slavcho filipov | architecture
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2010 / 2013
CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL INFO Slavcho Iliyanov Filipov student of architecture 30.04.1988 53 Sveti Konstastin Street, Peshtera, Bulgaria single +359883391742 slao@abv.bg skype: slao88
EDUCATION 2007 - 2013
University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UACEG), Faculty of Architecture
2002- 2007
High school of Mathematics ‘Konstantin Velichkov’, Pazardzhik, Bulgaria secondary education
EXPERIENCE 10/2010 - 04/2011
Glavbolgarstroy Engeneering, Sofia, Bulgaria trainee
06/2008 - 10/2008
Glavbolgarstroy Engeneering, Sofia, Bulgaria architecture intern
WORKSHOPS/ ACTIVITIES 21/10/2009
UACG Open architecture installation workshop, Sofia, Bulgaria designing an inastallation for urban environment
13/07/2010 - 17/07/2010
Recycled Light workshop, Sofia, Bulgaria designing lamps from scrap materials
05/02/2013 - 12/02/2013
EASA 2013 workshop proposal - Re(f)raction
COMPETITIONS 2010
‘Dimitar Bogdanov’ annual architecture contest nomination for the ‘Slope House’ project, p5-8
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Isover Multi-Comfort House Students Contest, Greenwich Tower in New York City winner with the ‘Skyscraper’ project, (collaboration with Branimir Brozig, Vladislav Velkov, Manuela Sarnouk), p21-24
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‘Dimitar Bogdanov’ annual architecture contest nomination for the ‘X Building’ project, p25-28
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Positive/Negative students exhibition-competition of architecture winner for best interior design project with the ‘Bookstore’ project, p29-32 Lozen Passive House competition finalist with the ‘Straw Bale House’ project(collaboration with Manuela Sarnouk), p37-38
2012
SKILLS COMPUTER
LANGUAGE
OTHER
Autodesk AutoCAD Autodesk 3d Studio Max Google Sketchup Vray for 3d Studio Max Archicad Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign MS office
Bulgarian - mother tongue English - fluent German - beginner
drawing sketching graphic design model making set design furniture crafting
MISCELLANEOUS photography , vunteering,traveling, hitchhiking, trekking, cooking, cinema, history, running, cycling
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TIMELINE
LOFT GALLERY exhibition p5-6
2008
2009
2010
SLOPE p3-4 HOUSE residential
ISOVER SKYSCRAPER mixed use p11-12
B5 CONFERNCE PLACE public p17-18
PLANETARIUM
educational p7-8
COMPOSERS CLUB public space p20-22
p13-14 X BUILDING
2012
interior
STRAW p19 BALE residential HOUSE
2013
WORK AND TRAVEL PROGRAM, USA
2011
WORK AND TRAVEL PROGRAM, USA
SCI VOLUNTEER WORKCAMP. SRI LANKA
residential
BOOKSTORE
p15-16
PARK design FURNITURE p9-10
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SLOPE HOUSE [feb 2010
june 2010]
type: family house location: Budzhaka peninsula, near the town of Sozopol size: 270m2 about: The design of the house was developed during my third year of education as the first project in the Residential Buildings Department at the University of Architecture in Sofia [UACEG].
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SLOPE HOUSE
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south elevation
north elevation
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LOFT GLALLERY [feb 2010 april 2010] type: exhibition size: 295m2 location: 68 ‘Neofit Rilski’, Sofia about: This project was developed in the department of History and Theory of Architecture as part of the educati on in the discipline Preservation of Architectural Heritage. The objective was to create an extension of a historical building from the begining of the twentieth century near the historical heart of Sofia. The function of the additional volume had to be chosen by each student. Placing a gallery on top of this building was an appropriate choice having in mind the existing cultural infrastructure in this very part of the city center which lacks a place for presentations and exhibitions.
The major problem in the existing fabric are the two blind walls of the adjacent buildings erected decades after the Secession house was built. Their neglected condition strengthens the suppressing effect over the historical building. the existing building
removing the roof
first floor of the extention
secondfloor of the extention
A set of modified house-like silhouttes to bring the allusion to a shuffled deck of cards. This will create a dynamic effect of the form in the spirit of the Secession architecture of the early twentieth century.
frames
glass envelope
final result
The profiles of the two old blind walls are starting point for the formal composition.
