PORTFOLIO samuel csรกder
Preword With the following few pages I would like to illustrate my studies, professional experience and interests in urban design, planning, but also architecture and my free time activities that include photography, design and travelling. My one year stay in Australia, trips around Europe and especially my travels in South and South-east Asia opened my mind in terms of differences around the world and the need to think globally, but act locally. My dream, since a very young age, was to somehow participate in the improvement of the world. in a sustainable manner. But soon I realized it is not even easy to define what actually improves the world around us, in the current rapid era. A saying by Norbert Wiener has its veracity: „We have modified our environment so radically that we must now modify ourselves to exist in this new environment.“ In Bratislava, 2016
SAMUEL CSÁDER
CURRICULUM VITAE Urban Design
Urban Planning
Architecture
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Name:
Samuel Csáder Date of Birth:
04/05/1990 Nationality:
Slovak
Signature
Education 2009 - 2015 Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Bratislava, Slovakia Institute of Management Spatial planning 2014 – 2015 Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Urban Design Exchange student in the frame of Erasmus Programme 2014 Cracow University of Technology Cracow, Poland Architecture and Urban Design Exchange student in the frame of Ceepus Programme
Professional Experience 2016 (7 months) Gehl Architects Vesterbrogade 24, 1620 Copenhagen V, Denmark www.gehlpeople.com Urban design and planning Archtiectural assistant Graphic design, drawings, spatial strategies, reports 2015 (4 months) LOCA Studio C/Pellaires 30, A1, 08019 Barcelona, Spain www.locaarquitectos.com Architecture Architectural assistant Cad drawings, 3D visualisations, models 2012 – 2013 (6 months) Manipal School of Architecture and Planning Manipal – 576 104, Karnataka, India Architecture Internship Project drawings, site visits, reports 2012 (1 month) Institute of Urban Development Trnavská cesta 84, 821 02 Bratislava, Slovakia Urban development Trainee Analyses and supplementary work 2006 - 2012 (7 x 1 month) Harrach´sche Gütterdirektion Prugg Schlossmühlgasse 11, 2460 Bruck/Leitha, Austria Agriculture Group leader Organization and operation work on agriculture cultivation
Technical Skills
Additional Experience
AutoCad
2014 International Real Estate Workshop held in Berlin and Helsinki
SketchUp
2013 Volunteering - Eco Farm in Thailand
RhinoCeros 3D
2010 International urban planning workshop “Open spaces� held in Bratislava
Adobe Photoshop
Artistic Skills
Microsoft Office
Hand drawing, Sketching, Painting, Woodwork, Photography, Product design, Interior design, Graphic design, Video clip making.
Personal Skills
Other Interests
Responsibility
Travelling, Skateboarding, Snowboarding, Surfing, Other Sports, Scuba Diving, Hiking, Nature, Sustainability, Ecological Design, Global Issues.
Coordination
Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Sony Vegas
Creativity Communication
Flexibility
Driving Licence
Team work
Category B
Language Skills Slovak
(m.t.)
Czech English German
Portfolio
Spanish School Projects
Competition Entry
Professional Experience
Photography
Art and Design
School Projects
URBAN-LANDSCAPE STUDY: CITY CENTRE OF BRATISLAVA
CENTRAL URBAN ZONE
BRATISLAVA
CONCEPT
IDENTIFICATION OF FOCAL POINTS - KEY GREEN AREAS AND PUBLIC SPACES
NETWORK OF INTERRELATED CONNECTIONS
IDENTIFICATION OF KEY CONNECTIONS INTERSECTING THE MODEL AREA
GRAPHIC IDEOLOGY OF THE CONCEPT
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY PHASES
CENTRAL URBAN ZONE OF BRATISLAVA GREEN AREAS AND OPEN SPACES WITH SELECTED STRATEGIC LOCATIONS BUSINESS
HEALTH
SOCIALIZING CENTRAL URBAN ZONE
CULTURE
TOURISM
BRATISLAVA
ECOLOGY
WORK LEISURE
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This project focuses on conceptual proposal of a network that consists of selected quality green open spaces and other public spaces within a central zone of Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia. Selected maps, diagrams and collages in this portfolio have been designed on bases of thorough analysis and opinions of public sphere. The concept of this project lies mainly in revitalization of existing selected public spaces – parks, squares and streets that hide a great potential to improve current conditions of a post-socialist urban environment. Linear green elements, such as green tram tracks, tree lines, cycle paths, universal design of street furniture and use of graphic features in order to define the network and the key connections. The network is conceived on bases of inner relations with respect to connections to surrounding parts of the city. Strategy of the network is to start with defined three connections that cross in the centre of the focal area, and thereafter gradually expand to the remaining parts. The ideology of the concept is to introduce quality and legibility to Bratislava´s public space and thus bring energy and life to the urban environment. Compactness of a central area is an important aspect that predicts urban development and even competition of the central zones, thereafter it is inevitable for the city of Bratislava to define its urban language in order to prevent the thoughtless development that has become a tradition in the past decades. There are several projects designed to improve the quality of the public spaces within the focal area, therefore this studio project concentrates on selected spaces that have not yet been in the centre of design ideas.
