Anna Levadna Portfolio

ARC HIT EC T UR E PORTFOLIO

LEVADNA ANNA

EDUCATION SOFTWARE 2010-2015, Kiev National University of Construction and Architecture Bachelor of Sciences in Architecture

Rhinoceros

September 2015-December 2015, CanActions school of urban studies http://www.canactions.com/en/

Grasshopper

March 2016-Currently, Politecnico di Milano Master of Science in Sustainable architecture and landscape design

AutoCAD ArchiCAD Revit Photoshop

WORK EXPERIENCE Illustrator

A N N A L E VA D N A

Fabruary - December 2014, InLab-architects http://inlab-architects.allyou.net/2198374 designer March - July 2015, Urban Sustain Architecture http://us-a.com.ua/ architect-designer

Name: Surname: Date of birth: Nationality: Location:

Anna Levadna 20/11/1992 Ukrainian Piacenza, Italy

E-mail: levadnanna@gmail.com Contact:

(+39 ) 392 821 630

February 2016, Zotov&Co http://www.zotov.com.ua/en/ architect

InDesign 3dsMax Corona Render V Ray Adobe Premiere Pro

WORKSHOPS LANGUAGES Flexibility Workshop, September 2013, Kiev, Ukraine

Ukrainian

YARCH Workshop, August 2014, Paphos, Cyprus

Russian

Context Based Design, October 2014, Kiev, Ukraine

English

Cardboard workshop, December 2015, Kiev, Ukraine (tutor)

French

ASA, Responsive skin facade, Lecco, Italy (honorable mention)

Italian

ASA, Lunetta_Landing, Mantova, Italy

COMPETITIONS Participation in Solar Decathlon, May 2013 (third prize) Participation in Archivision, September 2014 Participation in Inspiration hotel, November 2014

PUBLICATIONS https://issuu.com/canactions2013/docs/canactions_school_studio_1_final_pa_6d26d0cc92f9f4

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACADEMIC BACHELOR 1. Diagnostic center

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ACADEMIC MASTERS 2. Regeneration of Fornace farm 3. Piacenza townscape 4. Container house

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WORKSHOPS 5. Yarch workshop 6. Context based workshop 7. ASA Resposive skins workshop 8. ASA Lunetta_Landing workshop

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COMPETITIONS 9. Inspiration hotel 10. Eco-house

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ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION 11. CANactions school of urban studies

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BACHELOR

DIAGNOSTIC CENTER Proposal is to create medical center consistent with social needs of townsmen of Kropyvnytsky, Ukraine. Poor health situatation of inhabitants is caused by low quality of life and existing industries in the pereferies of the town.

Intervention purpose is to create new kind of medical facility that brings educational function along with research laboratories in order to increase people’s interest in their health.

It consists of the main curvilinear block which joins other units of the building. Diagnosis is carried out in such units as: the unit of functional diagnostics and endoscopy, MRI and CT unit, X-ray unit, the radionuclide diagnostic unit.

Curvilinear block itself is recreatinal. As the main fasade’s wall is fully made of glass, it provides good light in the hall during the day.

However it won’t be hot in there for the girders. There are also two well illuminated galleries on the first and second floor surrounding a 12-meters-high hall. Facade wall hinged on the metal trusses gives a sight of interior, which makes it more complex and alluring.

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According to the site plan diagnostic center is situated on deserted territory near the river in the city center, which prevents the development of a waterfront in downtown.

Despite its apparent plasticity, the center fits into a right angle and supports the axis and dimensions of surrounding buildings.

Intervention creates new waterfront line that is more organic and natural and influence new public space development along the river.

Four blocks are attached to curvilibear gallery in right angles and have skylights.

The choice of the organic hape appeals to the oldfasioned surrounding architecture and maked the medical center a new dominant of the town.

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REGENERATION OF THE FARM

MINIMIZING ENVIROMENTAL IMPACT Reusing the cow manure and the other waste to minimize the negative environmental impact.

ENHANCING IDENTITY

Regularly monitoring and evaluating the performance of the Italian dairy sector within a national and global context. Fostering a dynamic and ecological competitiveness on a great scale.

Improving the recognizability and identity by continuing the local environmental characteristics, regional textures and original architectural forms.

WORKING TOGETHER

ENGAGING CONSUMERS

Cooperating actively with the other farms in the region to build trust, gain more opportunities and tadd value.

Communicating transparently, participating actively, carrying out various forms of interactive patterns, including the experience online.

ENCREASING FOOD STANDARTS Using research labs increase the quality of dairy production, discover ancient and create new recipes of cheese.

IMPROVINF ANIMAL WELFARE Improving standards and safeguarding the health and welfare of the cow.

