ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Fiona Demeur
Education & Qualifications
Fiona Demeur Contact:
fionademeur@gmail.com +31629339667 https://www.linkedin.com/in/fionademeur-62ab71117/
2018-2023:
Qualified Passivhaus Designer, Passivhaus Institute
2018-2020:
Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, IAAC, Barcelona, Spain Master in Advanced Architecture II
2014-2018:
University of Bath, England BSc (Hons) in Architecture / RIBA Part 1
2012-2014:
American International School of Lagos (AISL), Nigeria High School Diploma International Baccalaureate
Work Experience July 2020-Present:
Designer and Visual Communication at aeroSQAIR Student start-up founded during the BUILDS Program working with nature based solutions to improve indoor air quality.
Jan-June 2020:
Student Assistant: Design for Living Systems: BUILDS Program, IAAC Assisting Chiara Farinea and Mohamad Elatab
Jan-Mar 2020:
Student Assistant: Mapping Complexities Seminar, IAAC Assisting Mireia Luzรกrraga from TAKK Architecture
July-Aug 2019 May-Sept 2017 Apr-Sept 2016:
Architectural Assistant at Gerry Robb Architectural Design Services, Aboyne, Scotland Design and planning documents, building warrant drawings, modelling in SketchUp, landscape plans and site visits. Worked individually and with colleagues on new builds, listed buildings and renovations.
Easter 2013:
Work experience with FMA Architects Ltd, Lagos, Nigeria
Nationality:
Dutch & Belgian
About:
Growing up between Africa and Europe, has ignited my love for nature and the environment which I aim to translate into architecture. My love for plants and ecosystems has led me to explore this in much of my academic work. Having lived in six different countries, it has taught me how to adapt, but also allowed me to explore different cultures. In addition, my leadership skills and dedication have all helped to shape the designer I am today.
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Symposiums Sept 2020
Creative Food Cycle Symposium, Hannover: Plant Your Future Thesis Project
Oct 2020
Conscious Cities Festival: Conscious Bengaluru: Plant Your Future Thesis Project
Workshops Sept 2019:
N.E.S.T Nepal Eco Social Tourism Workshop, Kathmandu, Nepal 1:1 construction of the winning proposal from IAAC seminar Data Informed Structures with Manja van de Worp and Edouard Cabay
Jan 2019:
Robotic Workshop: Introduction to AAB Robots, IAAC Controlling the robotic arm through grasshopper to produce a drawing
Installation 2019-2020:
Eolica by IAAC for LLUM Barcelona Interactive installation, harnessing data and transforming it to light
Awards
Interests
June 2020: June 2019:
Award for Excellence for Thesis Project Plant Your Future Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia Award for Excellence Self Sufficient Building Studio Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
Photography Travel Cooking Painting Hiking
Software & Fabrication Skills
Languages
AutoCAD
Adobe Photoshop
CNC Milling: RhinoCAM
English : Fluent
Sketchup
Adobe InDesign
3D Printing: ZSuite
Dutch : Mother tongue
Rhinocerous
Adobe Illustrator
Model Making
French : High Level
Grasshopper
Adobe After Effects
Google Suite
Spanish : Basic Level
Karamba & Ladybug
Adobe Premiere Pro
Microsoft Office
Vray Revit 2
CONTENTS
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ACADEMIC PROJECTS
REALIZED PROJECTS
Plant Your Future Musee Sans Frontieres Infant School Roots
N.E.S.T Eolica
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PROFESSIONAL WORK
ARCHITECTURE BY NATURE
MODELS & PROTOTYPES
Drumnagettie New House, Corsindae
Digital Bio Systems Wet.ware BCN
Chaise Longing Basil Spence: Techne Mal-Aria
Plant Your Future Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia 2019-2020 MAA02 Thesis Plant Your Future provides a retrofit solution for existing buildings using nature based solutions, specifically plants. Using a series of components, the building becomes an active living system in the city, providing ecosystem services and a circular food based economy. The project strives to be replicable and scalable, redefining the future city. Research into food production and architecture found that in many cases new structures are being built to produce food. However, existing cities provide a huge amount of surface area that could be used to produce food. This research project looks at reassessing what food is produced where, making use of existing resources to provide endless benefits. Link to Research: https://issuu.com/fionademeur/docs/ thesis_booklet_online
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A Catalogue of Parts
Panel Details 7
Detail Sectional Perspective 8
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Impact Analysis
The Plant Your Future City 10
Musee Sans Frontieres University of Bath 2016 The brief for this project was to break the cultural borders that existed in the culturally diverse city of Marseille, France by designing a museum. Located in the heart of Le Panier, the design takes inspiration from the locals occupying the street with plants. Dotted around Le Panier were public spaces where people meet and talked, but very little greenery. My museum set out to create a vertical park, by integrating green roofs and living walls internally and externally. Nature becomes the means for people to interact and learn from one another. While we can learn from exhibitions, one of the best ways to break the cultural barriers is for people to speak and listen to one another.
