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PORTFOLIO Annkristin Meyhoff Master of Arts in Architecture

ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL WORK SAMPLES 2015

INTERSPACES SÃO PAULO

Master Thesis | HafenCity University Hamburg Master | 4th Semester | 2015 Individual Work http://issuu.com/annkristinmeyhoff/docs/masterthesis_issuu

How could the potencial of degraded areas under viaducts be used to improve the everyday life of homeless people and prepare their reintegration into society?

The master thesis deals with „Interspaces“ in the urban public areas as well as in the society of São Paulo.

It focuses both on the potencials of degraded spaces under viaducts and on the difficulties of homelessness in the city centre. The intention is to connect the to subjects and combine them in a design project that prepares a social reintegration of homeless people into society and improves their current situation.

An important issue was to analize the problems, demands and needs of the homeless as well as of the local population and assimilate them into the design process. Furthermore, it was intended to integrate the project into the existing urban environment.

The reasearch aimed to test to what extend urban and architectural methods could encourage a dialog between two different social classes in alternative urban spaces.

ANALISIS

HOMELESSNESS

During a field study in May and June 2015 I did a large investigation on homelessness and degraded areas under viaducts in São Paulo including visitations in different social institutions like the homeless movement „MNPR-SP“, the homeless hostel „Oficina Boracea“ and the social project „Garrido Boxe“ as well as interviews with homeless people in the streets of the centre.

"It is easy to talk about me but difficult to be ME."

RESEARCH Number of homeless people in São Paulo Census 2000 [FIPE]

8.706 Census 2011 [FIPE]

Aparicio

Average Age

0 39,7 Years Gender | Generation

14.478

39,8%

Census 2015 [FIPE]

15.905

9,1%

Group of persons

ECONOMIC CENTER

14,6%

8.570 Hostel

BOM RETIRO

7.335 Streets

REPÚBLICA

SOCIAL INEQUALITY

PARI

SANTA CECÍLIA

CONSOLAÇÃO

METROPOLE POPULATION GROWTH

2,5%

0,6%

Spending the night

DEVELOPMENT

SÃO PAULO

CULTURE

82%

BRÁS SÉ

BELA VISTA

64%

Main reasons for homelessness

CAMBUCI LIBERDADE

Alcohol-/Drug addiction

of the homeless live in the city centre of São Paulo

35,5%

Unemployment

29,9%

Family conflicts

29,1%

VIADUCTS The research on degraded areas under viaducts showed that almost 50% have no or inadequate use and possess potencial for urban interventions.

During the field study I noticed a lot of occupations in these areas and tried to understand the homeless appropriation of space as well as the way of building shelter. Due to the analisis I catalouged the collected material and devided them into construction and personal materials. They were an important point during the design process.

ESPAÇO DE CONVIVÊNCIA

ECOPONTO

Occupation of space Family living under viaduct Glicério

clothes

blankets

sofa

cuddly toy

fixation on fence

Space transformation Occupation of the neighbouring areas of byback centers by homeless people

homeless person homeless child

Appropriation of space ESPAÇO DE CONVIVÊNCIA

Occupation of the neighbouring areas of accomodation centers by homeless people

place to sleep

homeless child

„child‘s room“

ECOPONTO

TYPES: Simple living spaces

Individually built living spaces

Dwelling unit | Occupation of space

B

A

A

Rua Jaceguaí

Rua Huma nitá

Ground Plan

B

0m

10m

50m

100m

Section A-A

PROJECT

Urban district analisis

Order of construction and appropriation process

Section B-B

Materiality Toolbox Reuse | Recycle

Construction Material

Holzpalette

OSB-Platten

Holzelemente

Holzbretter

Pappe

Wellblech

Pappkarton

Plastikplane

Regenschirm

Seil

Steine

Autoreifen

Autofelge

Radfelge

Bohrmaschine

Manueller Bohrer

Hammer

Handsäge

Nägel

Schrauben

Scharnier

Metallwinkel

Tools

CENTER INTERSPACES, FOR TRIATHLETES SÃO PAULO Master Thesis | HafenCity University Hamburg HAMBURG

