2016 deportfolio

Daniela Ellis Urban Kommunity

Portfolio

selected works 2005-2016

MohlenPris, Bergen, 2011

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contact

Jellyfish Theatre, 2010

REFERENCES: Christoph Hadrys Senior Lecturer, UEL C.Hadrys@uel.ac.uk Carol Mancke http://www.machinaloci.com carol@machinaloci.com richard@machinaloci.com Dr Ellen Fetzner LED Tutor ellen.fetzer@hfwu.de

Contacts: 020 8292 3767 07856 951 353 urbankommunity@gmail.com http://de015a6823.wix.com/dani-ellis#!cv

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Daniela Ellis Urban Designer/ Architectural Assistant Profile: Possessing strong design, organizational and interpersonal skills has led to confidence when communicating and negotiating with local authorities and clients. Taking the initiative to participate in several local community projects, challenging urban and architectural design, with full engagement of the community as a creative process.

• Acquired Masters in Urban Design through intensive masters for alternative urbanism in the AVA UEL in 2011.

• Part of the team that built Award Winning Köbberling & Kaltwasser Jellyfish Theatre, part of LFA 2010.

FREELANCE URBAN DESIGNER AND ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT 2005-14 Urban Design 2011-16 • Part-time Urban Designer and Architectural Services, 2013-14 • Wards Corner Community - Community-led planning, 2010-13 • Living Under One Sun - Primary School Gardens, 2010-13 • Urban Social Enterprise - Seven Sisters Garden Market, 2012-13 • Haringey Council - Regeneration Team BuildUp Programme, 2010-11 Architectural Assistant 2005-10 • Köbberling & Kaltwasser Practice Open House and LFA - Jellyfish Theatre, 2010 • Carol Manke Palimpsest Public House, 2008 • Helen Gubbay Architectural Practice, 2005-2008 Architectural Designer 2005- 08 • SCAAL (Contractor) • ADT, Artefacts, Anthea Lettings (Developers) • Private clients Accounts 2001-05

Current activities: • Board Director • Rockstone Community Foundation Past activities: • Honorary secretary for NWLSA RIBA • Thesis/Khan Lumen Church, Feb ‘11 • New Horizon Youth Centre (Adam Khan), April ‘11 Professional development: (courses and CPDs) • Community and City Planning, UCL • Housing and Community, Westminster University • Street Design Workshop, Urban Design London • Currently learning Revit • 3D AutoCAD • Dreamweaver 8 • Flash & Director 5 • 3D Studio Max • Sketch-Up 5.0 • Web Production & HTML Coding • Adobe Photoshop • QuarkXPress

• Mintel International Ltd

• CAD AutoCAD 2D

OTHER SKILLS Technical skills:

Community Art

• Autodesk CAD • SketchUp • GIS • Adobe: Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator • MS Office: Word, Excel, Powerpoint

• TARA- Residence Association, Avenue Road Orchard, 2012 • Carol Manke,

Languages:

Get Over It Exhibit, 2010

Fluent: English, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian & Bulgarian Basic: Polish, Ukrainian and Russian

• Art Exhibition, Delibar,

Education:

Barbican, 2004

MA: Urban Design 2010-11 Degree in Architecture 1994-01 Math Technician 1990-94 23 GSCEs - 17 at A level

• Murals for YMCA, Wood Green, 2001

• Hollywood Green Section 106 - Public space strategy

Awards Jellyfish Theatre: • 1st prize in the Architects’ Journal Small Projects Awards • 1st prize in the AJ Small Buildings Sustainability • Short-listed for the Urban Intervention Award, Berlin, 2010

Public Space 2008-10

PERSONAL INTERESTS

• Hollywood Green, Wood Green - Regeneration project, 2010

Urban Design:

• Martin Kaltwasser’s Jellyfish Theatre - LFA, 2010

• Gordon Cullen

• Carol Manke Palimpsest Public House - Open House, 2008

• Jan Gehl

Architectural Assistant 2005-08 - Helen Gubbay for Motocomb Estate:

