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Violetka Slavova bout me A steep learning curve and ability to synthesize connections between various fields and ideas are my most significant abilities that empower me to go beyond the comfort zone of my architectural skills and search for multidisciplinary, innovative approaches to design problems in general. I believe technology will introduce significant changes in

architecture and I see this synthesis as my future field of work and exploration. To this end, I see working in multidisciplinary teams as an essential tool that produces more than the sum of its parts. I am always ready to bring my high energy and enthusiasm to teamwork, motivating my colleagues and at the same time learning from them.

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Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy • MSc Building Architecture–expected graduation: Dec. 2015 • GPA 28 (scale 1-30)

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Alta Scuola Politecnica, Milan, Italy • Honors Program on full scholarship • Expected graduation date: Dec. 2015

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UACEG, Sofia, Bulgaria • Earned 210 ECTS in MSc Architecture • GPA 5.71 (scale 2-6) • Transferred to Politecnico di Milano

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American University, Washington, D.C. USA • Earned 65 USC in BSc Economics • GPA 3.85 (scale 0-4) • Presidential Scholarship, Honors Program, Dean’s List

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xperience Integra Consult Project, Sofia, Bulgaria Internship • Created 3D and physical models • Produced 3D renderings of building designs of the studio • Coordinated with engineers to modify technical drawings

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“Activating Resilient Communities”, Chicago, USA International design workshop • collaborative design project to reactivate an abandoned Chicago neighborhood through art

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“Transformation Through Connection”, Copenhagen, Denmark International design workshop • collaborative design project to connect immigrant and local communities

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Heineken Brewery Design Competition Student Architectural Competition – First Prize

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Design proposal for block 381, Sofia, Bulgaria Student Architectural Competition – First Prize

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Year: 2014–present, Alta Scuola Politecnica, multidisciplinary project Tutors: Carlos Dall’Asta, Antonella Bruzzese

Team: Chiara Cuatto, Ricardo Alexis Nader, Ivanka Ivanova, Francesco Muni, Ting Zeheng, Anica Andric,

Alta Scuola Politecnica is the honors program of Politecnico di Milano and emphasizes the innovation and multidisciplinary approach in the projects. The CreActive Places (CAPs) project interests me a lot because it motivates me to go beyond my architectural skills, delve into creative problem solving while working in a multidisciplinary team with top students.

The general goal of CAPs is to reactivate an abandoned place in small-town context through the use of creative production. After extensive research and selection, we chose to work on 7 abandoned trainstations on the railway line between Turin and France, in the valley of Susa. It has several problems: it’s considered a transition area with very unequal distribution of the population between the towns, but most importantly: dying industry and lack of jobs.

We activate the existing local craftsmen and production by bringing physically to them the new generation of digital artisans – the makers, who are highly concentrated in Turin.

In this new breed of community we encourage the synergy of traditional skills, tacit knowledge, hands-on-approach on the one side, and cutting-edge technologies, IT skills, novel materials and production methods on the other.

The main goal is that this new hybrid creative community starts to produce innovative high quality custom-tailored products that turns the valley into an internationally-known model showcase of how the digital industrial revolution can revive an entire region.

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VALLEY niversity A W niversity C Personal Statement Crafts Lab on Rails Chicago 2014 Transition area Heineken Brewery Curriculum Vitae Skyscraper Area 381 Copenhagen 2014 Infinity Wave Dying industry and lack of jobs House over house Car Showroom Unequal distribution of the population Collector’s Club

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OWNS AND STATIONS Abandoned buildings POPULATION ANALYSIS Bad feelings about the area Lack of activities

PEOPLE recent city growth Dying handicraft growing city No entertainment Turin decreasing city Cannot keep up with new technologies

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1 Local assets. We identified the positive local assets to take into account and develop further. The valley is attractive because it is well-connected and close to the major Italian city of Turin, known for its creative class and innovation.

2 Unequal population distribution. Turin’s influence is obvious in the nearest towns with highest population and production, while the furthest towns suffer from abandonment and lack of local activities and events involving the locals.

3 Mapping of the local craftsmen. The valley has a lot to offer in terms of artisan production but the craftsmen do not have a sense of a bigger community, lack the means to communicate what they are producing and how to reach a vaster market outside of the local towns.

4 Activating the system and creating links. The towns’ craftsmen meet the makers at the stations which become creative hubs for work, while the mobile unit “The Crafts Lab on rails” connects the stations horizontally.

5 “The Crafts Lab on rails” (next page). The mobile unit containing the digital production tools and is attached to the existing train that moves it between the stations on a schedule.

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We bring in a new element: the makers – the modern artisans that use digital production to create innovative products.

We take advantage of the concentration of young makers in Torino and we attract them by offering a free place to work in the stations, close to nature but still close to the big city.

However, they need specific digital production tools that are so expensive that it’s not feasible to be put in each station.

That’s why we create a mobile unit – our Crafts Lab on rails, that moves between the stations. It is a shared, mobile tool workshop, which allows us to use all of the 7 stations as creative hubs, instead of just one. The Crafts Lab functions as a “glue” that activates the existing system of towns, stations and railway and creates horizontal and transversal links between those elements.

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a low cost hotel in a

Skyscraper Year: Spring 2015, Master’s Degree, Politecnico di Milano Laboratory: Architectural Design Professors: M. G. Folli, G. Malerba, E. Pizzi Team: Simone Bruni, Serena Obino, Giulia Pafundo The project brief called for a complete masterplan design of area Cascina Merlata, Milan – currently an empty lot near the Fiera di Milano – as well as a project of a highrise building, programmed as a low cost hotel. We accepted the challenge of the unusual brief and responded in several ways.

Most importantly, we assumed the typology and aspect of an open-space office building; this strategy ensures that low cost hotel floors could be easily transformed into office spaces if the business plan of the building requires it. The modules/rooms of the hotel reinforce this flexibility: they are standardized and easily dismantled. We put a specific emphasis on the public spaces on the first and last floors, in order to establish an effective attraction point for both locals and visitors. The free entrance to those floors provides for diverse users in diverse times of the day and night. At the same time, in the middle floors we establish an open, multifunctional space meant for the future “user community”: ideally both hotel guests and office employees.

