Diversity-portfolio by Calin Lambrache

DIVERSITY

/ ARCHITECTURE & URBANISM PORTFOLIO LAMBRACHE CALIN GABRIEL / ARCHITECT, EUROPEAN MASTERS OF URBANISM

MOTIVATION Diversity Since the very first assignment in architecture school, everything started for me with understanding the context of my design proposal, as well as the effects of my potential actions. This meant getting to know a series of cultural, spatial, political and economic contexts at first, and then it slowly evolved into more and more complex urban studies. The diverse characters of the places resulted in a very different reading and interpreting of each specific case. In turn this led to a variety of typologies and scales for the proposals. The need for architectural projects to be aware of the relation between the building and the urban scale was obvious, so urbanistic studies became an essential part of my work. The fascination, but also the need to understand the urban context better, grew until it was clear that I needed to have a more in-depth understanding of urbanism. So, the European Masters of Urbanism gave me the opportunity to at least catch a glimpse of the complexity of this discipline. I discovered the intricate relationships between geographical, political and cultural landscapes and how these affect peoplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; everyday life. This international programme allowed me not only to face diverse and complex contexts but also to work with people from very different backgrounds, cultures and thus opinions, adding another layer to the complexity of the overall experience. In parallel to these studies I also tried to apply the knowledge to concrete, professional projects. So, the reading and interpreting of the sites determined a series of attitudes towards the design, ranging from submission to the urban tissue typology and architectural aesthetics to commenting on the quality of the surrounding built environment. Everything has lead to seeing my professional experience so far as a very diverse one, diversity that comes from the attitude towards the profession: a multidisciplinary, multicultural approach that crosses scales and cultural boundaries. Considering this, my view on this profession is influenced by the need to understand and to always learn new things. I hope to be a part of a team that desires and is able to tackle any project by grasping every layer of its complexity and using this knowledge to feed the design process. Sincerely, Calin Lambrache

CONTENT

Academic - Urbanism projects 100 LAKES ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................pages 4-11 TAIHU, THE CITY OF THE XXI CENTURY ........................................................................................................................................................................pages 12-19 Professional - Personal architecture projects L RESIDENCE ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................pages 20-27 C MEDICAL PRACTICE ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................pages 28-33 Academic - Architecture projects CUMPANA MONASTERY ........................................................................................................................................................................................................pages 34-41 RE|MERGE ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................pages 42-49 IDENTITY ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................pages 50-57

100 T

LAKES A

academic project - 2nd year 2nd semester urbanism master feb-aug 2013 | coordinating professor Andre Loeckx

Project

100 LAKES

Type of project ACADEMIC - THESYS PROJECT FOR THE EUROPEAN MASTER OF URBANISM Location TIRANA-DURRES REGION, ALBANIA Role and contribution ANALYSIS - GROUP PROJECT (BOGDAN ILIE, CAI TAO, LU WEI, ZHONGKAI ZHOU) CONTRIBUTION: CONCEPT, DRAFTING, PHOTOSHOP. A TERRITORIAL WASTE COLLECTOR SYSTEM INDIVIDUAL PROJECT COORDINATOR - 51N4E OFFICE

DURRES

TIRANA

PROJECT DESCRIPTION The 100 lakes studio attempts to at first instance capture the specificities of the Albanian context and take them aboard while dealing with its core questions: how can the (metropolitan) region of Tirana- Durres manage its increasing dynamic as a whole? How can it invest in an integrative urbanism that links housing needs with economically and ecologically viable solutions? What meaning can the inherited and massive socialist infrastructure find today? How to develop again positive notions of collectivity?

4km

20km

PROJECT AMBITIONS Urbanity

Infrastructure

Water System

Agriculture

Ecology

Adriatic Sea

CHALENGES

Urban Expansion

Governance

Resources

SHARED AMBITIONS preserve ecological value

make use of the existing potential

create public space

create economic and job opportunities

reconcile past values with future pressures

PROJECT PROPOSALS

Water As A Tool for Interweaving Systematic Landscapes BOGDAN ILIE

A Territorial Waste Collector System CALIN LAMBRACHE

A Climate-Conditioning Landscape CAI TAO

Fast trees, Slow trees

A Decentralized Energy Test Case

LU WEI

ZHONGKAY ZHOU

A TERRITORIAL WASTE COLLECTOR SYSTEM A hypothesis of use of the water system as a starting point for the implementation of a sustainable solid waste management, in response to the deficiencies of the current system in the Tirana-Durres region and the behavioural patterns associated with it. A proposal for a gradual switch in behaviour through an adaptive waste management model.

