Stavros Mavrakis | Porfolio 2016

Stavros Mavrakis

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architecture + design portfolio 2016

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CURRICULUM VITAE

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PORTFOLIO

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design|my passion ongoing Diploma Thesis arch|my school

CURRICULUM VITAE

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Address

24-28, Agorakritou Street 10446 Athens GREECE

Contact

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|stavros MAVRAKIS|

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I am a 25-year-old architecture student, born and raised in Athens. I am keen on everything that has to do with architecture, industrial and graphic design, photography and I have deep enthusiasm for car design and everything around it.

My friends know me as the guy who is always sketching everywhere (pieces of paper, napkins, water bills, cigarette packs, etc.). When not sketching, I like listening to music, reading comic books or maybe just sitting in my living room with a cup of coffee daydreaming.

I can’t wait to make my next step, study vehicle design abroad and then go on to pursue my dream job as a designer working for one of the most successful and stylish car industries in the world.

MY SPECIALITIES

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EDUCATION

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From September 2012 to July 2013 Erasmus exchange programme Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris La Villette (ENSAPLV) | Paris FR Until June 2008 Degree of Excellence in Highschool Education 19.2/20 Experimental School of the University of Athens (P.S.P.A.) | Athens GR ...............................................................................................................................................................................................

free-hand drawing

model creation

3D modeling

LANGUAGE SKILLS

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GREEK mother tongue

ENGLISH advanced level preparation for IELTS

FRENCH advanced level Paris-Sorbonne B2

DESIGN SKILLS

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Hand sketching AutoCAD 2D Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator

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months (January 2015 to date)|ongoing Internship at the Nikos.manafis design studio: Architecture, Product & Transportation design solutions in Athens, Greece months (2014-2015) Personal work, as a freelance architect, for the company Athens Clue in Athens, Greece. months (08/2013-09/2013) Internship at the architectural office Sitbon Architectes in Paris, France. months (09/2010-02/2011) Internship for N.T.U.A.: Analysis of traditional settlement in Laconia, Greece.

ARCH COMPETITIONS

Adobe InDesign

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SketchUp

SNFCC Visitors center organised by Stavros Niarchos Foundation|student competition Athens, 2013

Rhino (+grasshopper) 3ds Max Autodesk SketchBook Autodesk Showcase

Urban Box (Αστικό Κιβώτιο) organised by the Hellenic Institute of Architecture | student competition Athens, 2011

Vray Microsoft Office Autodesk Ecotect Analysis

HOBBIES & INTERESTS

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DISTINCTIONS & SCHOLARSHIPS

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Scholarship from State Scholarships Foundation (ΙΚΥ) |Erasmus Programme for the academic year 2012-2013

Sketching & designing

Car enthusiast

Photography

Comics

Music

Traveling

Horse riding

football (futsal)

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From October 2008 to date (June2016) Engineering. Higher National Diploma in Achitecture: MSc equivalent (5 years degree, 300 ECTS) School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) | Athens GR

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE conceptual design

EXHIBITIONS

Financial reward from Emporiki Bank|Among the first 20 employees’ children who were awarded a certificate of Excellence in their senior year exams, Athens 2008 Financial rewards from Emporiki Bank|throughout all my High school cycle as employees’ child with a degree of Excellence, Athens 2002-2008

In Vitro-“Procès de création architecturale” at the Maison de l’architecture en Ile-de-France Paris, 2013 Urban Box (Αστικό Κιβώτιο) organised by the Hellenic Institute of Architecture at the Benaki Museum Athens, 2012

WORKSHOPS

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Greenwashing|organised by Bellastock Creation of an ephemeral city in the forest Paris, 2013 Christmas Arduino Workshop|organised by Archoff Introduction to the fundamentals of interactive design through the Arduino platform and the programming language Processing Athens, 2013 Underground Sunpath|organised by EcoWeek Participation at the International Conference and Workshops for Sustainable Architecture Athens, 2011

LECTURES & PUBLICATIONS

............................................................................................................................................................................................. Αuto-mobile architecture|Dissertation/ Research for the Diploma Thesis in N.T.U.A.|published at archstudies.com Athens, 2014 The subject of the thesis is car design from an architectural viewpoint. Within its framework, there were contacts with designers and people in the car industry at the headquarters of Renault and PSA (Peugeot- Citroën) in Paris and with others in France and Greece, such as Dimitris Korres.

