3rd year Master of Architecture student Illinois Institute of Technology
Eleni Aroni
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Design Manifesto Being a young architect, what I aspire to achieve in my career is to create spaces for people to enjoy, spaces where people find themselves satisfied with their built environment, spaces that celebrate light and materiality. Spaces that allow for flexibility in terms of how people want to use them. For me, a good architect is the one who designs site specifically, spaces that are meant to be there for specific reasons, to be used in that period(s), in that climate. Every society is different and the architect should deeply understand the society and people he/she is designing for. I believe the impact architecture can have on society, way of thinking and approaching facts and situations is really crucial and architecture can influence social norms, but most of all promote interaction. Architecture in my opinion has the extreme strenght of designing frameworks inside which social interaction develops and this is why I want to be an architect, to design for good interaction and good space. My portfolio is organized in chapters, starting from Design Building Projects at Illinois Institute of Technology, moving to Parametric Design and Mapping Projects, then to Visual Training, Furniture Design (SOFA competition) and the Structural Project (Sony Center intuitive model). After those projects from Illinois Institute of Technology, I am presenting my 3rd year final project in Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, where I did my undegraduate studies and I am finishing with the Architectural Competition ‘Regeneration of Aghia Sophia’ .
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Resume Eleni Aroni ABOUT
Email: aronielen@gmail.com Voice: 678-536-8398
Interested in Sustainable Design, Passive Design Strategies and Energy Collection, and Reuse Advanced knowledge on Parametric Design, Structures and use of Grasshopper Scripting Interested on how Parametric design tools respond to the ever changing community needs and open ended and costumized design Member of the Journalists team for the ‘Dean’s Lectures Series and Interviews’, Illinois Institute of Technology (Fall 2015, Spring 2016)
EDUCATION August 2013-May 2016
Master of Architecture (3 year Program) Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
September 2008-June 2011
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) Cardiff University, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff, Wales, UK
EMPLOYMENT August 2015 - December 2015
Cloud Scholar for 1st year undergraduate students, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA Professors: Thomas Brock, Kathleen Nagle Introducing 1st year students to various aspects of architecture through field trips, sketching exercises, lectures
August 2014 - May 2015
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA Digital Communications - Professor Thomas Kearns Assisting students with digital softwares like Rhinoceros and Grasshopper and also with composition and digital presentation techniques
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Graduate Teaching Assistant, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA 2nd year Undergraduate Studio - Professor Leslie Johnson Assisting students with studio work, drawings, model making, presentation techniques including skills in Adobe Photoshop, In Design, Illustrator
September 2011- June 2013
Architectural Intern at Katerina Valsamaki Architectural Office, Athens, Greece In charge of construction documents (CD) and presentation drawings to the clients. I was also responsible for checking code requirements. I participated in client meetings and made all the changes to the design and detailing accordingly.
January 2012- May 2012
Architectural Intern at Domorinthos Worked part time to assist with design and rendering work using 3dsMax for two competitions
June 2009- August 2009 June 2010- August 2010
Architectural Intern at ISV Architects/Construction/Development, Athens, Greece In charge of correcting construction documents, and making proposals on facade and materiality. I focused on researching relevant detailing for each project, in residential and office projects and drawing them in order to be implemented in each different project.
