L A U R A MIHALACHE P O R T F O L I O ARCHITECTURE & D E S I G N
LAURA MIHALACHE DATE OF BIRTH: 28 | 09 | 1991 N AT I O N A L I T Y: Romanian EMAIL:lauraa.mihalache@yahoo.com
Curriculum Vitae PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
PICH AGUILERA ARCHITECTS - Architect Intern Spain, Barcelona
09 |2015 - 12|2015
UNIST - Research Internship South Korea, Ulsan (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
06|2015 - 08|2015
UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM "ION MINCU"
Master Degree in Architecture Romania, Bucharest
KU LEUVEN, ASRO Architecture, Urbanism and Planning - 2013 - 2014 Belgium, Leuven
NATIONAL COLLEGE "MIRCEA CEL BATRAN", Romania, Constanta
2006 - 2010
Hellastock - Towards an ephemeral city Greece, Athens
28|08 - 04 |09|2014
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 2010 - 2016
WORKSHOPS
PUBLICATIONS "Muzeul national de istorie" - essay and photos in "Bucurestiul meu drag",
SKILLS
AutoCAD
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ArchiCAD
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Revit
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Adobe Photoshop |
InDesign
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Illustrator
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Hand drafting
Modelling
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Photography
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LANGUAGES ROMANIAN SPANISH - B1 ENGLISH - C2 ITALIAN - A2 FRENCH - B1 JAPANESE KOREAN - A1
issue 6 | 2013
Google Sketch-Up
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Drawing with a graphic tablet
Vray
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pag. 06-15 CREATIVE CENTRE IN OVIDIU’S SQUARE Common spaces for communities
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pag. 16-23 THE SYMBOL OF ARGAMUM Special structure
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pag. 24-35 MATACHE GARDEN Rethinking the space of the market
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pag. 36-49 SOCIAL HOUSING A segregation of community spaces pag. 50-61 CHARLEROI, URBAN TISSUE CONTRADICTIONS Strategies and plans for redevelopment
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WORKSHOPS HELLASTOCK - GREECE
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pag. 62-71 EPHEMERAL CITY Rethinking about the way of living
PHOTOGRAPHY
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pag 72-77 PHOTOS Capturing stories and ideas
URBANISM STUDIO
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I* | CREATIVE CENTER IN
OVIDIU‘S
SQUARE
COMMUNITIES REDEVELOPMENT AND
COMMON
LOCATION:
SPACES
Ovidiu’s Square Constanta, Romania
YEAR OF STUDY:
Final thesis project
COORDINATORS: prof. dr. DanielaRadulescu Andronic, prof. Mircea Crisan
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THE PROJECT IS LOCATED IN THE OVIDIU SQUARE OF CONSTANTA PENINSULA, ONE OF THE OLDEST PART OF THE CITY, THAT STILL HIDES UNDERNEATH THE CURRENT CITY LAYERS OF THE OLD GREEK SETTLEMENT: TOMIS.
PURPOSE -REVITALISATION OF THE PENINSULA BY INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY IN THE CITY LIFE -BRINGING CULTURAL. SOCIAL AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES BACK IN AN AREA THAT WAS ONCE THE MEETING PLACE FOR A DIVERSITY OF MINORITIES
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STRATEGY
WEAKNESSES
FINDING THE STRONG POINTS AND THE QUALITIES THAT GIVES SPECIFICITY TO THE PENINSULA AND ENHANCE THEM THROUGH ARCHITECTURE, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE SHAPE OF THE PENINSULA, TOPOGRAPHY, VEGETATION, ARCHITECTURE LANGUAGE
- AMBIGUITY IN READING THE SPACE: EMPTY SPACES IN THE URBAN TISSUE - DANGEROUS AREAS - NO STRATEGIES IN TERMS OF CULTURAL AND SOCIAL REDEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA
THE CREATIVE CENTRE IT IS A VISION OF A COMMON SPACE THAT RELIES ON A CONNECTION WITH A NETWORK OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATION, ASSOCIATIONS, SCHOOLS, PROFFESIONALS, ARTISTS AND THE MOST IMPORTANT LIANT: THE COMMUNITIES.