The world of comics|lecture at a meeting of Credit Agricole summer camps Athens, 2008

DIPLOMA THESIS

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Tάξις, /tákʰ.sis/, from ancient greek τάσσω (tássō, “arrangement, order”)

The theme of my ongoing diploma thesis is to design a vehicle that covers the weakness of current public transport to provide customized privacy and personalised transportation, aiming to re-imagine and organise the way we travel around the city.

It is an original and flexible vehicle unit that has the ability to adapt to and meet the needs of each user. New technologies make a considerable contribution. However, the Design is the one that plays a catalytic role in achieving the final result.

PORTFOLIO

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Alfa romeo Slice /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |SUBJECT|

Concept car with adjustable width in order to create space for more passengers

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self-commission

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automn 2015

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Sketching||AutoCAD|SketchBook|Photoshop| Rhinoceros|Showcase

|CONTRIBUTION|

Reasearch|ideation|sketching|3d modeling

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Design is in the details|steering wheel /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |SUBJECT|

Design and propose for the steering wheel and for the UI of a single-seater electric vehicle

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Nikos.manafis design studio: Architecture, Product and Transportation design solutions, as an intern

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winter- spring 2015

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Sketching|SketchBook|Photoshop|Rhinoceros|Showcase

|CONTRIBUTION|

Reasearch|ideation|sketching|3d modeling|presentation for the steering wheel and the user interface

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Design is in the details|grille /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |SUBJECT|

Design of the ventilation grilles at the model marvel41T for Marvel Ribs

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Nikos.manafis design studio: Architecture, Product and Transportation design solutions, as an intern

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winter- spring 2015

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Sketching|AutoCAD|SketchBook|Photoshop|Rhino| Showcase

|CONTRIBUTION|

Reasearch|ideation|sketching|3d modeling|CAD drawings for the ventilation grilles

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sketching & doodling /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |FOR|

self-commission

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pencil|pen|markers|SketchBook|Photoshop

sports vehicles

sports vehicles

sports vehicles

convertible & commercial vehicles

city cars

exterior| airflow

interior & accessories

motorsports

PORTFOLIO

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Tάξις /tákʰ.sis/, from ancient greek τάσσω (tássō, “arrangement, order”) /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |SUBJECT|

the conception of an autonomous urban semi-private vehicle, reimagining and organising the way we travel around the city

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MSc Diploma Thesis National Technical University of Athens

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ongoing |submission date: June 2016

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Sketching|physical models|AutoCAD|SketchBook| Photoshop|Illustrator|InDesign|Rhinoceros|3ds Max|Vray| Showcase|Premiere Pro

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|SUPERVISORS|

S.Gyftopoulos|G.Parmenidis

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Reasearch|ideation|sketching|physical modeling| 3d modeling|CAD drawings|presentation

Nowadays, the majority of people live in large cities. Transportation is

becoming more and more complex thus exacerbating people’s daily life.

The existing means of transport, both private and public, have not managed to solve the difficult equation of getting around the city.

The theme of my diploma thesis is to design a vehicle that covers the weakness of current public transport to provide customized privacy and personalised transportation, aiming to re-imagine and organise the way we travel around the city.

It is an original and flexible vehicle unit that has the ability to adapt to and meet the needs of each user. New technologies make a considerable contribution. However, the Design is the one that plays a catalytic role in achieving the final result.

PORTFOLIO

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AUTO-MOBILE ARCHITECTURE ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

The subject of this theoretical Research is the study of car design from

|SUBJECT|

The study of car design from an architectural perspective

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Dissertation|Research for the Diploma Thesis National Technical University of Athens

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February 2013- october 2014

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Microsoft Office Suite|sketching|SketchBook| Photoshop|InDesign

When observing a car, as a project, I see “mobile architecture’’, an object well designed by man for man, an object designed to confront the elements and laws of nature. Thus, car design has a direct relation with the very nature of Architecture.

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In this paper, there has been an attempt to search for any possible relation between architecture and cars, especially their design.

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S.Gyftopoulos

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Reasearch|ideation|sketching|presentation

an architectural perspective. More specifically, car design deals with an industrial product, which is at the same time a product designed at a human scale as well as a means of traveling around the city.

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The slope of culture /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |SUBJECT|

Public library and cultural centre in Kipseli, Athens

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Architectural Design 7-8 National Technical University of Athens

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7th & 8th semester|september 2011- june 2012

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Sketching|physical modeling|AutoCAD|Photoshop| Illustrator|SketchUp|3ds Max|Vray

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M.Papacharisi|M.Petrongonas

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T.Papaioannou |D.Papalexopoulos

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Reasearch|ideation|sketching|physical modeling| 3d modeling|technical CAD drawings|presentation

Design of a building with multiple functions and public character.

