Kotryna Kozlovskaja portfolio

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2009 - 2013

kotryna kozlovskaja

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Kotryna Kozlovskaja 17 07 1988 Vilnius, Lithuania Lithuanian (EU) +31 647 675 264 kotryna.kozlovskaja@gmail.com Rotterdam, the Netherlands

“I am a recently graduated urban planner and designer looking forward for a new career establishment where I could further develop my skills and knowledge in the field. I believe that my education in three different countries (Lithuania, Italy and the Netherlands) gave me a strong and versatile background of urbanism and architecture.

Urban planning for me is being a step further which in a context of rapidly growing human needs becomes more challenging than ever. In my graduation project I looked into this matter deeper than ever and created a new long term water-management strategy on a regional scale. A great challenge is what I like and accept with great enthusiasm.�

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CV

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Keep calm and let the water come

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Haarlemmermeer

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Urbanism on track

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Ar’New River 2035

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History as a generator of new developments in Nijmegen

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Quarter between Šeimyniškiu and Rinktines streets in Vilnius

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Boutique

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Canoe rent and leisure centre on Zeimena river bank

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Progetto RED

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Concept store

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Urban design & Planning

Architecture

Professional projects

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CV Education Master of Science in Architecture, Urbanism & Building Sciences

Delft University of Technology (Delft, the Netherlands) *graduated with distinction

2011 - 2013

Bachelor in Architecture

2006 - 2010

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Erasmus exchange program

2008 - 2009

Università degli studi di Firenze (Florence, Italy)

Secondary education

2002 - 2006

Vilnius Zveryno Gymnasium (Vilnius, Lithuania)

work experience Intern

2007 july - 2007 sept.

Architecture Studio “Renova” (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Intern

2010 oct. - 2011 july

Architecture Studio “Red Architetti Associati” (Florence, Italy)

additional experience Workshop

2010 july

Workshop

2012 sept.

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Student Ideas Competition “ SIKONAS ” (Gargždai , Lithuania) “ The Italian job : Eco Acupuncture for the transformation of Florence” presented for the mayor of Florence Matteo Renzi (Florence, Italy)

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CV computer skills Proficient

Intermediate

Autodesk AutoCAD , Graphisoft ArchiCAD , Adobe Illustrator , Adobe InDesign , Adobe Photoshop, Windows XP and MacOS operating systems Cinema 4D, Google Sketch Up, MS Office

references Mykolas Kurtinaitis - professor at

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University m_kurtinaitis@yahoo.com

Francesco Buffi - partner of

Red Architetti Associatti , Florence, Italy francescobuffi@gmail.com

Prof. dr. ir. V.J. Han Meyer - professor at Delft University of Technology V.J.Meyer@tudelft.nl

“Kotryna has positive qualities such as creativity, diligence, desire to work out her best... her projects have always been carried out on time and with high quality. ”

“Working in our studio made her changing an environment because of another language and culture, but she adapted easily and could work together without problems.“

“Kotryna will be able to play a fruitful role as a professional urban and regional planner and designer, with a great attention to integrating different aspects in one regional approach.”

Languages Mother tongue Fluently Fluently Fluently

Lithuanian English (TOEFL score : 97) Russian Italian (Level C) hobbies

Sports

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Track & Field - currently practiced in Rotterdam Atletiek (www.ra.nl) competing in National and International Games.

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keep calm and let the water come Enabling water management plans for Southwest Dutch delta to give the nature more important position in order to strengthen area's socio-economic vitality

This graduation project combines the task of creating new strategy for the flood control in the time of more abrupt climate conditions, and the task of strengthening a socio-economic climate in the Grevelingen lake area, the Netherlands.

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facts: author: Kotryna Kozlovskaja tutors: prof. Han Meyer, ir. Verena Balz location: Grevelingen lake area, the Netherlands design year: 2012 - 2013 status: final master project at TU Delft type : water management scale : regional grade : 8/10

After a major flood in 1953 a solution to built a hard protection from the floods was made. This included dikes and highly advanced technological barriers that blocked interaction with the sea, thus creating a series of lakes. Nowadays such approach is put under question as in a longer timescale it brings many negative aspects on delta’ s ecological and consequently, economic situation (area is based on recreation, therefore high quality natural environment). What is more, it is doubted if these flood structures are as resilient as they are resistant taking into consideration more uncertain weather conditions. Combined with sea level rise and land subsidence further dike heightening is unavoidable, and that is becoming a serious problem for spatial quality of living environment.

