Architecture Portfolio 2019

PORTFOLIO PHILIP KOLEVSOHN SELECTED WORKS 2019

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CURRICULUM VITAE 02.

CRYPTOQUARTER Politecnico di Milano 2019 Prof. Giandrea Ciaramella

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PRESERVATION OF MODERN HERITAGE Politecnico di Milano 2017 Prof. Andrea Canziani

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AGRI-SCHOOL Politecnico di Milano 2018 Prof. Isabella Inti

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AURORA RANCH Competition Bee Breeders Architecture Competition 2018

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ST. CYPRIAN’S PREP SCHOOL Professional Experience Meyer & Associates Architects, Urban Designers 2016

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A STRUCTURAL PROTOTYPE University of Cape Town 2015 Prof. Bruce Burmeister

PHILIP

KOLEVSOHN

Date of Birth Place of Birth Currently Living

19.11.1993 Cape Town, South Africa Milan, Italy

Cell (Italy) Cell (South Africa) Email

+39 380 104 2871 +27 74 579 0240 philipkolevsohn@gmail.com

Education 2017-current

Master of Science in Architecture (MScArch) Politecnico di Milano (PoliMi) Gold Scholarship of Merit

2013-2015

Bachelor of Architectural Studies (BAS) University of Cape Town (UCT) Dean’s Merit List

2009-2011

National Senior Certificate (NSC) Herzlia High School 4 Distinctions

Professional Experience 2016 - 2017

Meyer & Associates Architects, Urban Designers Candidate Architectural Technologist Responsible for building council approval drawings, technical drawings, presentation drawings, client consultations, on-site management and physical model building

2012

Kevin Gadd Architects Architectural Intern Developed skills in the office as well as on site, along with technical skills in Google SketchUp and Autocad

Competition Entries 2018

Iceland Northern Lights Rooms Bee Breeders Architecture Competition This competition tasked participants with envisioning a concept for a guest house, where visitors can privately observe and directly engage with Northern Lights in Iceland

Outreach Experience 2015

Architecture Outreach Workshop Coordinator University of Cape Town (UCT) Coordinated an architecture outreach workshop at the University of Cape Town, for high school pupils interested in studying architecture

2014

Construction Assistant Imizamo Yethu Township, Cape Town Volunteered with the construction of a small spectator pavilion at the new Imizamo Yethu informal township soccer field in Cape Town.

Awards & Achievements 2017

Gold Scholarship of Merit Politecnico di Milano (PoliMi) A merit based scholarship awarded, based on academic achievement, to international students who have been accepted to study a Masters Degree at the Politecnico di Milano

2016

Golden Key International Honour Society New Member Chapter Award Golden Key International Honour Society The Award acknowledges new members who excel academically, hold leadership positions, are committed to community involvement and participate in extra-curricular activities alongside their scholarly commitments

Publications 2018 Maggioli Editore

Mapping Sprawl. A critique of graphic methods of urban analysis Research featured in publication by Prof. Richard Joseph Ingersoll and Arian Heidari Afshari

Technical Skills AUTOCAD GOOGLE SKETCHUP RHINOCEROS 5 GRASSHOPPER GIS KERKYTHEA RENDER

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR ADOBE INDESIGN MICROSOFT OFFICE HAND DRAWING MODEL BUILDING

Additional Skills ADVANCED LEADERSHIP SKILLS PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS ADVANCED PEOPLE SKILLS ABILITY TO WORK UNDER PRESSURE

CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING ABILITY TO TAKE INITIATIVE OPTIMISTIC AND HIGHLY DRIVEN TEAM PLAYER

Languages ENGLISH AFRIKAANS

HEBREW ITALIAN

References Prof. Simone Giostra | Senior Professor Politecnico di Milano Email. sgiostra@gmail.com

Jonathan Green | Senior Professor University of Cape Town Email. jonathan.green@uct.ac.za

Tiaan Meyer | Director Meyer & Associates Architects, Urban Designers Office. +27 21 461 5514 Email. tiaan@meyerandassociates.co.za

Prof. Julian Cooke | Senior Professor University of Cape Town Email. julian@claarchitect.co.za

