Architecture portfolio by Hannelore Fabri

PORTFOLIO Hannelore Fabri

TABLE OF CONTENTS This is a selection of my student work. The different scales and styles of the projects reflect how I like to work on very differing types of assignments. Besides the assignments we got at the university, I did some extra work for a competition, a summer course and an internship.

8 Cape Town F[r]ictions

The urban rift

22 The tail 32 Delaunoy

18 More than pipes

Biopolis

Delaunoy II

Architecture school

46 BLIC gate

The sleep machine

Cube

54 Flexible rooms

Waar kan de dronken student rustig zijn roes uitslapen? Waar is er een goedkope accommodatie voor een anonieme onenightstand? En waar slaapt de arme student die net zijn laatste trein gemist heeft? Met de slaapautomaat proberen we een antwoord te geven op deze gekende studentenproblemen. De drie volumes op de Oude markt bieden slaapcellen waar studenten terecht kunnen na een stevige nacht uitgaan. Elk volume speelt in op de behoeften van de verschillende doelgroepen. De volumes bestaan uit akoestisch geĂŻsoleerde slaapunits die toegevoegd of verwijderd kunnen worden afhankelijk van de behoefte van de stad Leuven. Aan de hand van lichten wordt weergegeven welke units vrij zijn en welke bezet. Centraal gelegen en aansluitende op de omliggende bars zorgt de slaapautomaat voor een Leuven met minder nachtlawaai en straatvervuiling.

Hosting the hostility

guerrilla office architects

“The sun never knew how great it was until it hit the sides of a building“ Louis Kahn

ABOUT ME Hannelore Fabri

Belgian Â°06-05-1993, Lier, Belgium h5nnelore.fabri@gmail.com +32492 63 94 64 Leemstraat 37, 2861 Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver

LANGUAGES Dutch English French German

EDUCATION 2014-2016 Master in engineering science: architecture [option urban project] Department of architecture, urbanism and urban planning (ASRO) University of Leuven, Belgium (KULeuven) Graduation: September 2016 (cum laude) Master thesis: Cape Town F[r]ictions (magna cum laude) 2011-2014 Bachelor in engineering science: architecture Department of architecture, urbanism and urban planning (ASRO) University of Leuven, Belgium (KULeuven) 2005-2011 ASO Science-Mathematics Highschool degree Sint Ursula Instituut, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver

SKILLS Photoshop Illustrator inDesign AutoCAD EXPERIENCE 2015

SketchUp Microsoft Office QGIS Unity

Model making Fablab Cinema4D Java

Thesis Fieldwork in Cape Town, South Africa [2 months]

2014 Summer course: “Interfering with the flow of Vargas Beach” [2 weeks] University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria Organised by BEST (Board of European Students of Technology) 2014 Internship [3 weeks] at Guerrilla Office Architects, Leuven 2013

Selected to give the student lecture of existenz

EXTRACURRICULAR 2015 Member and responsible of promoweeks of BEST Leuven 2014-2015

Member of existenz

2011,2012,2014 Surveyor for Trendhuis, Mechelen 2009-2015

Monitor at camps of youth movement WAPAJE

2007-2009

Volunteer for ‘Kom op tegen kanker’, sale of plants

THINGS I ENJOY

CAPE TOWN F[R]ICTIONS

Landscape as an ally of urban growth PROJECT TEAM Elena Gogiberidze Joran Lombahe Bruno Stevens Gertie Van Den Bosch Laurens Vanden Eynde Brecht Vermeylen PROMOTORS Yuri Gerrits Bruno De Meulder Viviana dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Auria

LOCATION Cape Town, South Africa YEAR 2Mira, 2015-2016 SCALE XL TYPE urban research TRIVIA Presented at World Urbanism Seminars 2016 Nominated for Young Talant Architecture Award

FRICTIONS Cape Town, struggling with its current and future demographic groth has been one of separation, enequity and uncontrolled occupation of land. There is an ongoing fight between the landscape and urbanity. Most of the time urbanity wins, but often also the landscape shows its presence by striking back. We acknowledge that Cape Town is dealing with frictions between fast and slow, big and small, natural and organized. By using the landscape as a protagonist for urban growth, we will embrace these frictions by allying them.