Nowadays, more thoughts are given to change the strategy, where flood defence does not interfere with natural processes of the delta, but on the contrary, helps it to be restored. After doing a historical analysis I found that existing islands resulted from a number of separate islands protected with the rings of dikes that later (thanks to the natural processes of sedimentation) grew together and finally were connected by the main dike. So behind the main dikes, you can always find older dikes and the land between them used to be transitional zone from dry to wet to real water. This became the key to the design proposal.

Returning the land between old and new dike back to the sea is possible by bringing tides back to the Grevelingen lake, displacing or adjusting the dikes and enabling temporary inundation and sedimentation processes to take place. When the sea floods an area, suspended sediment settles down and the ground in a longer period starts to raise.

Depending on how frequent an area is flooded, it can rise up until safe elevation. This restoration of transition zones will create new relation between the towns behind the old dikes and nature, where water is regarded not as an enemy but as a friend. High quality natural environment will redefine the sector of tourism and recreation, living in dynamic landscape thanks to adaptive architecture has become possible and is highly appreciated by people. What is more, the fact that much of a land will be given back to the sea does not mean that area will stop bringing economic benefit from agriculture. New ways of agriculture such as aquaculture and saline farming are possible in frequently inundated areas. All in all , the relation between nature and economy can work in a mutual support, where both stimulate each other.

The issue in such approach is that it contradicts to the tradition and people are not willing to invest millions into breaking the dikes and flooding the lands that were aimed to be protected for centuries. That is why the second part of this project was to give some proof (a cost-benefit analysis, CBA) that investments can be beneficial and that nature itself has value and can bring an economic profit for the society. The study on ecosystem services was used as a guideline and let to divide ecosystem services into three categories: regulating, production and cultural services. A design intervention triggered economic benefits from all three categories and were presented in CBA .

Inner dike

Outer dike Storm

FCA

CRT

Tide

(daily)

(1-2 times/year)

Hightened secondary dike

Storm waves (1-2 times/year)

Tidal waves (daily)

Secondary dike

Primary dike with culverts

Figure 1: : Scheme of innundation areas Kotryna Kozlovskaja

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design for the regulating services Design for the regulating services is the new water safety strategy. As mentioned before, it regards returning areas between old and new dikes back to the sea and letting them grow slowly thanks to the frequent inundations and sedimentation processes. Two different types of floodable areas are created: the controlled reduced tide areas (CRT), which are flooded daily, and further inland there are flood control areas (FCA), that can be flooded once or twice a year during the storm and higher than usual water levels (figure 1).

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Legend: urban areas sand replenishment islands CRT areas FCA areas primary dikes culverted dikes new primary dikes secondary dikes water exchange

The benefits of such intervention come from the human lives saved and avoided economic damage, avoided costs of dike strengthening, together with improvement of natural habitat, water quality and climate, and estimate up to : 277 mln euro

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Ebb

Tide

Storm

The controlled reduced tide areas are subject to the daily tides. While flood control areas are floodable only during the storms once or twice a year. The set of drawings illustrates how the landscape is changing due to different levels of water.

Natural

FCA

Saline Housing

Natural

Saline Housing

Saline

During the tide water enters easily the controlled reduced tide areas and covers saline cultivation and natural landscape areas.

Natural

FCA

Saline Housing

Natural

Saline Housing

Saline

Few times per year due to the storm and increased water levels the flood control areas are flooded. Since such event occurs usually during winter, the low value crops are not destroyed. Adaptive houses are rising together with the water level.

Natural

FCA

Saline Housing

Natural

Saline Housing

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Saline

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design for the production services The new landscape created by the water entering further inland can be still successfully cultivated and bring an economic profit for the local farmers from the production services. The usual agriculture can be changed with the plants that are compatible with sea water (salicornia, sea lavender, sea beet, sea aster, etc). The return of tides is extremely important for the productivity of the oyster industry as oyster parcels will be constantly refreshed with fresh sea water.

