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NINA SKALIČ LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND 3D MODELLING
HOW DID I COME HERE? In 2013 I was studying at Swedish University of agricultural sciences. I learned a lot in this time especially in the fields of contemporary planning and urbanism. The study there broadened my perspective. In my further work I collaborated and consulted with architects, biologists, mathematicians, programmers and many more. I find the interdisciplinary approach very important.
I am a young landscape architect currently leading my own small landscape architecture practice in Slovenia. I mostly work on private gardens but collaborated also in some larger projects and competitions. My path to landscape architecture was a bit different. After studying economics and successfully obtaining my degree, I decided to extened my knowlege of business with something creative. I enroled in a master of landscape architecture in Ljubljana and immediately fell in love with it.
I am constantly looking for new ways in how to combine ecology, nature, architecture and computer science to make our environment more inclusive and sustainable.
SKILLS Knowledgeable in several areas - I think that a good designer or (landscape) architect has to be educated in several areas. The creative process is connected to almost every aspect of living. I have a great respect for knowledge and a multidisciplinary approach to design. Open minded - I love to learn about new cultures and see how others see design, architecture and life in general. Life-long learner - Studying at a university was never enough for me. I have travelled and have seen many different landscape architecture projects and self-educated myself in different areas. Computing - I have a passion for connecting computer programs and programming with my design process and I’m always looking for new ways to deliver a good project. I have advanced knowledge of adobe programs, 3ds max modelling and recently started to combine my programming skills Creativity - I always take the time to look at my pro-
jects from multiple angles. In my work I combine knowledge I gain at the faculty with experience from projects and collaborations. I’m very creative and I’m always full of interesting ideas. I’m always challenging myself in the way I look at my work, creative process and life in general. Good team worker - I enjoy working in teams of people, exchanging ideas and knowledge. I am familiar with some skills of resolving conflicts and leading small groups. Fun to work with - I usually bring good energy to my workplace because I simply love what I do.
2018 ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION: RETRO STYLE
2018 ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION: RETRO STYLE
2018
ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION: 3DS MAX
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
2018 Oblak group: exhibition area
The purpose of the project was to create an exhibition space for Oblak paving stones. The project covered several individual gardens, which the visitor views through a circular path. Through the project we show how Oblak Paving can work in different contexts.
Pergola
Garden example: Karst garden One of the ambients was a typical carst garden containing a well, pergola and a dry herb garden with plants like Lavandula an Salvia sp..
Round bench
Planting plan
Garden example: Small garden
Wall fountain
Another example was a small shady garden with birches and shade lowing plant. A part of the garden is also a small wall fountain.
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Garden example: Exotic garden Exotic garden is inspired by Burle Marx landscape architecture. It showcase the use of Oblak pavement for organic shapes. The design is based on small islands of planting surrounded by areas of dark and light pavers.
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Planting plan
2018 VARAŽDIN PUBLIC SQUARE COMPETITION
A collaboration with croatian architects and designers for a public square in the city of Varaždin.
2017 GARDEN RENOVATION IN HRUŠICA
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The subject of the project is a garden renovation of a two family house in Hrušica. The considered areas were the access road to the garden, three terraces, pergola, vegetable garden and the grass area with playground and trees. The access to the garden is at the east side of the house and is currently paved with concrete blocks. After five stairs rise it transforms in to the south-east terrace. The south-east terrace connect the south terrace, house and the garden. On east and west it borders to both neighbors and is separated from the rest of the garden with a retaining wall, connected only with a narrow stairs. Currently it is used for storage of wood. The south terrace connects the inner area of the house with the surroundings. The paving of the terrace is concrete and needs to be renovated. The garden is divided into a vegetable garden, a terrace with a pergola and a grassy surface with an old tree. Vegetable garden in the size of approx. 50 m2, is surrounded by a concrete edge and lies on a sloping terrain. The terrace with a metal pergola is square and approx. 7 m2. It is greened with vines. The children’s playground is located in the upper part of the garden in the grassy area.
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The garden is designed in three levelled terraces connected with stairs and stepping stones pathway. LEGEND OF THE MATERIALS drainage gravel existing ground
The bottom terrace is next to the house and slowly raises through a mix of wooden concrete blocks. Some of the blocks are planted, other are intent for sitting and storage facilities.
