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Architecture & Urbanism Natalia Ciastoń, 2017
Curriculum Vitae Ciastoń Natalia Al. Wilanowska 325/10 02-665 Warsaw, Poland Tel : 517 741 122 E-mail : nciaston@gmail.com Birth date : 03/02/1995
Education 10.2013 06.2017
Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
03.2017
Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa Lisbon, Portugal - ATHENS Programme
09.2015 06.2016
École nationale supérieure d’architecture Strasbourg, France - ERASMUS Programme
Experience 03-09.2017
Internship at Marek Rytych Architekt - working on competition Warsaw, Poland
08.2016
Voluntary work - building a prototype house with local materials Arquitectura Sin Fronteras Azua, Dominican Republic
07.2015
Architectural workshop - designing new ecological forum, group work Volterra-Detroit Foundation Voltera, Italy
05.2014
Organisation of Night of Museusms at WAPW Responsible for working with concrete workshop for children Warsaw, Poland
Skills
Languages Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Archicad Rhinoceros Autocad Sketch-Up
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Polish English French Bulgarian Serbian German Spanish
Interests Design & Art Culture Ecology Human rights Balkan music Wegetarian kitchen
Table of contents
Architecture
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Rebuilding Iraq’s liberated areas: Mosul’s Housing
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Cinema
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Waterfront zorbing station
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Urban planning .04
Old Włochy region masterplan
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University campus
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Workshop .06
Compressed earth block house
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Rebuilding Iraq’s liberated areas: Mosul’s Housing Our task in this competition wast to „design a PROTOTYPE for affordable housing for the post-Daesh Mosul, which can be easily replicated with the objective of increasing the capacity of housing in the city and providing a practical and inspiring solution for returnees.” In our project we were facing a number of challenges. First of all, there were technical problems such as water shortages, hot tempeatures and need for fast and affordable construction methods. At the same time it was important for us to design a city with good atmosphere in which people want to live. We decided to adjust our design to local conditions and traditions as much as possible. The project is not located at any specific site, however it can be easily adopted to existing grid of perpendicular streets in the residential areas of Mosul. In our housing modules we used solutions typical for Arab Architecture such as patios with water fountains and narrow, shaded streets to face the climate challenges as well as to accomodate the habits of the future residents. The modules are based on the 4x4m grid which makes it possible to assembly them in various combinations. We also designed the giant, precasted wall-pots filled with soil that will cool the houses and streets and provide private, elevated gardens to all houses.
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Hi! I am Aida. I’ve returned to Mosul with my mother Nazija, my husband Salem and our two daughters: Duha and Hana. After all this war years our beloved city is completly ruined, but there is hope among the people. We will rebuilt it - it will be different, but ours.
2017, Mark Rytych Architekt office Competition project without supervisor Work with one other intern Shortlisted between 20 projects out of 223, results pending
Mosul, Iraq
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Assembly options
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There are many assembly options given. Our house is in the middle below - standard module B0+B1. 400 cm
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The entire construction of the house has been planned out by using six modules – this size will suits our needs best.
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Precast concrete structure
Sustainability
Through patio we will be able to step out to the terrace. Mum will plant figs there
Our house will be ready at any moment now – probably we will be able to move into it in few days. It is going so fast thanks to the precast concrete structure. Apparently, this solution is fast and inexpensive, and the house will be strudy and solid. All houses are not plastered yet, but soon enough we will paint our home.
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This giant wall-pot filled with soil will work as a cooling device for the interior of a house and the patio through its walls.
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On our roof we will have an additional space to relax. Probably you can’t see it, but the roof is tilted: rain water will run down, irrigate our garden and then flow on to the salsabil on the patio.
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The patio wall will be giving a shade and a sense of coziness.
Urban layout
Densification
Every house in our neighborhood can be reached with a car, but the streets do not cross our quarter.
Our neighborhood stared growing up around a well that survived the war.
Here, around, you can move everywhere on your foot. Everything we need is nearby.
More and more people are moving into our neighborhood. The first playgrounds appeared.
Thanks to the ‘wall-pots’ the strees are shadowed and cooled, and the air is less dusty.
