C O N T E N TS
Curriculum Vitae
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MSc Design Diploma Thesis (TU Delft)
REconnecting Southworks Urban Planning, Urban Design, Public Building
“Recreating Parool” Public Building
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Design Diploma Thesis (AUTh)
“In Vino Veritas Est: Wine Museum and a Hostel in Amyntaio” Public Building
“Les Petites Maisonnettes: 3 Independent Houses in Ano Poli” Residential
“Drama School and a Small Theatre” Public Building
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Sotiria Diamanti DATE of BIRTH: 20/07/1986 NATIONALITY: Greek
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RESIDENCE:
Luegislandstrasse 66, 8051, Z端rich, CH
E MAIL:
sotiria.diamanti@gmail.com
TELEPHONE:
+41766644580
C U R R I C U L U M V I TA E Education 2012- 2014
Technical University of Delft, Delft, NL MSc in Architecture,Urbanism and Building Sciences Track of Architecture
2005 - 2012
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki , Thessaloniki, GR MSc in Architectural Engineering
1998 - 2004
Experimental Music High School of Pallini, Athens,GR
Avon Cosmetics, GR Distributor (self employed)
05/2009 - 10/2009
28/03 - 03/04/2011
ECO Week Thessaloniki - “Habits Change...Climate Change”
15/10 -17/10/2009
3d Hellenic Conference about Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy Systems
Exhibition - Publications Exhibition of selected student projects of the Landscape Architecture studio organized by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Architecture (16/10-23/10/2009) Participation with the project “Megalou Alexandrou Park” ”Students Design the Landscape of Thessaloníki for the Sustainable Prospect of the CIty”, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Architecture Department, ZITIS Publications, Thessaloniki Publication of the exhibited student projects of the Landscape Architecture studio
Work Experience 01/2009 - 01/2012
Workshops - Seminars
Eleni Chatzichristou architectural office, Piraeus, GR Intern (2D drafting, model making, presentations)
Koutsampasis F., ”Total twist in 232 acres”, Macedonia Newspaper, Friday 25 - 27 of December 2009 Publication of the project “Megalou Alexandrou Park” of the Landscape Architecture studio in the weekly press
Language Skills
Social Skills
Greek:
mother tongue
Communicative
English:
proficient user
Flexible and easy going when it comes to cooperation
German:
independent user
Experienced in team working and team coordination
French:
basic user
Adapting quickly in new environments
Computer Skills
Artistic Skills
Microsoft Office
Drawing Visual Arts Model Making Music (violin, piano, theory, singing) Classic and Contemporary Dance
Adobe Photoshop - Illustrator - InDesign 2D Represantation: AutoCAD 3D Representation: Archicad, Maya, Rhino, SketchUp Rendering: Mental Ray, V-Ray
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REConnecting
so ut h wo r ks
Academic Project - MSc Thesis Project
Course: Location: Type: Year: Supervisors: 3d Rendering:
Complex Projects - graduation studio Southworks, Chicago, ILL, US masterplan + focus: group work building: individual work 2014 Olindo Caso (main mentor) Hubert van der Meel (building technology) Paschalis Galanis
The students’ task for the graduation studio is to make a proposal for an urban as well as an architectural intervention in the site area of Southworks, in South Chicago. The method in which the whole project was carried out follows an articulated process of research and design in all scales, starting from the large scale of the strategic plan, continuing with the research and design proposal of an overall urban organisation, a more specific urban proposal for a focus area and finishing with an architectural intervention in a chosen location of the area.
Under this definition, inclusiveness is a main principal of the project and it is expressed each time in a different way, responding to the relevant scales. The three scales in which the project is developed are the large scale, referring to the strategy and masterplan proposal, the medium scale, referring to the further development of a chosen masterplan fragment, and the small scale, which is the architectural intervention to the area. Starting from the proposed strategy for the development of the area, three different identities are proposed, based not only on the industrial past of the area but also on the existing medical infrastructure of Illinois State. So, medicine, manufacturing and education, are proposed as the basic identities to be developed in the area, translated in a way that responds to the contemporary life and way that cities advance. Thus, having the medicine as the first existing and developed component, additive manufacturing for medical use and education come to complete the cycle. In this cycle all three components coexist in symbiosis, nurture properly the medical expansion and contribute to the revitalisation of Southworks – and respectively Chicago- area.