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The middle level is intended for a vegetable garden. In the upper level we designed a large paved area with pergola, sitting area and an outside kitchen.
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Made by: Nina Skalič (Landscape Architect) and Katja Vidic (Architect) Type: InternationalStudent Competition Year: 2013
2100: GREEN HOUSING FOR THE FUTURE
The concept of our neighborhood is based on a decomposition of the buildings in to the surrounding landscape. Architecture of the new neighborhood will be deeply connected with surrounding landscape and landscape architectural arrangement. From the north to the south the buildings become thinner and longer, lashing in the vegetation on the south. The area in the north, around the main street, is the most urban and vibrant with many shops, post office, bank and other central activities. Traveling south the area becomes more and more green. The buildings are curved and incorporated in the surrounding landscape. They are covered and surrounded by vegetation. We decided to keep the construction of the old buildings and change them in to gardens, green houses and other public and semi-public spaces. In this way the old buildings could be remembered end reused in a different way.
The main characteristic of the neighborhood will be a lot of areas appropriate for children play, a lot of vegetation and many urban gardens. In the south the neighborhood changes in to a park which is decompositioning in to an urban forest. The recreation will be provided with existing sport fields and arrangement of pedestrian and bicycle paths in the urban forest and around Sava River. Next to Sava River there are also some picnic spaces and bathing areas. The whole neighborhood is connected to the industrial and commercial area in the south, which is supplying the area with jobs. The surrounding urban forest and Sava river in the south and west are used for recreation and recreation and the the old town of Črnuče in the north, with the existing bridge over the railway.
2014 COMPETITION: HOUSE OF FAIRY TALES THE CONCEPT
PUTTING OLD HOUSES, TOWER AND BIRTH HOUSE INTO THE SHOWCASE.
When as much of the museum as possible is put underground, more space is gained for the park and The Lotze Garden becomes the green heart of the city district in which it is located. The historic parts of the museum above ground are covered by a large glass diamond-like showcase, so they can become the main attraction of the area. THE MUSEUM The museum starts with a staircase leading the visitors 10 meters underground to the museum lobby giving you the experience of entering in to a new world. THE PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION
CONTINUING THE TOWER UNDERGROUND AND STRENGTHEN HIS PRESENCE. CONTINUING THE BASIS OF THE HOUSES TO ENSURE STATICS.
TRANSFORMING THE SHOWCASE.
DIPPING THE SHOWCASE INTO THE SITE AS DIAMOND INTO THE GROUND.
Because fairytales are so deeply connected with Hans Christian Andersen’s life, museum presents his life throughout the fairytales he wrote and design the museum in reference to that. We divided the exhibition in four parts: The difficult childhood, The life in Copenhagen, The Dark side and The success story. THE GARDEN The park was imagined to be playful and full of activities on one hand and relaxing on the other hand. The concept for the design of the garden comes from the snake originating on the North-west side of the park, where a small bar is formed with a twisted wooden building. This building continues in to a wooden path stretching all over the park. After a while the path fattens and rises in to an amphitheatre with a nearby stage. The path on one point changes in to a long grass ribbon containing almost all of the atriums of the museum and the activities in the park. All over the park there are some fairytale monuments which are designed as fairytale listning places. Here you can go inside and enjoy in the story telling.
Collaboration: Nina SkaliÄ? (Landscape Architect) and Katja Vidic (Architecture)
2014 PICNIC SPACE VINJE The subject of the project is a renovation of a picnic space in Vinje. The space already contained a lake, a large grassy area and a barn converted in to a picnic area. The barn is transformed in to a large sitting area with a kitchen. Next to a barn were some toilet facilities and some playing equipment. The considered areas were the entrance to the picnic area, the design of a simple playground, planting arrangement around the lake, planting arrangement around at the edge of the picnic space, access to the lake, and the connection between different areas.
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THE WORK UNDER CONSTRUCTION (ACCESS TO THE LAKE)
3D MODELING PROJECTS
HEART PASCAL TRIANGLE In some point on my journey I gained interest in exploring the pascal triangle a bit more. In mathematics, Pascal’s triangle is a triangular array of the binomial coefficients. The pattern obtained by coloring only the odd numbers in Pascal’s triangle closely resembles the fractal called the Sierpinski triangle. This resemblance becomes more and more accurate as more rows are considered; in the limit, as the number of rows approaches infinity, the resulting pattern is the Sierpinski triangle, assuming a fixed perimeter.