The choice of steel diagrid structure was motivated by the desire for an open, column-free floorplan. It facilitates the formation of the curved line opening up at maximum near the public levels, and closing down near the community floors; this variation aims to create diverse experiences for the users of the building, differentiating their perception of space depending on their location.

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1 Preliminary idea. Different functions and levels of flows are intertwined. A conceptual cross-section before the project was designed.

2 Functions in the new neighborhood of Cascina Merlata. Since it is surrounded by residential buildings, the new functions are primarily cultural and commercial.

3 Flows. Four identified flows on 4 different levels: 1) pedestrians ot top of green roofs system 2) pedestrians on level 0 3) cars on level 0 4) heavy traffic underground.

4 Masterplan. The main axis of the pedestrian bridge and the park promenade intersect at a public green square that defines an amphitheater with stage and wate fountains.

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1 Distributed functions.

The nature of the functions also guides the form of the building, opening it up at the public levels at level 0 and at the top. The community places are mostly meant for the primary users of the building.

2 Vertical section. The relationship with the surrounding buildings is clearly visible, the two volumens forming a street that is designed as shared space with commerce, pedestrians, and slow-moving cars coexisting together.

3 Final Model. The final model tried to represent especially accurately the structure of the building and the cladding system. It is 70 cm high.

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3 Roof terrace. A terrace with bar and swimming pool.

Lots of green make it attractable to all the visitors of the hotel.

4 Second floor. The most part of the dining takes here and it shows the connections, spatial and physical, with the ground floor.

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1 Modules diagram. The nodules of the rooms follow the radial distribution of the ellipsis and where floorplan allows it become with more double rooms,

2 Hotel floorplan. The modules are combined with bathrooms, but not every single bed corrisponds to one bathroom.

3 The floorplan of narrow floor. In the naroowest floors the space constricts of the growth of the “beads of modules�, constircting it to one room and one bed.

4 Hotel modules. The modules allow the possibility to recreate the building in an office space where necessary. They were deigned with minimal dimensiions in order to answer to the low-cost requirement.

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1 Detail of community floors.

Those are designed to serve the needs of the guests of the hotel and the office employees.

The stairs connect vissually the floors and they feel like a common space, unlike the typical skyscraper design where every floor functions on its own. Here, people are invited to interact, read books, go to the fitness, have business meetings, work, dine and even relax. Since the modules are so small, people are encouraged to only sleep in their room and have all the other activities in the common floors, where they can interact.

2 Axonometry of community floors. Each floor offers a different space free to all but at the same time the floors functions as one shared space. The invitations for interaction are there at every level.

3 A view of the community floors. This view makes it clear why the space is perceived as shared. The stair become main element and the floors are galleries with atrium that moves and punches wholes in between.

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Year: Spring 2015, Master’s Degree, Politecnico di Milano Laboratory: Urban Design Professors: P. Macchi Cassia, M. De Lucchi, C. Dell’Orto Team: Simone Bruni, Serena Obino, Alessanda Grimaldi Infinity wave is an interpretation of the role of the contemporary park in the metropolis. Once EXPO 2015 in Milan has finished, the area surrounded by heavy infrastructure has to reestablish a functional relationship with the neighborhoods. The park acts as connective tissue in an organism: placed in the middle of the site, it extends to cover its whole length. Two main axes serve as its backbone structure.

The buildings at its border create a protected environment inside.

Inspired by Jane Jacobs’ advice on successful integration of parks in cities, we introduced a new urban element – the waves – to create a lively and animated environment throughout the park, at the borderline with the street interaction.

The waives lift some of the park’s edges to house underneath it small restaurants, bars, shops and other functions without losing any green area. The waves intentionally descend to street level at many points in order to keep the visual and physical connection between the three main entities: park, street and the surrounding ring of buildings.

This ring comprises an inner part (residential) facing the park, and an outer one (offices and technological park) facing the surrounding infrastructure. We introduced cuts in its blocks so that the space felt united but at the same time protected from the noise and pollution outside of the ring.

The varying height of the buildings corresponds to sun studies throughout the year.

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1 Site location. The EXPO 2015 area is located to the northwest of the city, surrounded by highways but ironically, poorly connected to the rest of the city.

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2 Existing infrastructure. The site has access to different kinds of transport but at the same time feels cut from the surrounding neghborhoods.

3 Access analysis. Several accesses already exist and we propose other that would make the space more permeable.

4 Design sketch. We wanted to create a strong access that is readable and visible to the pedestrians and at the same time functions as a linear park that leads into the vast city park.

5 “The Arrow�. Full of activities and crossings, it is the active park of the park that communicates with the new buildings and creates 24/7 movement and events.

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1 Functions. Besides the park, residences and offices have a high percentage in order to ensure people who are present at the area at all times of day. We also included schools and commerce, so that the final result is a fully-integrated neighborhood.

2 Traffic. Cars are allowed only at the main arteries and all other passeges are pedestrian and bike-priority areas. The ring road around the EXPO site remains the “fast� lane.

Everywhere inside, cars’ speed is limited.

3 Final masterplan. The final result of the analysis and the design intentions, with a clearly prevailing park. That is surrounded by buildings that protect it from the noise and the pollution of the surrounding infrastructure.

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1 Lifting the edges of the park. In order to create additional places for small businesses, restaurants and shops, and attract people to the park, we use its edges that form the “infinity Wave�.

2 Floorplan of social housing and park pavilion. Across the street from one another, they function together and make th edge of the park active which allows it to remain integrated into the life of the neighbothood even at night.

3 Typical floorplan residences. Besides the various apartments, it also has places for offices, shops and a common area.

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1 Diagram of residence morphology. Traces the logic that produced the forms of the residences. Sightlines, passages and orientation to the sun all played a part in the form generation.

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2 Section . The space that has light towards the street is used for the restaurants and shops, while the one remaining in the dark is used as car parking and storage.

