Julia Miroslaw 2020/2021 Portfolio
BA(Hons) Architecture Liverpool School of Art and Design
I’m a final year Architecture undergraduate student at Liverpool John Moores University School of Art and Design with an interest in the flexibility of the contemporary design, striving for the improvement of the public realm beyond utilitarianism. I’m particularly interested in careful material considerations and the role which they play on the design, how they can enrich and transform spaces. The appreciation I have for playful graphic explorations, as well as the iterative process has been integral to my architectural studies. I’ve also found the process of physical model making both insightful and rewarding.
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Contents Curriculum Vitae
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BA Year 3 Semester 2: Future of work / Heterogeneously Connected
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BA Year 3 Semester 1: Weather of Not / Climate Awareness Centre
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BA Year 2 Semester 2: Architecture of Impermanence / Transient Theatre
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BA Year 2 Semester 1: Urban Design Project / Symbiotic City
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BA Year 1 Semester 2: A Place for Crafting / Artists’ corner
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JULIA MIROSLAW lila.miroslaw@gmail.com
Personal Profile An ambitious and dedicated final year Architecture undergraduate, actively engaging in activities furthering the knowledge and passion of the industry, currently seeking a Part 1 Architectural position.
Education Liverpool John Moores University BA Hons Architecture (Awaiting Result) First Year 71% Second Year 73% 2018-2021 Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College A-Level / Photography (B) Psychology (B) Law (B) EPQ / French 2016-2018 New College Leicester High School 11 GCSEs A* to C / Maths (B) English (B) Science (B) 2015-2016
Past employment/ Volunteering Merchant of Venice Cafe Barista Handled financial transactions, cashier balancing as well trained new employees assuming a position of high responsibility, quickly acquiring the ability to work under pressure during peak hours. 201-2020 Marriott Hotels Food & Beverage Associate Maintained the front of house and the bar as well as liaised with team members to ensure a high standard of service as part of a team, as well as providing customer interface, resolving issues and complaints effectively. 2017-2018 The Curve Theatre Volunteer Assisted in technical rehearsals, ushering shows as well as the Curve Young Company development, nurturing principal interpersonal skills in a customer oriented environment. 2016-2018 Leicester Animal Aid Volunteer Accepted and sorted customer donations, co-ordinated stock replenishment as well as maintained a sanitary environment, distributing time accordingly, adapting to the changing demand throughout the day. 2015-2016
Extracurricular
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Completed the RIBA Future Architects mentorship scheme, gaining practical knowledge of the industry by shadowing at Ellis Williams Architects. 2021 Julia Miroslaw 2020/2021
Awarded a Susan Dunthorne Travel Bursary, with the intention of backpacking across France to visit and study famous examples of architecture. 2021 As a member of the LJMU Architecture Society, participated in informal meetings aimed at broadening the architectural knowledge by sharing experiences among students. 2018-2021 Regularly participated in Life Drawing sessions at LJMU, developing accurate, free-hand sketching skills. 2018-2020
Proficiency Proficient in Sketchup/ AutoCAD/ Photoshop/ Indesign/ Illustrator/ Premiere Pro/ Enscape/ Microsoft Suite Package. Adept at physical model-making including lasercutting and 3D printing, taking a particular pride in wooden models Highly skilled in the architectural graphic representation. Knowledgeable in creating a visually engaging and professional presentation. Confident using a DSLR camera, developing SLR camera skills. Fluent in English and Polish / Intermediate in French.
Skills Excellent time management and organisation skills exhibited through maintaining a part-time job alongside studies. Highly skilled at written communication exhibited through a number of essays completed throughout the degree. Attentiveness to detail exhibited through careful graphics, complementing the visual experience of the design. Confident in public speaking situations thanks to numerous presentations and discussions throughout studies. Leadership and teamwork skills exhibited through working and managing team projects at university and work alike.
