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Malene Vinther Portfolio

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Malene Vinther Architect PROFILE Danish architect with a deep understanding of multiple scales, strong technical skills, and ability to effectively transform ambitions into elegant and visionary projects that have a positive impact on their surroundings. Experience from several architecture studios, a developer’s office, as well as from starting my own firm creating architectural visualisations.

EDUCATION 2017 - 2019 M.Arch. The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen Urbanism & Societal Change 2018 Spring Exchange RMIT University, School of Architecture and Design, Melbourne Design of Town Centre / Various software courses

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2016 Summer Visiting School Architectural Association School of Architecture, London Workshop resulting in a website and exhibition

+45 28712284 vinther.malene@gmail.com

2013 - 2016 B.Arch. The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen Institute of Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape

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2010 - 2011 Kunst & Design Dansk Talent Akademi, Holstebro Art foundation course

2018 - 2019 Visualisation consultant Self-employed, Copenhagen Freelance visualisations for architects and designers 2017 Spring Architectural internship JAJA Architects, Copenhagen Project areas: Residential, Landscape, Educational, Institutional, Cultural 2016 Autumn Architectural internship Holscher Nordberg Architects, Copenhagen Project areas: Masterplan, Residential, Commercial, Educational 2014 - 2016 Office assistant TK Development A/S, Copenhagen Administrative work and insight in developers work.

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Tradition & Change School, Copenhagen

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Reconsidering RosengĂĽrd Housing transformation, MalmĂś

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Behind the Billboard Town Centre, Melbourne

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City of Storage Planning strategy, Copenhagen

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Pit Stop Studio Health and sports, Copenhagen

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Shrinking Cities Landscape, Stege

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Water Pocket Public space, Maputo

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Student Housing Housing, Copenhagen

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Tradition & Change

Sluseholmen, Copenhagen, Denmark Spring / 2019 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Tutor: Deane Alan Simpson

This project concerns the design of a new public school

can be shared more widely. It appears though to have

in Sluseholmen. Schools have a long history of change

been difficult for the municipality to predict correctly the

and are constantly adapting to new needs and ideolo-

rate at which they need new schools, causing more chil-

gies. At the same time they form an important part of

dren to be taught in temporary pavilions or being moved

community through their traditions and daily routines.

to other schools.

The project seeks to explore the intersection between the school as something that is continuously developing,

An adaptable school design and spaces open for ex-

while maintaining the important aspects of the school

tended hours are essential to meet both the demands

as a place of community.

of supporting the local community and embracing the

Tradition & Change Spring / 2019

difficulty in predicting future needs. The design of this

While schools historically have undergone many chang-

school is not seem as a finished creation, but rather as a

es, the importance of the school as a place does not

framework for the continuing evolution of learning, while

seem to disappear any time soon. Rather it seems to be

acting as a central place of community in Sluseholmen,

enhanced as they are becoming more multifunctional

a former industrial area of the southern harbour of

and are assigned to be a focus for the local community.

Copenhagen, currently being transformed into a modern

Hereby acknowledging that the assets in the schools

housing area.

Tradition & Change Spring / 2019

the auditorium in the ground floor.

can be moved up to create a higher ceiling for

os. For large assemblies and ceremonies they

ranged to adapt to different learning scenari-

suspended group rooms that can be rear-

The building for the secondary school has

SITE PLAN

Sluseholmen consists mainly of introvert housing blocks. The school breaks the typology by placing three buildings in a composition that creates two open public spaces, while ensuring a sense of enclosure. This way the schoolyard can also be used as a public meeting space after school hours.

The main line of existing trees is preserved, while the more scattered trees are replanted to form a roof over the playground in the north-eastern corner.

Tradition & Change Spring / 2019

The primary school/after school care is placed on the edge of the canal. The secondary school is pushed back towards the neighbouring office building, and the sports towards the road.