3 Visualisation. How we imagined the buildings and their meeting at the edge of the street.

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Year: Fall 2012, Bachelor’s Degree, UACEG Laboratory: Residential buidings Professors: P. Damianov individual project

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The apartment block is part of a closely-built neighborhood in Sofia, Bulgaria, with an internal courtyard. My goal was to design apartments with house-living quality: having a large open terrace, imitating the personal house yard, that could be used for gardening, recreation and rest. This explains the name “House over house”.

To get the needed sunlight and avoid overshadowing of the large terrace, each floor’s footprint is retracted with respect to the one below. This excluded the copypaste approach of a typological floorplan, because each floorplan was different. However, that brought a positive effect: a multitude of apartment typologies that targeted families with different needs.

Still, all of the apartments share some common aspects: all living rooms are facing south, next to the grand terraces that overlook the main courtyard. The courtyard thus becomes a main point of interest, where people can spend time together and children play in tranquility, away from the cars.

The buildings aims to have “near-zero-energy” status. Solar panels are incorporated into the design of the terraces’ railings thus playing a defining role in the architectural image . Every apartment has enough solar panel area to use for floor heating and sanitary hot water. During the summer, excess heat is stored in a geothermal well, shared for the whole building, and is reclaimed during the winter months.

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1 Initial sketches. Drawn at the beginning of the design process, showing the main idea of the courtyard and the terraces with solar panels, as well as a study on the effects of large green terraces and roof during the summer and winter.

2 The section shows clearly the opening of the terraces towards the park and the south orientation, while the street elevation, facing North, remains rather closed and homogenous.

3 Ground floorplan. Apartments on the ground floor have their own personal gardens.

There are areas for shops and offices facing the street, and also a direct but restricted access to the common internal courtyard.

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Car Showroom Year: Fall 2011, Bachelor’s Degree, UACEG Laboratory: Building’s Structure and Technology Professors: Z. Hadjiiski individual project This project, situated in Sofia, Bulgaria, was developed for one semester, from the concept phase to the technical one, together with details in scale 1:10 and 1:5.

I visited several car showrooms to understand better what the building requires as functionality and space. I talked to the sales people and the managers to understand their point of view on what is important in their environment, in order to exhibit and sell cars effectively.

I put this knowledge in the development of the plan and also sought inspiration in car design itself, which produced the curves that are legible both in the plan and in the elevations of the building.

The vast curtain wall imitates the shine of a car’s polish and at the same time gives great visibility to the main focus: the cars.

During the concept phase, as usually, I used hand models because they allow me to model quickly the volume of the design and use a trialand-error hands-on-approach. While I appreciate very much the capabilities of a CAD model, the physical one is capable to give a better understanding of the spatial properties of the design.

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ПЕРВАЗНА ЛАЙСНА 5/5 СМ

6 7

33

2Т СТОМАНЕНА ГРЕДА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ

7

U-ОБРАЗНА ГРЕДА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ

2Т СТОМАНЕНА КОЛОНА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ

КОМПОЗИТНА АЛУМИНИЕВА ПЛОСКОСТ

33

21

СТЪКЛОПАКЕТ

2

U-ОБРАЗНА ГРЕДА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ

2Т СТОМАНЕНА КОЛОНА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ

КОМПОЗИТНА АЛУМИНИЕВА ПЛОСКОСТ

33

21

ДЕТАЙЛ 5 М 1:10

СТЪКЛОПАКЕТ

2

ДЕТАЙЛ 5 М 1:10

ДЕТАЙЛ 4 М 1:5 ДЕТАЙЛ 4 М 1:5

+3,30

M9986

M9972

5,5

Development sequence of the structure. Showing the main structural elements, as well as their connections in sequence.

+3,30

2 2 1

4 3

ПЕРВАЗНА ЛАЙСНА 5/5 СМ

ПАНЕЛ KINGSPAN 10 CM 13 1 1

10 ПАНЕЛ KINGSPAN 10 CM

ТВЪРДА МИНЕРАЛНА ВАТА

2Т СТОМАНЕНА ГРЕДА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ

2 2 1

2

13

33

5

OSB 2СМ

- Саморазливна полиуретанова настилка 1см - Изравнителна замазка 2см - Армирана замазка 2см - Стоманобетонова плоча 5см - Профилирана ламарина ЛТ 5,5см - Стоманена греда 2Т 27 см - Окачен таван гипсокартон

ТВЪРДА МИНЕРАЛНА ВАТА

37

1

ДЕТАЙЛ 1 М 1:5 PVC ПЕРВАЗ

- Саморазливна полиуретанова ЦИМЕНТОФАЗЕР 2 СЛОЯ ПО 1 СМ настилка 1см ЛАМАРИНЕНА ПОЛА - Изравнителна замазка 2см PVC ПЕРВАЗ - Армирана замазка 2см OSB 2СМ ЦИМЕНТОФАЗЕР 13 2 СЛОЯ ПО 1 СМ - Стоманобетонова плоча 5см - Профилирана ламарина ЛТ МОНТАЖНА ПЯНА5,5см - Стоманена греда 2Т 27 см - Окачен таван 10 гипсокартон 13 1 1

2Т СТОМАНЕНА ГРЕДА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ

2Т СТОМАНЕНА ГРЕДА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ

43

КОЛОНА ОБЛЕЧЕНА В 2 СЛОЯ ОГНЕУПОРЕН ГИПСОКАРТОН

СТОМАНЕНА ВУТА ПОКРИТА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ

7

ОКАЧЕН ТАВАН НА KNAUF

НАКЛОН 2%

19

1

3 1 6

ПОКРИВЕН ПАНЕЛ КИНГСПАН 12 СМ

34

КОЛОНА ОБЛЕЧЕНА В 2 СЛОЯ ОГНЕУПОРЕН СТОМАНЕНА ВУТА ГИПСОКАРТОН ПОКРИТА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ

