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ARCHITECTURE
PORTFOLIO
STEPHANIE ADAMOU
1. FILM THEATRE 2. MEDIA CITY 3. COPPER CHAPEL 4. PONTYPRIDD ART CENTRE 5. THE WAITING ROOM 6. SUSTAINABLE HOUSING 7. SAWSA COMPETITION 8. SAWSA ADVERTISEMENT AND GRAPHICS 9. CURRICULUM VITAE
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CONTENTS
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1. FILM
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THEATRE
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FILM SEQUENCE
The Film Theatre is designed on the site of the Roman ruins on the hillside of Fourviere right by the Odeon of Lyon. The cinematic experience of moving around the site ignited the analysis of the site in terms of film-making, where the site is interpreted as a film built up of a sequence of shots. Ideas of filmmaking also inspired the architecture: 1. The camera; where movement is encouraged through a ramp that wraps around the existing old wall 2. Flim sequence; where spaces arranged in a sequence articulated by the ramp The journey ends with a staircase that falls onto the site which becomes the roof of the film theatre underneath.
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SITE ANALYSIS
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH
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FILM THEATRE SECTION
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
INTERMEDIATE FLOOR PLAN
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BASEMENT PLAN
TOP FLOOR PLAN
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SECTION ACROSS
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CIRCULATION DIARGAMS
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SECTION THROUGH ARCHIVES
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SOUTH ELEVATION
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SECTION ACROSS
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EXTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
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JOURNEY COLLAGE
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MODEL PHOTOGRAPHS
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2. MEDIA
HISTORIC MAPS
CITY
Port Talbot, Wales, UK
Port Talbot itself is a city of barriers, gates and obstructions to the pedestrian. The aim of the project was to establish an increasing porosity of the buildings as one moves through the site on an axis which is a visual connection from the town to the industrial chimneys. The mass of the buildings disintegrates from the large media centre, to offices to high rise housing and then to low rise housing. The paving is to establish a road for everyone. The car becomes part of urban courtyards.
COLLAGE GATES
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Morrisons
Sandfields West
Car ownership rates have been rising as people travel greater distances to access facilities and services. This has led to a decline in the provision of services in local communities which is leading to social
exclusion and undermining community cohesion.
Civil Centre
Residential Area
Residential Area
School
Hospital
Aberavon Beach remains secluded with no available recreational facilities or services.
They require investment and regeneration.
Residential Area
M4
Port Talbot
Football Stadium
Railway Station
Site
Stadium
School
Leisure Centre
Police Station
Industrial Area
River
Commercial Area
Golf Club
Sandfields East
Football Club
Aberavon Beach
Cinema
Hydroponics Centre
Church
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City Centre
Church
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Community Centre
Aberavon
Carpark
Aberavon area has limited connections to cultural and leisure facilities. Leisure facilities are run down and can only be accessed by driving through Sandfields East.
Manufacturing contributes 1/3 of GVA in Wales, with the steelworks in Port Talbot being the only integrated plant. Tata steel works and related industries employ more than 25%ďż˝ of the population. 20% of Port Talbot employees work in manufacture.
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Margam Mountain
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Baglan has witnessed growth in employment within manufacturing and has attracted large shopping stores such as Morrisons and Lidl,
creating new jobs. Other jobs mainly relate to shops, offices, schools, employment within the hospital and other services.
The industry, along with congestion on the M4 and the increase in car use all contribute to air Community Centre Taibach
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pollution.
Port Talbot is rich in its natural landscape, with surrounding mountains, the Canal and the seafront, although the latter remains disconnected
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MEASURE OF POROSITY Greater porosity facilitated by increased connection and interaction between spaces.
Landscape not integrated in the town's needs. Natural landscape is not exploited enough to attract tourism.
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1. MEDIA CENTRE: training and employment program in the creative industry. provides support of research projects platform for businesses to train and employ young people
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hosts seminars, workshops and exhibiions in colllaboration with collages and universities.
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FACILITIES: film and audio studios,workshop and computer labs with software provision. screens and lighting systems.
