AVRAAMIDES Constantina Architectural Portfolio
BArch
University of Nottingham 2014
Curriculum Vitae 2014
46 One Fletchergate Adams Walk Nottingham NG11QP
AVRAAMIDES Constantina Desired employment:
Architectural Assistant Part 1
+447842415835 (UK) +35799618135 (CY)
A.F. MODINOS & S.A. VRAHIMIS - Chartered Architects and Engineers
constantina.av@gmail.com
Experience Summer Intern 2012
Working in an office environment, shadowing the chief Architects, designed a Sport Facility in a rural area of Nicosia, including Football stadium with a 2000 seating capacity, basketball court, playground and green area. Learned how to interact with clients and work along engineers and contractors. Visited construction sites. Summer Intern 2012
CLP Compudesign - Architectural Visualisation CLP Compudesign Developed my basic skills of computer programmes (AutoCAD, Rhino) by drawing in 2D and rendering 3D images for clients. Attended client meetings.
Summer Intern 2010 - 2011
Athos Dikaios & Associates - Chartered Architects
Workshops August 2013
Introduced into the office environment and the building regulations in Cyprus Developed understanding of the process, of how a building has to be approved by the cadaster office in order to get planning permission.
Architectural Association - Cyprus Visiting School Mapping the UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus, focusing on designing urban scenarios of rehabilitation and computational strategies of projected development, within the restricted Boundaries of the Buffer Zone, within the Athienou Village Directors: Pavlos Fereos, Kostas Georgiades, Michael Georgiou, Alkis Dikaios
University of Nottingham - Nottingham, United Kingdom [BArch] Upper Second Class Honours, Bachelor of Architecture Year 2 Final Project Featured in the School’s Yearbook
2004-2011
English - Native Greek - Native German - B1 Level
Interests Travelling, Writing, Freehand drawing, Photography
Technical Skills Mac OS X *** | Windows ***
Education 2011-2014
Languages
The English School - Nicosia, Cyprus A Level: Art[A*] - Mathematics[A*] - Greek[A] - Biology[A]
AutoCAD *** Sketch Up *** Adobe Photoshop *** Adobe Illustrator *** Rhino ** [ Flamingo *, Grasshopper *]
References
Warren McFadden University of Nottingham Year 2,3 Studio Tutor Info@warrenmcfadden.com Alkis Dikeos Athos Dikaios & Associates AA workshop Studio Tutor alkisdikaios@hotmail.com
Work Sample Contents Turn a Backside into a Frontside Drama School | Year 3 thesis project Locus Situation Year 3 A South Yorkshire Boutique Ikea Showroom | Year 3 AA Visiting School, Cyprus Workshop | Group project Cultural Centre, Liverpool Year 2 | Final project Environmental Classroom, Donegal Ireland Year 2 | Group project
Sectional Perspective A-A Ruskin Building Theatre school facilities Hexagonal metal facade covering the backside of buildings in Tudor Square
Turn a Backside into a Frontside Crucible Drama School Year 3 Thesis project
^Private sunken courtyard Physical connections of the 2 buildings via basement level. Used by the students as gathering space and for building stage props.
Site Intervention Existing Crucible Theatre Intervention on Crucible Drama School Regeneration via Drama School The aim of this Project is to consolidate a particular area of Sheffield’s High Street that is ill defined. Analysing the context of Sheffield city centre reveals problematic conditions. I aim to strengthen such a problematic area, while re-engaging with place.
^View from Norfolk Row Showing the relation of the 2 buildings
Site intervention - Wooden block Site model - Scale 1:500
Mesh facade pattern detail - 3D Printing
Exposing the Craft of Theatre making Crucible Theatre Props Workshop looking into Norfolk Street
Third floor
Ground floor
Second floor
First floor Basement
Floor Plans Scale 1:1000
Sectional Perspective B-B
Thesis project - Facade Exploration Details
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Key: Warm Air Cold Air
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1. 175mm CLT Beam 15mm Walking Surface 3. 200mm Polysterene Insulation 5. I-Beam 7. Double Glazing Frame 8. Structural Support 9. Steel Frame 10.Decorative Panel 15.Wind Resistnce Support
NATURAL VENTILATION STRATEGY Stack effect and natural ventilation are the two types of ventilation strategies that can be explored in combination on the double skin envelope of the building. Here cold air enters the room, and because it is denser than the warmer air already in the room it sinks. The lower density warmer air rises up and exits the room, creating a warm current flowing in the double Skin of the building. This benefits the design as the warm current in the double façade acts as an a dditional insulation layer on the envelope;; reducing even further the heat loses and the running cost of the building.
