verena lihl
academic autonomous and professional
2010 – 2015
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academic autonomous and professional
verena lihl mag · arch rasumofskygasse 4 | 25 1030 vienna austria verena.lihl@gmail.com
About 3 Things about me and design
My educational background is in architectural design but i like to try out other fields now and then. That’s how i got into analogue photography, image editing, product design, a bit of graphic design but most recently fashion design, which was probably the most interesting self-education-process. The challenge was to learn a completely new skill from scratch without using a computer, the Internet, tutorials or help of any kind except for my grandma’s 40 year old sewing machine and a pretty washed out manual with coffee stains on it. In the end the whole experience informed my design process in general and became an ongoing project.
about concept and form
about people
I believe that strong conceptual thoughts should create the basis of every design project. Formal complexity can be a helpful tool but is not required to create great architecture. Shape and formal language are a second step in a design process to reinforce the concept and give the project an envelope for its identity. I like people!! ‌ and i like how getting to know their approaches and ways of thinking influences my own perspectives. In my studies and work experience so far i was lucky to work with people from various backgrounds and mindsets. Understanding their angles and approaches develops my thinking continuously on a professional and personal level.
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In my thesis project i aimed to intertwine two programmatic sequences, that usually are horizontal and secluded from the public eye. The tea ceremony and the industrial tea production are brought together within the dense urban context of Tokyo to 5 6 7 become one vertical complex.
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The tea ceremony is a precise and choreographed sequence, separated into three main phases by a walk through the tea garden.
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Both sequences remain physically separate with their own system of circulation. At their intersections however visual links connect the ceremony with the production of green tea through deliberately placed openings. The only exception are the starting and end point of the production line: The green tea plantation and of course the finished tea create a moment of connection within the path of the visitor, which represents the tea ceremony in the building.
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You enter the building through the tea and ceramic shop taking the elevator up to the roof plantation and making your 5 6 7 8 way down through the continuous tea garden entering each IV V single one of the pavilions. Openings in the core along the path allow you to glimpse into every step of the production and finally into the elaborate artful packaging of tea, concluding the loop at your starting IV V point on the ground floor.
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The solid core includes all necessary machines and floor area for the tea production while the stacked tea pavilions lie embedded in one continuous tea garden wrapping its way around the core.
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The tea pavilions represent the phases of the tea ceremony. Based on the changing mood of the phases, each tea pavilion has a different atmospheric quality, orientation to the city and way to approach and enter it. This variety of spatial experiences interrupted by walks through the garden tries to capture the schematic outline and aesthetic ideas of the traditional tea ceremony.
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The openings into the core are oriented in different ways to show the tea production from various angles. In one specific case the visitor walks underneath it to see the leaves being processed through a glass tunnel in the ceiling.
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The geometry of each related upper floor is formed in a way to keep the seatings beneath in the sun to warm them in the winter and shade the gardens and seatings in the muggy summers. Simultaneously the floors create a protecting roof from the frequent and heavy rain in Tokyo.
Foldable glass facades in the main wind direction allow full ventilation of the pavilions. The pavilions are cooled down or heated with rest-energy and fed with fresh naturally aromatic air from the tea production. The plants are grown hydroponically.
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While providing the surface area of a tea complex in central Tokyo the design maintains the charm of a little pavilion in a garden. The building brings the visitor in close contact with tea and its processing, thereby celebrating the long tradition and history of tea culture in Japan.
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Vastmarkt Dresden market place and market hall Dresden ¡ Germany Pre-thesis project 2014 Studio Greg Lynn
The experience of the market in Dresden is based on an idea of vastness and a perception of a space even more humongous than its actual extent. The effect is achieved by juxtaposing very long, narrow, vertical spaces with one wide and horizontal room. Five sculptural wall pairs and a landscaped slab break down the volume configuring a porous structure on the plaza. The view axes between all wall pairs are oriented to important churches or deep into the cities alleys extending the feeling of depth from the inside out and blurring the buildings periphery.
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The corridor like wall pairs create a fluent transition of one spatial extreme to the other. They start with a generous volume above the head and around a person and end up in a compressed almost claustrophobic situation at shoulder level. The connecting creases lead the view into the depth and exaggerate the perspective. This sequence directly refers to the scale of the body and in this way closely connects the architectural volumes to its user.
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Light enters at the top of the canyon like spaces and falls along the vertical surfaces to the lower level.
Entering the ground floor through one of the wall pairs a generous, vertical body of space starts to transform into a constricted almost claustrophobic situation, tapering further until one of the walls stops to turn your orientation 90° and releases you into the horizontal, wide hall.
