Portfolio 2020

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Participative. Flexible. Experimental. Other. Activist.

In our uncertain world, only adaptable buildings can serve for a long period of time to meet the challenges of the future. Changeable or movable building elements are great tools to achieve this flexibility 6 . Based on a thorough research, architectural vision should start with mapping opportunities together with future users in a participative3 process. A design proposal should constantly question the status quo and be experimental 15 . Since designing and constructing are cultural activities, a high level of social involvement is required from architects, making us activists 23 and negotiators between the different urban actors.

EDUCATION

2018 - 2020 - KU Leuven, Faculty of Architecture, Campus Sint-Lucas Brussels, BE

MSc (Urban Projects, Urban Cultures)

2013 - 2018 - Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Architecture, HU

BSc (Department of Urban design)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Wim Goes Architectuur, Gent, BE Intern Summer 2019

Litkei Tamás Architecture studio, HU

Junior architect Summer 2017

Intern Summer 2016

BASS [Budapest Architecture Students’ Studio]

Member, Mentor and Organizer from Spr ing 2016 till Fall 2018

SKILLS

Architectural drawings, rendering, detailing: ArchiCAD (E), AutoCAD (A), SketchUp (A)

Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop (E), InDesign(E), Lightroom (B), Premier Pro (A), After Effects (B)

Others: Prezi (E), World(A), Excel (A)

(B)beginner, (A) advanced, (E) expert.

LANGUAGES SKILLS

English C1 - Speak and write fluently

German B2 - Need a bit of a refresh

Hungarian - Native

PARTICIPATIVE DESIGN WORKSHOPS

MICRO MAGDOLNA - PUBLIC BATHHOUSE

In the neglected 8th district of Budapest the high number of unemployment and lack of social services require new kind of social infrastructure for people in need. Our team designed a public bathhouse for homeless people as an indicator of their integration process. The design was guided by activists, social workers and a local Roma artist. Our findings and proposal was presented to the public as an open-air installation followed by a debate and round-table discussion.

EASA, LITHUANIA - BRING NIDA FULL CIRCLE

Raising awareness about circular economy and working out a strategy for reducing and reusing the waste produced by the 600 architecture student during the 2 weeks of the summer school.

COMPETITIONS

ECUMENICAL CHAPEL FOR PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS

National Design Competition for students. Shortlisted for the final round among 12 others

FAIRY TALE COMPETITION

Vision for a dystrophic, semi-virtual world, where the information-sharing system manifested itself in a physical, electromagnetic body (in order to work efficiently and independently), resulting as an additional layer on the built environment representing the user’s position in the digital society.

2014 2018 WITH SEBASTIAN GSCHANES AND TEKLA GEDEON

2014 SUMMER WITH ENIKÖ BUKOVINSZKI AND KATA KERTÉSZ

2016 SUMMER

+ SEE THE RESULT PUBLISHED ON ISSUU.COM

CASA INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR FUTURE HOUSING

Proposal for a futuristic housing complex, where the flats could be rotated around a giant infrastructural pillar that includes all the pipes, ducts and also the elevator.

This rotation enables a new way of communal living: the neighbours, who are living on the same floor, can join their housing units in order to unite their living rooms into one big communal space. Rotating the units away from each other creates a big shared garden.

2015 TEAM WORK WITH MÁRTON KRISTÁLY

CV.

Participative. Flexible. Experimental.

Other. Activist.

RECULTIVATION OF SALFÖLD SAND MINE

It is taken for granted that architectural design –educational or professional – starts with a functional program. Even though we design for the future, the dimension of time is not part of the design process. Although it worked quite well for centuries, in our constantly changing ‘post-internet’ society the buildings of the future need to be more flexible and more adaptable!

I designed a building which does not follow the function but is a frame work for several functionscenarios of how this post-industrial area could be used by young creatives for a long period of time. Before sand mining it was a famous art-colony, which is needed to be rebuilt.

Inspired by Cedric Price’s ‘Fun Palace’ and ‘Officebar’ projects, the hangar-like shell serves as a primary thermal layer, with secondary movable boxes inside.

Hinge

15 cm glued-laminated timber beams with

mineral wool insulation and piping in-between

CATALOGUE OF TOOLS FOR THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS

PARTS OF THE MOVABLE STORAGE BOX

DIFFERENT FUNCTIONAL SCENARIOS

01 URBAN FARMING

02 WORKSHOP

03 POP-UP KITCHEN

dual layer polycarbonate wall panel

2,5 cm

Glued-laminated timber load bearing shelf-system

2,5 cm wooden flooring 4 cm supporting structure

Moveability enabled by the plug-in pipeline- and electricity system

180x75cm Timber fold-out table

Polycarbonate separating wall

rotating in 180° degree

CV.

Participative. Flexible. Experimental.

Other. Activist.

EASA, MALTA - MANIFOLDS Design and construction workshop

Prototyping of a modular, temporary dwellingsystem previously researched at the AA’s Emergent Technologies and Design program. The structure is made out of folded cardboard components which can be easily re-assembled at any underdeveloped area such as in slums or in refugee camps. Besides learning the fabrication and assembly technique, we designed our own cardboard furniture as part of the learning process.