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EXISTING SITUATION
In 1967, during socialism, a construction of a bridge, as a connection to a developing neighbourhood on the other side of the river Danube, resulted in destruction of a part of Bratislava´s historical centre. This destruction disconnected the City Centre and Bratislava Castle and created a bold linear barrier with fast traffic. The idea of the design is to connect the centre with the castle by a set of bridges and path extensions for pedestrians and cyclist. The compact connection of the past will never be retrieved, but as we have changed the urban environment so radically, we have to change our selves to exist in this new environment.
FOCAL AREA (A) PROPOSAL OF PHYSICAL INTERVENTIONS
Road Infrastructure - Existing (Fast movement traffic with no respect for pedestrians)
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BUILDINGS
GREENERY
PEDESTRIANS
Road Infrastructure - After (Prioritizing pedestrians, cyclist and slow public transportation) TRAM TRACKS
ROADS
PARKING
SCHEMES OF SELECTED PROBLEMS AND THEIR POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS SHARED SURFACE CROSSINGS
CONCEPT A: MOBILE GARDEN
LEGIBILITY/ORIENTATION
CONCEPT B: CHILL-OUT ZONE
EMPTY SLOTS - TEMPORARY USE
ILLUSTRATIONS OF POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS IN PUBLIC SPACE IN TERMS OF LANDSCAPING AND GREENERY
OUTDATED LIGHTING
LINEAR BARRIERS FOR PEDESTRIANS
School Projects
OBJECTIVES
URBAN DESIGN STUDIO: REGENERATING SOUTH SHIELDS VIA URBAN AGRICULTURE
BROADER CONCEPT INTRODUCING THREE TYPES OF FARMS, THEIR CONNECTIONS AND PARTICIPANTS ON THE SELECTED SITES
COMMUNITY FARM
INSTITUTIONAL FARM
Regeneration project of South Shields was held during my exchange programme at Newcastle University, UK. The purpose of this project was to design a strategy that would prevent the ongoing urban decay and boost the economy of the town. The theme of the project was urban agriculture as a catalyst for improving the urban environment of South Shields.
COMMERCIAL FARM
VISION:
GROW(ING) in SOUTH SHIELDS South Shields is a town of extensive food growing in which the whole town with its people and visitors participate and benefit from. It is a town connected with green productive network all the way from North Sea to River Tyne. South Shields is a brand under which local food, local businesses, local energy and local strong and healthy community grow together towards a better day. Design of the project consists of: - defining the strategy in terms of urban agriculture and its impacts on social, economic and environmental aspects; - defining a catalyst site: Food Hub – space to start the regeneration project with local communities and institutions; - and urban design interventions in public spaces with urban agriculture features as aspects of new identity of South Shields.
RIVER/CITY CENTRE - SEA FRONT (DIS)CONNECTION
CONNECTION TO RIVER TYNE KING´S STREET RETAIL BARS HISTORY
RESTAURANTS
CONNECTION TO SEA FRONT OCEAN ROAD
COMMERCIAL GREENERY
DEFINED STREET PATTERN
THEME PARK
NO SENSE OF A COASTAL TOWN
RESTAURANTS
RESIDENTIAL
NO RELATIONS TO HISTORICAL CENTRE RADICAL CHANGE OF STREET LANGUAGE
LACK OF LEGILIBILITY AND ´INVITATIONAL´ FEATURES
CURRENT SITUATION RIVER SIDE AS A GATEWAY TO SOUTH SHIELDS Ferry
- WALL AS A BARRIER - FENCE AND WOODEN EXTENSION AS BARRIERS - NO FACILITIES - NO ATTRACTIONS
PROPOSAL - RIVER SIDE AS A NEW LANDMARK OF SOUTH SHIELDS - HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC SPACE - RESTAURANT FARM - FLOATING PIER AND PATHWAYS - PLAYGROUNDS - COMMUNITY GARDEN - WORK-OUT FACILITIES - FISH FARM
School Projects
DIPLOMA THESIS: CONTESTING ADAPTABILITY IN PUBLIC SPACE Reshaping Cities: Adaptable Public Spaces
My diploma thesis tries to highlight the importance of the public space within the urban environment. According to the broad range of literature and researches, it is obvious that public spaces have enormous impacts on the operation and the organization of the city. Adaptability can be found in various forms and in various aspects and feature of the public space. Therefore, the design and the concept can always be contested and criticized depending on the point of perspective. The perspective of this thesis approaches adaptable public space in terms of combination of sustainable, community led and smart design that is sensitively implemented in order to inject activities into the public spaces of the model area located in the centre of Bratislava. The aim of this approach, or rather a strategy, is to transform spaces to places, and thereafter, create cities for people, as Jan Gehl reminds us. Notion of time is the key element and a driver for adaptability. But at first, we have to know the right direction, which to take in order to improve our lives in the urban environment. Mahatma Gandhi once said: “Time is irrelevant, if you are going in a wrong direction.”