AWARDS May 2015
Cloud Mentor Scholarship, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA Given every year to exceptional students that are becoming mentors for 1st year undergraduate students
May 2014
Peterhans Visual Training Award Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA Given every year to exceptional students showing strong visual skills in their drawings and compositions
December 2009
First Award in Competition for Sustainable Community Design, Cardiff University Given every year to exceptional students showing strong visual skills in their drawings and compositions
COMPETITIONS/WORKSHOPS Workshop with subject “Inhabitation of Corridors” for the Symposium “Residence: construction-design-concept”, Athens, Greece (Winter 2011) Participation in the architectural competition for the Reconstruction of the Acheiropoiitos-Aghia Sophia Axis in Saloniki,(December 2011 - April 2012) Participation in the SOFA EXPO with Illinois Institute of Technology - head of the drawings and booklet team, Navy Pier, Chicago,IL (November 2014)
SOFTWARE SKILLS Autocad Revit 3D Studio Max Ecotect Rhinoceros Grasshopper
Adobe Photoshop Adobe In Design Adobe lllustrator Archicad Sketchup
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Table of Contents
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01/ Urban Symphony
p. 7 - 16
02/ Kinesthetics
p. 17 - 24
03/ Industrial Lifeline
p. 25 - 30
04/ House of Future
p. 31 - 36
05/ Sleeping Cabin
p. 37 - 40
06/ Parametric Roof
p. 41 - 42
07/ Parametric Bridge
p. 43 - 44
08/ Mapping Paths
p. 45 - 46
09/ Visual Training
p. 47 - 48
10/ Sofa Proposal
p. 49 - 50
10/ Sofa Exhibition
p. 51 - 54
11/ Sony Center
p. 55 - 58
12/ A Bubble of Space and Time
p. 59 - 64
13/ Aghia Sophia
p. 65 - 68
Visual
SOFA
Structures
Architectural Design IIT
WSA Competitions
Parametric and Mapping
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09/ Visual Training
10/ Sofa Proposal
10/ Sofa Exhibition
11/ Sony Center
12/ A Bubble of Space and Time
08/ Mapping Paths 13/ Aghia Sophia
07/ Parametric Bridge 06/ Parametric Roof
05/ Sleeping Cabin
04/ House of Future
03/ Industrial Lifeline
02/ Kinesthetics
01/ Urban Symphony
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01/ Urban Symphony What is Good Space? Designing a Hybrid Building in Chicago Loop IIT College of Architecture Fall 2015 Location: Wells Street, West Loop, Chicago,IL, USA Professor: Steven Brubaker Group Project: Eleni Aroni, Sepideh Asadi, Melina de Oliveira
This project is about a building that can have various functions due to its flexible and good space characteristics. Our site is located on the West Loop, on Wells street and is on the intersection of Lake and Randolph. The lake intersection is a very strong intersection in terms on noise since the NW loop turn is just next to it. Sound and the movement of the train across the whole length of our site inspired us for this project. For this reason we decided to design a building that would
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react to the movement of the train along the site, the visual and physical connection to it. Also one of our main ideas is to create an urban utopia inside the city, on our platform level which would work as a public space for people and most of the design decisions were taken in order to increase the exposure of the building to natural light and the formulation of a rhythm related to the different functions in different levels of the volumes.
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
Location Plan
Roof Plan
Illinois Institute of Technology | ARCH 545 | MAKING METROPOLIS | URBAN SYMPHONY
A Special Hybrid Building
Section Across Wells street showing street level and platform level relationships 6
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Designing the Form to Hold the Train Tracks
Designing the Envelope to Allow Interaction
Structural Diagram
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00/ vjd[d ART INSTALLATION Canopy Design and Fabrication IIT College of Architecture Fall 2014 Location: Chicago, IL, USA Professor: Jacob Hotz Group Project: Eleni Aroni
In the sections above I am investigating the relationship of the levels and their connection to the street, alley, frontyard, backyard. these 4 elements will be really crucial for my design decisions as I am willing to design a house that invites people from the neighborhood community in the house and has capability of hosting small events in a specifically designed area. Moreover, the idea of the garage with the garden starts being revealed and ideas about capturing south light into the
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bedrooms start to show up. In the sections above I am investigating the relationship of the levels and their connection to the street, alley, frontyard, backyard. these 4 elements will be really crucial for my design decisions as I am willing to design a house that invites people from the neighborhood community in the house and has capability of hosting small events in a specifically designed area. Moreover, the idea of the garage with the garden starts being revealed and ideas about
00/ vjd[d ART INSTALLATION Canopy Design and Fabrication IIT College of Architecture Fall 2014 Location: Chicago, IL, USA Professor: Jacob Hotz Group Project: Eleni Aroni
In the sections above I am investigating the relationship of the levels and their connection to the street, alley, frontyard, backyard. these 4 elements will be really crucial for my design decisions as I am willing to design a house that invites people from the neighborhood community in the house and has capability of hosting small events in a specifically designed area. Moreover, the idea of the garage with the garden starts being revealed and ideas about capturing south light into the
bedrooms start to show up. In the sections above I am investigating the relationship of the levels and their connection to the street, alley, frontyard, backyard. these 4 elements will be really crucial for my design decisions as I am willing to design a house that invites people from the neighborhood community in the house and has capability of hosting small events in a specifically designed area. Moreover, the idea of the garage with the garden starts being revealed and ideas about
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Groundfloor Plan 13
First Garden Level Plan, +15’
Platform Level Plan, +30’
Typical Floor Plan above 63’ Level 14
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Concept of Kinesthetic Kinesthetic
Learning as the process that results in new knowledge (or understanding) with the involvement of the learner’s body movement. This movement is performed to establish new (or extending existing) knowledge.
