Architecture & Design Roxana Orasteanu
EXPERIENCE DESIGNER @ INTERGRA CORPORATION, Timişoara, Romania November 2016 - July 2017 Interior and furniture designer, clients consoulting
DESIGNER @ ORĂŞTEANU ROXANA PFA, Timişoara, Romania October 2014 - May 2017 Jewellery designer and photographer; in charge of the management of my own jewellery and photography busines
ARCHITECT@ PARASITE STUDIO 2.0, Milan, Italy
ROXANA ORĂŞTEANU ARCHITECT, INTERIOR DESIGNER
PROFILE Nationality: Romanian Date of birth: 14th of May 1992
CONTACT +40 728 015 335 roxana.orasteanu@gmail.com
June 2016 - September 2016 Proposing and execution of the Ortigia Sound System Festival 2016 design, creating a design solution for an exihibition stand in Milan, organizing and creating the design for a photographic exhibition in Monza, organizing the material for “The Domestic Promised Land” reasearch.
ARCHITECT@ PLANCONTROL, Timişoara, Romania June 2014 - September 2014 Preparing the project of a monumental history aparment building in order to be rehabilitated
DATA OPERATOR @ BOSCH COMMUNICATION CENTER, Timişoara, Romania June 2010 - September 2010 Validating, introduction and precessing datas offering quality and quantity for the clients
EDUCATION ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM @ POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA, Romania September 2011 - July 2017
ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM @ HIGHER TECHNICAL SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE OF SEVILLE, Spain
September 2015 - July 2016 Erasmus+ Mobility
LANGUAGE SKILLS
PEDAGOGY 1ST LEVEL @ POLYTECHNIC UNIVERISTY OF TIMIŞOARA, ROMANIA
native language: Romanian
September 2011 - July 2015
ENGLISH Comprehension: C1 Speaking: C1 Writing: B2
SPANISH
MATHEMATICS AND INTENSIVE INFORMATICS @ “GRIGORE MOISIL” THEORETICAL HIGH SCHOOL, Timişoara, Romania
September 2007 - July 2011
OTHER COURSES RETHINKING THE CITY @ TU DELFT, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Comprehension: C1 Speaking: C1 Writing: B2
March 2017 - May 2017 Online course, non certified
GERMAN
April 2017 - May 2017 Online course, non certified
Comprehension: A2 Speaking: A2 Writing: A2
ITALIAN Comprehension: A2 Speaking: A1 Writing: A1
URBAN DESIGN @ TU DELFT, Rotterdam, Netherlands
ARCHICAD @ EDUKUBE, Timişoara, Romania October2012
CONTESTS EUROPAN 2015 MILD HOME 2013 C.A.S.A. 2013
DIGITAL SKILLS ARTLANTIS STUDIO LUMION ARCHICAD INDESIGN PHOTOSHOP
WORKSHOPS DESIGN @ ORTIGIA SOUND SYSTEM FESTIVAL, SIRACUSA, Italy July 2016 Title: City as a Festival Coordinator: Parasite Studio 2.0, Milan
URBAN MANAGEMENT @ ARCHITECTURE BIENNIAL OF TIMIŞOARA, Romania October 2016 Title: Urban Game - Yes, but there is a problem Scope: Exploring the possibilities for participatory design by pushing to the extreme limits the individualism and idolizing of private property so common in Central-East Europe Coordinator: Prof. Balint Kadar - Budapest, Hungary
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY @ PLAI STUDENT FESTIVAL OF TIMIŞOARA, Romania November 2014 Scope: Exploring the city throuh the lens Coordinator: Photographer Anca Cernosch
URBAN PLANNING @ TERRITORIAL OFFICE OF WESTERN REGION DEVELOPMENT OF ROMANIA ILLUSTRATOR RHINOCEROS
September 2014 Title: GN-GE - From the North Train Station to the East Train Station Scope: CreatIng a scenario of urban development on the field that remains empty between the two train stations of the city, after removing the train rails Coordinators: Prof. Radu Radoslvav, Arch. Mihai Danciu
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY @ PLAI STUDENT FESTIVAL OF TIMIŞOARA SKETCHUP 3DS MAX AUTOCAD
OTHER SKILLS earned through experience
INITIATIVE MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION RESPONSABILITY TEAM WORK CREATIVITY ADAPTABILITY PUBLIC SPEAKING
November 2013 Scope: Exploring the abandoned areas of the city and display the consequences these have on citizens using the photography Coordinator: Photographer and Architect Andrei Mărgulescu
RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS REDRAWING THE THEORY-REDRAWING THE HOUSE 2016-PARASITE 2.0, MILANO THE CITY AS A FESTIVAL 2016-PARASITE 2.0, MILANO, ITALIA FROM THE TEACHING STAFF OF THE FACULTY (DESIGN WORKSHOP)- 2013 NOMINEE AT THE CRIT “C.A.S.A.“ CONTEST - 2013 FROM THE TEACHING STAFF OF THE FACULTY (DESIGN WORKSHOP)- 2011 MENTION (PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST)- 2011 1ST PRIZE (PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST) - 201
VOLUNTEERING CHILDREN @ AJUNGEM MARI, Timişoara, Romania February 2017 - July 2017 Training participation in order to learn about helping the children in need and then applying what we have learned during the children classes in which we are teaching them diffrent subject
REHABILITATION @ ASTRA MUSEUM OF TRADITIONAL FOLK, Sibiu, Romania July2013 Preservation of historical monuments, restoring traditional romanian houses and mills, modern and traditional ways of wood processing, wood joints in traditional architecture, carpentry recondition, etc
SITE CONSTRUCTION @ POVERTY ALLEVIATION Iuly 2012 Building and finishing houses for the people in need in Valea Screzii, Romania
CONTENT:
Architecture
Casa Escalera Forest Inside, Europan 2013 Wooden Path Student Housing TimiĹ&#x;oara
06 14 26 30
Urbanism
Urban regeneration Urban development
34 38
Reconversion
Alcohol Factory
Interior design
48 58
Workshops
The City as a Festival ASTRA Museum Constructions, finishes
62 70 74
Casa Escalera location: year:
01 Tomares, Spain 2015 (5th year)
Each space is considered a volume
The new shape permits light entering
Exploring the house and the terrain at the same time and having a view over the city
The spaces are integrated in the slope
Visual connections between spaces
Keeping a green space to integrate the house
Single bedroom (plan -1)
Groung floor
-1 Story
-2 Story
D1
D2
View over Seville from the roof top
D1
D2
The office (plan-2)
Forest Inside location: year:
02 Espoo, Finland 2015 (4th year)
About Espoo Espoo is a city with a population of over 260,000, situated to West of the cape of helsinki. Togheter with Helsinki, Vantaa and other surrounding municipalities it forms Finland’s only metropolitan. The south-estern part of Espoo is the most important center in the nordic countries for the teaching,learning and development of technology and is also a hub for the international corporations and the iconic garden city of Tapiola is not only a prestigious residential area but also an important concentration of culture and other servicies. Takeing all the elements into consideration, Espoo is a dynamic and inovative place, undergoing a strong development phase.
Connections Espoo-Tapiola-Helsinki Espoo has a strong connection with Helsinki that is not only generated by proximity, but also by social and economical factors. Firstly Aalto University is moving from capital to the satellite city. Secondly, the new West Metro line is about to be completed, facilitating students’ commute between the two cities. The development plan proposes a new coastal pathway that liks Espoo, Helsinki and Tapiola. Espoo is connected to the iconic garden city of tapiola trought a green line which provides a close relationship between city and the city and raw nature.
Green belt The inhabitants have such a strong connection with nature that it became part of their cultural identity. This connectin is enforced by the green line that crosses Espoo and Tapiola, leading to our proposal of contiuning it on our site, thus preserving the relationship between man and nature. It will be created a pysical connection between our site and we propose an alternative route from the main path leading to our site, that can also be used during summertime. this path will be connected to the green belt leading to tapiola. Thus, we provide a link between helsinki, espoo and tapiola as a pleasant track for pedestrians and cyclists.
