Landscape Architecture Undergraduate Portfolio

Undergraduate

DESIGN PORTFOLIO

DIMITRIS ADAMIDIS

Individual Academic Projects

2016

Landscape + Public Space

Hello I am Dimitris Adamidis, a 24-year old undergraduate BA Landscape Architect, seeking to undertake his last task to graduate from Dep. of Landscape Architecture Technological Institute of Kavala-Greece, a 6 months internship.

Design and construction was always an intriguing field for me, since my childhood, which is why I believe the architecture field in general was the right career choice for me.

The ability of enhancing life quality for public, by creating optimum and intriguing public spaces was a key reason for me, in order to study Landscape Architecture.

My interests in landscape architecture include various scale projects from street parklets to urban planning.

Simultaneously with aesthetical design, I believe that everything proposed in a concept has to work in practice till the last detail. Only then the design is great.

I've selected some individual projects to present my own current skills.

Especially for my graduation thesis project, that’s included here, I received attention and very positive remarks from professionals that were present at the presentation venue.

Concerning personal characteristics, both of my parents are civil engineers, my father is Greek and my mother is Russian, as a result I am bilingual and grown in a multi-cultural environment. I can inform you that I am a fast learner, easy adaptive to various working and cultural environments, with great organizing and teamwork skills, pursuing perfection in every task that I undertake.

I consider myself a sociable team-worker with also the ability to hardworking independently.

Furthermore, I am a very active person with vast amount of energy reserves and an optimistic approach to life.

I am able to multitask, feeling comfortable with deadlines and working under pressure, while difficult to unnerve.

In my little spare time I enjoy to travel or do normal and some extreme sports.

Currently, as the summer season started here in Greece, i am practicing to develop my paragliding skills and preparing to acquire my solo-pilot licence.

Thank you for setting aside time to look through my portfolio.

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5th Gymnasium

Corfu Square

Other Work Samples

DIMITRIS ADAMIDIS 24YRS OLD UNDERGRADUATE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT GR Mobile: +30 6977856509 adamidis.inbox@gmail.com

TIMELINE

education + work experience

2015 2016 SEP

MAY

WORKED ON MY INDIVIDUAL THESIS GRADUATION PROJECT & THE LAST 2 MONTHS (APRIL+MAY) ON THIS PORTFOLIO

2010 2011

2012

KIRIAKIDIS INSULATIONS INSULATIONS CONTRACTOR'S ASSISTANT

PITSAS CAMP, CAMP STAFF TEAM MANAGER, IN CHARGE OF 4 TEAM LEADERS

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JAN

2009

2011 2012

TSIMPERIDIS SA CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANT

4SEASONS RESTAURANT (Drama) WAITER

JUN

AUG

2014

JULY

FEB

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Arch PIGI VAGGELI DESIGN PARTNER

2013

JUN

FEB

JUL

4SEASONS RESTAURANT (Drama) SENIOR WAITER

2011

2013 2014

GEORGIADIS SA ASSISTANT TOPOGRAPHER

TENTZERIS RESTAURANT OPERATIONS MANAGER

APR

EDUCATION

BSc in LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE at DEP. OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF KAVALA

CURRENT AV. GRADE 8.3/10

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MAY

AUG

2015

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Arch PIGI VAGGELI DESIGN PARTNER

2012 2013

2014 2015

ERASMUS EXCHANGE PROGRAM LLU UNIVERSITY, LATVIA LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE & URBAN PLANNING FACULTY

GREEK ARMY, SPECIAL FORCES (9 Month Mandatory Military Service) MOUNTAIN RAIDER BRIGADE

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JAN

7 COURSES, AV. GRADE 9.2/10

1st LYCEUM OF DRAMA 3 MORE DETAILS IN THE ATTACHED CV

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SOFTWARE SKILLS CAD

AUTOCAD

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PHOTOSHOP

REV

REVIT

SKP

SKETCH UP + SU LAYOUT

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InDESIGN

ECO

ECOTECT

LUMION

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PREMIERE

DGN

MICROSTATION

LS PSZ

PHOTOSCAN

VID

MOVIE MAKER

GIS

ArcGIS

MS

MICROSOFT OFFICE

LANGUAGES GREEK: RUSSIAN: ENGLISH: DANISH: GERMAN:

HANDS-ON SKILLS MODEL MAKING (WOOD, CARDBOARD, CLAY, FOAM)

DRIVING LICENCE

WORKSHOP PARTICIPATIONS

NATIVE NATIVE FLUENT BASIC BASIC

B + A2 (CAR + MOTORBIKE)

DATA SCIENCE FOR BUSINESS AND GOVERMENT-DaSBuG 2014 BA SCHOOL OF BUSNESS & FINANCE RIGA, LATVIA, APR 2014 EXCELLENCE IN PHOTOGRAMMETRY LLP EPOCHE 2013, 5 UNIVERSITIES THASSOS, GREECE, JUN 2013 GEODESY & CAD SYSTEMS-GeoCAD 2012 1 DECEMBRIE 1918 UNIVERSITY ALBA IULIA, ROMANIA, MAY 2012 WATERFRONTS IN URBAN SPACE T.E.I. OF KAVALA, GREECE, MAY 2012 WORKSHOP ON LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE-LAND 2011 T.E.I. OF KAVALA, GREECE, APR 2011

Outside Studies and Work...

