Portfolio
Paola Both
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Curriculum Vitae
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Studio-design projects
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Bachelor Projects B2 Project - Sports_hub in Aachen B3 Project - Living in Süsterfeldstraße in Aachen B4 Bachelorthesis - Botel, a swimming Hotel in Berlin
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Master Projects M1 Project - Musicdome in Cracow (Erasmus) M2 Project - Kosmopolis, Culture Center for Migration in Stuttgart
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Hands-on Projects 3D Printing processes in furniture construction and design design of a seating furniture
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High Architecture - Low Carbon design of a fassade and realisation in smaller scale
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Rockingorgami - a foldble, hanging Pavillion Design and Realisation
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Design Develope Build Guga‘S Thebe - a Children‘s Theater in Cape Town, South Africa
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Drawings Sketches
Education 09/1996-06/2000 09/2000-06/2009 02/2010-04/2010 10/2010-06/2013 10/2013-06/2014 10/2014-ongoing About Name Date of Birth Place of Birth Nationality family status Adress Mobile E-Mail Adress Language Skills german polish english french spanish swedish Programms Autocad Autodesk Revit Grasshopper Rhinoceros Micro Station Google Sketch Up Adobe Photoshop Adobe Indesign Microsoft Office
Paola Both 25.05.1990 Aachen Germany singel Ackerstr.20 40233 Düsseldorf +4915733352287 Paola.Both@gmx.de
Experiences abroad 11/2009-10/2010 10/2013-06/2014
Elementaryschool Aachen,Germany Highschool Bischöfliches Pius-Gymnasium with highest degree : Abitur Psychologie I in Essex County College NJ, USA
Project B2: SportsHub - constructive, structural and energetic design project, group project
Studies of Architecture at RWTH Aachen, Germany Degree: Bachlor of Sience Studies abroad at Politechnika Krakowska in Poland, Cracow ongoing mastersprogramm in architecture at RWTH Aachen
Project B3: Living at Süsterfeldstreet - Urban Design Project, group project
Project B4: Botel, a swimming Hotel in Berlin - Bachelorthesis, individual project Aupair in NJ, USA Erasmus in Polen, Polytechnika Krakowska
Relevant proessional experience 12/2012-07/2013 Assistent at architectural office IP Arch, in Aachen Support for a project for RWK Düsseldorf under the leading of Achim Speer 08/2013-09/2013 Realisation of Designproject„Design Develop Build“ in Langa, Capetown, Guga S’Thebe Children‘s Theater and Arts and Culturalcenter 09/2015- ongoing internship at architectual office Structurelab architects Interests and Hobbies
Project M1: Musikdome - study abroad, individual project
Project M2.1: Kosmopolis - design project, individual project
dancing
all kinds of dances in several groups since 1995
music
playing the piano, Solo and chambermusic for 16 years in the musical school with regular participation at the competition„ Jugend musiziert“ also with a special assignment in chambermusic for my Abitur, now I am playing for my own use
Seminar, Design: 3D Printing in Funituredesign - Research, Design and Construcion of a stool, group project
arts
Drawing and Painting(Fieldtrip to Cappadocia and Ankara), Mixed Media, Fotographie
Research and Design: High Architecture- Low Carbon - Research, Design and Construction of a fassade, group project
travelling
longtrips to America for one year and Poland for one year, besides several short trips
sports
running, ballsports, swimming
culture
theater, literature, concerts, classical music, musicals, dancing performances
Seminar, Design: Rockingorigami, a foldable pavillion - parametrical construction, group project
Guga S’Thebe Children‘s Theater: Design and Realisation on Construction Site in Langa, Capetown
Project B2: group project integrated Project Year 2011 Department of Construction Structure Building Technology University RWTH Aachen Germany Site: Aachen, Germany Function: Sports-/Eventhall
Site
Design Grundriss Maßstab 1: 50
The location of the Sports_hub is outside of the City in a residential area.
The task was to design a Sportshall for multifunctional use. It was meant for sportsevents, just as music events, but also for regular sportsclasses for daily disposition.
Concept The multifuntionality should be read and understood especially through the structure of the building. Therefore it was necessary to develope a column unsupported floorplan, to be able to put funcional boxes inside. The sportshall itself is serperated in different zones which can be combined in different alternatives. Zones just as the eventzone or the active zone work for itself but also together.