Criteria and principles of design. The characteristics of urban space and their importance for design options. The integration of a building into its environment. Expansion in height and vertical structure of the building, public movement and gathering spaces, problemme solving of interior circulation.

Layout and character of interior space, the significance of construction materials, colours and lighting for project elaboration. The outdoor common space. Design of interior and outdoor space into a synthetic cohesion of public use.

Thorough study of matters concerning the combination of architectural design and construction expression. Formation and design of the supporting structure in great detail. Parameters affecting construction and technology options. Environmental design parameters.

SLICE SITE INTO RIBBONS

RAISE RIBBONS TO CREATE A HILL

CREATE A GREEN ROOFTOP CONNECTING THE CITY TO THE PARK

Adjust ribbons’ height for maximum views

All inclinations suitable for disabled

Concept The site given is located next to a small park and follows a steep inclination.

The concept of this proposal is to design a rooftop following the natural landscape and hide the program of the library underneath. A green ramp is designed to lead the guest from the park to the city and vice versa.

The ramp comes to an upraise, which integrates with the scale of the context buildings and offers unobtracted views of the city.

HOST PROGRAMME UNDERNEATH

Maximum contact between green rooftop and library

There is a special isolated reading space, hosted under

Logotherapy section rising part of the canopy, where guests can focus on Auditorium Parking

Program rooftop The program is hosted in a free provision under the roof. All levels keep a direct eye contact with the openings through different points of view.

The archive is sut in the lowest level, where it is protected by sun light penetration.

The ground level is consisted of an open free reading space surrounded of laboratories, the auditorium stage and the kids section.

Following the staircase upstaire, someone can find the computer section and the foyer of the auditorium.

Last but not least, the top level hosts a logotherapy centre.

There is a special isolated reading space, hosted under the rising part of the canopy, where guests can focus on reading while enjoying the view of the whole city which lies before them.

rooftop

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Logotherapy section

Auditorium

Auditorium

Parking Parking Rooftop rooftop

Structural System The concept of the design is to keep the rooftop Program The concept of the design the roof-from the interior provision. That means that unattached Program is to keep top unattached fromThethe provision. programinterior is hosted in a free provision the we followunder a structural system of columns which are free roof.

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we follow a structural system of columns which are free in space and leave the program floating inbetween them.

The rooftop hovers over the program and dives in front of the slabs in order to create the entrances to the different parts of the interior.

Free space - Labs - kids space

Slabs

Slabs

Walls

Walls Rooftop

Archive - Administration Quiet reading space Computer section Logotherapy section Auditorium Parking rooftop

Structural system of columns Slabs Walls

Structural System The concept of the design is to keep the rooftop unattached from the interior provision. That means that Structural systemwe of columns follow a structural system of columns which are free in space and leave the program floating inbetween Slabs them.

Walls The rooftop hovers over the program and dives in front of the slabs in order to create the entrances to the different parts of the interior.

Rooftop

Structural System The concept of the design is to keep the rooftop unattached from the interior provision. That means that we follow a structural system of columns which are free in space and leave the program floating inbetween them.

The rooftop hovers over the program and dives in front of the slabs in order to create the entrances to the different parts of the interior.

Rooftop

Rooftop Structural system of columns Slabs Walls

Structural system of columns Slabs Walls

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A cultural crack in Areopolis /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |SUBJECT|

Municipality centre in Areopolis of Laconia, Greece

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Architectural Design 6 National Technical University of Athens

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6th semester|february 2011- june 2011

|TOOLS|

Sketching|physical modeling|AutoCAD|Photoshop| Illustrator|SketchUp|3ds Max|Vray

|PARTNERS|

R.Oor

|SUPERVISORS|

S.Gyftopoulos

|CONTRIBUTION|

Research|ideation|sketching|physical modeling| 3d modeling|CAD drawings|presentation

The subject of the project was the architectural intervention in a place

with special architectural identity. The main goal is to design a contemporary architecture that would be close to the physiognomy of the area and co-exist with the traditional buildings.

The students have to design a building complex at the village of Areopolis. The new building should express the contemporary architecture, but it should also accommodate successfully the municipality, library and laboratory uses that have been given, respecting at the same time the traditional architecture of the village.

