Portfolio 2014 Marija Mateljan by Marija Mateljan

marija mateljan portfolio

2014 132

140

Field Condition

Elementary School

2012 122

112

106

086

078

056

026

006 Master Thesis

Scenography Hamlet

Block Badel

Pathe Cinema Redesign

Noorderkemopen Sanatorium

Urban Soundcloud

Resilience NL

Playful Learning Environment

South Works Chicago

t?f CRO

Architectural Topography

Minimal Living in Nature

Architectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Workspace

Exhibition Space

Studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Club

Family House

Residental Neighborhood

Extreme Sport Showroom

Office Block

City Planning

224

218

210

202

194

186

176

164

156

150

content

architecture technical

urbanism

experimental abstract

2008

South Works Chicago

Questions how to develop a sustainable and productive strategy in an area experiencing rapid decline and recession, without resorting to traditional and outdated techniques of Masterplanning.

Since 1980, the number of megacities, cities with a population of at least 10 million people, exploded from 4 to 21. In this day of “Rapid Urbanization” and “Mega Cities”, Chicago has seemed to have missed the memo: per the 2010 US Census, Chicago was the only ‘major’ United States city to see its population decrease. (its population drops to a low not seen since 1910.) Conventional “Masterplan’ and Urban Design strategies, both academic & professional, tend to focus on strategies for rapid urbaniz¬ation and transformation from cities to mega cities. However, areas, which are experiencing the com¬plete opposite, i.e. economic & population decline need a fundamental change in approach to urban development strategies…

CONCEPT With the sustainable use of the existing infrastruc¬ture and with the emphasis on linearity of Chicago urban tissue, the program is strategically inserted with an intention to create relative tensions gener¬ating further urban growth. Insertion Points are strategically placed. First insertion points are each well defined, while, further growth is unpredictable but controlled. Spines evolve because insertion points generate fluid program [not mono-func¬tional] sharing facilities between them. Between the insertion points, along the spines Linear Clusters emerge.

Master Thesis (Part 1)

PROBLEM STATEMENT

How to develop a sustainable (adaptable) and productive strategy in an area experiencing rapid decline and recession, without resorting to traditional, and perhaps outdated techniques of Masterplannig?

PROGRAM Program is divided in three categories which overlap, creating hybrids. Commerce is related to the existing Commercial Street, the backbone of the South Chicago neighborhood. Production creates opportunity for direct employment while Leisure improves the life quality of the people from the surrounding area. This programmatic choice covers the secondary, tertiary

and quarterly economic sectors providing diversity of employment while requiring diverse working skills and educational level as well as attracting various investments and people from wider Chicago area and beyond. RESEARCH Three Case Studies have been chosen to investigate the urban parameters of the city in three different scales. They have been compared and overlaid with the South Works site. Urban parameters such as physical and visual distances between iconic buildings, programmatic linearity and the density of public program have been analyzed in order to inform the urban strategy for the South Works site. Additionally, the “ARSENAL” of insertion points was created as a result of studying verious projects (size, spatial requirements for each program, etc.)

The Spine

To confirm the large-scale “masterplan” strategy, one spine has been developed in detail. It is expected that

this spine will emerge first because of the existing water canal and the massive ore walls used by the former steel factory which already make attractive landscape elements. Three catalyst buildings are positioned along the canal, establishing spatial tension with one another. The canal is conceived as a recreational water element that can be used for various summer and winter activities. Buildings are: 1.Creative Incubator (inviting visitors when approaching the site) 2.Playful Learning Environment (bridging the canal and providing circulation on multiple levels) 3.Performance Center (serving as a dam which defines the canal as an enclosed micro ambient)

* Part 1 is group work with H. Ĺ midihen and N. Gyulkhasyan, Part 2 is individual work. Sep 2013 - Feb 2014 Tutor - Mitesh Dixit

masterplan

1 2 3 4 I

Water Line

Lake Shore Drive

Commercial Street

1 2 3 4

branching

insertion points

spines

strategy

scientific essential creative

educational

business communal

infill

overlap of program

growth

references

200

600

200

arsenal

Shopping Mall

linear clusters

Vocationa

Linearity from the context specificity of the chicago grid + Clusters economically feasible model of development

Cultural Center

Food Pa

Day Care Center

Distribution Logistics Fish market Harbour Warehouses

IT Research Center Energy Station

al Center

Data Center

Fashion Factory Furniture Factory

Science Center

Data Storage

Creative Incubator Co-working spaces

ackaging

n Center

Night Clubs

Reuse Factory

Recreation+

Restaurants

Recycling Center Performance Center SW Headquarters Convention center

Short Stay Housing Hotel

growth

The Spine

planned production spine

education recreation

performance

production

existing water canal existing ore walls

planned leisure spine

connecting blocking

a.b.c. joined water sports a. pedestrian

inviting

b. car parking

leisure spine start

production spine

c. back alley

The Bridge / PLE

Playful Learning Environment is a programmatic combination of learning and recreation which addresses low educational level in South Chicago and acts as a catalyst of further urban development.