Tradition & Change Spring / 2019

dock extra classrooms on the water.

nario, and the canal offer the opportunity to

to extend the build vertically in a future sce-

playground space. The flat roofs make it easy

The rooftops of the buildings are utilised for

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PUBLIC LANDSCAPE

Tradition & Change Spring / 2019

LEVEL 3

The classrooms for the secondary school have balconies on one side, and group niches on the other side. The sliding walls allow the rooms to be combined into one long open space to be used for different projects and collab-

Tradition & Change Spring / 2019

orations across classes.

The classrooms are separated by different storage/wardrobe elements containing sliding walls, which can be repositioned during the day to adapt to different learning scenarios.

The wood column structure of the building can be easily adapted in the future, to transform the building to other ways of using and dividing the space.

The primary school and after school care share their spaces, and the sliding walls can be opened up, to adapt to the

For temporary needs of extra space, more of the suspended group rooms could be added, or pavilions could be placed on the stepped landscape. While the canal offers the opportunity to dock extra space on the water.

In a future scenario the rooftop playgrounds could be become included as indoor spaces, just like the covered space by the canal might also be included.

Tradition & Change Spring / 2019

different uses during the day.

Seen from the drop off point, the existing tree line creates an avenue between two of the buildings, while the crowns of the replanted trees form a roof over the green space, giving it a more intimate atmosphere. As the children arrive in the morning, the sun meets this

Tradition & Change Spring / 2019

part of the site, creating an interplay of light and leaves when sunlight filters though the trees.

The car park currently on the site is replaced by a multi-storey car park - creating a barrier towards the road while creating a stepped play landscape. By lifting the sports hall, it creates a view to the harbour opposite of the road. The rooftop is enclosed by the lamella

Tradition & Change Spring / 2019

faรงade which acts as a fence for the ballcourts.

The building is placed right on the edge of the canal, and underlines the long view down the canal. Room or platforms could be docked

Tradition & Change Spring / 2019

into the space, for a temporary use of extra space.

The stepping down towards the canal could be used as the base for excursions, especially in the afternoon and evening when the sun is lower in the sky and lights up the steps. It could also be used for public events, or simply as the place you rest, when talking a walk

Tradition & Change Spring / 2019

through the area.

Reconsidering Rosengård

Rosengård, Malmö, Sweden Collab with Charlotte Lin / Autumn / 2018 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Tutor: Sonja Stockmarr

Rosengård is one of the most violent areas in Sweden.

We suggest a restructuring of the business model. Could

14,7% of the youth has one or more crime sentences,

Rosengård be transformed from the inside, by enabling

making it is apparent there is a problem with the young-

the residents to make it their own, by increasing the

er population. The neighbourhood has a high moving

sense of agency?

frequency, and the population is replaced every fifth year.

Reconsidering Rosengård Autumn / 2018

We propose breaking down the area into smaller cooper-

These facts made us curious, could Rosengård become

atives. Smart technology would help enable a democrat-

a better place to grow up, more like a home, less like

ic process and eliminate complex contract paperwork.

an institution and place where people stay longer, form

The decision process is broken down into smaller parts,

strong social relations to reduce crime in the area?

and the people, who are actually influenced by the decision, will now have a say.

We find that the current business model enforces the feeling of being in an institution, as a huge area is con-

We imagine that the new cooperatives would introduce

trolled by very few. The over-controlled environment with

more diverse ways of living in Rosengård. We analysed

its many rules and regulations, may essentially push

the current plan, and were inspired by alternative dwell-

people to move out.

ing models, to imagine the new housing.