References Peter Horrocks First Year Tutor: Liverpool John Moores P.J.Horrocks@ljmu.ac.uk Jamie Scott Third Year Tutor: LIverpool John Moores J.T.SCott@ljmu.ac.uk Julian Baker RIBA Mentor: Ellis Williams Architects julian.baker@ewa.co.uk
Further references and certificates available on request. Julia Miroslaw 2020/2021
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Heterogeneously Connected at Ten Streets
The proposal supports the increasingly fluid spatial and temporal nature of work through the creation of a heterogeneous environment, underpinned by the co-existence of diverse programmatic and demographic patterns, extending and intensifying the life cycle of space on daily, weekly and yearly basis beyond a hermetically sealed office and into the cultural realm. It proposes a cultural hub encompassing pivotal connections both physical and metaphorical through the introduction of atriums and voids, double height spaces, bridges and balconies, windows, visually linking the spaces together as well as informal spaces of connection. The project focuses on the provision of workspaces and workshops shared with cultural elements, connecting with the flexible demands of its users, driven by the initial idea, inspired by the context of a ‘modern playful factory’. At the forefront of the scheme is the potential to nurture and connect with the existing, whilst allowing new connections to form. The juxtaposition of heterogeneity and connection, creates adaptable spaces, changing with the people and reimagining the future of workplace.
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Photographic study of the varied dynamics within the Ten Street area. The site presents itself as a cradle of variety; transient utilitarianism displayed on the historic background quickly transforms itself into the public realm of the Tobacco Warehouse, bursting with character, yet remaining empty. Only to follow along a path of derelict and uncared for, finishing up with a scene of undisturbed peace, looking past the embankment and onto the open sky above the Mersey River, along the West edge of the Ten Street area.
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Photographic study of the characteristic urban grain within the area. The importance of nurturing the existing assets has been established. These include primarily brick and steel materiality, high pitched roofs, large bi-fold sliding panels, decorative arches above doors and small windows as well as a typical vertical pattern broken up by recessed elements, among others.
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SPILL OUT
FIRE ESCAPE STAIRS TOILETS
ATRIUM BALCONIES
COFFEE BREAK RESTAURANTS
FOOD HAUL
SHARED WORK SPACE
ACCESS STAIRS LIFTS
TOILETS
CONNECTING ROUTES
PLANTING WITH INTEGRATED SEATING SPACE
CO-WORKING
INFORMAL MEETING SPACES
CO-EXISTENCE OF USES COMMUNITY FLEXIBILITY
SOCIALISING
ACCESSIBILITY
VISUAL CONNECTION
LIFE MUSIC VENUE THEATRE FORMAL MEETING SPACES
ART PRINT SEWING DIGITAL IMAGING WOOD AND METAL
WORKSHOPS
CREATE
RELAX LIBRARY
SHARED SEMI-PRIVATE PRIVATE
GROUP WORK INDIVIDUAL WORK
EXHIBITION SPACE
ACCESS STAIRS
DOUBLE HEIGHT
DAY VS EVENING PROGRAM
CAFE
BIKE RACKS
PLANT ROOM LIFTS
HOT-DESKING
CONNECTIVITY
AUDITORIUM
GREEN
ROUTE THROUGH
POCKET PARK
SPILL OUT
ADDRESS STREETS
MULTIPLE ENTRANCES Early programmatic concept diagram
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Initial programmatic diagram
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Diagrams exploring the thematic concept of connection and heterogeneity
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Interior view of the seating staircase surrounded by plants, within the atrium, acting as a social point, facilitating serendipitous encounters and everyday interactions between users, encompassing the balconies, acting as transient viewing platforms for informal events/ shows of the ground level.
View of the flexible hotspot workspace, during a weekend evening, transformed into a social zone hosting events, visually connected with the cafe below.
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Interior view of the atrium, connecting bridge and balconies as well as the view into the multipurpose makerspace, from which the Great Howard Street can be seen. Moreover, custom flexible planter, with a concrete worktop, allows for informal meetings and working or socialising.
Exterior view of the scheme looking from the Great Howard Street, focusing on the materiality and the distinctive roofscape, resembling that of the area.
