIC 10’ TRAFFIC

10’ TRAFFIC

15’ SIDEWALK 10’ TRAFFIC

retail

ARMORY MARKET ARMORY MARKET

BEHAVIOR MAPS

500’

100’

100’ 200’

200’

500’

PANELS FOR STORMWATER PV PANNELS PANELS STORMWATER PV PANNELS FOR COLLECTION HEATING THE SIDEWALK COLLECTION HEATING THE SIDEWALK

[3] section along linear park CONDOS

[4] section across linear park

PUBLIC GREEN SPACE/ ENERGY HARVESTING

HOTEL

VIEW OF THE PLAZA AND THE TOWER PUBLIC GREEN SPACE

TAILGATING SPACE + 4 PARKING

120

212

TAILGATING SPACE RETAIL SPACE

FITNESS FACILITY

URBAN FOOD PRODUCTION number of producers 45 15’ SIDEWALK

10’ TRAFIC

8’ BIKELANE

STORMWATER HARVASTING

15’ SIDEWALK

RETAIL

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NC State University, College of Design M.Arch. Track 1

Architecture and Cultural Sustainability Contemporary Interventions in Vernacular Environments instructor Paul Tesar

hammam

urban | medina of fes road structure and monumets

Medina Fez Bali

Main Bus Station

Medina

Royal Palace

Train Station

Fez Bali

Main Bus Station

urban | medina of fes road structure and monumets

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Train Station

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continent

Ville Nouvelle

BORJ NORD Airport

country

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Fes El Bali

continent

Morocco labyrinthic city | narrow and half lit streets and alleys, cul-de-sacs

BORJ NORD

population | of Fes aprox.: 1,000.000 of Fes el Bali: 156,000

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country

economics |

city

Fes El Bali Morocco

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44,900,000 MW hr/yr

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21,470,000 MW hr/yr

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marocan

Sabah & Fahal Passages

Structural Frame green spaces in the old medina are scarce. a potential improvement could be using the roofs to increase the amount of green space per person.

fes medina

les merinides

marocan and donkey

fes el jadid

1. Religious Center

2 2. Working Spaces 3. Living Spaces

jnan el ouai tanner leather

4. City Wall 5. Gardens & Cemeteries

0.2 green space per person

0.5 green space per person 1.1 green space per person

26 cm caligraphic decorations 5 cm floral arbesques 13 cm geometrical decorations (2D and 3D

agdal

district limit

copper and brass

sais

zouagha

1km

Five materials â&#x20AC;&#x201D; marble, mosaics, c wood and painted wood, chiseled plast Five colors: Blue for sky, white for pur depth, yellow for wealth, green for Islam Structural Frame:

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The sprawling colorful motif and - beams, radia Timber (typically cedar wood) columns structures, mud brick bearing walls as with an timberab b central eight-pointed star them. Columns are generally between 2.5 and 3.5 nature and human body. diameter of 40-50 cm. They are always arranged sy

4.8 green space per person 11 green space per person

Brickwor

Islamic art related to architecture:

26 cm 5 cm 13 cm

2km

enates - plan vert de fes, 2006

urban context | neighborhoods

urban context | ceramic

fondouq lihoudi

zenjfor

lameteyene

BORJ NORD

Exterior Surfaces:

zqaq rommane

.VE CSJDL JOm MM XBMMT UIBU IBWF UIF MFBTU BNPVOU PG Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re coated with a rough layer of lime mo ornamentation.

textile carpenter blida

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Interior Surfaces:

sagha

ain-zleten

Walls are coated carefully in plaster and all interior IJHIMZ PSOBNFOUFE XJUI DBSWFE n PSBM BOE DBMMJHSB are covered with colorful glazed ceramic tiles. The contrast between the inside and outside.

