Architectural Design Portfolio by MissAnaD

Architectural Design Portfolio

Ana D

umitru!

“Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the Creator.” Antoni Gaudí The following portfolio shows the work I have produced during the past three years, while undertaking the BSc (Hons) Degree in Architectural Design Technology at Coventry University. The projects featured in this portfolio are partly university based, partly based on individual studies and filed trips. Creativity and curiosity were the forces the drove my aspiration to become an architect. I have always been passionate about art and its ability to influence people’s emotions and social life dynamics.

After studying building precedents, the life and creations of memorable artists and architects I finally understood that Nature is the ultimate Creator. From that moment on I started engaging in activities that would facilitate my understanding of natural eco-systems, organic structures and materials. I used sketching, painting and other hand drawing techniques for an in-depth analysis of natural elements. These studies helped me develop an eye for detail and a preoccupation for analogies (natural elements-architectural creations), which will be presented throughout the pages of this portfolio.

Profile!

Architectural Design Graduate from Coventry University currently seeking a more in-depth education in spatial design, contextualized architecture and innovative construction techniques. I intend to incorporate organic architectural elements in all my projects, my main purpose as an architect being to create spaces completely harmonized with the social and natural realities of the environment.

Architectural Design Projects By Ana Maria Dumitru

01 Art and Design School 02 Building Extension 03 Contemporary Design Analysis 04. Contextualized Design. Case Studies 05. ConstrucEon Detail Design 06. Résumé

01 Art and Design School

01 Art and Design School Design Brief and Concept The project brief called for an innovaEve approach for the

design of the new Coventry University Art and Design School. Considering the 21st century economical and environmental realiEes, I decided that giving the new development an organic touch will efficiently show the direcEon towards which the university is going. Coventry University is a leader when it comes to increasing environmental awareness and constant work is being undertaken to ensure its buildings are efficient, modern and adapted to the modern standards. The new project incorporates elements of green design like: a habitable green roof, a dynamic façade system, roof gardens and the use of organic materials available locally. The school incorporates elements like a theatre (250 seats capacity), dance studios, classrooms, staff offices and public areas like a café (150 people capacity), entrance foyer and other social areas. As a result, an extensive research has been carried out prior to developing any ideas to ensure all the required spaces are delivered to a high standard of flexibility, modernity and funcEonality. The habitable terraced roof was a core element in the design bringing nature and human construcEon together as a harmonized whole.

Habitable Roof Concept Sketches

01 Art and Design School Context and Final Design The new building is designed to provide new green spaces to the chosen locaEon, instead of destroying it by construcEon.

The ﬁnal massing of the project incorporated the following materials and systems: an aluminium sEck glazed façade system, Steni color panels applied to a cavity wall and the Kiefer dynamic façade system.

The design was conceived in such a way that it doesn’t just protect its inhabitants, but it also establishes a sense of communicaCon with its natural environment.

The sloped roof acts like a physical and metaphorical link between the park situated on the western side of the construcEon site. It connects the natural environment with the new building, creaEng a green area people could use for recreaEonal purposes.

01 Art and Design School Internal Layouts

Ground Floor Plan With Furniture Layout

First Floor Plan With Furniture Layout

01 Art and Design School Internal Layout

Second Floor Plan With Furniture Layout

Third Floor Plan With Furniture Layout

01 Art and Design School Use of Internal Spaces The internal design was focused around the ideas of flexibility and f u n c E o n a l i t y . T h e b u i l d i n g incorporates many areas with very different uses and requirements and an intelligent division of space was essenEal. The public and private areas were separated but were kept connected by social areas accessible to all categories of building users. These areas establish communicaEon between different areas of the building, while remaining flexible in terms of future uses in case the purpose of the building changes. The use of materials and technologies was carefully chosen around the b u i l d i n g e n s u r i n g i t s b e s t performance for the future.

01 Art and Design School ConstrucCon Details

The construcEon details show how the building will work to accommodate all the requirements featured in the project brief. They also show the design response to the contemporary environmental issues.

02 Building Extension

Design Brief and Background The brief for this project required the redevelopment of Sir John Laing building, an university ediﬁce which

looked and felt outdated. The building needed not only a new look on the outside, bust also a re-‐organisaEon of the interior. An extension was also to be added to the original design in order to accommodate other faciliEes for the university building. The new design had to be respecaul to the old one, as a result the original proporEons needed to be parEally kept and no more than two storeys could be added to the structure.