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FICTIONS The title of the book can also be read as Cape Town Fictions. It is not the intention to propose masterplans, but ideas. We offer a new way to look at these frictions and make room for thought by fictions.

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FIGURES We describe three important figures, distilled from our analysis of the city. These figures will be elaborated on in case studies, where design proposals are used as tools to present alternative ideas. Each figure focuses on a different friction. Urban cracks are long linear elements in the city and appear around infrastructure lines. They are a narrow, but compelling separation between elements of the urban fabric. They create an in between space in the urban landscape. The urban crack focuses on the friction between fast and slow.

The urban crevice is defined as a long irregular sequence of unused space between surrounding urban tissue. Sometimes narrow and barely visible and sometimes articulated wide gaps. These gaps often consist of open spaces and no-mansland without any program or activity. The urban crevice focuses on the friction between big and small.

An urban rift is an extensive gap in between large urban enclaves. These are open spaces that form physical barriers and thus act as separators of the larger city enclaves. Urban rifts harbour multiple landscape elements and draw the attention of heavy urban programs. The design proposal for the urban rift concentrates on the friction between hard and soft.

CAPE TOWN F[R]ICTIONS II: The urban rift Landscape as an ally of urban growth PROJECT TEAM Elena Gogiberidze Joran Lombahe PROMOTORS Yuri Gerrits Bruno De Meulder Viviana dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Auria LOCATION Cape Town, South Africa

YEAR 2Mira, 2015-2016 SCALE XL TYPE urban research TRIVIA Presented at World Urbanism Seminars 2016 Nominated for Young Talant Architecture Award

An urban rift provides unique opportunities in a city as it holds a variety of entities. It is characterised by a multitude of water bodies and a very rich biodiversity. Urban growth exerts severe pressure on these open spaces. We observed three models of urban growth in the area. Various activities take place both at the fringes and in the core of the urban rift. STRATEGY There is an existing strong duality between the urban hardscape and the natural softscape. Although an urban rift is the home to a variety of elements, developing cities tend to transform everything into hardscapes. A city needs both ,the hard and the soft, the urban elements and the natural elements, the fast and the slow, the static and the dynamic. However, the right balance between opposing elements is vital. Our goal is to protect the softscape by enforcing it. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to erase the growth of the urban hardscape, but want to contain it instead. This by providing new kinds of expansion and development that have much more relation with the natural softscape.

TOOLS To reinforce the natural system, we use different tools. Firstly, there are tools that influence the water system. The first goal is to give water more space in order to slow it down and thus keep it longer in the rift. When water stays longer on site, opportunities are created for both the communities and the natural systems. The second goal is to add more water to the system. This will reinforce the vital backbone structure of the urban rift. For the preservation and strengthening of biodiversity, different tools could be used. Biospots could be created, which are core areas of endangered biodiversity where the focus lies on protection. Invasive species will be removerd to give the natural fauna and flora the opportunity to flourish. Our aim is not only to reinforce the biodiversity in the urban rift, but also to make it productive for the local people. The re-introduction of game is a way to protect biodiversity from urban growth. With the same argument, we want to introduce or enforce productive landscapes. Making areas at the edge productive ensures the conservation of the open space and nature lying behind it.

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Although the different types of programs can function on their own, they could start to work together as a large productive network. The programs do not only benefit from the natural landscape elements such as water, but also from its vegetation and animal life. Harvesting cycles and the incorporation of flooding in the grazing system are examples.

Besides tools considering water and biodiversity, we also consider the urban programs in the urban rift. We want to keep the existing large urban programs on site because they can support the urban growth. In addition we add other programs to strengthen the ties with the landscape.

