Pawel Kochanski architectural portfolio by Pawel Kochanski

PORT FOLIO

pawel kochanski | architectural portfolio selected works 20012-2014

pawel kochanski | portfolio 2014

table of contents | elements

elements

CURRICULUM VITAE

COMPETITIONS

ACADEMIC WORKS

DESIGN

PHOTOGRAPHY

about me

warwick junction

barruncho redevelopment

folding chair

recycling revolution

museum of rio tejo

m-store

4-7

8-25

26-43

44-55

coat rack

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EDUCATION

WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Master of Architecture Wroclaw, Poland 2012-2014 UNIVERSIDADE TECNICA DE LISBOA Erasmus scholarship Lisbon, Portugal 2012-2013 | 1 academic year WESTPOMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Bachelor of Architecture Szczecin, Poland 2007-2011

WORKSHOPS & COURSES

WATERFRONT CITY? Workshop during Westival - festival of architecture Szczecin, Poland November, 2009

name birth: nationality e-mail: phone: skype:

Pawel Kochanski 08.11.1985 polish pawkochanski@gmail.com 0048 506 021 603 p_kochanski

LANGUAGES

polish - mother tongue english - fluent german - conversant portuguese - basic

COMPUTER SKILLS

INTERESTS

graphic design | photography | music & djing | travelling

VISION OF THE FUTURE URBAN HOUSING Winter School - Roving Architectural Design Studios at Gazi University Ankara, Turkey January - February, 2011 EUROPEAN WORKSHOP WATERFRONT URBAN DESIGN Workshop at Universidade Lusofona Lisbon, Portugal March - April, 2011 FILM EDITING COURSE with prof. Carlos Manuel Figueiredo Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa Lisbon, Portugal September - December, 2012 ART-ARCHITECTURE WORKSHOP workshop at Brito-Rodrigues Arq. with artist Arjan Janssen Lisbon, Portugal May, 2013 DESIGN COURSE with prof. Jo達o Paulo Marins Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa Lisbon, Portugal February - June, 2013

curriculum vitae | about

WORK EXPERIENCE

www.studio-soda.pl Szczecin, Poland May 2009 - October 2011 2 years 6 months

KABZA PP Full time architectural assistant

Responsible for: concepts, 2d CAD documentation, detail drawings,3d modelling. Type of projects: housing, industrial objects

facebook: Kabza-PP Wrocław, Poland February 2014 - current 8 months

REDAN, ARCHITECTURAL & ENGINEERING OFFICE Internship + freelance cooperation

Responsible for: 2d CAD documentation, detail drawings, Type of projects: adaptation and revitalization of heritage buildings, small public facilities, urban furniture.

FREELANCE Architect and designer

Fair & trade show booth design, single and multifamily housing design, 3d modelling, renderings and graphic design Clients: Voxel Design, W4O3, APA Owczarek, AGP Architekci

Wrocław, Poland October 2013 - current 1 year EXTERNAL REFERENCE ARCH. Internship

Responsible for: concepts, 2d CAD documentation, detail drawings, Type of Projects: Interior design, ephemeral architecture, pavilions, urban planning

www.bpi-redan.com Szczecin, Poland July 2009 - December 2010 1 year 6 months SELECTED COMPETITIONS & EXHIBITIONS

RECYCLING CITY | GRAND PRIX !

Krasnoyarsk - Ecodelo recycling competition | RU

cooperation: Karolina Tarkowska June 2013

IAKS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Exerscience - concept of a public gym | DE

cooperation: Karolina Tarkowska April 2013

www.externalreference.com Barcelona, Spain July 2013 – September 2013 3 months

SOCIAL REVOLUTION | SHORTLIST!