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Great Howard Street Elevation
Dickson Street Elevation
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Short Section AA
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10 Large storage space 11 Cafe 12 Versatile transient meeting points 1 Backstage 13 Cafe kitchen 2 Flexible auditorium space 14 Central atrium including planting and large stair seating with an area for small talks/ shows 3 Toilets 15 Community connection point 4 Pop up shop 16 Pocket park including integrated benches surrounded by greenery 5 Reception area 17 Colonnade feature 6 Transient showcase space on concrete panels 18 Main public entrance 7 Flexible exhibition space with a collaborative marketplace 19 Main work entrance 8 Plant room 20 Future warehouse redevelopment into affordable workspaces 9 Large multipurpose makerspace 21 Ventilation shaft
Site plan, showing the scheme and its relationship to the immediate context, with possibility of expansion and a symbiotic collaboration with the neighbouring built environment, including the proximity to buildings of importance such as the Tobacco Warehouse and the Bonded Tea Warehouse.
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A roofscape study to determine form in regards to the immediate context and the theme
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Detail of the corten steel rainscreen cladding, custom designed corten brise-soleil as well as the saw tooth roof connection.
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Window construction 13 Corten steel window surround 14 Double glazing 15 Corten steel brise soleil
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1 5mm corten steel facade sheets 2 Support bar; isolatng clip; support bracket 3 Ventilation zone 4 Vapour permeable membrane 5 Steel flashing 6 50mm rockwool insulation 7 10mm plywood panel 8 140x50mm treated timber battens 9 140mm rockwool insulation 10 450x150mm spruce glulam beam 11 Vapour barrier 12 10mm gypsum board, white coated
Roof construction 16 5mm corten steel facade sheets 17 Support bar; isolatng clip; support bracket 18 Ventilation zone 19 Aluminium standing seam roof 20 Gutter 21 150x50mm treated timber battens 22 300mm rockwool insulation 23 Vapour barrier 24 10mm gypsum board, white coated 25 Beam (in elevation)
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Climate Awareness Centre at Festival Gardens
The history of Festival Gardens encapsulates the current interconnection of humans with nature. A landfill site, simply draped with a picturesque garden. The proposal aims to reinstate the human connectivity to the natural environment, allowing the exposure to the desirable elements of the natural world, whilst offering protection from the unwelcome attributes, without complete isolation. Influenced by the ‘core, skin, shell’ concept, the design proposes a juxtaposition between heavy, protective elements and light permeable parts of the design. It aims to create pockets of the natural world intertwined within the built form, emphasising the everyday weather phenomena and responding to it, by reconfiguring its parts. The proposal addresses the broader issue of the climate change, by education and appreciation. The scheme provides a celebratory space for the everyday weather phenomena and the natural environment with spaces emphasising the individual attributes of the septate elements as well as informing on the related issues.
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Initial 1-500 physical massing explorations, taking into consideration the topography of the site, as well as other existing features, informing further development of the scheme. Julia Miroslaw 2020/2021
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Initial thematic iterations of massing linked to the emphasis on the individual attributes of weather phenomena and the natural environment.
Concept exploration of the relationship between the heavy, protective elements and light permeable parts of the design.
Preliminary programmatic breakdown iterations, including proportions and positioning informing initial massing attempts. 22
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The rain space
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1 Transitional zone between the inside and the outside 2 Foyer 3. Information centre and ticket office/ gift shop 4 Workshop space 5 Toilets 6 Cafe 7 Plant room/ Storage
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8 Mixed use laboratories 9 Auditorium space 10 Central courtyard celebrating the land 11 Buffer/circulation zone 12 Exhibition space dedicated to the phenomena of light 13 Viewing platform dedicated to the phenomena of wind 14 Exhibition space dedicated to the phenomena of rain
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South elevation
East elevation
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Exploded structural axonometric
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Transient Theatre at Royal Albert Dock
The Transient Theatre proposal abutting the boundary of Liverpool’s City Centre, explores the idea of the balance between stillness and movement. The integral element of the theatre, the auditorium, acts as a multipurpose space transforming its environment through a system of flexible partition walls, curtain elements and facade panels. The theme of adaptability continues throughout the scheme with the studios by day turning into workshop spaces for the public by night. In contrast, the fundamental, mundane elements remain static ensuring balance and order. The Transient Theatre addresses the current issues with thematic plays inviting contemplation and evoking discussion. The workshops targeted at spreading awareness and tackling the problems, complement the theatre’s repertoire, creating an urban think tank for the future city.
