ร sta Mรกrusdรณttir | Portfolio
Ásta Márusdóttir | Resume ljosapera@gmail.com Reykjavík (+354) 7734194 01.07.1985 Icelandic
Educational background Icelandic Academy of the Arts B.A. degree in Architecture
2013-2016
Hólar University College
2010-2012
Diploma in Equestrian Studies
The Agricultural University of Iceland
High school degree
2010-2012
Educational Instructor
Snorrastaðir Farm
2001-2005
Summer of 2015
Summer of 2008
Norðurál
Summer of 2007
Fosshotel Reykholt
Summer of 2006
Reitschule Junkmann, Germany
2005 - 2006
Fosshotel Lind
2003 -2005
Receptionist, part time and summer job Summer of 2014
Summer of 2013
2012 -2013
Shop attendant
Hvoll Farm
Summer of 2012
Reykjavík Ridingschool
Summer of 2011
Equestrian trainer
Riding Instructor
Hjallastefna Kindergarten
Equestrian trainer
Equestrian trainer
N1, Fossvogi
Summer of 2009
Equestrian trainer
Receptionist
Equestrian trainer
Snorrastaðir Farm
Snorrastaðir Farm
Worker
Work experience Vinnuskóli Reykjavíkur
Summer of 2010
Equestrian trainer
Kindergarten employee
B.S. degree in Landscape planning and Architecture
Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð
Snorrastaðir Farm
Funds Icelandic Center for Research: Nýsköpunarstyrkur námsmanna -Rými Sorps / Trash space
Summer of 2016
Other Experience Stúdentafélag Hólaskóla Cashier in student union
Skills
Skeifublað Grana Caricature Artist
2008-2012
Good working skills: Rhino, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, AutoCad, Microstation, SketchUp, lacer cutting, pysical modeling, Microsoft office, iWorks, Wacom tablet.
Hestamannafélag Grana Boardmember in Equestrian union
2009-2010
Basic working skills: V-Ray, Vectorworks.
2011-2012
MH Graduation Book Caricature Artist LFMH Cashier
Interestes
2005
2004-2005
Architecture, design, drawing, illustrating, art, music, horses, nature, outdoor activity, exercice, health.
Practical skills: Very creative, independant, good at teamwork and communication. Language skills: Icelandic: Native English: Fluent (spoken/ writing/ reading) German: Fluent (spoken/ wiriting/ reading) Danish: Good (spoken/ writing/ reading) Spanish: Basic knowledge French: Basic knowledge
Contents
Architecture & Methodology The Lair Urban Retreat Library of Visual Arts Townhouse 101 Community Center for Asylum seekers Harnessig the Ocean Currents
Points Warping Date: BAarch 1, fall 2013 Type: Architecture & Methodology Location: Reykjavík Instructor: Hildigunnur Sverrisdóttir & HildurGunnarsdóttir
This studio was to help us understand the basics of architectural design, form and perception. My concept was warping motion. It stared as two points moving with alot of force upwards then with even grater force it suddenly moved downwords where the two points warped and became 3 dimentional. I used this force to create different spaces, opening and closing as the force moves through the surface.
The Lair/ Bæli Date: BArch 2, Spring 2014 Type: Design: prosess & realisation Location: Öskjuhlíð Instructor: Björn Guðbrandsson Groupmembers: Ásta Sóllilja Þorsteinsdóttir & Dagný Harðardóttir
This was a group project where my groupmates and I where working with the concept “homless persons nest making” in Öskjuhlíð, which is a small forest in Reykjavík and common for outdoor activities but also know for meetings in the dark. We had to use building material that was recycleble and because of our unusual concept we found a very unusual building material. The plastic bottle was our choice as we found it also had a connection to the homless. We experimented with the bottles and their ability to be a bulding material and found a way to make building blocks out of them that we then built our project out of. The final product was an installation built in 1:1, where we used over 3000 plastic bottles that was a gateway into the lair of the homeless and had an organic form.