GSA, GREGORCZYK + STAŃCZYK Full time architectural assistant

WIELKOMIEJSKA.PL

Responsible for: concepts, 2d CAD documentation, detail drawings, project coordination, 3d modelling, visualizations. Type of Projects: Retail stores up to 5000 m2, office buildings.

www.gsaprojekt.pl Wroclaw, Poland February 2012 - August 2012 7 months

Intervention in public space in Yaroslavl | RU

cooperation: Karolina Tarkowska April 2013

Project of self-service restaurant in Warsaw | PL

cooperation: Karolina Tarkowska December 2011

OSTROWIEC CULTURAL BREWERY Concept for local cultural centre | PL

cooperation: SO.D.A September 2010

THE SQUARE OF 3 CROSSES B+L ATELIER Part time architectural assistant

Responsible for: concepts, 2d CAD documentation, detail drawings, project coordination, 3d modelling, visualization. Type of projects: multifamily housing projects, public facilities.

www.atbl.pl Szczecin, Poland August 2010 - October 2011 1 year 3 months SO.D.A. Internship + freelance cooperation

Responsible for: concepts, 2d CAD documentation, 3d modelling, visualization. Type of projects: competition projects, housing projects.

Redesign of public space in Warsaw | PL

cooperation: SO.D.A. May 2010

NOWE ORLOWO

Concept of seaside housing complex | PL

cooperation: U.P. Krasowski January 2010

KOSZALIN’s TRANSPORTATION HUB Concept for train and bus hub | PL

cooperation: SO.D.A October 2009

2URBAN8

student projects exhibition | bachelor thesis | PL

cooperation: Karolina Tarkowska January 2012

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references available upon request or on my website www.pawelkochanski.com

curriculum vitae | about

employment

facebook: Kabza-PP position: architectural assistant

externalreference.com position: architectural internship

gsaprojekt.pl position: architectural assistant

freelance

voxeldisplay.com type of projects: fair booth design

apaowczarek.pl type of projects: architectural concepts

studio-soda.pl position: architectural internship

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COMPETITIONS

competitions | index

temporary intervention in

WARWICK JUNCTION

MASTER THESIS

location / date Durban, South Africa / 2014 master thesis + competition project tutor: Ada Kwiatkowska Wroclaw University of Technology

social architecture

RECYCLING REVOLUTION location / date

Krasnoyarsk & Yaroslavl Russia / 2014

competition project cooperation: Karolina Tarkowska host: Socialfest.ru & EcoDelo

GRAND PRIX

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MARKETS OF WARWICK Warwick Junction lies on the edge of the Durbanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inner-city and is the primary public transport interchange in the city. On an average day the area accommodates 460 000 commuters, and at least 6000 street vendors. Given the confluence of rail, taxi and bus transport, this area has always been a natural market for street vendors. The Markets of Warwick includes between 5000 and 8000 vendors trading in 9 distinct markets. Currently this is the only informally structured market in a public space of this magnitude, and thus establishes itself as the single most authentic African market that South Africa has to offer. The products available vary from beadwork, traditional arts and crafts, traditional cuisine, fresh produce, music and entertainment merchandise, clothing, accessories and traditional medicine. To appreciate the diversity and success of the markets today, the historical significance of the Warwick area is important.