tourist qarawiyine

chrabliyine souiot bensapi

cluster of houses where social interaction was more likely to happen WDODÂˇD kasbah nouar

guerniz

WDODÂˇD

quas

qettanine

rhabt zbib

gzira

typical screen glass geometry

FĂ¨s -Bali

VLG OÂˇDRXDG

la ayoun

gardens boujloud

douh qalqliyine

andalousian quarter

makhfiya

monuments

el-hamiya batha lahdid

ziat

FĂ¨s- Jdid

BORJ SUD

artisans ras jnane

ziat 0

100 m

500 m

carved wood | window frame and

A hammam is a public bath, an essential urban facility in the islamic culture, used for social gatherings and ritual cleansing. Hot water is used as a cult, an art to cure people, and an art of life. The hammam is not only a space with its architectural features, but a social microcosm with its own social life patterns, including norms, value and social rules that are typical for this cultural heritage. The changing room, where the client meets the managers, changes, hand over his/her’s cloths, chooses his/her’s massage woman, and changes back to normal after his/her’s hammam experience. The hammam experience. It starts with a hidden entrance, followed by a domed windowless space, dramatically illuminated by geometric patterns of quammeriettes whose daylight pierces through the dome, lower darker space humid, smaller with whiffs of steam, space where the steam is more evident, warmer and more humid, where bathers lying on marble benches are being scrubbed down and massaged. Magical light as the suns rays launched by the qammariettes slash their way through the steam and finally disperse in a fog just before reaching the floor; timeless space and just blankly stare at the muqarnas – the abstract, arabesque patterns that make the dome.

[1] river front view of the complex

a’

[1] longitudinal section (a-a’)

[1] main floor plan

[1] roof terrace

[1] warm room

[1] hot room

[1] undressing room

NC State University, College of Design M.Arch. Track 1

City Design Studio instructor Simon Atkinson and Robin Abrams TA Kathryn Parker

3 The ‘‘Ark’’ | battersea

EXPERIENCE | EDUCATION | ART Water front is all about celebration, having the water element as an inspiration; the water front needs to provide a spectacle to change the existing nearly abandoned places into more lively spaces. The water front development should not be seen as a thin line; it should be a place to live, to reinvent and to access the water edge as well as maintaining the economic part (jobs for the inhabitants) Therefore, the water front should be a place of experience, based on water, art and education [1], [1â&#x20AC;&#x2122;]. People visit the water front for some common reasons, present in all water front redevelopment projects: the presence of water, the possibility to play and learn, the walking experience, to attend a concert, or simply to gather.

[1] the ferry (view of Battersea from the Thames)

So Battersea Development plan includes all the above becoming this hybrid of functions, activities and experiences [4].

[2] site section

[3] site diagrams

[1â&#x20AC;&#x2122;] aerial view of Battersea

[4] 3d site view

As a defining part of the water front, Battersea needs to be a spatial experience; the section [5], [7] shows the interior spectacle. First, the ground floor [6] is divided between water and land, recreating the water edge within the building, multiplying this effect to provide the “thickness” required. The privacy levels changes within the different floors. First one is a large open space, hosting “the wall gallery”, floating shops and restaurants, the lobby for the library and the hotel and most important the water edge – the “pier” where you can rent boats or just enjoy watching them [8]. One important element of this space is the celebration of the tidal levels. Although the water level is being control by a river lock, on different times of the week the level of the water changes. This event is open to all visitors.

[5] section

The space has a double height to unify the overall experience. The upper levels [6] are separated in the two settle bags of the existing building. On the right hand side are hotel, library, community center and spa. On the left side you have the school, workspaces for artists and two conference rooms with a foyer between them. The two sides are connected on the roof level by three zigzagging art sky bridges, hosting art galleries [9].

[6] plan diagrams

The roofs are green open spaces, proving views over the new development and the Thames. The next 2 levels host housing on the west side and one art gallery on the east side. The four chimney towers are individual vertical galleries: one with the entrance from the river has an interior water spectacle. The other one next to the river is a wind tunnel. And the two from the back host the Earth and the Sun exhibits.