02/ Kinesthetics Institution A Place to Find Yourself A Vision about the Body and Soul
EXHAUSTING CIRCLE OF A TYPICAL MOVEMENT CENTER
IIT College of Architecture Spring 2015 Location: Uptown, Chicago, IL, USA Professor: Thomas Brock Group Project: Eleni Aroni, Sepideh Asadi, Agnieska Sparza
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This project is about a offer diverse possibilities to Kinesthetics Institution that people and create a place works as a public plaza and where they will be attached a neighborhood hub. The to and really realize the inner different program spaces are power of their body and mind. of Kinesthetic placed underground, Concept on the Kinesthetics Institution is about ground level/public plaza people learning their body or overhead depending on and understand that active or their public/private Kinesthetic aspect meditation/relaxation activities Learning ascan the process in new knowledge (or understanding) with the involvement of the learner’s and their remote/exposure change theirthat lives.results It is about body movement. This movement is performed to establish new (or extending existing) knowledge. character. There is interaction being remote from reality, live Location Plan About Kinesthetics - What to between the different levels the moment you find yourself Levels of Activities Intensity of configuration through the in and when being ready go circulation elements and the back above ground and expose use of transparent/translucent yourself to other people. materials.The concept is to
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IIT College of Architecture Fall 2014 Location: Chicago, IL, USA Professor: Jacob Hotz Group Project: Eleni Aroni
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Ground Floor Plan and Landscape - The Institute and the Plaza
Mass Diagram
Program Diagram 20
The Courtyard of the Lower Zen Level
Bird’s view from South East
Interior view of the Institution Second Level
Interior view of the Groundfloor Level (Foodcourt)
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View from Broadway Street, Neighborhood Plaza
Zoom in View of the Plaza and Entrance
Cross Section showing Natural Ventilation Strategy 22
Third Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
Groundfloor Plan
Basement Plan 23
3D Cross Section
Double Panel Glass Butt Joint Mullion, clipped on to the Steel Angle
Steel Angle bolted to Concrete Slab 3 1/2” Concrete Slab on 2 1/2” Metal Deck
Opaque Panel Butt Joint Mullion Grill Vertical Steel Plate, Mounted from Steel Tube to the Exterior Skin Framing every other Vertical Mullion Vertical Glass Skin Frame Spider Connection from Glass Vertical Frame to the Slab
Detail Render of the Facade
Detail Section of the Facade
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03/ Industrial Lifeline in Detroit Masterplan in an Old Factory A spine that connects everything
This project is about regenerating the Old Packard Plant in Detoit by using the existing structures of the old factory and designing for new functions inside them. The partvof the masterplan I worked on is the spine, the lonf supporting system that runs along the whole site. The spine how I analyzed it is the part that offers possibilities and facilities for all the different functions and buildings along the rest of the site. The spine includes all the parking needed
for all the functions as well as a commercial district that offers goods and spaces for thinking and learning along its long length. On the first level of the spine the organization is based on the idea of the plug-in city, as the functions are taking place inside containers which shall be placed and removed according to the change of season or needs. Thus, the existing grid is used as a way to provide plug ins i between the 20 feet distances of the columns.
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Second Floor Plan
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Rendering of the Masterplan
Model Photos 30
04/ House of the Future The Gallery House A House that works with the Community IIT College of Architecture Spring 2014 Location: Logan square, Chicago, IL, USA Professor: Karla Sierralta
In this project I had to think about the house of the future. My feeling is that neighborhoods are being left on the side in large cities like Chicago and I wanted to design a house for the neighborhood, where people would be welcome to visit, where event related to the community would take place
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and social interaction would be the focus. I was really intrigued by the idea of designing a Gallery House, a house that can host artistic events once in a while but as well have all the needed elements in order to work as a private house.
