Selected Works: 2016 update: IRINA DUMITRESCU

IRINA DUMITRESCU BA(Hons) MArch

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canning town phase 2A Block 21 newham,london Project started in 2012- currently Stage J Mixed tenure residential :Stage D-E-F-J Canning Town Phase 2a is multiple tenure residential project part (153 flats) of a larger development in Canning Town, Newham due to finish construction in 2017.

One of its main design features is the Curtain Walling. Hosting a 7m wide atrium it represents the access space to the flats and also, a sound buffer between the motorway A13 and the actual flats.

The project was the first one of this scale that I had the chance to monitor its progress on site, under the guidance of the Project Director or the Project Architect. main project tasks (Stages D to F): * curtain walling package (main facade covering all 9 floors) * internal and external building details (communal stairs , external/internal walls, etc) * consultation of Building Regulations, NHBC, Secure by Design conditions, Lifetime Homes and other guidances. *coordination with various consultants/ subconsultants

Block 21 (CT2A)

Block 22 (CT2B)

canning town phase 2b Block 22 newham, london 2014 In Construction, residential

Canning Town Phase 2B is part of a larger development in Newham that my employer was asked to develop the design of the buildings and external works to construction and to seek any necessary approvals. The works were done under under the Design and Built procurement. main project tasks: *Stage E-F: exterior walls and interior wall details; sections & elevations amendments *communal entrance design

bishop thomas grant secondary school feasibility study 2015 Feasibility Study, Streatham Project Stages: A

The feasibility study was commissioned by Lambeth Coucil as a result of current need of the schools in the respective area to accomodate more pupils.

The project looks at a 2 phase expansion with 2FE (forms of entry). The expansion resulted in an extension of the existing school building and a reevaluation and refurbishment of the interiors.

The interior refurbishment looked at a coherence between the existing school layout and the proposed extension. The chosen option was the option that was least invasive and therefore could be built without affecting schools schedule and is an indepenedent extension of the existing structure.

inside out houses 2011: Built project, Cefalu, Sicily

The 8 individual holiday residences built in Cefalu are a project for 8 families. They are their weekend retreats.

Due to the hot weather in Sicily, the need to sink the houses as much as possible in the hill profile seemed almost natural. The interior garden came from the need of each family to have a private exterior space that would be both private and opened towards the sea. main project tasks: *individual house design *3D interior and exterior presentations

private residence leisure basement 2014 Built Project, Private residence in Hampstead, London

main project tasks: * construction drawings & technical details; * Client meetings & coordination with subconsultants; * site inspections.

swimming pool pavilion 2013 Built Project: private house extension in North London

main project tasks: * 3D presentations * all the construction drawings & technical details; * specification writing; * Client meetings & coordination with subconsultants; * site inspections.

araki restaurant regents street, london 2013 Interior Design Stages: E-F-J-K

The project was commissioned by a Japoneese Chef. The restaurant was conceived on traditional Japoneese principles of space organisation. The larger room within the restaurant was a request from the client which left a restrictive amount of space for the bar and other sitting areas.

The challange of this project involved merging the front area (bar) with the back side of the restaurant (serving area & kitchen).

guli factory (XIX century) industrial rehabilitation: arts & crafts center 2012 Diploma Project UAUIM

Guli is my Diploma project. It is an urban intervention more than a building (textile factory) reconversion as it aims to establish new functional connections among historic buildings in an economically & socially challanged periphery of Palermo, Italy. The site includes: a XVIII century nobiliary villa, a green space protected by law and a derelict XIX century textile factory on 3500sqm of land.

In reconfigurating the site, a main visitors path was conceived to generate spaces either visually or phisically accessible. The path functions as a public space accessing private spaces.

innatur2012: urban production towers 2012 Competition: Shortlisted

The competition`s brief looked at a strategy of implementing architecture in a protected natural environment. Developing agriculture with the help of wetlands was a challange we set to ourselves for the Innatur competition.

The towers we proposed form a system of urban irrigation that extracts water from the wetlands, purifies it and reuses it to grow agriculture vertically. The agricultural towers system can be used widely and can help through the network created help many areas redefine themselves and their potential as self-sufficient areas.

The specific site for this competition was Vacaresti Lake, a wetland occupying 234 hectars in the heart of Bucharest, Romania. It felt like an expected intervention there as the lake has not been looked for since 1989, currently shaping a sensititve biodiversity.

The towers, through their minimal footprint looked to resolve a wide variety of issues connected to the flora and fauna and concomitently with the issues the city sprawl faces.

shop front proposal 2016 Private Project, Bucharest, Romania

The shop is an initial sketch for the design of the interior and shop front of a bags shop that I was privately commissioned for. It was conceived as a liquid space where different characters (models) live in their own cocoon, each tailored to the bag they are presenting.

The space intended to reflect a supranatural world that each customer could explore and be inspired by. More than a store it aims to have a theatrical performance value through the moving people and elements in the shop. Almost nothing inside is static.

The shop front acts as an extension of the shop and is not stricly delimited by the glass that separates the inside from the outside.

The Client`s budget was insufficient to achieve the construction of all the elements specified by the project, the project being currently put on hold.

catwalk design Freelance Work

The Catwalk is looking to create a surrealist environment in an enclosed space through what appears to be an unlimited enclosure(the brick wall). This is realised with the help of mirrors laced at each end of the catwalk space.

exhibition installation freelance work

The Ion Neculce (Romanian writer)100 years commemoration installation was the main piece inside the National Academic Library in Bucharest, Romania during the 1 month event in 2009.

It is a seating area incorporating a book display and a walking area including other works and prizes belonging to the writer.

hand drawings & CGIs 2009 untill present