[7] 3d section

[8] the boat exhibit

[9] the art gallery

NC State University, College of Design M.Arch. Track 1

City Design Studio instructor Simon Atkinson and Robin Abrams TA Kathryn Parker

4 living laboratory

An investigation on how tall buildings can be sustainable: Ecological landmark tower close to downtown Houston, on the north side of the Bayou river. The tower is a hybrid of a multiplicity of uses (residential units, office spaces, interior parks, transit hub and hotel), creating an internalized townscape, with a big emphasize on community feeling and neighborhood scale. The leisure activities act as a vertical buffer between working and living. The first buffer, the public atrium, is the first place a person interacts with the building (a reception and shops are located here). The business plaza separates 2 working areas. The third one is the digital plaza, separating working and living area. The community park, with playgrounds, cafĂŠs, and art expo, is between 2 living areas. Last is the rooftop lounge; special because is the most highest common space of the building. Living working resting and eco ramps!

[a] section

[b] site development and Bayou

[c] live

work

leisure

[e] building diagrams

structural system dual structural core

structural system dual structural core + cantilevered floor plates

public spaces parks

[d] internal transit diagram

[d]

public spaces parks + sky bridges

public spaces parks + sky bridges + eco-ramps

[a] eco-landmark

[b] earth

[c] wind

[d] water

[e] sun Being an ECOlogical landmark, the tower has integrated systems, using earth, wind, water and sun energy to sustain its functions.

[f ] street view and eco-ramps

NC State University, College of Design M.Arch. Track 1

5 [bayou]diversity | ULI

City Design Studio | 2012 Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition instructor Simon Atkinson and Robin Abrams, TA Kathryn Parker team Ana-Maria Drughi, Nathan Blair (team leader), Brandon Brooks, James Benson, Tipton Fowlkes

2012 challenged students with a new site! Downtown Houston. Houston is becoming more and more segregated, when white , black and Hispanic communities chose to live in their own space within the city.

creates Houston has a diverse community which has become self-segregated. The illustration to the left shows the breakdown of the population by race in the greater Houston area.

biodiversity:

resilient stable & sustainable

“the variety of life in the world...”

Houston has a diverse community which has become self-segregated. The illustration to the left shows the breakdown of the population by race in the greater Houston area.

ASIAN

community

nurse The main function is a multimodal transit hub [2][2]billboard family commuter rail, high speed rail and Amtrak - , which connects who business commuter executive downtown to the airport, through a proposed high speed rail.elderly The teenager architecture of the hub reflects the movement and speed of the trains and highways. universal access

consumer

student

GWB International rail: 20 minutes car: 35 minutes bus: 80 minutes

HEIGHTS

The GALLERIA

learning g

plays festivals

bike: 30 minutes

BAYOU DIVERSITY

DOWNTOWN CIRCULATION

rail: 5 minutes

drinks

s spa

transit

open space

MEDICAL DISTRICT

[4] existing

bicycle routes bus routes

SITE CIRCULATION 4 1/

vehicle traffic foot/bike traffic

adius mile r

rail transfer rail transit

bars

Untreated Runoff

cafe

views

apartments movie Riparian Edge

Secondary Filtration

Tertiary Filtration

Current Lt. Rail

HOBBY AIRPORT bus: 35 minutes

vehicle routes walking routes

office

Commuter

rail: 10 minutes

train: 2 hours to San Antonio

hotel

Bayou Wetland

walk: 15 minutes drive: 1 hour to Galveston

1”

Minor Connections

RICE UNIVERSITY bike: 30 minutes

MAS

where restaurants

STORM WATER FILTRATION Bayou Forest

SKYLINE DISTRICT

elderly

Looking up the boardwalk on Buffalo Bayou

store

walk: 5 minutes

MEMORIAL PARK

family

teachers

Major Connections

drive: 20 minutes

[4] local, local, regional regional and and national connections connections

universal access

teenager

what bicycles

Existing

nurse

who commuter

rrelax entertainm entertainment shops

SITE MASSING

shop owner

business executive

lives working

train: 5 hours to New Orleans

drive: 15 minutes

movement

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vvisits

[ ayou]Diversity represents the variety of life in the world, therefore [Bayou]Diversity [Bayou]Diversity, LOCAL, REGIONAL, WORLD CONNECTIONS in Houston and particularly, in this community.