Playful Learning Environment is a programmatic combination of learning and recreation which addresses low educational level in South Chicago and acts as a catalyst of further urban development. Learning and Recreation are intertwined through PLAY which is the main leitmotif of the project.

low educated communities interactive learning could make a greater impact on the overall education.

Master Thesis (Part 2)

WHY PLAYFUL LEARNING? The project is focused on the subject of playful learning through hands-on and body-on activities which is in contrast with the existing condition of passive learning focused on academic pursuits. The idea was that revealing talents at early age might encourage children to pursue vocational schools, craftsmanship and other creative professions, as an alternative to pursuing university degree which is not affordable to everyone, especially in the United States. The building operates on multiple levels, as an attraction point for the city of Chicago and as an education catalyst for the surrounding neighborhoods. The starting point was that the idea of children’s museum should be reinterpreted. Positioned in an area surrounded by

RELATION TO SITE Building is a bridge connecting two sides of the canal. On the south side it lies on the ore wall which is the main public pedestrian pathway connecting 3 inserted buildings and in the North it extends to the park. Putting program on the bridge encourages crossing and erases spatial borders. The idea of the bridge resulted from thinking about how to activate the existing water canal. The idea of utilizing an existing landscape element as a generator of urban development was a starting point for positioning the building above the water. In this way vertical relation with water is established. BUILDING COMPONENTS 1. Swimming Pool On the North side of the canal ground is excavated and the swimming pool is positioned inside the excavation. Water level of the swimming pool is in the same

level as the water of the canal. In the summer facade facing the canal opens and the canal itself becomes an outdoor swimming pool. 2. Trusses Trusses are cores. They contain all the sanitary premises and administration offices as well as enable continuous circulation through the building on multiple levels (ground floor level, ore wall level), also the vertical circulation. 3. Playground Playground is a continuous surface which sometimes gets enclosed in a volume becoming a part of the interior. Each volume has a unique atmosphere and is focused on a different phase of learning process (showoff, net-work, cave, lab, hill and jungle). Playground is accessible directly from the ground floor level from the both sides of the canal or through the trusses. SOUTH WORKS PLE is confirming the proposed large-scale “masterplan” solution by establishing visual and spatial relations with other two buildings located along the canal.

Project operates simultaneously on the local level of the neighborhood, integrating the existing community with the new development, and on the global level establishing the interaction between the site and the city center. Check out the “masterplan”! ALTERNATIVES Project has a couple of alternatives. In the first phase only the swimming pool and a single truss could be built. In that case swimming pool is an attraction point inviting people to cross the canal and the truss enables crossing. If, with time, the number of people visiting the South Work site increases truss can grow into the playground surface - a leisure platform, complementing the existing recreational program and accommodating public events.

Feb 2014- Jun 2014 Tutor - Mitesh Dixit *Part 1 is group work with H. Šmidihen and N. Gyulkhasyan, Part 2 is individual work.

CHANGE through P L A Y ! learning through PLAY < > PLAY through learning recreation through PLAY < > PLAY through recreation

core

playground

volumes

CAFE

SHOWOFF

NET-WORK

CAVE

LAB

HILL

JUNGLE RESTAURANT

view theatre

view park

transformer presentation show what you made / learned

encounters fun socialization

physical activity

private concentration introspective process group work communication

experiment crafts hand-on and body-on work

climbing

physical activity

greenhouse cultivation food health

POOL

physical activity

bridge structure a. ladder b. roof c. spine organization a. extraverted b. introverted

bridge volume a. fragmented b. continuous

program a. building + bridge b. two buildings balance c. building = bridge section a. straight b. curved volume support a. hanging b. captured c. lying infill a. stretched b. overhangs c. pixelized outdoor & indoor a. carving volumes + light holes b. leisure platform + volumes c. volumes and platform intersect articulation a. walls with roof and floor layer b. individual volumes c. walls with inserted elements

Resilience NL / t?f Resilience NL explores the potential and spatial consequences of the shale gas extraction in the Netherlands. It presents 3 consequential catastrophic scenarios and 9 preventive strategies concerning energy resources. There are two directions in which the Netherlands could go in terms of energy. First direction chooses the path of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;renewablesâ&#x20AC;?, while the other one sticks to fossil fuels and their newer versions, such as shale gas. The flowchart represents the overview of the developed ideas.

The Why Factory Studio - TU Delft Feb 2013 - Jun 2013 Group work - 2 person Tutors - Felix Madrazo, Winy Maas, Jeroen Zuidgeest

Explores the potential and spatial consequences of shale gas extraction in the Netherlands. Presents 3 consequential catastrophic scenarios and preventive strategies concerning energy resources.

