Melania-Andreea BELU
Personal data: Date of birth: 26th of April 1998 Citizenship: Romanian
Programs skills: Microsoft Office Package Autocad SketchUp 3Ds Max Revit
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Brizei Street, No. 3A, bl. FB 11A, Constanța, Romania Adobe Premiere Tel: +40 729 061 434 E-mail: mela.deee@yahoo.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belu.melania/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belumelania/
Known languages: Romanian - Native Speaker English Italian Spanish
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2016 - present: “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urban Planning, Bucharest - Faculty of Architecture, Architecture Specialization 2012 - 2016: High school education - “Mircea cel Bătrân” National College, Constanța – Profile Real: Mathematics - Informatics Department, Intensive English
2021 Erasmus exchange student - University of Alcalá (UAH), Madrid, Spain Participation in the Exhibition for Online Repositorio, Alcala - Project for “Rehabilitation and Management of Industrial Heritage”: La Lechera. 2020
2019 Erasmus exchange student - University of Padua, Italy Participation in the international Ideas Forward competition (24 Hours): Light and Shadow Participation in the international Ideas Forward competition (24 Hours): Hyper Mega.
2008 - 2012: General education - “Traian” Theoretical Participated in the graphics and editing of the book High School, Constanța. “Cule în lumină” First Prize at the “Cule în lumină” Contest, organized Professional activity: by CEZ and UAUIM Autumn 2020: Intern architect at ARRA Architecture Participation in the national exhibition “Cule în luGroup S.R.L., Bucharest mină” Summer 2019: Junior Architect at Concrete & Design Participation in the Challenge Academy Workshop Solutions S.R.L., Bucharest Participation in the “Afară Înăuntru” Contest organized by Zeppelin Magazine.
2018 Participate in the “Following Zumthor” study practice trip. 2017 Participation in study practice trip in Bulgaria.
STADIUM
KULA
MULTILAVEGA
PAISAJE DE LUZ
FORMULA E
HOTEL
SCHOOL
CAMPUS
STADIUM
Project: Dinamo Stadium Function: Football stadium for 20,000 people Location: Ștefan cel Mare Blvd., Bucharest, Romania Year: 2021 Type: First phase - Team of 2; The second phase - Individual
Dinamo Stadium The Dinamo Stadium project in Bucharest had two phases developed successively: the first was the Masterplan phase, which included collecting information, processing and developing a plan of the sports complex that included the location of the stadium volume, and the second phase covered the actual development of the stadium of approx. 20,000 people. The stadium was located on the site of the current velodrome, in the NW of the ensemble. Considering the big level difference between the street level and the ground level (approx. 12 m.), I decided to “break” the stadium at the corners to make a connection with the changing level. Thus, the stadium consists of 2 grandstands and 2 lawns volumetrically detached, but connected by external areas at the corners. These outdoor areas are dedicated to the stadium and adjacent activities. From a functional point of view, the stadium can also operate outside the football matches for training or similar activities, and the cafe / shop spaces at the level of the markets serve the adjacent outdoor spaces, animating them. Due to the level differences, 4 markets are created with different functions and degrees of privacy on the 4 sides of the stadium, connected by stairs, urban steps and ramps. The lattice beams of the structure are anchored to the outside in outstretched pillars, which create a “rain of pillars”, a portico buffer zone with a more intimate atmosphere in the square and enriches the spatial experience of the stadium. Thus, the structure serves both the interior and the exterior of the stadium. The canvas cover creates a playful light / shadow effect in both areas, but without compromising the quality of the game.
In the Masterplan phase, an extensive scale analysis was made in order to establish the importance of the plot in the local context. Thus, we considered very important its strategic location between the public parks marked on the map and we wanted to open to the public the Dinamo Stadium for sports activities (outside football games or scheduled training) and to integrate it into this urban “circuit” as a new park. Subsequently, we established the main access areas, the range of users and their interests in order to dedicate the sports park to as many activities and age groups as possible. After establishing the new pedestrian routes within the sports complex and marking the existing functions, we decided which of them will be kept and where the new sports functions will be located. It is marked on the map what will be kept and demolished - the endangered areas and those with potential. The last plan represents the final version including the stadium, in which the new proposed routes can be seen and the new functions are located. The stadium is harmoniously integrated in the complex and in the context of the area, dialogues with the profile of the neighboring houses, also respecting their privacy.