• Jane Jacobs

URBAN DESIGN 2010-14 • Wards Corner Community - Planning application • Primary School Gardens 2010-13 - Concept and brief • Seven Sisters Garden Market - Concept and brief

• Zenith House, Cheapside, Reading - Change of use • South Molton Street, London - Change of use • Hollyoake Road, London - Measured survey, research • Sharpleshall Street, NW10 - Change of use ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER 2005-08 SCAAL - Small residential projects from design to completion: • Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 - Refurbishment • Popes Lane, W5 - Extension and conservatory • Savaliev - House extension Small Residential to tender: • Kitchener Road, N17 • Shenley Road, SE5 Small Residential Projects from design to planning: • Lillie Road, W6 - House extension • Fulham Palace Road, W6 - Small residential unit, 2 bedroom house • Lyndale Ave, NW2 - House extension and basement • Ladbroke Road , W11- Change of use and 4th floor extension and 20 small residential projects (see full listing in portfolio) Commercial projects: • Elm Place, OX29 - Interior office layout and furniture sourcing MA URBAN DESIGN, UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON: • Housing Exercise, Silvertown • Urban Strategy for Mohlen Pris, Bergen, Norway Accounts: • Ledger Clerk • VAT and employment tax • Assets and Depreciation • Expenses

• WEST 8 Architecture: • Christopher Alexander • Buckminster Fuller • Juhani Pallasmaa • Rem Koolhaas • Peter Zumthor • Richard Rogers • Charles Correa Art: • Antony Gormley • Anish Kapoor • Ron Arad Film: • Michael Winterbottom • Hayao Miyazaki • Alfred Hitchcock Music: • Rokia Traore • Buddha-Bar • Fela Kuti • Buena Vista Social Club • Gilles Peterson Run: • ThreeToGo5k • Finsbury Park 10k Race

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MohlenPris, Bergen, Connectivity, 2011

Contents:

Current projects

Rockstone Community Infoshop

Rockstone Community BikeHut Union City Yoga studio Extension N17 Kitchener Road

Jellyfish Theatre Interior

CosyNest Workshops

MA Urban Design, University of East London

Urban Strategy for Mohlen Pris, Bergen, Norway

Housing Exercise, Silvertown Urban Design

Wards Corner Community - Planning application

Hollywood Green Section 106 - Public space strategy

Public Space

Martin Kaltwasser’s Jellyfish Theatre - LFA

Carol Manke Palimpsest Public House - Open House

Architecture

Popes Lane, W5 - Extension and conservatory

Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 - Refurbishment

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LED 2016

Strategic Partnership Landscape Education for Democracy

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Assignment 1-Concept Mapping Sieverts, Thomas, Cities without city Welk Von Mossner, Cinematic Landscapes Meining D.W., The beholding eye: Ten versions of the same scene

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Assignment 2- Mapping Ladscape Symbols Tottenham, London

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Assignment 4- Finding a local democratic challenge Carpenters Estate, Stratford, East London

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Assignment 5- Chittagong, The Pond Stakeholders and Power Map

Assignment 5- BottomUp Process Table for the Community

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Assignment 5- Long Term Scenario

Assignment 5- Long Term Scenario

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The BikeHut

Lordship Recreational Grounds, Haringey

Rockstone Community Infoshop Lordship Recreational Grounds, Tottenham, Haringey

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Rockstone Community Foundation, 2014 Infoshop at Lordship Rec For Tottenham, Haringey • Image left: Proposed retrofit layout for the new cafe and bike repairs

• Image below: Open space cooking for outdoors to provide connection with the cafe

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Cycling in Haringey, London

Info-shop at Lordship Recreational Grounds- Retrofit 6 weeks workshop for level 3 entry construction skills (VIY)

• Image far left: kicthen area

• Images top left: Proposed storage

Display cabinet

• Image middle left: Kicthen area, preparation and suggestions for storage • Image bottom left: Bike repairs areas

Kitchen

The Info-shop located in Lordship Recreational Grounds in Haringey, North London The maintenance shop would have bicycles, and spare parts as well as accessories for sale; including maintenance and repair service allowing the customer to relax and enjoy a browse through the shop or have a short break (meal/drink) while waiting for the service.