400m2
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Eventhalle
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Active Zone / Eingang
480m2
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Schulungsraum
53m2
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Sanitätsraum
16m2
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Lager
8m2
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Teeküche
8m2
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Büro
16m2
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Duschen
9
Garderoben
12.5m2 mit WC
18m2
10 WC Behinderte
4.5m2
11 Lager
4.5m2
12 Toiletten
18m2
13 Anlieferung
34m2
14 Technik
46m2
15 Geräte
34m2
Pos 4 solid wood 100/100 bracing roof plates
laminated wood 42/160 Pos 2 laminated wood 42/160 rigid connection Pos 1 hollow profile 320/180 flexible column footing
glass panel
development of the structure
structural system of the frames
load- bearing wood not bearing deadwood
bracing wall slabs
beam
Pos 3 connection laminated wood 42/160 hollow profile 320/180
pressure rod post
Isometry of the concept of the bracing
bracing roof slabs and wall slabs out of Kertho Q panels
laminated wood 42/160
Project B3:
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Urban Design Project Group project
Planningtheory and Urban Development Urban Design and Regional Planning Landscapeplanning
2012
RWTH Aachen
Aachen, Germany
Student Residential Quarter
Site The Bendplatz is a huge area close to the Trainstation Aachen West and it offers enough space for events, such as trade fairs, circus or fleamarkets. Their is going to be a new planned Campus West of the RWTH Achen which enables the region to get a new face. So far it is dominated by middle class multifamily Housing and a big industrial area.
The K端hlwetterstreet is a Street in th livingarea without any specicic impact. The Roemonderstreet is a kind of cultural lane with museaums, exibitions and restuarants. Those three axis should be combined by the design and allow each of them to make profit out of it.
Concept
The design has its focus on how you enter the living area. The stream of the roads is created by the polygonal structure, that leads the view of the pedastrians into the Inside of the structure. The concept is based on differenty shapes innecourts with different qualities for Inner and Utter use.
There are three axis which are framing the Bendplatz. The S端sterfeldstreet in the West, the K端hlwetterstreet in the South and the Roemonderstreet in the East. Each of these streets has its own function and has an impact on the neighbouring areas. The S端sterfeldstreet follows the line of the Campus West and therefore will be offering Service for the RWTH with bakeries, bookshops, and copyshops.
Design
In the end, the Bendplatz should represent the pending heart of aachen west.
Site Analysis
Design
functions relation between differentzoning classifications
public and half-public
connection by attractive meetingpoints
Zone in between
visual axises Lightplan
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Bachelorthersis individual Project
Univ.-Prof. i.V. Dipl.-Ing. Petra Vondenhof-Anderhalten
2013
RWTH Aachen
Univ.-Prof. i.V. Dipl.-Ing. Petra Vondenhof-Anderhalten Adria Daraban
Berlin Germany
Hostel
Botel
Architekture
meets
Water
The Botel consists of moduls, whose simplicity in form generates the feeling of security. The movement of the form embraces the visitor, such as the circulation, on which he is walking. This interface leads them together and creates a carpet out of vertical footbridges and perpendicularly situated cabines.
construction Structure The load-bearing behavior of the structure is ralated to a plane load-bearing structure. The analogy to a double-jointed frames gives the assumption of a similar moment curve at the rounded frame. Related to a construction of a ship , it is nessecary to work against the horizontal forces from the water. Therefore additional frames should embrace the form from inside and hold the system together.
starting point: curved plane load-bearing structure
Analogy: double-jointed frames
system
moment curve
implementation: rounded double-jointed frames
system
The construction of the shellsystem is solved by intergral components whose geometrical joints in form of springs and grooves are always above the water level. An EPDM-strip is glued between the components in the position of the spring and the flat steel . In addition, a screw should secure the structure. For putting the screw it is nessecary to open the concret shell partly. The recess can be replaced by a lamp and generates the final completion of the construction. The Material concrete will be supported by textiles to reduce its weight in relation to the volume down to its minimum, so that the modul can swimm on the water.
momenten curve
concrete with textile polyurethane hard foam lamp screw gasket EPDM -gasket gasket
Concept of modular structre Segments of the footbridge are pile-founded and hight-adjustable. The prefabricated Cabine- and Bathmodules will be transported to the shore and build together there. At the shore 2 Cabines and 1 bath will be put together to a complexe. Those unities will be shipped to the fixed segments until the net of cabines is threaded
Module: Cabine
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Dining
3 persons
toilets
2persons
InternetcafÄ‚Å
1st step: Transport of the modules to the shore
2nd step: putting together the units
3rd step: shipping the units to the footbridge, joining them by swimming segments
4th step: repeating of the process until the net is completed.
Bath
1person
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Details for a flexible structure The solution for an optional extenstion of the structure is joining the cabines with a flexible but also water-resistentsystem. The idea is taken from the articulate busses.
A flexible joint between the water resistent units is solved by axle bearings.
„like a carpet on the water “ The rational structure in the overviewplan gets a totally different impression in the perspective view. The juts and recesses create different grayscales make a new pattern out of the stiff structure - it reminds of a relief that is moving on the water „when two elements become one“ Architecture and Water , two elements of beauty meet each other in one interface and become something new. The architecture respects the element of water and bows down to its given forces.The outcome is even better than without.