There is plenty of new houses, shops and squares. Finally, we can live the way, that we used to. 9
Cinema
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2016/17, WAPW Academic project under supervision of mgr Paweł Grodzicki Individual work
Warsaw, Poland
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Location
Ideas
Public green square continuated on the private green roof
Semi-transparent roof walls attracts passers-by
The given site is located in Mirów district in the center of Warsaw. It used to be a prominent residential area before World War II, but during the war it was part of the Warsaw getto and was mostly destroyed. Nowadays, this area has no identity and is a mix of ruined tenants, modernist, neglected pavilions, storage halls and office buildings from the 90’s. However, the site itsef is located 10 minuted walk from the City Centre’s Palace of Culture and 7 minutes from the new metro line, so it becomes more and more attractive now.
Underground screening halls
Groundfloor open to the outside
Central holl - light well
Rooftop openair cinema
Modernist cinemas in Warsaw
Stolica cinema 12
Oka cinema
Relax cinema
Central holl
Our task was to design a mutiplex cinema with exibition space, workshop rooms and 6 screening halls at least. My goal was to create not only a new space for premiers which can host most important events, but a cultural local centre where people will come during the day as well. That is why I decided to put all the screening halls underground and leave the groundfloor open to the outside as much as possible in order to accomodate also activities not entirely connected with the cinema itself. In addition, I designed an openair cinema at the roof garden level, which will be a cozy space in the middle of the city during the day and attract visitors during the night. The idea of cinemas with a little entering pavilion on the ground level with underground screening halls was very common in Warsaw in previous decades. The modernist cinemas, most of which do not exist anymore, became an inspiration for me.
Jutrzenka outdoor cinema
Moskwa cinema
Iluzjon cinema 13
Plans B
Mediateheque Cafeteria A
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Shop
Exposition area B Ground floor plan B
252 viewers 293 viewers
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A Box office
Shop 704 viewers
208 viewers
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Outdoor cinema
Garden
+2 roof plan
Administration +1 floor plan
Break room
V.I.P. area
-1 floor plan
Technical space
Workshop space
-2 floor plan
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Roof detail
vegetaion soil 80cm geotextile drainage sheet protective mat hydro-insultation EPDM mineral wool 10 cm vapor barrier concrete ceiling 30 cm trapezoidal metal sheet perforated beams 60 cm dropped ceiling
matt white fabric truss made of steel pipes with lighting built-in matt white fabric for projection
A-A Section
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Roof garden with open air cienema
B-B Section
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Waterfront zorbing station The aim of this project was to design a local recreation center on the border of the lake in Wieliszew. The village is located between Warsaw and Zegrze Lake, which is one of the most popular places to spend an active weekend. We were supposed to add an extra function that will attract local people as well as visitors from surrounding cities. During my site visits I met a lot of children from the nearby school. That is why I decided to design a watersport station with zorbing balls and canoes rental. The architectural form which I designed uses natural ground level changes and is partially located undergroud in order not to interrupt the surrounding landscape. I also chose timber as the leading material to keep the building as much connected with the nature as possible. Na re
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Zegrze Lake Legionowo
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2014/15, WAPW Academic project under supervision of prof. Jan Słyk and arch. Marcin Strzała Individual work
Wieliszew, Poland
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Analysis of the surroundings
Location
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Section
Plan
Bar
Foyer Restaurant Information
Changing room
Storeroom Renting spot
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Elevations
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South elevation
West elevation
North elevation
East elevation
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Masterplan of Old WĹ‚ochy region The task in this project was to re-design and densify a post-shopping mall area. As Warsaw expanded, this region became part of the city and was chosen as the future local center by the city authorities. It was planned that all existing buildings will be destroyed. The scope of the assignment reuqired the construction of a town hall, high school, primary school, church, center of culture and residential buildings for precise number of future inhabitants.
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2016/17, WAPW Academic project under supervision of dr Magdalena Staniszkis and mgr Krystyna Ilmurzyńska Individual work
Warsaw, Poland
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Church square view
Town hall
Axonometric view I decided to orientate the whole project along a woonerf style street that would be perpendicular to Popularna street, which is a highly used busy road. The town hall was placed at the crossing of these two streets and the rest of the public buildings were spead along the new street. Finally, at both of its ends, in order to preserve existing vegetation, I created small parcs.