The main issue that is addressed in this specific research and design assignment is the reconnection of the site with its surrounding area in a spatial, social and economical way and the reformation of an active and functional core. More specifically, what this assignment will focus on, is the role of public space and its related programme as a starting point of changing the image of a declining area. Also, the way in which this public space can function as a public domain, as a place for social and cultural encounter will be the subject of investigation of this research studio project. The issue of the reconnection of the site with its surrounding area was present as a goal in all the stages of the research and design process, and is the one governing the whole project in all its scales. And the answer given to this issue of the reconnection is inclusiveness.
Going further to the spatial expression of this strategy, the masterplan proposal seeks for the way in which the above mentioned concept can be spatially organised. Here, two spatial components are recognised as the key ones for the further development of the area and the city. The first one is the existence of the Lake Shore Drive that penetrates the area, creating a physical border between the neighbourhood and the Southworks site. This high-speed road is the place of production, of fast movement, of density.
The inclusiveness as a term is defined here as a condition in which different identities, different people, different cultures, different social groups work together in a developing system. This system, with inclusiveness as a main principal, works efficiently only when all its different components are present and develop also individually.
SOUTH WORKS, CHICAGO
I N C L U S I V E N E S S v s S E G R E G AT I O N
ILLINOIS MEDICAL DISTRICT
Masterplan Strategy
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MEDICINE
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New clusters network
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MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURE
EDUCATION
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activity zones
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open spaces
built/unbuilt
THE STRIP_FOCUS 1
Design Goals
bridging
continuity
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THE CORE_FOCUS 2
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The second component, that crosses Lake Shore Drive and penetrates the whole area as well, is a big open space, completely abandoned at the moment. This is the one chosen to be the focus of the masterplan research and the area of the urban design. It is recognised as the social, slow axis of the area, the place of encounter of all different identities and the connector between the existing and the new master-planned Southworks site. Finally, moving to the smallest scale of the project, the architectural intervention is the actual implementation of the main idea of the project. Being the first building to be built in the area, and situated in the central core of the social axis, it is the one that actually realizes the physical connection between the two worlds, the existing neighbourhood and the Southworks site. And this connection is made in such a way that both the important components of the area’s system, the Lake Shore Drive and the Social Axis, are present , both being able to progress also individually. Therefore, the proposed building becomes a bridge above the Lake shore drive, having its feet in both the existing and the new sides.
building concept
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Additionally, it is not only a means of connection but it also aims at the continuity of the social, slow axis. This was a main concern in the design of the masterplan as well. In order for this central place of encounter to fulfil its role, it is necessary for it to remain uninterrupted, penetrating the whole area and connecting continuously the Lakeside with the neighbourhood. Thus, not only the physical continuity with a bridge is adequate but also a continuity in the qualitative characteristics of the space. In order for both criteria to be met, the building is also designed as an interior public passage, open to everyone to cross. Apart from that, as the building has the role of the initiator of the whole development but with a long-term contribution to the city, it offers spaces of different qualities, organised in cooperation with the public passage and able to be adapted to the city’s needs through the years. +7.00
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As part of the overall strategy of the proposal, the programme scenario that is proposed here is a mixed use building of a 3d printing incubator, addressed both to professionals, start-up companies and the public, combined with retail stores, a small library, a small conference space and a restaurant. The programme chosen and its organisation within the building aims again at inclusiveness and the attraction of various people to interact in a public space of a different quality than the open one. It also aims to bring people into contact with the additive manufacturing, in order to further create a new industrial identity for Chicago.