The Brouwersdam adjusted by the connection to the sea can also be used for the construction of the tidal energy plant.

The benefits of such intervention estimate up to : 330 mln euro.

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FOOD: Agriculture Live stock ENERGY:

Saline cultivation

Wind

low-value crops

Tidal

Aquaculture

Biomass (from halophytes)

Seaweed Oyster parcels Commercial fishes ENERGY: Wind Tidal Biomass (from halophytes)

Figure 2 : Saline cultivation fields Kotryna Kozlovskaja

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design for the cultural services New landscape conditions can also help to bring out much of a cultural potential that the project area has. A value of estuarine landscape scored highest in the ‘price tagging’ of the natural environments by Costanza, who attempted to valuate the global ecosystem by determining the ‘price’ of the ecosystem services, and it can serve as a catalyst for the tourism and recreation sector improvement. A network of old, picturesque villages and towns connected by a revitalized track of tram might be an exiting intervention for the tourism and recreation sector. New living environments adaptive to fluctuating water levels can attract more people to live in the project area.

The benefits of such intervention is hard to estimate but it starts from : 42 mln euro.

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Nature organizations New islands Dunes Adaptive housing Town expansion Proposed renewal of old tramline Secondary proposed renewal of old tramline Possible railway or metro extensions Railways Marinas and boating routes New canals Main entrances through train/metro, tram and highway Hiking routes Hiking route around the lake Highways Primary roads Secondary roads Confirmed highway extensions Proposed highway extensions

Figure 3 : Adaptive housing from restored tram line Kotryna Kozlovskaja

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The new way of living together with the water is possible through changing the land-use and building such type of housing which is adaptable to the fluctuating water levels. The sand storage islands can become an attractive touristic spot easily reachable by the funicular.

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New islands (sand storage)

Adaptive housing Saline cultivation

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Haarlemmermeer Rise of the Aerotroploder

The core issue of this project was to make a metropolitan design for a subregion of the Randstad, Holland with the goal of sustainable future, in the broadest sense of its meaning: environmental (planet), social (people) and economic sustainability (profit).

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facts: authors: Kotryna Kozlovskaja, Sylvana van Baren, Xiao Chen Che, Ralph van den Eijnden, Shuyang Li, Matthijs van Oostrum tutors: Dr. ir. Remon Rooij, ir. Verena Balz location: Haarlemmermeer polder, North Randstad, the Netherlands design year: 2012 status: MSc 2 Urbanism, Q3 R&D Studio Spatial Strategies for the Global Metropolis type : regional design and planning scale : regional grade : 8/10

The context of this studio was a globalizing world, in which, more and more, cities compete with each other instead of countries. In such situation city becomes a major power that has influence in a vast radius, creating an urban entity - metropolis. We were asked to create a future strategy for Amsterdam Metropolitan Area. Here, the city grew at enormous speed due to the Schiphol airport that initially was built in a remote area, but later city started to expand and follow the direction of Schiphol.

We proposed an idea of “aerotropolis� (figure 1) which implies to an urban form whose layout, infrastructure and economy is centred in an airport, offering a diverse economy, convenient and environmental friendly connections, international competitiveness and a high quality living environment (both spatial and social).

Figure 1: : Theoretical concept of Aerotropolis

Our proposal to Haarlemmermeer as an Aerotropolis would change the centrality of North wing Randstad from Amsterdam centre to Schiphol (figure 2) , and would create various connections and interdependencies with airport, that can bring enormous impact on the economy of this metropolitan region (figure 3). After analysing those connections a clear pattern of two different structures showed up : one structure is a nucleus system in the south, which consists of series of small towns that are separated from each other in order to maintain the rural landscape, and the other structure is a network of three corridors that have different functions - residential, logistics and financial. The corridors all go through Schiphol Airport and in such way manifest the changed centrality of Amsterdam Metropolitan Area.