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2. OFFICES: open plan offices with integrated film and audio studios forcreative businesses.
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3. HIGH RISE HOUSING: one or two bedroom flats 7.
4. LOW RISE HOUSING two, three and four bedroom live/work units with integrated workspace on the top floor. 5. WORKSHOPS: spread throughout the site providing media facilities as described above. individual workshops interact with surrounding spaces and act as circulation catalysts
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provide a continuation of the media street
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SECTION DIAGRAMS
MASTERPLAN
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OFFICES
AXONOMETRIC SECTION
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CROSS SECTION
MEDIA STREET SECTION
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PROCESS MODEL
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URBAN COURTYARD MODEL
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3. COPPER
CHAPEL Limassol, Cyprus
The chapel is a monument in the memory of the victims of 11/07/2011. The explosion had caused some political unrest on the island. The atmosphere inside the chapel aims to diminish resentment to those responsible and remind people of the ones lost. As light enters the chapel, the names of the victims fall onto the interior surfaces and travel throughout the day.
SECTION
LIGHTING PATTERN
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EXTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
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3. FIGURE/
GROUND Pontypridd, Wales, UK
As part of the urban regeneration of Pontypridd, the project is centrered on the design of an art centre on the crossing of the rivers Taff and Rhondda. The art gallery is available to everyone and includes spaces for both temporary and permanent exhibitions, as well as conference spaces and rooms for practicing and recording music. The gallery provides spaces for various types of art, since it provides rooms with different light qualities and scale. The design consists of a lighter elevating volume intersecting a solid concrete volume at the back of the site. The elevated volume provides an opening and a level of transparency between Taff street and the river.
SUSHI MODELS TRANSPARENCY TAFF STREET-RIVER
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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SITE SECTION
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DETAIL SECTION
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W A L L constr uc ti o n: 250 m m c o n c r e t e waterproof membrane 1 20m m r i g i d i n s u l a t i o n 1 0m m p l a s t e r b o a r d
FLOOR construction: tim ber f lo o r bo a r ds tim ber ba ttens w ater pr o o f m em br a ne 1 2 0 m m r igid insula tio n 250 - 260 co ncr ete
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R O O F c o ns t ru cti o n: asphalt waterproof membrane rigid insulation timber battens va p o ur b a r r i e r p e r fo r a t e d b e a m p l as t e r b o a r d
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POIN TS OF S UPPORT OF TH E E L E VATE D S T E E L S T R U C T U R E
St e e l I b e am s a n d s t e e l t r u s s e s a r e t h e supp o r t i n g m e m b e r s o f t h e e l e v a t e d v olu m e . S t e e l w a s c h o s e n a s a l i g h twe ig h t m at e r i al t o c o n t r a s t t h e hea v i e r c o n cr e t e s t r u c t u r e . T h e t w o c on t r a s t i n g vo l um e s i n t e r s e c t , w i t h the s t e e l o n e r e s t i n g a n d b e i n g s u pp o rt e d o n t o t h e co n c r e t e s t r u c t u r e .
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PHYSICAL MODEL
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3DS MAX MODEL INTERIOR GALLERY SPACE
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4. THE WAITING
ROOM
Being part of “The Waiting Room� studio, i had to select a scenario of waiting and translate the experience into a waiting room space. I chose to articulate the feelings and concept in the act of waiting to arrive when travelling - stilness, frustration and inertia and translate it into a spatial form through a narrative. The process involved modelling, in order to generate the scene in a similar way to stage design. Through the use of photography and collage, we tried to convey the atmosphere and emotion of the scene created.
NARRATIVE The traveler awaits upon his arrival, in a situation where the passage of time is all that is substantial. In an event where the stillness of time contradicts the motion of travel, where in the end, the stillness is all that remains. Stillness floats within time and motion and one ends up suspended in time. The experience of his stillness clashes the reality of being in motion during travel. His tranquility suddenly becomes unsettling; his ground turns to sand; he sinks. The traveler drowns in his inertia. He reaches for his suitcase in vain, whilst the letter he has to deliver remains buried in the sand. He cannot fast forward. The song is there to remind him of that. He can no longer do nothing, but wait.
