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Ellie Galata
ARCHITECT . NTU A Parametric Design in Architecture MPDA . UPC jelliesa@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliegal/ Tel.: +30 697 954 2312 +34 692 89 27 53
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EDUCATION
OCT 2021 - SEP 2022 Master’s Degree in Parametric Design in Architecture (MPDA) ETSAV UPC School
Finalgrade:9.50
SEP 2013 - FEB 2020 BSc in Architecture (MSc equivalent), National Technical University of Athens Finalgrade:8.23
SOFTWARE
LANGUAGE
Greek - Mother tongue
English - Level C2 [University of Michigan]
Spanish - Level B1
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VOLUNTEER
OCT 2018 Researcher’s Night at N.T.U.A.
MAY 2018 Open House Athens (Volunteer guide)
OCT 2022 Volunteer Architect - Carpenter for Office for the New Earth
WORK EXPERIENCE
Junior Architect Engineer
CONFIDE LTD - Engineering Office Athens, Greece
Main Responsibilities: Architectural Design, Preparation of architectural drawings including 2D and 3D modeling
Systematic analysis and research of traditional buildings and complexes
JUN 2020 - SEP 2021
NTUA Kissamos, Crete, Greece OCT 2015 - FEB 2016
Main Responsibilities: Conduction of Site Surveys, Draft of Existing Conditions, Preperation of 2D drawings and Sketches
Systematic survey of Herakleidon Museum
NTUA Athens, Greece MAR 2015 - JUL 2015
Main Responsibilities: Conduction of Site Surveys, Draft of Existing Conditions, Preperation of 2D drawings
HOBBIES
Dance Yoga
Photography Painting Theatre Handmade jewellery and crafts Swimming 5
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Contents 01 Gridshell 02 Surface Rationalization 03 3D printing - engraving 04 Jewelery Conceptual Designs 05 Pergola 06 Diploma thesis 07 Dance school 08 Collective housing 09 Scenography 8 20 26 28 32 37 49 59 65 7
01 the gridshell
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Form Finding
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS EXPLORATION
Parallel to the boundaries
FINAL FORM
Normal curvature diagram
Perpendicular to the boundaries with removed part near edges
Asymmetrical approach
Deformation with applied loads of gravity - snow - wind
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Final Decision
AFTER COMPARING THE UTILIZATION RESULTS FOR DIFFERENT OPTIONS
Material: Plywood
Maximum Height: 2.75 m
Big entrance Height: 2.50 m
Area: ≈ 75.80 m2
Total length: 400m * 2 = 800 m
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Fabrication
A. PLANKS
3 directions with 17, 17 and 19 beams correspondingly
Each beam is assembled with finger joints along the length, shattered in 2.5 m. (max dimension of the sheets of plywood supplied)
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B. NODES
Identifying the bolt lengths needed in each node Assembly order of beams for construction
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An extra layer is added on the 3rd direction (non symmetrical one) to create a distance between the membrane and the wooden skeleton.
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MEMBRANE
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Photos by Andrés Flajszer
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SURFACE RATIONALIZATION
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Project’ s Purpose:
Analysis of a free - form given surface in stripes, in order to fabricate it from unstrechable initially flat material.
Method followed:
Generation of 1 periodic stripe from UVmesh, 5900 cm long (1.5 cm wide), optimized for minimum geode sic curvature with K2 (angle and length goal).
Criteria:
In every node, the geodesic angle was evaluated and the stripe was splitted when the angle was higher than the defined one, based on the desired result. (amount of stripes, length)
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flaps,
stapling
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Interlocking
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needed.
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CLAY 3D PRINTED COLUMN
with Coudre Studio and MPDA Barcebona Tech
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Photos by Andrés Flajszer
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ENGRAVING with Medio Design and MPDA Barcebona Tech
Jewelery conceptual designs
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Left page: Parametric Ring
A small series of Parametrically designed small - scale accessories Experiments in Grasshoper algorithms
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Parametric textured earrings
Sub-D statement bag shaped accessory with parametric detail
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PERGOLA , Serres 05
An on-going project in Serres, a small city in northern Greece close to its borders with Bulgaria.
Voluntary work for a Dutch NGO that specializes in constructions with natural materials and oriented in neuro-aesthetics, child-friendly and trauma informed design.
This project was an experience as it is developed as a healing “
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The structure’s main material is 18mm thick plywood and it is handmade with care on site.
experience full of emotions healing space for child refugees. “
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Ceiling’s louvers detail.
tHESIS
TOBACCO WAREHOUSES: BLOOMING AFTER THE END. A NEW LIFE FOR AN OLD BUILDING.
Supervisor: Nikolaou D.
Architect: Galata E. MAR 2019 - FEB 2020
PROJECT’S LOCATION : AGRINIO, GREECE
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ABSTRACT
The starting point for the proposal of this the sis was to realize the number of unused industrial buildings in the city of Agrinio. These are warehouses of smoke scattered in the urban fabric, most of which, after the end of the city’s tobacco industry, have been abandoned and remain inactive shells to this day, and many have been demolished. Thus, it is proposed to reuse one of these buildings, which served both as a shell and as a site for the use of the Agricultural School.
The reintegration of such a building, and the reuse of inactive shells of a city that have played a role in its evolution, reinforces the collective memo ry of the place and revives, with a modern dimension, a part of its history.
