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N atalia P iรณrecka
Part 1 Architectural Assistant
Internal Spaces of the Salt SPA
GRADUATION PROJECT
„Il Palazzo di Sale e Benessere”
Salt SPA in Venice
The Graduation Project located in Venice is challenging the boundaries of the design through the Experimental Architecture. Concentrating on the Salt Production being of great importance for historical Venice, the proposal builds upon Italian natural salt production using the method of the evaporation salt ponds. Resulting Il “Palazzo di Sale e Benessere” in eng.”Palace of Salt and Wellness,” will enrich the well-being around
the Venetian Lagoon by exploiting greatest advantages of salt, naturally extracted from sea waters. The scheme features Salt SPA complex, using the salt produced on the site and within the building, supporting local people not only with a wide range of health benefits, but also with additional income and job places, responding to current Venetian social challenges.
Exterior View of the Salt SPA model produced in SketchUp
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1 Concrete Block panels 70-150 mm (varies with shape) Insulation 100 mm Primary reinforced concrete structure 950 mm (Concrete class XS1 for exposed to airborne salt but not in direct contact with sea water) Damp-proof course (DPC layer) Interior plaster finish
2 Concrete roof panels (accessible for visitors) 20 mm Mechanically controlled salt pool rain protection cover (glazed layer, sliding over the pool top when raining) Damp-proof course (DPC layer) Screed 75 mm Shuttering board 40 mm Steel brackets Insulation 100 mm Steel decking composite floor slab 120 mm Stainless steel truss 500 mm (Services allocated between the voids) Interior plaster finish
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3 Top Salt Pool high concentrated salt water 200 mm depth Laminated safety glass consisting of 12 x 12 mm toughened glass + 10 mm toughened glass
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4 Sensor measuring the salinity level Sealed nozzle directing the brine onto the crystallizing structures Salina- Crystallizing structure
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5 6 mm stainless-steel section two-component silicone jointing seal
6 GRC panels 40 mm with salt rock infill 30 mm stainless steel panel bracing Rigid connection holding the glazing Structural glass system (bolt fixed double glazed curtain wall) Glazing bolts Supporting glazed planar 300mm depth 25 mm wide 7 Sea Tide regulation pool max. 4000 mm deep concrete shell 200 mm 8 Interior floor finish Waterproof Membrane Marine concrete raft and piles foundation (concrete XS2 for permanently submerged structures) raft 600 mm (1200 in maximum point) piles 4000 mm depth Sand layer 200 mm Hardcore layer 300 mm
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9 Coloured and customised solar PV panels 10 Fire Sprinkler Suspending ceiling accommodating servicing spaces 11 Powder-coated stainless-steel smoke flap in frame - ventilation
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12 High Tide Tank Regulating System with the spring - operated mechanical system, collecting the water during hight tides (preventing flooding the salt ponds on site)
13 Drainage - regulating the water level in the Hight Tide tank
Prototype of the Salt Crystallization Columns
Detailed Construction Section
of the Crystallizing Salt Column System in the Salt SPA
Tertiary Structure
Glazed salt pool structure
Salt SPA Form Finder Environmental
Concrete roof deck
Interior steel frame structure
Foundation raft and piles
Intuitive
Secondary Structure (interior)
Concrete shell with steel supports
Salt Ponds
Primary Structure
Roof steel structure
Secondary Structure
Steel frame for glazed salt pool
Environmental strategy SO
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RAIN WATER COLLECTION TANK
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model produced in Rhino
SALINE- CRYSTALLIZED STRUCTURE
SALT WATER PUMPS
Structural Strategy of the Salt SPA
HARVESTED SALT DRY ELECRTICAL
CRYSTALLIZED SALT POND COLD WATER FEED
PUMP RAIN WATER FILTRATION
Integrated System Technology
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INVERTER DC ->AC
GROUND WATER HEATING
DESALINATION STATION
The Artery Reinterpretation of the Victorian Bandstand Experience it!
Enjoy!
Have a break!
The Artery, was an competition entry for the 48 hours Architectural Competition ‘Construct�, based in Osborne Valley in Newcastle The Artery is a multitasking pavilion, playing a role of the experiential exhibition point and a small stage, welcoming all the locals and visitors to experience and admire works of local performers of the Osborne Valley in Newcastle.
1. Seating (recycled timber) 2. Posts (recycled timber) 3. Platform (recycled timber) 4. Bracing (steel rods)
Physical Model of the Bandstand
Materials
Brick
Co-bio-living House of the Algae The “House of Algae� was a scheme proposing solid dependence between the spaces fully relying on each other. The core of the design philosophy is self-efficiency of the buildings introducing algae production into the site. Due to the biological complexity of the algae growth the building proposal is challenging the traditional algae production through the technological opportunities.
The proposal integrates algae growth facade introducing algae tubes where the growth would appear, algae production, where the algae biomass would be harvested and treated. Finally, the House features the Algae Restaurant, where trained professionals would convert grown algae into ready-to-serve food, carefully branded within the design studios upstairs.
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Exterior View of the House of Algae
plastic algae tubes
model produced in Revit
south elevation building 1 1 : 400
east elevation 1 : 400
north elevation building 1 1 : 400
south elevation building 2 1 : 400
west elevation 1 : 400
north elevation building 2 1 : 300
Internal Courtyard, House of the Algae
Construction Model model produced in SketchUp
Growing a Mushroom Building Bio-materials Research Centre This project explored a uniquely light material made out of mushrooms, with a promising opportunities for future biodegradable architecture. My inspiration was taken from the photographic study of the fungi on the site, evolved into a material research looking at fungi as a future building material. The proposal was a Biomaterial Research Centre, was a piece
of Experiemntal Architecture using biodegradable material grown based on the natural substrate binded with mycelium tissues as a building material. Cental design programme idea was to fully explore mushroom material on various levels, by laboratory scientific on-site research, design workshop practise or even the inhabitation itself.
Exterior View of the Bio-materials Research Centre model produced in 3dsMAX
Light Study of the 3D Physical Model
Final Model of the Bio-material Research Centre 3D printed model
3D modelling iterations of the design form
Material growth
On site individual cell growth strategy:
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non-direct fire to stop the mycelium from further growth
Overall construction method and time forecast:
Construction Time
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2 month
1 month 10 days for Moulds-Shoring Fixing per level (Including the load-bearing main structure and inner partitions
3 days for Material filling per level
10 days for Material Growth (extended because of the scale) + Additional 7 days for drying and fire treat
Atmospheric Model
model produced out of mycelium material
MOONCEPTION Competition Entry
DISSERTATION
MYCOsella Growing the Mycelium Chair Building upon my previous experience with mycelium in my dissertation I took a closer look at the material itself. Exploring its properties though chair typologies the project resulted in the creation of three different chairs grown out of
mycelium material, presenting its broad qualities as both structural and aesthetical material. That concept if taken into the industrial scale, might change how we perceive the production, design and architecture itself.
Thank You! NP Natalia Piรณrecka