Architectural PORTFOLIO by Anca Spiridon

ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO

SELECTED WORKS 2012 - 2017 S P I R I D O N

A N C A

ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO

SELECTED WORKS 2012 - 2017 S P I R I D O N . A N C A

CONTENT Résumé 6 UAUIM Bucharest Dormitory for high school students 8 IUAV Venice City and landscape atelier 29 UAUIM Bucharest Office building 39 Boutique hotel 49 Socio-cultural Hub 57 Reeducation center for juveniles 65 Collective housing 75 Workshops Restoration camp 80 W.A.Ve2016 81 Metropolitan e-Studio 82 EFdeN 4C 83 Bunesti Summer School 84

ANCA SPIRIDON A R C H I T E C T ABOUT ME creative, pragmatic, dedicated CONTACT ME phone +40 753 096 436 email ancaspiridon1992@gmail.com address 18 Agatha Bârsescu Bucharest, Romania FOLLOW ME linkedin facebook

EDUCATION Integrated Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree Programme 2011 - 2017 ”Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urbanism Bucharest, Romania the faculty of Arhitecture Erasmus+ Scholarship 2016 IUAV University Venice, Italy the faculty of Arhitecture High School Diploma 2007 - 2011 Certificate in computer science ”Gheorghe Rosca Codreanu” National College Bârlad, Romania mathematics, IT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Architectural intern Tecto Architecture Bucharest, Romania concept, documentation, research

2016 october - november

Architectural intern 2016 august INNOVA2 Projektowanie i uslugi inwestycyjne Wroclaw, Poland concept, details (letter of recommendation available) Intern 2015 august STArS2015 Bucharest, Romania product design Member of the architectural team EFdeN Bucharest, Romania construction site of the EFdeN 4C

2014 october - 2015 june

WORKSHOPS The workshop of ecodesign and green leadership 2017 july - present Mogosoaia, Romania the workshop is based on the upcycling concept and it focuses on the sustainable product design Restoration camp, Bánffy Castle 2017 august Bontida, Cluj-Napoca, Romania programme of training in historic masonry and render restoration at the international built heritage conversation training center, Bánffy Castle mural techniques (fresco, secco, sgraffito, stucco) W.A.Ve.2016, class of Javier Corvalan 2016 june - july IUAV University of Venice, Italy the concept and the construction of a ”Concert in a Forest”, in order to revitalise the industrial hub of Porto Marghera Metropolitan e-Studio Workshop 2016 march IUAV University of Venice, Italy a future scenario for the development of the north suburbs of Rome http://2016.metropolitan-estudio.eu/wiki/wkp-extra-gra/ Bunesti Summer School 2012 august Arges, Romania work with traditional materials, techniques, and local craftsmen PUBLICATIONS

COMPETITION

”The public dimension of architecture” school project U.A.U.I.M. Project gallery (online version) 2014 https://www.uauim.ro/galerie/ proiecte/1125/

winning design 2015 august STArS2015 Bucharest, Romania design of a set of promotional office objects

Dissertation paper 2017 ”Temporary housing for teenagers” (available in romanian only)

B category

DRIVING LICENSE

2010

SOFTWARES arhitecture ----- ArchiCAD18 ----- AutoCAD2016 ----- Revit Architecture2016 ----- Allplan2015 ----- Artlantis ----- Lumion graphics ----- Adobe Photoshop ----- Adobe InDesign ----- Adobe Illustrator office ----- Microsoft Office tools: Word, Excel, PowerPoint LANGUAGES mother tongue romanian other languages ----- english CAE - level C1 ----- italian ----- french VOLUNTEERING Member of the P.R. team 2015 october - 2017 march I.A.E.S.T.E. Romania Member of the human resources team 2013 march - 2017 march I.A.E.S.T.E. Romania