CURRENT BUSINESS MODEL

INTERVENTION SCALES

Outdoor area

Block

PROPOSED BUSINESS MODEL

Stairway

Apartment

Reconsidering RosengĂĽrd Autumn / 2018

Rosengård

Reconsidering Rosengård Autumn / 2018

Contrary to what one may think, Rosengård

mall.

located centrally, just north of the shopping

the centre of Malmö. In Rosengård, our site is

is not a suburb, but located relatively close to

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Fixed Load-bearing walls Vertical cores

Fluid Non-load-bearing walls Doors and windows

Divisions 3 x two-room 6 x three-room Enclosed balconies

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Existing Plan

Reconsidering RosengĂĽrd Autumn / 2018

D Departments dwelling (The divorce model) Many children of divorce move between their parents each week. A project from Birk & Co deals with the issue by building so-called divorce apartments, which consists of two separate apartments. In the middle of the apartments is an area with childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rooms. The doors can one week be closed to one parent and the next week closed to the other.

F Flexible Family dwelling (The alcove model) The flexible family housing is inspired by the traditional alcove space, where the sleeping area is a part of the main living area. Similar to the traditional alcove, sliding walls in the flexible family housing may open or close spaces as needed to accommodate

Reconsidering RosengĂĽrd Autumn / 2018

a large family.

Reconsidering RosengĂĽrd Autumn / 2018

S Single person dwelling (The student model) The single dwelling is inspired by several student housing models amongst others Christiansdal youth housing at Odense Harbour (plan above). The unit is reduced to one room of minimal size containing only the most nesseasry functions; a kitchenette, toilet, closet and sleeping/ living space.

E Experiential dwelling (The “Half A House” model) In Chile, half a house is built for low-income families. The project provides the grounds for people to build themselves. This has shown to bring forward a feeling of agency and beloning to ones dwelling as it may be built on one’s own terms. The concept was that housing should be conceived of as an on-going project. This eventually turned into incremental building to provide affordable

Reconsidering Rosengård Autumn / 2018

low-income housing

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C Collective dwelling (The “ShareHouse” model) The ShareHouse, a collective living model for four or eight families, transforms the spatial and social design of housing. Spaces such as the kitchen, pantry, laundry area and bathhouse are shared. The ShareHouse acts as a machine for liberating domestic work by turning it into social work and promotes a non-gendered space with a sense of solidarity between women and men. Consequently, it releases the perceptions of affective

Reconsidering Rosengård Autumn / 2018

labour by bringing it into the foreground.

Behind the Billboard Spring / 2018

Behind the Billboard

Wyndham Vale, Melbourne, Australia Spring / 2018 RMIT University, School of Architecture and Design Tutors: Dean Boothroyd, Marc Jacques, Oskar Kazmanli-Liffen

The suburbs of Melbourne are sprawling rapidly, and

Driving through Wyndham Vales’ landscape of emp-

town centres of big box supermarkets facing boring

tiness, the many lampposts and billboards drew my

car parks are placed in each new town. The constraint

attention as being the one tall element that stood out.

of this assignment has been to use the usual big box

This inspired the view from the road – the word PARK

elements of the town centres, but arranging them differ-

created by the lampposts. Driving past the new town

ently to create better public spaces and give the specific

centre the word flashes before your eyes and disappears

town centre a unique identity.

just as fast.

In my scheme I choose to have the supermarket en-

I place a pedestrian square in front of the train station,

trance as part of my main public space. Along with spe-

and the car park to the side. Both the people arriving by

cialty retail and the community centre it frames the main

car and by train enter into this same main space.

public space, which is coloured with yellow road paint on concrete hills. Seen from the train station the painted

The top floor of the multi-level car park is incorporated

space creates an illusion of a clear graphic image, but

as a public space during non-peak hours. Here, skate

when standing in the space, the image dissolves, and it

ramps and a basketcourt are placed between the bays,

functions as a road crossing and a playground.

to be used when the car park isn’t full.