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individual Project Erasmus
Design for Conservation
2014
Politechnika Krakowska, Poland
Jacek Czubinski
Cracow, Poland
Music House
Site The object is located in Cracow, the capital of Littlepoland, a voivodship of South Poland. Cracow is a centrical organized city with an Old Town in the center, surrounded by ringroads. The loccation of the object is next to the railways which appeared to become a challange in the new design. Conept Cracow is a very historical city with a high artistical value. Preservating and emphasizing this value is the focus of this project. Design The existing building used to be the storage for the Juliusz SĹ‚owacki Theater. It is located on the Radziwillowska street in Cracow, next to the railways. The building is under protection because of its material and nonmaterial values that should be respected and involved in the new design of the building. The new function of the building will be a music house for students of the music academy. They can practise in the upper floors and relax on the roof top terrace. Besides that, the building can be used for concerts, exibitions and other events. It is desiged for mulitfunctional use. According to its materiel value, the preservation of the whole fassade, which is made out of bricks and fresques is of primary importance. As it used to serve as a storage for the most important theater in Cracow, it gains a high immateriel value and should be maintained in the new use.
Concept
Despite there should be somehow a connection between the two parts. The fassade of the new building refers to the old one, by using the same pattern of brickstones. Even if it is in concrete, it creates a context between the old and the new part and stresses the value of the old building. Also the big arched windows of the walls are exposed freely so that they can be appreciated by the visitors. Besides they frame the beautifu landscape from the back of the buiding. The scuptue is composed in two L-shaped frames which bear all the new rooms for permanent use like rehearsal rooms, concert halls and exibitionarea.Two long legs with the communicationsystem, administration and toilets join those parts and complete the continuous loop. The open space in between is flexible in use and meant for temporary events like big concert or dancing events. Therefore it is possible to change the level of the floor and to pull out the tribune of the wall.
rehearsal open space for multifunctional use
communication
Following the box-in-box principle, the new part is put independantly inside of the old brick walls. There is a remarkable distance between the old walls and the new sculpture. That gesture shows the historical distance in time. Also the use of different materials for the new part is underlining that aspect.
Szenario 1 shows a concert with stage and a pulled out tribune, that is storaged inside the wall Szenario 2 shows a gala with completely pulled up floor.
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protected brickwall structual glazing steel construction reinforced concrete waterproofing insulation waterproofing
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insulation reinforced concrete shell steel lattice support reinforcement screed
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insulation concrete ceiling trapezoidal sheet metal I Beam 220 mm I Beam 360 mm Acusticelement PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
The construction of the sculpture is solved by reinforced concrete. The idea is to use prefabricated concrete shells with crossing reinforcment and to pore in the concrete right on the constructionsite. The reinforcement of all elements, such as floor ceiling and walls are connected with each other, so that everything is stable within itself like a box.
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The construction for holding the roof is solved by I beam frames, which are also partly pierced through the construction walls of the sculptur. For better accustics, the inner construction of I beams is covered by glass.
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The roof is meant for public use. It offers a big area for the students to recover in between their recess. Along the brick walls is sturctul glazing meant for walking just as for illuminating the interior.
PE foil insulation bituminous sheet reinforced concrete reinforcment within each
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Construction
M2 Project: individual Project Year: 2014
University: RWTH Aachen
Department of: Building design and building execution Consultation: Bas Van de Pol Prof. I.V.Ir. Fred HumblĂŠFunction: Cultural Center for Migration Site: Stuttgart, Germany
Design The cultural center offers a big range of cultural, functional, religious, educational, specific but also daily programms. Kosmopolis, that is how it is called is a meeting point for everybody, who is coming with his own intentions and needs and in the end he is meeting unexpected other people. Just like in a city. Therefore the building is organized like a city and is following its principles by using different kinds of boundaries. On the roof, there is a route architectural, which joins the two different levels of the topography and also involves the pedestrians. They can look inside the building or simply enjoying the view from the terrasses. During the walk on the roof the visitors get invited to enter the builidng through its many entraces, just like in a city, that you can enter from different sides.
Analysis of the Site
Game with the Topography
Black Plan - M 1:2000
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Entrance + 12.00m
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Florplan - Rooftop - M 1:200
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Floorplan - Goundfloor - M 1:200
The main axis through the building is a linear 5 meter wide path, that ads to all public areas in its different hights.
