BORISLAV ANGELOV
ACADEMIC WORK
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Weeble Wobble Installation | Instructor: Julie Flohr
Micromansion Single Family House | Instructor: Xavier Vendrell
Residual Thickness Performing Arts Center | Instructor: Christopher Frye
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Wacky Motions
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Injection Tower
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Just Add Water
Mixed-use Tower | Instructor: Paul Preissner
High Rise Tower | Instructor: Lyndsay Pepple
Urban Landscape | Instructor: Clare Lyster
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A typical sphere is triangulated and systematically divided into three distinct areas.
The triangulated patterns are converted into curvilinear geometries.
Surfaces are generated from the new geometries as both are combined to achieve undulating blends between the layers.
The areas start to signify relief patterns and change in the topography of the surface.
x 288 Layers
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Screws
Dowells
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Locks (Type 1)
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Locks (Type 2)
Kit of parts and construction method.
Unlocked
Locked
Attention on physical activity is projected by playing a game - a variation of bowling. The goal is to strategically place your cylinders so the oppent doesn’t knock them down by rolling the sphere.
Tired of playing? Just open the sphere and enjoy the ergonomic interior which fits many body positions and supports various activities-rocking relaxingly, reading a book,etc.
MICROMANSION FALL 2013 | XAVIER VENDRELL
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The project challenges the typical linear organization of small living prototypes as it uses the small footprint to transform itself into a space which feels big and spacious. The programs of the house are arranged around a central core, which allows for an open floor plan with no partitions on the inside achieving visual continuity between different zones. The central inhabitable core is then shifted asymmetrically to open up diagonal views and introduce difference to particular spaces as they start to possess their own unique character. The sectional qualities of the split and second floors allow for various degrees of open versus private space within the same open plan. This is further emphasized by the ability of some areas to remain completely private by separating them with a curtain. The isolation of these zones does not affect the circulation flow of the house as one can still freely reach the desired destiantion. Spaces like the bedroom and the working desk are cantelivered from the main form in order to create the feeling that the user is almost outside of the volume. The large tresholds located in those areas strenghten that effect. The transformable built-in furniture allows for various configurations and flexible uses of the same space, making the house adaptable to different events.
Living Room
Central core with amenities and utilities. Living spaces and circulation are organized around it.
Dining Kitchen Bathrooms
Bedrooms Circulation Stack to achieve double height ceilings and decrease the size in half to minimize the footprint.
Shift the core to open diagonal views and pull the form to achieve varying interior spaces.
Other Movement Flow
'DWD Living: Dining: Kitchen: Bathroom: Bedroom: Circulation: Other:
160 26.4 45.2 35.2 82.7 101.8 32.2
Total: Linear Footage:
602.8 sq’ 103’-6”
Push certain areas down to let light in, create a parking space and develop a lively silhouette. Pull second floor out to create private spaces(bedroom and workspace).
44.3% 26.6%
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30.6% 5.8%
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Propsed design is located in the place of the garage in a typical Chicago lot.
East Elevation
North Elevation
West Elevation
South Elevation
Steel Channel Light Gauge Steel Stud Dry Wall Insulation Furring Strip Rail HPL (High Pressure Laminates) Panel
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Public spaces are easily transformed into private by using curtains as separators.
Arranging programs around the core allows for visual continuity and diagonal vistas.
RESIDUAL THICKNESS SPRING 2013 | CHRISTOPHER FRYE + Nancy Gislason Honorable Mention Award + Selected for Exhibition, 2013 Year End Show, UIC School of Architecture
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The project’s purpose is to achieve an inside out development of interior public space and form, which started as a decor study of a room and accumulated to a theater complex.. The overall volume is defined by the arrangement of the individuall theatres into a singular shape with a distinctive figure. After the initial horizontal organization, slight rotation and shifting in the vertical direction were introduced to achieve lobby spaces, shared by multiple theatres and interesting asymmetrical zones. The residual space between the building envelope and each theater’s unique shape becomes the public space as it gets thickened by programs and events. By puncturing each floor with a series of large voids, the visitor is given a visual reward and stimulation to visit each different space. The visual continuity throughout the building allows one to stay virtually connected to all of the activities happening in the performance center. The rhythm set up by the various means of circulation- escalators, stairs, and elevators- guides the visitor to the differently programmed spaces. To further emphasize the singular reading of the figure, the only access to the theatres are bridges which bond the volumes to the typical floors. The use of translucent materials turns these connection points into ephemeral objects that seem to puncture the hard shell of the theatres and become a link from one world into another. As the main lobby becomes situated on the east side of the building, the form in that particular area culminates into a grand window looking towards downtown Chicago. This giant threshold provides an iconic view to the interior to drivers on the highway and people on the outside as it connects the performing art center to its metropolitan context.
