‘Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.’ Frank Lloyd Wright
INDEX 1. THESIS: Energy Awareness Centre
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2. BSc Projecs
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3. Office Work
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4. Freelancing
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5. Urban Design
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6. Small Projects
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7. Fun
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Energy Awareness Centre
Biomass Research Generator, Profession Transition Accelerator, Visitors’ Attention Activator. Former Coal Mine ‘Jan Kanty’, Jaworzno, Silesia, Poland
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1. THESIS 5
1. Research and Analysis. Every design process should start with a thorough analysis and research. As all the projects are different, each time different conditions need to be considered. Site, background, figures, requirements - they are all unique for each project, and therefore they should result in unique designs. I believe that this processes are inevitable in order to create powerful designs.
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Active coal mines in Poland; before and after the restructuring of the industry in the 1990’s. Over a half of the mines was closed due to being unprofitable and resources depletion.
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City communication The diagram is a visualization of communication between the industries and residential areas. The main outcome is that industries communicate through rail while people communicate by road network. Most of the residential areas are located close to the industries. Exceptions include the area by the train station and the city centre ( historically build around a not existing coal mine. City relationships. Jaworzno is located on the suburbs of Silesian Agglomeration - The combination of 15 - 20 cities in Silesia. Also it is located approximately 60 km from Cracow. The area is home to 3 major Universities focusing on sciences such as biochemistry, geology and mining, environmental engineering etc. All within a distance of c. 60 km.
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The site in 1990’s. The coal mine was still running in the 1990’s however the planned restructuring of the industry had a great impact on Jan Kanty Coal Mine. Due to Sulphur compounds as well as wrong management the coal mine was closed entirely and sold. The new owner demolished most of the buildings including the sorting and storage units, administration buildings and quality testing units.
The site nowadays. Today there is only a couple of buildings that remained after the sorting unit demolition in 2004. Of these are the upcast and downcast shafts, the workers canteen, reception and one of the administration buildings. The owner of the site left the buildings without care and apart from the downcast shaft and the canteen that are still being used by miners testing water levels, the buildings are slowly falling apart.
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2. Conceptual Design. There is nothing more helpful in the design process than a good idea. In my personal opinion the ideas should come from the analysis and take into account the outcomes of the research. Ideas are a response and the first step into the design. Personally I prefer collages of mixed computer and hand-drawn origin, and simple sketches.
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3. Process. The analysis and ideas come together in the design process. In the design of the Energy Awareness Centre solutions are based on the known parameters such as overshadowing and requirements such as ventilation and lighting strategies or energy policy. I believe that the design process is a careful continuation of the analysis.
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4. Detailing. Architecture comes into life when the details are developed. At this point the programme is fully incorporated into the design. Energy Awareness Centre is planned in a pragmatic way, which in this particular case I believe has a strictly positive meaning.
Bio-chemistry lab
Biomass Research Process Genetic development lab Data lab
Gasifiers Data analysis
Gas burning
CO2 Primary growth room
Turbine
Power outcome
1. Species development stage: - research on biochemical resources required for the genetic development -genetic research and development of species - data gathering, comparison and analysis
5. Biomass storage and drying - Biomass is stored in the silo and dried by the air flow from the shaft
2. Primary growth room: - plants’ incubators
7. Burning the gas
6. Biomass gasification
8. Energy production 3. Vertical greenhouses for further growth 9. Energy data analysis
Biomass storage and drying
4. Planting and harvesting
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Vertical greenhouses
Planting
Teaching and training 20. Symposium theatre 21. Small studios 22. Waiting area
Planting
Biomass research 1. Delivery room 2. Equipment room 1 3. Equipment room 2 4. Locker room 5. Cloakroom 6. Male and female changing 7. Sterile room
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Various 23. Entrance 24. Reception area 25. Security office 26. Foyer and exhibition 27. Administration offices 28. Storage and cleaning
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Water 4 tanks
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8. Bio-chem laboratory 8 9. Genetic research laboratory 10. Computer data analyzing laboratory 11. Primary growth room 12. Biomass gasifiers 13. Plant transfer conveyor belt 14. Biomass storage preparation 15. Biomass storage 16. Elevator 17. Biomass chip conveyor belt 18. Biomass furnace and turbine 19. Biomass burning data analyzing
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Geothermal facilities 29. Geothermal research and data analyzing 30. Geothermal control rooms 31. Geothermal power plant 32. Deliveries
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Vehicle workshop Garages
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Planting
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Small studios
Lecture theatre
(up) Conference and discussion rooms
Library space
Visitors’ awareness.
Teaching spaces
The 3rd use of the building relates to persons visiting the building.
Teaching about Renewable Energy is an important part of the programme.