For this particular building it was proposed to be used as School of Agriculture, a new function for the city (one of the largest in Western Greece), avoid ing an exclusively museum use. The proximity to school districts and downtown has been instrumental in making this decision, while the need to renew and rebuild the population has also played an important role.
In order to serve the new function, the old build ing has been changed internally to serve the education al purpose, while its facades are kept the same, a new building is added to the surrounding area to receive the most public functions of the complex and finally, part of the surrounding area is shaped as square and outdoor break space, addressed to both the School and the schools, as well as the city itself.
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tHE OLD BUILDING
“PAPASTRATOU BROTHERS” TOBACCO WAREHOUSE
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FACADES SECTIONS SCALE 1:200 P L A N S 39
DESIGN APPROACH 40
SEMI-BASEMENT
SUBSTRACTION OF THE LOW FLOORS SLAB [WHILE PRESERVING A PERIMETRIC PATH] FLOORS REDUCED FROM 5 TO 3
GROUND FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR
Offices Labs Labs / classrooms Auditorium Storage and service areas Administration
NEW BUILDING
TO SEMI-BASEMENT OF THE OLD BUILDING TO EXHIBITION HALL TO FOYER TO AUDITORIUM TO LOFT
TO OUTDOOR ENTRANCE AREA (±0.00) TO OUTDOOR AREA (±0.00)
TO FIRE PROTECTION STAIRWAY ENTRANCE (-1.70) AUDITORIUM ENTRANCE ENTRANCE (+1.08) ROUND STAIRCASE
OLD BUILDING
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SECTION A-A’
SOUTH FACADE
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SECTION Γ-Γ’
NORTH FACADE
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SCALE 1:1000 MODEL SCALE 1:500 PREMATURE MODEL 44
SCALE 1:200 MODEL 45
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dANCE sCHOOL
Supervisor: Nikolaou D. SEP 2016 - JUL 2017
PROJECT’S LOCATION : KERAMEIKOS, ATHENS
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SCALE 1:200 MODEL PROCESS CONNECTION WITH THE PARK ACROSS THE STREET ROADWAY LIMIT BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNDERGROUND THEATER SPACES OPEN TO PUBLIC USE FINAL FORM AND VOLUMES SMOOTH RAMP TRANSITION FROM OUTDOOR SPACE TO BUIDING’S ENTRANCE 49
The DANCE SCHOOL is a project located in a central area In such a close distance from the area’s metro station and any green parks of the city center, the site consists a public for both locals and tourists.
Taking under consideration the site’s special characteristics curved and inclined square which is oriented to the existing park‘s unaffected continuity into the building.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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area of Athens’ downtown, in Kerameikos. in direct connection with one of the hardly public friendly location and an ideal VENUE characteristics and potentials, we designed a smoothly existing PaRK, giving the impression of the
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Underneath the square is laid the school’s STAGE, a theater for the Dance Shows, while floor in its totality is a space dedicated to public usage.
Through the square’s gradual transition from an outdoor stroll into the Dance terior, the School’s STUDENT’S can reach to the building’s higher levels. The elongated volume is consisted by two floors and hosts the School’s functional rooms, as such the classrooms, the dancehalls, the changing rooms, etc.
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while the ground School’s in elongated top offices, the SECTION MODEL SCALE 1:50
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SECTION
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SCALE 1:200 MODEL
cOLLECTIVE hOUSING
The main concern of this project is the redevelopment of the area of Eleonas, which is mostly unstructured, quite close to the center of Athens, but with dif ferent characteristics. Another requirement of our concept was the establishment of a social housing system.
A constituent part of the synthetic idea is the hive, based on its theoretical basis.As a hive symbolizes the organization and the structure, we wanted to in dicate the parallelism with the behaviour of the proposed model. Other qualities of the hive, such as the representation of society, of harmony, of order, of austerity and the sweet effects of toil also enhanced our decision. Overall, we tried to promote the bees’ way of acting as part of an ensemble and their gentle and effective co-existance that constitutes their common purpose.
Supervisor: Papavasiliou M. SEP 2016 - FEB 2017
PROJECT’S LOCATION : ELEONAS, ATHENS
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c ONCEPTUAL s KETCHES 59
m ODEL SCALE 1:1000 60
m ODEL SCALE 1:500 Building 1
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Building 2 Building 3
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s CENOGRAPHY Supervisor: Gyftopoulos S. SEP 2016 - FEB 2017 PLAY: TOTALLY UNDIGNIFIED [ΕΝΤΕΛΩΣ ΑΝΑΞΙOΠΡΕΠΕΣ] CINEMA-THEATRE: IRIS LOCATION: ATHENS, GREECE 09 64
p HOTOS
THE CINEMA - THEATRE
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SCALE
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MODEL
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Patients’ entrance on the stage
Void’s & mrs Shicker’s second entrance
Borderline between the stage and the audience
Loudspeakers on the 1st floor [like a hidden orchestra]
Dr. Harmony’s lifting mechanism
Mrs Shicker’s entrance [same as the audience’s]
Audience’s entrance
c ONCEPTUAL t HOUGHTS PLAY’S CHARACTERS
Void’s entrance
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THE WAITER DR. HARMONY MRS. SHICKER VOID PAPADOPOULOS COLONEL ZAGGA [THE PICKER] PARASKEVAS [THE PREACHER]
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LIGHTING