DORMITORY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

BARLAD, ROMANIA DIPLOMA PROJECT 2017

Temporary living is characteristic for young people, that are still in the process of defining themselves as individuals and of finding the place of their own. Young people category can be divided into three smaller categories. Firstly, there are high school students, university students and the young adults. When talking about temporary living, the first category, high school students, is not very large, because most of the individuals still live with their parents. There are also a part of them that are forced to move to a different location in order to have access to decent education. In Romania, when designing the dormitories for this category, it was not taken into consideration the fact that they are adolescents, so there was no difference between students dormitories or high school students dormitories. Some of these teenagers choose Barladâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high schools because the education is better than in their hometown institutions, but most of these teenagers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even have the option of going to high school in their hometown, so if they want to continue their education, they do have to change location. Vaslui region has 81 villages and 450 small villages, but only 5 of them offer high schools. In the whole Vaslui region there are 18 high schools, and 5 of them are located in Barlad.

Distance / by foot / by bus

site location

The site is located in the eastern part of Romania, in Barlad. The site is part of the Complex neighborhood, located on a hill side of the town, well connected with the city center by bus lines. The area studied is currently under a continuous transformation, that started when the building across the street was built to function as a military school. After a couple of years, it was transformed into a regular high school and it functions like that ever since. The neighborhood has been part of the town since 1990. Both this area and the north-east part of the town developed rapidly in the last 30 years due to the increased need of housing. In the present, Barlad is the second town in the country regarding the urban density (people per kilometer). The urban plan of the area has been elaborated between 1987 and 1990, but the exact location of the site is not part of the actual regulation. The area is mostly occupied and surrounded by dwellings, both individual and collective. There is also a social center for underprivileged minors, not too far away. These neighborhoods sustain the positioning of such an architectural program exactly on this location. Moreover, one of the best high school in the city is located across the street. 2012 2017

integrated vegetation

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1. physical model 2. physical model 3. transversal building section 4. ground floor plan 5. longitudinal building section 17

1. second floor plan 2. third floor plan 3. fourth floor plan 4. ventilation diagram

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1. SE facade 2. NE facade 3. NW facade 4. green wall detail

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standard green wall panel light steel frame 60 mm waterproofing coloumn 300/350 mm light steel frame 60mm insulated panel - interior metal sheet self threading screw gasket adhesive tape core material, insulation 90 mm exterior metal sheet fixed powdercoated aluminum blade 120 mm

snow melting system outer sheeting 20 mm insulation 60mm inner sheeting 20 mm purlin 140x110 mm vapor barrier rafter 100 x 100 mm insulation 250 mm 2 x gypsum board 12.5mm

snow melting system metal gutter

2. fixed powdercoated aluminum blades 120 mm exterior mĂŠtal sheet core material, insulation 90 mm interior metal sheet light steel frame 50 mm vapor barrier mineral wool 300 mm 2 x gypsum wallboard 12.5 mm

snow melting system outer sheeting 20 mm insulation 60mm inner sheeting 20 mm purlin 140x110 mm vapor barrier rafter 100 x 100 mm insulation 250 mm 2 x gypsum board 12.5mm

metal gutter snow melting system

1. eave detail 2. roof intersection detail 3. SE facade 4. NW facade 5. SW facade

LIVING THE BANK SIDES OF TIBER

ROME, ITALY CITY AND LANDSCAPE ATELIER 2016

The theme proposes four topics that should be taken into consideration: the high bank sides of the Tiber, the fast infrastructure developed on top of the ancient roads, a future scenario, the declining industry and the archaeological sites along the old Flaminia road. The project â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vivere le forreâ&#x20AC;?, aims to activate and to give a sense of organization to the area of Prima Porta, Rome, by finding practical solutions that to several problems at a time. The main problem is represented by the level of the rising water that on the one hand it is causing floods, by overflowing the river of Tiber and its tributary canals and on the other hand, by collecting the storm water into the residential areas between the bank sides and the hills. Other notable issues are the lack of services and of public spaces and the poor system of slow infrastructure. 30

