ELIZAVETA SUDRAVSKAYA
ARCHITECTURE
STORIES
Someone said that by making the projects we design the stories. Here are some of my architecture stories.
ELIZAVETA SUDRAVSKAYA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE stefano boeri architetti, milan collaborator, 2014 http://stefanoboeriarchitetti.com mar office, milan internship, 2014 http://maroffice.eu
EDUCATION
politecnico di milano master degree in architecture, 2015 - current bachelor degree in architecture, 2011 - 2015 moscow state law academy law, 2007-2010
EXHIBITIONS
atmospheres venice biennale, milan design week, 2014 re-forming milan triennale design museum, 2014 miarch, 2014
09/05/1990 moscow, russia contacts: elisudrawska@hotmail.com +393885838648 milan +79154900167 moscow http://issuu.com/sudravskaya
COMPETITIONS
piazza della scala international competition milan, 2015
WORKSHOPS
milano international architectural workshops writing section, 2014
SKILLS
analytical mind communication presentation photography writing model making translations
SOFTWARE
ms windows/OSX autocad adobe creative suite rhinoceros sketchup
LANGUAGES
russian native italian proficient english advanced
1. STORY OF ARCHITECTS
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#workshop, #team_work, #2014 #writing, #communication, #public_relationships
“Writing shall be beside of the tools like model making or taking photographs. To write is like to visit the city; you must know how to explore the places. Writing can be also a design tool.� Sebastiano Brandolini, MIAW interview Architecture is not only about drawings and renderings. We need the research. We need the communication and cultural exchange. We need to write about architecture. MIAW (Milan International Architectural Workshops) has become the stage to exchange the experience with architects (professors and students) from all around the world. MIAW consisted from 8 different sections, one of which was responsible for writing and communication. Our W section was taking interviews with professors and students and making reportages about different sections of workshop. The result of this intensive two weeks work is the book, the blog and the final stand filled with the stories of architects. Full book of articles, interviews and images is available: http://issuu.com/sudravskaya/docs/book_miawfinale.__3_/
2. STORY OF MAGIC
#design_studio, #single_work, #2014 #concept, #urban, #detail, #model
How is children’s place should be? In this design studio, I have made a project of a kindergarten. According to existing urban form of elementary school the project form an open court, a protecting shell. Central internal space of the court is a huge open air living and playing area. The only construction is a glass pavilion that erases like a magic crystal from an existent hill. The glass pavilion is designed for temporary activities and games. Load bearing structure is made of structural glass that allows a constant connection with landscape: around, above and below. Even the floor is transparent that permits children to explore the underground world. The pavilion is the heart of the school. It becomes a children’s dream, a place belonging to the imagination, creativity and natural studies.
Architecture is a crystal, as Gio Ponti says. Architecture is magic.
roof and glass pavilion structure
internal spaces division
temporary activities classrooms service area parents waiting area
Urban form studies
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1. External monolith safety glass with sun protection 10 mm Interspace 10 mm Internal stratifed safety glass 2x6 mm
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2. External monolith safety glass with sun protection 10 mm Interspace 200 mm Monolith safety glass 8 mm 3. Pavement stratified safety glass 30 mm Interspace 450 mm Screed 50 mm Heating pannels 30 mm Vapor barrier Insulation 170 mm Concrete 70 mm Igloo 180 mm Concrete 100 mm
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3. STORY OF CONSTRUCTING
#design_studio, #team_work, #2014 #constructed, #detail, #gio_ponti
I believe that every architecture student dream is to build his or her project.
Finestra Abitata became my first constructed project.
The project is inspired by works of Gio Ponti and his finestra arredata (furnished window) in particular. Gio Ponti treats the window the same way he does with the wall. Ponti’s window is no more a hole but a functional surface where he puts shells, books and paintings. Finestra Abitata (habited window) is a will to go further transforming the window into a habited space. The simple structure is made from osb panels and connected by screws and angle bracket. Construction process: http://issuu.com/sudravskaya/docs/presentazione_action/1
4. STORY OF URBAN RYTHM
#design_studio, #single_work, #2013 #urban, #analysys, #waterfront, #scales, #landscape
DENSITY RYTHM WATER
Istanbul is one of the densest cities. Fast growth in last decades has transformed its in a covering huge territory. But what happens when the density (city) meets water? Bosphorus is the main natural landmark and touristic attraction of the city. It is probably the last non-built up area in Istanbul. Another interesting point is the relationship between people and water in the city. Channel was always considered as something hostile, a barrier between two shores. The building watching the water had mostly industrial or in some cases representative (palaces) functions. People’s mind has changed only in last years and now Bosphorus shore is the most appetizing place to construct on. For all these reasons, the shore represents completely different scale of urban fabric. The waterfront line is a place where density meets void. The outstanding buildings located on this line give rhythm to the city image. The project consists in requalification of a KabataĹ&#x; area. I have made a proposal of a park and waterfront requalification using bigger scale structures that give the .
urban fabric
continuous carpet
Water = no density.
sequence of different spaces
WATERFRONT CLUSTERS:
culture and history (Dolmabahçe palace and sea museum)
transport (Kabataş transport node)
religion and leisure (Molla Çelebi mosque and park area)
education (Mirmar university of fine arts)
from transport to culture (sea port Galata getting transfom into Istanbul modern exhibition space)
PROJECT AREA
5. STORY OF THE VOID
#thesis, #single_work, #2015 #writing, #research, #art, #philosophy
This thesis research explores the meaning of term VOID in architecture. According to the studies made it can be defined as delimited portion of space where objects and events take place. It is the place of possibility and the place of happening. I have tried to define the limit and the object. The limit consists from six
planes deriving from Cartesian system. The first one is a horizon line of Earth surface, while the other five are erected borders. Limit creates the internal space, which tends
to possess. The border has its scale, proportion and distance. Thanks to these characteristics, human perceive the limit and enter in a dialog with it. One of important examples of an architecture-limit is Great cloister in Certosa di Pavia. Then what is the object? I have defined it as a self-sufficient closed entity that cannot be decomposed. What is the relation it installs with the space? Object could be an abstract reality as the ones we see in avant-garde art of Kazimir Malevic or as Point of
Vasilij Kandinsky. It becomes concrete in works of architects as architecture deal with reality. One of them is Ivan Leonidov and his project for Lenin Institute. The negotiation of limit. This object is the origin of space and even time. I believe that the limit and the object shall be considered as two opposites. One has
internal field of reaction (architectural space) while the other creates the connection with external space. The void inside the limit is the hierarchy (piazza, Mediterranean house or Certosa di Pavia) while the void of the object is an infinite universe around. What happens if we put these two elements, two architectural spaces and two op-
scaled universe/al model
: obposite natures together? We could call it ject is still the one tending to possess the infinite while the limit makes this “infinite” concrete and perceived by human. As Kandinsky said: “The moment of fusion between point (object) and surface (limit) is the moment of fecundation”.
Full text in italian is available: http://issuu.com/sudravskaya/docs/il_vuoto_ sudravskaya_book_issuu_ed103744a2bb1f/1
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