КОМПОЗИТНА АЛУМИНИЕВА ПЛОСКОСТ СТОМАНЕНА СТОЙКА

43

ВЪТРЕ

НАКЛОН 2%

КОМПОЗИТНА АЛУМИНИЕВА ПЛОСКОСТ

12

1

ОКАЧЕН ТАВАН НА KNAUF 34

ДЕТАЙЛ 1 М 1:5

ЛАМАРИНЕНА ПОЛА

ПОКРИВЕН ПАНЕЛ КИНГСПАН 12 СМ СТОМАНЕНА СТОЙКА

СИЛИКОНОВО УПЛЪТНЕНИЕ

12

ВЪН ВЪТРЕ

ВЪН

1 ОКАЧЕН ТАВАН ГИПСОКАРТОН

ОКАЧЕН ТАВАН ГИПСОКАРТОН

СТОМАНЕНА СТОЙКА

СИЛИКОНОВО УПЛЪТНЕНИЕ

1

ЦИМЕНТОФАЗЕР 2 СЛОЯ ПО 1 СМ

20

КОМПОЗИТНА АЛУМИНИЕВА ПЛОСКОСТ

КОМПОЗИТНА АЛУМИНИЕВА ПЛОСКОСТ

ЦИМЕНТОФАЗЕР 2 СЛОЯ ПО 1 СМ

12

12 МОНТАЖНА ПЯНА

20

7

ГИПСОКАРТОН 2 СЛОЯ

2Т СТОМАНЕНА КОЛОНА

МОНТАЖНА ПЯНА

ДЕТАЙЛ 5 М 1:5 ДЕТАЙЛ 5 М 1:5

ГИПСОКАРТОН 2 СЛОЯ

6

10

2

2

7

42

2Т СТОМАНЕНА КОЛОНА

21

42

СТОМАНЕНА ГРЕДА 2Т 42 СМ 2% НАКЛОН ПОКРИТА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ

СТОМАНЕНА ГРЕДА 2Т 32 СМ 2% НАКЛОН

33

СТЪКЛОПАКЕТ

21

СТЪКЛОПАКЕТ

ПАНЕЛ KINGSPAN 10 CM

10

КОМПОЗИТНА АЛУМИНИЕВА ПЛОСКОСТ

33

33 СТОМАНЕНА ГРЕДА 2Т 42 СМ 2% НАКЛОН ПОКРИТА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ

42

Details.The laboratory required us to reach details at scale 1:10 and 1:5, so that we could truly understand the building and find solutions with materials and construction techniques.

КОМПОЗИТНА АЛУМИНИЕВА ПЛОСКОСТ

19

42

43

ЛАМАРИНЕНА ПОЛА СТОМАНЕНА ВОРОНКА ГРЕДА 2Т 32 СМ 2% НАКЛОН

СТОМАНЕНА ГРЕДА 2Т 32 СМ 2% НАКЛОН

ПАНЕЛ KINGSPAN 10 CM

2

U-ОБРАЗНА ГРЕДА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ

2Т СТОМАНЕНА КОЛОНА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ

ВОРОНКА

31

18

18

10

U-ОБРАЗНА ГРЕДА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ 2Т СТОМАНЕНА КОЛОНА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ

ЛАМАРИНЕНА ПОЛА

МИНЕРАЛНА ВАТА

10

43

НЕОПРЕНОВА ЛЕНТА ПРОТИВ ВИБРАЦИИ СТОМАНЕН ПРОФИЛ

МИНЕРАЛНА ВАТА

СТОМАНЕНА СТОЛИЦА

СТОМАНЕН ПРОФИЛ

32

СТОМАНЕНА ШИНА 100/3 СМ

19

41 СТОМАНЕНА СТОЛИЦА 41

НЕОПРЕНОВА ЛЕНТА ПРОТИВ ВИБРАЦИИ

37

СТОМАНЕНА ШИНА 100/3 СМ

СТОМАНЕНА СТОЙКА

33

31

СТОМАНЕНА СТОЙКА

МИНЕРАЛНА ВАТА 10 СМ

ТВЪРДА МИНЕРАЛНА ВАТА

33

12

10

ЛАМАРИНЕН ЛИСТ

12

ЛИСТ ПЕРФОРИРАНА ЛАМАРИНА

ТВЪРДА МИНЕРАЛНА ВАТА

ПОКРИВЕН ПАНЕЛ .

KINGSPAN 12 15 СМ СТОМАНЕНА СТОЛИЦА

7

ЛАМАРИНЕН ЛИСТ

7

1

2Т СТОМАНЕНА ГРЕДА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ

ПОКРИВЕН ПАНЕЛ .

KINGSPAN 12 15 СМ

32

10

7

12

2Т СТОМАНЕНА ГРЕДА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ

12 10

12

17

НАКЛОН 2%

31

15 15

17

ЦИМЕНТОФАЗЕР 2 СЛОЯ ПО 1 СМ

ЛИСТ ПЕРФОРИРАНА ЛАМАРИНА

НАКЛОН 2% 12

СТОМАНЕН ПРОФИЛ 10/10 СМ

19

СТОМАНЕН ПРОФИЛ 10/10 СМ

Стоманена греда 2Т 27 см 2% наклон - Покривни сандвич панели KINGSPAN 12 -см 2% - Окачен таван "КНАУФ" наклон ЦИМЕНТОФАЗЕР 2 СЛОЯ ПО 1 СМ - Стоманена столица 25 см НАКЛОН 2% - Стоманена греда 2Т 27 см 2% наклон - Окачен таван "КНАУФ"

37

НЕОПРЕНОВА УПЛЪТНЯВАЩА ЛЕНТА

26

31

СИЛИКОНОВО УПЛЪТНЕНИЕ

ЛАМАРИНЕН ЛИСТ

НАКЛОН 2% 6

НЕОПРЕНОВА УПЛЪТНЯВАЩА ЛЕНТА

26

СТОМАНЕНА СТОЙКА

6

СИЛИКОНОВО УПЛЪТНЕНИЕ

ЛАМАРИНЕН ЛИСТ

37

Study models: physical and 3D. I have always used hand modeling extensively, because I “think” better with my hands.