movies

exercise

Next to the multipurpose transit-hotel stands a green office tower [3] An intelligent skin covers the building and opens where the [3]. vegetated sky lobbies are.

kayak

teachers

drive: 4 hours to Dallas

child

tourist

police officer

consumer

child

shop owner

student

community

tourist

ASIAN

SRO

BLACK

HISPANIC

BLACK

5793

condos

HISPANIC

diagram by ERIC FISCHER

CAUCASIAN

team

police officer

diagram by ERIC FISCHER

worker

http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/ 5560487046/sizes/o/in/photostream/

CAUCASIAN

http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/ 5560487046/sizes/o/in/photostream/

brewery

[1] The geometry and constraints of the site directed the massing [1] a resilient and its diagrams [4] [4]; it starts from the Bayou edge and grows stable to & the highways. The divisions allow Bayou to penetrate the site and sustainable create a physical connection to the river.

- New Oxford American Dictionary

worker

[BAYOU] DIVERSITY

grocery

The goal of this project is to use the unifying energy of the Bayou, to create a new community which houses this diversity of people from Houston, their need of diverse activity, creating new places. creates

bus: 55 minutes

Proposed. Lt. Rail

rail routes high speed rail routes

[4] major connections SITE DRAINAGE

exposed drainage piped drainage

DIVERSITY OF SPACES

[4] minor connections

public space

private space

SECTIO

[3] green tower 9

2011

Looking up the boardwalk on Buffalo Bayou

1 MASTER SITE PLAN 1” = 200’

SITE MASSING

view of the transportation hub a

Orleans

Existing

Minor Connections

Major Connections

DOWNTOWN CIRCULATION

STORM WATER FILTRATION Bayou Forest

Untreated Runoff

Bayou Wetland

Riparian Edge Secondary Filtration

[2]multimodal transit hub

veston

Commuter Current Lt. Rail Proposed. Lt. Rail

SITE DRAINAGE

[4] drainage system

DIVERSITY OF SPACES

Tertiary Filtration

[1]site massing

6 motion+rest | natatorium NC State University, College of Design M.Arch. Track 1

Professional Design Studio | Motion+Rest instructor David Hill

At the scale of the city, the West Village site would become a point of attraction for Durham. Connection and connectivity are two main concepts. Connection at the city’s scale, connectivity at the neighborhood scale and connections between the main functions of the building. The goal of my proposal is to transform this site into a place along the new trail in the Durham system of greenways and paths and also create a response for the urban setting of the site, by addressing the street edges and the alignment of the existing buildings [b].

river forest park

GREENWAYS AND TRAILS

west point on the eno whippoorwill park

eno river

interstate 85 duke street

indian trail park

Engaging the trail into my building and adding more space for the public (by creating a new floor sized by the adjacent apartment’s footprint) will help activate the area and create a landmark [a]. This new level will host a gathering/multipurpose space (events, games, outdoor projections at night, exercise spaces into the more enclosed spaces for yoga and ballet/dancing). This would be accessible by 2 exterior stairs (one from the downtown and one from the apartment building) as well as through the interior of the complex. river forest park

river forest park

AYS AND GREENWAYS TRAILS ANDGREENWAYS TRAILS AND TRAILS west point on the eno

whippoorwill park

interstate 85

west point on the eno eno river whippoorwill park

interstate 85

west point on the eno eno river whippoorwill park

westover park

duke university

interstate 85

rock quarry park/ edison johnson center

duke diet fitness center downtown highway 98

cornwallis road park

durham bulls athletic park durham expressway

little lick creek

eno river

sandy creek park

interstate 85

duke street

indian trail park

river forest park

duke street

third fork creek

duke street

interstate 85 rock quarry park/ rock quarry park/ indian trail park westoverindian park trail park westover park westover park edison johnson center edison johnson center

interstate 85 rock quarry park/ edison johnson center

interstate 40

interstate 85

MORGAN STREET

duke university

duke diet fitness center duke university downtown

highway 98

cornwallis road park

“EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED TO EVERYTHING ELSE” Aldo Leopold

duke diet fitness center downtown

highway 98

durham bulls cornwallis athletic road park park durham expressway

highway 98

durham bulls cornwallis road park athletic park little lick creek durham expressway

durham bulls athletic park little lick creek durham expressway

interstate/highway/street rivers important points greenways&trails west village area

interstate 40

little lick creek

DOWNTOWN LOOP

sandy creek park

third fork creek

interstate 40

interstate/highway/street rivers important points greenways&trails west village area

interstate 40

third fork creek

AERIAL VIEWS

third fork creek

interstate 40

interstate/highway/street rivers important points greenways&trails west village area