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longitudinal section
plan +12.20
plan +9.60
LOFT GALLERY
situation
courtyard elevation
street elevation
3d section
cross section
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spacetime tissue-initial state
mass deformation
1800 flip
grid » stripes
CONCEPT The design of the building is directly correlated with one of the pillars of
contemporary physics - The General Theory of Relativity - the geometric theory of gravity by Albert Einstein. It’s basic feature is the space time continuum - a unified description of gravity as a geometric property of space and time, or spacetime. In particular, the curvature of spacetime is directly related to the energy and momentum of whatever matter and radiation are present. This principle of deformation of the spacetime tissue is translated in the spacial language of architecture. The component that has greatest importance, symbolic and functional weight is the planetarium hall for dome projections. Just like an astronomical object would deform the continuum, the planetarium’s spherical volume deforms the initial parameters of the plot creating a spacial system orbiting around the projections hall.
site application
There have always been buildings that are reflections of people’s ideology, of their explanation of the world and the heavens, their cosmos. some of them were directly related with astronomical phenomenons and theories. Historically, people have formed their ideas about the universe, its emergence(creation) and structure based on the information they’ve acquired. One of the major sources of such information today are still the heavens together with quantum physics.
PLANETARIUM [sep 2010
jan 2011]
type: public, educational location: Boyana, Sofia size: 3050m2 about: I took this assignment in the eight semester as the second project in Public Buildings Department. I chose it over the others because it would take me through an interesting research process, giving me plenty of pivot points aro und which i would eventually develope a concept for a planetarium building.
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SITUATION The plot is located south of the ring of Sofia - one of the most beautiful, expensive and desir able sites of the city. It’s a spot in the park of the National Botanical garden on the north slope of Vitosha mountain. The terrain is slightly tilted by 5-60 offering wonderful panoramic view of the capital. This is one of its features that had a visible impact of the design giving it a north-south orientation and a directed visitors approach.
longitudinal section
cross section
This is a project directed to a huge group of visitors interested in astronomy but alongside this it is a design for working place of a very narrow and yet very peculiar group of professionals. This dualistic character of the assignment has reflected in a design with two differentiated parts for visitos and for scientists.
research zone
planetarium hall entrance
panoramic ramp
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LAMP & TRASH BIN
TRASH BIN
PARK FURNITURE [sep 2010
jan 2011]
type: design
objective: park furniture materials: cold rolled steel (crs) about: This was a
project assignment by the Design Department of UACEG for the seventh semester of the curriculum. The main aspects to be considered were utility, detailing and artistic vision.
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The main concept of the project is to create a comfortable, minimalistic, easy to manufacture set of urban furniture each piece of which is defined by the same design principle - metal sheet fold. The design is simple, lacking any complex unnecessary details that raise the cost price and can cause imperfections.
DOUBLE BENCH
When designing a seating furniture for public space two aspects should be taken in consideration - the type of people that are going to use it-groups, couples, single people -and the degree of privacy they need. That ‘s why there is a simple bench design and a double face to face bench for small groups.
3 SEATER BENCH
PARK LAMP
BACKREST BENCH
2 BENCHES & PICNIC TABLE
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ISOVER SKYSCRAPER [march 2011
april 2011]
type: mixed use location: Downtown, New York City size: 180000m2 about: This is a team project developed for the for the annual competition organized by Isover Saint-Gobain. The task was to create a design for a 60 storey skyscraper in South Greenwich, Lower Manhattan, meeting the requirements of Isover Multi Comfort House and Passive House standards. The primary aims we had were: -optimal orientation, shading and site integration -significally reduce the overshading of 88 Greenwich street -integrating sustainable energy technology in the envelope of the building -optimal energy handling to define the form Team: Slavcho Filipov, Branimir Brozig, Manuela Sarnouk, Vladislav Velkov Isover Multi Comfort House Students Contest 2011 National Stage Winner
plot
required communication
shading by neighbouring buildings
MORNING
NOON
overheated zone
AFTERNOON
situation
maximum volume
covered plaza
twisting the building to avod shading
twist
elevations
placing pv panels on the overheated zone
shader panels
Situated in the constantly evolving urban tissue of New York City, the project responds to the context with its heterogeneous structure providing high living comfort and energy efficiency. The volume structure of the building is a result of the rotation of each level to the previous by constant angle (1,50) causing a total twist of 900. This provides a narrow silhouette in certain height allowing the building on the north side to get enough sunlight throughout the day. The twist also responds to the characteristics of the main geographic directions, defining an active(southwest) and a passive(northeast) ribbons which act in the best way suitable for the certain height and orientation. 21 22
elevator system
building’s envelope
rainwater handling
Isover Insulate Systems are used for all the solid parts of the facade combined with triplex glazing and rational integration of various sustainable active systems, providing the required harmonious balance between shape, energy efficiency and comfort of living.