Waste catchment areas in relation to the water system and the urban fabric outside the formal urban areas of Tirana and Durres

16.8 t/w

8.8 t/w

73.8 t/w

15.8 t/w

1.6 t/w

54.2 t/w

37.4 t/w

89.2 t/w

10.6 t/w

9.0 t/w

21.4 t/w

24.0 t/w

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3.2 t/w 2.0 t/w

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7.6 t/w

34.4 t/w

9.6 t/w

293.2 t/w

818.4 t/w

289.6 t/w

7.2 t/w

5.6 t/w 8.8 t/w

8.8 t/w

17.6 t/w

40.2 t/w

5.0 t/w

26.6 t/w

73.8 t/w

42.4 t/w

39.0 t/w

17.2 t/w

114.2 t/w

6.6 t/w

15.8 t/w 2.6 t/w 1.2 t/w 0.2 t/w

124.2 t/w

13.4 t/w

17.2 t/w

0.6 t/w

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9.8 t/w

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247.0 t/w

41.8 t/w

23.2 t/w

82.2 t/w

2.6 t/w

62.0 t/w

29.4 t/w

179.6 t/w 17.8 t/w 25.0 t/w

38.4 t/w

61.0 t/w 20.6 t/w

53.6 t/w

47.2 t/w

Litter Paths through the Catchment Areas

Total litter load 1186 tons/week

Litter path through the catchment areas - Ishmi river valley

Total litter load 1.698 tons/week

Litter path through the catchment areas-Erzeni river valley

Proposal The use of different types of equipment associated with the water system (litter traps) to start the implementation of a new waste management system that includes collection and recycling centres. Waste catchment areas represent an essential element of the design process. The rivers and canals are a starting point for the cleaning process while the water reservoirs help obtain the desired equipment efficiency.

The proposed litter traps and collection centres in relation to the water system, the main infrastructure and the urban fabric outside the formal urban areas of Tirana and Durres

Reconfigured litter paths through the Catchment Areas

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46.2 t/w

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38.8 t/w

77.4 t/w

69.2 t/w

37.7 t/w

Big litter trap (on river) Small litter trap (on canal)

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Litter path through the clustered catchment areas Ishmi river valley

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40.2 t/w

6.9 t/w

23.1 t/w 3.7 t/w

2.6 t/w

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54.6 t/w

3.1 t/w

24.0 t/w

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3.2 t/w 2.0 t/w

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Litter released into the sea 292.8 tons/week

9.0 t/w

13.4 t/w

24.7 t/w

17.2 t/w

Litter released into the sea 30.7 tons/week

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2.6 t/w

13.3 t/w

2.9 t/w

20.6 t/w

16.7 t/w

13.3 t/w

Legend

Litter path through the clustered catchment areas Erzeni river valley

TAIHU, THE CITY OF THE XXI CENTURY T

academic feb-aug

project 2012

1st year 2nd semester coordinating professor

urbanism master Kelly Shannon

Project

TAIHU, THE CITY OF THE XXI CENTURY

Type of project ACADEMIC - EUROPEAN MASTER OF URBANISM Location TAIHU, BEIJING, CHINA Role and contribution GROUP PROJECT (DENNIS SCHOUWERS, JONAS KNAPEN, RUI QIN, SAM KHABIR, SABRINA MARTINEZ, TIANLU ZHOU, YUVRAJ CHAUHAN) - CONTRIBUTION: CONCEPT, DRAFTING, RENDERS, PHOTOSHOP.

Beijing - site location

5km

25km

2km

10km

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Beijing is growing rapidly, and in this haste the neighbouring villages or smaller cities are swallowed by the capital city. Entire villages, industrial areas for small and medium enterprises, agricultural land together with the exiting infrastructure is being levelled and brand new neighbourhoods or big industries are being built. This poses as a threat for the traditional way of living and its cultural background. People are being moved to sterile environments, large scale neighbourhoods that do not allow them to keep their traditions and culture. Taihu is a former agricultural area that used to feed a large part of the population of Beijing. It also includes villages housing the people working the land. Today it is in the process of being taken over by large scale developments. We were asked to find an alternative for this kind of development, one which allows saving the traditional way of living without compromising the economic benefits.