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IMPLEMENTATION We focused on four different sites in the urban rift, which leads to four general situations. At each of these sites, we have tried to design different friction figures. These are new forms of urban development that are connected to both the hard-and softscape. The main intervention of each of these figures is an anchor that connects it to both systems. This anchor reinforces the natural system by adding water or slowing it down. It also functions as an armature for new urban programs. Anchors thus seperate and connect at the same time. They clearly define the edge between divers elements, and simultanuously provide a platform for them to interact, since both benefit from the anchors. The anchors dictate how programs grow, as they provide the needed infrastructure. In this way, we try to ensure that growth does not occur in an uncontrolled way.

We wanted to investigate how there could be a different approach to handling natural ecosystems. Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we do more than hide valuable biodiversity behind fences and inside reserves? Are natural elements misplaced in a city with metropolitan ambitions?

There is however also always a tension between starting to actively cultivate the natural landscape and trying to safeguard parts from human activity. Are the natural systems strong enough to do both? It is important to embrace nature as a worthy and active part of our cities.

THE COAL PIPE COMMUNITY Promoting geothermy PROJECT TEAM Mattias Vansteenkiste MENTORS Ward Verbakel Wim Wambecq LOCATION Heusden-Zolder, BelgiÃ«

YEAR 2Mira, 2015-2016 SCALE M TYPE urban research

This project is part of the MYN bike route that connects different old mining sites in Limburg. It focuses on different themes: a heat network, mining heritage and the attraction of tourists.

HEAT NETWORK The area is ideal to use geothermy for a local heat network. People are however sceptic about this system. Therefore we want to promote geothermy by using the internal heat of a terril to heat thermal baths. People that inscribe for the future heat network get free access at the thermal baths.

MINE HERITAGE Pipes with hot and cold water connect the terril with the old water tower and washbasins. In this way the path the coal used to follow is connected and visible again and also reversed. The shaft close to the water tower is where the coal was excavated, at the basins they where washed and the terril was the dumping ground of coal waste. The water would follow the opposite direction. We want to give the coal the opportunity to provide energy once more.

At some parts of the route the pipes go underground and in other parts they come above ground and perform functions. Cutting a part of the insulation, the pipes could for example function as heated benches. When the heat of the terril is exhausted, the pipes could be easily moved to use the heat of an other terril.

TOURISM The thermal baths are close to the MYN biking route and could be a touristic stop. At the terril the pipes form a covered bycicle storage and a covered area to rest and provide information about geothermy and the industrial past of Heusden-Zolder for tourists.

We want to show that infrastructure such as water pipelines can be more than just infrastructure. Bringing them above ground creates opportunities for them to play an important part in the public life.

THE TAIL La ligne rouge MENTORS Leo Van Broeck Elina Karanastasi LOCATION Esplanade Leopold, Brussel

YEAR 1Mira, 2014-2015 SCALE M TYPE Urban design

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Begraafplaats van Elsene/ carré d’honneur militaire

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A first impression of the enormous esplanade tells us that there is no intention to provide qualitative public space. With a length of six hundred meters and an average width of half a football field, an opportunity arises to create a bustling lung in front of the European Parliament on the esplanade Léopold.

A central bike trail forms the spine of the project and connects the different parts of the esplanade, thus creating a consistent sequence of urban activities that enable the vast area to become a lively place. Eventually, an empty, meaningless space is turned into an international hub that suits the multicultural society of Brussels, and forms a link in a green bike network that connects the north and south of the city. 23

The tail is located in the southern part of the Espace LĂŠopold. Unlike the northern part of the square, this area is residential with smaller scale buildings. La ligne rouge (a cycling path) strings the diffrent parts together. The tail is an area for the neighbourhood and consists of a skate park and sports field.

In the south, the skate park folds up to create a viewpoint comparable with the tail of a skateboard and the fold in the north. Close to the square is a bus stop, which we move to the square to attract more people.

The height that was created by the big bowl of the skate park, was used to build a tribune overlooking the sports field. Flower boxes and benches are made out of transculent polyester with integrated LED lights to be beacons of light at night.