Our kitchen will provide food and nutritional drinks which would maximize energy levels and performance in fast and hard working environment, enhancing the possibilities to exercise without feeling tired.

Kitchen

Repairs workshop

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Info-shop at Lordship Recreational GroundsImage left: display cabinet and community counter, made out of 100% recycled locally sourced materials Image left:

Image below: the counter in the trade area, made fully out of recycled materials.

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Image left: the repairs workshops

Image left: community board

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The BikeHut

Lordship Recreational Grounds, Haringey

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Info-shed, Lordship Recreational Grounds, London N17

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The BikeHut: Image Above (previous page): Floor plan and outdoor landscaping, scale 1:20 with interior layout and suggestions for creating the interior furniture Image Left: View 1 View from the outsdie of the BukeHUt Image below (Next page): Section 1-1

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The BikeHut - stage B, making a crow sculpture, to celebrate the existence of the crow in the Rec

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The Rockstone Foundation • Image left: Lordship Rec Cycling Day Event Cliff and Toni Mallet

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Storage, Office and Training Facilities- Lordship Rec

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The Union Yoga • Image above: Workspace for yoga practoce

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Union City- Osteopath and Yoga Practice, Retrofit 2013 Artworks at Elephant and Castle, London • Image far left: Yoga studio set for 6 users, scene which allows the user to feel as though they are in an urban setting; the mirrors allow them to see themselves inside that urban setting • Image left: Osteopathy Therapy Room with foldable desk and flexible furniture • Image below: Sections and Floor Plans

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The extention @ 26A Kicthener Road, N17 6DX • Image above: Location

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Kitchener Road- Single-story Extension

Interior 1

Proposed extension- Rear view • Image below: view from the rear garden

26 Kitchener Road, N17 View from the courtyard Interior 2

• Image right: view from the living room • Image below: 3d floor plan

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• Image right: view from the utility • Image below: 3d floor plan

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The Jellyfish • Image left: Building a prototype

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• Image far left: the interior of the theatre • Image top left: the site • Image bottom left: stage as facade cover • Image left: the benches

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The CosyNest • Image left: hazel and dogwood

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Cosy Nest Project- Making Mini Bird`s Nests & Other Habitats Feasibility workshop 22h Urban Kommunity & Twisted Stocking Friday, 29th May 2015 from 14:00 to 16:00 London, United Kingdom @ The Lordship Hub, Lordship Recreational Grounds Making mini birds’ nests and other habitats, is a workshop designed for the senses. We get some nice twinning materials, some dogwood, willow, some straw; and we collected loads of herbs, mostly, lavender, rosemary, camomile, mint, sage; our workshop could be sensed as soon as someone walked through the building.

Every person that was in The Hub on the day walked in and asked what we were doing? It was the most inspiring workshop, as we were so happy to be working with these materials, which offer more that the touch, the eye, could offer. Using the pruned off-cuts of herbs from our gardens & Park eg, mint, rosemary, thyme, sage, maybes also climbers like fragrant Jasmine; strawberries; tomatoes; creating a nest that would appeal to our senses.

On the day, we had a regular estimate of guests, and we asked them whether an outdoor classroom, that has sensory feel to it, would be an inspiring setting for young children?? We also talked about the feeling of being in the nest; feeling warm, feeling like it’s your home.

The Cosy Nest project was born around the idea of how fast paste and transitional our area in which we live is, and in conversation we were talking about how do the birds migrate so much but manage to build their nests, and make homes as they do. Further we progressed to find the feeling of belonging and whether is relevant to society today, so we set on a journey to explore further in What is a Cosy Nest??

