Ioana Lupascu Portfolio by Ioana Lupascu

Ioana Lupascu

Naoshima Island - A land of matter

Content

Urban Waterfront

Cocoon Tower for Lovers

Garden on Wheels

Puck Studio

Crazy Golf

Freelance

Workshops

Typography

Berlin - Interactive History

Resume

Ioana Lupascu

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WORK

WORKSHOPS

2014 / now - Associate at Puck Studio. East London creative studio specializing in production work for set designers, artists, galleries and other venues. Managed projects from start to finish.

Architectural Association - Hooke Park Landscape Weekend Fordypningsrommet Fleinvær in Norway - Eco - architecture - Rintala Architects & TINN Architects

2014 / 2013 - Assistant at Zeppelin Architecture Platform. Architectural illustration, exhibition designer, 3D&Cad.

The Type Collective - Cover Design and Lettering

2014 / 2013 - Internship at Calup. Urban regeneration project emphasizing the cultural and business potential of abandoned buildings.

Visual Playground - Graphic Design and Illustration Bucharest Pop-Up - Urban Policies

2013 / 2013 - Architectural Assistant at Dorissa Architects. Practice With a focus on residential and interior projects. Responsibilities: Surveys & 3D modeling.

M.E.D.S. - Design & Architecture Philosophy School at Bunesti - Vernacular Architecture

FREELANCE

SKILLS

Collaborated with Camille Walala, Kidzania, We Are Facility, Puck Collective, Nike, Studio Jotta, London Design Week, Kidzania, etc. Architectural visualization, production and set design.

Model Making, Set Design, Illustration, Typography, Logo Design, Product Design, Photography & Photo Manipulation.

EDUCATION

SOFTWARE

2014 / 2008 MS + BS in Architecture. Accredited RIBA part I + II ‘Ion Mincu’ University of Architecture and Urbanism Bucharest.

AutoCad, Sketchup, Photoshop, Illustrator, V-Ray, Visualizer, Rhino, InDesign.

Language - English, French, Spanish.

Statement

Porto is Pink

Statement

I am part of the Brownian movement that defines the world we live in. Sometimes I think I understand it, sometimes I am just an observer. I am in love with the chaos and dynamism of it all, especially when it becomes part of my creative process. I am a lucid dreamer and I am not afraid of being too curious. -

Academic Architecture

Waterfront on the Danube River

Academic Architecture

URBAN WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION

The idea was to revitalise and reinvigorate an urban waterfront - currently a residual space and parking lot. The city of Galati was once prosperous, and brimming with economic activity during it’s industrial boom in a bygone-era. What was once a vibrant fishing port, is now an underused car-park.

For each of these spaces, I wanted to create different ‘worlds’ with different feeling-states. For example, the intent with the two beaches was for people to follow the axis of the secondary streets, and have them discover the expanse. This feeling of discovery is enhanced by the green spaces closing behind, which provide a sense of reclusion via a subtle raise off the beach.

My idea was to breathe new life into this site, while simultaneously connecting with it’s history. I’ve proposed a series of public spaces, all interconnected, and all providing function within the community.

A contrasting experience is the fish market. By using glass as the main material for the ground floor, the space becomes a communal area. The market expands outside the building by using the public space around its dining area and the river as its resource. In summer glass doors slide fully open allowing an entirely open space. Above the market, enveloped in CORTEN - a living material - is a restaurant commemorating the area’s history through its cuisine.

Specifically, the project entails: two urban beaches (each with a pool), a modern fish market, a playground, outdoor sports area, shop and bar area, and an amphitheatre with it’s stage on water.