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CRYPTOQUARTER Location: Milan, Italy Master of Science in Architecture Politecnico di Milano 2019 Situated in Lombardy, one of Italy’s more northern regions, the city of Milan is not only the home to a number of world renowned events for design and fashion, but is also the financial capital of Italy and one of the most active hubs for financial activity in Europe. The province of Milan is home to about 45% of businesses in the Lombardy region and more than 8% of all businesses in Italy. Its business district hosts Italy’s Stock Exchange – situated on Piazza Affari – and the headquarters of national and international banks and companies. The project site is situated just 100m from Italy’s Stock Exchange, and is very much within the commercial centre of Milan, which plays host to more travelers for business purposes than any other city in Italy. The area hosts many restaurants and bars, is well connected with many of the city’s efficient transport facilities but contains mostly medium and large scale corporate businesses.

Considering the site location the intention of Cryptoquarter is to create a hub which hosts a number of cryptocurrency related facilities. These include powerful computer systems for the mining and distributing of cryptocurrency, single and group office spaces, meeting rooms, a large dining hall as well as many social spaces. The building is designed to fit its context to the greatest degree possible, while taking a great step towards creating a new building typology and while adhering to strict local building regulations.

The introduction of cryptocurrencies to the world of economics has added a new and exciting dynamic which many countries and economies have not yet adopted. The intention is to introduce this crypto-base to the city’s economic system, addressing and meeting current domestic and commercial economic trends.

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KEY COMPONENTS Green Areas in an Urban Setting The building has it’s own roof garden as well as two small green social terraces which are in line with its all-round sustainable approach. The building promotes environmental sustainability while introducing areas of green into a highly dense urban fabric.

Green Areas in an Urban Setting The building has it’s own roof garden as well as two small green social terraces which are in line with its all-round sustainable approach. The building promotes environmental sustainability while introducing areas of green into a highly dense urban fabric.

Green Areas in an Urban Setting The building has it’s own roof garden as well as two small green social terraces which are in line with its all-round sustainable approach. The building promotes environmental sustainability while introducing areas of green into a highly dense urban fabric.

Green Areas in an Urban Setting The building has it’s own roof garden as well as two small green social terraces which are in line with its all-round sustainable approach. The building promotes environmental sustainability while introducing areas of green into a highly dense urban fabric.

Green Areas in an Urban Setting The building has it’s own roof garden as well as two small green social terraces which are in line with its all-round sustainable approach. The building promotes environmental sustainability while introducing areas of green into a highly dense urban fabric.

A Social Core A Social Core The internal functions of the building are structured around a large atrium which houses a twisting social stair. This grand feature encourages the users of the building to engage with other occupants while moving vertically through the building.

The internal functions of the building are structured around a large atrium which houses a twisting social stair. This grand feature encourages the users of the building to engage with other occupants while moving vertically through the building.

A Social Core The internal functions of the building are structured around a large atrium which houses a twisting social stair. This grand feature encourages the users of the building to engage with other occupants while moving vertically through the building.

A Social Core The internal functions of the building are structured around a large atrium which houses a twisting social stair. This grand feature encourages the users of the building to engage with other occupants while moving vertically through the building.

A Social Core The internal functions of the building are structured around a large atrium which houses a twisting social stair. This grand feature encourages the users of the building to engage with other occupants while moving vertically through the building.

Energy Preservation and Transfer The building is able to store the heat energy produced by the high power servers in the basement of the building. The energy is used to heat the building in winter and all excess heat energy is sold to neighbouring buildings.

Energy Preservation and Transfer The building is able to store the heat energy produced by the high power servers in the basement of the building. The energey is used to heat the building in winter and all excess heat energy is sold to neighbouring buildings.

Energy Preservation and Transfer The building is able to store the heat energy produced by the high power servers in the basement of the building. The energey is used to heat the building in winter and all excess heat energy is sold to neighbouring buildings.

The Septum Energy Preservation and Transfer The building is able to store the heat energy produced by the high power servers in the basement of the building. The energey is used to heat the building in winter and all excess heat energy is sold to neighbouring buildings.

Energy Preservation and Transfer The building is able to store the heat energy produced by the high power servers in the basement of the building. The energey is used to heat the building in winter and all excess heat energy is sold to neighbouring buildings.