Behind the Billboard Spring / 2018

space is kept pedestrian only.

car park is placed to the side, and the central

pedestrian circulation. In my town centre the

designed for the car, with no thought given to

It seems that the usual town centres are often

Rapid housing development

Polaris Town Centre, Bundoora

Wyndham Vale

Where life is sweeter

Non peak hour

Wyndham Vale

Wyndham Vale Train Station

Billboard framing a public space

Supermarket entrance

Corner of Smith St and Gertrude St

Stockland Town Centre, Point Cook

Behind the Billboard Spring / 2018

Made for cars

Car park / Skate park

Soccer field

Supermarket

Retail

On-grade car park

Retail Retail

Multi-deck car park

Climbing gym

Behind the Billboard Spring / 2018

Playground

Student Housing Semester 4 / 2016

View from road

Driving through Wyndham Vales’ landscape of emptiness, the many lampposts drew my attention as being the one tall element that stood out. This inspired the view from the road – the word PARK written by the lampposts.

When analysing car parks it was interesting to see how they were only used on weekdays. This influenced the idea of using the car park as public space during non peak hours or days. Skate ramps and a basket court are placed between the bays, to be used when the car park isn’t full.

The analysis of Smith St and Gertrude St showed a way of having a billboard exist in the same space as a public space. This generated the idea of using the main public space as a billboard for itself. Seen from the train station the public space creates a clear graphic image, but when standing in the space, it functions as a road crossing and a playground.

The climbing gym has an angled wall to create visibility through to the site, and the climbing wall then becomes part of the public space.

Behind the Billboard Spring / 2018

View from train station

City of Storage

Copenhagen, Denmark Collab with Marcus Vesterager/ Autumn / 2017 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Tutor: Deane Alan Simpson, Sonja Stockmarr

As we see how self-storage buildings have multiplied

the â&#x20AC;&#x153;use and discardâ&#x20AC;? culture, and self-storage ends up

across the city, they have drawn our attention as they

being the easy alternative to just throwing away.

take up space that we think could be used for something more productive. At the same time the population of Co-

As the city of Copenhagen increasingly densifies and

penhagen is increasing, and the level of urbanization of a

more of the industrial areas are converted into housing

country is known to be an important driver for self-stor-

areas, will we end up pushing more of our storage out of

age demand; for many Copenhageners a storage unit is

the city? Could we perhaps provide a solution within the

the only solution to living small. However, many custom-

municipality of Copenhagen?

City of Storage Autumn / 2017

ers initially believe it is a matter of a month or two, but

and more and more customers use their storage units

People use storage for different reasons and so our

for years on end. Essentially the belongings in stored

strategy consists of four different tools that each focus-

self-storage can be viewed as wasted resources. Initial-

es on a different group of people. By combining the four

ly, we saw the proliferation of these massive boxes as

parts of the strategy we get a broad strategy that covers

emblematic of the consumerist society of the Danes. But

different areas of the municipality, and together they

perhaps it could actually be seen as just the opposite.

offer various alternatives to self-storage while creating

Perhaps people are actually trying to move away from

better public spaces in the city.

City of Storage Autumn / 2017

About half of the self-storage facilities in

living spaces might drive this industry.

ity we also see the connection to how smaller

of dwelling area per capita in each municipal-

Copenhagen. By mapping the average amount

Denmark are located within 40 minutes from

Seasonal supply Small dwelling area

City of Storage Autumn / 2017

By mapping the dwelling areas of Copenhagen that are below 50m2 per capita, as well as seasonal activities, we suggest having small units of storage spread around in the city to provide seasonal equipment such as kites, sleds or skates for the urban outdoor life in Copenhagen. This will provide equipment for people who do not have space for it in their home, and invite the Copenhageners to more spontaneous play in the city, as well as prevent people from owning a lot of stuff themselves.

Street vending license Large dwelling area

City of Storage Autumn / 2017

We suggest to make it easier to sell your private items on the streets of Copenhagen. As self storage seems to be even more profitable than parking, could we offer people a new type of license to use street parking spaces within the payment zone, as street vending? People would pay the same price as if they had parked a car, but they would be able to sell their item more easily to their neighbours and bypassers, all while contributing to a lively street life.