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→ structure MASS_structure_ MASS_structure_ → dense program POCHE_program POCHE_program MASS_structure_ → main atrium_plaza_markets VOID_lobbies_foyers_gardens_plazas_atriums_ VOID_lobbies_foyers_gardens_plazas_atriums_ POCHE_program → lobbies_foyers_gardens_plazas_atria POCHE SPACE_lobbies_foyers_gardens_plazas_atriums_ POCHE SPACE_lobbies_foyers_gardens_plazas_atriums_ VOID_lobbies_foyers_gardens_plazas_atriums_ POCHE POCKETS_offices_condominiums_hotel_ → lobbies_foyers_gardens_plazas_atria POCHE POCKETS_offices_condominiums_hotel_
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Vertical mass mixed use mid rise building Istanbul · Turkey
Group work - with Jan-Markus Ludwig, Marie Liechtenwagner, Anne-Marie Kiss 2011 Studio Greg Lynn The idea of this mixed use, mid rise building in Istanbul was to wrap the diversity of a city around a gigantic indoor/outdoor room at the scale of the Bosporus skyline. Rather than expressing the programmatic multiplicity of the building on the exterior, the design maintains a simple overall massing allowing the project to reveal its complexity in the main void.
responsibility in the team My contribution to this group project was to find the massing and urban figure with a study model, to do parts of the 3D cladding studies, to 3D model and design the exterior shape of the building as well as to design the shape of the concert hall in the void.
For the presentation material i drew all sections and parts of the diagrams, wrote the summary and added some atmospheric quality to the renderings in Photoshop.
In the group we were two students in their first year of architecture and two more advanced students (including myself).
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massing studies
program distribution studies
city window studies
physical study models
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retail
concert hall
tv station
office
hotel
condominium
program diagram
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group work ¡ studio greg lynn 2011
The floating masses that stick out of the walls and ceiling of the void contain the most civic program of the project including the concert hall and the television station. They are manifested in the city through three large apertures.
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The structure of the mid rise building works like a table construction.
structure diagram
cladding studies
The panel size and type of surface material relate to the different geometrical logics and radii of the curvature.
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group work ¡ studio greg lynn 2011
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The plinth creates a plaza in the height of the urban fabric, serves as the main entry and connects to all lobbies, main circulation hubs and to underground public transportation. This reinforces the central civic importance of the void.
view of inner void looking west ¡ rendering
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Blurred Borders relief landscapes A b s t ac t S t u d i e s Single task 2011 Studio Greg Lynn
original photograph
overlay of photo and sketch
from a photo to a relief study model in steps
The relief landscape is built upon the interpretation of a 2D image as an abstract study for a library. The crustaceans schematically divide the space into twelve zones. The wide range of blurred and sharp edges in the photo deriving from a rather large camera aperture become a main design tool for the transitional surfaces between the zones.
sketch: zones and transitions
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The central valley is surrounded by islands and pockets to linger. Harder and softer transitions between these zones bring out changes in enclosure and openness or visibility and concealment to shape the experience of boundary throughout the open space. Inaccessible and oblique surfaces provide handrails and furniture to sit and ly down on.
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final landscape model 1:100 ¡ photo
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Twin Reliefs fruit plates autonomous
Project
Platanus wood ¡ CNC milled
positive | negative geometry
tangential geometry
mirrored geometry
concept diagram
The idea of the fruit plates was to create two pieces of a whole that can be combined in various ways. Like twins, they seem to be exactly the same at first glance, but they are not. The two softer sides of the pieces can be stacked on top of each other or placed next to each other to form a continuous surface. Thus they express a completely new simultaneity of properties in an object. The more distinctly folded sides are mirror symmetric along 2 axes. One of the 7 ways to combine the two pieces is chosen depending on the display object or display space.
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longitudinal arrangement with display objects
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longitudinal arrangement
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Apparel textile patterns autonomous
Project
sewed and silk screened
Apart from projects in architecture and design i started to teach myself how to make clothes one year before my graduation. It started as an experiment of using no computer, no books, no youtube tutorials, no pre-existent patterns and no other help of any kind besides a 40 year old sewing machine and its manual
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to learn a completely new skill from scratch. The silk screening pattern i designed later on however is an exception to the no-computer-rule. The patterns of the leggings and bag are vaguely based on the photography of a chameleons head.
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The whole challenge ended up being a highly rewarding experience that became an ongoing project for me. It helped me gain a lot of awareness about my work and design process in general.
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The applied techniques include customizing, draping on a tailors dummy, silk screening, design of a pattern and sewing mechanically and manually. All cuts are self-constructed.
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Tece string Ceiling 1:1 mock-up model · soma ZT GmbH Ebreichsdorf · austria MDF 2d milled, rope
responsibilities
For the new headquarters TECE Österreich GmbH, that started construction in 2015, a string ceiling was designed for the showroom. It is based on a layering of strings in different directions to create a moiré effect. In order to evaluate the densities and the visual effect beforehand we decided to construct a 2 x 2 meter 1:1 mock-up model of the ceiling.