Coastal pathway The costal pathway is usually explored by the inhabitants for the landscape views along the lake. The pathway is use for promenades and bike rides ,it provides a strong relationship between nature, the lake and people. In the natura 2000 area, wich is protected, the pathway can be explored only in winter because in the rest of the year there are protected birds wich should not be disturbed by people. To solve this problem we propose a new parthway throught our site, divergent from the main path which can be explored in all the year. In this way the inhabitants can explore the nature ,the beautiful lanscape of the lake and the connection with helsinki can function all the time.
The structure is composed of a grid of beams and columns with concrete reinforcements which contain the vertical circulations. The living modules can be inserted or pulled out individually thus generating a flexible general form. The suspended path will cross the wild nature within the interior space created by the structure and will function as a belvedere to the water. The interior space will be occupied by wild nature which will be allowed to grow free and spontaneosly, continously adapting to light and human actions.
The concept we developed through our project aims to introduce the communion between man and nature within the habitation, not only on a physical level, but also on a sensory one. By bringing the forest close to the building, a very strong, direct relationship with nature is created, thus transcending the contemporary Finnish spirit to a state where it can express itself in its most pure form, freed from society’s constraints. The strategy focuses on developing an environment dominated by raw nature in order to remove anxiety and anguish, and to bring out all the positive feelings typical for Finnish people. The circulation area is covered with glass in order to remove all visual barriers between the inhabitants and the trees. The suspended pathway that leads through the building helps in developing an immediate connection with the forest, and a visual relationship with the water.
Adaptability-Modularity
After the module is bought, the owner can take it out of the building’s metal structure and move it to another site. The module is designed to be demounted in its component walls and slabs for an efficient transport. In order to put the module on a new location, the owner needs to provide a continuous or isolated foundation. After the foundation is prepared, the structure and walls can be assembled together. A new owner needs land in order to move his module, but buying land is a pretty big investment. Our strategy proposes the development of a new district near the campus in order to relocate the modules. This strategy assumes that the university could offer the graduates a piece of land from the municipality. This way, a new experimental neighborhood would be created exclusively from modular buildings, as an extension of the campus.
The ground floor: headquarters for start-ups Our strategy proposes multiple spaces on the ground floor of the housing building designed to become offices for young people who wish to develop their own businesses. Being destined for start-ups, the ground floor will become an ideal framework for students to experiment the implementation of their innovative ideas in the business world.
Cooperation between students Cooperation between students of different specialties becomes increasingly important within a university. Our proposed strategy for the ground floor aims to encourage these kinds of collaborations in order to materialize innovative, diverse and sustainable businesses. Students from different faculties can get in contact with each other , form partnerships to and find together optimal solutions for implementing their ideas. This kind of cooperation can help students in solving the problems that they can’t usually solve on their own. A good example would be a computer science student who wants to develop his own start-up but can’t solve the financial and management problems. Collaboration with someone who studies economics would ensure a better chance for the start-up to succeed. Right now the campus does not have this kind of spaces. They could form a very important area within the campus that attracts many students who are interested in developing their own business. At the same time, these spaces could prove useful for the rest of the students who will now have access to a number of new services that can’t be found in other areas of the campus.
Wooden path location: year:
03 Espoo, Finland 2015 (4th year)
This project is related with the previous one. The installation is projected in order to announce the project that will take place on the site and it has taken the characteristics which defines better the projectČ™ such as: the relation with the nature, the promenade and the main element: the path. During this walk you can read and enjoy the presentation of the future project.
Wooden pavilions along the path
Continuous view Connecting to nature
Sit in the pavillion while reading the project panels or simply realax
You can merge the chairs in order to be comfortable
Observe the project panels and other information about the site and the construction on the pavillion board
Installation CONCEPT This architectural installation, that propose an alternative route during winter and not only, it is intended to bring people closer to the nature by creating a strong relationship between them and the forest site. The strategy of this installation is to present the main ideea of the future project: communion between man and nature. By creating this path that crosses the forest site, it generates an undeniable exerecise in improving the relationship between passers and vegetation. The route with the untouched nature all around it, suggest the raw nature from the future project. In this way, exploring the nature becomes an indication of the new project, letting the passersby to feel theme that will be contained. The path presents four pavillions that have the role to inform the passers about the stages of the project, changes, future apartments that will be sold, project renders, etc. This pavillions are for relaxing too. They contain modular chairs that can be moved in order to sit comfortably. Creating this route is giving the people the chance to reunite with the nature and prepare them for the new intervention that it will happen.