Modifying / Modernizing Moving often

City of Storage Autumn / 2017

Statistically people around the city centre move more often than the outer areas. We suggest incorporating furniture workshops in the small urban recycling stations. When people move, they will come to the workshops to modernize or modify their furniture to fit into their new home or lifestyle. Furniture waste will be freely available to use directly at the workshop, to create new items or to fix the old ones.

Library of Objects Staying in dwelling

City of Storage Autumn / 2017

We suggest incorporating object lending into existing libraries. Here people will be able to lend everyday objects and provide tools that the inhabitants might not else have access to. As we see how todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s libraries have changed from simply being a place where you lend books, to having a focus on being communal places for cultural events, lectures, art exhibitions, and study rooms, we think that this could become part of a new sharing neighbourhood community.

Pit Stop Studio

Bispeengbuen, Copenhagen, Denmark Spring / 2016 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Tutors: Lea Olsson, Frederik Emil Seehusen

Tisvilde

Helsinge

Hillerød

Lillerød

Farum

The knowledge society is characterized by physical

Værløse

inactivity and stress. In order to achieve a better balance health culture must fit into a busy schedule. Bispeengbuen is a symptom of an increased pace in

Gladsaxe

society, and on the site the bridge creates a division between a local urban space beneath the highway, and regional reach above. The project is seen as a

København

physical and mental pitstop for the many motorists who daily commute between work and home. A place

Frederiksberg

to slow down and become part of the local urban

Pit Stop Studio Spring / 2016

space. The program on the upper floors consists of

yoga studios, health treatment and spa, while the ground floor holds a café and auditorium which can be used in connection to the local activity space under the bridge.

~50.000 cars daily on Bispeengbuen

Pit Stop Studio Spring / 2016

Nordre Fasanvej

Urban Activity Space

Auditorium

Café

Reception

Kitchen

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Treatment

Lounge

Treatment

Hot

Shower

Change

Flex studios

Group studio

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Relax Steam Cold

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Flexible studios divided by curtains

Central atrium and meeting rooms.

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local activity space under the bridge.

um which can be used in connection to the

The ground floor holds a cafĂŠ and auditori-

Shrinking Cities

Stege, MĂ¸n, Denmark 6 week USC workshop, Spring / 2016 The Royal Danish Acedemy of Fine Arts Tutor: Lea Olsson

In the absence of education and job opportunities large

I wanted to adapt the abandoned industrial waste site

groups of people move to bigger cities leaving behind

to fit the needs of the increasingly elder population of

empty rural towns in Denmark. With the town of Stege

Stege, as well as become an attraction for tourists to

on MĂ¸n as a setting, the assignment seeks to illustrate

visit. In order to make the area accessible I implement-

a vision for such areas, using the isometric scroll as a

ed long boardwalks that make it possible to cross the

fixed format.

wetlands and lakes, and to walk along the coastline.

Shrinking Cities Spring / 2016

Along this route there are different points that provide

The ambition of my project was to explore how one may

new ways to experience the landscape such as shelters

transform an industrial landscape and have it return to a

and observatories. I also introduced new types of pro-

new nature. My chosen site is a large area of earth ponds

duction that would support the leisure activities. I added

connected to the old sugar factory in Stege. In earlier

an apple plantation and placed it surrounded by existing

days, when the sugar beets had been washed, the waste

houses and the new cafĂŠ. I added a algae farm to add

soil and water was moved out to these earth ponds. Due

a new function to one of the ponds, and persevered the

to the different water levels of the ponds the area quickly

old sugar factory, which is currently used as eel farming

attracted a rich wildlife, which eventually made it a pro-

and recirculates water with the earth ponds to promote

tected area.

biodiversity.

