Urban design and Architecture Portfolio by Lavinia Andreea MARCU

avinia Marcu Portfolio

Phi losop hy . O bjec t iv e Hi! I’m Lavi, an urban design master student, and this is a selection of my most representative work over the last 5 years. I believe that as urban designers, we should create projects that challenge dogma. It is clear now that there is a new layer emerging, of social interaction over the ever changing city. I’m inspired by the increasing demand for human centered design around the re-arrange and re-use principles, as direct social confrontation has become a part of the urban design process. With experience in urban build form design, planning and architecture I am looking for rethinking urbanity in different ways, in a collaborative design environment. Personal information First name(s) / Surname(s)

Lavinia Andreea MARCU

Address Telephone(s) E-mail/contacts

1 Frederikstorv, floor 2, ap. 2 rightside, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark Mobile: +45 4168 5911 lavinia.a.marcu@gmail.com; linkedin.com/pub/lavinia-andreea-marcu/67/49/169; redbubble.com/people/laviniaandreea; issuu.com/M.Lavi Romanian 27 July 1989 Female

Nationality Date of birth Gender

Education and training Dates Title of qualification awarded Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Name and type of organisation providing education and training Dates Title of qualification awarded Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Name and type of organisation providing education and training Dates Title of qualification awarded Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Name and type of organisation providing education and training

2012-2014 Master Student in 1st year Urban Building Design and Technologies. Urban Planning and Urban Development Urban Design Master’s programme at the Department of Architecture. Design & Media Technology. Aalborg University. Denmark 2008 - 2012 Urban Planner. Urban Designer Urban Planning, Urban Design, Regional Planning, Architecture. IT and CAD elements “Ion Mincu “ University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest, Romania. Faculty of Urbanism 2010-2011 Erasmus Student Spatial Planning, Urban Design, European Union Politics and Planning Concepts Blekinge Institute of Technology,Karlskrona, Sweden. European Spatial Planning Master programme and Urban Design in China and Sweden Master Programme

Work experience Dates Occupation or position held Main activities and responsibilities Name and address of employer Type of business or sector

7th of February 2013- present Volunteer Student Volunteer work at the Student House CafĂŠ of Aalborg University Studenterhuset. Gammel Torv 10, Aalborg, Denmark Public sector

Dates Occupation or position held Main activities and responsibilities Name and address of employer Type of business or sector

16th of March- 20th of April 2012 Intern Research on urban planning legislation, official urban planning plans, Research on intercooperative programs and planning guides. Ministry of Regional Development and Turism, Romania Public sector

Dates Occupation or position held Main activities and responsibilities Name and address of employer Type of business or sector

July 2011- July 2012 Volunteer Graphic consultant. Consultancy and creation of various document layouts The Romanian Foundation for Democracy Public sector

Personal skills and competences Technical skills: Modelling and drafting. Rendering. Graphics.

Reasons to work together

3ds MAX AutoCAD RHINO 4.0 + Google Sketchup Pro Revit VRay Grasshopper VRay

european countries with different approaches in design in which I studied

nationalities I worked with in different design projects

cities I have worked on planning, design and architecture projects

Adove CS6 suite: Photoshop, Illustrator Indesign Microsoft Word

proficiency languages english and spanish

design fields in my romanian and nordic education: city planning, urban design, architecture, regional planning, interior design, painting,drawing

Social, organisational skills and competences

Mother tongue(s) Other language(s) Self-assessment English Language Spanish Language

Romanian English, Spanish Listening Reading Spoken Proficient user Proficient user

Team spirit through involvement in school projects; very good ability to adapt to multicultural and international environments; very good communication skills. Organized and detail-oriented, with a desire to learn and work in a collaborative design environment Motivated and passionate for arts and design theories Leadership, through seminar work Ability to work on several projects at a time, with overlapping deadlines Experience in project management gained through academic seminars and training . Other skills: hobbies: skiing, painting, design.