DECENTRALIZATION

DIVERSITY

CLUSTERING

INTENSIFICATION

EQUALITY

ALLIANCE

SIMPLICITY

FLEXIBILITY

SELECTIVITY

DISPERSITY

End of Fossil Fuels

flowchart

DO IT YOURSELF! (local)

A. a.1

decentralization

a.2

diversity clustering

Shock 1

CELL FUSION (regional)

How to deal with energy scarcity?

Renewable Energy

Fossil Fuels

Shale Gas fracking

EVERYBODYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ENERGY (global)

a.3

alliance

The flowchart represents the overview of the developed ideas.

c.1

DISPERSION (national)

b.1

SCATTERED WOUNDS (regional)

Land Scarcity

Water Pollution

dispersity

c.2

selectivity

VERTICAL REMAINS (regional) intensification

b. b.2

BLACK HOLE (regional)

c.3

intensification

TRAVELING FACTORY (national)

Shock 3

Where to move people, animals, agriculture?

Shock 2

How to deal with environmental damage?

flexibility

c.4

BRABANT ISLAND (national) simplicity

a.2 Cell Fusion Country is divided into energy cells that are independent, self-sufficient, supplied by a local resource. Energy footprints are surfaces occupied by energy infrastructure needed for energy production. They differ according to the type of resource exploited. Radius and location are variables which depend on each other. Location determines type of resource. Type of resource determines cell radius.

cell permanent role: selfsufficiency based on specificity

cluster cell temporary role: backup plan based on diversity cluster

medium priority

high priority hospital firestation bank police

school museum library theatre low priority housing business

energy living business

high priority hospital core powerplant (solar)

low priority farmland core powerplant (nuclear)

medium priority school

cluster

low priority housing core powerplant (wind)

Within each cell program is distributed according to the priority level based on vulnerability. High priority buildings such as firestations and hospitals are covered with several energy sources, unlike the low priority housing and business which are covered only with one. This kind of prioritization of program within the village/city significantly affects spatial planning and requires reorganization of existing villages/cities.

b.2

50 m

Fracking shale gas could significantly damage Dutch land as well as water resources because shale gas footprint overlaps with: large drinking water resources, agricultural areas and farms.Moreover, permeable soil type (sand) in Noord Brabant would enable toxic elements to spread easily.

100 m aquifer 500 m

800 m 50 m 100 m aquifer 500 m

800 m

1000 m

1500 m

2000 m

shale rock

Legenda drill - radius = 1 km aquifer

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s-Hertogenbosch

Tilburg Breda

water well L

lake 28 km2

aquifer border

circle r=1km

Black Hole Black area is the region of NoordBrabant. Part of the region which contains shale gas underground is completely covered with drills. Water undeneath the area is polluted. Cities are contaminated. Maximum shale gas extraction has provided maximum profit.

grid 4x4 km

Eindhoven

Clean Land

Concrete Segregation Tank Clean Water

Livestocks

Soil

0km

Sand

axo a. Pumping the water above ground and creating an artificial lake. Extraction facilities are underground. Toxic hole stays isolated underground without polluting the new lake and surrounding groundwater.

1km

Aquifer

2km

Converntianl Gas

3km

Shale

4km

Shale Gas

Storage Tank

0km 1km

Drilling Rig

Soil Sand Aquifer

2km 3km 4km

Converntianl Gas Shale Shale Gas

axo b. Underground water that would be polluted is pumped out before the drilling process has started. Water pumped from the aquifer serves as an artificial lake (with clean water) surrounding the toxic area. Toxic area stays isolated within the lake boundary.

Shale Gas Storage Tank

Exhausted Water Drilling Rig Extraction Water Clean Land

Drinking Water

Soil

0km

Sand 1km

Aquifer

2km

Converntianl Gas

3km

Shale

4km

Shale Gas

0km 1km

Soil Sand Aquifer

2km 3km 4km

Converntianl Gas Shale Shale Gas

Due to area being covered with drills and production facilities, people and animals are moved. Air and water are polluted as well as arable land. Compensation for the land loss should be found somewhere else.

One way to prevent water pollution caused by hydraulic fracturing is to create an 'Aquifer Bypass'. By protecting the underground water in the drilling radius, a possibility for environmental damage would be significantly reduced. Bypass means isolating part of the underground water that would be polluted with drilling wells from the rest of the underground water.

aquifer

c.2

Vertical Remains Accumulation of all the activities from the destroyed part of the region in the remaining area of the same region.

c.4

Brabant Island Dislocation of all the activities from one region to a new island in the North Sea, same in size. Economical compensation for the land that is going to be destroyed due to shale gas extraction is to be provided by the gas company and invested in building the island.

c.3 Greenhouse

Travelling Factory is a ship with greenhouses which travels around the world capturing favorable sunlight and rain in order to increase the production of fruits, vegetables and other plants. It consists of cargo ship structure with sliding rails that enables moving the units according to each plants sunlight requirements.