In my pedenant design I applied a mathematical formula, which constructs the Sierpinski triangle in a way that substitutes the triangles with hearts and came with an interesting pattern for a pendant made as a valentine gift for my friends. You can see the formula on the right.
“HAIRY” EARINGS In designing these beautiful earrings I came to an interesting problem. While formating the topology of the sphere I notice that the upper part of the it’ş bulges stick out. I was wondering if I can design the topology of a sphere in a way that this will not happen. In my reaserch I came across the Hairy ball theorem. The hairy ball theorem of algebraic topology states that there is no nonvanishing continuous tangent vector field on even-dimensional n-spheres. For the ordinary sphere, or 2 sphere, if f is a continuous function that assigns a vector in R3 to every point p on a sphere such that f(p) is always tangent to the sphere at p, then there is at least one p such that f(p) = 0. The theorem was first stated by Henri Poincaré in the late 19th century.
In simple words, if you had a hairy ball and tried to comb the hair on it such that the hair is neatly folded everywhere on the surface of that ball, well, that wouldn’t happen. It’s impossible to do it in 3D spheres (not donuts). Not just spheres, you won’t even be able to do it on a banana shaped hairy ball. Nor would you accomplish it on any 3D shape that can be squished into a ball shaped, to picture it. In my design I solved the problem by simply removing the upper and lower part of the sphere but in the same time came across the idea of infinite possibilities of playing with surface topology by manipulating different vector fields.
ROUND VASE The round vase was created by applying a random selection algorithm to a sphere. In this way many holes were formed which can be used for interesting flower arrangements.
PHYLLOTAXIS FLOWER In botany, phyllotaxis or phyllotaxy is the arrangement of the leaves on the stem of a plant. It obeys a number of subtle mathematical relationships. For instance, the florets in the head of a sunflower form two oppositely directed spirals: 55 of them clockwise and 34 counterclockwise. Surprisingly, these numbers are consecutive Fibonacci numbers. The ratios of alternate Fibonacci numbers are given by the convergents to phi^(-2), where phi is the golden ratio, and are said to measure the fraction
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n between successive leaves on the a plant: 1/2 for elm and linden, 1/3 ch and hazel, 2/5 for oak and apple, poplar and rose, 5/13 for willow and , etc. (Coxeter 1969, Ball and Coxe7). A similar phenomenon occurs for pineapples, pinecones, cauliflowers, on. Phyllotactic architecture optimizes to moisture, rainfall and sunlight.
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TOPOLOGY EXPERIMENTS
A simple fruit bowl made in some interesting topology experiments.
TWISTED VASES
The vases were designed by extruding a star shape and applying a different degree of twist to different vases. Sometimes simplicity is the key to good design.
LJUBLJANA’S DRAGON MODELING The Ljubljana’s dragon is a symbol of the city Ljubljana. It may have its origins in the legend of Jason and the Argonauts. Once upon a time, Greek hero Jason and his Argonaut comrades stole a golden fleece, the coat of a golden ram, from the King of Colchis on the Black Sea. On board the Argo they fled their pursuers and found themselves at the mouth of the River Danube instead of going south towards the Aegean Sea and their Greek homeland. There was no way back, so they went on, up the Danube and then along the River Ljubljanica. They had to stop at the source of the Ljubljanica and overwintered here. They then took the Argo apart and in the spring carried it on their shoulders to the Adriatic coast, where they put it back together again and went on their way. According to the legend, on their arrival between what is now Vrhnika and Ljubljana, the Argonauts came across a large lake with a marsh alongside. Here lived a terrible marsh dragon that Jason killed after a heroic struggle. The monster would have been the Ljubljana dragon. It is said that Jason should have been the first real Ljubljana citizen.
The dragon is a combination of Sculpturis and 3dsmax programs. The pictures show a process of abstraction from a highly detailed model to a simplified last version.
ORGANIC VASE
The vase was designed for 3d print and has an interesting organic pattern on the top.
THE ILLUSION COASTER The Illusion coaster is an experiment with an optical illusion which makes a 2D surface looks like a 3d wavy form.
KOKEDAMA PLANTER