TRAVELLING

MUSIC FESTIVALS

TENNIS

CYCLING

SKIING

PARAGLIDING

SCUBA DIVING

BOOKS

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PROJECT GALLERY THE SELECTED PROJECTS

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KVA Airport

5th Gymnasium

Corfu Square

An operating small scale airport in northern Greece in which the Landside zone is transformed from parking area to a new breed of public space.

A schoolyard proposal designed to improve the overall quality of school experience for its students, in terms of learning and activity.

A lighting installation in Kremasti historical square developed to emphasize its night atmosphere, composed by 2 types of lights.

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KAVALA AIRPORT

Area:

396/2.78 hectares

Type:

Thesis Project

The main reason why most people come to an airport is not the airport itself, but because they want to get somewhere else. Often most of the passengers are in a condition of emotive stress, even when they have already travelled by plane before. Work environment stress is shared by the employees of the airport, making them less productive and more depressed at their work.

Therefore it is necessary to create a familiar and pleasant environment for the passengers, where they could relax and spend time before boarding or when waiting an arrival, while the employees will work in much friendlier surroundings.

Year:

2015-2016

The current project is introducing a fresh, comfortable, and interesting public space for the Landside zone of the Kavala (KVA) International Airport.

QUICK FACTS Location: Kavala, Greece

for the complete Thesis Project (in Greek) Click Here

LOCATION The Kavala (KVA) Airport is located in northern Greece, 20km away from the city of Kavala.

It is one of 14 international airports of the country, while operating international and domestic flights.

The annual working period is 217 days, from April to October.

BACKROUND Based at the suburbs of the ancient city of Kavala that for many decades was the historic mecca of tobacco in Balkans, the KVA Airport initially functioned in 1952 at different near location and in 1981 it was transported to the present point.

In 1992 and 1998 some extensions for its buildings infrastructure took place and since then it operates as it is.

In 2006 a Civil Aviation College started its training activity at the airport.

The last decade a need for renovation of the main facilities has emerged, with no results yet as there were no private or government investments for it.

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PROBLEMS + LIMITATIONS

The 2 essential frequent problems that most airports have in common are the dangerous bird strike collisions and the noise levels produced by the aircrafts and other machinery operating at the site. In our case, bird strikes are not a rare incident and therefore it is crucial to eliminate them to the minimum. As a result, adjustments of any scale at the field, have to comply with all the strict safety regulations for the airports.

The avoidance of bird strikes mainly managed through the formation of a repellent habitat for the dangerous birds, using only approved tree and lawn-groundcover species. The second aspect, noise, is at very low levels considering that the maximum number of flights per day are only 8, making the airport's Landside zone a quite and ideal area for multi-program development.

TOURISM ANALYSIS KVA Airport is operating direct flights to various international and 2 domestic destinations by 14 airline companies.

The annual international flight passengers for 2015 were 145.625, indicating that the tourism flow at this small scale airport is actually quite high.

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SITE ANALYSIS The entire study area is occupying 396 hectares and it consists of the civil part and the restricted military area.

The civil part is divided in 2 areas, the Landside (2.78 ha) and the Airside (265 ha).

The Landside area is free for public access while the Airside is the protected area that accommodate all aircraft operations, thus the access in it is allowed only for the airport employees. The existing condition of the Airside require urgent maintenance and replanting of its groundcover layer.

The infrastructure is surrounded by sea from the South-West and by crops at the rest of its body.

CLIMATE The climate in Kavala is a typical Mediterranean: mild-rainy winters and warmdry summers, while the sunshine days per year are 200. The wind speeds are reaching uncomfortable levels only at the winter-non operating periods, making unnecessary the need for wind protection to be implemented in the proposed concept.

These conditions are very suitable for accommodating any type of public space at the Landside area of the airport.

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LANDSIDE ANALYSIS The Landside is the access-free area of the airport for everybody.

In present condition it is operating only as a mixed-use parking area for public, airport employees and the aviation college staff, offering only 100 parking spaces while the rest area is occupied by 3 car rental companies.

The existing trees are providing no shade at all for the parked vehicles.

By no outdoor space provided for travellers and visitors to sit or to rest, the small terminal building remain as the only option that offers a boring waiting space.