THE ROOF WITH SKYLIGHTS FOR THE MAJOR AERIAL VIEWS SPACES >> THE POOL (1) AND THE PUBLIC EVENTS (2)

[b] durham trails

“EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED “EVERYTHING TO EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED ELSE” “EVERYTHING TO EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED ELSE” TO EVERYTHING ELSE” Aldo Leopold Aldo Leopold Aldo Leopold MAIN STREET

interstate 40

THE ROOF

(1)

[c] view along main street (1)

WITH SKYLIGHTS FOR THE MAJOR SPACES >> THE POOL (1) AND AERIAL THE PUBLIC VIEWS EVENTS (2)

interstate 40

THE ROOF (1)

WITH SKYLIGHTS FOR THE MAJOR

SPACES >> THE POOL (1) AND AERIAL VIEWSTHE PUBLIC EVENTS (2)

THE ROOF WITH SKYLIGHTS FOR THE MAJOR SPACES

(2)

THE POOL (1) THE PUBLIC EVENTS (2)

(2)

[a] elevations_main street

(12)

THE SECOND FLOOR (8)

(4) FITNESS (3) AEROBICS (4) YOGA STUDIO (5) BALLET (6) THE SECOND FLOOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICES (7) DRY LOCKERS (8) FITNESS (3) STORAGE AEROBICS(9) (4) ELECTRICAL YOGA STUDIOROOM (5) (10) BALLET (6) MAIN GATHERING OFFICES AREA (OUTDOOR) (11) ADMINISTRATION (7) THELOCKERS SECOND FLOOR YOGA (OUTDOOR) (12) DRY (8) STORAGE (9) FITNESS (3) ROOM (10) ELECTRICAL AEROBICS (4) YOGA STUDIO (5) AREA (OUTDOOR) (11) MAIN GATHERING BALLET (6) YOGA (OUTDOOR) (12) ADMINISTRATION OFFICES (7) DRY LOCKERS (8) STORAGE (9) ELECTRICAL ROOM (10)

(5) (6) (12) (8)

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SECOND FLOOR

ELEVATION

FITNESS (3) AEROBICS (4) YOGA STUDIO (5) BALLET (6) ADMINISTRATION OFFICES (7) MAIN GATHERING AREA (OUTDOOR) (11) DRY LOCKERS (8) STORAGE (9) YOGA (OUTDOOR) (12) ELECTRICAL ROOM (10) MAIN GATHERING AREA (OUTDOOR) (11) YOGA (OUTDOOR) (12)

MOTION+REST CONTINUOS OPENINGS ALONG THE FACADES

[a] elevations_downtown loop MAIN STREET ELEVATION

DOWNTOWN LOOP ELEVATION

SCALE 1/16’’=1’-0

(3)

(4)

(5) (6) (9)

(7) (11)

(7) (3) (9)

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THE FIRST FLOOR POOL (1) CAFFEE (13) SMALL EXPO AND RETAIL SPACE (14)

(16)

(14)

EVENTS SPACE (2) FIRST FLOOR PUBLIC THE FIRST FLOOR

OFFICES (7) KITCHEN POOL (1) (15) WET LOCKERS (16 ) CAFFEE (13) SMALL EXPO AND RETAIL SPACE (14) PUBLIC EVENTS SPACE (2) OFFICES (7) THE FIRST KITCHEN (15) FLOOR WET LOCKERS (16 ) POOL (1) CAFFEE (13) SMALL EXPO AND RETAIL SPACE (14) PUBLIC EVENTS SPACE (2) OFFICES (7) KITCHEN (15) WET LOCKERS (16 )