CONCONTENT

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URBAN DESIGN PROJECTS

MASTER NØRREBRO SWITCH

EXP. CONTAINER

FORM TO FLOW

BACHELOR THESIS

ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS

ARTWORK

BACHELOR

ROMAN HERITAGE AT CIGMAU FAZE I : URBAN & REGIONAL PLANNING

FAZE II : ARCHITECTURE

EXPERIMENTAL THEATER

URBAN HOTEL

SKETCHING ACRYLICS

LIFE IN THE PUBLIC SPACE OF MALMO

DILLEMAS OF THE SUSTAINABLE CITY

DESIGN TOOLS WORKSHOP

RECONVERSION OF VULCAN INDUSTRIAL AREA

01 Nørrebro SWITCH

Project Info Workshop : Designing Urban Mobilities Year and Institute : 2012-2013 Institute of Architecture & Design Aalborg University Duration and site location : 3 months, Copenhagen Collaboration with 4 team members ( role in project: mapping, concept development, level plans development and design, visualizations)

MAIN TASK

Project Nørrebro Switch deals with the design of a new metro station area, located in Nørrebro, West of Copenhagen. Nørrebro is characterized as a dynamic and multicultural district, whose inhabitants come from all over the world. The purpose of the project was to “challenge the box”, and by this challenge how traditional metro designs in Copenhagen are executed and how people perceive these places of movement. CONCEPT The concept is based on the metaphor of the switchboard, which means that the area is composed of many mechanical, social and functional switches, which generate impulses of flow of people and are connected in an efficient way.

INTRODU CTION TO THE SITE Instant hot spot Planned hot spot

The area around Nørrebro station is a functional and infrastructural node. The functions are dominated by residences and shops and the infrastructure is a chaotic knot of intersecting flows from S-trains, cars, busses, bikes and pedestrians. The vision is to create an area for Nørrebro station that function as a switch, by combining vertical layers of mobility . Furthermore the Nørrebro station area must be an area of transit and movement while still allowing space for friction and stay.

Main switch between modes of transportation Secondary switch

Switch:

A transition from one condition to another can be seen as a switch, it can work as an on-off switch or a more continuous transition, as a dimmer switch. The switch can be divided into 4 categories: Mobility

Mechanical

Each mobility mode constitutes a type of switch: bus stops, the car and bike parkings , the S-train station. TRANSPORT

FRONTSTAGE

BUS

PUBLIC FRONTSTAGE

BIKE

PRIVATE

BACKSTAGE MECHANICAL

FUNCTIONS MANUAL

TRAIN

USERS

AUTOMATIC

COMMERCIAL

MANUAL

TRANSPORT RESIDENTIAL

SOCIAL

RESIDENTIAL

SOCIAL

A switch can also be the transition between functions. The functions in the area are mainly shops and residences.

COFFEE RESTAURANT

MIXED

backstage

MECHANICAL

COMMERCIAL

MECHANICAL

AUTOMATIC

SOCIAL

Functional

The social switches are the transition from public to private and from private to public

BACKSTAGE

Social

Mechanical

Social

The automatic swich is the S-train station or the future metro station, where the trains run without any drivers.The manual switches are thePUBLIC bike parkings PRIVATE USERS

FUNCTIONS PUBLIC FRONTSTAGE

PRIVATE BACKSTAGE

USERS

MIXED COFFEE RESTAURANT

BUS

BIKE SOCIAL

TRAIN

PUBLIC FRONTSTAGE

PRIVATE BACKSTAGE

USERS

FUNCTIONS

TRANSPORT COMMERCIAL

RESIDENTIAL

COFFEE RESTAURANT

THE MAIN ENTRANCE The main entrance of the metro station is located in the middle of the square. The users can reach the concourse level either by using the slopes next to FĂ¸tex or the main stairs. Some shops confer new alternatives to the commuter, who is able to buy goods on the journey, whereas the explorer has commercial interests for using the concourse level. The ribbons produce shades, which create a unique experience in the heart of the station.