Along la ligne rouge, Philips solar flower street lamps are used. These sustainable city lights with integrated solar panels produce more energy than they consume. Inspired by flowers, they open up to collect the sunâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s energy during the day and close at night. LED lights are integrated in most of the elements on the square to make it pleasant to pass through by night or to visit at sunset to watch the closing of the petals.

BIOPOLIS Safeguarding manufactured landscapes PROJECT TEAM Mattias Vansteenkiste MENTORS Yuri Gerrits Guido Geenen Jan Vermeulen Andrew Wilson

LOCATION Charleroi, BelgiÃ« YEAR 1Mira, 2014-2015 SCALE L TYPE urban research

A shrinking city has an asset that most cities today lack of: open space. Charleroi can be experienced as a collection of non-places, often with an excess of infrastructure. There is an opportunity to reconsider these voids and turn the image of the city into a greener one.

We want to maintain the open space and let it flow into the city. To do so, we introduce â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;guardiansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, protectors of the green. These can be buildings or other elements in the landscape that safeguard open space and make a green place from a non-space. These guardians often make the open space productive so it will continue to live on.

Biopolis will become thé research center for biotechnology, housed in one of the old industrial buildings in Charleroi. It is part of a university network and serves as a catalyst for starting agricultural businesses. It improves production processes so that Charleroi can become a major player in agricultural production.

Another important goal of Biopolis is increasing a certain awareness towards biodiversity and food production. On a larger scale, the building is a protector of the newly introduced wetlands and provides them with an extra ‘raison d’ëtre’. It safeguards the open space from urban growth and gives the terrain vague significance. In the future it could even make the open space grow.

The research and production center needs a lot of outdoor space to test the plants and grow some of the products. In time the number of fields wil grow. In this way Biopolis serves as a guardian that protects the green.

Biopolis consists of several buildings. One of the warehouses will be renovated into a greenhouse. This would function as a large entrance hall and winter garden on which the other halls are attatched.

As biopolis will work together with the university, research and education will form an important part. Several auditoria, class rooms and a library will all be located in one of the old warehouses. The old structure will be kept but the building shell will be completely renovated.

Several smaller laboratoria will be available for the research, improvement of production processes and educational purposes.

The production is a circular process, where waste from one part is used as manure for other parts. The products that will mostly be harvested are algae, tilapiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (a kind of fish) and tomatoes. The algae are used to produce oil and as feed for the fish. The aquarium water of the Tilapia gets cleaned by the tomato plants that withdraw nutrients for the water.

A water tower lets the water flow throughout the system. It is there that the quality of the water gets tested. A combined heat and power system functions both to heat the water for the fish and to cool the freezers to store all the products. As biopolis is located by the river, products can be easily transported.

DELAUNOY Living small scale in a large city PROJECT TEAM Mathilde Breukink Karen Deldime Joran Lombahe MENTORS Goedele Desmet Tom Vermeylen

LOCATION Molenbeek, Belgium YEAR 3Bira, 2013-2014 SCALE M TYPE Masterplan

There is a strong contrast between the context of the East and the West side of the site. In the East there is the ‘Ninhoofse Poort’, a very crowded trafic point. There the site lies next to the canal, with large new developments around it. In the west, the site is adjecant to a small scale neighbourhood. In our design we want to make the transition between the larger and the smaller scale. Therefore we split the site in two parts with very different characters.

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We implemented a gradient of privacy to link up with both districts. Two old authentic industrial buildings drew our attention when we visited the site. We want to maintain these and implement them in our design. Three zones arise: the public part, the more private part, and the zone in between the industrial buildings.

It was important for us to supply a lot of green in our project. We also attached a lot of importance to social integration between different social and ethnicalgroups. Therefore we wanted to make the site easily accissible and provide a lot of different housing types. We saw this design as an opportunity to upgrade the neighborhood. Therefore we wanted to add functions besides housing such as a market place and work-live housing.

There is a gradient in the height of the ground surface. Therefore we worked on different levels: the market level and the neighborhood level. We also wanted to emphasize the conection bewteen the two city parts with open space. Therefore we worked with built and open strips. For the three zones the approach of the strip model was different. The number of strips and the shift with respect to the transverse axes differ.

