Portfolio 2023

* 1996, Brno, Czech Republic

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Pisces, ENFP creative, enthusiastic, friendly architecture explorer

education

09/2015 - 06/2021

Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

Faculty of Architecture

Master’s degree programme

09/2019 - 06/2020

Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Faculty of Architecture and Planning

Erasmus+ programme - 1 year exchange

09/2017 - 08/2018

University of Stuttgart, Germany

Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning

Erasmus+ programme - 1 year exchange work

experience

10/2022 - 05/2023 DE UNIE ARCHITECTEN

Junior architect

Amsterdam, Netherlands

projects in DO, TO phase, ArchiCAD drawings, detailing

04/2022 - 10/2022 XML

Junior architect

Amsterdam, Netherlands

project in VO phase, 3D models, physical models, ArchiCAD drawings, visualisations

08/2021 - 04/2022 SeARCH

Intern

Amsterdam, Netherlands

competitions, 3D and physical models, ArchiCAD drawings, visualisations, graphics

07/2020 - 08/2021

CL3 studio

Junior architect

Brno, Czech Republic

participation in design, 3D models, AutCAD drawings, visualisations

workshops & competitions

01/2019 - 06/2019

Muniss student competition - shared win

Brno, Czech republic

concept, drawings, visualisations

12/2019 - 03/2020

Mostlikely architecture - workshop

Vienna, Austria

manual working with wood

Symbioasis - Mind the Gap

Vienna, University of Technology - SS 2020

Institute of Architectural Sciences

supervisors: Ass.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.Peter Ferschin

Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing.Klaus-Jürgen Bauer

Arch. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.Ingrid Erb Gavrilovici

cooperatin: Barbora Kolářová

assignment

Our task was to fill a gap in a busy street in the center of Vienna. The function was to be not only housing, but also public functions of our choice.

The location is located in the center of Vienna, in 7 districts. The neighborhood is lively and well equipped. The mentioned district is mainly visited by young people, students and artists.

There is currently a playground and a place to rest in the gap. And one big full-grown tree

prolonging park into the building area passage to the park lightening

roofs + using roof as a terrace + better lightening

design

The design creates a quiet space in an otherwise busy location. The rest area is preserved and surrounds the existing tree. Studios and spaces for students, a gallery on the roof terrace and a café on the ground floor are designed for the busy street. In the rear quiet part of the building is designed housing with living rooms situated in the park.

From the street, the compact mass indicates through the receding wall that something is going on inside. The inner part of the building gives way to the tree, creating a quiet space around it on all its levels. Spiral staircase surrounding a tree. The wall of luxfers allows insight into the studios when going up the roof to the gallery. The housing is connected by long galleries to the main staircase and is thus separate from the public part and retains its privacy.

Living on the silk road 2.0

Vienna, University of Technology - SS 2020 Institute of Architectural and Design supervisors: Ass.Prof. Arch. Dipl.-Ing Dr.techn.Jadric Mladen cooperatin: Mirjana Babic

Lina Satea

Lucas Renner

Gavril Vassev

assignment

Our project was mainly about analzying typical Korean housing - Hanok. After analyzing, we propose a design of a small Architecture based on our knowledge of Korean housing.

Hanok is the traditional Korean house which origin goes back to the Neolithic period when people started to remain in one place for longer time and started to make houses called hyeolcheo. They were made of a floor dug into the ground and covered by a roof close to the floor.

Our topic was to choose southern type of Hanok. In south, there are two provinces, South Gyeongsang (kunsan) Province & South Jeolla (džeolla) Province. Hanok which we choose is called Nampa House and it‘s located in South Jeolla Province, in city Nanju (nandžu) near city Gwanju (kvindžu), sixth biggest city of South Korea. This region was very wealth and that’s why Nampa House represent high-class housing. Nampa House is connected to near Geumseong (keumseong) Mountain and river coming from it. Nampa house has typical southern layout with kitchen (bueok) on the left side with multiple entrances and different store rooms, 2 rooms (bang) with heated floor ondol and in the middle and on the site of them a hall, funtioning as a living room and a porch, with flooring maru.