The Septum A large exposed service core stretches the height of the internal atrium. This grand feature serves as the heart of the building, providing both energy and water to the entire building. By exposing this element, the users of the building are even more connected to the

A large exposed service core stretches the height of the internal atrium. This grand feature serves as the heart of the building, providing both energy and water to the entire building.

By exposing this element, the users of the building are even more connected to the buildings approach to sustainability and mechanical complexity.

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Prefabrication as a design decision The introduction of Crytpoquarter to Milan’s business district is aimed at providing a new facility to the city which deals with crypotcurrencies as a new commercial and domestic economic interest. Many cities in the world have smaller facilities dedicated to crytocurrency related functions, but Milan has yet to introduce one of significant importance.

The idea is that the Cryptoquarter will serve as a prototype for building typologies of its kind. One way to achieve this is to create a building which can fit and be built in almost any major business district. In considering the building as a set of assemblable parts it was decided that the building would be built with a reinforced concrete frame structure, to which a series of internal and external elements would be fixed. The elements would be fabricated off-site, and simply put together once they arrive on site. This not only makes this typology of building repeatable all over the world, but also reduces construction time significantly, reducing costs and resulting in a much faster return on investment.

These prefabricated elements are also largely part of the buildings double glass skin membrane which contributes hugely to the buildings sustainability appraoch, helping to reduce the amount of energy needed to cool the building during the hot summer months, in so doing, reducing the running costs throughout the year.

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Light weight mesh external roller shutters with aluminium frame for the management of light into the building.

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Light weight steel frame structure attached to concrete frame structure via insulation panels. Used to support a steel grid walkway and external glass facade.

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Light-weight steel frame structure attached to concrete frame structure via insulation panels. Used to support a steel grid walkway and external glass facade.

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PRESERVATION OF MODERN HERITAGE Location: Milan, Italy Master of Science in Architecture Politecnico di Milano 2017 Situated on Milans periphery, the social housing project of INA Casa Harar Dessie is the focus of this preservation project.

The master plan, originally designed by Luigi Figini and Gino Pollini, hosts housing projects by some of Milans greatest Modern Architects from the mid 20th century. This social housing project, and many others like it, was a reaction to the long lasting low standard of living and lack of employment which followed the end of the Second World War. The building in focus (housing block C) is that of famous Milanese architect Gio Ponti, completed between 1951 and 1955.

The intention of this design preservation studio was to investigate the original intentions of the architect, considering all the changes to the building over the past 60 years, and to try to improve the buildings current state, while remaining sensitive to the decisions made by Ponti at the time of construction and while making the least number of alterations possible.

This project required an indepth research into the architecture of the building, the architect, materiality, colour, geometric composition, standard of living (both past and present), current building regulations as well as the building regulations of the INA Casa housing construction and regulation manual of the time.

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AGRI-SCHOOL Location: Norcia, Umbria, Italy Master of Science in Architecture Politecnico di Milano 2018 In late 2016, many of the regions in central Italy were struck by a series of devastating earthquakes, leaving many small cities in rubble and paralysing many of the smaller local businesses. Besides the immediate implications of the damaging of urban and rural buildings, the earthquake has worsened a process already happening in regions such as Marche and Umbria: the population is leaving these regions for physical and economic safety. This fact has resulted in a decrease in the demand for agricultural production and to the detriment of the local population, which is mainly reliant on the agricultural industry. For this reason, many farmland areas are unused and abandoned.

One way this project aims to restore the emphasis on agriculture in Umbria, specifically the area surrounding Norcia, is to create a facility where agricultural practices can be learnt from a young age; where children in the area can be exposed to the products being cultivated in and around Norcia, engage with agricultural professionals and practise what they’re learning in a series of sample agricultural fields.

The aim is to raise awareness amongst the local population and to enlarge the existing school campus in order to accommodate for the new facilities. With this new series of functions introduced to the school campus, the idea is to then include the new agricultural subjects to the school syllabus, maintaining the importance of the agricultural industry in the area, and in turn, maintain the existing beauty of the rich and diverse agricultural landscape.

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AURORA RANCH Location: Reykjahlíð, Iceland

Iceland Northern Lights Rooms Bee Breeders Architecture Competitions 2018 Situated in the vast open countryside of rural Iceland, this warm retreat provides an authentic and relaxing Icelandic experience. Settling far from any large scale urban developments the splendour of the Northern Lights can be observed and enjoyed in the uninterrupted panorama of the Iceland night sky.