Living Crew Greenhouse

Water Storage

Animal Farm

M A D E I N 35.4112째 N, 135.8337째

Engine Cold Storage

Urban Soundcloud/ t?f

Explores how real-time urban data streams could influence the experience and shape of physical urban fabric. Sound clouds generate diversity in the public space of Rotterdam.

The project explores how real-time urban data streams could influence the experience and the shape of the physical urban fabric. Sound clouds generate diversity in the public space of Rotterdam.

ate city identity by reflecting identity of its inhabitants. Primary focus is creating opportunity for people to change their own surroundings with not much effort by establishing conditions for random encounters and introducing surprise in the repetitive daily routine.

It is widely known that music is important to people. It relates to human emotions as well as creates atmosphere in the public space. The idea was to analyze what people are listening to, draw conclusions about their emotional state and examine possible consequences of this emotional map on the life in the built environment. Rotterdam is a specific city because it is rebuilt from scratch after the 2nd World War. It does not have a strong historical identity in a form of a historical core or visible building process through time. Instead, the urban fabric in the city of Rotterdam is new, generic and chaotic. Project tends to explore how to recre-

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Soundcloud devicesâ&#x20AC;? in the neighborhoods are capturing music from real-time passers-by and reproducing it out loud. Each neighborhood generates its own sound-cloud. The project has impact on 3 levels: 1. personal level (in a form of an eye contact, surprise in daily routine, unexpected interaction) 2. neighborhood level (change in the atmosphere, changed routes or daily habits) 3. city level (reconfigured public space, redefined city identity).

City collects information from each Neighborhood Soundcloud, analyzes this information and reacts, for example, by adding new program in the existing urban fabric. Different scenarios spice up everyday life, encourage people to physically interact with one another and redefine their environment. Besides, population is no longer distributed according to their social or economic status, but instead, different groups of people are dispersed and intertwined with one another.

type: academic / The Why Factory Workshop year: April 2013 group work: 3 person

16 18 18 22

Volume is related to the proximity of the person. When person is closer to the device, music is louder. The device is equipped with proximity sensor, wifi connection and speakers. Proximity sensor chooses one person to retrieve music from.

MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

SUN

22 24

7-9 am

24 7

9-12 am

minutes

LEGEND

no music interval

music interval

85 dB

12-14 pm

UNIT = 1 MINUTE song playing

14-16 pm

15m

16-18 pm

18-22 pm

22-24 pm 5 min 20 min 24-7 am

no music LEGEND

On / Off

85 dB

0 dB

50 m

What do these devices look like? What do these devices look like? trash can

trash can

street light

floor

Devices are hidden in the urban furniture (trash can, street light, floor). They are supposed to be visually imperceptible. Wi-fi connects to personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smartphone, retrieves music that the person is listening to at the moment (trough headphones) and speakers reproduce the music out loud. Song is simultaneously being saved on the neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s network (soundcloud) which can be accessed via the internet.

In the neighborhood around Meent street in Rotterdam there are three types of space with different geometry: market (open and linear), square (enclosed and central) and street (enclosed and linear). The potential for an eye contact as well as the relation between the volume and the space geometry were analyzed. For instance, in the street person is forced to reach maximum volume in some point while in other two cases that is avoidable by keeping distance

Impact is on three levels in two different time spans: real-time impact (personal level) and long-term impact (neighborhood level, city level). On the city level, project suggests governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intervention, for example, by adding a new program in existing neighborhoods. In other words: redefining public space as a result of analyzing data from the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emotional map.

minute

real-time

day

week

year

long-term

Sanatorium

The project combines nursery home for elderly people and performance center for young artists. Sticking a public program (performance) to an isolated program (nursery home) is an attempt of dislocating public program from the city center. Seemingly incompatible programs complement one another creating a fun rehabilitation space near Antwerp. Elderly, who are usually isolated and often suffer from depression, are surrounded with youngsters, being included in everyday life, participating, having the opportunity to observe the development of the show. Young performers, on the other hand, get an omnipresent audience while developing their show. Different generations meet in the space and interact. On its own, program is isolated while performance is being developed. However, the product (show)

Combines nursery home for elderly people and performance center for young artists. Seemingly incompatible programs complement one another creating a fun rehabilitation space nearby Antwerp.

brings the city to the isolated site. Project deals with collision between inclusion and exclusion, nuances between presence and absence. Spatial idea was to superimpose different elements, to make them collide in one single volume. Concrete floor slabs that make the basis of the sanatorium are intersected with performance halls which are a constant attraction, a dynamic factor that brings everything together.