It’s a tool for problem solving and problem finding at the same time. CAD models come at a later stage.

СТОМАНЕНА СТОЙКА

ПОКРИВЕН ПАНЕЛ КИНГСПАН 12 СМ

СИЛИКОНОВО УПЛЪТНЕНИЕ

1

АЛУМИНИЕВА ПЛОСКОСТ

КОМПОЗИТНА АЛУМИНИЕВА ПЛОСКОСТ СИЛИКОНОВО УПЛЪТНЕНИЕ

ЦИМЕНТОФАЗЕР 2 СЛОЯ ПО 1 СМ

КОМПОЗИТНА АЛУМИНИЕВА ПЛОСКОСТ

КОМПОЗИТНА АЛУМИНИЕВА ПЛОСКОСТ КОМПОЗИТНА

ЦИМЕНТОФАЗЕР 2 СЛОЯ ПО 1 СМ

M9010

M9913

M9986

5

M9972

5,5

ПРОФИЛ НА СТРУКТУРНА ОКАЧЕНА ФАСАДА M9010

СТОМАНЕНА ГРЕДА 2Т 27 СМ

СТОМАНЕНА ПЛАНКА ЗАВАРЕНА ЗА ГРЕДАТА

M9913

ПРОФИЛ НА СТРУКТУРНА ОКАЧЕНА ФАСАДА

.

МИНЕРАЛНА ВАТА

НЕПРОЗРАЧНО СТЪКЛО

37

СТОМАНЕНА ПЛАНКА ЗАВАРЕНА ЗА ГРЕДАТА

42

СТОМАНЕНА ГРЕДА 2Т 27 СМ

.

МИНЕРАЛНА ВАТА

42

37

НЕПРОЗРАЧНО СТЪКЛО

4 2T СТОМАНЕНА ГРЕДА БОЯДИСАНА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ

4

M9313

M9985

M9913

M9010

2T СТОМАНЕНА ГРЕДА БОЯДИСАНА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ

33

2T СТОМАНЕНА КОЛОНА БОЯДИСАНА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ

33

20

БОРДЮРНО ТЯЛО БЕТОН

СТОМАНЕНА ШИНА 100/3 СМ

studies and details

ТОПЛОИЗОЛАЦИЯ XPS 10CM

10

ЧАКЪЛ

10

5

СТРУКТУРНА ОКАЧЕНА ФАСАДА

МИНЕРАЛНА ВАТА НЕПРОЗРАЧНО СТЪКЛО

МИНЕРАЛНА ВАТА МИНЕРАЛНА ВАТА

-0,20

АЛУМИНИЕВ ПРОФИЛ ГЕОМЕМБРАНА ЗА ОТКАПВАНЕ ГЕОТЕКСТИЛ -0,20

МИНЕРАЛНА ВАТА

АЛУМИНИЕВ ПРОФИЛ ЗА ОТКАПВАНЕ

ТРОТОАРНА ПЛОЧА 3 СМ ПЯСЪЧНА ВЪЗГЛАВНИЦА 8СМ

3

БИТУМНА МУШАМА ТРОТОАРНА ПЛОЧА 3 СМ ТОПЛОИЗОЛАЦИЯ XPS 10CM

ГЕОТЕКСТИЛ

8

10

ВЪН

2

ВЪН СТРУКТУРНА ОКАЧЕНА ФАСАДА

10

15

24

15

ТОПЛОИЗОЛАЦИЯ XPS 10CM

24

44

15

10

БИТУМНА МУШАМА СТОМАНЕНА ПЛАНКА

15

15

ПЕРВАЗНА ЛАЙСНА 5/5 СМ

ГЕОМЕМБРАНА

ТОПЛОИЗОЛАЦИЯ КАМЕННА ВАТА 10 CM

ТОПЛОИЗОЛАЦИЯ КАМЕННА ВАТА 10 CM

1

3 БИТУМНА МУШАМА СТОМАНЕНА ПЛАНКА

ГЕОТЕКСТИЛ ТРАМБОВАН ТЕРЕН

6

ПЕРВАЗНА ЛАЙСНА

25/5 СМ

НЕПРОЗРАЧНО СТЪКЛО

ГЕОТЕКСТИЛ ТРАМБОВАН ТЕРЕН ГЕОМЕМБРАНА

10

8

3 8

ПЯСЪЧНА ВЪЗГЛАВНИЦА 8СМ

ГЕОМЕМБРАНА

ПЯСЪЧНА ВЪЗГЛАВНИЦА 8СМ

БОРДЮРНО ТЯЛО БЕТОН ТРОТОАРНА ПЛОЧА 3 СМ

13

ВЕРТИКАЛЕН НОСАЧ ОКАЧЕНА ФАСАДА

6

ТРОТОАРНА ПЛОЧА 3 СМ

3

-0,15

ВЕРТИКАЛЕН НОСАЧ ОКАЧЕНА ФАСАДА

3

-0,15

ПЕРВАЗНА ЛАЙСНА 5/5 СМ

ВЪТРЕ

ВЪТРЕ

8

18

СТОМАНЕНА ШИНА 100/3 СМ

НЕОПРЕНОВА ЛЕНТА ПРОТИВ ВИБРАЦИИ

ПЕРВАЗНА ЛАЙСНА 5/5 СМ

БИТУМНА МУШАМА

ТРАМБОВАН ТЕРЕН

ПЯСЪЧНА ВЪЗГЛАВНИЦА 8СМ

10

ТОПЛОИЗОЛАЦИЯ XPS 10CM

ТРАМБОВАН ТЕРЕН

10

18

НЕОПРЕНОВА ЛЕНТА ПРОТИВ ВИБРАЦИИ

- Изравнителна замазка 2см - Армирана замазка 2см - Стоманобетонова настилка 15 см - Полиетиленово фолио - Топлоизолация каменна вата 10 см - Валиран чакъл 15 см - Трамбована земна маса ±0,00