Urban retreat Date: BArch 3, fall 2014 Type: Profession: Urban Analysis Location: Snorrabraut Teammate: PĂŠtur Andreas Maack Instructor: Massimo Santanicchia Groupmember: PĂŠtur Andreas Maack
The commercial strip of Snorrabraut is our subject, titled Zone 3. This is the area on Snorrabraut where the continuous built environment ends and the vast built with its voids begins. The buildings are placed as it looks, randomly in the area, as if there was not much thought put into the surroundings. This creates an area full of void spaces inbetwean the buildings. These voids are unfriendly for pedestrians and confusing. Our main focus are these voids. So what we did was rethinking the whole area, what was the obvious problem? What is it that this area needs? It needs more spaces for people! So what we did was designing a new street laying between the buildings giving the middle of the zone more value. By doing this we could close all the parking lots in the area and give that space to the pedestrian. Also we designed a system of paths to connect the active spaces and make the area more transparent and accessible. We also added few buildings to reduce the voids! And make Snorrabraut more like a downtown street.
Library of Visual Arts Date: BArch 3, fall 2014 Type: Profession II: Building a City Location: Bern, Switzerland Instructor: Steinþór Kári Kárason & Ásmundur Hrafn Sturluson Groupmember: Arnar Grétarsson
In this studio we had the oppurtunity to work with a site in downtown Bern, Switzerland. A very prominent site where our project was to design a library of visual arts. The site is located between a very busy city center and the banks of the river Aare, which are covered by forest. This was a group project and my classmate and I wanted to make the building an important part of the city but also to get as much experience from the forest as possible. At the beginning we decided to keep all the trees on the site. So the trees dictated the space in which we put the mass. Then we used lines from the city to cut the mass and sharpen the form of it. We also looked into how the mass would present the square. To connect the building to the square we took away one lane from the street, we had he same tiles on the pavement and the street, that way we could slow the traffic down and make a pedestrian friendly flow. We wanted to stimulate this corner because it’s a very interesting point where the new and old parts of the city both meet with the woods. To open it more up we put wide stairs which give a welcoming feeling when walking from the city to the woods and vice versa. The facade is a heavy concrete mass on top of this light glass wall, by lifting the mass up the with the glass wall we connect the ground floor to the city and the woods. To underline the value of the books we decided to have this thick concrete mass around them. The concrete is imprinted with the texture of solid trees on the outside, and on the inside it has the texture of a finer, more processed wood then of course inside the building we have the books. This also created an echo from the woods to the building. The mass has holes in it on various places, these places were decided with regards of the view from the inside and outline vistas in the environment. We wanted to make the library have a very dreamy athmosphere so we the library was very unconventional.
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Community Center for Asylum seekers Date: BArch 5, fall 2015 Type: Design & Intigration Location: Tryggvagata, Reykjavík Instructor: Halldór Eiríksson & Hildigunnur Sverrisdóttir
In the old harbour part of Reykjavík, now downtown we had the project of designing a communitu center for asylum seekers. The building was to include offices for the Directorate of immigration as well as classrooms, lecture hall, restaurant and rooms and apartments for asylum seekers. This project was also focused towards sustainable design in architecture. In my building I focused on ventilation and natural lighting, indoor greenhouses (for inhabitants/ restaurant to grow their own vegetables and such), outdoor garden but also runoff water was gathered and used. The site’s location can also be rather windy at times and the form of the building and it’s facade was designed to make the climate around the house more balanced. In the begining I was very fasinated by the shore and how the tide comes and goes. That fact that it brings stuff with it and leaves some behind but takes others away became my concept for the building as it represents the journey of the asylum seekers as well as the threshold the building is.
Harnessing the Ocean Currents Date: BArch 6, spring 2016 Type: Graduation project Location: Flatey, Breiðafjörður Instructor: Steve Crister, Margrét Harðardóttir & Steinþór Kári Kárason
Electricity in Flatey in Breiðarfjörður is currently produced by diesel engines. This devastating fact had a significant impact on the the building’s design and location. Energy can be found in the ocean surrounding the island in the form of ocean currents. The most powerful current can be found in Hafnarsund, which lies between the ‘village’ in Flatey and Hafnarey, which is a harbour formed entirely by nature. To be able to harness this energy, the building needs to extend into the ocean and cross the current. The ruins of an old jetty also played a big role in placing the building, which is areference to it. The building stretches out in to the ocean and seems to float on top of it because of the structure that extrudes from the ocean floor. The building activates ocean currents to produce energy, and it also activates the flow of tourists to the island.
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