Connection, or network between Reshaping - City - Adaptability - Public Space is not complex without the presence of People. Especially in an urban environment, everything that is designed or planned is directly or indirectly connected to people. The main idea of this network is to reshape cities to make them liveable, vibrant, sustainable and by most, to make cities for people. Adaptability in public space should support the space itself, but also the city with the ability to adapt to socio-economic, spatial and environmen¬tal changes. Adaptable public space should serve as “research ground” for the public and at the same time encourage the society to change it according to their needs. The problem is often that the public does not recognize the need until it is created and tends to adapt to the deteriorating conditions of public space. Adaptable public space serves people, encourages socializing, enjoyment of the urban environ-
ment, supports local economy and exchange of information and fosters healthier life style. The initiative to create the adaptable public space has to come from the society in the first place, whether from top or from bottom. Public space should adapt to needs of the society, but then the society should adapt to changes in public space. In this case, both the public space and the society can act as catalysts and sup¬port each other. By acting as two interconnected subsystems, they have more effective impact on the whole system – City, in this case. Branding, in English and in Slovak in order to emphasize local character and encourage local communities to identify with the public space
The concept of adaptability consists of three stages, so called AAA - adapt, adopt, absorb. These phases represent a cycle of an adaptable system. Firstly the system adapts to a certain change. This stage can be characterised as a transition process between one point and another. Then it tries to adopt the change so link between other subsystems is cre¬ated. If the creation of the link fails, the process has to start again from the first stage with new incentives. Once the second stage is successfully achieved, the final stage of adaptability comes naturally. The system has then absorbed the changes, subsystems cooperate and support each other and full adaptability has been achieved. The final stage takes place until new disturbances appear and connections deteriorate. After the public space runs out of energy, just like an AAA alkaline battery, a new cycle is needed to keep the system working.
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cycle ABSORB
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“If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places.” – Fred Kent, PPS Faculty of Architecture KEY FACTORS AND TRENDS AFFECTING ADAPTABILITY OF THE MODEL AREA;
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location - city centre
vision of the cultural and innovation hub of bratislava
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convenient accessibility
involvement of civic institutions and private sector
public transport infrastructure
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FRAGMENTATION of the urban form large open space
SUSTAINABILITY, RESILIENCE, community-led design, GREEN URBANISM, ECO-CITIES ETC.
MODEL AREA
climate change
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Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology
air pollution
privatization POPULATION GROWTH
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laws and regulations
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Concept of the public space within the new creative hub of Bratislava lies in its radical transformation from the current state of monotony and sterility. In terms of adaptability of the model area this case scenario is strongly influenced by its combination with the new development of the creative hub since the two ideas were de-veloped coherently. In case of Imrich Karvaš Street, it is inevitable to combine the design of the public space with the new develop¬ment in order to bring diversity of uses and thus life to the space. Imro´s Public Space should encourage people to engage in the life of the city. Adaptable design is not about new technologies or old technologies. It is about the needs of the people and the public experiments whether the certain design solution is success¬ful or not. For example, by bringing moveable containers on Imrich Karvaš Street and turning those into study rooms can be successful during the examination periods. Otherwise, during the rest of the year, the stu¬dents might prefer to use them for socializing and playing games. Adaptable design should be about creating an initial effort, there¬after let the users to adapt it according to their needs. This is how the adaptable design in the public space of Imro´s Creative Hub should operate. The Community Centre is the enforcement body of this concept.