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Kindergarden Church
Backyard view
Centre of culture School Parc pavilion
In order to meet on one hand the high density requirements of the masterplan and at the same time match the low height of the buildings surrounding the newly created area, I decided to constuct two types of residential buildings: higher units surrounding inside courtyards and lower multifamily houses. The hight of the first ones fluctuated between 2 and 4 storeys, depending on the distance from the main streets. Service areas such as shops, cafeterias, etc. were located at the ground floors of the buildings that face the bigger streets, whereas the residential ground floor appartments faced more quite directions.
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New and existing buildings
Communication
GSEducationalVersion
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Woonerf
Greenery
Bike lane
Street
Walking area
Urban sections
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University Campus Nowadays, Fobrach (a small town in France) serves as a sleeping backroom for Saarbrucken (much larger city in Germany) and is dying as a town itself. The aim of our project was to re-create the cross-border area in-bewteen the cities and and bring life back to this ex-mining region facing various problems such as alcoholism, unempoyment, homelessness, depopulation and very high level of crime. We worked in a 4-person group and we started the project with analysis of the history, geography, demography and society of the region. Secondly, we proposed an overall functional masterplan and then each of us chose a particular area to focuss on.
Saarland Saarbrucken
Forbach
France Moselle
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Germany
2015/16, ENSAS Academic project under supervision of Dominic Neidlinger, Caroline Birghoffer and Philip Denkinger Group work with 3 other students
Forbach, France / Saarbrucken, Germany
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Analysis of the region
In this areas we proposed to create: Tesla Industry - we decided to bring modern technology to this industrial area which is located in the geometrical center of Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg. Those countries are the future market for electric cars. It gives opportunity to create reseach centre within it. University Campus - There are 2 faculties of UniversitĂŠ de Lorraine in Forbach now. If the Tesla Research Centre will be created there, new scientific site will be needed - this was my part of the project Housing - new modern housing needed for the new inhabitants Sport and recreation area - Space for citizens to relax and accomodation for visitors FricheTour - a touristic bus line that connects our sites and goes through the mining wastelands, nearby museums and the centre of Forbach
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Functional relations
Connection metropolis
Decentra-lisation small mining agglomewasteland -ration
active regions
green spaces advantages
culture
history
Identity
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Carreau Wendel mining museum
Central quarry
Tesla Research Centre
University Residential campus area
„Simon� Sport & quarry Recreation 33
Masterplan of chosen regions
Greenery
Universty campus section
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Transport
Public buildings
University campus masterplan
Shopping space
Gym Housing Library
Restaurant Shop
Cafeteria
Playground
Bike rental
University square
Offices Coworking
Office Studio
Canteen University
Sudent housing
Bikelane
Sudent housing
Studio
Studio
Phases (University+Housing) Phase 1
Phase 2
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Compressed earth block house This voluntary project was organized by the Spanish branch of the Architects without Borders Assosiacion and took place in Azua, second biggest city of Dominican Republic. There are 65 000 of inhabitants there and half of them live in slums. Two groups of 20 volunteers were organised and each of them spent 3 weeks there. We had three kinds of tasks : 1. Preparation of the construction materials compresing the bricks (2-weeks drying process) 2. Building a prototype of a house using the compressed earth block method to show local people how they can use local materials to build their own, cheap, safe and easy houses 3. Creating project documentation based on field studies - researching needs and habits of local people, environment, legal conditions, etc. We maped the existing slums and provided recommendations about what else volunteers can do in the future.
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2016, Architects Without Borders Voluntary work
Azua, Dominican Republic
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20m2
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2000 $ 6 weeks (2 weeks to dry a brick) 7 workers on the sight
Brick =
+ 90% soil
+ 10% cement
concrete block base with steel reinforcement water
Mortar =
+ 90% soil
+ 10% cement
water
1 layer of plaster =
placing window and door frames
+ Ca(OH)2 + 70% soil
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30% slaked coconut / water lime palm leave fiber
2 layer of plaster =
+ Ca(OH)2 + 80% river sand
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20% slaked lime
water
timber roof conctruction, doors and windows
fabrication of compressed earth blocks
compressed earth blocks, bamboo reinforcement
placing steels reinforcement of tie-beams
compressed erth bricks with bamboo reinforcement
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Thank you! 40