Inspired primarily by the vernacular architectural influences of the region, a series of structures seem to immerge seamlessly from the earth’s surface as do the black volcanic rocks of the area, piercing through the dusting of snow on the vast Iceland landscape.

A sequence of interior and exterior spaces provide for both social as well as secluded more tranquil experiences. A central communal building, centred around a large fire place, it’s interior clad in locally sourced timber panels, provides a warm and comfortable space for the sharing of stories, resembling the intentions of a yurt or Nordic longhouse.

The arrangement of functions across the site moves on a gradient of public to private, leaving the communal spaces behind moving toward a small and cosy sauna and outdoor steam bath, later arriving to a series of private dwelling modules, lightly scattered across the landscape.

The small living modules provide lodging for up to 4 people, sheltering guests from the icy breeze outside, while still framing views to the horizon and Northern Lights overhead.

It is here where visitors will settle for the night, slowly falling asleep beneath the glow of the Aurora Borealis.

using the site terrain as a design influence

referencing the composition of the vernacular housing of Iceland

referencing the composition of housing in Iceland’s cities

concentrating the key functions at the highest point of the site

playing with volumes according to the functions housed within

pushing and pulling building forms towards the views

highest point of the site chosen with the intention of highlighting the views

organising the functions along a linear axis

using the axis to divide the served and service spaces using the wind direction to orientate the site axis extruding forms and spaces towards the landscape

the building distribution is aligned with the site boundary and existing shoreline

distributing the functions along a gradient of public to private

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Sustainability Approach Throughout the process of this project, it was our aim to ensure that the structures built were as affordable and as sustainable as possible. This meant that all timber used in the structures built would be locally sourced - we have decided that locally grown Birch would be the most appropriate.

Other key elements to sustainability consider the collection of rain or snow run-off for simple domestic uses such as flushing the toilet or washing dishes. Each unit and the main stuctures on site are sitted with recessed panels on their roofs in order to catch the water. The water is then stored in small storage units fitted to each structure.

For energy cultivation, each structure is fitted with revolving cylinders which spin as the wind passes over them. This kinetic energy is then stored and used as electrical energy within each structure.

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ST CYPRIAN’S PREP SCHOOL Location: Cape Town, South Africa Professional Experience Meyer & Associates Architects, Urban Designers 2016

Meyer & Associates Architects, Urban Designers was contracted to do a large scale urban design scheme and renovations to the existing St Cyprian’s Girls Primary School in Cape Town, South Africa.

We were appointed to investigate the development opportunities on the school campus and the implementation strategy thereof. The brief called for the framework to incorporate three key issues: the increase in learner capacity of the preparatory school and space constrains associated with this increase, the upgrading of limited and undersized sporting facilities and a review of the existing boarding house offer which is located in the Main Building above the High School. As it is a school which is situated in the city center, space constraints regarding rearrangement of existing functions on the campus along with major traffic issues where further identified and recommendations were made to guide public space and built form development, land/ building use, landscaping implementation, traffic & parking resolution and heritage issues.

My task was to build a 1:100 physical model of the Primary School to serve as a working design model to be presented to the client and the parents of the learners at the school at a number of parent-teacher meetings.

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A STRUCTURAL PROTOTYPE Location: Cape Town, South Africa Bachelor of Architectural Studies University of Cape Town 2015 As a key component to my Advanced Technology Studio in the final year of my Bachelors degree, I was tasked to investigate and build a 1:50 scale physical model of a large scale structure which investigated technological advancements in the design of structures in tension. A key requirement was that the design had to illustrate a suspended span of no less than 20m in reality.

While fascinated by the use of ‘tension rings’ in large scale structures, I decided to investigate their use in the construction of stadia.

Making use of a number of different timber elements and light weight flexible textile fabric I developed an intricate structure with the breatheable stretched fabric pulled over its top. The individually laser cut fabric pieces are all fixed individually to a large steel tension ring at the center of the structure, allowing the ring to ‘float’ over the stadiums opening.

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PORTFOLIO PHILIP KOLEVSOHN SELECTED WORKS 2019