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NEW RANDSTAD

Amsterdam

AEROTROPOLIS

Haarlemmermeer

FOCAL POINT

Utrecht

NETWORK

Rotterdam

Figure 2 : New conceptualized image of Randstad where Schiphol is a centrality

Zaanstreek Noord IJmuiden

Westpoort

Amsterdam north

Sloterdijk

Zwanenburg

Amsterdam centre

Haarlem Zandvoort (beach)

Osdorp

Almere

Diemen

Zuidas

Hoofddorp

SCHIPHOL

Amstelveen

Amsterdam zuidoost

Bulb area

Aalsmeer New-vennep Uithoorn

Hilversum

Figure 3 : Various connections and interdependencies in the project area

business hub

commuting connection

logistics hub

logistics connection

tourism hub

tourism connection

residential area

business connection

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Figure 4 : Corridor and nucleus system

Figure 5 : A regional plan for the sub-region of Haarlemmermeer

The masterplan shows how the Amsterdam region becomes more networked around the new economic engine - the Aerotroplis of Schiphol. The tool to achieve this is by implementing the corridors, where enhanced infrastructure brings spatial interventions into action. The list of crucial interventions was localized through the multicriteria analysis, and areas that scored least were bound to be changed.

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My project area - Zwanenburg scored least in the factor of sustainability due to a list of environmental problems (noise and air pollution from Schiphol airport). What is more, the town also suffers from the spatial pressure as growth towards south is restricted (again by the airport), there is a lack of spatial quality in private and public areas and lack of facilities that forces people to move out. All this stops Zwanenburg from being a part of Aerotropolis.

A proposed new economic function - a bio-based industry that produces bio-fuel for Schiphol airport, can help the town score higher in the previously mentioned multi-criteria analysis. An intervention would not only reduce the pollution, but would also create new jobs in an innovative cluster that can attract young people, the town would have the new identity of sustainability and innovation, more high quality public spaces can be attached to this intervention.

bio-based industry green buffer zone housing cycling routes

Figure 6 : Four aspects of the concept

Figure 7 : Area reserved for Schiphol activities is used for algea-based aviation bio-fuel industry

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Figure 8 : Algea sculpture park - a place where industry and recreation meet without hostility

Figure 9 : Cycling route and public park in the area of project

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urbanism on track Applying a GPS-tracking data in urban planning for Rotterdam

URBANISM ON TRACK

The aim of the studio was to exchange knowledge on processing, visualization and interpretation of GPS-tracking data.

Central issue is the preparation of the data for application in urban design: from raw spatio-temporal data to accessible and valuable information.

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facts: authors: Kotryna Kozlovskaja, Myrthe Vermoolen, Bart van Leeuwen, Arjan Dekkers, Christiaan van Es tutor: dr. ir. S.C. van der Spek location: Rotterdam city centre, the Netherlands design year: 2012 status: MSc 2 Urbanism, Q4 Urbanism on track type : GPS-tracking, urban design scale : neighbourhood grade : 8/10

Rotterdam is characterized by the reconstruction followed by the bombardment during the Second World War, and the location along the Meuse. For the last years, the city has tried to improve its image by introducing a lot of new buildings and a whole new skyline in the city. The post-war reconstruction was mainly focused on cars, resulting in the subordinate position of the pedestrian in the city network.

A GPS-tracking and questioning of people who visit Rotterdam city centre and park in one of the four parking garages can help to understand better how people move through the city, where they stop/stay, which routes and transport modes they take, what is the purpose of their visit, how long do they stay, etc. Based on this information the municipality of Rotterdam will have a better insight of which places in the city they should invest in.

The group work consisted of data collecting, processing it with ArcGIS software, analysing it through the perspective of a certain theme, namely routes, and finally drawing conclusions (figure 4 to 9). After that, five individual design proposals for improvement of the routes were prepared.

After collecting the data we ended up with about 800.000 points in ArcGIS. We tried to manage this by filtering out all the invalid data by using a number of criteria (figure 2 and 3). The density map below shows how the users of all parking facilities use the inner-city of Rotterdam. Later this data was divided into other themes and analysed more precisely.