warwick junction | temporary intervention

TEMPORARY INTERVENTION WARWICK JUNCTION

South Africa

KwaZulu - Natal

Durban

Photograph: Tyler Dolan / www.tylerdolan.com / Edit: Pawel Kochanski

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NEW STRATEGY CHANGING FACE OF WARWICK Steeped in racial discrimination, the Warwick area was neglected and abandoned by the apartheid government. It was initially Indian indentured labourers who began trading on the street sidewalks in this area, and for example, built the beautiful Badsha Peer Shrine which remains an iconic piece of architecture in Brook Street. With the gradual influx of black African traders into the area, Warwick became a central hub of commerce and trading activity. It was only in the late 1980s that traders were given recognition for their economic contribution and granted permission to remain in specifically allocated trading locations on the streets. Since then trader committees have been established to work alongside the Municipality and various sector support organizations to create and maintain an effective informal trading location benefiting the traders and the 70, 000 – 100, 000 people who depend on these vendors’ income. Warwick Junction is a magic and fascinating place, very unique in its character, a fantastic mixture of social, cultural and historical values which should be preserved. A part of the approach to this project was defining long term strategy for Warwick Junction. After all analisys the conclusion was that it should be based on three main elements: ECOLOGY&ECONOMY -Warwick’s Junction ecosystem is based on people flow. Movement of people is a crucial element and it has to be kept. Because of that, instead of concentration of elements further development should be based on circulation! That is why a 9 MARKETS LOOP is proposed as a main idea to allow Warwick Junction to work the way it does and make it even better! Ecological approach should be based on ecology of society, sustainability of Warwick Junction’s balanced Ecosystem, protecting it’s unique symbiotic microcosm. SOCIAL INTERVENTION - In social intervention local engagement is crucial, it creates close relationship and responsibility for the results. In this intervention improvement of safety and comfort should play the main role. Proposed Community Center will play the role of sharing and participating platform, local ‘agora’ for people of Warwick Junction. NEW BRAND (place marketing) - Warwick Junction plays important role in the city, place where you can experience real South African spirit. It’s soul and spirit has to be preserved in city’s landscape! Crucial strategy for Warwick Junction is to reintroduce it to the city of Durban create a new distinguishable brand that will change its recognition, make it attractive for Durban citizens and show its compelling values! Introducing new landmark will emphasize role of Warwick Junction as an attractive and fascinating place to be!

warwick junction | temporary intervention

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i love that handcrafted jewellery

special price for you miss!

landmark proposal

SHELTER TOWER

Shelter tower is an ‘exclamation mark’ of Warwick Junction district. Its fun and extraordinary shape will be distinguishable and visible from distance. That is a part of Warwick’s face changing, making it reckognizable, interesting, a pleace wort visiting. Such structure looks fascinating, brings on mind HIGH-TEC buildings, eventough it is actually more a LOW-TEC structure. It looks also like some artistic structure, and if decorated by local people- it could really be a great piece of art. Something that they could identify themselves with! It was important to research and define needs of local society. Warwick markets were developing with different levels of infrastructural support. One of the missing elements was the lack of sleeping facilities. Vertical tents hanging on its structure work as a temporary shelters for rent. They could be easily folded and moved. Tents could be rented from local Society Center. One tent is big enough to fit a family of two adults and a kid. During the night some of the tents will shine , when lit from the inside and make it look like huge lantern. Construction of ShelterTower is made of scaffoldings, which might be donated by local construction companies. Simplicity of construction makes it possible for local community to participate in assembly process. Mounting of elements does not require qualified workers. Another advantage of such type of construction is its transparency. Lack of walls and ‘dark spots’ allows visual control and increases safety. Tower is also a great observatory point, and this have a strong impact on security comfort. Shelter tower proposed in this project is supposed to be not onle a sleeping place, some kind of a vertical camping, but also a viewpoint. It somehow plays role of a ‘watchtower’, that might increase safety, thanks to so called “neighbourhood control”. In the middle of the structure, in its central part huge nets are hung. They protect users from falling down the structure, but also work as a giant hammocks, a perfect place to rest and relax.

finally, some place to relax

warwick junction | temporary intervention

NEW ICON SCAFFOLDING TOWER

amazing view!

vertical tents! so cool!

weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve built it by ourselves

nice park, so peaceful and quiet pass me the ball!

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THE SHELTER VERTICAL CAMPING

warwick junction | temporary intervention

Mounting scheme: mounting of horizontal elements and angular ties to the O-type node. Hinge blockade by hammering the wedge. Details: 1. Hinge; 2. Vertical element, 48mm pipe, wall thickness 3mm; 3. Horizontal element, 48mm pipe, wall thickness 3mm;4. O-type node; 5. Hinge connector for vertical and horizontal elements; 6. Hinge blocker; O-type node allows to connect all the basic elements â&#x20AC;&#x201C;horizontal and vertical pipes, ties. Otype node disc has eight mounting slots (four big and four small), that allows connecting up to eight elements. Small ones are dedicated for horizontal elements, that will let to achieve rigid rectangular grid of scaffolding. Elements that are mounted to bigger slots might be rotated in 30Â° range. Discs are welded to vertical pipes every 500 mm.