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Level 03
Level 07
Classroom Library Director’s Office
Exhibition Space Roof Terraces
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Level 02 +6.0m
Offices Server Room Storage
Level 01 +3.6m
Auditorium Events Space
Level 00 +00m
Auditorium Kitchen Cafe Back of House
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Level 06 +19.2m
Exhibition Space Roof Terraces
Level 05 +15.6m
Exhibition Space Roof Terrace
Level 04 +12.0m Sky Park Gift Shop
Exploded Isometric Floor Plans 13
Captured Absorbed Released Evaportranspiration
Impact of Green Facades
Morning Sun Afternoon Sun All Day Sun
Approach
Solar Study of Green Facades 14
Long Section 15
Detailed Sectional Perspective
Bringing the Green Inside 16
Infant School University of Bath 2015 Located in the University of Bath premises, Infant School provides education for the children of the staff. Inspired by simple hut designs, each classroom becomes a safe haven for the children to learn and play. The staggered classrooms provide sheltered external play areas allowing the children to spend time outside no matter the weather. The colourful stucco render gives some warmth to what is a very grey campus. The use of colours is carried through into the internal spaces of the school to help stimulate the children’s minds. Skylights bring light into the communal space of the school.
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Zoning
Communal Area Perspective External Play Space
Internal Layout Classrooms
Hall
Admin Block
External Sheltered Areas
Form Finding 19
Classroom Perspective
Short Section 20
Roots University of Bath 2018 BSc Final Project In our present life, people are very disconnected from nature. It is often taken for granted, but can provide many benefits and services to the community. Weymouth, a seaside town in the south of England, faces a disconnect between its younger and older population. This project was designed to encourage people of all ages to interact through being immersed in nature. Located next to a RSPB reserve, this allowed for a direct interaction between the facility and the reserve encouraging biodiversity to pass the boundaries of the reserve. The building provides both indoor and outdoor spaces where the community can interact, learn and relax. The building strives to be part of the landscape rather than an imposing structure. It brings new life to an existing community space that has been left to deteriorate and is not at all welcoming. The varied facilities means there is something for everyone. 21
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Ground Floor Plan 23
First Floor Plan
The Workshop
The Cafe
The Community Hall 24
1:1000 Site Model
Site Cleared
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1:200 Building Model
Foundations
1:50 Detail Model
Timber Structure
Hand Drawn Landscaping Plan
Historical Awareness
Making the Building Watertight
Landscaping
Construction Sequence 26
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Detailed Section 28
N.E.S.T Nepal Eco Social Tourism Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia In Collaboration With: Backstreet Academy & Appareil 2019 N.E.S.T is the winning proposal for the Data Informed Structures Seminar. It is a timber retreat based on ruled surfaces that was tested with physical prototypes and Karamba. The oculus brings light into the retreat and makes one feel like you are sleeping under the stars and the skin is inspired by a yurt. During the summer the design was developed by Appareil to a point where it could be constructed at 1:1. Then, during September, a team of us flew to Kathmandu to build the structure for Backstreet Academy. With limited tools, we experienced first had the challenges of construction and problem solving on site. Design Team: Ankita Bob, Anton Koshelev, Aysel Abasova, Doruk Yildirim, Fiona Demeur, Ivan Marchuk, Justin Sheinberg, Megan Smylie, Sri Sai Tarun, Surayyn Selvan, Tarek Kassouf, Yara Tayoun 29
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CNC Plywood Rings Transparent Polycarbonate
50x50mm Structural Timber Members Metal L-Brackets Goretex Fabric Cushions of Insulation Fabric 50x50mm Non-Structural Timber Members Tent-like Goretex Fabric Entrance
1:10 Structure Model
Chicken Wire Mesh Earth and Stones Fabricated Metal Shoes Concrete Foundations
The Key Connection 31
The Winning Proposal
Tension & Compression
Bending
Displacement
Utilisation
Snow Load: 1kN/m
Wind Load Y: 2kN/m
Wind Load X: 2kN/m
Wind Displacement
Throughout the design process, I used Karamba to simulate and test different design decisions to help overcome structural flaws that existed.