POTENTIAL ADAPTABLE LIFE CYCLE OF PUBLIC SPACES WITHIN THE MODEL AREA
Key Institution Supporting Adaptability of the Public Space
Public Space Interventions: Outdoor cinema Shipping Containers Market Stands Pavilion & Stage Showcases Food carts Urban garden Bicycle stands Compost Recycling waste bins Moveable chairs Parklets Floor painting Art installations Imro´s Space Modelling - Web application
New Extensive Developments:
Public Space Interventions:
Development of the Hub
Shared surfaces Paving Greenery Fluorescent pavements & trees Interactive and smart lighting Smart road surfaces (solar panels) Skatepark Climbing wall Roof top urban garden Solar panels Electric car charger Mobile devices charger Watering fountain Creative hub application Wifi Smart traffic & road closure Smart waste management
University Hospital Redevelopment Hurban Barracks Regeneration
LONG TERM ADAPTABILITY Proposal
AAA Cycle:
Slowly injecting activities into the space
Increasing liveliness diversity of uses of the public space
Adapt
Development of the whole concept of the Creative Hub with focus on adaptable public space Adopt
The aim of adaptable design is to propose interventions that will stimulate the system to change.
SHORT TERM ADAPTABILITY
Transit
Potential scenario
Meeting Point
Time
Destination
Main activity
MID TERM ADAPTABILITY Morning
Transit
Mid-day
University Workshops
Potential scenario
Transit
Concerning groups of activities initiated by a set up of certain interventions encouraged by local communities
Other
Education Other
Week X
Week Y Leisure
Afternoon
Evening
Cultural event
Road Closure - Sports
Education
Culture Other
Sports Other
Culture
Leisure
Recreation & Sports
Education
Commercial
Culture
Ecology
Recreation & Sports Commercial Ecology
PERSPECTIVE DESIGN OF IMRO´S CREATIVE HUB WITH FOCUS ON ADPATABLE PUBLIC SPACE
CURRENT SITUATION
DESIRED OUTCOMES OF THE INTERVENTIONS
Pedestrian Infrastructure
Active Frontages
Active Frontages
Activities in Public Space
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non-university activities
Competition Entry
1. Professional experience
2015 4 months
C/Pellaires 30, A1 08019 Barcelona Spain www.locaarquitectos.com
1.
Focal project - redesign of existing portal into ZFA industrial area located in the harbour of Barcelona. http://www.locaarquitectos.com/#!zona-franca/c756
2.
Side project - early on participation on first design proposals and area analysis for a new family house project situated on an island of Tenerife, Spain. http://www.locaarquitectos.com/#!araya/xdjtx
3.
3.
Side project - interior design model of an art studio outside of Barcelona.
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2.
3.
Kirchberg, Luxembourg
Professional experience
2016 7 months
Public Life Analysis
Many attractions and events but low use of public space
Vesterbrogade 24 1620 Copenhagen V Denmark www.gehlpeople.com
1.
2.
3.
1.
Graphic design project - developing graphics for an upcoming book about density and liveability of cities based on thorough observations of good practice urban design and daily life situations by David Sim, Creative director at Gehl.
86%
Many attractions and life inside the buildings...
of all staying outside Auchan are people standing/ waiting for public transport* ...but very few people use the surrounding public spaces to linger
*Registered on Tuesday at 12:00, May 2016; Total number of people staying inside: 97, total number of people staying outside: 36. Gehl Architects
Public Space & Buildings Analysis
Scale not relating to Luxembourg scale
Project for CBRE evaluating different public spaces from around the world based on Gehl´s principles and quality criterias showcasing benefits of public spaces within or as part of new urban re/developments. Public Space and Public Life analysis for Kirchberg, Luxembourg, proving lack of human scale and uninviting public environment for people with two points of interest where furhter public space redesign is to be applied.
36%
of all staying inside and outside Auchan is located in-door*
Place de l´Europe is
Place de l’Europe
Place d’Armes
4x larger
Kirchberg
Luxembourg City Centre
than Place d’Armes
Dense and Liveable, Book illustrations
5 buildings
19 buildings
Area: 21
Area: 5
framing the square
framing the square
000 m2
000 m2
Gehl Architects
Giving all people real mobility choices #1 CARGO MASTERS
From isolated to connected
1/ Plan as one city with many identities
From mono-functional to diverse and convenient life 24-7
2/ create living city districts
with a diversity of invitations
From car focus to freedom of choice
3/ adjust your priorities being truely multi modal
Gehl Architects
Photography
LANDSCAPE
Coast of Black Sea, Ukraine
Koh Tao, Thailand
Batad, Philippines
Varanasi, India
Photography
PEOPLE - STREET LIFE
Mysore, India
Kerala, India
Mysore, India
Pang Turm, Thailand
Art and Design
EARINGS
Art and Design
RE_ BOARDS
PEN_ CASES
_ ILLUSTRATIONS
BOARDS REDESIGN