MASTERS TEAMWORK

The main strategic goal of the project is to attract consumers from the region and agritourists to the farm in order to enhance the landscape and increase the value of ecologically clean ancient food, share the knowledge of old and new agricultural technics and production methods. Also the establishment of economical close connections with other farms of the region would lead to the dense network of farming.

The proposal is to create continuous sustainable process of milk&cheese production with research labortories in the most architecturally interesting and valuable building in the farm, in the gallery of the courtyard with enhancement purpose. The project has minimum constructional intervention. A biogas plant design in order to use cows’ manure and other wastes for energy creation.

The proposal to create a small restaurant and hostel in the old building provide the possibilites for visitors to stay. And 2 leacture rooms are for educational activities. Also the proposal is to create program of events for the inner yard.

STRATEGIC GOALS

LOOKING OUTWARD

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INNER YARD TRANSFORMATION Fornace

milking parlour

research labs + prosessing

public space for visitors

milk pasteurizatiom

market

open market/fair

research labs + prosessing

educational event

NEW WALL ADDITION The wall is added from the inside and connected to the columns without touching the initial structure, so there is still the feeling of gallery from the inner yard.

Fornace

Moreover, the new elements are made of recycled materials and have the dimensions and shape of the brick, although, there is no need in cement to connect them, so they can be easily installed and removable without damaging original structure. Big glass windows are designed so people can enjoy the processes of cheese making and insides of the building from the outside as well.

Calcecanapa was chosen because of it’s ecological aspects and the possibility to reverse the prosess.

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ECONOMICAL STRATEGY

Existing 2.500 m2 One cow requires at least 15 m2 Cows are milked 2 times One cow can produce 30 cows’ barn of space, so 160 cows can be in the per day liters of milk per day, in this farm way we recieve 4800 liters of milk per day

Selling milk and cheese improves the actual business of the farm

Some of the manure A cow pruduces 29.5 kg of manure From 1132,8 m3 of bio- Making experimentations goes for land fertil- per day, so we have 4720kg of dung gas per day 2265,6t Kwh workers try to find new per day. From 1.000 kg of manure of electricity can be re- ways to produce some typiization per day we can produce 1132,8 m3 ceived per day cal kind of cheese, of biogas especially Gorgonzola

Gorgonzola cheese requires 8,4 liters of milk per 1 kg, so it’s possible to have maximum 470 kg of cheese per day

160 COWS

PROCESSES AND ENERGY CONSUPTION HAY Dairy cow eats 14,6 t of hay per year. 4 t of hay requires 1 ha of space and 50 kg of diesel.

Calculations: 14,6 /4=3,65 ha.

50*3,65 = 182,5 kg of diesel per year (for hay cultivations for 1 cow per year).

1.752.000 LITERS OF MILK PER YEAR

37.475 PIECES OF GORGONZOLA PER YEAR

MILKING Cows are milked 3 times per day. 2 hours each time. 1 cow produce 30 liters of milk per day and 10,95 t per year. According to the database 1 t of milk requires approx. 50 kWt of energy.

Calculations: 10,95*50=547,5 kWh

1.722.800 KG OF MANURE PER YEAR TO TRANSFORM INTO ENERGY PASTEURAZATION The process requires heating the milk until 60-700 degrees and than cooling. According to the database 1 t of milk requires approx. 20 kWt of energy.

Calculations: 10,95*20=273,75 kWh

826.944 KWH ENERGY PRODUCED PER YEAR PROCESSING It’s different kinds of processes that are made to the milk before cheese making such as cream separation, heating etc.

According to the database 1 t of milk requires approx. 1000 kWt of energy.

Calculations: 10,95*1000=1095 kWh

CHEESE MAKING Cheese production line makes different processes such as boiling, mixing, packing masses etc.

Some processes require heating and cooling.

Calculations: 10,95*300=3285 kWh

In calculation we use the whole amount of milk to produce cheese, although, some part of pasteurized milk can be sold.

WATER Irrigation water is used for cultuvations, it is required approx.

5000 liters for 1 ha. As we have to cultivate 3,65 ha per year, 5000*3,65 = 18250 liters for 1 cow.

1 dairy cow needs 90 liters of water per day that means 32850 liters of water per year.

The water will be supplied from the city.

MANURE 1 cow produces 29,5 liters of manure per day, that means 10767,5 liters per year.

BIOGAS According to database cooking 1 kg of manure we can receive 0,24 m3 of biogas.

Calculations: 10767,5*0,24=2584,2m3

ELECTRICITY According to database we can receive approx. 1,8-2 kWh of electricity from 1m3 of biogs.

Calculations: 2584,2*1,9=4909,98kWh

In the project we consider only cow wastes, however it is possible also to use leftovers of Gorgonzola cheese production and probably it could be even possible to get 0 energy consumtion.