Locus Situation Year 3
Composition Climbing Wall creation Emphasising the connection and the interaction of people to the site. The site becomes an attraction point luring people in through its imposing structure.
A South Yorkshire Boutique IKEA Showroom Year 3
Conceptual section -Exposed showroom The boutique today has become an experience rather than a shop, more like a theme park for grownups. In a world where everything is so readily available and in such a variety of colours types and prices, people can buy their everyday products online, products they already know and the brands they are loyal to. Therefore they search for that something extra in their shopping experience. This boutique should offer a range of facilities in order to be successful in today’s society. I am aiming to change the Ikea experience by designing a unique Ikea boutique in the City centre of Sheffield. I am designing a hybrid of a conventional Ikea market area and a café area together with a multi use showroom space. People can rent out the single rooms in showroom space over night, allowing them to “try on” the products before buying them. Testing the Ikea products offers two main benefits;; it improves the shopping experience of the customers and allows experts to examine how the customers view and react to the products. This “living” boutique essentially becomes like a market research facility of IKEA products, where people are being surveyed and examined on how they use and perceive each of the product, for the benefit of IKEA retailers.
Concept Development Image
Baement level
Ground Floor
Interior Perspectives
First Floor showroom plan Showing route taken up by researchers and customers
This real life testing involves constant monitoring of the customers, with- out actually intervening the customers’ life. This however brings out a darker side of retail, where people undergo different tests without even knowing it, in some cases. The darker side of retail and how it can manipulate people for the retailers benefit is expressed and revealed through architecture.
The conceptual section above shows these informal settlements in relation to the greater context and the underground networks below that lead to the non-occupied side of Cyprus.
AA Visiting School // CYPRUS Workshop // Group Project 2013 Group Members: Team: Andreas Tsestos, Panayiotis Hadjisergis, Constantina Avraamides, Ellie Shouer, Natasa Kitiri
The central idea of the 2013 Cyprus Visiting School was to respond to a substantial growth of Athienou within its restricting boundaries today. Through our proposal we try to convey the cynicism of manmade boundaries and how they distort perceptions. Louroujina is a Turkish Cypriot village on the North Side of the Buffer Zone, which neighbours with Athienou on the West, and intensifies the boundary between Athienou and Nicosia. We are focusing on the problem of illegal immigration that currently exists in Cyprus, exploring what social and architectural effects this can have on an expanding city. In our proposal we introduce the parameters and how they affect the development of an informal settlement in Louroujina, due to the rapid expansion of Athienou, by simulating growth patterns.
Visual showing the community within the informal settlements
Cultural Centre // Liverpool Year 2 // Final Project
The Programme is about designing a cultural centre in the city of Liverpool. This Cultural centre would not only promote the culture and the arts of Liverpool, but it needs to house and bring together as many of the ethnic groups making their home in Liverpool today. It is equally important to make them feel part of the city of Liverpool itself. In order to integrate the people in my design I first related the migration of birds to the migration of people around the world. Secondly the “shrill, guttural caw” of the seagulls is actually the city’s soundtrack, and part of what makes Liverpool what is is today. Consequently I associated the seagulls with the design of the cultural centre, to set the building in context, which is evident in the facades and the design of the building. ^Sectional Perspective cut through from East to Southwest at the auditorium and the void. View towards Tithebarn street and Tempest Hey
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Section A-A Scale 1:400
Environmental Classroom // Donegal, Ireland Year 2 / Group Project
Conceptual Drawing Learning Facades
Section studying reflection facades Scale 1:200
Ground Floor Plan Scale 1:200
Roof Plan
Group Members: Constantina Avraamides, Miles Broadbent, Christopher Deweever, Christina Stavrou, Daniela Silva Sectional Journey