Meetings April/May 2015: 19th April 2015- Meeting Dani/Angie brainstorming ideas 5h May 2015- setting Market Research workshops 5h 18th May 2015- Preparation work , gathering materials, sourcing herbs; the questionaires 2h 19th May 2015- Logistics and more preparation work 2h 29th May 2015- 11am- 5pm Workshop ‘Making Mini Bird`s Nests & Other Habitats’ at The Hub 6h May 2015- Meeting Dani/Angela Feedback 2h

29th May 2015: 11am-2pm Set up: - materials distribution, gathering dogwood, willow - Setting up the workshop, including displaying materials, herbs, preparing initial layout for the workshop - Preparing questions for the parents and talking about ‘ cosy nests’ and their relationship with the parks 2pm-4pm - Arriving and taking names and emails - Introduction to the materials - Building nests, talking about the various forms of nesting that birds do?

- Adding the sensory levels of the nests - Cosy Nest conversation - Photos and assessment 4pm-5pm

tidying up

closing workshop Workshop outcome and feedback: We had a good response to the proposed Cosy Nest project; the ideas behind appealing to the sense of belonging, the whole idea behind the project being related to migration and watching and mimicking the birds into their natural habitats was perceived with very positive response. Again, we managed to create interest and people were generally very impressed with the whole model and complexity of thinking.

They said that they would like to hear more, and would love to share their support with relatives and friends. We had Jenny from CropDrop that joined our workshop on the day, and she showed interest in working with us in the future.

We also met a gardening group from the Willow School, who were interested to see how would the project develop. The project has not even started but it has behaved as a catalyst between other ideas of very similar content in the area.

List of participants:

Photos: Angela will email

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Cosy Nest Project- Interactive Clay-Play Feasibility workshop 24h Urban Kommunity & Twisted Stocking Sunday, 27 September 2015 from 12:00 to 15:00 (BST) London, United Kingdom @ Pavilion Bruce Castle Park The Intention; Three Little Pigs workshop was originally intended to promote` natural building methods, so it was perfect to be set at The Hub. We saw it as the `perfect location` and had designed the “perfect Workshop" to throw light on how it had been built. It would be great for the children to be inspired by the designing & creation of the Hub out of Straw & Cob. We had made every effort to put up the` Three Little Pigs` workshop as part of the 1ST birthday Party @ The Hub on 11th July. It was dismissed as being a distraction to the main point of the day as they felt that the birthday party should not be open to everyone and especially not people that have not be involved into the Hub project..

Once again, we applied with every effort to get into `What`s On`, for Wednesday 12th August, at the Hub, but we collided with International Youth Day and got the dates and days mixed (and unfortunately out of the confusion) the Hub did not promote our workshop information in their newsletter.

Frustrated we started looking to finish our feasibility study in Bruce Castle Park, and a different venue - The Pavilion Tennis Club & Cafe, N17. We still feel that every good idea deserves a place, and continued with our research.

The project was not `for the Hub`, it was` for park users` to get an outdoor venue where they could enjoy the park. We heard from others that over the years, artists have been left deflated from similar experiences with the LRUF and The Friends of Lordship Rec. We were determined to explore our project further and fulfil this proposed marketing research; we set up the workshop in The Pavilion, Bruce Castle Park, N17. We were welcomed and given every support to work with children and their parents, the user groups from this local park. It was a delight and the response was invaluable, after such negativity.

The Making; We are proud to have created an interactive feasibility workshop, in a new venue, in a short space of time. The workshop was inspired by the moral-some tale that every nationality can understand.

So the story of The Three Little Pigs gave an urgency and pace to the workshop to explore Cosy Nest materials through story telling & clay- play.

In this context the children (all ages up-to 12yrs ) are the pigs. They are testing the natural materials, talking about their properties, their strength, how sustainable they are, about their use and where are they found?

We prepared a play questionnaire for `our little pigs`, to be able to defend their structures in front of The (`Big Bad Wolf`) Building Inspector.