+ read more info, see more pictures

+ click here to see my video.

2015 SUMMER

EASA [EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS ASSEMBLY]

TWO-WEEK LONG INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE SUMMER SCHOOL

WOOD Art camp

Floating pavilion on the Lake Balaton Hands-on experience, design and construction work with wood in a team.

2015 SUMMER

+ CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO ABOUT THE FINAL RESULT

HELLO

PRODUCTIVE EXHIBITION - CIRCULAR BXL

2018 AUTUMN

Studio task: reuse the partly empty logistics building situated in the industrial Kanal area near the Centre of Brussels.

After studying the urban fabric and the demography of the area, I decided to design a place providing creative jobs coping with the challenges of the 4th industrial revolution.

Opened to the public, the exhibition-like workshop spaces wish to raise awareness and promote the circular lifestyle by giving insight into the circular production flow. The building provides experimental production spaces for artists, designers, furniture makers and wood workers to produce new items by recycling or up-cycling unwanted or discarded goods.

DESIGN STUDIO PROJECT AT KU LEUVEN MASTER YEAR 1

FOCUSED ON CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Seeing and taking part in the up-cycling process creates connection between users and their old/broken products, resulting in slowing down the consumption phase. According to the ‘Ikea effect’ consumers value a product more if they took part in its creation.

EVOLUTION OF THE FORM

Aim: demolish as little from the building as possible, and reuse all the materials during the renovation process.

Cataloguing the materials of the office building on the western side (Building ‘B’), deconstruct its bricks as new partition walls in Building ‘C’ [01].

The skeleton structure of building Building ‘C’ made it possible to relocate companies to the empty storage rooms within the building, freeing up space on the western side for new functions [02]

Making a cut in building ‘C’ [0] and relocating the viaduct to the cut free up the space around the newly separated building [04]

Installing cranes on the roof for a more efficient circulation [0], adding a stairy public space to the main entrance as a transitional zone [06].

Catalogue of reusable materials [01].

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Movable cranes operating from the rooftop as a vertical supplier for the rentable, self-contained studio spaces.

CIRCULATION ON ARCHITECTURAL LEVEL

Tenants have shared access to a fully equipped kitchen, toilets and changing rooms, situated around the fixed technical core.

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LONG-TERM INDUSTRY WITH SHORT-TERM INFRASTRUCTURE

Even if the consumption phase slows down in the future, the rapid pace of the constant innovation will not. Therefore, the infrastructure within the building must be as flexible and changeable as possible. Inspired by the writings of Georges Perec the floors on the different levels are not defined by a predeterminate functions, but by its currently provided infrastructural elements.

Depending on the placement of these elements, different spaces can be created: Wood workshop with wood cutting machines; Lecture room with beamers and screens; or Exhibition space with stages and lighting.

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WOOD WORKSHOP

storing and up-cycling unwanted timber

42 tables

132 chairs

38 shelves

12 M1 machines

16 L1 lightning devices

8 H1 Heating devices

15 E1 Electricity cables

TECHNICAL CORE

4 toilets

4 showers

16 lockers

1 stair

1 elevator

GLASS WORKSHOP

storing and up-cycling unwanted glass

7 tables

42 chairs

26 shelves

3 M1 machines

6 L1 lightning devices

2 H1 Heating devices

3 E1 Electricity cables

CORRIDOR

40 tables

128 chairs

5 L1 lightning devices

2 E1 Electricity cables

Participative. Flexible. Experimental.

Other. Activist.

FREEVENTY - APP FOR URBAN ACTIVISM

2019 SPRING

The Freeventy app is a horizontal online platform aimed at generating urban activism on unused public spaces throughout organizing free public events. The base of the app is a map of unused public spaces with their existing free infrastructure (electricity, drinking water, noise protection). City dwellers can browse between these potential sites and organise their own socially engaged cultural events there.

Unlike most architectural projects, I wished to operate only with the existing tools without the need to design or build anything new, in order to keep it affordable to everyone and sustainable in the longer term.

DESIGN STUDIO

PROFESSOR: JONATHAN ROBERT MAJ

+ SEE THE PROMOTIONAL VIDEO + DOWNLOAD THE INTERACTIVE WEB DESIGN

NO-LONGER / NOT-YET - TEMPORARY USE TACTICS ON VACANT PLOTS

Accommodatingthedwellings

Accommodatingthedwellings

In my master dissertation project, I investigate the potential of temporary use as an alternative tool to tackle the housing shortage in Brussels.

Based on the temporary use model applied by the Brussels based organisation, Communa, the non-used empty plots would be occupied and used for bottomup community activities and to provide housing for people in need; and would be dismantled and set up on a new empty terrain just before the construction of the final building would start.

As a 'land banking' method, the temporary structures will be set up on the properties of the Community Land Trust Brussels, where the land acquisition had happened already, but the construction of the homes have not yet started due to financial issues or due to its complexity and its longer-lasting nature.