1. Visitors entrance is located on the side of the railway. 2. While going up the ramp to the visitors’ entrance, visitors experience the building through views towards the planting area, greenhouses and power plants. 3. Visitors are allowed to use library and reading spaces.
1. Symposium and lecture theatre open for a large number of participants. Can be also used for holding conferences during science symposia. 2. Discussion rooms for teaching small groups of students about Biomass Research and Energy. 3. Conferences rooms.
4. The visitors leave being aware of Biomass energy production and research.
4. Small studios. 5. Reading and library space.
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Teaching and training 1. Lecture theatre control room 2. Small studio 3. Conference rooms 4. Lecture rooms 5. Discussion rooms 6. Reading space 7. Library space
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Visitors’ spaces 8. Visitors entrance 9. Visitors reception 10. Shop 11. Terrace 12. Cafe 13. Bar 14. Kitchen 15. Storage
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5. Visualizing and Structure. Structural solutions are always part of the design. Analyzing details can be helpful in finding the required solutions. At this final stage the architecture of the spaces can be fully visualized and tested. I truly enjoy visualizing the spaces by using Maxwell software. It makes the project almost alive.
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2. BSC
Violent Storms Registry. The cetre for huricane prediction. Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA.
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The building is located in Cape Canaveral in complex 34, which was used as a launching point for the rockets. The site is located in a hurricane area.
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The lights on the disc are strictly related to the spacing of weather stations and buoys in the sea. Those data collection points are the first stage of hurricane prediction. The collected data is later sent to the technological tower and sent through the disc and read in the human tower
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primary summer wind direction
primary winter wind direction
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Plans and Sections. The building is a huge shell that acts against the main wind forces. The shell is orientated so as the wind slips by the walls.
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Lighting Analysis and Strucural Solutions. Autodesk Ecotect lighting analysis. Structural solution for the cantilevered boxes.
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Collages and Visions. The idea of the lights on the disc and the stars in the sky, the boxes flying in the eye of the huricane and so on.
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Inhabited Bridge. Clinic for Senses. Offices for Rent. Responsive Retail Area. Swansea, UK.
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Plans and Sections. The organic and orthagonal forms colide.
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Strucural Solutions. Twisted roof structure and a technical secion.
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Concept work.
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3. Office
Kasper Danielsen Arkitekter (Danielsen Architecture), Copenhagen, Denmark. During my work for the KDA I was given various design jobs such as designig the pattern for the glazing and ideas for design. I also was responsible for visualizations and some graphic designs.
Glass pattern design.
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Glazing Pattern Design, Meieritomten,. Krystianshavn, Norway. Visualisation: Cortesy of Danielsen Architecture.
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Vibeholm Offices. Preliminary design. Concepts, Modelmaking.
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Bella Centre. Facades’ design, visualizations.
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Enghave Brygge. Help with masterplanning, visualizations.
Taking photos for the office.
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JPA, Lublin, Poland During my work for the JPA I was responsible for small designideas such as materials choice and details as well as for visualizing the projects.
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Ogrodowa 18. Materials, details, visualizations.
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Wilenska/ Gleboka Apartments. Design of the windows and timber canopies, Materials sugestions, CAD work, 3D Modelling. Visualistations for the developer and the press.
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Wilenska/ Gleboka Apartments. View of a partially finished development as of 23/03/11. Canopies and square windows are the exterior details that I designed.
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4. Freelancing
Single family house, Jozefin, Poland. The house was inherited by a young couple with a child. The aim was to transform the house so it suits the needs of the new tenants in terms of medern style and comfortable living conditions. Main refurbishemnts rwmoved some of the interior walls to create an open living space. The porch was added in order to add some entrance space and the terrace was designed. Currently being refurbished.
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Single family house, Jozefin, Poland. The old kitchen and bathroom and the refurbished spaces.
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Single family house, Jozefin, Poland. The old floor has been sanded and treated. Dyed concrete elements are giving the space some contrast to the light whitened furniture and wall colors.
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5. Urban
MArch Urban Planning Project. Redevelopment of public spaces in Lublin, Poland. During my course I experienced a couple of urban planning projects including the development of public spaces in Lublin, Poland.
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Bin distribution strategy N
kindergarten
primary school
kindergarten
primary school
shop
elderly community centre
shop
station
bins existing dwellings
bins
public buildings
existing dwellings
primary school
bike 1 route
50m distance line
bike 2 route station
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elderly community centre
Shanghai Workshops. The idea of the Shanghai workshops was to find a solution for the existing recycling misinformation in Tongji Village in Shanghai.
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Recycling and waste bins design.
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Glass bottle wall design.
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6. Small
Seat. The seat project was focused around sustainability issues, therefore the object was made of used cardboard boxes and covered with real grass.
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My Hut Made of Objects as Found. The aim of the project was to design a hut, mad of found objects.
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7. Fun
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Thank you.