The idea of the project is to transform the spaces that are affected by the floods into a system of public spaces that would prevent the rising level of the water. We identified the points of interest( historic buildings, the train station, the school) and also proposed new potential ones(a square and a market, a library, sport fields) in order to offer public spaces for the citizens and places where the needed services could be provided. For this to became a system, we needed to provide a connection, that will represent the first phase of our scenario. We proposed a bike path, that goes from the point where the existing path ends, until the north part of Prima Porta, where the Flaminio Cemetery can be found. This path will use the bank sides, which until this moment used to be both a problem, for creating â&#x20AC;&#x153;insideâ&#x20AC;? floods, and a solution, for stopping the overflowing of Tiber, to create a protected moving mean for pedestrians and bike riders. The second phase focuses on solving the water problem, by onverting certain areas around each point of interest into detention basins. After this problem will be solved, the third phase of the scenario can start, the construction phase. We intend to relocate and rebuild the train station of the area, as a bridge construction. Close to the trains station of Prima Porta, we will revitalize the space by creating a new public square, called Saxa Rubra and a building for public services. Our second built intervention takes place in an area close to the school, and it is meant to give space for the cultural program of Prima Porta. We propose a library and an open theater located at the point where the two water canals met. Our buildings will be integrated into the landscape by becoming part of the bank sides. The last part of the scenario, scheduled to end in 2050, is represented by the vegetation which is expected to be fully grown by then. This last part will make possible a complete understanding of our intentions

1. soil permeability 2. vegetation 3.water diagram before intervention 4. water diagram after intervention 5. actual situation

1. 2. Erba

Erba

3680m

Vegetazione

Erba

Vegetazione

Pavimentazione permeabile

Vegetazione

Pavimentazione impermeabile

Vegetazione

Bacino di laminazione

Vegetazione

alberi esistenti

Magnolia grandiﬂora

Koelreuteria paniculata

1. territorial section 2. library - physical model 3. transversal section 4. longitudinal section 5. library - ground floor 6 .library - first floor

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2. 1. train station, market, plaza - ground floor 2. train station, market - first floor 3. longitudinal section 4. transversal section 5. train station, market, plaza - physical model

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OFFICE BUILDING BUCHAREST, ROMANIA ARCHITECTURAL INSERTION IN THE HISTORICAL SITE 2015

The site is located very close to an old road of Bucharest, Calea Victoriei, and it is part of a protected area. Even though it is close to the center of the city, in a dense constructed area, the lot is currently used as a parking space. The area has real problems due to, on the one hand, the continuous pressure of the construction development, and on the other hand, the need to preserve the valuable architectural and environmental elements that are characteristic for the area. The protected area to which the lot belongs is very complex and fragile, from the architectural and urbanistic point of view, because it is still saving memories of the artistic life of Bucharest of the inter war period.

before war inter war communism post communism site 1. hystorical analysis 2. situation plan 2.

Dense constructions and passages are specific to the center of Bucharest. The project proposes a reinterpretation of these characteristics at the site level, which will be treated as a step of the way, a crossing to Ion Otetelesanu street. This idea will generate the built volume that rises from the ground in a simple form that results from the marking of the main direction of the site, and which sticks to the neighboring building through a small volume of a lower height. An office building is the functional solution for the given site, which will integrate greenhouses at different levels to provide a break from the bustle of the office and the city. In addition, the double facade and multi-opening window system options represent elements that contributes to the creation of a positive interior atmosphere.

1. concept scheme 2. ground floor plan 3. first floor plan 4. second floor plan 5. third floor plan 6. longitudinal section

1. transversal section 2. 4/5/6th floor plan 3. 7/8th floor plan 4.9/10 floor plan 5. south facade

1. NW facade 2. 11th floor plan 3. perspective

BOUTIQUE HOTEL

BUCHAREST, ROMANIA ARCHITECTURAL INSERTION IN THE HISTORICAL SITE 2015

The project theme proposes to study the ways of intervention in hystoric and protectic sites and the correlation of the new projected interventions with existing constructions in terms of expression, volumetric impact or new uses. The proposed area is in the center of Bucharest, behind a high-rise curtain wall that corresponds to the perimeter defined as protected areas.