- MULTICULTURAL AREA OF DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES
STRONG POINTS
- THE PRESENCE OF HUMAN SETTLEMENT SINCE 7TH CENTURY BC: TOMIS CITADEL - A CITY OF CREATIVE ARTS AND PERFORMANCES
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PLATFORM FOR CREATIVE ARTS THE MIRROR
EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY THE RUIN
ETHNIC MOSAIC COMMUNITIES THE GATE
ARTIST AREA IS AN INTERACTIVE AND INTERCHANGEABLE SPACE, DIVIDED INTO TWO: THE PUBLIC AREA (EXHIBITION AND WORKSHOPS) AND THE ARTIST AREA (ARTIST STUDIOS), THAT IS MORE PRIVATE.
THE ARCHAEOLOGY AREA IS A SIMPLE VOLUME THAT TAKES THE SHAPE OF THE BLIND WALL OF THE BUILDING NEXT TO IT. SEARCHING TO OPEN THE PERSPECTIVE TO THE RUINS AND EMPHASIZE IT, THE VOLUME IS CHAMFERED AFTER AN ANGLE ON THE CITY SIDE.
THE COMMUNITIES AREA IS THE MOST COMPLEX ONE, HOSTING ACTIVITIES THAT ENHANCE THE ETHNIC DIVERSITY. THE INTERIOR SPACES ARE STRUCTURED AROUND A SMALL PLAZA, THAT BECOMES AN OUTDOOR LIVINGROOM, THAT CONTINUES WITH A BURRIED INTERIOR GARDEN THROUGH RAMPS. THIS GIVES MOVEMENT TO THE BUILDING THAT BECOMES AN INTERACTIVE PLACE FOR PEOPLE.
EXHIBITION VOLUMES ARE PLACED DIFFUSED AND TREATED DIFFERENTLY, CREATING A SEQUENCE OF PUBLIC SPACES FOR ARTISTS TO PERFORM THEIR ART. THE ARTIST AREA IS SEPARATED BY A PROJECTION SCREEN WITH LEDS, THAT BECOMES A CANVAS VISIBLE FROM THE SEACOAST.
THE MORE PUBLIC PART, THE EXHIBITION ROOM, THE WORKSHOP ROOMS AND CLASSROOMS FOR EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY IS PLACED BETWEEN THE CITY LEVEL AND SEA LEVEL, WHILE THE MORE PRIVATE PART, THE ARCHAEOLOGY
THE BUILDING COMMUNICATES WITH THE SEA LEVEL THROUGH THE REPETITION STUDIOS AREA AND BY THE “TOWER”.
