Calina Manisor_DIA Portfolio

PO RTFO LI O architecture & design calina manisor

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

At the core of these selected works lies my aspiration of using the design process as a tool of understanding the development and the impact of architecture on society and on the environment. I believe that through an accurate understanding of architecture, one can conclude in resolving issues of environmental, social and sustainable background.

Therefore, the ambition of cultivating the human experience drives my desire of continuing my studies within the architectural environment at the Dessau International Architecture Graduate School as the institution’s beliefs and academic programme are orientated towards a deeper understanding of architecture as a social, cultural, political and economic activity deeply embedded in contemporary issues and concerns.

Consequently, I am confident that this programme can rightly provide me with the best faculty, resources and educational tools available, supporting my evolution as a promising architect. I therefore hope I will be given an opportunity to study at your University.

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INTEGRATED DESIGNPROJECT pg.4

CONTENTS

BRIEF

Students are required to design a medium scale building with particular emphasis on integration. Students are expected to fully analyze the site and its context in formulating proposals for the building. Proposals should demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of a design problem and solutions must indicate that students have a fully developed scheme from the large scale urban (or rural) context through to detailed design proposals.

BRIEF

The brief is to design a 3000 square metre city hall comprising all adjacent functions.

The brief underlines the desire for encasing large glazed surfaces in key points of interest. Moreover, the intention of creating an architectural monument worthy of representing the city of Bacau, Romania has also been articulated. In addition, the theme has been of liberal nature, leaving the architect in charge of most design decisions.

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SECTIUNE A-A’

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RESEARCH PROJECT pg.36

M U N I C I P I U L U I

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PROJECT pg.28

We expect the learner to study, reflect and propose a response in an urban infill responding to an identified area of conflict and division. Cities are facing problems of social exclusion, deprivation, division and at times violence. Effort has been made by local and national authorities towards an understanding of a more comprehensive response. Your architectural response will aim to understand these issues through a reflective practice based (explorative process) and well documented research base programme.

COMPREHENSIVE DESIGN PROJECT pg.14

BRIEF

P R I M A R I A

BRIEF

The module provides the opportunity for each student to demonstrate the management of independent, self-managed research projects. The intention of the research project is to broaden research experience and deepen the understanding of specific topics.

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TRANSCENDENT MATERIALITY INTEGRATED DESIGN PROJECT_2ND YEAR DETAILED DESIGN LOCATION: Bardney Woods, United Kingdom TUTOR: Hanna Featherby

Through the study of a phenomenon we have been asked to design a space that finds itself in antithesis with the generic nucleus of the brief: death. By enlarging the context of death to its allegiance to the organic world, I have intended to capture the rhythm of life englobing evolution as well as degradation in a single architectural articulation.

Therefore, by using complementing entities such as wood and concrete, lightness and darkness my proposal aims to create a friendly environment in which a passage through the cycle of life is mapped at a transcendental level.

CONCEPT EVOLUTION

ORGANIC EVOLUTION ORGANISM GROWTH

The expression of organic growth seen in site-specific examples, as well as experimental degradation studies conducted by myself, have determined the design decisions made within the project. Therefore, the physicality of the building is an expression of decomposition, while the morphology of the plan suggests the continuous expansion of living organisms.

ORGANIC EVOLUTION LIVING ORGANISM DECOMPOSITION

Parallels driven between the initial instances of the brief: death and woodlands, have shaped the existence of two experiential antithetical sensations driven by the same determinant: time. Living organisms are not only subjected to evolution, but also to degradation.

These two existential happenings shape the conceptual development of the project.

SITE ANALYSIS MONUMENT POSITIONING

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DEVELOPMENT OF BUILDING MORPHOLOGY

PROCESSIONAL ROUTE

BIRDSWATCH TOWER

SERVICE CHAPEL

GALLERY

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INTERIOR PARTICULARITIES

The organic dimension of the site with its untouched woodlands inspire the visitor to enjoy its typology beyond the nature of the place. Moreover, intending to maintain some of the features formerly present on site and aiming to preserve as much as of the environment as possible, I have decided to incorporate a birds-watch tower with a 360 degree view of the surrounding area.

The integration of a gallery ex body’ adds to the natural dimension encouraging the user to have a more towards the phenomenon of death.

CHAPEL GROUND FLOOR

BIRDSWATCH TOWER FIRST FLOOR

The proposal advocates an innovative approach to the concept of death. Organic degeneration is subject to reinterpretation, by attaching a divine terminology to the sinister after-death experience. Therefore, 12 pairs of concrete ribs are introduced in the design, taking on the role of a processional route that guides visitors to the center place of worship, of salvation, while expressing at a metaphorical dimension the decomposition of organic materials.

