DORA FELEKOU
PORTFOLIO 2011 - 2015 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING & PRESERVATION
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DORA FELEKOU GSAPP Columbia University MS Advanced Architectural Design dorafel.com, dora.felekou@gmail.com 74 Chalk Farm Road NW18AP T. 07519291087
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cover drawing; linear evolution of mutation within architectural space - the norm is challenged, disformed and becoming norm again excerpt from “The Comedy of Divine Art“. Adv. Studio V . Fall 2013
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GUANGZHOU MUSEUM Bernard Tschumi Architects
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ON THE HILLSIDE BLOCK722architects+
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GRIGIO CONCEPT STORE BLOCK722architects+
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UNDER ONE ROOF BLOCK722architects+
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MATERIALS & DETAILS BLOCK722architects+
DESIGN GUIDELINES GSAPP, critic: Hilary Sample
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THE COMEDY OF DIVINE ART GSAPP, critic: Bernard Tschumi
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TIANJIN BINHAI INDUSTRY MUSEUM Bernard Tshumi Architects
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PROFESSIONAL WORK
2011- 2016
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november 2014 - august 2015
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tianjin industry museum
TIANJIN BINHAI INDUSTRY MUSEUM CON(E)STRAINTS The New Industry and Aeronautics museum faces a vast urban park and is part of a new cultural corridor in the city of Tianjin. The industrial history of the area and the requirement for massive exhibition spaces, destined to house airplanes, spacecrafts and physical models of the city of Tianjin, led to the use of cones as the main exhibition spaces, reminiscent of the local chimneys. In plan, the cones create additions when intersecting the park area and enclaves, when intersecting the more public cultural corridor area. The building is clad in perforated composite panels, creating a shimmering effect from afar. The main cone, 46m high, is the heart of the new museum, guiding visitors from the ground to the top floor via an undulating ramp. Views to the inside and outside co-exist, ensuring privileged views over the park through the porthole-like windows.
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INTERNATIONAL INVITED COMPETITION TIANJIN, CHINA BERNARD TSCHUMI ARCHITECTS LEAD ARCHITECT . BERNARD TSCHUMI PROJECT ARCHITECT . JOEL RUTTEN WITH . LEE CHRISTOPHER . POLMAN BART-JAN . HAFERD JEROME . CAMARA PEDRO .KUHN PIERRES-YVES . ZHONG NIANLAI . FELEKOU DORA STATUS: UNDER CONSTRUCTION
november 2014 - august 2015
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left: industry museum first level (bottom) and main exhibition hall on level four (top) right: facade strategy sketches (personal sketches)
november 2014 - august 2015
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left: south, west and north elevations right: park (east) facade (personal sketch introducing the rhythm of openings)
november 2014 - august 2015
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left: unfolded cones and colorcoding of equal panels right: unfolded cones; perforation, panelling, circulation and lighting studies
november 2014 - august 2015
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OPTION B - "TUCKED" CONE fold B
FULL CORNER VARIATIONS
IN corten steel cladding metal substructure interior wall structure interior plaster finish
glass window concrete cone structure wall substructure sheetrock interior plaster finish
corten steel cladding (flat) metal substructure waterproofing membrane thermal insulation silicon piece
metal & metal thick protective cornerpiece
DRAFT
metal & metal thin panel cornerpiece
OUT CORNER VARIATIONS FULL TBCC
Binhai Modern City & Industry Museum
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Binhai Modern City & Industry Museum
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FACADE STUDIES
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Binhai Modern City & Industry Museum
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Typical Detail Park Facade
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left: collage of facade studies & details right: rendering of main interior cone
november 2014 - august current 2015
left: collage of perofration studies right: rendering of main exterior cone
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tianjin industry museum
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october 2014 - january 2014
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guangzhou museum
GUANGZHOU MUSEUM A C O M PA S S O F H I S TO RY The site for the new Guangzhou museum is overflowing with history; it lies in the shadow of the famed Flower Pagoda and alongside the vital urban axis towards the Pearl river. The museum houses items of the city’s multi-facetted and ancient history. History and locality became driving forces behind the design. The ancient wall of Guangzhou is reinterpreted into the outer shell of the museum; the city wall will embrace the past of the once more. Contradicting the enclosure of the outer shell, the heart of the museum is a compass, pointing to the future and the wonders of modern Guangzhou.The vast openings that the compass cuts onto the outer shell frame the historic Pagoda and the Canton Tower. The interior is set as a series of these frames, offering unexpected views, points of tranquility and vast spaces of communication – a true Chinese garden.