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COMMUNITIES
PAINTING
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LITERATURE A R C H I V E S T H E A T R E PERFORMANCES
GASTRONOMY EXHIBITIONS
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PLATFORM FOR CREATIVE ARTS & EXPERMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY AREA
FUNCTIONAL SCHEME OF THE CREATIVE CENTRE
ETHNIC COMMUNITIES AREA
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PLANS
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PERSPECTIVE OF THE OUTSIDE AMFITHEATRE - LIBRARY VOLUME
ETHNIC COMMUNITIES AREA COURT - PERSPECTIVE TO THE SEA THROUGH “THE GATE”
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SECTION THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES AREA
FACADE OF THE ENTIRE CENTRE - FROM THE SEA SIDE
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PERSPECTIVE OF THE UNDERGROUND INTERIOR COURT - COMMUNITIES AREA
PERSPECTIVE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY AREA AND THE RUINS
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SECTION THROUGH THE CREATIVE CENTRE
FACADE OF THE ENTIRE CENTRE - FROM THE CITY SIDE
PERSPECTIVE FROM THE SEA LEVEL - THE GREEN PROMENADE
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PERSPECTIVE OF THE EXHIBITION SPINE (THE PLATFORM FOR CREATIVE ARTS AREA
SECTION THE ARTISTS STUDIOS (THE PLATFORM FOR CREATIVE ARTS AREA)
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SECTION THROUGH THE MEETING ROOMS FOR ETHNIC COMMUNITIES
SECTION THROUGH THE AUDITORIUM
MEETING ROOMS FOR ETHNIC COMMUNITIES
OBSERVATORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE TOWER
20 | THE MATERIALITY AND THE VOLUMES ARE INSPIRED BY THE CONTEXT: THE BUILDINGS FROM THE PENINSULA CREATE A COLLAGE OF FORMS AND TEXTURES. THE VOLUMES EMBEDDED IN THE COAST ARE BLENDING IN THE LANDSCAPE BECAUSE OF THE STONE FINISHING, WHILE A WHITE COMPOSITION OF VOLUMES ARISES FROM THE SQUARE LEVEL WITH TWO VERTICAL ACCENTS MADE OF CORTEN STEEL THAT ARE THE CONNECTORS OF THE CREATIVE CENTRE. THE STRUCTURE IS MADE OUT OF CONCRETE BEAMS AND PILLARS, WITH A STRONG FOUNDATION MADE FROM PILES AND A FOUNDATION SLAB, WHILE THE VOLUMES EMBEDDED IN THE GROUND HAVE A STRUCTURAL WALLS SYSTEM MADE FROM CAST-IN PLACE CONCRETE.
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DETAILS ANF MATERIALITY OF THE BUILDINGS
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THE SYMBOL OF ARGAMUM
SPECIAL
STRUCTURE
LOCATION: Argamum, Jurilovca, Romania YEAR OF STUDY : COORDINATOR:
V Daniela
- Radulescu Andronic
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CONTEXT There are many places that we forgot about, like an old picture forgotten in a book. Important is not that we forget, but the act of rediscovery neglected places, the things that make you remember and cherish the past. One such place is the Citadel Argamum, near the village Jurilovca. A c i t y, a l a k e a n d a seashore are the ingredients of a steep site chosen for experimenting a public space that brings back the memories about forgotten traditions, landscape, history and the locals.
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CONCEPT The project can be seen a s a j o u n e y, a n i n s t i c t ual itinerary of an outside museum, where you are guided by paths, the citadel walls and intuition. The purpose is to become an icon, a signal for the place that not only helps locate yourself, but also the place, that it is used and apropiated by people through its function.
26 | 27 STRUCTURE The slenderness and translucence of the special structure makes reference to the fields of reeds. The structure is reinforced with horizontal wind-bracing.
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ARCHAEOLO GY SITE. The exhibition, placed underground, is a continuous space subdivided by inclosed boxes, where all the annexes are placed. It is complemented with zenithal lighting that creates an ethereal athmosphere inside.
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SIGNAL
The special structure rises from the underground/buried exhibition space, becoming a symbol in the landscape, that reminds you a b o u t t h e o l d l i g h t h o u s e t y p o l o g y. The building changes its form regarding the angle you see it along your itinerary to it, becoming a screen (that it could be used for p r o j e c t i o n s ) , b u t a l s o a s a t o w e r.
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II** | MATACHE GARDEN BUCHAREST R E T H I N K I N G THE SPACE OF A MARKET LOCATION : Boulevard Berzei - Buzesti Bucharest, Romania YEAR
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COORDINATOR : Daniela - Radulescu Andronic
34 | CONTEXT The project is located in an iconic place known not only as a market, but also as a place for gathering and meeting of t h e c o m m u n i t y, d e m o l i s h e d b y the authorities with the excuse o f t h e c i t y ’s m e t r o p o l i s a t i o n .