Karamba Structural Analysis: Impact of the Skin on Timber Members 32
Timber Structure
Adding Cables for Stability
The Skin
The Construction
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Photos from Site 34
EOLICA LLUM Barcelona Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia 2019-2020 Every year Barcelona holds a light festival in which professional artists and schools take part in to light up the Poblenou neighbourhood. Located in a complex energy generating site, the concept was to generate electricity through harnessing the wind. To capture everyone’s inner child, pinwheels were used to “harness the energy” and through a number of software, the data collected from pinwheels was converted into paths of light. This was one of the few installations at the festival that allowed passer-bys to interact directly with the installation and see a immediate effect on the installation. The lights had three states. The first was a soft glowing or charging state. The next was the paths of light generated by the pinwheels. Lastly, when enough “power was generated” the lights would perform. Design Team: MAA02 Class of 2020 35
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1. Interaction
2. Input
3. Processing
4. Output
Interaction System
Pin Wheel Installation
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Drumnagettie Gerry Robb Architectural Design Services 2016 Overlooking Lochnagar, one of Scotland’s most famous mountains, lay the remnants of a Scottish longhouse in a brownfield site. The brief was to design a holiday home that took advantage of the magnificent views. The concept was to keep the existing footprint of the longhouse and add an additional wing with a glazed gable overlooking Lochnagar. The open plan living and large utility room make it perfect for a family that love the Scottish outdoors. Drumnagettie, was my first professional project for which I was responsible for the design, presenting it to the client, writing the design report and submitting the planning application. The design report was commended by the local planners. As the project was located in the Cairngorm National Park, not only did the design need to adhere to planning regulations, it also had to take into consideration the park’s regulations.
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Existing Footprint
New Footprint
Historical Awareness
Emphasize Views
Bog Land
Dirt Track
Trees
Post & Wire Fence
Sun Path
Burns
Sloping Ground
Drystane Wall
Views
Longhouse Remains
Prevailing Wind
Kilns
Public
Natural Day Light
Site Analysis
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Private
Form Finding Through the Site
Elevations
Ground Floor Plan
Sections
1st Floor Plan
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New House, Corsindae Gerry Robb Architectural Design Services 2017 In Scotland, a lot of land is owned by estates. However, as estates need money they often look to sell plots of land with planning permission which was the case for this plot of land. On the site was a large barn structure which was no longer being used and therefore would be taken down and replaced with a house. Designed to be a family house, this design used local materials and design elements with a modern twist. I ran the project while at the office with the support from my boss. This also gave me the opportunity to view and learn how a topological survey is undertaken. Often when a buyer is found, the design will change; but in this case, the client wanted a few changes internally and decided to build the project.
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Traditional Long House Form
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Gara
54.0m
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Extension
Shifting
Solid versus Transparency
Ground Floor Plan Scale 1:100
Maximise Views
Form Finding and Materiality
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Site Plan
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Slate Slate Roof Roof Slate Slate Roof Roof
Horizontal Horizontal Timber Timber Cladding Cladding
Vertical Vertical Timber Timber Cladding Cladding
Granite Granite Stone Stone
North North Elevation Elevation
South South Elevation Elevation
Scale Scale 1:100 1:100
Scale Scale 1:100 1:100
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Living Living Room Room 24.8m ²24.8m ²
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16.6m ²16.6m ²
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Bedroom Bedroom 1 1
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Bedroom Bedroom 2 19.6m ² 19.6m ²
Kitchen Kitchen 21.0m ²21.0m ²
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Dining Dining
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8.5m ² 8.5m ²
Pantry Pantry
24.8m ²24.8m ²
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19.6m ²19.6m ²
Garage Garage
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18.4m ²18.4m ²
54.0m ²54.0m ²
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Ground Ground Floor Floor Plan Plan Scale Scale 1:100 1:100
First First Floor Floor Plan Plan N
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Scale Scale 1:100 1:100
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Bedroom Bedroom 3 3 Utility Utility
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54.0m ² 54.0m ²
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Bathroom Bathroom
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4.0m ² 4.0m ²
Garage Garage
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17.4m ²17.4m ²
10.2m ² 10.2m ²
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Entrance Entrance
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Bathroom Bathroom
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Architecture by Nature Project 1: Digital Bio Systems Juhi Bafna, Fiona Demeur, Kristine Grube & Surayyn Selvan An exploration into how the roots of plants could create a 3D fabric that could be used for pavilions and facades. Project 2: Wet.ware BCN Holly Carton, Fiona Demeur & Aishath Nadh Ha Naseer A research exploring the relationship between digital algorithms and Physarum
polycephalum for urban planning.
For more information on projects and research carried out at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, check out: http://www.iaacblog.com/?s=fiona.demeur
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Fabrication Process
Final Product Project 1
Physarum polycephalum Experiment 1
Physarum polycephalum Experiment 2
Digital Algorithm overlaid on Natures Solution Project 2
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Model Making & Prototyping Project 1: Chaise Longing, University of Bath Pavilion design inspired by mountains Project 2: Techne, University of Bath Fiona Demeur, Amy Donohoe, Farrah Morgan, Grigory Slipenchuk, Julien Vinci Based on the principles of a shipping container, this building was designed to be taken apart and reconfigured in a new location. Project 3: Mal-Aaria, IAAC Fiona Demeur, Abhay Devidas, Haresh Ragunathan, Ashwin Varma Dandu An exploration into how mosquito populations can be controlled in rural areas using bats, while finding a solution for humans and bats to co-inhabit a space.
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Project 1: Pavilion 1:50
Project 2: Site and Building 1:100
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Project 3: Building Model 1:100 51
Project 3: Building Model 1:100 52
Contact:
fionademeur@gmail.com +31629339667