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Architecture Portofolio Lucaciu Diana Andra
What is Architecture to you? A form of art in which the artist, through expression, guides its character to discover through its body and senses, space.
Personal Information Name and surname: Diana Andra Lucaciu Date and place of birth: 21/12/96; Arad, Romania Telephone: 0753754610 E-mail: diana.andra.lucaciu@gmail.com Languages: Romanian (native), English (C1)
Educational background 2003 - 2007: General School Nr. 22 “Caius Iacob” (Step-by-step program); Arad, Romania 2007 - 2008: National College “Moise Nicoara”; Arad, Romania 2008 - 2011: Ecole Europeene de Bruxelles 1; Bruxelles, Belgium 2011 - 2015: National College “Moise Nicoara”; Arad, Romania 2015 - present: Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning; Timisoara, Romania
Architectural competitions 2017 - Finalist - The Annual Competition for Architecture Students
Extracurricular activities Participant : GROW project by AIESEC (2011,2012,2013), EYP - European Youth Parliament (2012,2013); Coordinator of the architecture frehsman prom - 2016; Treasurer Vicepresident of the Architecture Students Association - A4 - 2016 - 2017; Volunteer on different conferences/exhibitions: Mies van der Rohe Award Exhibition, RBA New Cities; Volunteer - “Labirintul din castel” - architecture installation - 2017;
Workshops Restoration workshops: “Casa cu Har” second edition, Toparcea, Romania - 2016 Banffy Castle, Bontida, Romania - 2016 “Mestesug si patrimoniu. Tiglaritul in viziunea arhitectilor.”, Apos, Romania - 2016 “Casa cu Har” third edition, Toparcea, Romania - 2017
Computer skills ECDL Profile Certificate - Microsoft Office Suite Google Sketchup Adobe Photoshop CS
Other skills Communicative, teamwork, attention to details, well organized
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PROJECT
LOCATION
YEAR
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Architecture
Project 1
Timisoara
2016
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Workshop
Project 2
Toparcea
2016
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Workshop
Project 3
Bontida
2016
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Workshop
Project 4
Apos
2016
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Architecture
Project 5
Timisoara
2016
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Architecture
Project 6
Timisoara
2016
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Architecture
Project 7
Timisoara
2017
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Architecture
Project 8
Arad
2017
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Workshop
Project 9
Toparcea
2017
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Housing For A Chosen Character Year: 2016
The theme of the project was to design a house for a chosen character, after analysing a series of house projects.
semi public space, a living area equipped with a kitchenette, and a bedroom area equipped with a bathroom.
After carefully studying a given house, we were asked to find a character whose traits match the houses’s characteristics and propose an ideal space in which the character would live. The chosen character in this situation is Jean Valjean from the well known opera “Les Miserables”.
Due to the fact that Jean Valjean was somehow introverted, the ground appears to be gulping the house, thus offering a more private space around it. The chosen materials for the construction are: bamboo for the floors, pillars and the rotating (structural) beams which hold the floors and glass.
On a given fictional site, we placed our construction and were allowed to work with the premises in order to meet the characteristics both of the character and the analysed house. The project proposes a solution in which the house of the character contains four major spaces: a specific space for the character, a
The house is composed of ground floor + three storeys: ground floor - carpenter studio, first floor - living area equipped with a kitchenette and a relaxation zone, second floor - a bedroom equipped with a bathroom and last but not least third floor - a terrace that offers panoramic views of the surroundings.
Restoration Workshop - “Casa cu Har” Second Edition Teachers - arh. Diana Belci, arh. Pascu Gabriela, arh. Teodor Gheorghiu, arh. Eugen Vaida Location: Topârcea, Sibiu Year: 2016
The following project aims to restore the house of father Teofil Părăian, a romanian orthodox confesser, turning it into a memorial house. The first edition of the workshop was held in order to survey the house and the degradations that appeared in time.
The second edition was composed of three main workshops: porch - aimed to replace the degraded rafter and ceiling joists due to the high risk of collapse; small barn - aimed to rebuild the wooden roof of the small barn, replace certain structural elements and replace traditional tiles on the roof, once it was done; facade - replacing some stones from the base and plastering the facade.
Restoration Workshop - Restoration of the Banffy Castle by Transylvania Trust Foundation Location: Bontida, Cluj Napoca Year: 2016
Besides the desire to restore Banffy Castle, also known as the castle that hosts the festival “Electric Castle�, Transylvania Trust Foundation, wants to teach students, masters, bricklayers, historians, archaeologists and many others, what a restoration project means and how it is done. The workshop was divided in four main categories: carpentry, masonry, archaeology and art history. I chose to take part in the masonry workshop, where I learned how to rebuild and build a brick wall, build a vault, plaster facades and restore certain decorative ornamentations on the building and learned how to make stucco, sgraffito and fresco.
