portfolio
Sophie Dikmans
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ABOUT ME Name Date of Birth Place of Birth Nationality Adress
Sophie Dikmans 22 November 1993 Dordrecht Dutch Julianalaan 49 2628 BC Delft
WORK EXPERIENCE
EXTRA CURRICULUM EXPERIENCE
March 2015- Today Future Students, German language tutor, Dordrecht
October 2014 - February 2015 German language course - Level B2
December 2013 - Today StuD, student employment agency, Delft Study-related technical jobs and other work as catering
May 2013 - Today Dancetour Offical, cashier, festivals in the Netherlands
EDUCATION
May 2010 - June 2014 Albert Heijn, shop assistant and cashier, Dordrecht
September 2012 - Today Bachelor Architecture, Delft University of Technology
January 2007 - June 2010 Newspaper deliverer, Dordrecht
Obtained propaedeutic certificate in 2013 with an average point of 7.6 (out of 10)
Selected for the exhibition “das beste des letzten Jahres� Study abroad experience
Mathematics B, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Management and Organisation, English, Dutch and German
September 2014 Intensive German language course - Level B1 RWTH Aachen university language center
October 2013 - September 2014 Commissioner acquisition of the events committee at the study association D.S.G.B. Stylos of the TU Delft faculty of Architecture
Organizing events for all the architecture students of the TU Delft. My role as commissioner acquisition is to ensure sufficient sponsorship for the events we want to organize
October 2012 - September 2013 Commissioner promotion of the first years committee at the study association D.S.G.B. Stylos of the TU Delft faculty of Architecture
September 2014 - February 2015 Minor Architektur, RWTH Aachen
September 2006 - June 2012 VWO, Insula college, Dordrecht Nature and Technology, Nature and Health profile
RWTH Aachen university language center
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Organizing all kind of events especially for the first-year architecture students of the TU Delft(workshops, excursions)
AutoCAD Illustrator Indesign Microsoft Office
LANGUAGES
Photoshop
Dutch
Rhinoceros
English
Sketchup
German
Vasari
INTERESTS Drawing
Revit TENNIS
design Friends
Architecture Hockey
travelling Museums
Art
cooking Music
family
About me
Formstudies
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Furniture
Pottery
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Landscape Architecture and Urbanism Page 12-17
Architecture Page 4-9
Architecture Page 20-25
FOODgarter Stäffele
Die Welt Markthalle in Stuttgart
Year of Study: Minor Architektur at the RWTH Aachen Fifth semester of my bachelor Architecture. Course Name: Projekt 4 - Kosmopolis zentrum für migration Stuttgart Project place: Stuttgart, Germany Project description: This project represents my design project I worked on during my study abroad in Germany. We had to design a center for migration; a place that feels like home for all the residents of the city of Stuttgart. Since over 40% of Stuttgart’s residents are of a foreign immigrant background, is it important that migrants integrate more with the immigrants of Stuttgart. In my opinion the specified program for this building was too much focused on the special events in life. I am convinced that a program which is more focused on the daily life, could function better as a home for everybody. I believe that food could be this daily element in life that connects all people of the world. Eating is a very culture-specific activity, but also has its similarity, because everyone must eat every day. This daily matter makes it possible to bring people from different cultures and countries together, because this activity brings a social aspect with it. Therefore, the centre for migration will be reflected in my design as a huge market hall, where the mixture of cultures through the everyday subject of food is achieved. The whole world is united in Food Garter Stäffele under one roof. Not only the food specialties, but also all the people of the world.
Concept Flexible Work Area Market Hall Delivery and Storage
The building is divided into three different layers. The market hall connects the ground level with the 12 meter high road above the Wagenburgtunnel.
Market hall level
Small food related shops below the overlying platform flexible workplace level
Public workplaces are located above the private work area
Glass units as private work area
Axonometric view market hall level and flexible workplace level
Facades
Plan views
of the first three platforms of the market hall level
Asian supermarket
Platform 1 - Fish
Wine shop
Platform 2 - Drinks
Cooking school
Wide stairs to have a seat and drink or eat something
Platform 3 - Delicatessen, cheese, sweets and other stands
with cook book and magazine libary
Click it chair
Step by step, click by click
Year of Study: Minor Architektur at the RWTH Aachen Fifth semester of my bachelor Architecture. Course Name: Stegreif Maker House Möbel - Stuhl und Lampe Project description: During my study abroad at the RWTH Aachen I also participated a smaller course, known as stegreif. These courses are specially offered to trigger your creativity in a short period of time. The main idea of this stegreif called Maker House Möbel, was to design a chair, table or lamp. Everything was possible, there was only one important condition; the object should be build and demolish without the use of screws, nails or glue. I designed the “click it chair”, which refers to easiness to build up this chair. In a few simple steps you can build up this chair. One has to click the vertical elements into the horizontal elements. I also designed an extension of my chair, because I participated the stegreif Make House Möbel - Lampe as well. The Click it lamp functions the same as the Click it Chair, just by clicking it on the chair. There are several options to attach the lamp on the chair, for example on the armrest as you can see on the picture.