Due to the location at different elevations of the grandstands and lawns, the visibility curve is different for the two elevations, so the distances between them and the edges of the football ground differ. The grandstands and lawns comprise both two uneven rings of chairs, 3 perimeter circulation zones, numerous intermediate vertical distribution zones and a single main access level – from the adjacent square. This allowed an optimal connection between the levels and the approximately constant maintenance of the internal flows. The structure of the stadium is simple, repetitive, and the basic structural principle is that of the lattice beam supported by a wide concrete pillar (which also supports the tribunes), anchored on the outside in outstretched pillars and connected to each other perimetral with beams at the top. Two by two, the pairs of grandstands and lawns at the same level have a continuous covering structure (and covered access areas at the respective corners), and between the grandstands and the lawns at different levels the corners are uncovered. This structure creates a portico on the outside that completes the atmosphere of the markets.
KULA
Project: “Cule în lumină” Contest, organized by CEZ and UAUIM Cioabă-Chintescu Kula Restoration Prize: Ist Link (book extras): https://www.uauim.ro/evenimente/concurs-cule-in-lumina/ Cule%20in%20Lumina%20-%20extrase%20carte.pdf Function: Museum and Pavilion Location: Șiacu Village, Slivilești Commune, Gorj County, Romania Year: 2020 Type: Team of 4
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The restoration project aimed at marking the existing degradations and defining the modalities of intervention on each type of degradation. After their establishment, the actual intervention consisted in restoring the overall and detail unity of the monument by marking the new interventions in comparison with the historical material and preserving the memory of the action of time on the monument at the level of the facade - according to the Principles of Intervention on Historical Monuments were defined by Cesare Brandi in “Teoria del Restauro”.
INTERVENTIONS
RESTORATION
The museum function proposes Kula as the main exhibit and includes video projections (presentation text type) and audio effects that follow the moments of an assault. The tour presentation video can be watched by scanning the QR code. In the plans can be seen the new materials that work harmoniously with the existing ones and the locations of the video projectors and speakers. The architecture becomes the main actors of the created scenography.
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MULTILAVEGA
Project: Multilavega - Management and Intervention on Industrial Heritage Function: Arts and Culture Center Location: Torrelavega, Cantabria Region, Spain. Year: 2021 Type: Team of 2
The present project aims at the restoration, rehabilitation and refurbishment of the former La Lechera Factory. The first stage of the project includes the historical study of the industrial complex, starting from its framing in the historical and urban context of Torrelavega. The second stage of the project aimed at a more detailed analysis of the function to be implemented from a spatial, organizational, socio-economic and administrative point of view. In the third stage, the detailing of the concept of refunctionalization began according to the principles of intervention on heritage. In the last stage, the project was explicitly detailed, the functions were placed and dimensioned accordingly and the constructive details that define the new / old relationship within the building.
INTERVENTION
Concept: The concept of intervention aimed at the harmonious integration of new materials and new forms together with the existing ones in order to accommodate from a functional point of view the new requirements for the Cultural Center. Moreover, the project aims to bring new points of perspective and new ways of using the complex in the most sensitive way possible. Intervention: Respecting the evoked principles, we chose to preserve as much as possible the existing historical material and to demolish the hall without special historical value to create a multifunctional inner courtyard, for concerts, exhibitions, galas, etc. The new materials used are mainly the glass and gold-painted metal, distanced from the historic walls, which compliment and work together with the existing materials. Also, there has been proposed the ETFE transparent material for the covering of this inner courtyard.
PAISAJE DE LUZ
Project: Paisaje de Luz - Project between mine ruins Function: Temporary community of 8 artists and 8 scientists housing, workshops and common areas Location: Old mines in Riotinto, Andalucia Region, Spain Year: 2021 Type: Individual
Paisaje de Luz The project proposes the construction of 16 temporary homes and 6 permanent homes (for the maintenance team) completely new, semi-buried. Existing ruins will be used to create the common space, workshops and circulations. Due to the large slope of the land and the climatic conditions, it was proposed to partially bury the buildings. For the proper functioning of the buildings, they will be adapted to the principles of Zero Energy housing - through materials (stratified soil), location, natural ventilation systems (skylight and Canadian pit), water collection system - purification (for domestic use) and evaporation (for air cooling).