5

1

22 1

1

СТОМАНЕН ПРОФИЛ

- Саморазливна подсилена полиуретанова настилка 1см - Изравнителна замазка 2см - Армирана замазка 2см - Стоманобетонова настилка 15 см - Полиетиленово фолио - Топлоизолация каменна вата 10 см - Валиран чакъл 15 см - Трамбована земна маса ±0,00 13

15

13

- Саморазливна подсилена полиуретанова настилка 1см - Изравнителна замазка 2см - Армирана замазка 2см - Стоманобетонова настилка 15 см - Полиетиленово фолио - Топлоизолация каменна вата 10 см - Валиран чакъл 15 см - Трамбована земна маса ±0,00

22 1

10

- Саморазливна подсилена полиуретанова настилка 1см - Изравнителна замазка 2см - Армирана замазка 2см - Стоманобетонова настилка 15 см - Полиетиленово фолио - Топлоизолация каменна вата 10 см - Валиран чакъл 15 см - Трамбована земна маса ±0,00

15

10

СТОМАНЕН ПРОФИЛ

СТЪКЛОПАКЕТ

ЦИМЕНТОФАЗЕР 2 СЛОЯ ПО 1 СМ

10 13 1 1 - Саморазливна подсилена ПАНЕЛ KINGSPAN 10полиуретанова CM настилка 1см

ПАНЕЛ KINGSPAN 10 CM 10

2

PVC ПЕРВАЗ

ЦИМЕНТОФАЗЕР 2 СЛОЯ ПО 1 СМ

10

ЛИСТ ПЕРФОРИРАНА ЛАМАРИНА

6

ДЕТАЙЛ 6 М 1:5

ВЪТРЕ

PVC ПЕРВАЗ

22 1

ЛИСТ ПЕРФОРИРАНА ЛАМАРИНА МОНТАЖНА ПЯНА

15

СТЪКЛОПАКЕТ

ДЕТАЙЛ 6 М 1:5

22 1

3

2

Section. The scale was 1:50 which required a really detailed study of the structural elements and joints.

2

2

OSB 2СМ

15

4

ВЪН ВЪТРЕ

6

ОКАЧЕН ТАВАН ГИПСОКАРТОН

ДЕТАЙЛ 2 М 1:5

ОКАЧЕН ТАВАН ГИПСОКАРТОН

МОНТАЖНА ПЯНА

M9955 M9955

15

ДЕТАЙЛ 2 М 1:5

ЛАМАРИНЕНА ПОЛА

33 M9986

33

МОНТАЖНА ПЯНА

OSB 2СМ

M9986

M9974

МОНТАЖНА ПЯНА

ВЪН

M9985

M9010

2Т СТОМАНЕНА КОЛОНА

ЛАМАРИНЕНА ПОЛА

M9313

M9913

2T СТОМАНЕНА КОЛОНА БОЯДИСАНА С ОГНЕЗАЩИТНА БОЯ

2Т СТОМАНЕНА КОЛОНА

20

M9974

10

ЧАКЪЛ

ДЕТАЙЛ 7 М 1:5 ДЕТАЙЛ 3 М 1:5

ДЕТАЙЛ 3 М 1:5

ДЕТАЙЛ 7 М 1:5

Виолетка Славова, ФН 9087, I група, III курс РЪКОВОДИТЕЛ: арх. З. Хаджийски Виолетка Славова, ФН 9087, I група, III курс РЪКОВОДИТЕЛ: арх. З. Хаджийски

2

A'

ИЗЛОЖБЕН АВТОСАЛОН

A

140

7'

350

350

200

690

720

7

3 200

- Покривни сандвич панели KINGSPAN 15 см 2% наклон - Стоманена столица 25 см - Стоманена греда 2Т 27 см 2% наклон - Окачен таван "КНАУФ"

+8.00

700

Д5

3060

35

Б 5

307

- Саморазливна полиуретанова настилка 1см - Изравнителна замазка 2см

380

413

244

14

Д4

307

207

ПОКРИВЕН БОРД

720

+7.25

2 446

+7.60

Д1

25

6

плоча 5см Д2-- Стоманобетонова Профилирана ламарина ЛТ 5,5см - Стоманена греда 2Т 27 см - Окачен таван "КНАУФ"

380

2

Д3 720

720

380

373

376

93

261

6

15

200

5

4

3

2

1

1'

A'

4

A

РАЗРЕЗ А-А М 1:50 A' - Покривни сандвич панели KINGSPAN 15 см 2% наклон - Стоманена столица 25 см - Стоманена греда 2Т 27 см 2% наклон - Окачен таван "КНАУФ"

+7,80

A 200

+7,80

7'

169

140

364

- Саморазливна полиуретанова настилка 1см - Изравнителна замазка 2см - Стоманобетонова плоча 5см - Профилирана ламарина ЛТ 5,5см - Стоманена греда 2Т 27 см - Окачен таван "КНАУФ"

277

+7,20

404

+7,20

224

32

177

50

15

±0,00

749

±0,00

774

343

280

- Саморазливна подсилена полиуретанова настилка 1см - Изравнителна замазка 1см - Армирана замазка 2см - Стоманобетонова настилка 15 см - Полиетиленово фолио - Топлоизолация каменна вата 10 см - Валиран чакъл 15 см - Трамбована земна маса

+0,00

720 4 000

В

720

720

Г

200

Д

Е

Е'

РАЗРЕЗ Б-Б М 1:50 A

Б

В

Г

Д

Е

A'

Е'

A

Б

В

Г

Д

Е

Е'

720

A'

6 10

720

Б

7'

7

7

7'

7

7

Б

3060

7'

7'

748

720

A

720

200

A'

5 6

5

5

4

4

3

3

6

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the multifunctional space of a

Collectors’ club

Year: Spring 2012, Bachelor’s Degree, UACEG Laboratory: Public Buildings Professor V. Kashukeev individual project The Collectors’ club is situated in Sofia’s center, Bulgaria, and offers a place for gatherings, lectures, and expositions of different collectioners’s societies in the city. Besides, when not used for this specific purpose, it functions as a community center and gathering place for university students, whose faculty is situated nearby.