The Aim/Purpose; The participants were challenged to think about the straw, the willow sticks, the clay or the natural cob that they had made their homes/ habitats from. The participants decided who they had made their models for, a pig, a spider, a foal, a cat/leopard, a mouse or an eagle? Now to find how suitable the habitat was for the creature that lived there.

The essential qualities the raw materials held. They were challenged and questioned to evaluate their clay and willow homes. The participants were asked to a./hold their structures and hop on one leg to check whether they were structurally sound, to b./ wear them over their heads and check whether they are sound proof; to c./spray them with water and check whether they are waterproof?? We also asked our young audience, how much did they know about building with natural materials? Where do we find/ source these materials? What is sustainable about them, do they have a long term durability, is there any energy cost involved when building with them? A great discussion ensued.

The Message; Throughout the workshop Dani talked to everyone about `The Cosy Nest Project.` She drew parallels with the natural materials the children had been using and the potential locally sourced Willow & Clay to make these organically shaped nesting seats & Classroom Circles.

We then explained the relationship of this workshop with the local parks, schools, parents, getting young people involved into open spaces through education, through maintenance of a piece of the park they have helped design and which they use as their open outdoor place to play and learn.

The Outcome; The reaction of the parents was very positive, they all agreed, that the relationship with schools and open spaces is a valid conversation; also creating a social and environmental awareness at early age is a very positive contribution to the future of the parks and the way they are perceived and how they are treated.

We talked about the importance of natural surveillance that would happen if the park was active after 6pm, if cinema/cultural events were to take place on regular basis?? If a certain amount of youth from the secondary local schools were The Youth Cinema Organisers??

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The Masters • Image left: BergenHus, source DE

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Bergen, Norway, 2011

Discovering the qualities of a city and its synergetic life which is played on anthropological landscape, memorizing the history within its materiality and preserving the spirit with the old narrow cobblestone pathways giving you glimpse of the water.

Climbing the timid and rigid topography we come across places that were overlooking the dynamic formation of natural and anthropological boundaries, the city stretching as a carpet between the mountains, where all its imperfections have been washed off by the rain.

Walking through the city, the presence of the mountains is memorized into the water and the little town windows. The morning sun bouncing off the individual houses spread on the mountain retreat, glowing like jewels, dispersing the light into the city adding to the kaleidoscopic nature of Bergen.

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Bergen, Norway

• Image left: Bergen • Image above: View image of Bergen

• Below left: Influx and growth of the town through the history • Sketch of the city’s transport network

• Sketch Bryggen Analysis: ground figure- roof-scape Public/private areas Ownership

• Sketch: Nosted House Analysis: ground figure- roof-scape Public/private areas Ownership

• Image above: Public Space Bergen

• Sketch: MohlenPris Urban Block Analysis: ground figure- roof-scape Public/private areas Ownership

• Image below: Urban grain

• Sketches analysing Urban clusters Bryggen Nosted MohlenPris

• Images from left: Bryggen Nosted MohlenPris

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• Image above: Mohlen Pris site on Puddefjorden, Bergen, Norway, Image source: D. Ellis

• Sketch above: proposed plan model for urban block strategy, Mohlen Pris, Bergen, Norway

MohlenPris, Bergen

• Image above: MohlenPris Puddefjorden Image source: D. Ellis

• Image above: MohlenPris Motorway Image source: D. Ellis • Image left: Mohlen Pris Image source: D. Ellis

• Sketch and diagrams: Roads, pathways and green spaces; Figure ground; roof-scape and use • Diagram above: Brief influences and forces: Green spilling from the parks, Waterfront Residential forces

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Proposed plan for MohlenPris

• Diagram left: Allmenien existing and proposed, Bergen, Norway, Image source: D. Ellis • Image below: Proposed waterfront with dock marina and floating fishing village • Image far below: proposed site image Mohlen Pris, Bergen, Norway • Image right: Proposed Plan and Figure Ground for Puddefjorden Harbour, North side

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Proposed plan for MohlenPris