1. transversal section 2. basement plan 3. first floor plan 4. longitudinal section 5. second floor plan

1. third floor plan 2. fourth floor plan 3. perspective

In order to activate this urban island, new functions, other than those already existing (housing, administration, local commerce and churches) will be introduced. The master plan proposes to convert the former factory into a space devoted to fashion, some landscaping planning, memorial sites (the former Rahovei Way, the former Parish House) and hotels. During the analysis, some issues were noticed, such as the buildings in the southern part of the studied area that does not allow a minimum sunshine period of time because of the high height differences between the edifices and due to not respecting the minimum distance between them. For the chosen site, I proposed a boutique hotel that aims to solve some of the lack of services problem of the center and at the same time offering the possibility to recreate the old interior atmosphere of Bucharest. The presence of the buildings nearby dictates the first idea of a volume, that it is going to be shaped by the relation with the two streets and the need of light in the back of the lot. In this way, a building with an inside courtyard is being created. The main access into the building is made from the courtyard. The ventilated facade shows at the exterior side a perforated sheet into the space of the old map of Bucharest.

SOCIO-CULTURAL HUB

BUCHAREST, ROMANIA 2015

The site is located in the centre of Bucharest, close to Calea Victorei street. It is part of an old and fragmentet area of constructions, where functions of the buildings tend to vary. Due to its position and to the historic value of the area, the theme asks for a socio-cultural hub that would connect both the community and the tourists.

1. ground floor plan 2. first floor plan 3. second floor plan 4. west facade 5.transversal section 6. north facade

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REEDUCATION CENTRE FOR JUVENILES

BUCHAREST, ROMANIA 2014

The theme of the project asks for a reeducation center for juveniles, that aims to reintegrate them into the community. Along with the educational program, the assembly has to be one of the main elements of the process. The architectural proposal has to have a theoretical, a spatial and a functional part, adequate to the particularities of the age range. The purpose of this relation is to influence in a positive way the physical and psychical development of the children. Another issue that has to be taken care of is the relation of the minors with their families, as visitors, and with the community. The multicriterial analysis shows that the site is located in an area of Bucharest where dwellings prevail, but lacks services such as hospitals, schools, churches or commercial centers. In fact, the collective dwellings located on the north west part met the individual dwellings from the south east. The height varies from one level up to eleven levels. The traditional street system of the houses area meets the cartesian system of the collective housing area.

The concept is based on the idea of using the courtyard, multiple times and with different purposes, each time being related to the function of a volume of the assembly. The elements formed by the relation between building volume - courtyard - activity are contributing to the education of the minors. Using this principle, the modular assembly was created from building with different uses ( administration, visiting space, canteen, multi functional spaces, school, dormitories, sports, workshops). The connection between these elements is made through a long hall, often on two levels, that gives to possibility of connecting the private courtyards by opening the hall. 1. courtyards study 2 first floor plan

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1. first floor plan 2. north facade 3. longitudinal section 4. longitudinal section 5. south facade 6. third floor plan

COLLECTIVE HOUSING

BUCHAREST, ROMANIA 2014

The site is located in Giurgiului neighborhood, in the south part of Bucharest. This lot represent a buffer area between the individual houses area and the collective dwelling built during the communist period. The site is currently used as a parking lot. The area has access to many services, and transportation, but because of the fact that it is so close to an important street, the site presents some noise problems.

1. concept scheme 2. assembly section 3. interior view 4. south facade 5. west facade 1.

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1. ground floor plan 2. first floor plan 3. third floor plan 4 eight floor plan 5. perspectives

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RESTORATION CAMP BANFFY CASTLE

BONTIDA, CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA 2017

W.a.VE. 2016 ATELIER JAVIER CORVALAN

VENICE, ITALY 2016

METROPOLITAN e-STUDIO

VENICE, ITALY 2016

EFdeN 4C BUCHAREST, ROMANIA 2015

BUNESTI SUMMER SCHOOL

ARGES, ROMANIA 2012

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