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MARYNA DOVHANYCH Tel.: +380939023453 E-mail: mardovganych@gmail.com facebook.com/mdovganych instagram.com/odminey - animation art instagram.com/photminey - photography vimeo.com/odminey
Maryna Dovhanych is a Ukrainian architect and multidisciplinary artist. Her means of artistic expression are spatial design, graphics, animation, and photography. Born in 1994 in Kaniv, Ukraine. In 2017 she obtained a master’s degree in architecture and in visual art at the National Academy of Fine Art and Architecture in Kyiv. Since 2017 she works as an architect at KUDIN architects, Kyiv; she also directs independent animated films.
WORK EXPERIENCE KUDIN architects, Kyiv December 2017 – currently Architect VONO Paper February 2017 –2019 Designer, illustrator, reporter Institute of Archaeology of NAS of Ukraine 2014 – 2017 Architect Internships: 2016 – KUDIN architects, Kyiv – architecture intern 2014 – ArchDesignBureau, Kyiv – architecture intern
EDUCATION 2017 – MA, Architecture (Honors) - National Academy of Fine Art and Architecture 2017 – MA, Visual Art - National Academy of Fine Art and Architecture 2015 – BA, Architecture - National Academy of Fine Art and Architecture Additional courses: 2017 – Photography, Viktor Maruschenko School of Photography, Kyiv 2017 – Public Speaking, The School of Eloquence, Kyiv
EXTRAS Conferences 2017 - Speaker at TypeKyiv International type design conference, Kyiv 2017 - Speaker at “Drevlian towns: research, reconstruction, and museumization” conference, NASU, Kyiv Exhibitions 2020 – Boys by Girls, 39.9 gallery, Korners auction house, Kyiv 2020 – RESORT, Lockdown, Vyshhorod 2019, 2018, 2017 – A4 Ballpoint, Karas Gallery, Kyiv 2016 – KOD, House of Architect, Kyiv
exsisting traffic organization
BUSINESS CENTER AND LVIVSKA SQUARE RECONSTRUCTION Design: M. Dovhanych
proposed traffic organization
Consultant: V. Kudin
2015, Kyiv, Ukraine
This is a design proposal for the placement of a new business center and reconstruction of Lvivska square in the central part of Kyiv, which is currently spoiled by an unsightly ruin of an unfinished 9 story building. The architecture of the building is formed by the combination of two volumes, vertical and horizontal, which intersect both visually and functionally. The design is influenced by the desire to keep the visual flow of the buildings that exist on all sides of the square; as well as to free the ground from construction. By raising the functional block to the height of seven floors, we open pedestrian access from all sides and provide a panorama that is currently blocked by the existing abandoned construction. Considering the reconstruction of Lvivska square, there are also one-story functional volumes that form pedestrian platforms. The entrance to the business center is through a one-story building with a lobby and a restaurant, which can be accessed both by the center’s employees and users from the city.
UKRAINE PAVILION FOR DUBAI EXPO2020 Design: M. Dovhanych
Consultant: V. Kudin
2016
The motto of ExpoDubai2020 is ‘Connecting minds – creating the future’. I believe that the future as a place, where everyone has a full life experience, regardless of social status or disability. In my proposal for the Expo2020 pavilion of Ukraine, I designed a structure that demonstrates the possibilities of a navigator for visually impaired people, invented by Ivan Seleznov, a 16 year old Ukrainian inventor. The device is easy to use and cheap to produce. It works due to ultrasound, the same way that bats navigate in complete darkness. The pavilion is an interactive way to draw the attention of the sighted to the daily difficulties of the visually impaired.
At first visitors enter a dark room. Here they first encounter disorientation. From there they get into an illuminated hall, where they are given sonar gloves. With these devices, they go into a dark twisted pipe, which unpredictably turns to the side, then down, then up. The power of ultrasonic navigation is demonstrated here. Thanks to the sonar, visitors have to find their way to a sun filled room with a panoramic view of the surrounding pavilions. From there, they descend to the street using an illuminated ramp. This is in contrast to the darkness and helplessness. All vertical communications are suitable for wheelchair users.
MASTER’S THESIS AND PROJECT: EXTENSION AND RENOVATION OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF FINE ART AND ARCHITECTURE Design: M. Dovhanych Consultant: V. Kudin 2017 Kyiv, Ukraine
I spent 6 years at the National Academy of Fine Art and Architecture in Kyiv, frustrated by the inconvenience of its planning structure, the ugliness of the soviet blocks that do not belong with such a magnificent historical building, and the general air of indifference towards the degeneration of this significant architectural monument. My master’s thesis and project are an analytical approach towards the resurrection of the Academy and its adaptation to current and future needs by the means of contemporary architecture.
traffic direction analysis
surrounding valuable buildings
building height analysis
valuable natural greenery
Currently, the Academy has two buildings connected by a lifted glass passage: the building of the former seminary with soviet extensions in the courtyard and the soviet sports and art history building. A three-story brick building was built for the Kyiv Theological Seminary in 1898. In 1960 a new four-storey educational building appeared, and in 1975-1980 the courtyard extensions were completed. The proposed new building for the department of architecture consists of two main volumes - a multifunctional lower level and a narrow five-story block with workshops, which partially overhangs the Voznesenskyi Descent. It is under the overhanging part that the entrance to the underground level is located. The stylobate part has a floor height of 4 m everywhere, except for the sports hall, which has a height of 6 m as required, and therefore forms a stepped structure of the stylobate, a two-level park is located on it. This decision was made as compensation for the students’ favorite green garden, on the site of which the building is being erected. On the first level of the architectural block are the departments and the dean’s office. Upstairs - classrooms and group rooms. On the last two floors there are architectural design workshops. It is expected that students of architecture will attend some general education classes and classes related to art disciplines in the historical building. At the same time, students from other faculties will use the public functions of the new building - a library, gyms and a dining room. The exhibition halls, located under the historic building, have an independent entrance from the street and the underground level of the new building. Once inside, the visitor enters the lobby, which houses a wardrobe and ticket office. There is also an entrance to the service block of the gallery: curators rooms, art storage, etc.