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warwick junction | temporary intervention

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trading path with public umbrellas

sport field and playground umbrellas made of recycled cardboard and fabric

relaxing zone

warwick junction | temporary intervention

PUBLIC SPACE PAINTING WARWICK!

painting of public space seats made of plastic beer crates

space for artistic expression

Significant lack of public space in Warwick junction leads to diffraction of its community. For local society a spot where they can meet, relax, socialize and have fun, is always vital. Introducing such place, safe and pleasant , does not require a lot of funds. Just a little effort can make a difference. And a handful of colors! How to mark a public space? Simply paint it! Make it alive, make it cool, make it joyful and attractive. You can paint whatever you want, special spots, sport fields,it will distinguish it from ‘regular’ surrounding space, mark its significance. Thie simplicity of this intervention will make this public space a ‘common good’, since everyone may take part in its production. And what about the street furniture? You can bring whatever you want, there is a lot of stuff to reuse and recycle. Beer or bread crates for seats? Just paint them to make it belong to this place. To organize the space PUBLIC UMBRELLAS are proposed. By using pieces of fabric and cardboards some nice designed umbrella-like shades could be created. They will work perfectly for public space as sun protectors, but may also define spots for informal traders when put in the right place.

current situation - chaotic market space

introduction of the triangular grid and vertical elements

’programming’ of the space

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SOCIAL ARCHITECTURE RECYCLING REVOLUTION Social Revolution was a project made for a competition on socialfest in Yaroslavl, Russia, where it was shortlisted as one of 15 best projects. It was also nominated and won a GRAND PRIX in competition organised by EcoDelo in Krasnoyarsk, also in Russia. Main idea was to create an ecological object from recycled materials and a green space surrounding it, which would encourage people to rediscover social life. We wanted to use simple and easy accessible resources. That is why we chose old cargo containers as our main structure and earth soil for creation of the landscape. Intervention in the park was supposed to make it more attractive, but at the same time not to destroy its general composition. That is why we decided to dig our objects into the ground and create at the same time interesting and much safer landscape. We hope that various activities that we propose will bring life to social relations of Yaroslavlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inhabitants.

social architecture | recycling revolution

OSB covered finishing

media/book/coffe shelf

recycled cargo container

social nest

grassy “hill” covering container

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Following the ecological objectives we proposed to recycle old cargo containers and use them as a main structure of the pavilion. Everything that is needed to be done is to place it in the right spot. All further actions, such us covering it with earth and finishing are so simple, that they could be done by local people. That is the element of social participation. Interior walls are covered by simple wooden OSB plates, which are cheap but practical. Containers made of steel are also rather resistible to vandalism – there is not really much what one can destroy and materials are durable. The pavilion may hold different cultural functions, such as small library, mediatheque or café. Library is supposed to be a local platform for book exchange – so called book-crossing, a mediatheque –platform for multimedia exchange equipped with wi-fi connection. It might be a place where people could exchange their old books or download e-books and audio-books. Everything might be painted regarding the wishes and moods of inhabitants. It could be a perfect place for artistic expression.

social architecture | recycling revolution

mediatheque media-crossing

library book-crossing

cafĂŠ self-service

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ACADEMIC WORKS

academic works | index

slum redevelopment

BARRUNCHO location / date

Lisbon, Portugal / 2013

Laboratorio de projecto VI tutor: Pedro Rodrigues Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa

museum of

RIO TEJO location / date

Lisbon, Portugal / 2013

Laboratorio de projecto V tutor: Filipa Roseta Vaz Monteiro Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa

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BARRUNCHO SLUM REDEVELOPMENT

barruncho | slum redevelopment

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ABOUT BARRUNCHO The Bairro do Barruncho slum (Barruncho’s neighbourhood) is located on the edge of Lisbon’s municipality border,between the parish o Póvoa de Santo Adriao and the parish of Odivelas. It’s somehow rough ground wich began to form in th 1960’s. Spreading on rather steep hill brings on mind well known favelas from Rio de Janeiro, except of its much smaller scale. Most of its inhabitants are of african origin, majority of them from Capo Verde and Angola, but also about 40% of them are Portuguese nationality. There is also quite big Gypsy community. It is composed of a high number of provisional selfmade constructions , where there are about 130 households with rather poor hygienic conditions. Despite their rather rough living situation, people from Barruncho (especially African immigrants) are very warm and welcoming people. It’s very clear that they are trying to live a normal life in their small community.