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THE VENUE MORPGOLOGY OF SPACE

GALLERY SPACE BASEMENT

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REPOSITORY OF A DISFRACTURED SOCIETY. A MOVEMENT TOWARDS CONTINUITY

COMPERHENSIVE DESIGN PROJECT_3RD YEAR DETAILED DESIGN LOCATION: Leeds, United Kingdom TUTOR: Paul Clarke

The narrative of the presented project is inspired by Law’s belief that the built form is strongly intertwined with societal change. The integrity of a place lies within the user’s understanding of its socio-cultural heritage.

Therefore, this project addresses the issue of reintegration of a forgotten area within the city of Leeds, UK in the newly developed urban fabric of the city. This is achieved by dwelling upon the city’s heritage as well as the needs of the current user.

Consequently, the resulted venue considers how a place can be perceived as a transitional environment between the materiality of what used to represent and what now represents Leeds.

Programmatically, my intervention intends to preserve the industrial inheritance of the location and, at the same time, provide for the new user of the city, hence transitioning from a place of desperate degradation to a major space of social and cultural public activity.

INTERCHANGING CITY INDUSTRIAL

ACADEMIC

ECONOMIC

ANALYSIS OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT

SOCIAL DISTRICT SYSTEMATIZATION

MOVEMENT BETWEEN DISTRICTS

BUFFER ZONE

BUFFER ZONE

INDUSTRIAL

ACADEMIC

ECONOMIC

The built form is a mere reflection of the sociocultural values of society (Low,1993:75). Therefore, any architectural phenomenon can be explained through a thorough analysis of its context. The spatial fracture in urban development, embedded in the urban fabric of Leeds city, finds its reasoning in the dramatic dynamic of the Industrial Revolution. Throughout history, emblematic cities of the time have had to maintain their eminent statuses by rapidly adapting to the requirements and demands of the new user brought in by the Industrial Revolution. Consequently, large urban areas of importance to the former user have lost their value, while the modern city continued to develop amidst.

This phenomenon of the metaphorical fracture within the urban environment has been a common sight through many cities of the Industrial Era, Leeds being an accurate example. Such an area within Leeds is that of the Little London district. This quarter finds itself on the boundary line between the modern city center, the academic quarter inhabited by the new user of the city, and the old industrial settlements.

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CONCEPT EVOLUTION

NUCLEUS

Preceding industrial Leeds, the city has been an important railway junction. This fact has lead to the booming development of the city during the Industrial Revolution.

EVOLUTION Following the industrialization, the city’s railway network has developed, the juxtaposition of these steel objects determining the focal point in the development of my concept.

DEVELOPMENT

The inspiration for the vocabulary of my project is inspired by the clear angles resulted from rail juxtapositioning as well as the mechanism of the steel wheels of a train.

UNDER-FABRIC

Research shows that the city is built on a network of canals.

Moreover, we can see here again the repetition of steel elements much like the rails mentioned previously.

CONSISTENCY

The clock-a constant sight in industrial Leeds. It’s mechanism has inspired the concept narrative. Having mapped the city area similar to that of a clock, each area representing a cog; a driven analogy has shown that similar to a broken component of a clock, an ill component of a city negatively influences the whole mechanism.

TRANSITION

Art as a mechanismthe Steam-punk artistic current developed by modern artists, revealing the involuntary appeal of the new generation to the industrial past along with it’s metal mechanisms.

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CONCEPT EVOLUTION

ANALOG DEVELOPMENT

MORPHOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

VERNACULAR STRATEGY

SITE DESIGNATION

BUILDING PROGRAMME GALLERY SPACES FITTED FOR THE NEEDS OF PRESENT DAY SOCIETY

INTERCONNECTING PASSAGE BETWEEN BUILDING WINGS

EXHIBITION SPACES SUITED FOR WORKS OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE OLD CITY

The physical form of the proposed venue is designed as an expression of both the industrial heritage of the city, as well as of the organic fracture between the three existing experiential quarters of Leeds. The building with its surrounding site shall act as a catalyst within the urban and social fabric of the city.

Thus, the venue shall commemorate the history of Leeds through a Remembrance Museum, exposing works that dwell upon the development of the city from an industrial town to an aspiring academic center.

Nevertheless, the venue shall shelter the needs of the new user- the young professional residing within the art and design realm, that has been brought in by the continuous expansion of the academic function of the city; by providing aspiring artist with exposition halls and workshops, therefore facilitating their integration within the larger scheme of the city.

Moreover, the building shall act as a visual indicator of it’s programme by capturing architectural elements present in the vocabulary of Victorian industrial buildings.