Due to the building’s form, a massive amount of rainwater streams down the ribbons. It gets collected in reservoirs placed on different floors, and could be used for technical purposes - watering of plants, supply for sprinkler systems, etc.
photovoltaic system
plan-hotel level
plan-dormitory level
plan-subterrain
plan-residential level
plan-terrain
ISOVER SKYSCRAPER
functional zoning
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X BUILDING [feb 2011
may 2011]
type: residential size: 15 200m2 location: Krasna Polyana, Sofia about: This is the second project assignment by the Department of Residential Buildings in UACEG. Its objective was to get us involved examining closely the basic problems of designing an apartment building. The puspose of my concept was to avoid the stereotypical cubic image of a residential block and respectively all the inherent problems - lack of identity and covered common spaces, poor communication on the cost of a longer and more complicated design process.
CONCEPT
The primary pusropse of my concept was to create a collective housing design that eliminates or reduces the shortcomings deriving from this type of dwelling.
Using a family house as a reference with its yard, porch, garden, garage, etc., I assemble the similar parts and then spread inside the building volume. This creates a system of common green spaces which together with the purely communicational elements form the social backbone of the building.
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Alienation and lack of social contacts is a major problem in collective housing. Leaving some ‘gaps’ in the structure and connecting them properly would create more possibilities of interactions among residents which would eventually fill those ‘gaps’ with social activities.
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plan + 3.80
i. post boxes ii .electricity boards iii.doorkeeper iv. office v.study room vi.bike stands vii.fitness plan + 0.80
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BOOKSTORE [feb 2011
may 2011]
type: interior location: Sofia size: 660m2 about: I developed this project in the fourth year at university. The task was given by the department of ‘Interior and Design in Architecture’. The program was pretty open presuming a lot of freedom for improvisations. My personal goal was to achieve a general design, a trademark for a bookstore chain applicable for rooms with variable sizes.
basic spacial parameters
CONCEPT The conceptual organization of the interior space is guided by the denial of clear definition of the basic building elements floor and walls, creating a parallel between the inner microcosmos of a reader diving in the world of books and the macrocosmos (organized space) of the bookstore. The concept of turning upside down basic parameters of perception and destroying stereotypes builds up a coherent spacial system starting and ending at the entrance of the store.
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ceiling
furniture design concept
glass floor detail
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Concept The very purpose of a meeting place is the exchange of ideas, knowledge and sharing the experience of emotions. This is only possible in a long term through equality and unity-the circle - a historically established symbol of collectivity. Respecting everyone’s background is not less important because the lifepath that each one has walked is what becomes one’s contribution to the group - the fresh ideas that enrich the community-the vectors symbol of passage, development, individuality, progress.
decompose
Aboriginal symbol of meeting place
Visitors approach Stratifying people’s approach to the building achieves gradual integration of the visitors from an individual(x) to geometrically growing groups(2x,4x,8x,16x).
compose
B5 CONFERENCE PLACE [sep 2011
jan 2012]
type: public location: Zone B5, Sofia size: 4200m2 about: Designing a conference center was the biggest and most complicated assignment of my architectural education. I was involved in this project in the first semester of my fifth year at university as part of the specialization in the Public Buildings Department. The conference place is supposed to accomodate all kinds of interactions of people with common interests - a meeting place for politicians, artists, professionals, open to all kind of cultural events, debates and presentations.
Site Plan Situating the compact volume in the nothwest part of the plot opens space for a large plaza and a park in the south end. zone b5
plot
center
Plot B5 Conference Place is a project for a very specific place in the outskirts of Sofia city center. It’s a green patch in a primarily residential site with strong socialistic vision dating the aound the end of The Cold War. The domination of concrete and brickwork is visible. The plot of the building is in the most easily accessible part of the park.