barruncho | slum redevelopment

anos/years

pawel kochanski | portfolio 2014 second floor area max. 41 m2

lifecycle of the slum

first foor area max 41. m2

ground floor area max. 30 m2

= up to 112 m2

building 6x9m area 54 m2 - 65% backyard 6x5m area 30 m2 - 35%

Slum location on a steep slope, next to the primary school of Odivelas. Houses in Barruncho are constantly a subject of municipal emissions and demolition, but on a foot of one destroyed shed always grows a new one.

NEW PROPOSAL Project introduces modular system of prefabricated construction, which could be extended accordingly to it’s inhabitants need. A family may claim to the municipality for a basic 6x9 lot with a basic single-room shed and a construction that makes a possibility of further development. Every lot has a part of land which is dedicated for a small garden and is forbid to be build on. House extension is continued upwards and could be doneby family members, limited by construction frame.Project concentrates on rather high density and growing upward, rather than spreading buildings horizontally. Thanks to this some parts of land are saved to introduce elements which ar crucial for every community, like private gardens, green zones, but most of all a common public space. It actually follows the very visible need of current Barruncho’s community to gather together, a need for integration. It creates an opportunity to make social bonds stronger and can make a slum a better and safer place. In response to Barruncho’s natural conditions, its rather steep formation, most of the public space is located on stairs and terraces, which is actually quite common situation in Lisbon. It creates somehow ‘amphiteatrical’ space, that provides some nice place to sit and relax. In new proposal the biggest concern was to improve conditions of life for people in Barruncho, introduce ideas that will change their difficult and somehow ‘outkast’ situation, but at the same time to be delicate and to understand subtle importance of local community identification. Therefore major construction material used is concrete, but all the ‘filling’ is made by locals themselves, so that they could make it the way they want, that there is nothing imposed and dictated. They can use all the materials they want, all the colours they want, even tough the frame is always the same...

basic lot 6x14m area 84 m2

barruncho | slum redevelopment

SOCIAL HOUSING MODULAR TERRACES

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30 0

30 5 anos/years

30 10 anos/years

20 10 10

30 20 20 15 anos/years

30 20 30 anos/years

anos/years anos/years

barruncho | slum redevelopment

870 900

900

10 9

6 4 3 2

270

15 x 20 = 300

1 2 3

4 5 6

330

870 900

330

870 900

11 12 13

3' 150

150

120

3 4

360

120

360

C 600 630

8 7 6 5

480

15 x 20 = 300

330 12

120

8 7

4 3 2

3' 150

10 9

270

150

120

870 900

270

9 8

360

870

900

240

330

14 13

870

15 x 20 = 300

270

600 630

15 x 20 = 300

C 600 630

B 15 x 20 = 300

15 x 20 = 300

Small building on 6x9 lot could expand upward accordingly to its inhabitant needs, in example, family growth, which characteristic multi-generational structure had to be recognized. Main idea was to make this project as flexible as possible, despite its rigid concrete frame. It was important to take in consideration not only basic needs like rooms or sanitation, but also potential for a small local business.

