DESIGN STRATEGY

from Portfolio 2022

The strategy devised takes into account the original N-S Axis upon which the old Bucharest existed. The design strategy draws from the concept of ‘Deconstructivism’ and the different Architectural ‘syntax’ that can be used to rearticulate space. The strategy proposed attacks the Monumentality of Palace of Parliament with a Monumental Intervention one that seeks to ‘democratize’ the loose spaces, atop the Uranus Hill upon which the Palace is situated. Using the existing parking and vehicular mobility routes present under the Uranus Hill the Palace is well connected underneath. However on the surface it is very detached. With Deconstructivism comes the following strategies by which space is rearticulated;

Extrusion, Rotation, Offset, and the imposition of Grids. Using the shape of a Ziggurat, as a model, the base of the palace is rearticulated.

-15 level is accessible by vehicles and pedestrians alike. The spaces above that build up to the ground floor of the palace, are resultantly more pedestrian friendly.

Conclusion

The goal of this design-research was to reassert the importance of breaking power structures through Architecture. In the Post-Modern era Architecture must transform, in order to make spaces more accessible, for an ordinary person. By making a space more accessible for an ordinary person, the design strategy takes back ‘power’ and creates spaces that are autonomous ; free from the grasps of hierarchal separation.

Redesigning in parametric

Redesigning in Parametric is a project about designing a pedestrian pathway that can replace the Pedestrian passages present at the Eindhoven University of Technology’s Campus. Several themes were the basis of the concept and design process of the ‘Da Vinci’s Bridge’. The themes selected were sustainability and health. These themes inspired the materiality, and the addition of a single landing staircase between the pedestrian bridge. The bridge draws inspiration from the history of TU e campus, as it becomes more pedestian and bicycle friendly, the redesigned bridge with a stairwell was a conscious decision to include an architectural element that enhances the possible adjustable parameters within the design. Several parameters that are adjustable were designed via grasshoppper which makes this redesign adjustable to fit between different gaps , between different buildings present at the campus.

Task : Concept

Parametric Script (1/2)

Research Text

Booklet Design

Rendering/ 3d modelling

Site Location : Eindhoven, Netherlands

Parameters

The

The script for the el are divided into three parts.

.1. Elements Design :

Unit a.

Longitudinal Beams

Stairwell

Elements’ Design

2.Rotation |Arch Generation

3.Longitudinal

3. Details

YEAR

: 2019 | LOCATION Utrecht, NETHERLANDS | TYPE : ACADEMIC

Redesigning in Detail

Courtyard Space: Janskerkhof 2-3A, , Utrecht Faculty of Law

Architecture Firm : Max and Steketee Architects

Professor : Jan P.A. Schevers

The project focuses on redesigning of an existing detail with a desired outcome detail to be more sustainable than the original. The courtyard space for the study centre in Utrecht Faculty of Law, called Janskerkhof, 2-3 a was selected for this project. The existing detail, designed by Max and Steketee Architects, consists of a wooden column, a triple glazed glass roof with aluminum reinforcements and fixtures. To get a grip on which architectural elements of the courtyard space could be redesigned, a survey and drawing analysis was conducted for the entire building, as part of the process. As a result three major changes were made to the courtyard space, that were explicated with a redesigned detail.They are as follows :

1. Replacement of the Aluminum Frame to a Wooden One

2. Replacement of Triple Glass Roof with four layered Bio-degradable Inflatable Plastic Roof

3. Changing the Gutter in wood redesigning the basin to adjust to the other beams

Location Utrecht, Netherlands

Project Size : Tasks :

-3d Model : Site/ Context/ Sequence/Material/Detail (Old and New)