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SOUTHERN ELEVATION
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SECTION A-A’
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D1
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VERTICAL FACADE FRAGMENT
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16 1100
D2
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INTERIOR FACADE D3
6000
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HORIZONTAL FACA
Roof antislip concrete floor with stones, 80mm epdm roofing material xps rigid insulation 100mm runoff 16mm/m Structure bubbledeck floor 600
ADE FRAGMENT
200
Facade Curtain wall facade
250
aluminium frame RIP insulation aluminium sheet 1mm solar protection triple glazing
150
600
isoskorf connection to precast concrete element (slab overhang and parapet)
gypsum false ceiling steel plate aluminium frame
D1
Facade Curtain wall facade
Structure reinforced concrete tapered slab (extension of bubbledeck floor)
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aluminium frame RIP insulation aluminium sheet 1mm solar protection rtiple glazing
isoskorf connection to precast concrete element (slab overhang and water upstand)
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D2
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FRAGMENT
1 soil 2 screed 100mm 3 foil sealing 4 xps insulation 100mm 5 reinforced concrete slab 400mm 6 reinforced concrete column foundation 70mm x 80mm 7 steel column CHS 269 8 water pipes d=20mm (CCA) 9 polished concrete floor 10 perforated metal ceiling 300x900mm 11 led lightning fixture 12 steel truss foot: RHS 350x250x6.3mm 13 bubble deck floor 600 14 RHS 200x200x6.3mm 15 precast concrete element 16 curtain wall facade frame: aluminium frame RIP insulation aluminium sheet 1mm 17 solar protection triple glazing 18 gypsum false ceiling 19 air supply duct 390x1180mm 20 air extraction duct 390x1180mm 21 precast concrete element 22 isokorf (100x500mm) 23 xps rigid insulation 100mm 24 epdm roofing material 25 anti-slip concrete floor with stones runoff 16mm/m 26 billboard type facade skin with led lights/ shading system 27 active chilled beam for ventilation/cooling 28 floor heating water pipes d=20mm 29precast concrete sandwich panel 250mm (60mm thermal insulation) 30 precast concrete partition panel 150mm 31 steel truss: RHS 200x200x6.3mm
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precast concrete sandwich panel 250mm (60mm thermal insulation) Facade to Wall Connection timber bracket 150mm thermal insulation aluminum cap sealant curtain wall facade frame solar protection triple glazing precast concrete partition panel 150mm with steel frame backing system
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R E C R E AT I N G
PAROOL
Academic Project Course: Location: Type: Year: Supervisors:
Hybrid Buildings Parool Triangle, Amsterdam, The Netherlands individual work 2013 Rajan v. Ritoe
Aim of my design is to deal with the problem of the isolation of the Parool Triangle from its surrounding area. In order to do this, I extend and recreate the public space of the site, by designing an underground public route. This route is connected with the Metro, crosses the border of the Wibaustraat and leads to Volkskrant building.
been designed, resulting to a perforated roof. This roof is the third layer of the design and also the third layer of the public space of the Parool triangle. It is accessible and designed not only as a relaxing and recreational space for the users of the building but also as an open- air public space for the whole neighborhood.
At the same time, through the circulation of movement that I create, the public space is at all times interconnected with my building, as it goes through it and it is gradually transformed into its more private spaces. The basic movements are:
cultural centre
- the connection of the underground with the roof by a continuous path that penetrates the main volume of my design offices
- the access to the building from both Wibaustraat and Platanenweg, through a public route that crosses the ground floor area, connecting both visually and physically the two sides of the site.