What is more, the building is situated at the edge between a park and a central lively square.

So the architecture had to serve two purposes: provide a welcoming flexible multifunctional space and at the same time not present the building as an obstacle between the park and the city.

Through studies in physical models and CAD models, I arrived at a design that places a transparent glass volume under a covering shell that “moves” above it.

First, it is cut on the side of the park, so that through the main entrance one can directly perceive the park on the others side and go out through the “park door”. Secondly, the shell lift itself above the glass volume to create a covered terrace with cafe and place for events.

An outdoor access ramp forms an amphitheater that serves as seating for outdoor events and informal meeting space, inviting passers-by to stop and participate in the building’s activities.

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1 Ground floor plan. There is a clear visual and physical axis between the entrance and the door leading to the park. The lecture hall can be opened towards the common space when an event requires it, or be closed and function separately.

2 First floor plan. This floor is reached through a passerella above the common space or an elevator. There is a grand terrace most of which is covered by the roof so that it can be used also for open-air expositions and gatherings.

3 Perspectives and elevations.

Used also during the design process as a means to understand the offset between the volume and the shell from different angles and points of view.

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4 Section. The natural terrain offers the possibility for another partial level below the ground floor that has service entrance and rooms as well as storage spaces for the requirements of the hall and exposition spaces.

5 3D studies from the park’s point of view. I used these renderings to study the effect of transparency / reflection during different daylight conditions.

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Heineken Brewery May-August 2013, Open Student Design Competition Team-leader: Violetka Slavova Team members: Viliana Ivanova, Radi Avramov Award:1st Prize This was a two-phase competition for architecture students and young architects for redesigning the architectural image of the Zagorka Brewery in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, that was recently acquired by Heineken.

The first phase, which I completed on my own, called for general ideas for the main facade of the brewery that faces an important street in the city. The constraint was to renovate the building with minimum budget and invasion on its existing buildings.

The project proposes a media LED wall next to main entrance that serves to show the newest products and commercials of the brewery as well as a projection screen for soccer games. Next to it, the proposed new red volume houses a beer-tasting facility plus museum of the brewery’s history. Those interventions work not only on the visual image but also on the social influence of the building, inviting people from the city to interact with it, and not consider it as a closed production facility.

After the project was among the 5 selected to continue with the second phase, I invited Radi Avramov and Viliana Ivanova - colleagues of mine with whom we already won another student competition - and we chose to develop the inner courtyard as a place for relaxation, sports and open-air company events. It was this choice that got us the first prize, at it was appreciated that we thought about the redesign of the employees’ experience of the brewery.

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1 Proposed new materials.

LED media wall next to the entrance. Metal-mesh cladding for the facades looking to the street with green stucco “cuts” to mark entrances in the buildings. Fence planted as a vertical green wall, to seperate the factory.

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2 Night-time rendering.

Shows the possibilities of social use of the building even without entering its premises, through the media wall that could serve as a new social meeting point in the city. The beer-tasting bar is right next to it.

3 Beer inspiration. The white bubbles become ligh globus light in the trees and the beer is repesented throug yellow lights.

4 Entrance detail. The redesigned facades are clearly marked with the building number and green facade“guides.”

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5 The garden. The internal courtyard is transformed into a multifunctional space with wooden stair amphithater at the cantine entrance that could also serve as seating at time of events. We create small water zone for relaxation of the eyes and mind. The white lights are not fixed and can be rearanged depending on the needs of the events. They can be hung on the trees or placed on the ground or in the small lake. Nect to the garden are some sports fields for the employees.

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archeology, monuments, and Christmas combined in

Area 381 December 2012, Open Student Design Competition Team: Violetka Slavova,Viliana Ivanova, Radi Avramov Award:1st Prize

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The competition called for a design solution of area 381–a green square in the middle of Sofia, Bulgaria, surrounded by buildings considered national heritage, under which important archeological ruins of a Roman fortress were found. The city’s Christmas tree also grows in the area. However, the flow of people between the government, cultural and commercial zone, that border the area, did not pass through the garden and it remained isolated and neglected.

We proposed for the ruins to be unearthed and exhibited in their natural state by opening a “whole” in the square, and thus turning them into an attraction point. A passerrela for pedestrians passes above it, allowing different viewing angles. It directed the flow of people, using the diagonal of the area as a shortcut.

Our design dealt with the back facades of the historical monument buildings facing Leghe street, which did not have any aesthetic quality towards the garden.

A new facade closes the volume of the backs of the buildings and is curved by the form of the ruins of the old fortress. The newly-formed building will maintain the commercial function towards the Leghe Street, that is already established. But towards the ruins we placed a gallery and an art workshop center with a common atrium that connects all the floors, and is especially perceived at night.

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1 The existing state of the area. The old buildings have a status only towards the street.

However, their facades towards the garden are not meant to be seen, because there was an old store (no longer existing) that hid them from the garden.

2 A night view of the area. An amphitheater seating over the ruins faces the new facade and creates an informal public space for gatherings.

3 Underground plan. Shows the remains of the old fortress with respect to the places that surround them: an archeology information center, an art center a gallery and a bookstore.

4 Flows before and after project. The first problem that the project resolves is the passage of pedestrian flows through the zone, compared with the situation before where the garden was abandoned and neglected.

5 Section. It clearly shows how the new facade closes the existing buildings and adds an atrium to the volume, as well as the visual and spatial relationship to the ruins and the partial amphitheater seating.

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March 2014, International Design Workshop, Chicago, USA, Cannon Design & Institute Without Boundaries Team: Maziar Mohit, Aeisha Smith, Andrea Herrera, Alessandra Di

Stefano Grimaldi, Devin Sager, Faisal Syed Basalat, Ali, Hyesun Jeong, Jacobo Leoni, Jorge Gomez The challenge posed to our team was to transform the Chicago’s South Side neighborhood into a communitydriven creative district that connects and builds upon the existing community and arts initiatives happening on Chicago’s South Side. However, due to high criminal activity and bleakness, locals lack a sense of community and common identity. Abandoned buildings, lack of services and vacant land produced an empty and unsafe neighborhood.