There are three main materials use in Hanoks – wood, stone and soil. Wood is used for columns, maru, beams, rafters and openings. From soil is made clay, which is used for giva to the roof and bricks for walls and Ondol. Stone is used as a support base stone and for surrounding wall. The contruction is based on the rectangular modules called kan. Kan refers on the distance between two columns. Gidan is a platform that is placed higher then the surrounding ground after building the foundation of hanok.

The column base stone refers to the stone that supports the columns and is also called juchoseok. It transfers the load of the Hanok to the platform or ground. Column forms the frame structure of the Hanok and it is vertical member of the structure which transfers the load thrugh the column base stone to the ground.

North Korea

South Korea

Busan

Daegu

Gwangju

Seoul

Pyongyang

South Jeolla Province Jeollanam-do

South Gyeongsang Province Gyeongsangnam-do

Nampa House location

design

For our design, we tried to combine things we learnt about traditional Korean housing with our own design style. We came up with idea of tea-house. The function as a tea-house originated in the desire to place a new and functioning building in an established environment. It is the combination of Korean tradition with modernity.

Our tea-house is named by a bird Magpie, which is celebrated as “a bird of great good fortune, of sturdy spirit and a provider of prosperity and development”.

The location of the tea-house was chosen in accordance to the principles of Korean Feng Shui -Pungsu. This location allows for a traditional connection with untouched nature on the mountain side and the integration of the city of Naju with its existing infrastructure.

The design itself follows the measurement of kan, which is traditionally the distance between two columns. Following this measurement, we design three buildings, one main and two secondary.

Natural elements such as wood, clay, sunlight and wind were important part of designing the tea house. The traditional materials of hanoks were expanded just with glass and metal. The design language was changed mostly with the inverted roof. All of this together retains the abilities of hanok like sunlight regulation and natural ventilation, while trying to make it more welcoming to todays society.

City in the city

Brno, University of Technology - bachelor thesis

Department of Design supervisor: Ing. Michal Palaščák

assignment

The aim of the work is to design “microurbanism” of the whole area in a defined part of the urban city. The area is located on the very border of the city center and directly adjacent residential areas. The built-up area is a “headland” in the easternmost part of the undeveloped block, defined by Milada Horáková, Francouzská and Černopolní streets. The designed corner of the parcel enters the intersection of Milady Horákové, Francouzská, Příční and Traubova streets. It therefore contains the potential to interconnect existing roads, taking into account the different nature of each road.

The location is in the immediate vicinity of all public amenities corresponding to the urban character of the city starting at the Moravské náměstí (Square). In the vicinity of the site and further from the city center is developing residential areas with irregularly located civic amenities rather of local character.

design

The character of the proposed construction is influenced by the proposed regulatory plan and the effort to create a semi-public space. Three levels of construction were created, gradually changing by one floor. The lowest building extends into Francouzská Street and is used mainly for housing. A building higher by one floor lines Milady Horáková Street and its height is based on the proposed regulatory plan. The tallest building is located at the junction of Francouzská and Milady Horáková streets, thus underlining the importance of the corner. The development is passable for the public thanks to two recessed floors in the building lining Milada Horáková, which opens the ground floor to the public.

The building of the residential block has six above-ground and two underground floors. As part of the design, the terrain had to be overcome in two places at a height of about one floor. In the lower two floors, which are located underground or in the field, are garages. The ground floor is mainly intended for commercial purposes. There are entrances to the individual buildings from Milady Horáková Street or from the semi-public area. In individual buildings are flats mostly of 1 + 1. In the tallest building, which is located on the corner, two large apartments are repeated. Most apartments have contact with the courtyard through a terrace or large window. The terraces are situated to the south. Above the two retreating floors, there are apartments accessible only through the gallery.

construction scheme

3. floor

basement garages

Neckar Re-loaded II

Stuttgart, University of Stuttgart - WS 2018

Institute of Urban Planning and Design

cooperation: Agata Morawczynska

Jonas Schendel

design

In the urban project Neckar Re-loaded, we had a task to connect life in the city of Stuttgart with the river that crosses it - the Neckar. My topic was education. The design includes a concert hall, a new school and a science center, all mostly from the premises of old industrial buildings. As part of overcoming The B10 road is designed by a small rampart that connects the science park and the cycle path. In the urban project Neckar Re-loaded, we had the task to connect life in the city of Stuttgart with the river that crosses it - the Neckar. Currently, near the river there is a narrow bike path next to which is the largest traffic artery through Stuttgart - the B10 road, which acts as a dividing line between the city and the river. There are a lot of industrial buildings that are either or they will be unused in the near future. Within the studio there was also workshop with local residents who live in the locality, thanks which we were able to find out what they are missing in the locality.