The design solution proposes to take the following measures:
creative studios classrooms cultural: public access shared spaces outdoor recreation gym dining
• demolish Soviet additions, restore the monument of national importance • demolish the 60’s building, the condition of which does not meet the operational requirements • extract the faculty of architecture and move all its premises to the new building • move the library to the new building (with reading and media rooms, book • storage) • move the dining room to the new building • move the art history department from the Soviet building to the historic building • move the gym and office space from the Soviet building to the new building • allocate the underground floor of the historic building for a modern exhibition complex underneath the courtyard • solve parking problem on surrounding narrow streets by creating an underground parking under the new building, with convenient entrance from Voznesenskyi Descent. • preserve student park by moving it to the roof of the roof of the public part of the architecture department building
CONCEPT FOR THE BABI YAR HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL INFO-CENTER Design team: KUDIN architects: M. Dovhanych, M. Karnaukhov, V. Kudin
2019 Kyiv, Ukraine
Babi Yar is a site in Kyiv, Ukraine, where the Nazi forces carried out mass shootings during the Holocaust. This is a design proposal for a transportable info-booth, that can be installed anywhere in the city, the function of which is to educate people about the soon-to-be built Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial Center in Kyiv. The info-center has two modes of perception: day, and night. During the day it is a mystery, an ambiguity that one wants to clarify by entering, but at night it is a heartbeat, which evokes the desire to stand by and observe, contemplate and empathize.
The structure consists of an inner volume encapsulated in an outer shell. In the inner space, information is displayed on wall and ceiling mounted media panels. After viewing the media displays, the visitor leaves the room and climbs the stairs to the upper level, the floor of which is also made of mesh. From the terrace the visitor overlooks the three-dimensional font installation - the words ‘Babi Yar’ made of metal sheets, installed on the ground outside the info-center. At night, when it is closed, it continues to attract interest due to the pulsating illumination. The structure has no outer walls, thus cannot be vandalized with graffiti.
SHOPPING, LIVING, ENTERTAINMENT Design team: KUDIN architects: M. Dovhanych, M. Karnaukhov, V. Kudin 2020 Lviv, Ukraine
The building site is situated in Sykhiv – a soviet residential district on the outskirts of Lviv, Ukraine. This part of the city has the reputation of a ghetto, due to its monotonous concrete apartment buildings and high levels of criminal activity during the 1990’s. Today, the city is making an effort to revitalize the district by integrating contemporary architecture and more public functions into the Sykhiv landscape. According to the brief, we had to combine contemporary housing and a shopping mall on very limited land next to a public park. The building consists of two functionally and visually differing volumes. The shopping and entertainment part has a terraced roof, suitable for occasional festivals, performances, and for everyday use by cafes and restaurants. The housing is oriented towards the green landscape of the park, using the best of the available views and natural lighting. Open-air playgrounds and exercise facilities are to be placed on the roof of both volumes.
TOWN FOR 30 000 RESIDENTS Design team: KUDIN architects: M. Dovhanych, M. Karnaukhov, O. Riabova, T. Velychko, N. Besarab, V. Kudin, P. Synhayivskyi 2020 Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
500 ha of land are located near Kyiv, 27 km west of the center of the capital, along a highway of international importance. On the east side the territory borders with the village of Dmytrivka, and on the west it is surrounded by natural forest. It is almost completely free from construction, because it was previously used for agricultural purposes (fruit trees). An old cobbled road, which forms the historical planning axis, has been preserved on the site. Forest, clean air, and lakes contribute to the creation of a low-rise, predominantly pedestrian sustainable settlement, which will be able to provide its population with food and electricity. It is possible to have a system of industrial greenhouses and a dairy farm in the settlement, and to the north of the site, there are power lines, under which there is a site suitable for a solar power plant. As the settlement is located only 7 km from the border of Kyiv on the highway, we propose to build a business park for 7,500 employees at the entrance to the town. This will help relieve traffic in the capital, and some employees will live in the convenient town near work. It is also advisable to arrange a large sports complex near the entrance, to be used both by the locals and residents of Kyiv.
The planning concept is based on the historic axis and the direction of the main entrance from the motorway. The direction of the existing cobblestone road becomes the main street of the town. It is saturated with public function, and is visually distinguished from the urban texture of the city by taller buildings. 5 public squares are strung on the main planning axis, each of which performs a separate public function. The central square is located at the intersection of the main planning axes. It is home to a shopping center and a farmers’ market. This square is visually dominant, locating the tallest building in the city and its symbol - a 70 m tall vertical greenhouse. The town is designed for 30 thousand residents. Among the main types of housing are single-family houses, blockhouses (townhouses) and 3-5 floor high apartment buildings. In the east of the district there are 9 blocks of housing for service personnel. Population density is increasing from northwest to southeast, so more expensive private homes are closest to the forest and farthest from the neighboring village, and more economical housing on the contrary. At the same time, town planning ensures equality of quality of life for residents of different economic strata due to the many public and recreational spaces scattered across the town, as well as the humane organization of movement. The planning structure is aimed at minimizing traffic, so at the entrances there are multi-level intercepting parking buildings, where one can leave the car and change to local electric public transport. The village has an inner ring bus route and a tram running along the busiest street. Tram tracks are laid on the preserved historic cobblestones. There is also a network of bicycle paths, and bicycle and pedestrian paths completely separated from traffic.
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