My job was to independently build and organize the model. It included responsibilities like: the optimization of the way of construction, the organization of the process, the 3D model, the communication with the woodworking company and ultimately the preparing and assembling of all parts.
ceiling section
ceiling exploded layers
ceiling plan
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Section Drawings event fabriek ¡ emanuel tornquist Amsterdam ¡ Netherlands Rhino, Illustrator
The thesis project of my colleague Emanuel Tornquist is an assembly hall for wind turbines that transforms into an event space at night. As a part of our studies at die Angewandte we help other students with some of their work after the finalization of the design for their thesis project. Thats why i drew and illustrated the two perspective sections shown here.
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Leaf Master plan Peter Stec, AA SKA · soma ZT GmbH V i š t u k · S l o va k i a with Melina Girardi and Anna von Tschefalvay
responsibility in the team
typical floor plans of housing block and learning center
For the Competence Center of Central European Leadership Academy in Vištuk the office designed a master plan in collaboration with Peter Stec, AA SKA.
My responsibility was specifically in housing. I did elaborate research on student housing and after that created about 50 typical floor plans of the dormitory blocks that take on the clustering of the buildings in different angles within the master plan. In the end one version was chosen that we felt suited the requirements best and was applied to the master plan.
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liniendesign u5 competition ¡ soma ZT GmbH vienna ¡ austria with Martina Lesjak and Andreas Ettmayer
responsibility in the team
distribution concept
conceptual drawings
exploded ceiling diagram
The concept is based on flexibility, modularity and a continuation of the corporate identity of the Wiener Linien. Three core elements of design define the space of the underground stations: the diagonal floor grid, the functional islands and the pipe ceiling. The tiling of the floor creates diagonal axes to intuitively guide the flow of passengers. It densifies towards information and seating and expands in areas of frequent movement. Every part of the functional island has the same footprint to allow for them to be clustered in various ways. The ceiling geometry is deformed in accordance to the situation on the ground. Different pipes work as fine dust filters or noise absorbers.
In this competition i was responsible for parts of the project management and was one of the lead designers.
furniture and grid
furniture formations
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reflected ceiling plan, open typology
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curriculum vitae
1989 *
E d u ca t i o n
1999 - 2007 2007 2007 - 2014 2015 Work
Real Gymnasium Kollegium Kalksburg High school graduation University of Applied Arts Vienna (die Angewandte) , Studio Greg Lynn University of Vienna, Philosophy
experience
2011 - 2012 Sliver Lecture Assistant die Angewandte 2012 Internship at Wideshot Design GmbH 2013 Graphic illustrations for Segelgruppe KK 2013 - 2014 Part of the students council at die Angewandte 2014 3D modeling for Mag. arch. Paul Peyrer Heimstätt 2015 Copywriter for different graphic design offices 2014 - 2015 Architecture designer at soma ZT GmbH 2015 - 2016 Architecture designer at Graft, Berlin 2016 - now Architecture designer at UN Studio, Amsterdam
Program
skills
Rhino, Maya, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Grasshopper, ArchiCad, AutoCAD, Mudbox, Vasari
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2010 Contribution to the Austrian Pavilion at the Architecture Biennale, Venice 2011 Winner of the Energy City Award with Emanuel Tornquist and Christoph Pehnelt 2012 Publication of a project in the newspaper »Der Standard«, »Kung Fu Fighting in der Stadt der Hyperhäuser« with Emanuel Tornquist and Christoph Pehnelt 2008 – 2011, 2014 Contribution to the yearly exhibition at die Angewandte, »The Essence« La n g u ag e s I n t e r e s t s
German Mother Tongue English Fluent Italian Basic Knowledge and
other
Sailing teacher, analogue photography, industrial design,fashion design, jewellery design, graphic design, image editing, writing, philosophy etc.
Thank you for your time.
verena lihl mag · arch rasumofskygasse 4 | 25 1030 vienna austria verena.lihl@gmail.com +43 699 81 81 91 96
Thank you to my colleagues and friends Emanuel Tornquist, Peter Paller, Lisa Wolf, Inès Klausberger, Baptiste Bernard, Melina Girardi, Babesh Fahimipour, Jan-Markus Ludwig, Gregor Schindler, Sebastian Rauch, Andreas Rubatscher and Josip Bajcer who taught me as much as any professor or assistant did, for inspiring me on a personal and a creative level.
to the professors of die Angewandte Greg Lynn for his precise and analytical way of looking at things and his ability to read personalities and teach students accordingly. Andrea BĂśrner and Gregor Eichinger for being awesome teachers. Klaus Bollinger, Bernhard Sommer and Karin Raith for their technical input with the greatest respect and appreciation for design.
to the assistants of die Angewandte Parsa Khalil, Kristy Balliet and Oliver Bertram for countless productive discussions.
to the heads of soma ZT GmbH, Vienna Kristina Schinegger and Stefan Rutzinger for the significant responsibility i was given and everything i have learned at the office.
and to my family Ilse and Reinhard Lihl for their support in every possible way.