TITLE PROJECT

LEVEL PLANS. Ground level plan FLOATING BENCH RIBBON

ELEVATOR SKYLIGHT

THE SWITCH BOARD CONCEPT

BIKE PARKING

B’

VERTICAL GARDEN RELOCATING THE SWITCHES

CREATE A HIERARCHY MARKET RIBBON

A’ BIKE PARKING RIBBON GENERATE GRASSHOPPER RIBBON PATTERN

Concourse level plan ( -5.00 M ) RAMP

ETHNIC SHOPS

ESCALATOR

The ribbons in the concourse and metro level, create the furniture for seating and relaxing. The ribbons appear from the floor, and their movement create a bench. The angle of the movement is essential for the function it creates. On the concourse level the benches are for sitting down, creating a social switch; on the metro level we keep it as a machinery of mobility and it is therefore furnished with the leaning rail.

ESCALATORS TO M LEVEL 0,76m

SPICE SHOP

SKYLIGHT 0,45m

BENCH RIBBON

Ill. 52.1

SOUTH METRO ENTRANCE

SECTION B-B’

Metro entrance

Elevator Skylight Skylight

Føtex

Norrebrogade Skylight Ribbon Light instalation

Elevator

Main metro entrance

LIGHT PLAN This plan shows the lighting system at the project site. During night time the lighting creates a different atmosphere, and in this way it functions as a switch of experience. The lights follow the ribbons in both the ceilings of the metro entrances and in the pavement. This makes the lights function as guide lines, which lead people to the entrances. The lights are also implemented in the ribbons in the ceiling of the concourse level, which are visible in the skylights. Along the streets are regular street lamps placed to lit up the roads.

MAIN METRO ENTRANCE AND SQUARE AREA

02 EXP. CONTAINER

Project Info Workshop : Urban Design Year and Institute : 2013 Institute of Architecture & Design Aalborg University Duration and site location: 3 weeks, Aarhus Collaboration with 1 team member ( role in project: mapping, concept development, vizualizations )

MAIN TASK The main focus in this project is a design proposal for developing urban areas into ‘experience city designs’. This includes development of ‘urban catalysts’ and ‘performative urban environments’, which can enhance a vibrant city life based on learning and cultural exchange. The task is to develop a concept detailed design for urban intervention in a selected area of Aarhus, Denmark. The emphasis is put on the role of architectural design in relation to cultural planning and the ability to create diverse and performative urban environments with architecture as tool.

Introduction to the site : Godsbanen area in Aarhus.

Godsbanen area is a territory in the heart of Aarhus city, which has been part of an old industrial area mainly used by the train company DSB for warehouses, workshops and old train stations. Last years, the municipality of Aarhus started to renovate and develop the neglected area: as the first step of this process, a transfomation of the old train station into multifunctional hybrid cultural centre. As a part of the rehabilitation of the area, there has been created a new temporary program called â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Institute of Xâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, which aims to function as a catalist for cultural development and develops a variaty of programs where many young volunteers are practicing and improving their skills in music, handcrafts, gardening, architecture.

Shipping Container Student Housing The main concept of the project is re-using shipping containers for student housing. The area is devided on three layers - residential, cultural and hangout. The layers are separated functionally but not by location, since they are mixed in the area. Hangout areas are created between all residential clusters, on the open green areas as well as in the middle of the site. Part of the hangout layer are several performative architectural urban installations, inspired and created by reused local materials (containers, track slippers, pallets). These installations aim to bring adventure experience for the visitors and involve the local people, giving the opportunity to perceive the area in a new way.

Container module The student container housing is consisted by several clusters surrouding a common hangout area, as every cluster is created by five of the same type modules. The module is created by seven 12m containers, on three floors. Every floor is rotated in a different direction. The connection between all floors is through a circular staircase in the middle of the module.

Container groundfloor plan

Second floor plan

03 URBAN FLOW

Project Info Workshop : Form & Flow Year and Institute : 2012 Institute of Architecture & Design Aalborg University Duration and site location: 2 weeks, Copenhagen Collaboration with 4 team members ( role in project: concept development,model making, visualizations

MAIN TASK The workshop Form and Flow 2012 has the objective to strengthen our ability to design public spaces based on flow and mobility studies. The site is at Norrebro S-train station, and its main focus is to design an abstract way of connecting the 3 main mobility flow types: metro, S-train and ground level pedestrian movement.

