Architecture Portfolio Mats Kolmas 2023

Mats Kolmas

Architecture Portfolio 2023

Table of Contents

Sept 2021 - Jul 2023

Jul 2018 - Feb 2019

Sep 2016 - Jul 2020

Sep 2010 - May 2016

EDUCATION

Master of Science: Architecture and Building Sciences | Cum Laude (Hons.)

Technical University of Delft - Architectural Engineering

Minor Exchange: University of Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne School of Design

Bachelor of Science: Architecture and the Built Environment

Technical University of Delft - Architecture, Urbanism, Landschape and Management

High School: VWO - Nature & Technical Science

Stanislas College Westplantsoen, Delft

Including subjects Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Cambridge Track English.

EXPERIENCES

Sept 2020 - May 2021

Jan 2020 - Dec 2022

Sept 2021 - Feb 2022

Oct 2019 - Mar 2020

Mar 2019 - Aug 2019

Design Assistant | Bjarke Ingels Groups (BIG)

Worked on a variety of projects in CD, SD and DD phases.

Owner, Sales Representative | Hebjeding V.O.F.

Owned, managed and sold a small company making merchandise for student societies.

Researcher | The Why Factory (T?F)

Part of the semester-long research department T?F, ran by Prof. Winy Maas (MVRDV).

Website Building | Furniture Line

Created a website for a furniture line of STOOM: www.stoommeubel.nl

Head of Design | Organisation of the Introduction Week

Organized alongside 6 others the introductionweek to aquire new students at KSV Virgiel.

ACHIEVEMENTS

May 2021 - May 2021

Finalist INDESEM’21 24H Design Competition

Finalist out of 44 projects by a jury consisting of Winy Maas (MVRDV), Chris van Duijn (OMA), Astrid Piber (UNStudio), Kay Oosterman (ZJA) and Indira van ‘t Klooster (ARCAM).

+ Sept 2023

Highlighted Project - TU Delft Building Engineering Book 2023

My project ‘Kites’ got nominated to be in the Building Engineer Studio Book 2023. Selected over 2000+ designs over 4 years.

May 2021

Invited Speaker - Amsterdam Architecture Biennale

Invited to speak at a live show of the Architecture Biennale in Pakhuis de Zwijger from the perspective of the INDESEM Competition Winner and former BIG Intern.

Oct 2019 - Jan 2020

Highest marked Bachelor Final Project - 9 + Highest marked Renovation Project - 9,5

Marked the highest grade (9 out of 10) for the final bachelor project and received a grade 9,5 out of 10 for my design for the renovation of Mariahoeve in The Hague.

SKILLS

Software

Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, Revit, Enscape, VRay, Sketch-Up, AutoCAD, Excel

Adobe Package (Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign), Photography

Dutch (native), English (fluent), Spanish (basic)

Driving License (B1), International License for the Operation of Pleasure Craft (1,2)

01. COMIC

To lower the operational energy requirement of complex buildings and engage the users in this process, this project explores the architectural relationship of natural ventilation and architectural expression.

Architectural Engineering, Natural Ventilation, Complex Buildings, Theatre Extention

Stephan Verkuijlen

ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING+

SHINING NEW LIGHT ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY FOR BERLIN’S SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

The Komische Oper in the centre of the city needs an extention to prepare the institution for the future of performance. Amid the current energy crisis, the severe energy inefficiency of Berlin’s public buildings became visible, even considerating to shut down as operational costs became too high. The government is now advocating for new innovative ways to lower the energy requirement of buildings of such sort.

As mechanical ventilation for these type of buildings are responsible for around fourty percent of the total energy bill, this theatre is designed to be completely naturally ventilated, executed in a conceptual way imitating light beams, to intrigue and expose the users of the building with the playfullness of Architectural Engineering.

Back of House

Public Entries

Performance Spaces

METHOD

The exhaust of air is centralized through central tubes throughout the building. This naturally drafts air upward, and the facade is designed to allow air in.