POOL (1) CAFFEE (13) SMALL EXPO AND RETAIL SPACE (14) PUBLIC EVENTS SPACE (2) OFFICES (7) KITCHEN (15) WET LOCKERS (16 )

(13) (16)

[b] concept diagrams

SCALE 1/16’’=1’-0

(15) (14)

(1)

(13) (15)

(1) (16)

(14)

(2)

(7)

(13) (15)

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ELEVATION DOWNTOWN LOOP ELEVATION DOWNTOWN LOOP ELEVATION

(12)

(11) (8)

(7)

[f ] floor plans perspectives (2)

(7)

MORGAN STREET

DOWNTOWN LOOP

MAIN STREET

[e] site plan

[d] pool space

[l] 3d image of the trail, generator of the building

[m] first floor

[o] section 1 (east-west)

[n] second floor

(2)

(7)

The main issue with this idea was how to support this new floor. By looking at the site and its geometry I noticed two major directions/compositional lines: the track and the tangent of downtown loop, which divide the space into four quadrants. I then used a rectangular grid [g] to subdivide this larger square.

[g] 2d development of the structural grid

STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM

(17)

THE GRID

THE FIRST FLOOR_LANDSCAPE STRIPS OF CONCRETE COVER (17) GREEN SPACES (18)

(18)

Considering peoples movement and possible direction from where they could be walking from I transformed the grid by creating openings along the trail and on the corner more closely to downtown [g,h]. Normally you would place columns at the intersection points, however, I chose concrete bearing walls and STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM STRUCTURAL STRUCTURALDIAGRAM DIAGRAM STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM STRUCTURAL STRUCTURALDIAGRAM DIAGRAM metal fins as my main vertical support, allowing for an open space plan. Additionally, the horizontal structure would be a web of steel beams. MORGAN STREET ELEVATION SCALE 1/16’’=1’-0

THE GRID

THE THEGRID GRID

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VERTICA

[h] 3d buildup of the structure

WESTVILLAGE ELEVATION WESTVILLAGE WESTVILLAGEELEVATION ELEVATION SCALE 1/16’’=1’-0

STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM STRUCTURAL STRUCTURALDIAGRAM DIAGRAM

SCALE SCALE1/16’’=1’-0 1/16’’=1’-0

[i] physical model

2011 STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM

STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM

THE TRANSFORMED GRID

THE TRANSFORMED GRID + SECUNDARY ELEMENTS

THE TRANSFORMED GRID + SECUNDARY ELEMENTS + VERTICAL STRUCTURE

WESTVILLAGE ELEVATION

SCALE 1/16’’=1’-0 STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM

THE TRANSFORMED GRID + SECUNDARY ELEMENTS + VERTICAL STRUCTURE

[l] wall section detail

7 NC State University, College of Design M.Arch. Track 1

Digital Material Translation instructor David Hill

coffee table | sunshade

idea into product Using grasshopper, we decided to make a full scale usable product. We decided to make a reinterpretation of a coffee table, twisted louvers going through as many as four rails. Construction process Using the output from grasshopper + rhino, we were able to create files for input with the CNC router, cutting the four main structural pieces (rails). this gave us precise control over the final design of the table.

[1] coffee table

final construction After learning many things about our materials strengths and tolerances, we proceeded towards final construction. we were much more deliberate with our poplar louvers. we also chose to use a higher quality plywood both for finish quality and material strength. other applications After the successful execution of our initial digital process, we asked ourselves about how this process could be used in other applications. we did studies on sun-shading devices as well as found existing products that used similar material and construction techniques.