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Three transverse achsis are crossing that road as entrances for different purposes. The first transerse achsis is the entrance for the public library, that should be operating independant from the cultural center. The second achsis holds the main entrance for the building and gathers the people in a big foyer, the center of the cultural building. The third achis is the backstage entrance for the staff for the workshop, the actors and musicians of the theater. VON EINEM AUTODESK-SCHULUNGSPRODUKT ERSTELLT
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The parapet on the Rooftop is supposed to function as top pull , holding the structure walls together just as a cantilever. The floors span in between. The big span requires a parapet hight of 145 cm. Therefore a double floor is used to reduce the hight up to 90 cm and for dewatering the roof.
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Group Project
2014
RWTH Aachen
Research, Design and Construction of a stool
3D Printing in Furnituredesign
Design
The stool project is focussed on a fast prototyping and fast manufacturing process of a seating furniture by the use of a 3D Printer. In order to do an inovation, it was important to use the 3D printer for a unique conjunction, that is taking profit out of the printing process. The combination of the printed joints and other materials just as metall, wood or other textiles was tested and documentated. In order to make a conclusion how we can apply the 3D printing process in furniture design it was nessecary to recognize the possibilities and also the limitation of the process. Our intention was to design a screwless stool in order to build it up and dismantel it very fast. Therefore all the joint are 3d printed and have specific profiles to fix to the aluminum pipes. The upper joints have a kind of head which has to be put through the milled wooden board and twisted around, so that a screw-free junction is possible. Finally Caps should avoid that the joints twist out.
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Group Project IASS Symposium Contest
2015
RWTH Aachen Parametrical Construction
foldable pavillion for IASS Symposium Contest
milling machine vacuum compactor
Group Project
2015
Coorperation Project
2013
RWTH Aachen Langa, Capetown PSBA Düsseldorf Georgia Tech Atlanta Guga S’Thebe Children‘s Theatre 2013/14/15
IASS Symposium Contest „The 2015 IASS Symposium organizers invited universities to participate in a contest and exhibition of structurally innovative pavilions.The pavilions had to give a future vision on structural design and innovation and had to be the outcome of structural research.It is our ambition to have an exhibition that shows new insights on structural typologies in the design of a pavilion.The pavilions are exhibited in that summer of 2015 and during the 2015 IASS symposium in the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam.The exhibition will be opened at the end of the Holland Festival in June 2015.“ iass2015.org The structure is based on a four-fold origami pattern, i.e. four creases are concurring to each vertex of the pattern, and therefore presents a single degree of freedom. Thus, an easy and controllable actuation of the whole structure is possible. The sculpture is designed to be suspended from the roof, with an interposition of an intermediate horizontal frame. A slight perturbation can be induced by pulling a cord, thus enabling the structure to oscillate in a simple harmonic motion, from a folded to an unfolded state, back and forth. Due to the distinct design of the planar facets, the motion of the realized construction follows the same kinematics of a folded nonthick paper sheet. The lightweight design of the facets is based on a folded core structure of vacuumformed polycarbonate sheets. Two opposing inner layers with pyramidal embossments serve as spacer between the outer layers. The foldability of the relatively thick panels is ensured by a crystallinelike shaping, which also prevents the structure to stuck into its dead center.
High Architecture - Low Carbon The task was to develope an ecofriendly and removable fassade. Our primary structure is a beam-and-post system with push-fit-brackets for a rapid assambly and disassambly. The secondary structure consists of modular frames, which can be either glaezed or thermally insulated with transulent insulation. The Insulation is designed by recycled plasttic trash, that can be easily filled and refilled in the zip bags. The aim was to use recyling materials and develope a system that can be produced in serie.
Construction Site:
* A place for children and young adults. A place for music, dance and performance. An extension of Guga S’Thebe arts and cultural centre. *
Together with the assistance of future users, me and other students of Architecture design, planned and built a multipurpose centre for the youth in the township Langa in Cape Town. Guga S’Thebe is a cultural centre that was developed after the end of apartheid in the 1990s in Langa, the oldest township of Cape Town. It attracts local children, youth and artists as well as international tourists. For the community of Langa, Guga S’Thebe is an unique chance to experience art and culture as well as an international dialogue. Over the years the work with children and young adults, who are instructed by local teachers and artists, became a main focus of the cultural centre. Outside of school, away from an often difficult situation at home, a place for learning, music, play and creativity is unique in Langa.At present a multifunctional space for the numerous dance, music and theatre performances is urgently needed. The successful work with children in drum lessons, dance workshops and public concerts will be supported and extended by the new building. A combination of singular rooms for playing music in small groups and a large multipurpose space that can host performances and concerts will widen the experiential possibilities for children and young adults and stimulate the sustainable development within the community. As Cape Town will be World Design Capital in 2014, the process of building with international students, local artists and the community of Langa can become part of the event. The aim is to create an innovative building through participation, social integration and the implementation of recycled materials. In workshops with children and young adults, spaces can be designed with which their ‘designers’ can identify themselves and where they feel safe.