Location Plan
Exterior View of the House
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Second Floor Plan
Groundfloor Plan
Basement Plan Sitting/Studying
Personal Space
Storage Area
Preparatory Area
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05/ Sleeping Cabin
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Dance School Inside Nature Private and Public Spaces in a Student’s Cabin IIT College of Architecture Fall 2013 Location: Colorado, MI, USA Professors: Tom Jacobs, Susan Conger Austin Group Project: Eleni Aroni, Onyung Kim, Andrea Katigbak
This project is about an incubation cabin for the students of the Perry Mansfield Performing Arts Camp, in Colorado. Students there are taught in open-air studios and the relationship with nature is an essential component of the pedagogical method. The main idea for the design of the cabins
Roof Plan
is incubation and how the hours after class students want to have their personal space, rest and relax but at the same time interact. We designed so that light from the East can wake up the students and so that sunset can be experienced from the shared space, opening to the mountains view.
South Elevation
East Elevation
Location Plan
Incubation Cabin - Drawings
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Floor Plan Sliding Door Detail
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Sleeping
Waking up
Entrance Point
Roof Plan
Floor Plan
West Elevation
Section A-A’
Roof Plan
West Elevation
Incubation Cabin - Drawings
Section B- B’ 3Incubation Cabin - Drawings
West Elevation
South Elevation
South Elevation
Section Details
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06/ Parametric Case Study Oriente Station in Lisbon Model Iterations of an Existing Project IIT College of Architecture Summer 2015 Location: Lisbon, Portugal (Santiago Calatrava) Professor: Alphonso Peluso
In this project I had to choose an existing project and implement my knowledge on grasshopper to build it and make iterations using my definition. I chose the Oriente Station in Lisbon , by Santiago Calatrava because I believe it is an amazing project and has a lot of parametric potential in the way the basic points and the relationship between them can be changed and create different effects in the final result of the canopy. I was fascinated about the huge potential I had using my
definition and by changing 1 thing every time the totally different results I came up with. I loved this project because I am really interested in the huge power of the parametric design and how it can impact the future of architecture. Customized design, movable structures and facades, according to different needs of people, climate, part of the day and functions are some of the things that parametricism can contribute in I am fascinated to discover this even further.
Existing Condition Design
1st Iteration
2nd Iteration
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07/ Parametric Bridge Spiral Shape Bridge Parametarizing Points and Paterns IIT College of Architecture Summer 2015 Location: on top of a river, somewhere.. Professor: Alphonso Peluso
In this project I again had to use Grasshopper and this time design my own parametric project that would offer alternative options in function and effects using a successful definiton. I designed I bridge in the shape of a spiral that would connect two sides of a river. Through the use of different patterns and the two spiral structures that work together to form between spaces, I wanted to offer to the visitors different ways to see their surrounding while being
inside the bridge. Moreover, the use of different colors and patterns offer another layer of richness to the reflections of the structure on the river and the the light textures and shadows created. Through the different iterations I was able to play with the spiral angles, distances and with the pattern variations.
Main Parametric Design
1st Iteration
2nd Iteration
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08/ Mapping Paths Fete du Sandwich Changing an Event through Interventions IIT College of Architecture Spring 2014 Location: Crown Hall, Chicago, IL, USA Professor: Thomas Kearns Group Project:Eleni Aroni, Alexander Beckman
This project started as an idea to map movement in an event that happened in Crown Hall where we all met and ate together. (Fete du Sandwich) We produced vector drawings for this events and uml diagrams mapping movement/actions through time and relationships between people and objects. Then, the next assignment was about changing something in the event. What we decided to do is to design and put into the event structures that will allow for trash sculptures so that
people would interact more and use all those plastic plates, glasses, cans etc into something creative. The result is a unique sculpture that is indicative of the amount and the composition of the detritus resulting from the fete and is simultaneously an art object and a reminder of the amount of valuable material wasted everyday,encouraging users to be more thoughtful and creative with the waste they produce.