Office Spaces

COMPLEX NATURAL VENTILATION

Natural Ventilation of the entire building is reliant on the ambient air temperature. The ‘light beams’ perpetuating the main mass of the building facilitate a direct connection of every space to the outside. As 90% of the time the outside temperature is lower than the inside there will be an upward draft of air through the tubes.

The facade will therefore, when designed carefully, naturally draft fresh air into the building. To heat and cool the incoming air, a heat-exchanger is placed in the facade. This entire facade is wrapped around the building as a curtain around a theatre.

RELATIONSHIP VENTILATION STRATEGY

A natural ventilation system for the entire building.

The tubes will influence with the floorplanning.

The tubes play a role in the construction of the building, reducing the amount of columns.

The transparent tubes allow for extra natural light to enter inside the building.

Foyer

PLAIN FACADE Reference to Existing Building - Grid

PULL OUT Step by Step Extention of

Pin Glass 6mm

Aluminium Mullion

Vent

Variable Spacer

Hinge Wood Doorframe

Multi functional use: Small Classical Concert

Multi functional use: Performance Hall

02. ELEVATED URBAN FABRIC

In the exploration of high-rises of the future, this project focusses on mass-urbanisation and densification. The project explores the characteristics of the urban fabric, elevated into the sky.

Highrise Concept Design, Urban Fabric, Building Block, Vertical Neighbourhood

Paul Kuitenbouwer

Pierijn van der Putt

Due to Mass-Urbanisation, cities have been getting more and more crowded over the last couple of decades and will continue to do so. As a response to this overpopulation, municipalities are seeking ways to accommodate this gigantic housing demand, and with the lack of possibilities for city expansion, they are forced to built up vertically.

In the future, people who do not necessarily enjoy the classical characteristics of highrises might be forced to live in them. How can we design highrises that take the qualities of the urban fabric, elevated?

LOW-RISE IN THE SKY

HOW CAN WE DESIGN HIGH RISES IN WHICH RESIDENTS CAN ENJOY THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS AS WITHIN CITIES’ URBAN FABRIC?

Nathalie de Vries Sluisbuurt

Thomas Dieben

MSc2

The regular tower: a monogamous division of stacked hallways around a core. An individualistic approach.

TOWER BASE

Instead we combine floors into two and three storey neighbourhoods forming little communities in the sky.

To differ the orientation of the neighbourhoods, each is shifted one grid size clockwise forming a helix around the core.

The building mass follows the position of the neighbourhoods in its placement around the tower.

To differentiate two sides of the base, one side spills out and the other cantilevers, creating both an inviting and intimate side.

The street-facing side will have stairs along the platforms inviting visitors the climb the terrassed public levels.

Concept Section Model: Front Concept Section Model: Core

Tower Base, Inner Yard

STRUCTURE

Core

A core for vertical transport and stability on top of a 3.2mx3.2m grid

Load-bearing walls

The neighbourhood boundaries form solid walls around the core in a helix-spiral

Skeleton Frame

The boundary of the neigbh-

ELEVATED URBAN FABRIC STRUCTURE AND FLOORPLAN

ELEMENTS

NEIGHBOURHOODS CIRCULATION

A stacking of two or three storey internal neighbourhoods forming a helix around the core, making each unique in orientation.

One elevator shaft with onestop per neighbourhood. a secondary elevator and steet path allow access to the apartments.

GARDENS BALCONIES

Every elevated apartment has access to a private garden in the sky. the gardens are semi-enclosed on two sides of a cube.

Every elevated apartment has access to a balcony in the sky. they are withdrawn into the face of the building, like a loggia.

03. KITES

To bring new life to the vacant Burggebouw in The Hague these swirling kites create new healthy spaces for the users as well as an intriguing entrance of the watersport city.