Figure 2 : Points of all trips before processing the data

Figure 1 : A density map of all parking garages Kotryna Kozlovskaja

Figure 3 : Valid (green) and invalid (red) points of one trip 25

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Binn

Workdays Weekends

Underused streets

Market

Overused streets

Shopping

Potential place

Figure 4 : Conclusion of all data

Figure 5 : Conclusion of different days and times 100

250

500m

100

250

500m

250 m

1 km shopping/ daily needs drinking/dining/social

Bigger radius

art/culture sports/recreation city visit/tourism radius a/c, s/r, cv/t radius s/dn, d/d/s

Figure 6 : Conclusion of trip purpose

100

250

500m

Figure 7 : Conclusion of group composition

VD SP LB

BK

SP Schouwburgplein garage LB Lijnbaan garage VD V&D garage BK Westblaak garage

Starting directions

Figure 8 : Conclusion of familiarity

Figure 9 : Conclusion per garage 100

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500m

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Current routes Missing links New routes Potential areas Links to the water Figure 10 : Ambitions after drawing the conclusions 100 500m The design proposals try to improve the network for pedestrians by closing the missing links, making a250better connections to the canals and the river front. Making better connections to the parts of the city that are currently not used but have high potential to become an attraction points in the future is also crucial.

My project area was a “backyard� of the Stadhuis (City Hall), a forgotten, dull and unused space, which actually has a lot of history and some of the traces are still visible. It used to be an important water traffic crossing, a place for cultural meetings and socializing thanks to the Harmonie theatre that once stood on the site. Nowadays, buildings of poor architectural quality stand instead.

Current situation of used (red) and unused (orange) streets (figure 11) can be changed by applying a variety of functions on the ground floor (figure 12) thus helping to make an area more interesting and appealing for the people. The proposal for the area (figure 13) consists of the square and five approaching streets. The main idea is not about proposing an exact design for the square but to give an idea of how the square should function and how it should attract the people. The approaching streets are playing the most important part as project concerns of routes and why do the people choose to use one street instead of another.

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Horeca Administrative Retail Horeca

Offices

Administrative

Public space

Retail

Residential

Offices

Figure 11 : Current situation and intervention area

Figure 12 : Attracting Public space people by mixed-use Residential

Figure 13 : The proposal Kotryna Kozlovskaja

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Figure 14 : Proposal for Haagseveer street

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Figure 15 : Current situation of Haagseveer street

The designs for approaching streets offer a pedestrian- friendly environment with eye-catching details, comfort and multifunctionality (bars, cafes, stores, etc.). A square (figure 13) should be a place where diverse people come and find activities that they can enjoy. This is possible by creating a space that is easily transformed and an existing design is used in various ways. For example, stairs can be used for sitting, for the audience. A big screen could appear on the facade of the Stadhuis building. Small cubic pavilions could serve for many different functions like vending, storing, organising workshops, making a bar from them and many more...

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Figure 16 : Proposal for Rodezand street

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Figure 17 : Current situation of Rodezand street

Currently the Rodezand street is just a back side of the Stadhuis. It is used mainly for the parking and pedestrians rarely enter it. An impression illustrates how the street should be converted into only-pedestrian-use profile. In this way a historical environment will be emphasized and appreciated. A multifunctional building of Stadskantoor proposed by OMA will bring more activity into the street.

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Figure 18 : Proposal for the canal front

The quality and potential of staying by the water is not used. There is one Chinese restaurant and the rest are residential houses that help nothing for a visitor-friendly environment. An illustration above demonstrates how a part of the 80’s buildings is changed with two new ones that are diverse in their architectural form. These buildings can offer a place for many functions like cafÊ, restaurant, club, gallery... A gap between them naturally leads the visitor towards the square.

Figure 19 : Current situation of the canal front

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ar'new river 2035 Eco-acupuncture : developing sites of urban intervention in Florence

The city of Florence invited the Eco-Acupuncture program of the Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab (University of Melbourne faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning) together with the master students from TU Delft to envision a “resilient, sustainable Florence in 2035 � and to propose steps to get there.

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facts: authors: Kotryna Kozlovskaja, Andrew Wong, Brian Novanto, Thanyalak Thaweeskulchai, Tom Shield, Xue Dong, Grace Macpherson tutors: prof. Chris Ryan, dr. Michael Trudgeon, prof. Andy van den Dobbelsteen, Craig Martin, Sietze Meijer location: Florence, Italy design year: 2012 status: workshop, 2 weeks type : acupuncture interventions

Historical cities like Florence preserve many layers of history in the physical form of their built environment and that face particular challenges in the future. In the coming period of transformation they will confront a tension between historic preservation and future-driven innovation and growth. Today this tourist museum-city is challenged with difficulties like dealing with extended heat-waves in summer and long droughts, unusual snow falls in winter and its perpetual vulnerability to flood. Innovation and transformation cannot be delayed.