The three transverse axes are paths to easily traverse the area and simultanuously serve as entries for the houses and underground parking. The market is placed under a communal garden of the largest building block. By lifting the building and sliding the market below, the market can be accessed from all sides and more free circulation becomes possible. The communal garden has thus more privacy as well, and is not accessible from the street. At the district level, the site is more difficult to enter, and the circulation much more clearly defined.

For the pedestrian spaces we wanted to create a kind of residential neighborhood atmosphere. Life on the streets is something we definitely want to encourage and provide for. By playing with different types of bricks, we offer a varied, warm picture. The different types of bricks show where the different housing typologies are located. The open space serves as a path for walkers and cyclists and as a shortcut for the market visitors. The circulation ensures a dynamic movement through our site.

DELAUNOY II Animal farm PROJECT TEAM Mathilde Breukink MENTORS Goedele Desmet Tom Vermeylen LOCATION Brussels, Belgium

YEAR 3Bira, 2013-2014 SCALE S TYPE Architectural design

In this project we have elaborated on half of the buildings of the previously discussed masterplan. We focused on three concepts in this design: diversity, collectivity and the surroundings. We have tried to impelent these concepts on different scales and in different manners on the site.

The division of the site in an urban and a residential part determined the character of the buildings. We want to respond to the multiculturalism in Molenbeek by offering a variety of housing typologies. Each building has its own character and is unique in its own way. The collective spaces per residential block have also received a lot of attention in the design.

THE GIRAFFE In the masterplan this building was lifted up so that the marked could be slit under it. This building block is the highest of the site and consists of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;view homesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; with large terraces that look over the canal. This building block has a more urban character. The giraffe has several outdoor spaces: the large collective garden, a flower garden, a vegetable garden, a paved collective terras and for each appartment a private terrace. There is a variety in the size of the apartments, so different family types could be interested.

THE POSSUM This block was discribed as kangaroo-housing in the masterplan. This system however requires common living areas. Because we wished for more flexibility, we invented the possum-systel, that is derived from the kangaroo-system. Instead of common living areas there is a shared private garden. Therefore young people or people with a disability can live close to their family or caretaker. A lot of different combinations can be made. We involved the old industrial buildings with these new houses. The two lower floors can serve as duplexes linked to those of the new building. The top floor of the industrial building is a collective space for both buildings that could serve as a wintergarden.

THE ZEBRA In the masterplan this block was described as rowhousing. We divided the building in duplexes and apartments to again provide different types of housing. This housing block responds to the small scale of the surroundings. For the materiality and design we looked at our neighbors. The apartments and duplexes can be combinated to one larger house. Every owner gets a private outdoor space and can also use the collective garden.

THE TURTLE In the masterplan this building was discribed as a patio block. The shape of the turtle was mostly defined by insolation. Because of the depth and the hight of the building it was difficult to give every apartment enough sunlight. Small patioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s became places of shadow and did not provide for enough light in the housing units. Therefore we grouped the different patioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to one large, collective patio. The patio is a space with a very unique atmosphere where all inhabitants can meet. There are a lot of very different types of apartments, all with large roof terraces.

ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL Designing by the water MENTORS Geert De Neuter LOCATION Vaartkom Leuven, BelgiÃ« YEAR 2Bira, 2012-2013

SCALE S TYPE Architectural design TRIVIA Model exhibited at ASRO open studio exposition 2013

The design wants to connect the residential area in the south to the larger buildings at the newly developing Vaartkom in the north. Therefore a car free bridge would be built, connecting both parts. This bridge would serve as an outdoor space for both the school and the other buildings surrounding it. Both public and private programs were asked and this duality was the inspiration for the shape of the building. I wanted the building to blend into the environment. Therefore the materials are inspired by the small scale buildings surrounding it that are mostly built out of red bricks. Cortensteel is used that is perforated with holes in a pattern of bricks and with a gradient in the fequency and size of the holes to influence privacy and light penetration.