ATELIER OF CREATION FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

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DETAILED DESIGN

SOUTH - EAST ELEVATION

NORTH - EAST ELEVATION

NORTH - WEST ELEVATION

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DETAILED DESIGN

CIRCULATION DIAGRAM

1ST FLOOR

2ND FLOOR

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Morphologically, the proposal comprises two separate buildings represented by the Main Museum and the Atelier of Creation. The main building is intended as a transitory space that dwells upon a route through time, from the industrial past to present day. These two entities of time are stipulated at a visual level by the two wings of the building, connected through a Hall of Remembrance designed as a reenactment of the fracture of the urban fabric in Leeds.

VISUAL ANNOTATION 1 ENTRANCE ON SITE FROM NORTH BOUNDARY

VISUAL ANNOTATION 3 REMEMBRANCE HALL

STUDY SECTIONS

VISUAL ANNOTATION 2 GALLERY SPACE IN THE MODERN ART WING

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REPOSITORY OF A DISFRACTURED SOCIETY. A MOVEMENT TOWARDS CONTINUITY

COMPETITION ENTRY_YEAR OUT RE-ACT NOW STUDIO LOCATION: Bacau, Romania ARCHITECTS: Arch. Alina Stoica, Arch. Mario Kuibus

At the level of the competition we were asked to design a 3000 square meter space, comprising the functional programme of a city hall. My personal contribution to the project has been vast as I, together with arch. Alina Stoica have researched the subject and formulated the concept behind the proposal.

The final architectural solution has been the product of an amalgamate thinking of a team composed of four minds led by arch. Mario Kuibus, while the work behind the presentation has been done by three people, including myself, having personally worked on sections, plans, elevations and renderings.

CONCEPT EVOLUTION

REGIONAL HERITAGE MORPHOLOGY OF LOCAL LANDSCAPE

THE CITY HALL DEFENDER OF THE PUBLIC REALM

DEMATERIALIZATION CLOCK TOWER REINTERPRETATION

Taking into account the context of the given site- marked by the two cathedrals carrying a deeply symbolic load in the urban memory of Bacau, and the position of the site at the intersection of 3 main circulation arteries, our proposal aims in triggering a powerful sense of belonging in the memory of the townsfolk.

The volumetric composition of the edifice is generated by the morphology of the natural landscape, specific of the supcarpahian hills found in Bacau county, along with their sedimentary rocks of calcar. The volume detaches itself from the ground while the texture of the pavement repeats itself in the stereotomy of the facades.

The enlarged canopy sheltering the happenings of the city hall, represents the ideology of the guildhall seen as a perpetual force capable of protecting the community.

Moreover, the prototype of the clock tower is reinterpreted in the spatial form of a central atrium, encasing an abstract structure that articulates the geometry of a tower.

NORTH ELEVATION

WEST ELEVATION

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DETAILED DESIGN

GROUND FLOOR

SOUTH - EAST VIEW

The nearly-vertical array of stratified sediment rocks inspired the tectonic altercation of volumes of different textures as well as the formally angled facades of the building.

SOUTH VIEW

MAIN ATRIUM

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AERIAL VIEW FROM NORTH BOUNDARY OF SITE

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ARCHITECTURE - A MOTIF OF GLOBALIZATION.

TOWARD A STANDARDIZATION OF THE ARCHITECTURAL FABRIC IN EURAFRASIA RESEARCH PROJECT_3RD YEAR DISSERTATION TUTOR: Manish Mandhr

Rapid exchange of knowledge is integral to the transnational urban world, making experience everywhere essentially the same. Therefore, architecture has as well been subjected to a global standardization of its expression. Modern aspirations have rendered the material realm into a uniformed scene, regardless of tradition. This is the result of an ongoing globalization process that sustains the dissolution of geographical and, unfortunately, cultural boundaries. Has this only happened as a consequence of mass communication?

Although this global homogenization has indeed been highly influenced by modern technologies that have enhanced the speed of knowledge transmission, Carroll (2007) argues that the hybridization of culture is of a probable immemorial lineage.

Therefore, the research conducted within my dissertation aims to stress the meaning of primal scenes of globalization in the architectural environment, by appealing to the constant cross-cultural debate between the East and the West. Furthermore, the objective of my paper is to assess the degree to which Islamic traditions have influenced the development of European architecture, a key pattern of development that reflects globalization in the Eurafrasian environment (landmass comprising the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia).

This shall be achieved by referring to the heterogeneous fabric of Medieval Moorish Spain, encompassing Eastern as well as Western traditions. Through a brief analysis of the architectural language developed in the Hispano-Moresque environment, I aim to depict how Oriental traditions have contributed to the development of Western art and architecture.

Henceforth, this paper shall aim to attest the Islamic origin of Hispano-Moresque, Gothic and Alhambresque architecture, asserting them as inspirational for later Classical and Modern European traditions that have, through the three styles mentioned above, embraced Islamic motifs as their own.

FROM THE CIRCULAR TO THE POINTED ARCH

JOURNEY OF THE POINTED ARCH I slamic Hispano-Moresque

Gothic

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