• Diagram above: site users, community and commuters

• Sketch left above: proposed vistas

• Model Proposed MohlenPris

• Sketch right above: connectivity

• Sketch above: proposed open space strategy • Sketch below: proposed build form strategy

• Diagram far above: Mohlen Pris Grey-water recycling • Diagram above: Section Grey-water recycling • Diagram right: Grey-water recycling in a specific block • Model above: Proposed Mohlen Pris with typical and ordinary urban blocks • Sketch left below: Ordinary Urban Block Rules • Sketch right below: Specific Urban Block Rules

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Timeline Proposal

Diagrams

Built-forms

Public Space

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Phase 4

• Image above from top: Image Fishing Village Houses Image Life between buildings Image Waterfront

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Silvertown, London, 2010

• Sketch left: Proposed Housing for Silvertown, London

• Urban Grain map Silvertown

• Sketch right Proposed Housing for Silvertown, London

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The Wards Corner • Image left: Community Workshop

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Wards Corner, London, 2012

• Image right: Asarto Ward, adopted child of the Ward’s family, who owned the department stores of the Wards Corner • Image far right: Local community and coalition adopted the Wards Corner as a community asset • Image below: Wards Corner, above Seven Sisters Underground Station, London UK

• Diagrams from the left: - Analysis of the visibility of the building to add to the advertisement strategy and establish entrance points - Open Space Analysis - Cycling and walkways

• Diagrams below from left to right: 13.02.2012- community workshop - What do we love/hate about the area?

- Inspirations and Ideas - Environment/ Community/ Open Space

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Heritage Retrofit for Wards Corner

• Images Proposed Wards Corner

• Diagrams and sections above top down: - Proposed immediate improvements - Schedule of existing areas - Urban Realm Strategy - Existing and Proposed Sections - Existing use of the buildings - Proposed Street-scape

• Images above: Seven Sisters, Page Green Image source: D. Ellis • Sketch left: Street Profile- West Green Rd • Sketch below: Proposed facade uplift for Seven Sisters Road, Wards Corner site

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The Hollywood Green • Image left: Why do people come here?

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Hollywood Green, London, 2010

• Historical maps Hollywood Green- Spouters Corner

• Wood Green Survey

• SWOT Analysis

• Pedestrian Movement

SWOT

Stekeholders Map

• Areas of intervention

• Images right top to bottom: - Walking under the canapé of the Hollywood Cinema building - At the bus-stop - Getting a coffee and over-viewing the whole area - Marked pedestrian areas, incorporated Market stalls under the bus stop to allow overlooking

• Map above: Hollywood Green- Spouter’s Corner • Image below: Proposed Plan for Public Space including green areas run by the local RA Groups; Green Salad Roof above bus stop; Coffee van hiring pavement 6-11am; Pedestrian and drainage water walkways to allow minimal points of conflict.

Areas for relaxing and seating and part of the green spaces.

Floor images to be shined from the Cinema, allow the cinema to pay for small maintenance in return; involve local stakeholders and community group in a site management plan; Sustain the location from its users.

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Jellyfish Theatre, London, 2010

• Images above from left to right: Clear site, the very first day; One of many van deliveries; The wall and the structure were finished;

Jellyfish Theatre • 1st prize in the Architects’ Journal Small Projects Awards • 1st prize in the AJ Small Buildings Sustainability • Short-listed for the Urban Intervention Award Berlin 2010

• Images left: - Theatre’s office in the tentacles of the Jellyfish - Stage entrances finished with a seating bench in the alcove

• Images above: The Start and the Finish of the Interior in the Jellyfish Theatre

Palimpsest Public House, Barbican Estate, London, 2010

• Leaflet left: Tracing Palimpsest Pubs • Image below: dig and cast, play in the sand • Image far below: Tracing Palimpsest Pubs, The Red Cross Pub

• Image above and below: Tracing locations of the old photographs

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House Extension, Popes Lane Refurbishment Stoke Newington Church Street, N16

• Image below: Bhatia, Popes Lane • Images right: Stoke Newington Church Street, N16

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