MSc1 Studio - TU Delft Sep 2012 - Feb 2013 Tutor â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Filip Geerts

The project is a composition of two buildings that are connected with a pedestrian pathway. Pathway penetrates the highway bypass expanding the site of the main building on the other side of the road. Small building is a sort of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;garden pavilionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; that floats in the neverending greenery.

location

highway

conditions developing - isolation

integration in public territories amsterdam

rotterdam

dynamic noorderkempen

static

antwerpen

paris antwerpen

isolation - only accesible by local train amsterdam

noorderkempen

border

antwerpen antwerpen

product - integration

antwerpen

Location is ambiguous. It is, at the same time, isolated and integrated in the public system of the city of Antwerp. Local train connects the location with the Antwerp city center while international fast trains pass through the Noorderkempen station without stopping, connecting the biggest European metropolas. This ambiguity of the location was the main inspiration for creating a building which is permanently isolated and temporary integrated in the public realm of the city of Antwerp.

antwerpen

dislocation of public

fence in the city

dislocation from the city

attaching public program to isolated and

permanent isolation and temporary pub-

dislocating them together

licness

ground floor plan

section a-a

elevation s-w

section b-b

elevation s-e

Unite dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Habitation

roof plan

Pathe Redesign The building is wrapped in a two-layer high-tech envelope supported by a new structure which emphasizes the tension of massive floating projection halls and interacts with the square. The redesign proposal changes the entire building. Facade no longer has an independent supporting structure. On the contrary, supporting structure of the facade is attached to the reinforced existing loadbearing structure of the projection halls. The new structure mostly consists of prefabricated steel tubes (Ă&#x2DC; 200 mm circuÂŹlar hollow section) connected in a stable triangular system. Tubes are organized in parallel frames along the building. These frames are conÂŹnected with each other in the longitudinal direction with additional steel tubes of the same diameter. Finally, stability of the structure is achieved with diagonal cables placed in some of the structural modules of the facade. In the nods where steel tubes meet wind load is transferred to the main structure of the building and further to foundations via angled and horizontal tubes. Building Technology - TU Delft Sep 2012 - Feb 2013 Tutor - Arno de Vries

Wrapping the building in a two-layer high-tech envelope supported by a new structure which emphasizes the tension of massive floating projection halls and interacts with the square.

Badel Block

The aim to re-configure and articulate the urban density and architectural variety of the townscape by conceiving a ‘Fortress of Urbanity’ which consists of the Cube, the Slab and the Platform.

The Badel Urban Redevelopment constitutes a strategic urban “attractor” for the city of Zagreb. Proposal interprets the design brief in terms of an urban programmatic repair and spatial re-composition by augmenting publicness, integrating existing formal and informal amenities and reusing urban morphologies. The aim was to re-configure and articulate the urban density and architectural variety of the townscape by conceiving a “Fortress of Urbanity”. The Badel Urban Redevelopment turns the intervention area almost into a blank canvas, leaving only a couple of industrial remnants open to an entire reconfiguration of the public and private spaces. The typical Zagreb perimeter block is a very familiar urban element, which we used to define new interrelated squares on this compound. Both the rectangular and cubic perimeter blocks are distinctive bodies. Their “grand courtyards” or voids accommodate cultural facilities (West side) and an existing open air market (East side). In terms of placemaking, we have conceived three distinctive places:

1. The Cube + Destilerija Square (West): It is a welldefined cubic courtyard situated in the west side of our site. It incorporates two existing factory buildings; 2. The Slab + Market Square (East): It contains the extension of the existing open-air market with its marquees. Its rectangular form follows the axiality of the Batrul Kašić green square; 3. The Platform: It is the public spatial articulator of all pedestrian flows and connections at the ground level, a transitional space.

Badel Site Redevelopment Competition March 2012 - April 2012 Design team - 4 person: Cristian Suau http://www.ecofab.org/ Joris de Baes http://www.debaes.eu/ Nikolina Muža

1/500

section 1 1/500 0

1/500

facade unfold 1/1000

Scenography Hamlet

The cables are the ghost, the initiator of the action which brings suspicion into the main character and stimulates him to action. An infinite number of scenes is created with a single element.

There are two elements on a black background: suspended black hooks and white cables. The cables are the ghost, the initiator of the action which brings suspicion into the main actor and stimulates him to action. The ghost is an omnipresent passive observer. It acts indirectly through hamlet, through his “madness”. Hamlet activates the ghost by grabbing the cables and communicating with them. For other characters the ghost is nothing more than part of space, a requisite. With every new act, the setting of the basic cable construct is planned. Within certain scenes the actors are redesigning the cables, getting entangled in them, hanging them on the hooks, thus creating an infinite number of new scenes with a single element. The scene is a “variable constant”. The scene may

sarcastically represent a caricature-like ghost (like a bed-sheet ghost), when cables hang from the central hook and disperse uniformly. Also, the psychological symbolism is visible in various scenes. For instance, the scene in which cables are wrapped around Gertrude (in a shape similar to a wedding gown) can be interpreted as her being wrapped in the ghost of her murdered husband, being entangled in her own conscience...