Student Housing location: year:
04 TimiĹ&#x;oara 2014 (4th year)
Regenerare urbană locaţie: an:
05
Timişoara, Romania 2015 (an IV)
Urban regeneration project aimed to transform a neighborhood built during communism into one that meets the needs of the inhabitants of the contemporary era.
Site images
Before
After
Before
After
Section through parking Green facades
Dezvoltare urbană location: year:
06
Timişoara, Romania 2017 (diploma project)
Diploma project, entitled “Strategies for solving accessibility and mobility in the Timisoara metropolitan area”, project included in the Urbanism - Research Unit.
Following the analysis of accessibility and sustainability of the metropolitan area, the following problems arising from the phenomenon of chaotic urban expansion: traffic congestion, increased surface of cars, delay of public transport, the city is devoted to cars, not to pedestrians, air pollution, inefficient occupation of the area, inefficient travel time, the city becomes unsustainably environmentally and economically, neighborhoods and suburbs will be left without necessary functions. Therefore, a solution will be proposed that will implement a sustainable way to solve the problems arising from the last urban development in the city of Timisoara and its surroundings. The solution will respond in a sustainable way to the requirements and needs of the city, the surrounding towns and locals. Following the study, various types of interventions can be proposed at the Timisoara scale, but the most efficient way is to classify them according to the duration of the intervention: short term, medium and long term. As for the urban sprawl phenomenon that is currently on the rise in the proposed area, most of the principles and solutions listed in the study may take part in hindering chaotic urban development. As I have concluded, the most efficient, in the short term, would be to solve the city’s accessibility and implicitly all the problems generated by the existing infrastructure. Taking into account the studied examples, each city has a circular ring that surrounds the city in order to take over both the external traffic of the city and the one that, in its absence, affects the inner city traffic. Being a developing city, Timisoara needs a well-thought-out and well-developed infrastructure so as not to affect the current urban development process. At present, the situation of the existing infrastructure is not optimized at all, but a closed circular ring could decongest current traffic and release the city’s main thoroughfares. In the same way, optimizing the main accesses of the city could avoid traffic to the city’s entrances and exits. Therefore, the objectives of the proposed solution are: decongestion of traffic, stopping the chaotic development, removing the car as the main means of transport, environmental sustainability, economic sustainability. The proposed solution will work as a template that will influence the future development of the city in a controlled and sustainable manner, both in the short and long term.
Current state of the infrastructure
Future infrastructure projects - proposed by authorities
Mobility plan for bicycle networks
Main arteries to metropolitan areas
Proposed strategy
Conecting the proposed strategy with the authorities proposal
The porpose of the strategy
Park&Ride Areas
PEDESTRIAN AREA BICYCLE LANE PLANTING TREES TRAM STATIONS PUBLIC TRANSPORT NETWORK CAR LANE
Transforming existing (upstream) sections, considering the implementation of the strategy (proposed sections below)
Tram system proposal - residential area
Zonă Park & Ride
Existing section of the circulation ring proposed tram green area, tram station bike lane
Proposed section of the circulation ring
2 lanes per sense
street lights parking
pedestrian area
Park & Ride Building design by HHF Architects
Reconversion concept location: year:
07
TimiĹ&#x;oara, Romania 2014 (4th year)
Ground floor
Story
Section
Before
After
Actual situation
Reconvert the story space into a coworking one
Coworking individual modules
Conference room modules
Extending table Sliding panel
The space has different types of furniture displacement
Interior design
08
Reading area
City as a Festival location: year:
09 Siracusa, Italy 2016
Work
Socialize
Trade
Night atmosfere
Rehabilitation of ASTRA Museum location: year:
10
Sibiu, Romania 2013
Volunteering - Constructions 11 location: year:
Valea Screzii, Romania 2012
Enjoy the view
Socialize
Work
roxana.orasteanu@gmail.com