I also wanted to give outdoor space back to the local community by lifting a part of the building up and creating a public space under it. Next to the bridge there is a terrace floating over the water that can be used by the students in the time between their lectures. It could also be used by the student restaurant. A large patio provides light in the ateliers and a stairwell connecting all the floors.

The roof of the large auditorium consists of two hypars that makes this room authentic. It also ensures that no beams are required in the ceiling, and that only little concrete is needed to build it. The ateliers are large open spaces with a lot of light. The final year students are located on the ground floor and the first year students on the top floor so that they always pass the others and can learn from what they see. The large auditorium is seperately accessible and has a lounge area with roof terrace so it can be used for lectures when the school is closed.

BLIC GATE A gateway to new architecture? PROJECT TEAM Mathilde Breukink Karen Deldime Joran Lombahe MENTORS David Driessen LOCATION Kasteel van Arenberg Leuven, België YEAR 2Bira, 2012-2013

SCALE XS TYPE Temporary installation TRIVIA Presented at the ASRO student lecture 2013 Exhibited at ASRO open studio exposition 2013 Exhibited at ASRO open house exposition 2013 Featured on the cover of ‘Geniaal’ january 2013

Our first real structure. A project that literally cost us blood, sweat and tears. But as well a project that has given us a lot of experience, has challenged us to push our limits and gave us great satisfaction by the reacion of people passing by. 3000 cans were needed to construct it and we had to collect them in two weeks time. For this we had a little help from Coca Cola. The concept was to use an element from the environment to influence that environmment. With this second gate, a passageway became a place to stay. Looking at the history of the castle we found out this place used to be a galary. This is where we got our inspiration.

We wanted to show that garbage can be used to create something beautiful. As we did not want to create a dark space we wanted our gate to resemble stained glass. Therefore we cut the cans open on two sides and sticked a coloured plastic on one side. The inside of the can reflected the colour and created a beautiful play of light. The pattern of the colours was inspired by stained glass windows.

For a short period of time the tin can gate became a part of the castle. We were allowed to let it stand a couple of weeks longer than was planned originally. For the open house exposition of our faculty we were asked to build the gate once more.

CUBE A labyrinth through space PROJECT TEAM Pieter Govaert Jente Jorissen Andrea Laenens MENTORS Tom Vermeylen

LOCATION Not given YEAR 2Bira, 2012-2013 SCALE S TYPE Architectural design

The assignment was to design something in a cube of 15x15 meters. No location or program was given. We envisioned our cube as a museum where the circultion space was the starting point of our design. Creating a complex circulation pattern goes hand in hand with creating a labyrinthic feeling through spaces. We reinforced this sense of chaos and confusion. Discovering the building and understanding its spatial form therefore became the main goal for visitors.

Connected to the cirulation space lie several boxes, rooms with very particular characters. The building creates a tension in several ways with the urge for visitors to explore by deliberately directing sightlines and always showing only a glimpse of the greater whole. Simultaneously a game of seeing and being seen runs between the visitors themselves, made possible by the targeted sightlines.

THE SLEEP VENDING MACHINE 24 hour contest existenz PROJECT TEAM Mathilde Breukink Agustina Carbone LOCATION Oude Markt, Leuven

YEAR 2013-2014 SCALE S TYPE Architectural design

Waar kan de dronken student rustig zijn roes uitsl accommodatie voor een anonieme onenightstand? E net zijn laatste trein gemist heeft? Met de slaapauto geven op deze gekende studentenproblemen. De bieden slaapcellen waar studenten terecht kunnen volume speelt in op de behoeften van de ve De volumes bestaan uit akoestisch geĂŻsoleerde slaa kunnen worden afhankelijk van de behoefte van d lichten wordt weergegeven welke units v Centraal gelegen en aansluitende op de omliggende een Leuven met minder nachtlawaai

Where can a drunken student quietly sleep it off? Where is a cheap accommodation for an anonymous one-night stand? And where sleeps the poor student who has just missed his last train? With the sleep vending machine, we try to give an answer to these problems that are very well known to students. The three volumes on the Oude Markt offer sleeping cells where students can get going after a brisk night. Each volume responds to the needs of different audiences. The volumes consist of acoustically insulated sleeping units that can be added or removed depending on the needs of the city of Leuven. Centrally located and adjacent to the surrounding bars, the sleep vending machine makes Leuven less loud and reduces street pollution.