Stage Design – Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts Apr 2011 - May 2011 Group work - 2 person Tutor - Darko Bakliža

Field Condition

Explores the possibility of dispersion of residential function outside the existing residential volume because of the observed lack of space and the respective reduction of the quality of living.

The task was to create a field with the emphasis on the collective experience and interdependent connections among individuals. The field is defined by the relations among elements.

of the field include minimal usurpation of the ground floor surface and keeping the existing trees. In the context of a residential neighborhood, three buildings can function as a whole and they can organize between themselves a joint communal area. Such communal constructs would allow connecting several residential neighborhoods thus creating an additional field in the area of New Zagreb where social backbones are formed mainly by shopping centers and the market facilities. In case buildings are introverted, the field which they generate can be a literal extension of residential function (transition of the field into the vertical plane). Other possibilities include complete dispersion or formation of smaller groups of units. Further implications of the field could be general reorganization of flats and a considerable change in lifestyle. Interestingly, the field has been defined by the human relations, but these relations could be redefined again as a result of the generated field.

The project studies human relations in the residential context (within residential neighbourhood, residential building and apartment). These relations have been used as the potential for generating the field. The project explores the possibility of dispersion of residential function outside the existing residential volume because of the observed lack of space and the respective reduction of the quality of living. The solution has been presented through the application on the new-Zagreb urban district ZapruÄ&#x2018;e. The field is a system which consists of the plug-ins determined by the architect in order to avoid chaos, and the elements (their position and functions) defined exclusively by the users. The development of the field is unpredictable. A layer of function resulting from human requirements additionally defines the field. Each family is given one unit and is free to use it anyhow (relaxation, work, reading, garden, storeroom). The given conditions for the creation

Af/SC Workshop 19 Sep 2011 - 25 Sep 2011 Tutor â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mia Roth Cerina, Peter Miskovic

floorplan b

greenhouse

garden

section a-a

swimmingpool

section b-b

storage

room

Elementary School

The age-based analysis of social contacts has produced two different forms of interior space for younger and older children. Multifunctional school has the capacity to support various programs on the city level.

Considering a notable lack of hierarchy in the area, attempt was made to construct a new morphological and functional centre in this part of the city. By elevating the first floor and ‘disintegrating’ the main object towards the lower-height buildings in the west - a floating appearance, as well as, the spatial domination of the school - were created. The functional component is emphasised, as the school gains capacity to support diverging programs and happenings not only on the district level, but also on the city level, thus becoming multifunctional. On the site, three large public spaces are defined which enhance life quality of people in the area. School also has large garden which stimulates children’s physical activity, not so immanent in current educational system. The idea of interior organization is the gradual infiltration of the outside into the inside space, as well as the creation of the central ‘gorge’ which collects common spaces of all the levels. The age-based analysis of social contacts has produced two different forms

of interior space for younger and older children. Older children on the first floor have classrooms organized around “squares” with mini atriums. Each square has one main classroom which can be extended to the atrium. Square is a suitable format for interaction and communication between older children and it can accommodate various scenarios, especially because classrooms with complementary program were grouped together. On the other hand, classrooms on the top floor meant for younger children are organized around “streets”. Streets are spatial format suitable for movement and exploration, necessary activities in the development of younger children. Each classroom has its own garden so that lessons can be organized

Design Studio – Zagreb Faculty of Architecture Sep 2010 – Jan 2011 Tutor - Mia Roth Cerina

City Planning

Analytical study of a city segment around Heinzelova street in Zagreb has produced a proposal for the revitalization, reconstruction and new construction, which would establish a new identity of space. The solution consists of eight key points related to traffic, urban development and program and it is a very direct followup of the existing elements. Urban Planning â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Zagreb Faculty of Architecture Sep 2010 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Feb 2011 Tutor - Jesenko Horvat

Analytical study of a city segment in Zagreb has produced a proposal for the revitalisation, reconstruction and new construction, which would establish a new identity of the space.

existing occupied and high quality suitable for expansion and renovation areas with no particular quality unbuilt area

Office Block

The block is broken into smaller modular units. While the rigid block layout is kept, a vertical shift enables connection between the interior business square and the planned park on the South. Variable heights and the form of the block refer to the old residential blocks of the TreĹĄnjevka district.

Design Studio - Zagreb Faculty of Architecture Jan 2011 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Apr2011 Group work - 3 person Tutor - Sanja Gasparovic

Block is decomposed by fragmentation into smaller modular units. A rigid block layout is kept but a vertical shift enables the interference of the interior business square with the planned park.

Extreme Sport Showroom

A massive cube breaks down into two volumes, each with different structure. The most complete project in a technical sense, elaborated on the level of working design.