FORMULA E Project: Formula E (Dubai Zero Energy) Function: Night circuit for Electric cars Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Year: 2020 Type: Team of 2
HOTEL
Project: Origami Hotel – Extension of Athenee Palace Hilton Hotel Function: 5 star hotel Location: Calea Victoriei, Bucharest, Romania Year: 2020 Type: Individual
Origami Hotel It is proposed to expand the 5-star Athenee Palace Hilton Hotel in the center of Bucharest and to project two more new buildings to supplement the necessary number of rooms for the high demand in this intensely touristic area. The project comprises two phases - the analysis in which the unattractive areas and those with potential to be exploited are critically established, are proposed the new volumes of the extension on the plot so it can adequately relate both to the main street and secondary ones; and a second phase - the design of the hotel. Calea Victoriei has a unique “alveolar” character, so that inside the plots there are inner courtyards with functions dedicated to the public. The new intervention wanted to preserve and make the most of this character by leaving the ground floor empty - public (urban space with various ways of use) and creating a side alley for access to a new public café area. The hotel extension includes two new bodies - one at Calea Victoriei, connected to the old hotel body by a glass volume (with the possibility of access both from the outside and from the existing building), and another body - detached, located in the backyard, with its own access. Due to the different ways of relating to the adjacent streets, to the existing hotel, to the neighborhoods and to the plot, the two bodies have different orientations, but similar architectural treatments, with small differences (attached / detached; closed courtyard of light / internal / detached vertical circulations etc.). The courts and markets were also treated on the theme of Origami, as well as depending on the degree of privacy and public-private grading. The new rooms are of the same type (hexagonal), except for the apartments on the corners. The upper floor is public and located diagonally to respect both the height of the existing hotel and that of the neighboring building. The overlapping full / empty ratio offers rhythmicity, contrast with the existing, different orientations of the rooms and uniqueness within Calea Victoriei.
SCHOOL
Project: Vocational School Function: Arts and Crafts school Location: Ferdinand I Blvd., Bucharest, Romania Year: 2019 Type: Individual
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-ALIPIRE LA UN CALCAN -> PIATETA PUBLICA SI CURTI LATERALE PRIVATE (PUBLIC/ PRIVAT) -BARA FUNCTIONALA, DUBLATA DE UN CULOAR TIP PALNIE, PE TRASEUL CARUIA SE GASESC DIFERITE SPATII ALVEOLARE DE REPAUS SI SOCIALIZARE
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The project had two phases: the analysis and the development of the proposal. In the first phase, there were done the analysis of the context and the proposal of a volume through a Piranesi plan and a Schwarzplan, street profile and functional analysis. It proposes the attachment to the existing blind walls with a function bar and the development of classrooms and adjacent spaces in the opposite direction, towards the courtyards. The plot has an opening on two sides - the main access area from Ferdinand Blvd., and the secondary access area (more of an administrative nature) from the blind alley. For an optimal reporting to both streets I opted for different treatment of the building - in the area of the boulevard (more public) there will be the administration spaces, the library and the multifunctional hall facing the Reception Courtyard, and towards the blind alley (more private) will be located crafts studios and dependencies to the Secondary Courtyard. This differentiated treatment is also visible on the facades. In the central area of the building is located the “heart” of the school, the multifunctional hall, in a pyramidal volume that penetrates the entire height of the building. It can be seen inside this volume through windows from all adjacent spaces and it is also visible through the transparency from the Main Courtyard, intriguing visitors. The pyramidal volume has a sober character, confers special spatial qualities and new perspectives on the space, symbolizing at the same time the privileged space of the craft creation.
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1. DAVID CHIPPERFIELD ARCHITECTS HEC SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, PARIS,2 2010
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CAMPUS
Project: Campus - Urban Revitalization Function: University Campus for the Faculty of Medicine Location: Verona South, Italy Year: 2019 Type: Team of 4
Verona Campus The urban regeneration and revitalization project had 4 phases: information collection, critical analysis, functional proposal and the Masterplan. In the first two phases were analyzed the existing data related to population, traffic, functional zoning, built / unbuilt fund, etc. at the level of the whole Verona, then in the southern area, and a SWOT analysis was carried out, the conclusions of which follow from the adjacent diagrams. For the proposal phase, the function of campus for medical students was chosen because Verona does not have such a campus (accommodation areas, sufficient workshops, common areas), due to the fact that the hospital is nearby (limiting the distance for students who practice) and due to the proximity to the sports facilities area. An increased difficulty was raised by the proximity of the site to the highway, which required the arrangement of a natural barrier of vegetation. Thus, a campus park was created with promenade, relaxation areas, open-air theater, orchard and artificial lakes. Car traffic in the area was also rethought, new bike lanes were implemented, an underground parking lot for users was created and a new roundabout was created to streamline the traffic from / to the highway. The project brings major benefits not only to students in Verona, but to the entire city by revitalizing a currently dysfunctional area and proposing new urban facilities.