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plan -4.50
plan -/+0.00
plan +8.00
section b-b
section c-c
section a-a
Applying the same organization principple of entering the building as a modeling basis for the acoustic walls of the auditorium.
side wall elevation
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STRAW BALE HOUSE [feb 2012
march 2012]
type: family house location: Lozen, Sofia size: 140m2 about: This is a team project for the competition ‘Lozen Passive House’ organized by Passive House Bulgaria. Having no constraints from the contest task such as north position, particular plot and surrounding environment we assumed that the task of the competition was to produce a general passive house design that is suitable for various situations. Using the characteristics of the passive house standard as a basis we proposed a design incorporating a sustainable and yet undermined building material – straw. Highly insulative, with low-embodied-energy, easy to work with, natural building material made from agricultural waste products. team: Slavcho Filipov, Manuela Sarnouk
concept development
construction development
detail 1
detail 2
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detail 3 The building is raised on pillars so that it has less impact on the situation, less digging expenses and adds some universality of the house as it is not engaged with the terrain levels. This also results in less expenses for hydro insulation.
longitudinal section
annual heat demand = 8.4kwh/m2 u-value walls = 0.77w/m2a (55cm straw bale insulation) u-value roof = 0.76w/m2a (45cm straw bale insulation) u-value floor = 0.71w/m2a (45cm straw bale insulation)
floor area = 140m2 roof area = 140m2 walls facing north = 60m2 walls facing = 60m2 walls facing = 84m2 walls facing = 84m2 windows facing north = 0m2 windows facing south = 48m2 windows facing east = 5.4m2 windows facing west = 12.6m2
thermal envelope
The annual change of the angle of the sunrays makes the static photovoltaic panels optimally positioned to the sun only for a few weeks. Due to the curvature of the roof there are always perpendicular to the sun rays panels.
rainwater
sunlight (summer) The design of the roof leads all the rainwater in a water tank under the patio and the service room. The stored and filtered water is later used for irregation, washing and as flushing water.
detail 5
ventilation
sunlight (winter) 37 38
Concept As a reference for the version I decided to develop, I use Michelangelo’s painting ‘The Creation of Adam’, forming part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling fresco. It is a materialization of the dichotomous principle I want to apply on my project and implies a medium position for the process of creation between infinite-definite, spiritual-physical, God-man, light-matter, the void filled with enormous tension in the painting. Therefore, I create an organization where the composer(author) will inhabit such medial space.
COMPOSERS CLUB [feb 2012
may2012]
minimum
maximum
type: public space location: 105 Rakovski St, Sofia size: 2048m2
SPACE AMPLITUDE
about: This project is part of the so-called ‘conceptual’ semester during which most of the time was given for creative searches, experiments and transitions from other arts. My intention was to explore the creative process of a musician and the factors that have significant impact on it. I wanted to create an architectural interpretation of the tight correlation between the number and intensity of factors that affect the process of creation and the way an author perceives the world around him/her and respectively his/her contribution to it – in this case musical. 39 40
COMPOSERS CLUB
plot
landmarks
Sofia | center
The plot is situated in the heart of Sofia, a few meters from The National Theater, on the ‘theater street’ of the city. There’s also the Union of Bulgarian Composers’ building, the National Academy Of Theater and Film Arts, the building of The High Court Council and those of six ministries. Most of the surrounding buildings have historical value, being built in the first half of the last century, some of them declared as national cultural heritage. All these elements define a very delicate urban fabric. Having in mind this, placing the building under the street level is a reasonable approach.
slab light pillars
relative space volume section 1-1
concrete pillars
plot
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Once at the doorstep the concrete columns are detruded by light pillars. One enters the bipolar system of light and matter (concrete). In the periphery the distance between the two substances is maximal. Here the direct connection to the outside is intense. There is enough space for performances and meetings – the social aspect of music. In the geometric center of the building, on the contrary, there is no direct contact with t he outside world an no profane light. It comes as abstract pure glow through the pillars only. Concrete and light columns almost touch, lust like the fingers of God and Adam. In between is the composer – the battery that connects the two electrodes. The geometrical center is also the notional center of the building. A place for solitude and meditation. It is the end of a dynamic transition.
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For more works, please visit https://www.behance.net/slavchofilipov , http://filipov.wix.com/portfolio
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