SITE LOCATION

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

The NĂ¸rrebro station is a place of ex- The workshop is organized after the folchanges. lowing Flow design process: point, line, surface, volume.

First, it is connected to a lot of shops. From the platform of the station, everybody is able to reach a particular shop, such as a grocery or a restaurant. These kinds of shops are connected to the rest of the world themselves. For instance, the supermarket, FĂ¸tex, contains plenty of goods. These goods do not only come from Denmark. Some food come from the rest of the Europe, whereas electronic products come from China. So, only through the commercial chain, the station is in the heart of the connections and reflects the complexity of flows.

Model trials: finding new folding ways for roofing structure and stairs.

From this we started using different materials to make a structure on what we wanted to focus on in our design: mobility ways. As inspiration we looked on how the leafs of a lily flowe folds out, and how these â&#x20AC;&#x153;leafsâ&#x20AC;? could connect the different points on upper-, ground- and lowerlevel of our site, creating a connection between the S train to the metro station.

Master plan of the S train station and bridge, surrounding buildings and main metro entrance

S train station and bridge

04 Diploma. Roman Heritage at Cigmau Village

A UD

Project Info Workshop : Bachelor thesis project Year and Institute : 2012 Ion Mincu University of Architecture and UrbanismDuration and site location : 3 months, Geoagiu County, Romania I Individual project

MAIN TASK My bachelor thesis consisted of two main parts: First I had to create a startegy for developing Geoagiu county, a turism economy based area, and second, to chose one of the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s settlements, in my case, Cigmau Village, and to create a development scenario. The architectural project had to be connected to this strategy.

Development strategy for Geoagiu County LOCATION IN ROMANIA

Introduction: The high concentration of roman camps and cities remains in Hunedoara County, one of the most historical in Romania led me to the development of a development strategy based on turism. A key point in Hunedoara is the Geoagiu area, where the roman resort Geoagiu Baths attracts thousands of turists every year. In 2007, near Cigmau Village, part of Geoagiu area, the remains of the roman army camp Germisara were discovered., therefore the second part of this project is the archeolegical museum I have proposed in Cigmau. ANALYSIS OF CITY NETWORKS OF HUNEDOARA COUNTY ANALYSIS OF TURISM POTENTIAL OF GEOAGIU

ANALYSIS OF TURISM POTENTIAL OF HUNEDOARA COUNTY ANALYSIS OF INFRASTRCUTURE OF GEOAGIU

ANALYSIS OF INFRASTRUCTURE

Location of CIGMA

Proposed developm Ioan Budai-Deleanu archeological muse

Proposed infrastr the roman army ca

Site plan for developing Cigmau village

View from proposed Germisara Museum

U VILLAGE

TITLE PROJECT

Discovered in 2007

PROPOSED DEVELOPED AREA

ment: residential, housing, cultural house of u, one of the greatest romanian writers, eum Germisara

ructure for connecting the village to amp

05 Diploma. Roman Heritage at Cigmau Village FAZE II

Concept

GERMISARA Archeolegical Museum Ground floor plan

Composition guides from the commandment building Principia

View direction guides towards Mures River and the camp

Site plan

Basement plan East-West section Light plan in the exhibition room

East view

01 TITLE PROJECT Project Info Workshop : Urban Design Year and Institute : 2010 Duration : 2 months Collaboration with 4 team members

Interior view of museum

06 LIFE IN THE PUBLIC SPACE OF MALMO Project Info Workshop : Urban Design Year and Institute : 2011, Blekinge Institute of Technology Duration and site location: 2 months, Malmo Individual project

MAIN TASK Faze 1: To analyse the central area of Malmo ( done in gropus of 4 students) Faze 2: To select an active and one passive public space in the centre of Malmo, and propose a new design projects. “What are the main problems with public spaces? What is “good design”? How can we understand public spaces in central locations?”

