Portfolio by Lýdia Pčolová

Lýdia Pčolová architecture portfolio

CURICULUM VITAE

Lýdia Pčolová, Ing. arch.

*17.04.1990 Snina Agátová 7 066 01 Humenné Slovakia pcolova@gmail.com +421 902 998 830

EDUCATION 2000 - 2008 Gymnázium Snina, foreign language course 2008 - 2014 bachelor and master studies Technical University in Košice, Faculty of Arts Architecture and Urbanism WORK EXPERIENCE 2014 Intern Reinter - construction department Humenné 2013 Junior architect Miquel Lacomba Arquitecte Palma de Mallorca 2012 Intern Reinter - construction department Humenné 2011 Designer Ceramic - bathroom studio Humenné LANGUAGE SKILLS English fluent Russian intermediate German beginner COMPUTER SKILLS ArchiCad, AutoCad, Artlantis, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, SketchUp OTHER SKILLS reliability, creativity, communication skills, team player driving license type B HOBBIES AND INTERESTS travelling, cooking, music, piano, board games

FABRIK PARK

GREEN LAY

Tabacco factory transformation

Urban interior

San Francisco Fire Department

SFFDH

Tokyo Replay Center

Humenné city center redesign

Park Anička

TRC

URBANISM Košice

HUMNÁ/ BARNS

PROJECTS

DANCE CENTER

FABRIK PARK /

transformation of Tobacco Factory Košice The Tobacco Factory dates back to the year 1851. The factory lost its purpose with the decline in the local tobacco industry however the reconstruction and transformation to a cultural center was a key stone in the success of the project - Košice - European Capital of Culture 2013.

Tabačka Kulturfabrik is now cultural scene, member of Trans Europe Halles, place where a close relationship between the community, visitors and the city is emphasized. At the start of my diploma theses interviews were held with the owners of the complex, government officials and the director of the cultural project. The most fitting design and approach in revising the area was regarded as “soft transformation”. However, reconstruction plans for the area were not solving the problem of complicated entrances, empty atria and the evasion of abandoned buildings. The new plan envisions the main entrances connecting every building of the Tobacco factory to the parks within the compound in an easy manner. In addition many novel domestic and leisure structures were devised. The different heights provided by the car garages, parks and various facades yield a playful and intriguing division of the space. The atria are accessible and opened to the outside courtyards joining the life of artists with the visitors of the cultural center.

GORKÉHO ST.

KOMENSKÉHO ST.

GARBIARSKA ST.

07 STROJÁRENSKÁ ST. 1. café 2. multipurpose hall 3. apartments with ateliers 4. ateliers, art shops 5. art residents apartments

6. gardening center 7. cinema 8. outpost for concerts 9. workshop station 10. other activities outpost

tobacco factory objects

flowers

designed objects

green areas

paths and platforms

ČARDA 1.1 café 1.2 stairs 1.3 storage room 1.4 toilet 1.5 toilet 1.6 storage room 1.7 entrance ORAVA 2.1 conference hall 2.2 day bar 2.3 terrace DETVA 3.1 atelier M 20 4.1 art shop 4.2 atelier 4.3 atelier 4.4 art shop ZORA 5.1 - 5.3 apartment TARASBUĽBA 6.1 gardening center 6.2 stairs 6.3 storage room 6.4 checkroom

UNDERGROUND FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

ČARDA 1.1 atelier 1.2 stairs 1.3 apartment

ORAVA 2.1 atelier 2.2 apartment

DETVA 3.1 apartment

DETVA 3.1 atelier

ZORA 5.1 - 5.3 apartment

THIRD FLOOR PLAN

SECTION AA

SECTION BB

FLOOR PLANS 1-5

OBJECT DETVA

GREEN LAY /

urban interior, KVP - Košice competition - 2nd place

The aim of the competition (Revitalization of damaged promenade) was to design a passage between apartment buildings at KVP quarter in Kosice. The area is absent of green zones, outdoor playgrounds and any recreational structures. Currently, the space is concrete and lacks “flavor”. The premise is to create a green space with a one line multifunctional furniture structure - green lay that runs alongside the main pedestrian path. The green lay consists of swings, benches, climbing walls, lights, flower pots and recycling bins. The green lay is continuous over the entire length of the path with seasonal shifts within the construct. In winter the former fountain, now basin, may be available for ice skating, whereas in summer the water ameliorates and adds a cooling touch to the concrete quarter. The project encompasses also the triangular empty spaces between present adjacent buildings, filling those with winter gardens helps to form projections outward from the novel path reaching and infusing both environments.

PLANS OF FURNITURE

architectural concrete | Gore Design Co.

Mushroom wood | Gore Design Co.

architectural concrete | Gore Design Co.