Students of this workshop formed small design teams to focus on five sites within the city selected as ‘pressure points’ for the coming decades. Small scale Eco-Acupuncture interventions within the sites were then proposed as starting points for the longer term transformation (figure 2). I joined the team “Arno river” and worked on city’s relationship with water , which in environmental , social and flood preventive aspects is becoming critical. We set up three goals: creating conditions for more consistent water flow, retaining an overland flow and reconnecting city life with the river (figure 1). I proposed to create a small experimental wetland, which would work as the site for experiments on river’s biodiversity, it would also store water when it is needed, it would naturally clean the river and it could become an attractive point for visitors to come and learn about natural processes of the river or just enjoy the nature and recreate.

Figure 1 : Team “A rno River” goals

Figure 2 : Seven interventions of team “A rno River” Kotryna Kozlovskaja

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Wet season /

water circulation

During the wet season water would enter the site, circulate in the basin of a specific form that would naturally clean the water and then would be let back into the river system.

Figure 3 : Impression of experimental ecological wetland on the Arno Kotryna Kozlovskaja

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Dry season /

storing & irrigating

During the dry season the re-introduction of cleaned water would be blocked and in this way water would be stored and used for the irrigation of the nearby agricultural fields.

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history as a generator of new developments in nijmegen

The task of the project was to propose a design and development concept focusing on regeneration and transformation of the chosen area in the urban fabric of Nijmegen city. A special attention had to be paid on city’s plans for new urban structure which is based on new ring road.

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facts: author: Kotryna Kozlovskaja tutor: Luisa Calabrese, Qu Lei location: Nijmegen, the Netherlands design year: 2011 status: MSc 1 Urbanism, Q2 R&D Studio : Socio - Spatial Processes in the City type : strategic urban design scale : neighbourhood grade : 8/10 The jump over the river Waal is of historical importance for Nijmegen. Its goal is not only to extent the city, but to improve the connection of the northern and southern sides. In the north of the city, between the existing villages Lent, Ressen and Oosterhout, a new VINEX district is developed, which in 2020 will be home of every fifth inhabitant of Nijmegen. Special features of the project are the Citadel, which will be the new city centre of the Waalsprong and the relocation of the dike. Since the river Waal is very narrow at this spot, flooding is a huge danger, which is increased by the climate change. All these new developments will be connected by a new bridge and a ring road. The question is how all those different parts of the city will be affected by those drastic changes in the urban structure and what is society’s possible reaction to the new developments.

I chose an area on the east side from the new ringroad, between railroad and highway. It is a previously autonomous village called Lent which now became a part of the Nijmegen city. While enthusiastic plans for the area are made, inhabitants are asking many questions about their future. They are worried about increasing traffic, air pollution, mixture with new inhabitants, saving their location name, etc... I asked the same questions and looked into the situation from the perspective of Lent instead of Nijmegen: what is going to happen with a village, with its identity and sovereignty? Will they be lost forever or will the village gain some positive aspects from new developments?

Figure 1 : Nij megen municipality’s new plan

A historical analysis helped to discover that in Roman times Lent used to be an important trading route, that in XIX century the burgoise of Nijmegen used to overpass the river for social meetings in theatre and cafes.

Nowadays Lent has a quiet residential character , buildings are generally low-rise, built in a low density. The target area is unbuilt agricultural land with farms, grasslands and gardens. Taking into account current city development ambitions, urbanization and densification are inevitable.

A concept for design (figure 2) is based on the main axis - a street that is parallel to the old trading route Grifdijk. A linear structure with many different activities for the local people, artists, craftsmen, small-business runners and for the visitors. It is a centre for creative industries where people can create, live and work in the same place as it was in old times... Visitors come here to see the works of artists, look through the showcases, step inside the small studios and galleries, buy things they admired. The composition is very dynamic. Starting from the train station in the north of the area, space and emotions increase and reach the peak in the south, where new waterfront and further - an island are formed.