2x PANORAMAS Aligned with Maps,NOT 3

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AFFECTION LEVELS

The proposal affects 2 of 3 parts of the Airport.

The military zone stays intact ,the Airside is low affected, while the main affection is taking place in the Landside.

FROM POINT TO GRID The concept is structured and organized by a geometrical grid that consists of equilateral triangles.

The steps at the right reveal the process of reaching to the final shape that will generate the grid.

FITTING THE GRID The Grid was positioned and oriented by aligning it to the front force lines of the terminal building.

AIRSIDE PROPOSAL The low affection proposal for the Airside includes the improvement of its ground coverage by planting 2 special lawn species which offer enhanced fire safety and drainage, as well as a repellent habitat for the dangerous birds. The shape that appears by the vegetation's slight different green tone can be seen from above while landing or take off, and it is symbolizes the main shape of the grid which is pointing to the initial or final location, the Landside.

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LANDSIDE DESIGN PROCESS Above is a storyboard of the design process steps for the Landside area, from Form Composition to Zonning and then to Functional Synthesis and further details.

Every single phase based more or less on the previously generated grid.

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LANDSIDE GRID The same grid from Airside is used in Landside to form and organize all the elements in every program zone.

The grid is scaled to smaller fractals, providing more options and freedom to design each element.

LANDSIDE PROGRAM After allocating the required area for roads and parking to accommodate an easy and efficient vechicle circulation flow,the rest site was organized in 3 program zones.

The program include an open-air museum, a playscape, and an outdoor lounge zone.

By aligning these zones in a linear way, visitors and travelers are experiencing all of them from terminal to the parking area and vice versa.

LANDSIDE ELEMENTS The position, orientation, and entities number of each group of the elements are organized precisely according to numerous parameters, such as safety, comfort, sufficiency and more.

VIEWS The most impressive visual quality of an airport is the landing and take-off of planes.

Coinciding with air safety, visual corridors are kept open for people to enjoy the uninterrupted views to the Airside.

In order to improve views, structures that elevating the eye height such as View Bar and View Ramps are used.

On the other hand, the direct sight to the military area is blocked by the dense and height inner hedge, and in diagonally direction by the tree rows of parking area.

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PLANTING PLAN The selected tree and groundcover species for planting are all approved for airport Landside zone by the most recent safety regulations.

Large size trees are planted on key points to provide dense shade coverage, while medium sized trees are planted in rows along paths to stimulate the pedestrian movement.

SHADOW STUDY The results of the shadow study done on the summer solstice verifying that the proposed planting plan is producing enough shaded space for the visitors comfort.

SUNLIGHT EXPOSURE The direct sunlight exposure analysis for the same date confirm that the shaded areas are remaining sun-protected for up to 10 hours during daytime.

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CIRCULATION FLOW The proposed vehicle circulation system provide easy and quick access to the terminal building as well as to the parking area.

Widenings for vehicle stop, taxis stand and bus stop are included at key spots.

Pedestrian paths are providing horizontal movement but not elimintating it only on them, as the rest area is paved or lawn covered.

PARKING FUNCTIONALITY The parking area is designed to offer easy and quick parking, to cover the needs of public, employees and aviation college staff, as well as to provide shading and safety all year round.

The speed of parking is achieved by the efficient circulation system which offers fast finding of an empty slot, while the easiness by the 45 degrees parking angle.

Furthermore, the parking area is organized in 8 sectors, which provide instant parking for disabled and mothers, separation between public and rest (employees, car rental firms and aviation college staff), and other advantages.

The offered public parking spaces are increased to 200% compare to the existing condition, therefore over-covering the existing needs and ensuring sufficiency in case of future development of the airport.

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LANDSIDE ELEMENTS All the elements of Landside were designed from scratch to serve perfectly the program zone they are part of.

1.View Bar 7.Enclosed Bench 2.Exposition Slated Screens 3.Exposition Stands 8.Block Bench 4.Aircraft Hill 9.Small Hills 5.Leaf Sculpture 10.Playscape 6.Planter Bench 11.Protection Barrier

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VIDEO REVIEW

Length:

4min 04sec

Resolution: 1920p x 1080p Soundtrack: Written exclusively

by Roni Iron

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5th GYMNASIUM

Location: Drama, Greece

In order for students nowadays to be more productive and enthusiastic, they need to go beyond the walls of the lecture halls and have an open space to kick back and unwind.

Area:

0.83 hectares

This can be achieved by creating an outdoor space that facilitates movement and challenges the imagination, where they could play and learn.

Type:

Coursework

Year:

2014 (Diagrams remade in 2016)

QUICK FACTS

5th Gymnasium is a schoolyard proposal for a new-build high school in Drama, in which the outdoor spaces stimulate students activity and invite them to play, learn, talk and relax, while at the same time it also promotes eco-friendliness through recycle-awarding bins, grey and rain water use for irrigation and more.