Leisure 2: Platform

Leisure 3: Bird observatory

Leisure 4: Shelters

Leisure 5: View tower

Production 1: Eel farm

Production 2: Apple plantation

Production 3: Algae farm

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Leisure 1: CafĂŠ

Water Pocket

Maxaquene B, Maputo, Mozambique Autumn / 2015 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Tutors: Lea Olsson, Frederik Emil Seehusen

The bairro outside of Maputo city is a fine mesh of con-

In order to protect their houses the citizens here build

nections, series of changes and exchanges. The people

thresholds of concrete, or place their houses retracted

who live there know the system, and are every day

from the road. This creates great value in the dry season

deeply dependent on it. But this dependency makes life

as it causes openness and a shared public space which

instable when Mozambique three months every year is

otherwise is a rare sight in the bairro. On the site the

dominated by heavy rain. Because of a lack of drainage

children play sports and games, while the thresholds

systems the roads in the bairro become inaccessible,

and slopes invite you to stay and have a seat.

and the system crashes. The opportunity to set up your food stall, or go to work in Maputo city disappears.

The architecture of the building accommodates the rain-

Water Pocket Autumn / 2015

water so that it becomes a constructive element that the

On the selected site the rainwater is both a destroy-

people of the neighbourhood can draw benefits from.

ing and a constructing force. The site is a crossroad

The project is placed by the road and acts as a pocket

between a dirt road and two narrow paths. In the rain

that collects and cleans the water. The function and

season the road is filled with such an amount of water

appearance of the basins varies as the seasons change.

that it appears as a river. When the water runs down the

The building resting on the sides of the basins contains

road it erodes material, and creates a sloped landscape.

a water learning centre.

Water Pocket Autumn / 2015

In order to protect their houses from flooding

which otherwise is a rare sight in the bairro.

it causes openness and a shared public space

This creates great value in the dry season as

place their houses retracted from the road.

the citizens build thresholds of concrete, or

Water Pocket Autumn / 2015

Threshold

3D print of existing site

Sloped edge

Water Pocket Autumn / 2015

Water Learning Centre resting on the sides of the basins

Water capturing basins in wet season / soccer field in dry season.

Water Pocket Autumn / 2015

water learning centre.

resting on the sides of the basins contains a

varies as the seasons change. The building

The function and appearance of the basins

a pocket that collects and cleans the water.

The project is placed by the road and acts as

Student Housing

Papirøen, Copenhagen, Denmark Autumn / 2014 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Tutor: Frederik Emil Seehusen

In earlier times architects planned, to a greater extent,

The project suggests a more gradual transformation

cities where nothing else before existed. Today we must

of the island rather than demolishing all traces of the

often transform places with a more heterogenic char-

past. The project is a dormitory that falls within the near

acter. Since Christiansholm was constructed in 1695

context, reads the current qualities of the site and pre-

the island has accommodated many different uses.

serves them. It is placed within the excising rhythms of

Today it is called “Papirøen” and is dominated by big

columns from the largest warehouse, and in extension

warehouses which used to store newspapers. The large

of an existing passage.

Student Housing Autumn / 2014

structures are occupied by a food market, experimentar-

ium, and offices for creative companies. It is a place with

The ground floor contains a space for public events,

great diversity in sizes, varying permanency, traces of

which can be opened up towards the promenade. It con-

time, and layers of transformation. Time and decay are

tains a scene, wardrobe, bar and toilettes. When moving

incorporated as parameters, as change is the only con-

up in the buidling you follow a long set of stairs on the

stant. Amongst the many mixed typologies on Papirøen

facade which gives the residents a peek to the social life

appears a combination of long narrow passages, tall

on every floor. The individual rooms are placed on the

rooms, and large open spaces.

opposite facade towards north.

Student Housing Autumn / 2014

promenade.

events, which can be opened up towards the

The ground floor contains a space for larger

Student Housing Autumn / 2014

Flow

Permanence

Divisions

Student Housing Autumn / 2014

Temporality

Student Housing Autumn / 2014

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