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AERIAL VIEW OF THE MARKET
36 | CONCEPT The idea was to dematerialize the space to bring back the memory of a place, in a manner adapted to the present and future requirements. In an urban tissue mutilated by anthropogenic actions under the guise of development, the project is found in a heterogeneous context, lacking coherence, landmarks or boundaries. Therefore, it tries to mediate the conflict between past and potential future strategies. The permeable and complex structure, embraces the fingerprint of the former market halls, which turns into a large garden and generates the surrounding space and movement. The space evolves from large areas, furnished and versatile depending on the season and needs, to green spaces, urban gardens, and mineral courtyards.
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GROUNDFLOOR
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The former Hala Matache is restored as a the manifest sign of its original footprint, this time i n a d e s t r u c t u r e d m a n n e r, v i s u al secluded from the outside, but discovered and perceived from inside. The newly built structure is divided into two main volumes, accessible from different points from the ground floor and visually permeable inside through the courts of light and walkways glazing. Dynamic spaces, vertic a l l y o r g a n i z e d l i k e a l i b r a r y, t h e market presents extensive visual openings. Horizontal or vertical movement, access gangways transforms the market into a familiar but complex mechanism that includes commercial spaces , public places or even small homes for the merchantss on top floors.
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SECTION THROUGH THE GARDEN OF THE MARKET
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M A I N FA C A D E
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SECTION THROUGH THE MARKET
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FA C A D E ( W I N E R Y A R E A )
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II***| SOCIAL HOUSING TRANSITIONAL LOCATION:
SPACES
street Mantuleasa, Bucharest, Romania
YEAR OF STUDY:
III
COORDINATOR:
Iulia Stanciu
46 | The project is located in an old part of Bucharest, with single and collective houses. The main problems of the site, that we were confronting with, were the blind walls of the neighboring houses and the big difference of heights between the left and the right part. This influenced the design approach, the proposal trying to mediate this disagreement in height by creating a bigger volume on the higher part and three smaller volumes, that are closer to the single houses scale, on the lower side
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The relationship between the public, semi-public and private space is emphasized in the volumes arrangement and design. It is a gradual transition f rom the public to the private space of the dwelling. From a generous public space, large corridors (in form of a cone branch) lead you to a garden, a more private space of the dwellers, but also to the block staircases, that are all connected with each other on the ground level. The contact between the interior and the exterior space is highlighted by the use of the gardens and terraces. The idea of gardens for the community is used also for the apartments on the ground level, each of them having a private garden, and it is recalled for the apartments above, through terraces.
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APARTMENT TYPOLOGIES - CIRCULATION NODES
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FACADES - DUPLEX APARTMENTS
FACADES - HIGH BUILDING APARTMENTS
FACADES - MAIN STREET
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CHARLEROI, URBAN TISSUE
CONTRADICTIONS LOCATION:
Charleroi, Belgium
YEAR OF STUDY: TUTORS:
Guido
IV Geenen,
Yuri Gerrits Jan Vermeulen
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CHARLEROI
CHARLEROI
URBAN DESIGN
Charleroi is a large industrial city in Belgium, located on the banks of r i v e r S a m b e r, t h a t l o s t i t s i n d u s t r i al glory and is suffering from major social, urban and economic problems. Nowadays, Charleroi is working to change the spiral of decline and to re-invent itself as a city of new industries.
The studio was primarily focused on the development of concrete strategies and a spatial model for the transformation of a comprehensible piece of urban tissue. It was wanted an exploration of housing typologies, different functions, public space, density and mobility issues. The main area of our focus was the indust r i a l v a l l e y, a l a r g e area of deserted and empty land, divided in five sites where different approaches were needed for an urban renewal.