public space
school
The integration of the Parool Triangle in the area is also achieved through the functions of its buildings. The existing buildings and their functions have been kept. In the Trouw building the school remains as it is and the club has been removed as a volume but its function has been moved in the open public underground space. The Parool Triangle hosts offices, architecture and art studios combined with dwelling. Dwelling consists of student housing and housing for young working people. The focus point of my design is the Library and the Cultural Centre , which is my third function. They are situated in a one -floor- high volume which is created around the existing buildings. The ground floor area of them, has been transformed in such a way that a continuous space is created. The big depth of the new volume was a decisive factor of the design, as it made lightning the very first problem to be solved. For that reason, three big patios, many skylights and pop-up glass boxes have
library
dwelling
public space
offices,studios, ateliers
cultural centre public passage/cultural space
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GROUND FLOOR
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1 soil 2 screed 100mm 3 foil sealing 4 xps insulation 100mm 5 hollow core slab 400mm + 75mm structural concrete topping 6 reinforced concrete column foundation 70mm x 80mm slab 300mm 7 steel column HSS 323,9 8 DB (delta beam) 406 9 epdm roofing material 10 xps rigid insulation 100mm 11 runoff 16mm/m 12 decking wood panels 150mm x 2000mm pedestals 80mm 13cocncrete finishing + epoxy raisin coating 14 concrete tiles 15 solar protection double glazing 8mm toughened glass + 6mm cavity +12mm lam. safety glass with low E-coating 16 aluminium frame RIP insulation aluminium sheet 1mm 17 roller shade 18 precast concrete sandwich panel 220mm 60mm outside panel + 60mm thermal insulation +100mm inside panel 19 gypsum false ceiling 20 chilled beam for ventilation/heating cooling 21 extract air duct 22 induce air duct 23concrete core activation ater pipes d=20mm 24 fire sprinkler 25 precast concrete panel 26 extract air shaft (with grills)
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Decking
Glass walk-on skylight
wood panels 150mm x 2000mm pedestals 80mm runoff 16mm/m epdm roofing material xps insulation 100mm
wearing layer 8mm toughened safety glass (non-slip finish) 30mm anti-bandit laminated safety glass on rubber supports silicon sealant
galvanized L profile galvanized steel filling plate
xps insulation
DB(delta beam) 406
Structure
galvanized steel plate
hollow core slab 400mm +75mm structural concrete topping DB 406
gypsum false ceiling galvanized steel plate
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IN WINE
VINO MUSEUM
AND
V E R I TAS A
HOSTEL
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Academic Project - AUTh Diploma Thesis Course: Location: Type: Year: Supervisors:
Design Diploma Thesis Agios Panteleimonas, Amyntaio, Greece group work 2012 Alexopoulou A.
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A M Y N TA IO
The site of the Design Diploma Thesis project is located in Agios Panteleimonas of Amyntaio, a few kilometers east of Florina in northern Greece. It is a part of a small hill outside the village Agios Panteleimonas with an altitude of about 630m between the lakes Vegoritida and Petron. Lake Vegoritida belongs to the European Ecological Network “Natura 2000” as a Protected Area for its rare fauna. The aim of this project is to hilight the region by combining its special natural beauty with the long tradition in wine and spirits production. As a continuation and complement of the “Wine Roads of Northern Greece” that have been enacted by local winemakers for ten years, a route has been designed that climbs up the hill. It brings visitors closer to the scenery and surrounding space playing with views using dips and emergences. A large widening along the route is the main open space (plaza) of the design and the area where the museum is located. Later in the route there is a smaller widening where the hostel is situated. The result is an overall design of the part of the hill with respect to the local environment, which will become a cultural and environmental centre that extends beyond the local borders.
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The museum is developed in three levels. On the ground floor there is the reception, the museum store, the permanent exhibition space, the administration offices, the temporary exhibition space and a small lecture room. On level -1 there is the tasting room, three workshop rooms, storage rooms and the electromechanical facilities. Finally, a restaurant and a cafe, with their extra facilities, are placed on level 1. The building is designed with the intention of its being integrated in the terrain as much as possible. It is also oriented towards bringing visitors in contact with a different part of the view each time.
wine - environment -
view
route
- dip/emergence
The small hostel consists of three levels and includes seven double and six six-bedded rooms, that are dispersed on the level 0 and 1. On level 1, a shared kitchen and a living room -that looks at Petron lake- are also placed. On level -1 a playroom is placed, which also looks at Petron lake, the storage rooms and all the eloctromechanical facilities. A characteristic element of the whole design is the main plaza, in front of the museum. Apart from an open space for movement and rest, it also includes a construction that can be used as a theater or as a rest area. Its design follows the lines of the plaza and as it develops, it meets the ground and fades in it.
ribbon
- worm
Concept
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Overall Design Proposal
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Museum
GROUND FLOOR 36
SOUTH EASTERN ELEVATION
SECTION A-A’ 37
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Hostel
GROUND FLOOR 40
SECTION B-B’
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LES PE TITES MA ISONETTES 3
I N D E P E N D E N T
H O U S E S
Academic Project Course: Location: Type: Year: Supervisors:
Residence Ano Poli, Thessaloniki, Greece individual work 2011 Kalogirou N., Paka A.