240

360

240

360

240

600 630

360

600 630

C 600 630

5 4 2

240

360

240

360

120

330

120

4 360

120

150 240

120

3 120

150

5 4 3

870 900

330

15 x 20 = 300

2 1

150

5 4

870 900

15 x 20 = 300

480

5 4 3

330

15 x 20 = 300

480

5 4 3

15 x 20 = 300

870 900

270

C 600 630

270

120

3 120

360

small family

2+1 family

small family

2+1 family

for rent?

shop / service

garage

120

360

big family

garage

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MUSEUM OF RIO TEJO (...) The Tagus has enormous ships, And for those who see in everything that which isn’t there Its waters are still sailed By the memory of the carracks. (...) a smaple of Fernando Pessoa’s - Alberto Caeiro’s ode to the Tagus

Museum of Rio Tejo is a project of new Lisbon’s nautical museum which tells the story of Tagus River (Rio Tejo in portuguese). Tagus is brought to mind in the songs and stories of the Portuguese and history of Lisbon was always connected with the river and ships sailing up and down its stream. Moreover, the story continues until nowadays, even if the type of ships have changed. A popular fado song in Lisbon notes that while people get older, the Tagus remains young (“My hair getting white, the Tagus is always young”). New museum is supposed to take the place of existing Nautical Museum located in Belém district next to the Jeronimos monastery. New lot is located closer to Lisbon’s historical city centre and will be a part of redevelopment of rivers boulevards. Designed building connects function of the museum with public space. Roof of the museum works like a huge ramp and becomes an exposition place, a square, a viewpoint overlooking old town – Alfama on one side, and Rio Tejo on the other. It corresponds with Portuguese tradition of Miradouros – places where people can contemplate the views. A „broken” form seems to be rising from the broken ground, creating shapes which brings on mind shapes of sails of the muletas – traditional barges of Rio Tejo.

muesum of rio tejo | lisbon

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muesum of rio tejo | lisbon

Museum was supposed to house real scale examples of carracks and muletas - traditional sailboats of Rio Tejo, therefore itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s height was supposed to be enough to fit boats with the masts. This was the reason of raising of some corners of the building, to create adequate space inside. Its dynamic shape brings on mind shapes of the sails, for some it may also look like rocks or mountains rising from broken ground, or waves hitting the banks of the river. Except previously mentioned function of the museum there is also place for conference centre with auditorium, a cafe and a car park.

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muesum of rio tejo | lisbon

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6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19

Roof: 1. Precast concrete plates 2. Waterproof insulation, double layer 3. Thermal insulation 20 cm 4. Vapour barrier 5. Reinforced concrete plate 30 cm Facade wall: 6. Light concrete wall finishing 3cm 7. MDF support plate on aluminium sub-construction 8. Steel construction- pillars 10x30, beams 30x25 9. Steel supports 10. Thermal insulation on aluminium grid support, 10 cm 11. Waterproof insulation 12. steel construction 13. Concrete facade wall on stay-in-place form work, made of profiled metal sheet Floor: 14. Stone tiles, 100x150 cm 15. Concrete underlayment 5 cm 16. Waterproof insulation 17. Thermal insulation 10 cm 18. Reinforced concrete plate 40 cm 19. Waterproof insulation, double layer External wall finishing: a. Concrete facade wall on stay-in-place form work, made of profiled metal sheet. Visible imprints of wooden form work, 30cm wide wooden planks. Way of setting depends on wallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slope.

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DESIGN

design | index

hand luggage

FOLDING CHAIR location / date

anywhere / 2011

Design course author: Pawel Kochanski tutor: Jo達o Paulo Martins Faculdade Tecnica de Lisboa

branched

COAT RACK location / date

anywhere / 2013

Design course author: Pawel Kochanski tutor: Jo達o Paulo Martins Faculdade Tecnica de Lisboa

barcelona

M-STORE location / date

barcelona / 2013

professional work office: External Reference Architects authors: Carmelo Zappulla, Nacho Toribio, IED design students, Karolina Tarkowska, Pawel Kochanski; co: Michelle Levy, Ebi Abdoh creative director: Chu Urroz

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HAND LUGGAGE FOLDING CHAIR

folding chair | furniture

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Workshop - Preparation of and attachment of elements