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The chosen site was divided in two opposite types of urban tissue: a dense, compact and detailed one with small houses and a vague, open land with big industrial buildings
60 | U R B A N S T R AT E G Y The site has two opposite scales, both with very poor qualities, that left without any intervention will cause an INTERNAL FRICTION between the BIG scale buildings on OPEN land and the SMALL, DENSE scale houses. In order to avoid that, the strategy follows to use these CONTRADICTIONS and sharpen this CONTRAST e v e n m o r e b y D E N S I F I C AT I O N i n a c o n t r o l e d w a y. THE CLEARING (emptying) The ambition of this project is to use the empty industrial areas and make them into new attractive spots that give something back to the forming tissue (the small houses village). It n e e d s t o b e a n O P E N I N G i n t h e d e n s e r, m o r e e n c l o s e d u rban tissue, a place where it finds a connection with the river and the community that will develop and densify around it. THE EDGE (reconverting) The idea is to keep the existing buildings and to adapt them by reconverting into something that would better fit the small scale and open spaces around it. A combination of small and big scale. THE CLUSTER (adding) These industrial platforms could develop around public spaces or urban seeds that could help the tissue grow into qualitative urban space with different functions (dwellings, comm e r c i a l s p a c e s , o f f i c e s ) t h a t c o u l d c o e x i s t w i t h t h e i n d u s t r y.
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THE CLEARING
THE EDGE
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THE CLUSTER
T H E VA L L E Y
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EPHEMERAL CITY
w o r k s h o p H E L L A S T O C K
LOCATION:
YEAR OF STUDY:
Athens, Greece IV
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EPHEMERAL CITY The idea was to experiment with a single material or a combination of materials, resulting in the construct i o n o f a n e p h e m e r a l c i t y. T h i s t y p e o f c i t y l a s t s o n l y a s long as the workshops duration is and the participants experiment in fabricating their shelters for that time. Re-building from disaster is a proven need of the architecture practice as the world stands against unexpected events such as natural catastrophes. Experimentation over social habitation in extreme conditions is one of key features of HELLASTOCK 2014. E P H E M E R A L HA B I TAT I O N C E L L The project offers an idea for an ephemeral habitation cell that combines the space of daily use for living and interaction with the more intimate spaces. It emphasize the collision between the public and private, a current issue in our contemp o r a r y c i t y. Starting from the concept of the ephemeral wall, the spaces are defined by vertical, horizontal, rigid, fluid opened, closed walls. Thus to be said, the structure is separated into two main areas: a more private one and a public area, The private area provides hammocks or beds for sleep at different heights that are blocked visually by a long cascade fabric. Between the walls formed by the long fabric it is organized the living area: on the ground: swings, hammocks and a small library and above it a semi-public space to enjoy the greek sun. The fluidity and freedom of the fabric remind the traditional w a y o f d r y i n g t h e l a u n d r y, o u t s i d e , i n t h e w i n d , t h a t b r i n g s you back to the particular narrow streets of Greece.
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STRUCTURAL SCHEME WITH ALL THE TEAMS PROPOSALS FOR THE EPHEMERAL CITY
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The idea was inspired by Alexander Brodsky w o r k “ Yo u r P r i s o n�. T h e i n s t a l l a t i o n c o n s i s t s of a small closed cell (3 m large and 4m long) where the walls are crossed with ladders connecting small platforms. On different levels are located pieces of furniture which support the basic acts of daily living: cooking, sleeping, washing, studying. The automatism of living is exposed in the shape of a prison cell.
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PRIVATE AREA
COMMON AREA
PRIVATE AREA d e li m i t a t i o n
sleeping reading relaxation d e li m i t a t i o n
COMMON AREA
VERTICAL USE OF THE SPACE GRADUAL TRANSITION FROM MORE PUBLIC TO A MORE PRIVATE SPACE
PRIVATE AREA
COMMON AREA talking playing eating
FUNCTIONAL SCHEME - SPACE DIVISION
PRIVATE AREA
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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R h y t h m i c i t y LOCATION:
Knokke , Belgium
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LOCATION: Jeju Island , South Korea
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Changing of the seasons LOCATION:
Leuven , Belgium
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Space LOCATION:
warp
Leuven , Belgium