Taihu

CONCEPT We proposed a new Taihu development, a city of the twenty first century. Concerned about the environment, society, living conditions and quality of the public spaces, the project pursues to create sustainable atmospheres that contribute to the regeneration of the urban areas situated in the region while providing a range of different choices for meeting all of your clientÂ´s needs. In this sense we have divided the project into four elements: - Shi Ji city, a high density development in touch with the landscape, with high quality public spaces and low CO2 emissions - Specialised villages, a system of villages promoting traditional values in an entrepreneurial atmosphere and generating local economy - Wetlands, an area for recreational purposes but also for a different way of dwelling, away from the busy life of Beijing - Productive landscape, the in-between areas of Taihu be optimised to obtain the perfect balance between food production and clean energy production

Taihu 2030 - proposal plan

1km

5km

SPECIALISED VILLAGES

金礦村Jin Kuang Villages, live the entrepreneurial experience

Thirteen specialized villages, hundreds of unique experiences and products. New facilities network. Training + trading + cultural linked by efficient mobility infrastructure.

Leisure + Landscape. Bike and pedestrian tracks are designed reinterpreting water bodies as carrying structure.

Existing villages. Villages between river and canal.

Transformed & New villages. Refurbished and densified villages together with new typologies

ć¸&#x201D;ä¸&#x161;ć?&#x2018; Pond village Just one of the thirteen specialised villages

Housing + work unit ground level

Enjoy the beauty and peace of lotus and ornamental fish

Ever since the Sung Dynasty China has had a strong tradition in fishkeeping. Where fish symbolise unity and fertility, the lotus grown in the village ponds embodies ultimate purity and perfection. When surrounded by these natural beauties, you can truly come to peace. One can easily establish his own business in fish related economies. The new species you bring can only contribute to the richness in variety the village has to offer. A living and working experience is possible in on of the house-work dwellings.

Follow the peaceful water tracings of koi from your apartment window

100m

500m

Village interconnectivity

RESIDENCE

TA R G O V I S T E - R O M A N I A personal project - under construction 2008 | with RYV PROIECT office

Project

L RESIDENCE

Type of project PERSONAL - UNDER CONSTRUCTION DESIGNED WHILE WITH RYV PROIECT Location TARGOVISTE, ROMANIA

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Targoviste - site location

500m

2500m

The site - project location

50m

250m

The project has been very demanding since the beginning, requiring full attention in all stages of the development. It was born as a compromise, a negotiation, between the clientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; different requirements but also between their desires and practicality. I have been supervising the whole building process which has been going on since 2008.

CONCEPT The idea behind the project was first of all to create a building that offers the inhabitants the possibility to get in touch with nature. The relationship between the inside and outside is very strong, created through large openings but also through clearly directing them so that they relate to specific natural elements. The house was also meant as a statement. Its surrounding environment is specific to the Romanian built tissue but lacks quality. So its design was meant to stand out and maybe give an example of change that some may follow.

THE PROJECT

Ground floor plan

Photo of the entrance area - under construction

First floor plan

Photo of the front facade - under construction

Photo 1st floor terrace - under construction Photo of the first floor terrace - under construction

Cross-section

Photo 1st floor terrace - under construction

Detail of the back terrace - u. c.

Photo of the back terrace - u. c.

Photo of the entrance area - under construction

Street view

C MEDICAL PRACTICE

T A R G O V I S T E - R O M A N I A personal

project

BUILT

2007

Project

C MEDICAL PRACTICE Type of project PERSONAL - BUILT IN 2007 Location TARGOVISTE, ROMANIA

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Targoviste - site location

500m

2500m

This project is actually a renovation of an existing house situated in a protected area. It neighbours historic houses but the built tissue itself has historical and architectural value. Since the building houses a medical practice it had to be done with great haste, so it only took five months to design and build everything. Apart from the requirements of the Patrimony Committee, that regulates design criteria for the protected areas, the medical requirements were also a great challenge.

THE PROJECT The original house that only had three rooms was consolidated and reconfigured to connect to an extension that stretched to the back of the plot. The new building could not have more than two stories and had to pose no threat to the aesthetics of the area so I opted for a very simple design and a terraced roof that does not stand out and can easily be extended if desired. The site - project location

20m

100m

Connecting element between the new and old building

View from the access street

View towards the street - detail

Detail

Left side view

View from the access street

CUMPANA MONASTERY

C U M PA N A , C O N S TA N TA - R O M A N I A

academic project - 6th year 1st and 2nd semesters april-july 2010 | professor Florin Biciusca

Project

CUMPANA MONASTERY

Type of project ACADEMIC - THESYS PROJECT Location CUMPANA, CONSTANTA COUNTY, ROMANIA Role and contribution INDIVIDUAL PROJECT - FULL DEVELOPMENT

PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Romanian Orthodox Church wants to build a martyrion monastery dedicated to the victims at the Danube-Black Sea Canal. The reason this is needed lays in the violent nature in which those victims lost their lives, not before enduring unimaginable sufferings. The Canal was used as a means of eliminating political adversaries . It is thus considered that a simple monument is not enough to honour the memory of these martyrs, as they are considered, they need constant memorials by people worthy of performing this task. It is thought that a monastery suits this need best through its intense and continuous spiritual life.