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Figure 2 : Concept

Figure 3 : Masterplan and critical project site

LIVING

CREATIVE

CREATIVE

LIVING

A masterplan (figure 3) shows main functional areas starting from north towards south: entrance with info centre and a small art gallery, “creative housing” (two level buildings for a particular social group to live, work and represent/sell their creative works), modified existing residential houses with implemented community gardens, community centre with “Tea house” and a square in front, big workshop building, “creative housing” again, concert hall/ theatre , fashion design school , mixed use buildings with commercial or administrative function in the first two floors and residential on top floors, and finally, big art gallery/museum. The scale and size of the buildings starting from the north towards the south are gradually growing and are reaching the peak in the waterfront.

COMMUNITY CENTER ART

GLASSHOUSE SIT, STAND, BAR

SQUARE

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Figure 4 : Critical project

CANAL

WORKSHOPS/ INDUSTRY

CARNAVAL, SATURDAY MARKET

STAGE

TEA HOUSE

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Figure 5 : View from the Tea House to the square and community centre

Figure 6 : View from the main street, the typology of Creative Housing

For critical project I chose an area with community centre, square and Tea House. This is a core place of social interaction. Community centre is for all existing and future clubs of Lent, restaurant Tea House with square is main place for meetings after working hours - students, artists, simple residents - all gather here. In the square I have designed a street furniture for sitting, standing, laying, selling, etc... It is directed for meeting as much sun light as possible so it will be a perfect spot to lay down during sunny Sundays and listen to the concert on the designed stage in front, like it has been in Lent in the XIX century...

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detailed plan of quarter among ĹĄeimyniĹĄkiu and rinktines streets in vilnius

The aim of the final bachelor project is to manage a large urban area by dividing it into smaller blocks and giving it a new value, which would correspond to the function, urbanization level, space, morphotype and other requirements imposed by the area’s position in the city centre.

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facts: author: Kotryna Kozlovskaja tutor: prof. Mykolas Kurtinaitis (m_kurtinaitis@yahoo.com) location: Vilnius, Lithuania design year: 2010 status: Architecture study programme bachelor thesis type : detailed plan of a quarter scale : quarter grade : 9/10

The project area is in the central part of Vilnius (figure 1) and subsequently it affects the city’s identity. In comparison with the neighbouring areas, a disproportionately large surface area falls out of the scale. Due to the low building density and intensity, monofunctionality, poor spatial quality and lack of attractions – status of urban centre is not met.

The aim of the project is to organize the quarter in order to meet the status of the city centre requirements.

This is done by densifying existing territory, creating a pedestrian flow in the middle of the quarter (central conceptual axis), which unites currently chaotic and undefined backyards of modernistic buildings from Soviet times. The flow is directed towards the old town in such way strengthening the connection with it. To ensure the pedestrian flow various functions and objects of attraction are added. These objects are located in three public spaces.

One of those public spaces was elaborated (figure 5). Here, residential, commercial and administrative functions are combined and are connected by the square. Among the existing Šeimyniškiu and Rinktines streets a building perimeter is formed by the new volumes. Their height, density and intensity correspond to the context of city centre.

Vilnius Old Town Vilnius Old Town preservation area Area of intervention The centre of Vilnius city Vilnius city

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Parking Commercial Connecting spaces Bank Administrative Technical Residential Sanitary Cafe / restaurant Terrace

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Figure 10: Visualization of residential house on the angle of Ĺ eimyniĹĄkiu and Rinktines streets

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boutique

The task of interior design course was to create a design for a simple volume. I chose cube and a theme of luxury clothing store.

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facts: author: Kotryna Kozlovskaja tutor: prof. Alvydas Zickis location: design year: 2009 status: Architecture study programme 4th year, 1st semester type : interior design grade : 8/10 A design idea was to create a dynamic, complex space in a very simple, local volume - cube.

COMPOSITION. Three consisting parts are : cube, red trapezium and the net of black paths (figure 1). Red trapezium indicates an exposition of clothes and black paths leads the visitors to the significant spots of boutique such as podium, elevator , changing cabins, exit. These two elements can be seen better in the white walls of cube and are active in both projections - vertical and horizontal.

FUNCTIONS. The first level is multifunctional: exposition (static and dynamic - hallstands and podium), changing cabins, counter , storage and the second floor is only for the static exposition. One of black paths is convertible into a podium when runaways are being organized in the boutique (figures 7 & 8).