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1. Cows’ area 2. Link between the parlour and cows’ area 3. Milking parlour 4. Storage area for milk 5. Open air market 6. Milk pasteurization area 7. Research lab+production lab 8. Storage area for cheese 9. Selling market area 10. Lecture room

11. Parking area for visitors 12. Main entrance 13. Restaurant/bed&breakfast area 14. Tracktors parking area 15. Workers’ residential area 16. Residential parking area 17. Horizontal silos for cows’ food 18. Cows’ waste 19. New biogas plant 20.Crop fields

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PIACENZA TOWNSCAPE

MASTERS TEAMWORK

The project focuses in Piacenza near Po River, one of the areas that are frequently flooded, located in its northwest part of the city. It is an infrastrcuture area, with highway and railway. There are two green belts, one around the city wall and at the river front area. However there are no connections between these green areas, since they are crossed by infrastructure lines.

The strategy is to create green connections between city and river, with green and grey infrastructures that could create a gate between Palazzo Farnese and river Po. In order to create this new centrality some infrastructure had to be changed. The highway is now placed underground and the railway is kept where it is, since the level of the ground is lower, making it possible to cross that line of infrasctructure. This gate will allow transversal strategy as well, which means the relations between buildings and open spaces. The design process took into consideration the guidelines of the city and focus points, in order to create a grid. The literal use of rotated grid is approached by Eisenman, in order to give architecture its own voice.

FARNESE PALACE CULTURAL CENTER, ART GALLERY, YOUTH CENTER AND AUDITORIUM RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS SPORTS FACILITIES OFFICES

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CO N TA I N E R HOUSE

MASTERS TEAMWORK

The project aims to set a rest from the city center, characterized by the natural environmental quality of its immediate context. The versatility of its comfortable spaces follows the changes in lifestyles and composition of contemporary family. The 15 containers shelter two different typologies of occupation, one bigger house and one small apartment. Having in mind the concept of space sharing, the group decided to create two houses playing the idea of private and social where the two families can share social spaces. For instance, the bigger part of the house can be occupied by parents and the smaller one is for a young family of their child. There could be also different varieties of scenarios.

The first social area and the strongest element of the design is located in the first floor, with a pool and a resting area. Gym is placed in the second floor, where the two larger containers are the unifier element of the set.

Structure was analized and improved using such parametric tools as Grasshopper+Karamba.

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Scenarios of house residents

Concept of model

Pool is a basis of design

On the groundfloor it provides privacy and sound isolation for the houshold of each block

ORIGINAL CONTAINER STRUCTURE

PREVIOUS

IMPROVED

On the first floor, moving the containers, we create a terace near the pool (gethering place for the families)

Gym on the top creates shadow for the terace and is used by families equally.

FRAMES+CONTAINER STRUCTURE

DIAGRAM OF IMPROVEMENTS

main supporting columns

beam improvements

secondary supporting columns

column improvements

PREVIOUS

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20 ft shipping container (pool), 1 item 40 ft shipping container, 2 items 20 ft shipping container, 12 items

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WORKSHOP TEAMWORK

YARCH 2014 This intervention was created and designed during the YArch workshop in august 2014 organized by Young Architects in Paphos city in Cyprus.

The aim of the project was to make people walk from the sea coast of Paphos to the beautiful city center. Thus, we made a routwith interesting installations on it.

We chose four spots on the path and divided into four groups. Each group designed its own spot. We got the beginning.

The installation represents the ďŹ rst spot of the path that connects the lower and upper city. The map of the path is enlightened on the ground from the structure above therefore using and forming the particular light circumstances of place. Analysing the context, an arrow shape was obtained to connect people from around and drives them to the path. The structure was realized from chipboards and wood beams, mutually linked through metal corners and screws. The lift took place on 8 August in a collaborative spirit of Young Architects and local taxi drivers.

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WORKSHOP TEAMWORK

CONTEXT BASED The task of the workshop was to make a research why the hotel in the center of Kiev is not in a context of architectural surroundings.

After that we proposed our project-manifesto, which appealed to the quality of design in historical districts in Ukraine and the gaps in the laws, mostly that are related to the hight of the bulings in the historical center. The idea was to show how using the “contextual design” you can still create a monster beetween architectural heritage if the policy towards contextual design is not regulated well. The team used the concept of gradual disappearence to the top. At first, the building dissolved by using glass. The windows’ area increases from the lowest to the highest floor, thus the highest levels disappear reflecting the skies.

Then, we met the issue that one of the planes are always in light and other is in shadow because of the right angle, so we played with shape by smoothing the angles and rotating them, we achieved the effect of «smoke».

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WORKSHOP TEAMWORK ASA

RESPONSIVE SKIN The aim of the project was to design innovative, responsive facade that would create comfortable conditions for the people who are staying inside and admire the building from outside.