[2] coffee table opened phase 1

[3] coffee table opened phase 2

[4] 3d model of a sun-shading system

[5] full scale coffee table

[6] posible iterations for sun-shades

[6]

8 urban strategy | bucharest

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ion Mincuâ&#x20AC;&#x153; University of Urban Planning and Architecture Master of Landscape and Teritorry 2011

Masterplanning | Landscape Design and Green Systems instructor Cerasella Craciun

The goal of the project was to recreate an identity for the old industrial spaces in Bucharest, by re-purposing, re-using and rehabitating the spaces. After the urban analysis, some observations about the geographical position of these spaces were made. They follow the graphics of two mathematical functions [1]. This particularity lead to a proposal: placing activities within the old industrial areas in order to create these influential lines of the graphic. The strategy [2] is based on reusing existing space within the city, changing their initial character, linking them using the existing train tracks, and creates new axes of urban development. Accessibility and mobility in the city and its surroundings is improved, by re-using the old train tracks and integrating them into the public transportation network. Touristic, economic and social outcomes should be a result of this approach.

[1] graphics

DDDesignStudio, Bucharest

Schematic Design | instructor Dan Serban

box house

The BOX house is an introverted residence, taking into consideration the clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs for privacy. The exterior aspect of the house is minimal; a concrete box hiding inside the complex interior. The longitudinal concrete box has the narrow sides open, allowing the interior space to penetrate into the landscape; the two wooden smaller boxes appear to give the house the aspect of a drawer [1]. One unique feature is the interior courtyard of the house; this courtyard is a connector on both horizontal and vertical levels [2], providing the interior space with natural light and ventilation. Another connecting aspect of the courtyard is the pool, situated in the proximity of this space; the pool participates at the interior spectacle [4].

[1]

[1] [1] 3d images

[2] concept diagrams

[3] aerial view

[4] view from the back yard

DDDesignStudio, Bucharest

Schematic Design | instructor Dan Serban

10 minihotel

Situated in a historic neighborhood in downtown Bucharest, the minihotel continues the character of the area [1]; by adding contemporary look to a place that has an inventory of architecture over the time. Occupying a small site, the hotel accommodates 15 rooms [4], a lounge and restaurant at the ground floor and a spacious terrace at the upper floor. The restaurant opens up to a court yard [3], which connects to a larger green space, creating a green front yard, typical on that street and in Bucharest in general.

[1]

[1] aerial view

[2] elevation

[4] ground floor

[3] exterior render with context

[4] second and third floor

[4] forth floor

11 plant breeDing anD geneticS center

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ion Mincuâ&#x20AC;&#x153; University of Urban Planning and Architecture B. Arch.

Final project | Diploma instructor Dan Serban

Part of a bigger urban intervention over the area of Carnide, located in the North-Western part of Lisbon, the Plant Breeding and Genetics Centre (PBGC) [1] is the answer the area needed, a combined use of functions and innovation gathered together in this group of buildings . The urban cluster from the study area was formed around farm lands, in the early times, before the Great Earthquake in the 18 th century, in 1755. After the earthquake, the area was submitted to an intense urbanization process, as many of the Lisbonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inhabitants wanted to move away from the affected area, located next to the river Tagus, in the south of Lisbon. Due to this migration, the area was part of the Reconstruction Plan, and a public plaza is born in 1899, Largo da Luz.

[1] PBGC _ aerial view

[2] synthesis of analysis. mission statement

[3] condominium Study area contour, 2010 Roads with urban value, azinhagas, built in the 15th century; they press the void, whom needs to be build along them avenida cidade da Praga closes the study area to the North, creating a pressure a boundary of void spaces the green space from the center of the site and its tendency to communicate with the neighbours; pedestrian walks. old building from the site and the influence area; as a result the courtyard of PBGCC The rectangular shape of Largo da Luz, closing the north side of the plaza with one section of the PBGCC - the exhibition and conference hall the linearity of the north urban tissue pierces through the north section of the PBGCC, see the twisted shaped building the main directions of development of the building PBGCC [1] main development lines for the collective housing [2] (pressure of the azinhagas.)