Low-Tech, Light Weight Building Extention, Office Spaces

SECOND LIFE

BUILDING ENGINEERING REDEVELOPMENT ABOVE THE CITIES ENTRY GATE HIGHWAY

Due to the polluted area in which the Bruggebouw is located, caused by the multitude of present traffic streams and highway, no healthy outside areas or opening windows are possible.

The facade extension, existing of wooden lightweight structure with ETFE cushens, allows for a healthy break out space for users of the building. The encapsulated area with plants allow for filtering of the air and natural ventilation of the building. Executed as kites wrapping around the building, as a reference to the watersport city The Hague is.

CONSTRUCTING SEQUENCE OF RE-DESIGN

Seals

1. Current situation, ceramic tile facade and steel roof top up

5. Support on both sides of the cantilever beams + flooring

Laminated wooden curved elements Intermediate ribs of laminated wood Steel cross connections Wooden base to seal interior space

Spacers for ETFE to allow double skin

to clamp and conceal ETFE cushens ETFE Double layer cushens on pressure

CREATING A ‘KITE’

2. Disassembly. Possibility to re-use tiles, frames and steel

6. Bend laminated wood structure attached to cantilever end

3. Addition of top to bottom sliding daoor window frames

7. Spacers and frames for the ETFE cushens

4. Cantilever beams attached to external facade column

8. ETFE transparent double layer cushens

Heat Recovery Extractor

Warm risen air is extracted and lead to the on either side positioned Air Handling Unit with Heat Recovery Department

Water Collector and Distributer

The collected rainwater from the gutter is collected in the main building and from there distributed to all plants.

Natural Ventilation

The entire expansion operates as a solar chimney extracting used air out of the existing building

Rain fall

Rain falls on the kites and makes its way down over the ETFE cushens or through the gutters

Heat Recovery Extractor

Warm risen air is extracted and lead to the on either side positioned Air Handling Unit with Heat Recovery Department

Water Gutter

The collected water in the gutter moves to the lowest point of the gutter on either end of the kites. there it find its way into the building

04. DE MARIAHOEVE

The renovation of a building stamp in The Hague, The Netherlands. Rewrapping together an seggregated neighbourhood while creating a variety of apartments and meeting places to increase social cohesion for its users.

Dwellings, Renovation, Social Housing

REDEVELOPMENT

RECONNECTING A SEGREGATED NEIGHBOURHOOD

The inhabitants of the neighbourhood of Mariahoeve in The Hague are living a segregated life from eachother. Even residents inside the same building block live cross purposes. To enhance the connection in the segregated community the renovation of the building block is literally and figuratively going to wrap the building, and so its residents, together, creating a variety of housing for a variety of users.

Emiel Lamers Cecile Calis Mariahoeve

BOXES PLACED OVER THE EXISTING BUILDING

FORM

SPACE BETWEEN BLOCKS FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT

CUTS IN THE CREATED FORM FOR HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT

Big parts of the existing facade remained, saving material

Cortensteel which is used as facade meterial is rusted steel. It has al long life span and may be reused or melted down after use.

The work-living areas at the ground floor promote liveliness on street level

Space between new blocks to become common rooftop terrasses for the use of the highests floor owners

Solarpanels to be placed on top of the new roofs to generate electricity out of sunlight

The front door on ground level stimulates social safety and control

The roof catches and stores water to be used for flushing the toilet

Reduction of electricity caused by replacement of frames and glass of existing building.

Escape routes make use of existing staircases

WATERPROOF

VAPOR PROOF LAYER

PROFILED STEEL SHEET

SHADING FLOOR FINISH

CURRENT

CONNECTION INNER YARD TO STAIRS

TO ADD: TERRAS CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIAL INTERACTION IN NEIGHBOURHOOD MOVEMENT THROUGH AREA

BUILDING TO FIT IN THE WRAP

BUILDING TO FIT IN THE SURROUNDING MATERIALISATION

CAFE AND TERRAS, INNER YARD

05. SC 010

Combining sports and education in a new Rotterdam based facility focussed on the social interaction between the variety of it’s users. A uncut gem in the Rotterdam industrial harbour.