SITE LOCATION: Triangle Square

The site is situated in a central area, where different flows of people,car,bicycles and buses interfere

Concept

The main concept follows the idea of connecting the new metro station area to the Triangle Square, therefore same pattern, shape and The main concept folows thethe idea of connecting the new station area to the colors are used Triangle Square, therefore the same pattern,shape and colors are used along the study path

Pavement circular elevated areas

M station

01 TITLE PROJECT The master plan as an open scene for shared space Project Info Workshop : Urban Design Year and Institute : 2010 Duration : 2 months Collaboration with 4 team members

Detailing

Light way at night along the path Light plan

Master plan

North-South section

07 DILLEMAS OF THE SUSTAINABLE UD CITY Project Info

Workshop : Urban Design Year and Institute : 2010 Duration and site location : 4 weeks, Gothenburg Individual project

MAIN TASK The design focuses on the transformation and renewal of an old industrial urban area in Gothenburg

Site localisation

Restaurant

House Expo area

Access Access

Mall

have small shops ground floor

Concept

01 TITLE PROJECT The organic position of the exhibition houses led to the development of a new path structure inside the exhibition area

Project Info

The public spaces have a simple and efficient design, consisting of straight lines in the pavement, which connect the office buildings to the central square in the site.

Workshop : Urban Design Year and Institute : 2010 Duration : 2 months Collaboration with 4 team members

The shape of the office buildings next to the highway are inspired by the natural shape of the terrain , with the changing heights ,and sloped roofs, and also by the shape of the lots.

MAIN TASK

shapes

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The bus stop,because of its position next to the highway, connects the public to the main shops in the area, offices , the hotel and the exhibition area The offices are connected among each other, and on one side they are connected with the main bus stop . All offices are connected directly with the underground parking and the public square

Master plan

08 DESIGN TOOLS WORKSHOP Project Info Workshop : Urban Design Year and Institute : 2010, Blekinge Institute of Technology Duration : 1 week Individual project

MAIN TASK To develop a design concept for a light bollard, and other urban furniture

TITLE PROJECT

09 RECONVERSION OF VULCAN INDUSTRIAL AREA

Project Info Workshop : Urban Design Year and Institute : 2009, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism Duration and site location : 2 months, Bucharest Collaboration with 2 team members ( role in project : mapping, concept development, master plan development.

MAIN TASK Faze 1: To analyse the industrial site , to find the biggest problems and potential development ideas. Faze 2: To develop and design a new function for the area -Transforming a former industrial site into a gathering point-

Site and neighborhood approach: A former industrial area ready for reconversion, is surrounded by collective housing, a park and mall. After the mapping on site faze, the buildins state was too poor to be keeps, therefore the new housing and cultural area we proposed will be integrated.

Master plan and sections

OFFICE OFFICE

MAIN TASK

OFFICE

HOUSING

TITLE PROJECT Historical landmark

PAVEMENT PATTERS BENCHES WATER

COMMERCE RESTAURANTS P+6 MUSEUM P+6

OUTDOOR TERRASES OUTDOOR TERRASES COMMERCE P+4

GLASS CONNECTIONS

CONCERT HALL P+4

MUSEUM P+4

10 EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE

Project Info Workshop : Architecture Year and Institute : 2011, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism Duration and site location: 4 weeks Collaboration with 1 team member ( role in project: concept development, plans, visualizations)

MAIN TASK To analyse the site of the proposed theatre and to develop a theatre project, taking into consideration the localization of the site , in the centre of Bucharest, surrounded by a park and historical buildings.

Site location

Proposed master plan and surrounding buildings.

Functional plans

11 URBAN HOTEL

Project Info Workshop : Architecture Year and Institute : 2011 Duration and site location: 2 months, Bucharest Collaboration with 1 team member ( role in project: mapping, concept, plans development, visualizations)

MAIN TASK To analyse the urban site and its surroundings, its central location and relation to one of the most central park in Bucharest, and also reconsider the existing historical building on the site. To develop an urban hotel project and its design.

Site location

Surrounding buildings

The historical building inside the site is a former clinic, and will be reconverted into an exhibiton and high end shop, and integrated into the structure of the proposed urban hotel

Groundfloor plan

3rd floor plan

Visualization of the backside of the hotel, and conference and restaurant area

12 SKETCHING and ACRYLICS personal work

TITLE PROJECT

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