The uses that have been given to the student are trying to contribute to the revitalization of the village inviting young people to participate and in general to facilitate the life of the citizens, giving them space for multiples events.

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Elementary school in Kato Kifissia /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |SUBJECT|

Elementary School|an educational and entertainment space

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Architectural Design 5 National Technical University of Athens

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5th semester|september 2010- february 2011

|TOOLS|

Sketching|physical modeling|AutoCAD| Photoshop||Illustrator|SketchUp|3ds Max|Vray

|PARTNERS|

M.Takopoulos

|SUPERVISORS|

S.Gyftopoulos

|CONTRIBUTION|

Research|ideation|sketching|physical modeling| 3d modeling|CAD drawings|presentation

The subject of the course was the design of an educational building and its widespread development. The lesson emphasised on issues of perception and appropriation of space, synthesis of repetitive elements and organic relation between closed and open space. Integration in the neighbourhood’s environment and in the urban grid was also required.

The particular solutions is based on physical growth of children of an elementary school which is represnted by the elevation of the building. This elevation contributes to the proper orientation of the classes, while the required separation is based on age. These elements led to the proper function of the entire building complex.

_detail of the classroom unit

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Pavilion of the water /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |SUBJECT|

Creation of an expositional pavilion

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Technique de représentation le dessin et la modélisation des formes courses, coques et toiles tendues Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris La Villette

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9th semester|september 2012- february 2013

|TOOLS|

Sketching|AutoCAD|Photoshop||InDesign|Rhinoceros|Vray

|PARTNERS|

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|SUPERVISORS|

D.Guichard

|CONTRIBUTION|

Research|ideation|sketching|3d modeling| CAD drawings|presentation

It would be difficult to find another place so strictly and geometrically con-

structed like Tuileries Garden. The organization is defined, of course, by the existence of the major axis, when at the same time the use of French garden leads us to an extremely rigorous result. Walking through that place, we could not ignore the numerous references to water, probably due to the vicinity with the River Seine, which gives life to the city. From the Fountain of River Commerce and Navigation in the Place de la Concorde to the statues of Nile and Danube in the garden, there is a very rich water world, in which the goods that provides to people are accentuated. Today, this aquatic world, with all that it offers, is in danger. To save him, the public information is necessary. A côté alors des références aquatiques du 19ème siècle, dans cet espace tellement fréquenté, nous viendrons y ajouter un centre d’information sur le monde aquatique dont la forme est inspirée par une goutte d’eau. Thus, besides the 19th century’s aquatic references, in this space so frequented, we will come to add an information center for the aquatic world, whose shape is inspired by a drop of water. An island of flyidity inside a rectangular sea.

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The Urban Can /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |SUBJECT|

Panhellenic student architectural competition for the design of an aluminum construction

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Urban box|student architectural competition organised by Hellenic Institute of Architecture

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April 2011- september 2011

|TOOLS|

Sketching|photography|physical modeling|AutoCAD| Photoshop|Illustrator|SketchUp|3ds Max|Vray

|PARTNERS|

R.Oor

|CONTRIBUTION|

Research|ideation|sketching|photography| physical modeling|3d modeling|CAD drawings|presentation

It is a construction inspired by the can. Cans are constructed to maintain products. In the same spirit our “can“, adopting the central idea of the can, maintains and offers information and goods to the public of the city.

It comes from a well known shape, the can. Because of its form, that is rarely seen in urban construction, the Urban Can is easily perceptible in the city. People perceive that the “cans”, scattered in cityscape, are “containers” of information and service.

Furthermore, the character of each Urban Can can be distinguished easily from any angle by its label.

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Cube² /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |SUBJECT|

Light construction design

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Architectural Design 6A: Architectural Constructions National Technical University of Athens

|DATE|

6th semester|february 2011- june 2011

|TOOLS|

Sketching|physical modeling|AutoCAD| Photoshop||Illustrator|SketchUp|3ds Max|Vray

|PARTNERS|

E.Savvidis|M.Takopoulos

|SUPERVISORS|

M.Tzitzas

|CONTRIBUTION|

Research|ideation|sketching|physical modeling| 3d modeling|CAD drawings|presentation

The design of this construction is based on the idea of a cube inside a cube. The inner cube is organised by a 3D grid, shown in the facades.

The construction seem to hover, while it is being supported by an outer structural framework, of cubic shape, as well. The distinction of the bearing structure from the whole is expressed by differentiating the materials.

The inner hovering cube is wooden, while the outer supporting construction is metal.

Stavros MAVRAKIS

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