Master | University 4th Semester | 2015 Main Design Project | HafenCity Hamburg Master | 2nd Semester 2014 Individual| Work Group Work Complete Thesis: http://issuu.com/annkristinmeyhoff/docs/masterthesis_issuu

The project How could the sitepotencial is located of in degraded a neglected areasand under degraviaded in Hamburg close the riverlife Elbe and next ductspark be used to improve thetoeveryday of homeless to the socially weaktheir district Rothenburgsort. people and prepare reintegration into society?

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Infrastructure and urban environment

Concept of position in the park

Concept | Location of the bulding

Exploded View

Concept | Location of the public spaces

Constructive Section

Floor Plan Level +4m

View Façade

HEALTHCARE CENTER ZANZIBAR

Main Design Project | HafenCity University Hamburg Master | 1st Semester | 2014 Group Work

The Healthcare Centre, located in a rural area in the North of Zanzibar, Africa, was developed together with an NGO (Non-governmental Organization) with the purpose of the project‘s realization. The present work gained the third price out of fourteen.

Main issue of the projects development lay on the handling with climatic conditions of the subtropics as well as the construction with local material and techniques. Intention was to design a cheap architecture executable by local workers. After an intensive reasearch, materials like wood, brick and corrugated iron seemed to be most adequate.

Also designing in a different cultural background, which is characterized especially by the Islam and its traditions, challenged the development of utilization arrangements and forms of architecture. For instance, the strict seperation of rooms for men and women was fundamental as well as the planning of prayer rooms.

The present proposal convinced the jury mainly with its roof and brick elements. Due to a simple rotation and their dislocated middle point they offer a varity of different arrangements.

Concept Central Point and green courtyard

Floor Plan

Ventilation

Use

Water supply and waste water

Sustainebility Concept

Exploded View Roof A

View North-West

Exploded View Roof B

View South-East

Construction of Brickwall Detail Wall Mounting 3D-Image

Construction Detail Roof A to B

Constructive Section and Roof Plan

Detail Brick Dimensions

Construction Detail Roof A to A

WORK SAMPLES Tr i p t yq u e A r q u i t e t u r a

SESC

FRANCA Realization Competition 2012 Triptyque Arquitetura, São Paulo, Brazil

The purpose of the realization competition „SESC Franca“ was to design a new Education-, Culture- and Sports Centre in Franca, located in the state of São Paulo. The approximate area of 16.000m² is situated on a steep hillside situation.

SESC [Serviço Social do Comércio] is an association of shareholders that build these Centres to make educational, cultural and leisure activities acessible for the socially weak classes of brazilian society.

The project was developed in an international team and in cooperation with another office.

I participated in the process from the start, became acquainted with the competition regulations and compiled a summary of the utilization program and conditions. Due to this task I learned a lot about brazilian norms and laws.

Furthermore, I was responsible for the conceptual development, floor planning and physical model studies. Regularly, the team leaders called for meetings where the group discussed the further steps of the project.

BANCA LARGO DA BATATA SÃO PAULO

Realization Competition 2012 Triptyque Arquitetura, São Paulo, Brazil

On the short, national realization competition for a new newspaper kiosk „Banca Nova no Largo da Batata“ in São Paulo I worked individually under the constructions of one of the office associates. After studying the competition regulations we developed conceptual ideas that I continued in the further process and checked them in order to the competition‘s requirements.

Besides, I designed the floor plan, section, views and the constructional concept. The process time amounted four weeks. In the final phase, two more architects participated to complete the submission plans and make visualizations. The project was selected under the Top 15 out of 600 submitted works.

ANNKRISTIN MEYHOFF Master of Arts in Architecture +49 174 970 462 1 a.meyhoff88@gmail.com