Urban waterfront revitalization - Outdoor theatre - Children playground - Urban Beach

Academic Architecture

Urban waterfront revitalization - Fish market - Outdoor sports area - Urban Beach

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Academic Architecture Layer of drainage gravel 80mm Geo-textile membrane (propylene fiber 400g/mp) 8mm Thermal insulation - polystyrene 150mm Water proofing membrane in 2 layers 10mm Vapor Barrier - polyethylene film 1mm DDC layer 5mm Inclined light concrete layer -slope 2% Reinforced concrete slab 150 mm Interior gray paint 2mm

Wood deck Felt board 1mm Concrete topping 20mm Reinforced concrete slab 150mm Interior gray paint 2mm

Non-skid grit stone plates Adhesive grit stone Concrete topping 20mm Thermal insulation - polystyrene 100mm Water proofing membrane 2 layers 10mm Vapor Barrier - polyethylene film 1mm Diffusion layer 5 mm Inclined light concrete layer -slope 2% Reinforced concrete slab 250mm

Wood deck Felt board 1 mm Concrete topping 20mm Thermal insulation - polystyrene 100mm Water proofing membrane 2 layers 10mm Vapor Barrier - film polyethylene 1mm Diffusion layer 5 mm Inclined light concrete layer -slope 2% Reinforced concrete slab 250mm

Academic Architecture

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Eaves Flashing Ca1e3x Reverse Flashing Ca1r1x (PVDF Coated T=0.6) Screw S3h48035wa4 (SFS Intec Sw2-S-A144.8x35) Screw S3h60029d03s6 (SFS Intec Sx3/9-S16-6x29) +Separating Piece Epdm Ca3sp814 Liberta Cor-Ten 600 Support Stud Ca1ss3 Separating Strip Epdm Ca3se420 Grout 12mm Thermal Insulation Polystyrene 50mm Concrete Attic 1500mm DDC Layer 5mm Barrier Against Vaporous Polyethylene Film 1mm Water Proofing Membrane In 2 Layers 10mm Thermal Insulation—Polystyrene 50mm Reinforced Plaster With Glass Fiber Net+ Exterior Grey Paint 2mm

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Separating Strip Epdm Ca3se420

Sill Flashing Ca1s2x

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Screw S3h60050d03s6 (sfs Intec Sx3/20-S16-6x50) Screw S3h60029d03s6 (SFS Intec Sx3/9-S16-6x29) + Separating Piece Epdm Ca3sp814 Separating Strip Epdm Ca3se420 Support Stud Ca1ss3 Liberta Cor-Ten 600 Grout 12mm Thermal Insulation Polystyrene 50mm Concrete Wall 30cm Interior Grey Paint – 2mm

Academic Architecture

Playground

Urban Beach

Outdoor theatre

Playground

Waterfront public space

Academic Architecture

Room Floor

MIC DEJUN

Mechanical Floor

SUVENIRURI

First Floor

TECHNICAL SPACE

WAREHOUSE INVENTORY

DAY ROOM

COLD STORAGE

PREPARE

COLD STORAGE

PREPARE

COLD STORAGE

PREPARE

CHEF

WASHER

OFFICE

DRINK STORAGE

BAR

Ground Floor

Academic Architecture

URBAN HOTEL Tineretului neighbourhood in Bucharest is defined by the presence of 2 diametrically opposes urban textures. The social housing built by the communist regime and the traditional craftsman house. The site is located at the centre of these two typologies, on the grounds of a former hospital building, now is an abandoned space. In order to mediate the relationship between the dominance of the social high rise and the 1-2 level house, the ground floor of the hotel is predominantly public. Due to its lack of use, the site is now flooded with vegetation. Part of the concept was to keep part trees and create a hidden English garden, publicly accessible. In order to create an a more dynamic perception of the facade, the windows of the rooms are slightly receded. The windows also shift up and down, allowing the an unique display of shadows and light.

Architecture Competition

COCOON TOWER FOR LOVERS My concept was to build a space for couples to exist in a state of peace, and isolation from the outside world. The tower consists of six concrete cubes (5m x 5m) stacked one on top of the other. The bottom one is buried in the ground while the other 5 cubes reach towards the sky. The experience begins with an introspective walk deep into the woods, where couples are met with a tall, impressive concrete structure. They then enter the structure to find themselves in complete darkness, independently making their way – using only their hands gliding along the structure to guide them along the corridors. Walking into the main room they find the outdoor sky piercing through the pointed roof above, and projected across the floor below (courtesy of a ‘pinhole photography technique’). The room is a place where up becomes down and down becomes up - a change of roles to ease the continuous thought of everyday life.

