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Karolina Cerapaite by
2015-2018
AESTHETIC /iːsˈθɛtɪk,ɛsˈθɛtɪk/ Adjective 1. concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty. - giving or designed to give pleasure through beauty.
Noun 1. a set of principles underlying the work of a particular artist or artistic movement.
TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S This portfolio contains selected works from design projects developed during my time at The University of Lincoln. The projects were chosen to highlight the diversity of styles and approaches adopted in my design education and career. Explorations of space, atmosphere, time, awareness, social interaction, and reactions to contextual influence have all been presented.
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R E V I VA L
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PHOENIX
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HERBALIST
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Female Hair Loss Centre / Nottingham
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Self-contained visitors hub / Goltho
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Herbal Medicine Centre / Lincoln
ARCHITECTURE
A year in the Industry / King’s Lynn
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R E V I VA L Female Hair Loss Centre
a community can be born and women can feel safe surrounded by other women that have suffered from the same loss.
“The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.” - Audrey Hepburn.
Lace plays a big part in this project since it’s closely connected with the building, it’s site, history and the fact that lace making has been a female trade for centuries. As an incredibly intricate and delicate process it represents a woman perfectly fragile at the first look but strong and sturdy through it’s complicated essence.
The proposed design is a hair loss centre for women who suffer from all types of hair loss and emotional stress that comes with it. The interior re-imagining takes place within a 19th Century, Grade II listed Trivett Square in Nottingham.
Lace and wig making are similar yet different craftsmanships. In this project they come together to represent the delicacy and intricacy of both legacies, past and present of the building and most importantly the strong fragility of women.
In these facilities women will be able to receive mental therapy, cosmetic guidance and have a custom made wig when dealing with hair loss gets particularly hard. The centre will strive to be a place where
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NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND
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context
identity
rebirth
Conceptual
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renewal
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Sun Lounge
Private Rooms
Private Rooms
Communal areas
Workshops
Shop/Therapy
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Privacy Isometric
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Wig Workshop
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Show Room
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East Facing Elevation/Section
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View from the Courtyard
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PHOENIX Self-contained visitors hub
en pews, a reredos, a simple two-decker pulpit and west gallery. In 2012 it hosted a programme of arts events which attracted people from near and far. Sadly, however, the chapel was the victim of a heart-breaking fire in October 2013 and is now a ruin. The church sits close to the hearts of the local farming families who have opened it and cared for it for decades. Some of these folk are now in the churchyard. The remains of St George sit in a medieval site. The church has replaced an older church from that period.
“It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.” - Henry James. Many interior spaces have a limited life expectancy. Temporary structures and transitory spaces (spaces that exist for a week, a few months or couple of years) can enjoy a freedom of expression unrivalled throughout the profession. The principle of insertion is concerned with these qualities. The charming, rare, red-brick chapel of St George stood alone amid acres of corn and oilseed rape with only a few trees for company. It is situated beside one of Lincolnshire’s lost villages – an old Saxon settlement long since buried. The name ‘Goltho’ is said to be Saxon for ‘where the marigolds grow’. Inside, it previously boasted an atmosphere of calm and simplicity, with painted wood-
The idea is to engage with the subjects of surface, colour, light, texture and materiality and how these subjects can generate spatial identity. The chapel will become an unstaffed visitors hub but due to the site being highly historical no structural changes can be made. The solution will be sliding panels/frames used to showcase the past and the future events through art.
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GOLTHO ENGLAND
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Long Elevation
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Short Elevation
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Chapel/Expo Space
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headstones
altar in the nave
exhibition in the chancel
Plan
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HERBALISM Herbal Medicine Centre
The centre would be a mixed-use building and it’s functional programming would be based on the five states of matter in Ayurvedic medicine: Ether (ethereal), Air (gaseous), Fire (radiant), Water (liquid) and Earth (solid). They delineate the five densities of all substances, all visible or invisible matter in the universe. They have psychological correspondences that indicate states of mind and qualities of emotion.
“The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well when he is sick.” - P.T. Barnum. Plants have been the basis for medical treatments through much of human history, and such traditional medicine is still widely practiced today. Lincoln University wishes to add a Herbal Medicine course to it’s programme and requires new facilities that will appropriately accommodate it.
Each section of the building will immerse itself in one of the elements in it’s most fitting manner. The shop that helps to support the course financially will be positioned on the ground level to represent the element of Earth and it’s stability. The outside gardens will be situated on the roof terrace where Ether rules and corridors will take up the element of water - coursing through the building like blood through veins.
The course would provide a comprehensive education and training in the principles and practice of herbal medicine, the ‘energetic’ understanding of the cause of illness, the therapeutic actions of medicinal plants as well as the orthodox disciplines of anatomy, physiology, pathology, nutrition and psychology.
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LINCOLN ENGLAND
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air
air
water
water water
fire
ether
earth
Conceptual diagram
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Elevation
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Rooftop Graden
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Therapy Room
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growing
research
learning
shop/cafe
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ARCHITECTURE A year in the Industry
step and this in turn earned me brownie points with my boss. My independence didn’t go unnoticed. I was relatively happy with this job but it didn’t satisfy the creative side of me - after all design is what I studied and what I’ve wanted to do since I remember myself. Seeing that there was no actual position I could work myself up to in this company to satisfy this ambition I knew it could never be long term.
“To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.” - Giorgio Armani. I got really lucky with my first job in the industry straight out of University. Luckily for me and very unluckily for someone else - a position opened up due to a departure. I was incredibly happy and proud of myself, especially since quite a few of my peers were struggling to find relevant jobs in the industry. A year on - some still do. I was eager to learn and to prove myself to them, that I was worthy, that they didn’t make a mistake by hiring me. The senior architect in charge of me couldn’t have been nicer, with zero prejudice or condescension he answered and explained every aspect of the jobs he wanted me to do. With time I became brave enough to take on more without needing guidance at every
In the practical side of things I learned more than I did during my three years of studying but as a creative designer I felt unsatisfied. So, a year on I am ready to move on. I’m not exactly sure what I’ll be moving on to - I no longer know what I want. This year in the industry made things harder for me - my vision for the future isn’t so clear anymore. But on the bright side I’m very certain of where I don’t wan to end up.
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KING’S LYNN ENGLAND
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North Elevation
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Visual of the Bird Hide
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Residential Estate Plots 1 & 2 Visualisation
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Residential Estate Plots 3 & 4 Visualisation
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