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INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION GUANGZHOU, CHINA BERNARD TSCHUMI ARCHITECTS LEAD ARCHITECT . BERNARD TSCHUMI PROJECT ARCHITECTS . LEE CHRISTOPHER . RUTTEN JOEL . ZHONG NIANLAI WITH POLMAN BART-JAN . HAFERD JEROME . CAMARA PEDRO . KUHN PIERRES-YVES . MAYERS JESSICA . SPOELMAN COLIN . FELEKOU DORA STATUS: FINALISTS
october 2014 - january 2014
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section of museum and connection to the Flower Pagoda landamrk
october 2014 - january 2014
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Visiting Scholar Laboratory 访问学者研究室
Business rm Meeting Personnel Archives 行政管理人员用房 Room 人事档案室 会议室 Business rm 行政管理人员用房 Meeting Room 会议室 Business rm Reception 行政管理人员用房 Male/Female Rm. WCs 接待室 Reception Comprehensive Rm. Business rm Archives 行政管理人员用房 接待室 综合档案室 Finance Archives Finance 财务档案室 Office 财务人员用房
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STEP 2
Bookstore 书店
STEP 3
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Staff Restaurant 职工餐厅 Exchange Exhibition Gallery - Small 交流陈列展区（小）
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WC female 厕所
Male/Female WCs
Cleaning room 清洁工作室
Administrative Logistical Warehouse 行政后勤仓库
Recreational & Sports Activity Center 文体活动中心
Gallery storage 展厅储藏
STEP 6
VOID OVER LOBBY 中央大厅上方
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Publicity & Ed. Promotion Dept. Visiting Scholar 宣传教育推广部 Laboratory Calligraphy 访问学者研究室 Research Dept. Guangzhou Hist. 书画陈列研究部 Research Dept. Nature Display 人事人员用房 Research Dept. 自然陈列研究部 Pers. Pers. Guangzhou Hist. Affairs Affairs Display Exh. Research Dept. Planning Dept. 历史陈列研究部 陈列展览策划部 Personnel Archives 人事档案室 Ethnic Folk Business rm Display 行政管理人员用房 民族民俗陈列研究部
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General Affairs 总务人员用房
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VOID OVER SERVICE AREA 服务区上方
WC WC female family 厕所 保育室
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Nature Gallery 自然馆
VOID OVER NATURE GALLERY 自然馆上方
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Sculpture, Spatial Model, & Landscape Manufacturing Room 雕塑、模型、景观制作室
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Spray Printing & Professional Staff Design Rm General Exhibit Creation Workshop 专用人员设计室 彩喷及辅助展具制作
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Storage/Elec. Cleaning Rm. room 清洁工作室 储藏室/配电房
Property Management Office 物业员工用房
Machine Room II 机房二
Office Machine 业务人员管理用房 Room I 机房一
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FALL WATER 水幕
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left: typical plan of exhibition gallieries right: overview of museum and framing conceptual sketch
october 2014 - january 2014
3,000m2 of Photovoltaic Panels 3000平米的太阳能板
Shading Canopy 遮阳顶棚 Natural North Light 北向自然光
Green Roof 屋顶绿化
Air circulation and natural ventilation 空气流动和自然通风
“Infinity Pools” “隐边水池” Main Atrium 中央大厅
Opaque outer wall with thermal mass 隔热的厚重外墙
Cascade 层叠水幕
Environment & Light conditioning 光和环境调节 Protected promenades 遮蔽阳光和雨水的走道 Locally produced energy 本地生产的能源 Order of roof vegetation and infinity pools 屋顶水池和植被序列 Step 15
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Bauhinia Japonica
Bambusa Multiplex
日本羊蹄甲
蓬莱竹
January 一月
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Step 11
Vinca Minor
Buddleja Asiatica
Aucuba Japonica
Buddleia Davidii
多年生黑麦草
青木
白背枫
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小蔓长春花
February 二月
Color variation of the roof during the year
March 三月
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April 四月
Step 9
May 五月
Step 8
June 六月
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Catharanthus
長春花
July 七月
August 八月
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Bothriochloa
Lolium Perenne
Vanda coerulea
Plumeria Rubra
大叶醉鱼草
臭根子草
大花万代兰
緬梔花
September 九月
October 十月
Step 2
November 十一月
December 十二月
屋顶年内颜色变化
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left: sustainabilty diagram, roof lanscaping and interior gallery section right: overview of museum as approaching from the main pedestrian axis
october 2014 - january 2014
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elevations of Guangzhou museum in relation to the surrounding park and streets
2011-2013
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syros I&II
ON THE HILLSIDE A G G R E G AT E & S E G G R E G AT E Both residences are situated in the island of Syros. The main intention of Syros I was to unify the various spaces of the house under one roof facing the Aegean, whereas the approach at Syros II was to create multiple volumes clustered together. In both cases, the entrance is situated in the back, following a gentle descent through continuous miniature courtyards, planted with local aromatic herbs. The landscape and sea are gradually revealed. In both cases, the common areas are the main core of the house, antagonized by the outdoor areas, a relationship vivid in all examples of traditional island architecture.