Architecture Competition

SOFTWOOD

P LY W O O D

REINFORCING BAR

PA L L E T S

WHEELS

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Architecture Competition

GARDEN ON WHEELS CARAVANSERAI Making use of only recycled materials, we chose to design a modular structure for the community around Caravanserai.

Using foldable tables and chairs stacked inside, the space expands outside the structure through its furniture. Thus, becoming a dining area, an urban theatre, a workshop space, a classroom and an organic food shop.

A net of reinforcing bars becomes a vine support and also is able to hold different shaped boxes with plants and other materials. The elements can be moved around, depending on the needs and vision of the user.

Team: Ioana Lupascu // Giacomo Calisti

Freelance

CRAZY GOLF CAMILLE WALALA London Design Week launched an open call for designers to create the ultimate mini-golf experience. Together with artist Camille Walala and set designer Julia Jomaa we created an immersive installation that was selected to be built as part of the festival. We chose to transform Camille Walalaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2D signature style into a vibrant 3D landscape. Numerous routes to the hole present themselves â&#x20AC;&#x201C; across bridges, up slopes, around sharp angular corners. The same game can never be played twice. The modular structure consists of 8 individual MDF boxes (2000x2500) fixed together. They form the base on which the smaller elements are dropped in like a puzzle. By erecting plunging triangular canopies, a disorientating shadow play of stripes is created on the course below, despite its playful visual appeal. This is not a course for the unwary.

Freelance

Patternity // Production by Katie Fotis and Puck Studio

Set Design and Production Playful monochrome installation for London Design Week 2015 at Somerset House. Featured afterward on Dezeen Website.

Freelance

Production Commissioned by Shilliongton College London, and design by George Simkin. Produced by Puck Studio, the vinyl mural creates a playful atmosphere in the building.

Production and Art Direction The Jungle Book Club was an exhibition combined with a series of workshop organised in Shoreditch by Puck Studio and Puck Collective to encourage people to explore their creativity.

Production I worked in collaboration with Puck Studio and Collective to produce a mural for Little White Lies in London.

Freelance

American Airlines - Production by Sebastian Kite Studio Jotta

Set Design and Production Immersive installation designed for American Airlines rebranding event. Worked along Studio J otta to produce the colourful light reflection mechanism.

Freelance

Model making Using hand cut soft wood and special glue, I put together this small scale model of a pavilion set in a woodland.

Artwork To create the 3D effect of Malika Favres 2D design for The Art of Ping Pong, we had precisely overlapped multiple layers of vinyl graphics.

Workshops

Artist Residency in the Arctic Circle Fortdypningsrommet FleinvĂŚr, Norway Surrounded by the designs of Rintala Architects and TINN, we had the opportunity to rethink and rehabilitate the former waiting room on the pier into a housing facility. Using left over materials from the main constructions we created new openings in the building and remodelled the interior space to suit the new function.

Bunesti School of Philosophy The inside - out student house The constructive solution was a house of adobe inside a house of wood. The adobe wall is layered in two concentric circles, accommodating the students room on the outside and creating common courtyard in the middle. The walls are free-standing and left with the roll of insulation. Thus emphasizing the principles of free plan.

CALUP - Parallel Worlds We reinstalled this unused historical building through highlighting its economic and cultural potential. The top floor explored live scenarios of possible futures for the house (creative office, dance studio, boutique hotel). While the ground floor hosted a pop-up restaurant and an object-found installation that brought into attention the communist era - when the building was Romaniaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Film headquarters.

Typography

FOLDS Drawing inspiration from the game ‘Tangram’, this typeface unfolds letters by playing with the triangle-form. Using only two sizes, I was able to define an entire alphabet. Whether its creating words, letters or just figures, it’s a game that aims to encourage abstract thinking and stimulate imagination.

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