Mapping Movement over Time
Uml Relationships Diagram
How Do People Overlap?
Counting the Amount of Trash During the Fete
Mapping Trash in the Tables
Sculpture Base Designs
The derlicte experiment is a crowd sourced sculptural element constructed entirely of used materials that would normally be discarded. The built feature is a simple array of metal rods that serve as a framework for the addition of recycled materials. As the fete concludes, rather than wastefully discarding materials in trash receptacles, users instead are invited to congregate around the derlicte sculpture as they contribute their own waste to a growing display that directly reflects the habits of use and re-use exhibited during the fete. The result is a unique sculpture that is indicative of the amount and the composition of the detritus resulting from the fete and is simultaneously an art object and a reminder of the amount of valuable material wasted every day, encouraging users to be more thoughtful and creative with the waste they produce.
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- Smell : String - Size : int - Weight : int - Materiality : String - Social Connotations : int
- Attending the Fete : int - Hungry : boolean - Thirsty : boolean - Lazy : boolean + Eat() : void + Waste() : void + Socialize() : void
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Trash Receptacles - Smell : int
Table Groups - Socially Defined : int
09/ Visual Training A Stamp with Many Faces Peterhans visual training First Award IIT College of Architecture Fall 2013 Location: on a wall Professor: Catherine Wetzel
This project is about training your eyes into compositions, as part of an IIT course called Visual Training I took during Fall 2013 semester. First we had to work with hand stamps, then go to raster compositions, then use the
geometry of what we did with our hands and then combine all these: hand, raster, vector however we wanted. These are my final compositions.
Hand Stamps
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Raster and Vector Stamps
Raster Stamp
Vector Stamps with Rhino Script
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10/ Sofa Proposal Art Installation Canopy Design and Fabrication IIT College of Architecture Fall 2014 Location: Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, USA
In this project we are asked to propose the design of an urban furniture for the SOFA EXPO that would take place in Navy Pier during November 2014. The winning proposal would be actually built. The inspiration for my proposal was based on a bird flying and the movement of its wings into creating a parametric structure
that would move according to the needs. Each wooden section would be able to move and be converted into different angles and so provide different effect and use. This would be a transformable structure that could offer seating, exhibition space, storage space.
The landing and take of an eagle Inspired by the work of Eadweard Muybridge and Etienne Jules Marey
Inspiration Precedents and Eagle Flying Study
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28’ The concept of a bird’s wing using parametric thinking Each individual element is importannt within the whole unified form Each section of the model represents a feather of the wing and its motion related to it
Inspiration from a Bird’s Wing
The Sectional Measurements
Basic measurements of the wooden pieces
Plan View Plan configuration - There is a change in amplitude between the middle part and the two sides to emphasize the shape of the curve
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The Proposed Outcome
3D views of the proposed installation
The concept of Each individual Each section of
a bird’s wing using parametric thinking element is importannt within the whole unified form the model represents a feather of the wing and its motion related to it
10/ Sofa Exhibition Art Installation Head of Drawings Team IIT College of Architecture Fall 2014 Location: Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, USA Professor: John De Salvo Group Project: 2nd year Graduate students
This project is about the SOFA Expo that we participated as a College of Architecture in Navy Pier. This is the design that was selected and I worked on the development of its design and the presentation drawings to the competition commitee. The main concept of the design is the use of triangular module out of which the chairs were designed. The chairs were made using the CNC machine and the canopy using folded paper. There was no need to use glue in the furniture as the pieces
would lock with each other. The canopy is another element of the project where origami patterns were used to fold the paper and create a dreamy feeling in the installation, like clouds above the heads of the people sitting on the chairs. The chairs and canopy were being thought as a composition that would create an interaction space for people to sit, what video, look at the ‘stars’ canopy above their heads.