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A N O
P O L I
Students were asked to design a contemporary residential building situated in a zone with a dense urban fabric. The site is located in Ano Poli, the old part of the city of ThessalonĂki and it is next to the old city walls. The special physiognomy of the area consists of detached houses with a local traditional architectural style; it therefore requires a low-scale solution that can become part of the surroundings in a harmonious way. The scenario and concept of the proposal was to design three independent houses for one person (e.g. student) with a shared open space and provision for a workplace in each one. The size, place and orientation of the plot, with the possibility of lightning and ventilation mainly from the west and south, made the project rather complicated. Thus, with constant attempts for the most complete solution, combining restrictions and needs, three independent small houses for one person have been designed, with a small workplace for each one of them. All houses have a shared central yard which ends to a portico on the south side, that was a key element of the proposal. Here a secondary entrance to the plot is placed. Every house has two levels with a total height of approximately 7.50m. The shared spaces are situated on the first level. The bedroom and the workplace of each house are situated 3m higher, on the second level.
attempt 01
attempt 02
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DRAMA SCHOOL
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Academic Project Course: Location: Type: Year: Supervisors:
Theatre and Cultural Spaces Thessaloniki City Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece group work 2010 Alexopoulou A.
S M A L L T H E AT R E
The students had to design a School of Drama with a small experimental theater of varying layout in a rather restricted site in the town centre, following the adequate design and building regulations. The location is rather privileged for because of its use, attracting the audience and offering easy access to the students. At the same time, the site is also restrictive because of the dimension and the quality of its space. The adjacent buildings and the narrowness of the street crossing the front side of the site makes the natural light difficult to handle, while the views are also rather restrained.
came the creation of a lightning funnel that runs vertically throughout the building. Every opening of the funnel is an organisational element of each floor plan, when at the same time it creates a special atmosphere in the interior. Another interesting element of the composition is the design of the foyer and the backyard. This is a part of a unified approach, which has as a result an overall design of the ground floor space that starts from the entrance and ends at the backyard. It consists of elevations and degradations in an orthonormal grid, that create seats, planting spaces and “landmarks� of different levels.
The building programme required the composition of two main units: a) the Drama School, which is a department of the University of Fine Arts and has 160 students attending every year. b) the theatre hall, that has an independent function apart from covering the needs of the School and a capacity of 150 spectators. Furthermore, the School consists of multiple spaces, performance laboratories, theory classes, dance and singing workshops and rooms dedicated to the construction and preparation of scenography objects. All those activities are also supported by libraries, ateliers for the students and of course administration offices. In the theatre hall we find all the necessary technical infrastracture for hosting experimental shows. It offers a stage with multiple possibilities of space alternation, and many supporting rooms, backstage space for the actors, a foyer with a small cafĂŠ.
The design of the theater hall is based on the set-up of the Italian theatre and has the possibility of two more variations: bilateral and surrounded theatre. As a result, the number of spectators the theatre holds varies accordingly.
Those two units are functioning together but also independently, since the School uses the Hall to present or to rehearse shows and other student projects, while the Hall can also host external professional shows. The main goal of the project is the design of those units in such a way so as to permit their function in such a restrictive site and also respect at the maximum the functionality of the composition, which becomes our main design rule.
lightning funnel
The basic designing idea was the creation of visual communication between the street and the backyard (the non-built space of the site), through a straight axis of movement, which starts from the entrance and ends at the backyard, and the transparency of the building shell at the entrance point. Moreover, after the first composing attempts that took into account the lighting needs of the building, 47
SECTION B-B’
SOUTHWESTERN ELEVATION
GROUND FLOOR 48
NORTHEASTERN ELEVATION
Theatre Stage Variables
ITALIAN STAGE
SURROUNDED STAGE
BILATERAL STAGE
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SURROUNDED STAGE
ITALIAN STAGE
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SELECTED WORKS 2005 - 2014