Place overal theater shape on site.
Shift theaters vertically to allow for circulation and create shared lobby spaces on the interior.
Rotate individual theaters at ends to introduce assymetric interior moments. Extend envelope to allow for public space and cut away mass to match theater angles.
Lift envelope’s ends to free ground for public activities.
Push down certain points to give interior spaces unique shape. Soften edges of envolope for an undulating look.
Shape landscape to introduce new paths and entry points.
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Box Office
S. Halsted St
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1st Floor / Basement
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W. Harrison St
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Cabaret Gallery 400
Administration Offices Service Area
The performing art center acts as a dramatic physical gateway strengthening UIC’s connection with the community and the Chicago metropolis.
Residual spaces formed between individual theaters and the envelope get activated by public programs.
Socialize on the roof of the theater and peak into the performance.
Enjoy your dinner while observing how people walk along the ephemeral bridges to enter the world of performance.
Observe students and theater complex visitors while waiting to enter the performance.
Have a drink on top of the opera hall.
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Punctured floors emphasize the deep visual penetrations among programs.
A choreographed rhythm of circulation is introduced through stairs and escalators.
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2nd Floor
5 Rehearsal 6 Storage 7 Drama Theatre
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Bar
6th Floor
14 Concert Hall 15 Digital ExhibitionGallery 16 Digital ExhibitionGallery Support 17 Bar and Lounge
Shared public lobby under the neck of one theater. One takes the ephemeral bridges, seemengly hanging in the air, to enter the world of performance.
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7th Floor
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Exterior Terrace
Individual Piano Practice Rooms 35 Person Recital / Classroom Individual Percussion Practice Rooms Percussion Storage 20 Seat Piano Classroom 15 Person Computer Lab
25 Individual Music Practice Rooms
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Backstage
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3rd Floor
8 Restaurant 9 Restaurant'sKitchen 10 Theatre Support
WACKY MOTIONS SPRING 2014 | PAUL PREISSNER
+Featured on suckerPUNCH
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The project aims to create a different feeling of urbanity by inserting sloppy and chunky forms, which collapse on each other, in the urban environment. The usual feelings evoked by collapsing buildings are replaced by the friendly and humorous associations the approachable forms create. The project explores strangeness and economy of form rather than making deep architectural criticism. It aims through unconventionality and sloppiness to produce architectural space which is able to function the same way as “ordinary” buildings in the city. The humorous effect is amplified by a sense of sadnessthe form’s failing ambitions to stand straight. The three differently programmed towers collapse on each other to create a larger singular shape with new programmatic relationships and unusual floor plans. At ground level a new public plaza with a hybrid condition between interior/exterior is formed. To add to the unpretentious and sloppy look of the building a mesh is hung from the glazing, giving the illusion of constant movement. At the end the building appears to be an inappropriately scaled small object which is important in how indismissible it is.
Unpretentious forms inspired by “dumb� daily life objects.
Clumsily collapsing in the urban environment to create humorous associations.
Three differently programmed towers collapse on each other to create unexpected relationsips.
The regular footprint contrasts to the massing above and forms a public plaza.
Metal Clips
Suspended Mesh Diagrid Glazin Panels
Mesh strenghtens the flimsy look of the form.
Irregular floorplans promote programmatic intertextuality and allow for flexible use of the space.
INJECTION
TOWER
FALL 2011 | LYNDSAY PEPPLE +Selected for Exhibition,2012 Year End Show, UIC School of Architecture
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Taking on the notion that the core of a typical mixed use building is the most private space, Injection Tower completely reverses it to transform it into the most public. A series of programatic voids are inserted in the interior to break the monotonous stratification of stacked floors and form a continious overall shape. Each void hosts a completely foreign program and is connected to the rest to allow the visitor to travel freely on the inside. The interior objects are dressed in a double glazed patterned glass walls which provide a degree of privacy but also allow visual continuity between different programs. The displaced pattern not only highlights the strangeness of shape and unappologetic intrusion of the voids but also gives them a voyeuristic quality. The exterior of the tower is treated with a typical curtain wall facade using highly reflective glass in order for the building to blend with its surroundings and almost disappear. The generic silhouette is just broken by the patterned cut outs which provocatively attract the viewer.
E Monroe St
E Madison St
S Michigan Ave
The proxemity to Millenium Park and many iconic buildinds drived the desire the tower’s exterior to be as ordinary as possible and blend with other unpretentious buildings.