FOLDING CHAIR Main concept was to create a folding chair which size will meet hand luggage dimensions restrictions that are common for most of the airlines. Objecct after folding was supposed not to exceed dimensions 55x40x20 cm. To meet these requirements and at the same time make useful and comfortable chair, a lot of case studies were done. Developed way of folding may seem to be complex at first sight, but in fact it’s really easy and simple. Another important issue in designing this chair was to maintain good proportions of seat, legs and back. Front leg and back-rest were designed so that they create a straight line after unfolding the chair and underline importance of these direction. These elements are also made with wider planks are also painted in the same color (white) , so this give even stronger effort to differentiate and “isolate” them from other parts of structure. Seat and rear leg create another composition, with angled relation. Rotation axis based on a wooden tube is visible on the side of the chair, as well as blocking tubes. It follows the idea of making the structure visible, that we can immediately imagine the way this object works. To stop legs from spreading apart thin metal string was used, which could also be used as a belt to carry the chair. Its dimensions are a compromise between user’s personal ergonomic requirements and hand luggage dimensions limitations. It meets very well its design goals – to be portable, easy to carry light chair, but at the same very comfortable. It looks simple and modest but still funky. Chair construction is based on four frames, each one smaller from the previous, which could fit into each other. All the frames are rotating on wooden tube of 30mm diameter. Shorter wooden tubes with same diameter are used to block chair after unfolding. Material chosen to build chair frames was plywood plate with 15 mm thickness. Planks are connected into frames with boxjoint connections, glued together. Metal string goes through the front and rear leg through holes with 4mm diameter, protected with metal rings. To the shorter tubes metal string is attached with screws.

folding chair | furniture

pawel kochanski | portfolio 2014 Main concept in designing this rack was to make it look simple, modest and delicate. Inspirations were taken from nature (wood, tree branches) but they were not supposed to be expressed literally. The most stress was put on vertical directions, slightly broken by angular “branching”. Composition consists of 3 main vertical elements on a triangular base (equilateral ).Those three elements have different height 400, 1000 and 1600 mm, according to user’s requirements. Lower part is supposed to work as a support for leg when tying shoes. Middle part works as a coat rack, but could also be comfortably used as a umbrellas hanger. The highest element is a coat and hat rack. Every vertical element has a short “branch” close to its top, creating impression of tree branch. Branches create a 60 degree angle with vertical element and are directed towards the triangular base’s edges. To emphasize natural correlation every metal element is finished with short wooden part. Construction is made of metal pipes of 20mm diameter and 2 mm wall thickness. Pipes are welded to the metal plate 120x120mm and 2mm thickness with drilled holes for better connection. Base consists of two parts, upper and lower, each 18mm thick and with same triangular shape. In upper part there are drilled three holes for three vertical metal pipes. To this part metal plate with welded pipes is connected with screws. Lower part with cutout hole of 170 mm diameter is glued to the upper part. It serves also as a cover for a metal plate construction. To each vertical metal pipe its own metal branch is welded. Wooden finishing made of wooden pipes is stacked into each of visible ends.

BRANCHED COAT RACK

coat rack | furniture

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M-STORE BARCELONA SOUVENIR EDITION

m-store | barcelona

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m-store | barcelona Renovated by Jean Nouvel Fábrica Moritz is the home of Catalan brewer Moritz, which was first started up in 1856 and relaunched by the Moritz family in 2004 after a 26 year hiatus. Main goal for this project was to design an exhibition for souvenir shop. Leading topic was MORITZ WORLD – the reinterpretated image of the world, reflecting the range of countries worldwide where Moritz products are being sold. For these reasons we have created a brand new map of our planet, a new order ruled by Moritz Brewery. Another issue was to create space for the souvenirs on a huge table. For this modular and prametric-alike structure was designed, creating tectonical hills and valleys for products exposition. Colours of all of the elements reflects colour range used for Moritz’s occasional products. The souvenirs are shown on pilled rhombuses, in order to lead the visitor through the varied weighted topographyshowcase, are the recognition value for the corresponding cities. For the window a huge “M” is made of the three different coloured bestknown Moritz beer bottles. Beyond that the translucent of the bottle affords the sun to shine trough and allows the passing visitors to catch a glimpse of the Moritz beer world.

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PHOTOGRAPHY

photography | architecture

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fotografia | architektura

photography | architecture

pawel kochanski | portfolio 2014

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