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5. SUSTAINABLE
HOUSING Cardiff, Wales, UK
The project focused around the design of a sustainable housing project in the area of Grangetown, Cardiff. The driving idea for the scheme was the concept of growing food on site. This was to be achieved on two levels; through allotments on site and the use of private gardens available to every dwelling. To achieve the form of the building, a constant unit of 5m x 5m was repeated and arranged in different ways to accomodate for the different types of dwellers. Through recesses and extrusions, opportunites for private gardens were created. The scheme consists of a total of 15 dwellings, with a mixture of 4,3,2 and single bedroom houses and several live/work units.
MASTERPLAN
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SUSTAINABLEHOUSING = SUSTAINABLELIVING
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LIGHTING PATTERN
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BANDS
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DWELLING
DESIGN The design of this two-bedroom flat evolved from the concepts guiding the design of the masterplan. It consists of a harvest core unit, with the flat forming an L-shape around it, allowing links between the garden and everyday activities. The use of the 5x5 unit is carried through and emphasised by pulling forward the front unit to let light though the top.
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AA SECTION 1:250
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INTERIOR STUDIES
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EXTERIOR STUDIES
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EXTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
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7. SAWSA
COMPETITION The competition asked for the design of an architectural intervention in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. The poster shown on the right is the one i submitted for the competition and portrays the design of an exhibition hub in the museum’s lobby area. The form is inspired by the Cardiff docks.
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8. SAWSA ADVERTISEMENT
AND GRAPHICS Throughout second year, I was an operative of SAWSA, the student association of WSA. Part of the propaganda team, i was in charge of designing the lecture posters organised throughout the year.
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9. CURRICULUM
VITAE DOB: 03/09/1990 Nationality: Cypriot/British Main Address: P.O.BOX 33576 Paralimni Famagusta Cyprus
Contact: adamouste@gmail.com 0035799924132
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STEPHANIE
ADAMOU
EDUCATION:
KEY SKILLS:
2009-2012: Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University,BSc Architectural Studies,2:1 Main modules: Architectural Design, Architectural Technology, Issues in Contemporary Architecture, Practice Management and Economics
Communication: Strong visual communication skills through digital and non-digital media (model-making & hand drawings) Confident in oral presentations
2002-2009: Xenion High School, Paralimni, Cyprus 4 A-levels at Grade A (Maths, Physics, Art&Design, Modern Greek) 8 IGCSEs of A* (Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Art&Design, History, German, English as a Second Language, Information Technology) Cypriot Apolytirion 20/20 Awarded “The Xenion Trophy� as the most outstanding graduate 2002-2009 Won the school Art&Design Award and the Physics Award Achieved the highest mark in Cyprus for A2 Mathematics and IGCSE Physics and Information Technology
Organisation: Good at meeting deadlines and prioritising tasks Highly motivated and responsible Computer Skills: Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketchup Pro, Autocad, InDesign, Ecotect, Microsoft Office Suite, 3DS Max (basic) Languages: English (fluent), Greek (fluent), German (good)
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EXPERIENCE:
INTERESTS:
Prince Restaurant: Cashier & Restaurant Supervisor Summers of 2007-2008 & 2011-2012 Learnt to work well within a team, approach customers and deal with situations under pressure.
Graphic Design: Commissioned by Xenion High School and family businnesses to design logos, brochures, leaflets and magazine covers
CapoBay Hotel: Reservations Office & Reception, Summer 2010 Learnt to communicate well with clients and gained administration skills. SAWSA: member of the student association and in charge of propaganda, 2011 Responsibilities involved designing and printing posters for guest lectures at the university organised by the Student Association of the Welsh School of Architecture (SAWSA) SAWSA COMPETITION: Winter 2011 Architectural Intervention at the National Museum, Cardiff, UK Organised by SAWSA, judged by a senior architect at David Chipperfield’s architects, received special mention
Painting Photography Drums Cycling Swimming
STEPHANIE ADAMOU 2009-2012