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The people in the theater admire the spectacle as they become spectacle themselves.
Hotel Office Shopping Mall Circulation Roof Walkway Skate park Theater Swimming/Diving Pool Parking Indoor Park Links
Longitudinal section: new programmatic voids polute the interior and create new relationships and interactions.
Injecting the “dumb� box with programatic events.
Curtain wall facade used for exterior of the tower.
Double Glazed cladding with ceramic frit pattern used for interior voids.
Converse and play.
Watch a performance.
Swim and dive.
Park and shop.
Walk and enjoy artificial nature.
JUST ADD WATER FALL 2012 | CLARE LYSTER
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At the intersection of Lake Erie and the Cuyahoga River lays an abundant waterfront, which is left underutilized by the city of Cleveland. “Just Add Water” exploits the city’s proximity to water by imagining the site as a prototype for a performative and habitable hydrological landscape. A large aqueduct runs the length of the site and takes polluted river water through a processes of bioremediation to purify it. This serves a smaller system of canals aligned to the existing city grid that divide the site into bands of water based program. This division enables the project to work across multiple scales as each band provides a unique experience but also forms a cohesive system spaning across the whole site when combined with others.Programs include more active zones like water park and artificial beach, and passive ones like water botanic garden and geothermal park. A two storey mixed use ribbon structure creates a border between the various ground based water programs. At grade it hosts public programs (library, water museum, etc). that open out to the water based ground program with residential above for long term hospital patients and their families that come to many of Cleveland’s nationally renowned medical centers. In targeting both public and private use the project serves as a social condenser and would ultimately serve as a zone to connect the dichotomous city using in a productive way all the vacant land along the Cuyahoga River.
1. Divide site into program strips.
2. Locate buildings to act as separators of different programs.
3. Link individual buildings to create continuity of form.
1. Divide site into program strips.
2. Locate buildings to act as separators of different programs.
3. Link individual buildings to create continuity of form.
4. Further extend and connect.
5. Remove unnecessary parts addressing the site’s edge.
6. Split, fillet and elevate to preserve visual continuity between programs.
4. Further extend and connect.
5. Remove unnecessary parts addressing the site’s edge.
6. Split, fillet and elevate to preserve visual continuity between programs.
Geothermal Park
Public Water Features/ Open zone
Artificial Beach/ Pools
Spa/ Shopping Mall Pool
Water Gardens
Algae Park/ Bioremediation zone
Water Park
The proposed strategy divides the large area into smaller strips which reinvigorate the site on an individual level but also work as a cohesive system of water related programs.
Cuyahoga river
Permeable Pavement
Dirty
Roof Rain Collectors
Processed
Rain
Clean
Microorganisms Fish
Filtering Plants
Bacteria
Bacteria secrete enzymes
Bacteria reproduce
Bioremediation Process
Enzymes attack fats, oil, grease, sugar and starch and break them down
Bacteria excrete CO2 and H2O Bacteria eats the broken down bits
Along with activating each programmatic strip, water becomes a vehicle of connecting Cleveland with its larger surrounding context.
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Atrium/Circulation Nodes
Library
Boat Club
Spa
Hotel
Families of Patients
Water Museum
Shopping Mall
Residential
Hotel Amenities
Theater/ Art Gallery
Water Plant
Long Term Patients
The layered building provides a physical distinction between different programs and blurs the interior/exterior relationship. It facilitates moving on and across the site as well.
Artificial pools
Water gardens with picturesque patterns
When full with water the artificial pools provide a perfect getaway from the city life.
Water park
Paths formed by springing fountains.
Conversation pits with small pools
Algae park/Bioremediation zone
Controlling the supply of water during cold seasons allows for multi-purpose use of the same forms.
Take your boat into the lake or just enjoy walking and relaxing on the bays.
Bike, skate, jog - the multi-level promenade promotes various activites.
Get a tan at the pools and go back to the suburbs.
Expand your knowledge at the water and science museum or enjoy the geo-thermal park.
Elevator
Rain Collectors Rain Collectors’ drain system Synthetic surface using the grasscrete pattern to mimic water
The top of the lower building serves as a private park for the living units of the elevated one.
Rain collector drain going into the water storage Permeable Grasscrete
Electriccity line from Geothermal turbine to heater Heater
Return Supply Pipes Filter Water Supply For Building
Dirty Water Main Drain
Hot Water Pumped Up
Drain Pipes Water Storage
Water Pumped into Earth
Water serves not only as a social incubator but meets functional needs of surrounding buildings.