Modular Wigwam

Brno, University of Technology - WS 2019

Department of Experimental Design

supervisor: M. Sc. Martin Kaftan, PhD.

cooperatin: Nela Vicanová

assignment

Designing a tourist center with accommodation for cyclists and paddlers. The location is in the south end of a small village Hevlín, near the border of Czechia and Austria. Our patch is totally flat and surrounded by road on east site, and by river trough on north. In our design, we was supposed to use wood for our construction.

design

The story of the dwellings of the Indians, which is repeated over the centuries, is that a group, a tribe, ... are building their temporary dwellings around rivers and in the case of transfer, they can be easily folded and taken away. The intention is the simplicity of the design, which has its truths and can be assembled simply according to the manual so that one can build it himself and with his own location on terrain. Objects are seasonal, so we have them they designed it as simple as possible, but at the same time as an interesting fluid shape with modular options. The raw material for the building is wood, a replaceable material that can be formed into various shapes; and aesthetically works well with open nature. Design objects had to cooperate well with the environment in the form of round shapes based on the process of meta-division of eg cells. Shapes grow out of flat calm terrain in various configurations as desired users. The modular possibilities of objects are tied to the number of camp users. Every time, otherwise large families come to the camp or individuals, so we suggested more options to build with three types of flexible slats for the entire skeleton of the structure. Objects are covered with a textile layer - a tent with hydrophobic protection.

As a part of our design, we made a manual of how wigwam shoud be built.

Skräplight

Brno, University of Technology - seminar project

Department of Experimental Design

supervisor: Ing. arch. Nicol Gale

cooperatin: Nela Vicanová

David Vaculík

Klára Walterová

Klára Lanžhotská

Barbora Kolářová

Viol Hertelová design

(skräp = waste in Swedish)

The luminaire was created by a freestyle of ideas. The story begins in the Řempo store, where we found a box with waste. Plastic coils of various sizes form a transparent tube as a luminous base. The discs on both sides are covered with a cork to cover the hole with the switch, which is in the middle of the disc. The use of the luminaire has no limits to its imagination, it is mobile and can withstand several impacts. The lamp is powered by one pencil battery. Upcycling of unnecessary material is the main credo of our lamp design.

Structural model

Brno, University of Technology - WS 2015/16

cooperation: Klára Lanžhotská

Muniss - Parasites design

Brno - student competition - sharing win architecture cooperation: David Vaculík

The topic which was assigned to our team were parasitic houses. Having our priorities in mind, the core of our project became the so-called modular houses.

Modular buildings, or modular houses, are great for their affordability and environmental-friendliness, as witnessed by their usage all around the world; for example, in Copenhagen they are used as an alternative to college dorms. As for their flexibility, not only does this solution only require a simplified administrative procedure conducted by local authorities, but it can also be easily applied to various conditions and localities, including being highly mobile and able of being moved from one place to another!

We have selected five different localities in Brno for the first realization of our project, namely Bayerova; Černopolní; Hybešova; Novobranská; Tyršův sad, and for each of them we have proposed a specific design. As for the financing of the early implementation stages, we would like to rely mainly on the support from the City of Brno, although the whole project has been devised to be at least partially self-financing. We would also like to incentivize private landlords to join our project. Our goal is to create a network of alternative affordable housing in Brno, which would alleviate the pressure on overcrowded college dorms and slow down the rise of rent prices.

Workshop with Mostlikely Architecture

During studies in Vienna I took part in seminar with Mostlikely Architecture. Content of this seminar was to create wooden furniture for Austrian Pavilion in Venice Biennale designed by Mostlikely architects.Although almost all furniture was made, instalation unfortunately had to been postponed in virtue of a Covid situation.