The project re-vitalizes and gives the community an identity through arts, bringing services and start to densify vacant land.

Our proposal - the Art Loop - acts as a connector between the small existing art activities, and morphs its function between those points of interest to create an ever-changing attracting environment for all ages and tastes.

The“Loop” promenade wraps and binds the Washington park and neighborhood. It also acts like a sponge to absorb all the storm water, a major present issue in the neighborhood.

Other buildings and facilities like a skate park, an information centre, a library, an exercise station and community centre will be implemented in time. The loop will be the platform for events and in winter will be frozen to converted in an iceskate road.

We propose also a non-profit organization that assists artist, giving them an abandoned building with the condition of being constantly working and giving back to the community.

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1 Masterplan. The park stands between two deifferent neigborhoods: the affluent one, and the poor one. The loop aimed to create a flow of people between the two and at the same time connect all existing art activities and encourage new ones.

2 Implementation scheme. We imagined how the project will develop in time and in its different aspects. This allowed a more realistic and feasible approach in case the project is considered for real implementation.

3 Actors and interaction scheme. Shows the flow of funds and responsibilities, as well as motivation. For example, the city wants to sponsor a solution for the rainwater, but by investing in the Loop, they fulfill severall goals at once, not just the drainage.

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4 Loop Functions. The loop becomes a biking alley surrounded by green raingardens and gather the excess water underneath it.

It passes right next to attractive public places such as the skating park, or becomes a chalkboard for wanna-be writers.

5 Loop Functions. During the winter, the aggregated rainwater is used to turn some part of the Loop into an ice skating rink. Different art competitions and installations are organised between the artist houses, attracting not only locals.

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transformation through connection

Mellemrummet

Oct. 2014, International Design Workshop, Copenhagen, Denmark, Institute Without Boundaries & KEA Team: Millicent Rose Cooke, Gabriel Alvarez, Jasmina Višo, Cas

Slaats, Fabian Herzog, Navina Lammek, Geovani Pagotti and Denise Oomen The workshop dealt with the problem of how to connect the newly arriving diverse foreigners in Copenhagen with the locals and making them feel “at home” in their host country.

Our team worked on a plot with two new housing buildings for students and seniors to be constructed in the near future in right next to several social housing buildings. The space between the new buildings lacks recreational structures, green spaces and social interaction.

We worked with the space inbetween the new buildings and in a way that would meet the needs of the locals as well as the private owner of the new constructions. Our concept proposal is to bridge the generations and diverse cultures by creating a social experience in a safe and interactive environment.

We created a flowing continuous space with smallscale community “rooms” that guide the flow and the pace of pedestrians, bikes and cars in a shared space. Every “room” offers a two types of spaces: the inside (for example a fireplace where people can gather and interact in cold weather) and the outside, on top of the sloping roof ( such as gardening crates, a flowing water fountain, or amphitheater seats).

The dot pattern on the pavement visually and physically unifies the flows of pedestrains, bikes and cars and allows them to create and share space in a new way.

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1 Initial design concept.

Having in mind the needs of the different stakeholders (locals, newcomers, property owner and municipality) we organised the spaces in a logical flow not only of space but also of functions so that it attracts people to explore its entire length.

2 Design model. We used the model not only as a final representation tool but mainly for design purpose. We checked that the “rooms” had human scale and flowed into one another. We also designed the dot pattern in this way.

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3 Exchange of services. To encourage the use of the rooms and the interaction between residents, we deploy a Bluetooth smart system that connects the needs and the capabilities of the people near the space by using smartphones and interface embedded in the rooms.

4 The functions and path.

When thinking about the functions we involved also the newly built residential buildings and connected them logically with the activities in the different “rooms” that we place in the center of the open green space.

Each roof has an own function: gardening, flowing water sculpture, wooden amphitheater, a children playground. Those connect logically with the functions interspersed between and inside the rooms. The goal was to offer an ever-changing, flexible space that invites people to come together and interact.

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My internship in Integra Consult Project allowed me to work on real projects that were currently being developed.

I mostly created the 3D models given some already existing plans and then the architects evaluated design decisions based on the BIM model. During a one-year span, I learned how to develop renders, since I had no prior experience with that field. Once the design was approved, I created renders to be shown to the clients.

I also worked on creating physical study models and also final ones. Because of my internship, I really began to appreciate for the first time the physical model as a tool for design. The workflow necessarily included physical models.

My contribution was the use of a BIM software - ArchiCAD - that the studio continued to use afterwards to communicate design changes between the different engineers.

I was also given the amazing opportunity to participate in the development of several competition designs such as the one for Helsinki’s public library. With thight deadlines, and a serious workload, I appreciated how the team at the studio collaborated to efficiently produce a competitive design.

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The modeling project consisted of five consecutive steps.

Each one starts with a cube with 10cm edge; every stage had a specific objective of how the cube and space outside and inside of it should interact, in order to produce a result.

This value this project because it helped me to develop my spatial thinking and perception. Also it was very intensive in terms of drawing and understanding the results of what I wanted to do with the cube and its inner space. The physical modeling of the design was also challenging at times because I had to derive very specific information about the incisions and the sections within the cube.

1 Cuts of maximum 1/3 of the cube’s side are allowed, side diagonal, or cube’s internal diagonal. The spatial system had to be symmetrical to the cube’s core. This new system has to keep the main characteristics of the initial cube intact.

2 Now the cube has to be oriented in space: how it contacts the horizontal plane: by edge, side or vertex. The result from stage 1 is reevaluated and a change is proposed; still, symmetry is maintained across an axis or a plane defined by the geometrical properties of the cube.

3 Space is subtracted from the volume of the cube in a symmetrical fashion with respect to its center.

4 Given the cube from 3, it now has to be oriented in space and lose its symmetrical properties.

5 Disintegrate the space of the cube by applying a maximum of 3 cuts and form a new system with the cut elements.

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