Working on the stone base for the museum
Tile kiln, Apos, Sibiu
Marking the end of 2016’s summer, the last workshop involved many tasks once again. On the first few days we learnt how to make traditional roof tiles and bricks using traditional tools and materials. The clay for the roof tiles was taken from the ground, whilst the clay used in the process of making bricks was prepared
by us, using our feet, just like in the old days. We then spent the rest of the workshop working on preparing the land nearby that served as the site for the construction of a museum of traditional roof tiles and starting the stone base of the construction.
Llama Guanaco Habitat Proposal Team: Roxana Palade Location: Timisoara Zoo Year: 2016
Starting second year, the first assigned task at our studio classes was to propose a habitat for an animal at our choosing, from the Timisoara zoo. Our proposal had to improve the animal’s living conditions, aknowledging its needs and trying to recreate a habitat similar to the one it normally lives in. The entire process started with an analysis of the premises on which the animal lived, and an analysis on the animal itself. After learning how the animal we chose lives, my colleague and I proposed a minimal intervention on the site, which implied a simulation of a mountain, the insertion of a pond and a small shelter in which they could find a shelter during cold times and also a shelter that allows them to climb on it, thus explaining the inclined roof.
Being a curious animal, we decided to use pebbles to mark the path around the site, thus, when people want to see the animal, the sound the pebbles make upon walking, would make the animal come and see what is causing the noise. Bearing the fact that children also visit the zoo, we also decided to replace the wire fence with wooden boards that are placed at a small distance one from another, allowing the children to see the animal without being picked up by their parents and at the same time not letting the animal slink in the gap created.
Collective Housing Team: Roxana Palade Location: Timisoara Year: 2016
On this assigned task, we were asked to come up with a solution that would accomodate three families, each with its own house, on a given site. After carefully analysing the premises and the surroundings, my colleague and came to the conclusion that our solution should emphasise the idea of closeness and connection between the families, idea that has not yet been explored in the neighbourhood.
Starting from the idea of tree of life, we started to work on our solution, generating dynamic relationships on the inside as long as on the outside, offering private, intimate and common spaces in which the families can interact. We chose not to negate the identity of the zone, by adopting some of the neighbourhoods characteristics.
The Maze of Castle Team: A4 - Architecture Students Association from Timisoara Location: Timisoara Year: 2017
The maze of the castle appeared the initiative of the architecture students association of the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning in Timisoara in collaboration with Timisoara Youth Capital NGO. Initially, it started out as an idea of coming up with an instalation that would let people interact with it, thus the urban scale and the three frames placed at a certain distance one from another, letting people walk between them. Afterwards, we thought of another method with which we could use to guide people to enter the maze and reach the last frame. In order to accomplish this idea we sought a collaboration with “Cufir”, an organization specialised in string art, that helped us meet our desire. The installation aimed to interact with the people of Timisoara and reanimate an area close to the heart of the city called Castle’s Park, also being part of Timisoara Youth Capital’s project “Animate a park!” therefore accomplishing the desire of two NGO’s.
Up to 20 people worked hard on making this project come to life, more than 10,000 meters of coloured thread has been used, almost 2 cubic meters of wood and 1,500 nails used. The dimensions of the installation rank it as being amongst the top largest installations of string art in Romania (the structure measures 25 squared meters and the height of the highest point reaches 6 meters).
Collective housing The Annual Competition for Architecture Students Team: Roxana Palade Location: Arad, Romania Year: 2017
We’re all strangers that wander the streets, gazing in each other’s eyes without every saying a word. What if we had a place to come to gather? “Connecting one figure with another” our proposition redefines the traditional porch, bringing together the seven families and the small community. Starting from the street, you are taken on a journey that offers you all kinds of niches, alcoves and places to meet, chat, play, even a common workspace where wooden toys can be realized. The houses reside quietly on the perimeter of the site, leaving space for life to take place at the core. Each house has a slope that emphasizes the three gardens and the porch, the centre of the small community.
House example
Restoration Workshop - “Casa cu Har” Second Edition Teachers - arh. Diana Belci, arh. Pascu Gabriela, arh. Teodor Gheorghiu, arh. Eugen Vaida Location: Topârcea, Sibiu Year: 2017
This year’s edition the workshop was once again divided into three main categories: porch, facade and front gate, each tackling different problems that needed to be solved. Being on the porch team, our task was to replace certain wooden elements of the traditional porch in order to keep it from collapsing, as well as rebuilding the stone base and the brick
wall that held the entire structure. After taking the wooden structure down and replacing it with temporary elements that would hold the joist and the rafters on place, our team divided in two, one dealing with replacing the rotten elements of the structure, whilst the other dealt with the wall, rebuilding it(using a composition of lime water and sand, the composition previously used beind a mix of sand and water).
Rebuilding the stone base
Rebuilding the brick wall
The final result
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