Biotecture - sustainable living walls

SFFDH /

San Francisco Fire Department Headquarters

The idea of the proposal is to create a central fire station as a solid, “unbreakable” volume and at the same time remind the disaster of 1906. It’s situated in the center of the plot, as well as the park, where 3000 pieces of the cube got shattered. They create the memorial space and also the public space with museum, cafés, areas for sport activities and infocenter. As you walk through the park, the changing perspective changes the perception of the static volume. What looks solid from one side, looks completely shattered for another one. Interior space is as open as possible and everything is hidden in a modular system of the furniture. San Francisco can rely on the Men surrounded by the broken walls, strong yellow columns and the best equipment to ensure the safety of the city. Team : Matus Gibala, Lydia Pcolova , Katarina Sucikova

ELEVATIONS

INTERIOR VIEW

FLOOR PLANS

POSITION STUDY

SECTIONS

04 TRC/

Tokyo Replay Center

The aim of this competition was to develop a new leisure center in central Tokyo. A complex with numerous private media rooms (similar to popular karaoke rooms) where groups of friends can go to see old anime, to watch classic films, or to play video games in a private setting where they can feel comfortable. The Tokyo Replay Center aspires to become a reference point in this culture of leisure, a must for “otaku” (people with a keen interest in manga, anime, and video games) and all people interested in technology. The site chosen for the competition is in a typically Japanese plot, 15m wide. The urban grid is made up of very narrow and long plots, together with high density of tokyo it forces most of the buildings to grow in height. Concept of the project is to create the game where it’s not possible to get bored. Cubes are falling down, creating loose structure with lot of outdoor spaces, places to interact with people or hide in your private area. Players can choose “difficulty level” of the game, depends on the mood for exploring the cube world and have fun while finding the right way or better finish the mission quickly. Everytime you come back, the new game is waiting for your mind to be exercised.

restaurant

shops

auditorium

medium r.

small r.

large r.

SITE PLAN

ELEVATIONS

MEDIUM

EASY

HARD SCHEME OF THE GAME

SECTIONS

Humná/

Barns by Laborec, Humenné

The main objective of the idea is to improve the existing southern square in Humenne by the incorporation of small simple shaped buildings, reducing the oversized space and yielding novel functionality. Townhouses in the southern city center in Humenne are a means to bring livid domestic housing, cafés, restaurants and various small shops to an area with great potential and harnessing the local river - Laborec. Currently, the southern center is empty consisting of dated socialistic buildings and without a connection to nature. Revitalizing the existing structures can create new environmetns - green, urban, intimate, public… The cold and concrete area is fused with wooden elements on the green line to lighten and fill the space. The green line is stretching from the northern castle down to the Laborec and paints rooftops on its way. The parterre on the green line contains alternating functions as e.g. services, cafes, shops may offer a needed commercial boulevard.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

THIRD FLOOR PLAN

FOURTH FLOOR PLAN

SECTION AA

SECTION BB

EAST ELEVATION

WEST ELEVATION Curent structure of the city center - loose, incompact. Loss of intimacy,

NORTH ELEVATION

Filling the existing structure with new objects, These are situated in the strict line - different distances from existing buildings creates new microplazas and streets. Rediscovered phenomenon of water

Creating mesh of streets, varying dimensions, different atmospheres. Mixture of functions - public services and retail on the ground floor, housing on upper floors

SOUTH ELEVATION

SITE PLAN

CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND DETAILS

SECTION AA

DETAILS OF STAIRCASE

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SITE PLAN

Dance Center/

Anička Park, Košice

The Dance center is situated on the border between the multifunctional and recreational zone in the Anička Park in Košice. The concept connects nature with the aesthetics of motion and further isolates the busy highway in the west of the center. The contrast between the two main facades is marked by the impression of a great rock in the park. Transition from the urban traffic and the rough windowless outer facade of the complex into the livid green wedge full of trees is visible. The Dance center is composed of three volumes, all-encompassing different functions: 1) dancing school 2) café 3) a wellness center. The “zigzag” layout of the building separates the calm portion of the center from the dynamic space. Dance becomes public through the visibility of such events from the gallery of the café surrounded by crystalline area where the perpendicularity is not present.

NORTH ELEVATION

SOUTH ELEVATION

SECTION BB

SECTION AA

SECTION CC

EAST ELEVATION

WEST ELEVATION

1.1 SAUNA 1.2 RELAXATION ROOM 1.3 YOGA, PILATES 1.4 DRESSING ROOMS 1.5 DRESSING ROOMS / INSTRUCTOR 1.6 ENTRANCE HALL 1.7 MULTIFUNCTIONAL HALL 1.8 DANCE HALL 1.9 CAFÉ 1.10 STORAGE ROOM 1.11 COLD WATER BASIN 2.1 ADMINISTRATION 2.2 GALLERIA 2.3 STORAGE ROOM

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Košice - sever/ Urbanism

I. AND II. QUALITY ROADS COLLECTOR ROADS III. CLASS ROADS BYROADS PATHS STATIC TRAFFIC UNDERGROUND GARAGE TRAM RAILS BUS STOP

Aim of the study is to improve Watsonova street, pedestrian crossings across it and design new architectural solutions in this dysfunctional area. Proposal is to create new city road and and solve the complicated intersection at the Festival square. An important goal is to solve the entrances to Rozalia cemetery, the Botanical garden and static traffic problems of the area.

DESIGNED ROADS 4 LANE MOTORWAY 2 LANE MOTORWAY PEDESTRIAN ZONE HIGH QUALITY GREEN AREA CEMETERY

46 ROADS PATHS PARCEL OF SINGLE HOUSE SINGLE HOUSE POLYFUNCTIONAL BUILDINGS APARTMENT BUILDINGS HIGHER PUBLIC AMENITIES PUBLIC AMENITIES GARAGE PUBLIC GREEN SPACES CALVARY CEMETERY ROZALIA BOTANICAL GARDEN DORMITORY CHAPLES ON CALVARY PLAYGROUND UNDERGROUND PARKING PARKING

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