FLEXIBLE ROOMS Internship PROJECT TEAM GOA architects LOCATION Brussels

YEAR 2013-2014 SCALE XS TYPE Interior design

An office building in Brussels is being converted into student flats. To make the rooms more interesting, GOA was asked to design the common areas and three different types of student flats in rooms with exactly the same shape. COMMON AREAS On the ground floor there is a large comon space with library and cafetaria. Plants are used to divide this place and give it a nice atmosphere. These plants can be moved to create small secluded places in the large space. Each corridor has a common kitchen and dining room. These rooms are made enjoyable with colourful high quality furniture.

Each corridor has its own colour to make it distinct from the others. The doors of the flats are covered with a special kind of paint on which can be written with sidewalk chalk. Students can leave messages at each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doors and make the hallway personal. A large picture is spread on the walls of the halways. It is rasterized to dots so in the hallways the large picture is not noticable. The ceiling of the floor levels have shapes on it that extend over different rooms and flats. In that way several student flats are connected. The ceiling of the common areas has beautiful coloured tiles.

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SINGLE ROOM This type of student flat is made for a single student. Curtains divide the space into different parts and shield the kitchen, bathroom, closet and the desk. The curtains make the room very dynamic.

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DOUBLE ROOM This room is designed for two single students. Privacy can be created by curtains that shield off the private areas with bed and desk. Each student has a box with storage space that can also serve as a bench to sit on. The furniture had to be flexible because the room is relatively small for two people.

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TRIBUNE ROOM This room is designed for a single student or a couple, therefore it has a double bed. The design consists of one piece of furniture. It contains the bed, the kitchen and storage space and can also serve as a real tribune to watch a movie or a game on the curtain at the window. Putting everything in one piece of furniture creates a lot of open space around it.

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HOSTING THE HOSTILITY Interfering with the flow of Vargas beach PROJECT TEAM Angelika Czajczyńska Annett Fürnstáhl Andrea Tani Katerina MENTOR Evelyn Alonso Rohner

LOCATION Las Palmas, Gran Canaria YEAR 2014 SCALE L TYPE Landscape architecture

Vargas beach is an attraction point for surfers and kite-surfers because of its strong wind. This wind in combination with the loose stones of the beach make the entrance into the water dangerous. We had to propose something that would solve this problem and make larger surfing events possible.

We put pressure on the landscape to create some new holes and harden the roads and platforms. In this way we can make the beach more usable, expand the platforms for the surfers and still keep the appearance of the place. We leave our imprint without changing the view.

One of our first decisions was that we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to build. The beach has a complex landscape of artificial stone dunes and we wanted to keep the overall view. The complexity of the holes, paths and dunes is very interesting.

The lower level is at sea level and contains holes. Some of the holes are covered by tents. They create beautiful resting places where the light that shines through the materials gives a beautiful play of shadows. There is protection from the sun, the wind and the noise; a perfect place to rest and enjoy the surrounding nature.

The platforms for the surfers are on the highest level and are in connexion with the sea. Compressed stone surfaces become launching platforms that at short range are identifiable but disappear in the landscape. Most of the time there are not so many people on the beach. But when thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a competition this changes and the beach gets crowded. We wanted to show both situations in our collage and so we put two layers over each other where the stripes represent the people.

We imagine the use of the beach with temporary objects, there could be some kind of camping atmosphere. For the construction of the tent there would be fixed points with in between a rope on which the tent is fixed. Hence you can pull and let go to change the space under the tent. When showers, toilets and changing rooms are needed cabins can be placed. We want it all to be temporary.

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