Mix-Use, Sport Education Centre, Large Scale Development

SC010 ROTTERDAM

The SC010 project integrated architecture, building technology, klimatology and structure, challenging TU Delft architecture students for their final bachelors project.

The project is based on a crystal stone. This stone was one of the import products of the formerly used shipdock, and is made up of crystals in the core which is protected by its rough exterior. The rough facade of the building envelops the segregated but interconnected core.

Enclosed boxed facade raps around the building like the rough outside of a crystal stone protects its inside. Solid as it may seem from afar, subtile passage for sight and sun unveils from upclose.

Inside the cuts in the crystal stone, the atria - meant for social encounters, you can experience the layers of the cut through crystalsas the floors reconnect to eachother through walkways and connecting floors.

MEETING 05 SPORT-EDUCATION FACILITY SOCIAL ENCOUNTERS

KOFFIECORNER

PUBLIC RESTAURANT

LEVELED SEATINGS AT SLOPED PATH

WATERTAXI WAITING AREA

ESCHER MUSEUM

Sculture garden and underground access for the Escher Museum in The Hague. A project based on parametric design using Rhinoceros and Grasshopper, referencing Eschers repetative and infinite work.

M.C. ESCHER

The project was to design the new underground access and public sculpture square for the Escher Museum in The Hague, The Netherlands, using Rhinoceros and Grasshopper. The area is designed as a tribute to the globally known works of M.C. Escher, in which infinity and repetition play a significant role.

The idea behind the public park was not to have a clear start or end point, as the works of Escher had neither, creating the infinity shaped structure of the park. The park is made out of a repetition of 500 mm x 500 mm blocks, only varying in height, creating the everlasting infinite shape. To make (more) accessible for human use, wider steps have been introduced, dividing walking paths from areas were sculptures ought to be placed.

1. LOWERED GROUND

2. INFINITE ROUTE

3. NO CROSSING PATHS

4. REPETITION OF SQUARES

5. SUNLIGHT PENETRATION

5. WALKING VS SCULPTURES

Underpass ‘breaking the rhythm’

Sculpture placement area

Original entrance

Stairway

New entrance

Lighting

Railing

Sculpture placement

WORK AT

OPPO HANGZHOU

Research & Development Centre, Office Tower China

For multiple months I have worked on the further development of the OPPO tower in Hangzhou, China. For this project I have worked in the SD and DD phases of the project. My focus on the public spaces (canteen floors, plinths, upper executive offices, breakoutspaces behind the ‘O’, skygardens) and further development of the ‘fingerprint facade’ louvers and ‘O-Ring’ glass construction (DD).

Also included in this project was a 44.000 m2 shopping mall, where I worked on the interior.

Frontview Tower

Shopping Mall

Ground Floor, Inner Garden

Symmetry

Front Entrance, Plinth

Social Floors, Canteen

TIRANA THEATRE

The Design of the National Theatre of Tirana, Albania

In the end of the SD phase I worked on the National Theatre of Tirana in Albania. Here I was mostly concerned with the square next to the theatre, as well as the public transport spaces inside the building. As there was no budget for an urban designer or landscape designer for the square this was entirely left for me to develop and design, in collaboration with the guiding architect of the project. In the finalization I also contributed to SD presentation and booklet.

Aerial View

Section

Peels

Tirana Square

Light, Water, Trees and Square Grid Distortion

Square Modules

Main Foyer

Rooftop Stage

WUHAN SKYLINE

Concept Design Competition for 7 Towers in Wuhan

For two and a half months we started and submitted a concept design for a competition to design a 1.2 million m2 tower district in Wuhan, China. This included multiple design charettes, concept development, facade facade design, masterplanning, urban square design, and plinth development. The competition was eventually won by Zaha Hadid Architects.

Ground Level

Highway View

Aerial View Skytops View

Floor Model

Distribution Studies

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