1km

5km

1km

Short site analysis The site that was given to the Church is under the administration of Cumpana commune. Cumpana is situated at 5 km from the city of Constanta and also 5 km from Agigea Locks, where the Danube flows into the sea. Due to the construction of the Canal, all the roads that connected Cumpana to other cities or villages are now disrupted. Also large quantities of earth were excavated and deposited just outside of Cumpana.This formed large artificial hills. The site is located on top of one of these hills outside the settlement.

3km

CONCEPT Based on studies and taking into account the specific and standard needs of the project, I ended up with six groups of functions: the welcoming court ; the management court ; the church court ; the work court ; the museum/monument area ; the external work area

Concept scheme The sketch shows the functional and spatial relationship between the spaces. The courts are connected through a series of porticoes. There are two main volumes that have a square shaped plan (the square symbolizes the earth in orthodox belief), each of them represents one of the components of monastic life: spiritual life and the community life. Where the two intersect is exactly where the functions specific to the two components of their life meet.

Use of space (inhabitants|visitors) The project was designed so that it can be used by the inhabitants and the visitors without any inconveniences: -Through the eyes of the inhabitants there are the four courtyards in which their everyday life takes place (see concept scheme) -The visitors have their own path they can follow without disturbing the monastic life and also specially designed places where they can interact with the monks. Visitorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; possible path:

1.Entry court: controlled access and information

2.Monument: placed in the visitor welcoming court, it informs and directs towards next point

3.Central distribution node: directs towards the three points of interest

4.Belvedere tower: views of canal filtered by the churchesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; presence and 360o views of the surroundings

5.Church

6.Meditation belvedere: views over the canal filtered by the presence of the cemetery

THE MONASTERY

Site plan

Section A-A

10m

50m

Ground floor plan

25m

Section B-B

1st floor plan

25m

Visitor welcoming court perspective

Northern facade

Church court perspective

25m

Southern facade

25m

Management court perspective

Western facade

Work court perspective

25m

Eastern facade

25m

THE CHURCH St. Andrew Church-I chose Saint Andrew as the patron of this church as it was him who Christianised these lands. Because of this the church is oriented towards the point where the sun rises on the 30th of November. I chose the classical, cross-like plan, because it is specific to this region. The frescoes have Moldavian influences.

Church scheme 1.Classical plan 2.Curved wall - contrasting the monastery walls and giving the church presence 3.Edged tower, contrasting church curved shapes 4.Decorative layer - gives the church presence and marks its importance

Church interior and exterior perspectives

R E | M E R G E P

academic project - 5th year 2nd semester may 2010 | coordinating professor Mihai Opreanu

Project

RE|MERGE

Type of project ACADEMIC - 3RD PRIZE AT ISOVER STUDENTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COMPETITION - NATIONAL PHASE Location PARIS, FRANCE Role and contribution GROUP PROJECT (COSMIN GRAGOMIR, OCTAVIAN EREMIA) - CONTRIBUTION: CONCEPT, DETAILS, CALCULATIONS, DRAFTING, PHOTOSHOP, COORDINATION

PROJECT DESCRIPTION The subject of the competition was the creative approach to the concept of energy efficient constructions at the passive-house level on existing buildings. The aim was to redesign an existing post industrial building, an old warehouse in Paris, according to ISOVER Multi-Comfort-House definition and with passive house components. The building had to be redesigned through renovating and revitalising it but it also had to give a new impulse in the existing urban area.

Current condition - pictures showing the current condition of the building and its surroundings

Paris - site location

The site - building location

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50m

5km

150m

CONCEPT A platform for creative sharing and urban reinvention We proposed to create this platform using the RE|MERGE concept which we defined as using the rehabilitation of the building to reconvert it and to regenerate the whole area by bringing together multiple elements. For us it meant achieving urban regeneration through a multidisciplinary approach to culture. This would be achieved by transforming the old warehouse into a contemporary creation centre for all kind of artists that would benefit from the multidisciplinary collaboration. The centre would give a new life to the building and also attract people, both artists and visitors, which would help regenerate the area.