PROFESSOR:

TIMELINE SHOWINING THE CIRCULATION OF THE HOMES BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT EMPTY PLOTS

FAST

NO-LONGER / NOT-YET - TEMPORARY USE TACTICS ON VACANT PLOTS

While working out the details of the design, I elaborated on the nature of such flexible and constantly changing constructions; the problem of constant relocation and its possibilities for learning and improvement; and issues connected to the possible degradation of the provided infrastructural and structural elements.

The temporary homes do not just offer accommodation but are part of an integrated empowering process, where the self-building is used to give confidence and new skills to the tenants; but also for bringing them closer to architecture, and through maintenance, the residents can have more control over their built environment.

2020

MSC DIPLOMA

PROFESSOR: MARTINO TATTARA

EVALUATING DISMANTLABLE BUILDING COMPONENTS IN A TIME/PRICE MATRIX + SEE BOOKLET

DETAILS OF MAINTANCE AND UPKEEP OF THE DESMOUNTABLE BUILDING ELEMETS

Fixing leaking issues Replacing bended spikes

Resolving blight issues Replacing missing screws

NO-LONGER / NOT-YET - TEMPORARY USE TACTICS ON VACANT PLOTS

The garden around the homes serves as a semi-public space, but is also a productive garden, where special absorbent plants are grown to clean the possible contaminations from the soil.

The character of the garden also changes according to its urban context while the homes are travelling to different sites: it would be a playground on the site in Laeken which is in the proximity of schools, or an out-door gym on the site in Anderlecht, which is right next to a soccer field.

Important element is the temporary fence that serves as a communication surface about Communa‘s events and about the future of CLT homes.

2020

MSC DIPLOMA

PROFESSOR: MARTINO TATTARA

STRUCTURAL PROPOSAL AND CALCULATIONS SUPPORTING THE DECISION MAKING

SPECIAL PLANTS GROWN TO ABSORB SOIL CONTEMINATION

TONIGHT: dinner with concert! CLT BXL homes soon!

MUSTARD GREENS

SUNFLOWERS

ALPINE PENNYCRESS

BLADDER CAMPION

CONSTRUCTION STEP-BY-STEP

SHELVES AS BUILT-IN FURNITURES

INSTALLATION

DESIGN FOR AN EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC NIGHT AT MEETLAB IN 2018 + SEE VIDEO

BASS

BUDAPEST ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS’ STUDIO

SOME OF THE PROJECTS I PARTICIPATED IN SINCE BECOMING A MEMBER IN MARCH 2016

THE READERS’ CLUB - ORGANIZER

We believe that reading architecture theory is essential for developing our conceptual thinking. Complementary to our traditional reading-material, we read from theorists, such as Ignasi de SoláMorales and Jeremy Till, and contemporary essays, from Alejandro Zaera-Polo or articles from the Log magazine. The reading list depends on our participants’ personal interests.

BASS is an independent, multidisciplinary group of talented and motivated students passionately interested in the field of architecture. It was founded in order to complete our university education with extracurricular activities: if we wish to learn more about a certain topic we organize lectures, seminars, public debates, field-trips and workshops - with invited professionals. It is also a platform for discussing the current hot topics of the profession.

Given the fact that we did not have a venue for modeling on the university campus, we established a small studio where we could gather together to do our submissions and where younger students can learn from the older, experienced ones.

Occasionally, we cook, watch movies and go on field trips together.

Due to the strong bond between the Alumni Community, former members can still profit from the contact network. Furthermore, there is a long tradition of cooperation between current and former BASS members, including workshops, tutoring, internship and job opportunity.

+ find out more about all our projects on the website of BASS: www.eszak.org.hu

We gather together every week to discuss our interpretation of that week’s reading-material.

BEGINNER PARAMETRIC DESIGN SEMINAR MAIN ORGANIZER

Since at our university parametric architecture is not part of the teaching material, we invited one of the best Hungarian experts of the topic to teach us the basics both in theory and in practice. In the next semesters it will be followed by an advanced course, and an online learning platform will be assembled so the knowledge will be available for everyone. .

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

about the current issues in architecture education in Hungary, and about the perspectives young professionals have shortly after their graduation, at a local TV station, Szombathelyi televízió INVITED INTERVIEWEE with Zsuzsa Gácsi, the president of BASS.

FIELD TRIP TO THE VENICE BIENNALE IN 2016

CITY-TOUR WITH BARTLETT UNIT 8 STUDENTS IN 2017 + SEE BOOKLET

ALUMNI MEMBER ÁDÁM SOMLAIFISCHER PREZI FOUNDER GIVING A LECTURE 2016 + SEE VIDEO

SVINDLI - TEMPORARY TATTOO

There is barely a thing today we believe could last a lifetime, but there is quite a lot of things we feel like sharing with the World for a couple of days. Temporary tattoo is an excellent way to show your voice to your surrounding promoting your passion, your sentiment or your (political) view. The poor selection of proper design and the market gap made me start a small entrepreneurship: designing and printing temporary tattoos. The project is in the final phase, after the finishing touches the first collection will be on the shelves, with an original graphic style and creative, lowcost packaging-design.

+ check my instagram for more tattoos!

OTHER INTERESTS

Architectural education

Video shooting and editing

Japanese culture Street fashion

Windsurfing

Growing plants e.g.. avocado, pineapple