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OFFICE BLOCK722ARCHITECTS+ POSITION: PROJECT ARCHITECT TEAM: SOTIRIOS TSERGAS, DORA FELEKOU , KATJA MARGARITOGLOU STATUS: COMPLETED
2011-2013
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left: main floor plan and elevation of Syros I right: exterior & interior views
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left: main floor plan and elevation of Syros II right: exterior & interior views
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left: catalogue of implementation documents: custom design cabinets, bathroom detailing, stone and brick walls, right: lighting study, planted roof waterproofing detail
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READY READYMADE MADE&&PRÊT-À-PORTER PRÊT-À-PORTER S TA G I N G T H E D E TA I L S The main design purpose is the creation of a multifunctional space that will offer a completely unique shopping experience, involving a “secret” café and garden in the back. The boundaries of the inside and outside are constantly blurred with the presence of plants, swings, outdoor lighting and doors in the inside space. For this reason a six metre glass facade is designed that lets the view to the patio at the back of the building unhindered. An open green space is created at the back that extends the function of the cafe during the summer months. ALL ELEMENTS INSIDE THE NEW GRIGIO STORE ARE DESIGNED FROM SCRATCH, using objects and images in unexpected ways. Doors become tables for showcasing accessories and jewelry, wooden frames surround hangers and weathervanes navigate the view to the café while functioning as clothing hangers as well. The walls, stripped of any old and unnecessary materials are left bare, roughly painted white and all ventilation and heating pipes are unhidden. The use of trompe-l’oeil prints creates unexpected views. A passageway space from the street to the back is created where the shopping and socializing experiences constantly intertwine.
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OFFICE BLOCK722ARCHITECTS+ POSITION: PROJECT ARCHITECT TEAM: SOTIRIOS TSERGAS, KATJA MARGARITOGLOU DORA FELEKOU, KOLIGLIATI KONSTANTINA PHOTOGRAPHY: ACHILLEAS MENOS STATUS: COMPLETED
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UNDER ONE ROOF A Q U A B AY H O T E L In designing the space and landscaping of a 5* hotel in Zakynthos, Greece. the main concept of the common areas focuses on a game between the various lobby functions, visually broken down and readjusted in the scale of a house. The landscaping and exterior of the hotel are dominated by the hotel’s roofs. The various wings’ roofs are unified into one, spanning across the building and extending to the outside, reminiscent of the intense topography of the area. The in-between space offers patio and water areas that follow the slope and create diverse promenades.
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PART A DES IGN GU IDELINES Studying the urban conditions and programmatic typologies of the Rio das Pedras favela, an adjacent site is populated. Rio das Pedras is homogeneous in its built elements but heterogeneous in its open spaces, the spaces that constantly shrink due to the augmented occupation. The use of decorative elements, especially ceramic tiles, is prevalent. Tiles are a guiding element of the analysis and the design process. Tiles imply elevation differentiation but also different densities when they are scaled up to a neighborhood and treated as programmatic plan elements. Different tiles are created, each according to design guidelines developed specific for Rio das Pedras. Their interweaving according to multiple scales and orientations creates a fabric that incorporates the heterogeneous and open qualities of the Brazilian favela.