LOCATION The 5th Gymnasium is situated at outskirts of the centre of Drama, a city located in northern Greece with population of 45.000 .

BACKROUND Gymnasium ( Γυμνάσιο ) is a Greek term for the junior high school, which is the first part (of two) of the secondary education level in Greece.

5th Gymnasium is one among 7 gymnasiums of the city, educating 250 students of age 12 to 15, with an annual operational period from 11 September to 18 June.

In the past it was operating simultaneously with 2nd Gymnasium (pic A) in the same building until September of 2013, when finally it began to operate autonomously in a new build facilities (pic B).

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CLIMATE Drama has a typical Mediterranean climate that consists of mild-rainy winters and warm-dry summers, while the annual sunny hours are 2300.

The winds blowing from south are rising to uncomfortable levels during middle and late spring season setting necessary the need for wind protection.

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SITE ANALYSIS Originally, the site was a fraction of a large military base, which after 2 decades of abandonment was finally granted for educational use, thanks to persist demands from teachers and student's parents.

The schoolyard occupies 8300 square meters (0.83ha) and although it wasn't completed adequately, the courses were initiated. Its main entry is from the southern side, and a smaller one is on the north side.

The existing trees don't provide any protection from sun or wind.

DESIGN PROCESS The sketches at the right are displaying the functional design process of the schoolyard.

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PROGRAM + PLANTING PLAN The proposed Program consists of 3 major zones: Learn, Play and Relax zone.

Learn zone performing its role as an extracurricular educative space, providing a double outdoor classroom.

Play zones are triggering activity through 5 various sport courts.

Relax zones offer comfortable space for the students to relax.

The planting plan is providing dense shade mostly from spring to fall, wind protection from the southern spring winds, as well as noise protection to the outdoor classroom and from the eastern noisy highway.

Below are presented the technical plans for planting and its irrigation system. The irrigation system uses mostly rainwater + greywater and its design has been made according to the most recent regulations which are establishing water conservation, efficiency, and system's longevity.

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VIDEO REVIEW

Length:

5 minutes

Resolution: 1280p x 720p Soundtrack: Edited by Bou-Rou Productions

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KREMASTI

SQUARE

QUICK FACTS Location: Corfu Island, Greece 2

Kremasti Square is a historical picturesque square at the centre of Corfu.

Considering to its historic value and while it is poorly illuminated at night time, it was asked to propose a lighting installation to enhance the night atmosphere.

Due to the natural orientation of our visual field, the vertical planes of an environment constitute 80% of our perception and thus determine our main impression of the surroundings.

The rest 20% consisting of the horizontal planes.

Area:

351 m

Type:

Coursework

Year:

2013 (Diagrams remade in 2016) planes were introduced.

To fulfill the requirements, 2 types of lights for both vertical and horizontal

LOCATION Kremasti square is located in the heart of Corfu island capital's centre, surrounded by many small and medium size squares which are connected by a network of numerous mazy narrow paths.

BACKROUND The particular small area was named after its adjacent church and became an important and well-known square in 1699 after the construction of its cistern, that was donated for public use by the prestigious family of Andreas Kokkinis.

Back in the time, this cistern was a part of a large and complex system of rainwater collecting cisterns in Corfu cities centres, the only efficient solution for covering the needs of water supplies, that was introduced by the Venetians.

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SITE ANALYSIS To extract the complete image of the study area, the site was analysed to its area, the paths accesses, the buildings entries, as well as the buildings use and their heights.

LIGHTING PROPOSAL The 2 proposed types of lighting are the facade lights and the tree lights.

Facade lights are simple luminaires producing grazing light, while tree lights resemble tree trunks made out of composite materials and producing targeted beam light.

The facade lights are illuminating the vertical surfaces of the buildings and simultaneously reflect sufficient light to the pedestrian paths. On the other hand, tree lights illuminate primarily on the horizontal surface of the square, while some beams are aimed on the restaurant's front facade.

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VIDEO REVIEW

Length:

1min 52sec

Resolution: 1280p x 720p Soundtrack: La valse d'Amelie

by Yann Tiersen

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OTHER WORK SAMPLES 1. Facade Renovation Project, collaboration with Arch Pigi Vaggeli, Completed, Drama, Greece 2. Jelgava old town redevelopment proposal, 1st place among 7 student teams, Idea, course teamwork, Jelgava, Latvia

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3. Model Making process and their presentations, individual model projects, Greece & Latvia 4. Thunder Alert Android and Ios application for emergency services, 1st prize among 9 international teams, DasBug 2014 Workshop, Riga, Latvia 5. Practicing with PhotoScan and PhotoModeler software on 3D scanning to produce accurate & detailed 3D models of structures and objects.

International workshop, Thassos island, Greece

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