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Initial 1-500 physical massing explorations, taking into consideration the topography of the site, as well as other existing features, informing further development of the scheme. Julia Miroslaw 2020/2021 29
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9 Storage/ Multi-purpose space 10 Costume design workshop 11 Writers’ room 12 Set design workshop 13 Delivery zone 14 Storage space 15 Changing room pods 16 Tech desk/ Performance operator
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West elevation
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1 Flat roof construction Zinc capping at parapet 15 x 150 mm treated soft wood boarding, white-stained in areas 15 mm plywood 25 x 50mm treated soft wood timber battens Waterproofing membrane 15 mm plywood Treated timber firring 150 mm rockwool insulation 15 mm plywood Vapour retarding layer 50 x 150 mm treated timber rafters 50 x 150 mm treated timber joists 15mm black-stained acoustic timer panel with slits 2 External wall/cladding construction 15 mm black-stained timber panel 100 mm rockwool insulation Breather membrane 35 x 45 mm treated soft wood timber battens 15 x 150 mm treated soft wood boarding, white stained in areas 3 Internal floor construction 15 mm grey-stained plywood 50 x150 mm timber joists Space for service runs between 28 mm plywood 150 x 150 mm oak glulam beam 25 mm acoustic board 4 Ground floor construction 15 mm grey-stained plywood 15 mm plywood Breather membrane 100 mm rockwool insulation 50 x 150 mm treated timber joists Damp proof membrane 200 x 100 mm concrete blocks Existing ground condition 5 Moving panels construction Oak profile, milled Sliding element Japan paper in oak frame/ oak panel element 6 External oak glulam column with demountable polycarbonate sheeting
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Symbiotic City at Fabric District
Symbiotic City is based on the concept of a mutually beneficial relationship between organisms within nature. The underpinning idea consists of layers of symbiotic interactions within the site. The involvement of Liverpool based creators brings life back into the district, whilst providing a space to express creatively and encourage life long learning. Performances and shows in collaborations with schools as well as temporary exhibitions of independent organisations and local artists create a vibrant cultural and creative hub. Moreover, in accordance with the history of the district, markets selling fresh vegetables and handmade goods are sold on the ground floor of the pavilion, not only opening up otherwise unused facade, but providing amenities whilst sustaining the cultural heritage. Furthermore, the scheme addresses the current ecological issues by creating a green oasis in the city, filtering the air and creating a peaceful micro climate, coming together to form a complex symbiotic relationship between the built environment, the natural world and the people.
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The tiered seating interwoven with planting
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Final 1-200 model, featuring the 3D printed pavilion, contrasted with a wooden habitable platform and an area. 36
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Final 1-200 model, set within the context, featuring planting, benches and a market space. Julia Miroslaw 2020/2021
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Artists’ Corner at Baltic Triangle
Artists’ corner studies the origins of animation through the provision of living and working spaces for a group of creatives, together with a celebratory public exhibition space. Movement and fluidity of motion form the main ethos of the scheme, taken further through the creation of individual curves, where each represents a single frame of a stop-motion animation film. The forms disappear and reveal themselves again, hidden away behind a simple North façade, waiting to be discovered from the courtyard where in the shade of the elegant structure screenings and exhibitions take place. The structure itself conveys the programmatic and thematic ideals, becoming a character in its own animation, through the use of the polycarbonate, creating a play of silhouettes. Moreover, using a string puppet with a skeleton, skin and clothing as inspiration, all the structural components are visible, adding to the theatrics of the scheme and the thematic efforts.
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Initial grid-based planning of the relationship between the layers of curves, based on an animation technique, known as stop motion, revealing elements sequentially.
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1-200 structural test model, experimenting with modelling methods as well as evaluating the design direction going forward.
Final 1-100 model , exploring the structure and materiality of the scheme in a range of lighting conditions.
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