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canoe rent and leisure centre on Žeimena river bank

The task of studio was to create a recreational project for an area of student’s choice. I chose an area that I know very well and which currently is occupied by the canoe rental activity.

This place is popular by the tourists, however it lacks proper facilities and a layout, which would make it even better place to relax.

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facts: author: Kotryna Kozlovskaja tutor: dr. Edgaras Neniškis (arches@mail.lt) location: Kaltanenai , Lithuania design year: 2008 status: Architecture study programme 2nd year, 1st semester type : recreational project grade : 9/10

The recreational project is situated in a north-east part of Lithuania on a bank of the river Žeimena. It was created for the people who prefer active way of leisure because the main service is canoe and kayak rent. Project consist of the main administrative building where guests can rent an equipment and through the artificial canal system start their winding river trip. In addition, there are seven single family summerhouses.

The concept comes from the nature - the flora of the river banks. I focused on micro-view of the river-grass and abstracted it (figure 1). The concept reflects on the form and construction of the buildings.

Single family summerhouse is situated in the private zone of the site. An artificial canal passes by the side of all seven summerhouses for serving a comfortable access to the river. All houses are raised in prevention from river floods; it also gives the possibility to handle and store all the apparel for canoeing. Every house has a living room with kitchen and dinning space, two dormitories, bathroom and sauna. The house porches are spacious and suitable for the barbecue. It is a perfect place for staying with family and friends in the nature.

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Progetto Red Study of campatibility on building type

This project is for the contest organised by the municipality of Florence, Italy. The goal is to re-evaluate and improve certain urban realities that are now deteriorated. It is done by retaining typical buildings of 70s by integrating three features: PV panels, hanging gardens on the roof and redesigning the casings of the buildings.

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facts: author: Francesco Buffi, Kotryna Kozlovskaja professional supervisor: Francesco Buffi (francescobuffi@gmail.com) location: Florence, Italy design year: 2010 status: project for the competition during internship in the studio “Red Architetti Associati� type : urban design

PHOTOVOLTAICS Assuming to have a roof of about 1000 sq. m we can evaluate the construction of an installation of photovoltaic panels of 100kW power that will produce an average revenue in Tuscany in 20 years of about EUR 1 000 000 through government incentives and a direct sale of electricity. Estimating the cost of construction of around EUR 200 000 a profit of EUR 800 000 remains in 20 years. This surplus becomes the maximum cost for the construction of additional facilities: hanging gardens and the redesign of the building facade.

THE HANGING CONDOMINIUM GARDENS The lack of common space where people can grow and produce vegetables and bring back the bond with the land is an important negative influence of the city and the urban way of life. There are many examples worldwide of this exponential social production model. This emerging idea of neighbourhood gardens is increasing rapidly. Orchards synergized by self-paced citizens can fulfil its needs, moreover owners can even sell the products excess and make a profit.

ARTISTIC FACADES The idea is to identify and select certain residential palaces, that have deteriorated facades or are in need of maintenance. These facades become white sheets for the artists that participate in a contest of ideas, that create new urban language. The facade becomes a work of art and a reference of entire neighbourhood, arousing interest and curiosity from all over the world. The residents will gain advantage by improving their sense of living together , feeling part of a single community.

Following an initial examination of the site some sample buildings are selected. To represent an idea one type of building was chosen.

Governmental incentives in tariff Exchange of the energy produced on-site Photovoltaic system Energy consumption reduction

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390 PV = 90 kw + artisitc casings on the facade

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430 PV = 100 kw + artisitc casings on the facade + hanging gardens

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concept store

A design idea for this store is classic but at the same time modern as the product of the store - traditional shirts of modern design. The main element is parquet that starts of light color and ends up with dark tone. It later climbs the wall and continues on the ceiling repeating the parquet elements with the lighting installations. The rest of the store is simple and light, that is where exhibition of a product takes place.

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facts: author: Francesco Buffi, Kotryna Kozlovskaja professional supervisor: Francesco Buffi (francescobuffi@gmail.com) location: Milano, Italy design year: 2010 status: proposal for the concept store during internship in the studio “Red Architetti Associati� type : interior design

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