[4] master plan

As a response to its historical character, a farming land and habitation area, the urban proposal comes to enhance it, by giving the area more living space and green space, built in a variety of forms (an urban park, an experimental sunken yard [8], levelled terraces of the condominiums). This chain of functions are linked by an interstitial space, that offers a spatial experience while crossing it. You start from the historical Largo da Luz, you enter the experimental yard of the PBGC where you are submitted to interact with various spaces and information; after gathering that info you are exposed to the relaxing area of the urban park. The projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal is increasing the publicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s awareness on the research activity and its importance in everyday life, thus the juxtaposition of the facility with a conference centre [6] and a public library, posed along the perimeter of a sunken experimental yard [8]. Covering this yard, the person is exposed to different layers of information, arranged over stripes of activities and textures (the covered space, the ramps, the leisure area, the green spaces, the info areas etc). This itinerary offers the pedestrian an alternative route across the Carnide area, an urban by-pass, knowledge and leisure space, a living museum presenting the process of research and its reflection in peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life.

[8] first floor_laboratory facility and sunken yard

[6] 3d images inside the conference center

[5] 3d image under the conference center

[2] view below the conference center [7] wall section

[8] view of the laboratory facililty and library from the sunken experimental yard

[6] section of the conference center

[6,8] section of the PBGC. laboratory, experimental yard, conference center

[8] laboratory facility and experimental yard from above

12 carnide auditorium

Lusofona University of Humanities and Technologies, Lisbon B. Arch. (exchange student)

Design Studio IV | 5th year instructor Joao Sequeira

The intervention area consist mainly of three major parts [1] / functions: habitation, green spaces (“quintas”) and technology. This functions form lines of influence, mostly parallel on the intervention area and have few and very small connections between them. Also, the area is a mixture of different times and architectures; the historic nucleus of old Carnide, the square Largo da Luz with its margins constructed in several steps, the old “quintas” and the newest interventions, the high rise buildings in the south part of the area. I tried to use the concepts of CONNECTIONS [1] and COMMUNICATIONS on both physical and virtual levels. The physical level is represented by the pragmatic connection between two places - the bridge / walk way. The connections are also established by the continuance of the same function (in the historical nucleus) or by the use of public and green spaces (in the complex urban park - auditorium / conferences / exhibitions) and activities that take place in the complex (the exhibitions from the new built auditorium “connect” to the museum of Old Carnide, from the old building of Adolfo Coelho Institute). The concepts of CONNECTIONS and COMMUNICATIONS function also in the auditorium / conferences / exhibitions [3], because of the character of the spaces that configure the complex.

[3] carnide auditorium_ section

[2] sequential images capturing the urban intervention; connections

[1] concept diagram_ identifying the major parts

[3] carnide auditorium_ plan

[3] carnide auditorium_ main view

revitalising urban streams

Lusofona University of Humanities and Technologies, Lisbon B. Arch. (exchange student)

Workshop organized by Berkeley University, UTL and ULHT instructor Pedro Ressano Garcia team work

Restoring connections [1] and improving access through three distinct design features: river, park and platform, in Lisbon, Portugal. The proposal would improve connections between main features of the site allow for increased access to the river and garden for the community, and improve the ecological conditions of the river. River Moving the flooding canal so that riparian vegetation could grow. The banks of the river were inhabited with steps, slopes, a summer path and a winter path. Park and path ways A new bridge will improve access to the area, connecting the existing plaza to the two new ones proposed on the east side. The pathways follow the grid of the old gardens, creating both visual and physical axes. Platform Another proposed axis, based on a historical pathway, would connect the convent to the fort. To make that connection physical, a platform [2] rises on top of the train tracks, covers a new parking lot and a new train station. The top of the platform [3] provides a scenic look towards the fort and the water front. [2] diagrams showing the build-up of the platform [1] connection diagram

[3] view along Barcarena river towards the Platform and train tracks

[4] sections showing the area before and after the build-up of the platform

[2] platform

[5] master plan

hand drawings

Photography

[2011] Reflection | Lloydâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of London building by Richard Rogers

[2010] Idilic Landscape | Romania

[2010] Riverfront| Antwerp

[2010] Selenar landscape | Romania

[2011] Reflection | Lloydâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of London building by Richard Rogers

[2012] Life | NCMA US

[2012] Colaj | London

[2013] Lights | Chicago US

[2009] Lights | Paris

[2009] Shades | Paris