Rendering of the Designed Installation 51
Section of the Installation
Plan of the Designed Installatio
MDF cut by CNC Machine vs. the Hand Folded Paper
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Putting the Pieces for the Chair Together
Different Plan Configurations for the Chairs
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11/ Sony Center Structural Analysis Intuitive Structural Model IIT College of Architecture Spring 2015 Location: Berlin, Germany Professor: Paul Enders Group Project: Eleni Aroni, Melina de Oliveira, Sepideh Asadi, Antonia Ramos Muniz
This project is about a structural case study that would make us understand how the forces work in a project that achieved innovation in the way those are distributed. More specifically, as a team we decided to work with the Sony Center in Berlin, we did structural studies and built 4 models to become comfortable with the axial, bending, torsional and shear forces that travel along the roof of this magnificent structure. The roof made by Teflon-coated, fiber glass mesh and solid glass
SONY CENTER BERLIN COMPLEX PLAN.-
FORCES AND REACTIONS
panels, shaped like an open umbrella. The umbrella crowns a building complex created from seven individual buildings, four of which are arranged around an inner elliptical plaza – the Forum. In general the tension and compression forces in the roof work like a bicycle wheel and through the intuitive structural models we were able to demonstrate how those work when we act force to different parts of the roof.
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Construction: 2000 Architect: Helmut Jahn Landscape architect: Peter Walker Architect firm: PWP Landscape Architecture Structural engineer: Ove Arup & Partners
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Support points for the roof
Plan of Structure Attached on Buildings
Section of Structure Ring-beam: 520 tons of steel Kingpost: 148 feet long with a tilt of 8 degrees 100 tons of steel Cables: 120 tons of fully locked cables with galfan coating Main kingpost cables: Diameter of 3” Top kingpost bifurcation cables: Diameter of 2” Bottom kingpost bifurcation cables: Diameter of 3” Ridge cables: Diameter of 1” Valley cables: Diameter of 1” Inner tension ring: Diameter of 2.35”
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3rd Model
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FINAL PRESENTATION - MODELS
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Compression
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Bending Bending
Compression Compression
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Torsion
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Mast torsion
Tension Compression Top View of Structure
Building the Truss
Section of Structure
Placing the Central Cone
Putting the Fabric and Glass
Final Model and its Shadow
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12/ Bubble of Space and Time A Factory of Ideas for Trieste The Hexagon as Structure and Configuration Cardiff University (WSA) Spring 2011 Location: Trieste, Italy Professor: Jakob Hotz
This project is about designing a space for people in Trieste, a space that allows for many different events to take place. Depending on the needs and desires of the city the site can provide different configurations, thanks to the flexible hexagonal module which forms a grid throughout the whole site. There is some permanent structure
Pictures of the Site
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and atriums to organize space and light but the rest of the structure is temporary and can be built on site using prefab parts. The people of Trieste can help in building their space and being closely integrated into this structure, their factory of ideas.
Location Plan and the Hexagon in the City
The Hexagonal Grid spread Througout the Site
Basement Plan and the Permanent Elements
The Political Debate Place
The Music/Concerts Venue 61
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The Site Ready to be a Political Debate Place
The Site Ready for an Arts/Exhibition Event
The Site Ready to be Build for Another Purpose 63
How to Build the Hexagons - Wall Cladding
Roof Detail
Beam and Column Detail
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13/ Regeneration of Aghia Sophia Group Competition Responsible for Furniture Design and Renderings Competion: Winter 2011-Spring 2012 Location: Thessaloniki, Greece Office: DOMORINTHOS
This project is about the city of Thessaloniki,which is looking for a new identity. Through this proposal we want to place the city back into the map with confidence and dynamism in order to regain its cosmopolitan, charming, creative breath. The street we had to focus on is Aghia Sophia, a historic street, due
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to the different layers it has until it reaches the old part of the city, the Upper CIty. Our main conceptual ideas were influenced by the mosaic patterns of Thessaloniki, giving them a new identity and integrating them to all of our proposals, from street furniture to pedestrian paving.
Views of the Proposal
Section A-A
The Platform/Gallery Space - Floor Plan
Street Sections showing Historic Churches and Proposals 67
Section B-B
Zoom-In Plan of Gallery
Zoom-In Section of Gallery
The Bus Stop
The Plan
The Elevation
The Kiosk
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THANK YOU Contact Information: Eleni Aroni Email:aronielen@gmail.com Voice: 678-536-8398