For the redevelopment of Sir John Laing Building various elements were considered and had a major impact on the ﬁnal design. The new design delivered a building where students, staﬀ and visitors felt comfortable and could undertake various acEviEes in a very pleasant environment. The plans of the new building incorporate large open areas, where the building’s inhabitants would feel less constrained by Eght corridors and could interact and socialize more.

IniEal Sketches Showing Design Concept and Massing

Background

02 Building Extension

Concept and Design ConsideraCons

Design InspiraEon

Light was treated with great aeenEon. Elements like light wells, atriums and large windows create a comfortable indoor environment for the building users. An university environment will benefit from the maximizaEon of the natural lighEng inside and this became one of the main targets for the new design. The exterior appearance concept reflects the use of the building. Each floor is clad in a different color to symbolize all the disciplines the building brings together, forming a harmonized whole. The new design increased the building’s lifespan and can be easily adapted to new users or altered condiEons. The design for the John Laing Building incorporates a living roof, which correlated with other elements of sustainable design make this approach an environmentally friendly one.

02 Building Extension

Architectural Design The new design is not only about physically regeneraEng the building, but mostly about spaces in and around and about the people who inhabit those spaces. It creates a new, strong idenEty for the building and the place, which will hopefully enable a revived conﬁdence for the future.

02 Building Extension

Internal Layout For the internal layout the key elements of design were flexibility and the creaEon open plan areas. Some parts of the original design were kept idenEcal like the posiEon of the laboratories, mainly because moving them would be an unjusEfied cost. Ground Floor Layout-‐ RecepEon Area. Lecture Theatres. Laboratories Technicians’ Offices. Bar Area. These mulEpurpose open areas improve space uElizaEon and operaEonal efficiency. Flexible arrangements make other uses possible for the future. First Floor Floor Layout-‐ Architecture Studios. Classrooms. Individual Study Rooms. Social area. Computer Rooms.

Other rooms were added and others changed purpose in order to insure a fluency in design and to increase the comfort and efficient space uElizaEon within the building. Second Floor Layout-‐ Staff Offices (Open Plan). Classrooms. Open Social Areas. Access to extensive green roof.

02 Building Extension

Room Layouts and Space DistribuCon Internally, the spaces were distributed in a way that the different acEviEes undertaken by students and staff during the day, will benefit from as much natural lighEng and visual sEmulaEon as possible,.

First Floor Area-‐Classroom Layout Ground Floor Layout-‐Café Area Sketch

Ground Floor Layout-‐RecepEon Area and Café

As a result, the café was placed next to a fully glazed wall to ensure a nice view of the protected building nearby and the classrooms beneﬁt from large windows..

02 Building Extension

Physical Model PresentaCon

03 Contemporary Design Analysis

SanCago Calatrava.

Valencia City Of Arts

I strongly believe that free hand drawing and the constant analysis of successful design projects improve the quality of future designs. This process can help an a r c h i t e c t d e v e l o p a p r o f o u n d comprehension of buildings’ funcEon and estheEcs. The following sketches show my personal analysis of a contemporary architect I admire, mainly because he is an innovator, always pushing the limits a bit further. I was parEcularly interested in his moving structures, which Calatrava implemented successfully. The WTC TransportaEon Hub

Lyons Airport Railway StaEon

04 Contextualised Design. Case Study

04 Contextualised Design. Personal Sketches. Cathedral Window Detail and Block of Flats, Barcelona

Engineering and CompuEng Building, Coventry

WTC and Torre de la Aigues, Barcelona

05 ConstrucEon Detail Design

Sketch UP 3D RepresentaEons of the construcEon detail design The elements and ConstrucEon Details of a Glazed Clerestory below a ProjecEng Eaves. The lower floors of the building are of rendered blockwork and concrete-‐beam floor construcEon. The top storey of the building is sEffed with a composite floor of concrete beams with in-‐situ concrete topping to support a steel structure. The roof pitches of the building are covered with second hand West Highland slates and drain into insulated aluminum valley gueers. The shorter, steeper pitches are fieed with patent-‐glazed rooflights. At the north-‐east corner of the building, the canElevered walls clad with rabeeed western red cedar boarding fixed with baeens and ply to an insulated Ember frame. The five-‐ storey block of flats analyzed above is a good example of a composite construcEon, which incorporates different techniques and materials to provide both good aestheEc standards and comply with Building RegulaEons.

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