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ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT CONDITION Urban and unit typologies found within Rio das Pedras. The existing condition reflects a super dense, super programmed condition. Retail, residential, religious, educational, office, crafting space and service cores are clustered in the most unexpected ways. The sections across the streets of the favela reveal different layers of coverage and mass density. The whole analysis was framed in a book, submitted in Columbia University’s Studio-X in Rio de Janeiro, to forward further research on Rio das Pedras. 56
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01 The massive points nodes of importance possible program: administration, education, health, recreation
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flow and continuity possible program: administration, health
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playfulness possible program: education, residential, recreation, retail
complementariness possible program: residential, recreation, retail, craftmanship, lifelong learning
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inside and outside possible program: administration, education, residential, recreation, retail
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PART B TILES + TEC TO NIC S Steps for a programmatic mosaic! Conserve the existing buildings, remixing their use between private and public. Introduce a walkable distance grid, interrupted by pre-existing elements and axes. Introduce heavily programmed node tiles in the grid intersections. The majority will be gradually removed due to unavoidable overlapse. Pay attention to the borders of the grid with the nature, introducing the border tiles, continuous bands that will serve as transitional elements between the nature and the urban. Create a pole of centrality. Then, break and alter the grid in the selected pole as a special moment in the urban fabric Disrupt the homogeneous moments of the grid by introducing the decorative tiles. Those tiles will be located only where they have no touching condition with any other previously located program. Culture and production tiles are set! Allow growth to happen!
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“WHAT WE WANT IS PRECISELY TO MAINTAIN AND AMPLIFY WHAT WE’VE FOUND HERE, NOTHING MORE...” Lina Bo Bardi
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THE COMEDY OF DIVINE ART
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THE BUILDING WILL APPEAR
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ONLY AFTER THE PLAY HAS ENDED the parts are mutated, dissociated, intuitevely connected by the user
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ntering the market, the hero was bored. The art scene was surprisingly similar to everywhere else. Emptiness, he said. Suddenly a bright, inviting façade lured him inside a gallery. More galleries were stacked, similar in every way. The hero started getting used to art, wanting more. An opening MARKET led further inside.
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nside the observatory, large spaces and realities are revealed through the keyholes. Only vision can offer stimulation. The openings start becoming tiresome; he has to stretch in order to reach them. Art disappears gradually, filling the hero with sadness. Color appears. Light. Emotions. Only now does he realize that he was bending OBSERVATORY all along.
he exit is near.There is no obvious and tangible art beyond this threshold. Everything dissolves under the natural light. Strangely, there is no urge to rush – the ramps offer vision, movement, lightness and catharsis. The hero moves freely, becoming part of the building that has no art but turns into CATHARSIS art its very existence.
hen the hero left the space, the neighborhood seemed inviting. Besides the exit there is a hidden space, a sad mirror of the interior. People were caressing the walls, staring at blank material. They were not yet ready to leave. Disappearing in the distant threshold, secretly sneaking in, only REHAB to start anew.
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ARTISTIC ACTIVITY C AN OPEN OBSTRUCTED PASSAGES, LEVELS OF REALITY KEPT APART The art critique generator inverses the art experience by challenging the notion of familiar and unfamiliar art. Familiar in the front is perceived as projection, transparency, attractiveness, marketing. Unfamiliar is perceived as loss of materiality, delicate exposure. The space choreography is mandated by the mutating path. The scene of the market episode is a repetition of the normative gallery condition. The purgatory scene is constructed as a collage of fragmented spaces. The false escape scene takes place in a long corridor that transverses grids, spaces and volumes, ending in the picture window, the urban reflection to the inside. The keyhole space is entirely dedicated to distorted projections and exhibitions. The final catharsis space is a direct mutation of the double helix staircases in the second part of the building. The spiraling move is connected with purification and a mild, regenerating movement towards the exit. The exit is hidden underneath the ramp, personal and intimate.
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A MUTATION CAN BE SILENT OR VIOLENT. THE RUPTURES ARE THE CAUSE OF CHANGE, THE TRIGGERS OF MUTATION. THE PROCESS IS TRANSGRESSIONAL, PERPETUAL, VIVID.
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