Pompenburg at i level
Sustainable area development in Rotterdam
Year of Study: Sixth semester of my bachelor Architecture in Delft. Course Name: Design Project 5 - Management Game, Area Development Project place: Rotterdam, the Netherlands Project description: This project represents the result of an intensive collaboration with ten different actors of the so called management game. My role was the landscape architecture, so I had to convert the abstract plans and wishes of the other actors, like the government, into an integrated architectonic composition. The railway separates the project location in two different parts; the one which should be connected with the city centre of Rotterdam and the other which tries to conflate with the residential area of Rotterdam North. In our opinion is it better to create three different environments instead of two, to realize a better connection with the contrasting surroundings. Instead of only creating a separation between the environments, it was also important for our strategy to design a few connection between the different environments. These connections were visualized both physical and social. As a physical connections between the environments, we want to create a new regional bike path above the Hofbogen (an old railway), which should connect Pompenburg through all different kind of scales. The social connection will be generated by stimulating culture and tourism, so Pompenburg at I-Level can appeal a various audience.
Concept
Our group strategy was to create three different environments. For me as the landscape architect it was very clear to invent three different landscape solutions as well.
Rotterdam is known for its high and modern buildings, but therefore the human scale is completely disappeared in Pompenburg. So another goal is to bring back the human scale; Pompenburg at I-Level. As the landscape architect I wanted to realise this goal by reducing the size of the buildings in a logical system and also change the materials of the facades through the different scales.
plan view
Section of the city lounge
With the urban platform landscape
Footprint
Routing
Building Layers
Three Structure
bird's eye view
Porcelain tapas plate Producing an unique object out of a mass-produced mug
Year of Study: Minor Architektur at the RWTH Aachen Fifth semester of my bachelor Architecture. Course Name: Noch alle Tassen im Schrank? Project description: This small project was intended to trigger your creativity, by using only one simple coffee mug. First, the casting of the mug has to be made out of clay, so I was able to made as many porcelain mugs as I needed for the production of my unique object. Because the porcelain mugs were very flexible, it was easy to cut the mugs in different layers. By cutting the mugs there arise open parts of mugs, as well as closed parts of mugs because of the bottom of the mug. After transforming the mugs into different sizes and designs, I have placed these mugs upon each other around one central point. The various handles of the mugs are connected to each other in this central point of the object.
collectivism in osdorp
Renovation and new designed housing
Year of Study: Fourth semester of my bachelor Architecture in Delft. Course Name: Design Project 4 - residential building and environment Project place: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Project description: This project started with a group vision about the entire neighborhood, which was collectivism through all kinds of scale for us. We wanted to create different types of public spaces and facilities on different kinds of scales. After three weeks, we had elaborated two buildings and a public space individual. As I mentioned, we wanted to create one associated neighborhood, where collectivism will be the main ingredient of is. In my opinion, the character of the renovated building and the new designed building have to be the same, so there is no doubt about which one is “better� or so. The balconies of the buildings are designed to stimulate this collectivism; there is a private part and a social part on each balcony. Also at the access to the houses there is space for collectivism by designing places for planters and to sit. Between the two buildings I designed a central square were children can play with water fountains, while the parents are having a drink in their new neighborhood bar.
Details green roof
Vegetation layer Growing substrate layer 100 mm Filter layer Drainage layer 40 mm Protection mat Waterproofing membrae Thermal insulation 180 mm Vapour barrier Concrete roof deck 180 mm Ceiling
Wooden niche seat
To ensure a continuous thermal insulation at the niche of the gallery, is it necessary to slightly elevate these niches. This elevation can be used as a nice seat in the niche.
Eldery housing
Section
of the renovated building (left), the new designed square and building (right)
wooden wall According to the Fibbonacci sequence
Year of Study: Second semester of my bachelor Architecture in Delft. Course name Form studies - The wall Project description During the first year of the bachelor Architecture at the TU Delft we have to learn how to work with different forms en structures. For one we had to design a wall according to the Fibonacci sequence. The first two numbers in the Fibonacci sequence are 1 and 1, each subsequent number is the sum of the previous two. I applied this principle to both levels; the 2D level, as well as to volumes. Because I applied the principle to the 3D level as well, it becomes more an object instead of a wall.
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