The most interesting idea was to use magnetic power as a tool of interaction. Looking for inspiration in very natural shapes, movement and combination of particles the team found FerroFluid. The liquid responds to the magnetic power. Depending on proximity to the magnetic field the spots of Ferrofluid change their shape and density creating different patterns. Technological solution for the facade requires the membrane with FerroFluid and the grid of magnets that are placed on the facade. The magnets must move in one direction, perpendicular to the facade. The shields placed on the back of the magnets protect the insides of the building from magnetic power.

Fluid Facade designed for the building of Politecnico di Milano in Milan.

The team took honorable Mention for technological innovation.

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LUNETTAFRASSINO

WORKSHOP TEAMWORK ASA

The topic of the workshop was to revitalize Lunetta district in Mantova city, Italy.

Task for the team was to work on the territory of Social center that icluded the road between mostly unsuded fields nearby that leads to the neghborhood Frassino (“tree” in Italian).

The idea is to improve the path emphasizing the lanscape and adding new functions for the Social center itself and the fields.

The proposal is to construct devices that will serve as public spaces and provide safe functioning for the path during day and night and guid people to explore newly created “branches” with urban furniture between orchards, gardens, sports and agricultural fields.

Social center and it’s courtyard, as a core of the district is proposed to become a semi-puplic space with diverse activities and ability to go to the fields and ancient fortress in the west with simple structures that guid people, provide them with the palce to rest and frame the landscape.

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INSPIRATION HOTEL

COMPETITION TEAMWORK

Creating a novel environment Suspended in a pine forest not only for privacy but also to lend a feeling of ‘belonging’ to the natural environment under the protection of the canopy of the trees. The peace and comfort offered by the light, filtering through the pines, will add an inspirational dimension to the rest experienced by our guests, who will have a feeling that they are in harmony with their surroundings. That the pods are floating motionless above the ground, imparts a sensation of lightness, of defying gravity, which lifts their spirits, too The pods are positioned with their spacious window areas looking out into the direction of the forest, away from the other elements of the hotel, offering a depth of perspective in the comforting, repetitive vertical pattern of the trees... giving a feeling of one-ness with nature and a sense of privacy in the apparent separation from the other the units, without being in total isolation... the corridors connect the pods in a criss-cross pattern, giving a web-like construction, further emphasizing the feeling of safety and closeness to the wonder of nature.

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ECO HOUSE

COMPETITION TEAMWORK

This project was made for the ukrainian prototype of international competition ÂŤSolar DecathlonÂť in 2012.

The aim of this design challenge was to create a clean-energy product that can be affordable and comfortable at the same time. To maximize energy efficiency, the physical shape of the object had to be really compact.

Rounded edges contributed to the better insulation. The roof angle was chosen as the most efficient for installation of the solar collectors that generate electricity and the solar heating of water.

The house is also movable and made of steel frames. For me, as a participant, an opportunity to work in team and to be its leader was one of the best experiences. In our group there were not only architects, but also civil and sanitary engineers.

The project was highly appreciated be the jury and took the third place in the competition for its technical rationality.

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SCHOOL OF URBAN STUDIES

SYNTHESIS MAP

- subcentres - connecting links of the polycentric city between the centres - areas, of improved protection of historical heritage - areas, forming the main landscape context - natural resources of the city - light industry (m/f) - mixed use brown field activity (living/working/leisure activity) - transport ring roud - different levels of traffic intensity - connecting pedestrian links to the natural resources - pedestrian bridge

ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION TEAMWORK

The main leading principle throughout the process was to reach a coherent and meaningful product with essential parts form the each group strategies not overloaded by too complex legend.

CanActions school of urban studies it’s the first alterntive educational institution in Ukraine related to the urbanism. The founder of the school is Victor Zotov, prominent Ukrainian architect. One of the main aims of the school is to educate ukrainian multidisciplinary professionals to imrove the quality of cities showing approaches that are different from Soviet ones, that unfortunatly are taught in universities.

The school selected 16 participants including me. The programme included 4 blocks : online course of city research (the result was the article), 3 weeks of intense workshops related to different multidisciplinary topics, the fieldtrip to Ivano-Frankivsk with research purpose and then strategical development for the city. Students were devided 5 five categories.

The project included tactical, strategical intervention and vision for the future of the city.

I chose to show the general synthesys map and the work of my group that had the category Culture&Heritage.

If you need more information you may it check in the book that is mentioned in CV publications.

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CULTURE & HERITAGE GROUP

INFORMATION - Historical city centre

- City border

- Railroad

- Roads

NETWORKED CULTURE STRATEGY - Focus mainly on social/community aspects - Focus on social & spatial aspects

HERITAGE PROTECTION STRATEGY expanding on importan historical areas

- Historical areas upon improved heritage protection

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