A massive cube breaks down into two volumes, each with different structure. The surfaces which resulted from the cut are glazed, whereas the external surfaces have remained massive. The idea was to create for the observer an impression of complete visual control over the interior space. The presentation is always present, regardless of the position of the observer. The very connection of the boarding sports with underground culture has made us treat the terrain as “underground”. The building structurally consists of two parts, a solid concrete L and a steel cube coated with cement panels. Two parts are interconnected by light steel bridges. A ramp leads visitors to the main public

entrance directly into the cube while the secondary entrance/exit is located under the cube where the outdoor boarding polygons are. Cube contains the main exhibition and presentation area while the concrete L accommodates the sales and office premises. The most complete project in a technical sense, elaborated on the level of working design. The drawings were produced in scales 1:200, 1:100, 1:50, 1:20 and 1:10. Building Technology - Zagreb Faculty of Architecture Feb 2010 – June 2010 Group work - 4 person Tutor – Zoran Versic, Berislav Medic

Neighborhood

Shifting the buildings vertically and horizontally in order to create spatial diversity. Exploring the relation between public and private.

Shifting the buildings vertically and horizontally creates spatial diversity and explores the relation between public and private. The emphasis is on the communication among the inhabitants within the building and among the buildings in the neighborhood. The shift in the layout makes it possible to create nuances between the narrower private area of the building and the wider public area of the neighborhood. Depending on the length of the shift the building is more closed or more open. The shift in the cross-section has substantial influence on the experience of passing through the neighborhood. One building consists of one grounded half and the other half that floats in the air. Elevated halves create passages through the neighborhood while the public facilities are located in grounded halves. In this way, joint usage has acquired

advantage over private usage. There are no precisely determined borders of the plots. Multifunctional boxes have been arranged around the buildings, as the main elements of additional definition of the area. They have fixed dimensions and they fit in the pavement raster. The guidelines are set in such a way that the boxed can be moved only to the end of the outer building outlines in the N-S direction. By moving the boxes, the residents can design their surroundings. The boxes can be filled with various kinds of greenery, sand for children, or they may serve as benches, etc.

Design Studio - Zagreb Faculty of Architecture Feb 2010 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; June 2010 Tutor â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mladen Josic

multifunctional boxes

Family House Common area for all the family members through transformation becomes more and more private. By subtracting smaller nuclei from the main area each family member gains his own small private space. The house has been designed as a one big volume. The peripheral areas of the volume are smaller and more enclosed while the house’s nucleus is a big living room which has the possibility of additionally expanding on two rooms – one for working and one for playing. The playing area is connected by stairs with the children’s rooms, and the working area by special stairs with the parents’ bedroom. In this way the private areas of each generation are physically completely separated, and the semi-private ones have the possibility of being either independent (an extension of the private) or a part of the whole (an extension of the common).

Design Studio - Zagreb Faculty of Architecture Sep 2009 – Jan 2010 Tutor – Mladen Josic

Common area for all the family members through transformation becomes more and more private. By subtracting smaller nuclei from the main area each family member gains his own small private space.

Students’ Club Within The idea thewas given to create perimeter a unique (10x15x14.4m) element which a structure would provide is built which diverse,climbs even completely and stretches opposing throughout usagethe in its interior empty space. and Spaces on its outer varymembrane. dramaticallyWithin as the thefuncgiven layout tions adapt a snake to different is built levels in and inside it climbs the volume and stretches and on throughout its outer envelope. the entire Vertical volume circulation of the empty is dynamic space. and multifunctional. Inside the “snake” there are lecture Vertical smaller rooms, communications areas for are exhibition dynamicand andfilm multifuncprojectional. stairs tions, Withinfortheresting interior and thesimilar spaces closed of a more type spaces closed type (darker whereas the snake’s ones) are roofcreated accommodates such as workshops, a lecturing room, smaller stands for open areas discussions for exhibitions and and a library films screenon top. ings, stairs When students for resting, are on etc. the roof, whereas theythe aresnake’s in continuroof accommodates ous visual contact workshops, with eacha other library, – stands the atmosphere for open discussions... is dynamic and the space provides good visibility. On When the other thehand, students inside areofonthethestructure, outer snake the atmosphere membrane, they is more are in intimate... continuous Thevisual ground contact part with accommodates each other a– the caféatmosphere and a bigger is dynamic exhibitionand areathewith space exitprovides into the good visibility. In the interior the atmosphere is more garden. intimate, and the space relaxing. Walking along the outer membrane the space altitudes vary dramatically as well as the functions adapted to them. The highest level of the snake’s roof accomDesign Workshop - Zagreb Faculty of Architecture modates the2009 library. The ground part accommodates May 2009 - Jun aTutor café and anCerina exhibition area with exit into the garden. – Mia Roth

Within the given perimeter a structure is built which climbs and stretches throughout empty space. Spaces vary dramatically as the functions adapt to different levels inside the volume and on its outer envelope.