PROPOSAL

Proposal visualisation

ARCHITECTURAL SCHEME

+ 1. Keep original bearing structure and one or more existing facade elements to acknowledge historical and collective values

2. Re-use and enhance existing cantilevered slabs for shading , heating , ventilation and lighting

+ 3. Upgrade existing chimney to acknowledge the structure as a town landmark and for signalling

4. Create , distrort and unite space by manipulating the slab as a continous shell

FUNCTIONAL SCHEME a mixed use building - a living,changing space for creative processes ,participatory artistic training and dialogue between the arts - in order to specialize and regenerate the urban condition . a multidisciplinary approach to culture by connecting performing arts , visual arts , design , architecture , fashion, and cinema under the same roof

SUSTAINABLE SCHEME This was an important aspect of the project which was integrated in the development of any other scheme or concept used. It can be summed up though by the following keywords:

URBAN REGENERATION

Urban reinvention in 5 steps 1. facilitate acces to remote floors { direct escalator to auditorium } 2. open acces to general public { a â&#x20AC;&#x153;red carpetâ&#x20AC;? conecting the outside to the inside } 3 . a living , dynamic and creative program { contemporary creative center} 4. create a community landmark { lighthouse and town signaling } 5. insert urban art { large scale urban art and instalations }

PLANS AND DETAILS

Ground floor plan

1st floor plan

4th floor plan

2nd floor plan

5th floor plan

Building plans

3rd floor plan

25m

Building section

I D E N T I T Y

B U C H A R E S T - R O M A N I A

academic june-july

project 2008 |

4th year 2nd professor Florin

semester Biciusca

Project

IDENTITY Type of project

ACADEMIC - NOMINATION AT ]present[ INTERNATIONAL STUDENT’S COMPETITION Location BUCHAREST, ROMANIA Role and contribution INDIVIDUAL PROJECT - FULL DEVELOPMENT

Historic centre of Bucharest

50m

Typical residential neighbourhood - 1970’s

200m

PROJECT DESCRIPTION For this competition, it was required that we identify a problem in today’s society that architecture faces and try to fix it. I chose to address the lack of identity in the large residential neighbourhoods developed in Bucharest and other Romanian cities during the communist period. These form the majority of residential areas in Romanian cities, especially in Bucharest. It is a known fact that these areas are unpleasant to live in and also create a sense of alienation. After studying the traditional way of living in Bucharest I discovered that identity was given through people’s houses and their environment. These expressed their personality and their social status, they gave a sense of hierarchy. Communist blocks of flats express neither personality nor social hierarchy. That is why I proposed to enable people to express their personality and status.

Plan reading Houses in the built tissue specific to the traditional way of living, as in the historic centre, adapt to location and their environment stressing a privileged position and expressing the owner’s preferences. In the large residential neighbourhoods the blocks of flats share a common plan and are repeated showing no differentiation in living conditions and expressing nothing specific to their inhabitants and their desires.

100m

300m

CONCEPT I propose personalising every apartment by extending or redesigning them according to each individual’s personality and taste. This would gradually create a sense of belonging and change the whole built environment. I named this intervention an ‘Individualised personality and social hierarchy kit’.

+ Neighbourhood that lacks identity and personality

Block of flats - dwelling that does not express personality and social hierarchy

= Individualised personality and social hierarchy KIT

Personalised block of flats

CREATING IDENTITY The lack of identity was addressed by * expressing social hierarchy through the type and size of the intervention on an apartment ** expressing people’s personality through the way they design and maintain the intervention

= The kit may take the form of

Extending the apartment

Simple facade finishing (painting, plaster, boarding)

Joining and/or retracting spaces

Personality expresses on the exterior

+ a

Existing block of flats Plan and section of an existing building from a large residential neighbourhood

Personalised block of flats Possible section of a personalised building

Strip view of one of a block’s possible facade

Perspectives showing the phases of a block’s possible evolution

Typical apartment - existing situation

Typical apartment plan - existing situation

1.Possible intervention - personalised dwelling

1.Possible intervention - personalised dwelling plan

2.Possible intervention - personalised dwelling

3.Possible intervention - personalised dwelling

2.Possible intervention - personalised dwelling plan

3.Possible intervention - personalised dwelling plan

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION!

Lambrache Calin Gabriel Aleea Compozitorilor no.2, Bl.Z38, Ap.38, Bucharest, Romania lambrachecalin@yahoo.com +40723053465