Furniture Exhibition Space

The project consists of a closed black box which “floats” in the air and circular cages which accommodate the exhibits. Cages are slightly lifted off the floor, and they also serve as the box’ load-bearing structure. A staircase climbs in slight inclination in the opposite direction from the inclination of the box allowing observation of all the exhibits gradually and from different levels. Within the box there are screenings, and through the holes in the floor the exhibits can be observed in layout. Constant climbing slows down the movement, thus providing the possibility of observing the details.

Design Workshop - Zagreb Faculty of Architecture Feb 2009 - Mar 2009 Tutor – Mia Roth Cerina

Closed black box floats in the air while circular cages accommodate the exhibits of residential ambiences. Exhibits are observed gradually and from different levels.

Architect’s Workspace

Building is a combination of five similar units which consist of workspaces on the upper level and areas for rest on the lower level considering the given dimensions and the quantity of furniture items.

Building is a combination of five similar units, each of which consists of two workplaces on the upper level and area for rest on the lower level. Dimensions and the quantity of furniture items are given (desks and chairs, drawing cabinets, shelves, table and chairs for resting). The rest area on the lower level is sunken in the surrounding terrain in order to have a view on the lawn adapted to the person in the sitting position. The floor slab that separates the levels is “stuck” between the shelves - in the upper level they lay on the floor and in the lower level they “hang” from the ceiling. The shelves in the lower zone are accessed from the space for resting, as well as from the main hallway with double height. The working areas, as well as

the resting areas are interconnected since there are no solid barriers between them which enables team work and contributes to productive working atmosphere. However, the units are also separated by the regular rhythm of the staircases which repeat in each unit. The envelope of the building alternates glass and solid surfaces depending on the function of the interior space and refers to the certain positions and dimensions of a person.

Design Workshop - Zagreb Faculty of Architecture Nov 2008 - Jan 2009 Tutor – Mia Roth Cerina

Minimum Habitation in Nature

Minimal structure for star observation is fixed on the edge of a cliff. It consists of a high-tech shell which accommodates a minimal number of devices required for living. Structure can be telescopically extended creating additional interior spaces.

Design Workshop - Zagreb Faculty of Architecture Apr 2009 - May 2009 Tutor â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mia Roth Cerina

Minimal structure for star observation is fixed on the edge of a cliff. It consists of a high-tech shell which accommodates a minimal number of devices required for living.

Topography

Using the given material with the given dimensions (cardboard 1mm: 336/236 mm), the task was to create a model of space of one dynamic plane whose relief forms the architectural topography. The topography has resulted from a diagonal composition of regular band elements. Band lengths vary creating dynamic meanders. Different inclinations of single band parts contribute to the attraction of the created architectural topography.

Design Workshop - Zagreb Faculty of Architecture Jan 2009 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Feb 2009 Tutor â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mia Roth Cerina

Using the given material with the given dimensions, the task was to create a model of space of one dynamic plane whose relief forms the architectural topography.

workshops

2012 The Why Factory Workshop: “Real-Time City“, TU Delft 2008 Architectural workshop Af/SC: “Field Condition“, Zagreb

awards and exhibitions

skills

2011 Participation at the international exhibition as part of “Touch me” festival with project: Field condition (Workshop Af/SC)

Software: MS Office pack, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Rhinoceros, ArchiCAD, Sketchup, Artlantis

Nomination for the Rector’s Award at the University of Zagreb for the project: Elementary School (Design Studio)

Other: making physical models (lasercutting, resin, etc.)

2008-2012 Commendation of the Faculty council of the year for multiple Bachelor projects

competitions

2012 International Competition for the Badel site Redevelopment in Zagreb as associate of the architects Joris De Baes (Belgium) and Cristian Suau (Spain) 2011 International competition for the Islamic cultural centre in Ljubljana Slovenia, as associate of the architects Siniša Justić (Zagreb) and Darko Latin (Zagreb)

work experience now part-time work at DOMAIN office - www.domainoffice.eu 2011-2012 Traineeship in the duration of 4 months at the Institute for Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture, Zagreb 2012 Student assistant at the Faculty of Architecture

languages Croatian (native) English (full business proficiency) TOEFL Certificate

education

Diploma: Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Degree in Architecture, graduated cum laude 24 July 2014 project: The Bridge / PLE, South Works Chicago 2012-2014 Master Studies at the Faculty of Architecture at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)

personal info Marija Mateljan born 7th September 1989 in Zagreb, Croatia Contact: Amstelveenseweg 73-3 1075 VV Amsterdam 00 31 61 899 88 37 marija.mateljan@gmail.com http://marijamateljan.wix.com/portfolio

2008-2012 Undergraduate study of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb Elective course Scenography at the Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb 2004-2008 V Highschool of Science, Zagreb Debating society Sagitto

resumĂŠ

marija.mateljan@gmail.com