Portfolio by Vasiliki Zomenou

Vasiliki Zomenou

Architectural Portfolio

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Zomenou Vasiliki

licensed architect member of Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE-TCG) 03/06/1988 26 Ch.Machaira St. Amfissa,Phocis Greece, 33100 0030-6949410922/0030-6972684941 vas.zomenou@gmail.com

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was born and raised in Amfissa, Phocis. By the age of 4 I was engaged with music. I joined the children choir of the municipal conservatory and Orff Schulwerk class (combining movement, singing, playing percussion instruments, and improvisation). Two years later I started piano lessons followed by theoreticalmusic lessons. Besides music I was never taught how to draw or paint by a professional but I loved drawing and sketching on my own. During secondary school and high school besides artistic activities(school band, acting class, school choir), I was also a member of thevolleyball team and captain of the basketball team. At the age of 15I decided I wanted to become an architect so I took drawingand hand drafting lessons. I graduated High school with distinction (18,9/20) awarded by Greek Ministry of Education and by the end of national exams I was accepted in the Architectural Engineering department of Polytechnic, University of Thessaly (Volos) where I got my Diploma in Architectural Engineering (7.27/10).Besides compulsory courses, I took elective Photography (Art and Theory) course and elective Cinematography (Cinema and the City) course. I love all forms of Art and Architecture is my means towards conquering that.â&#x20AC;?

professional experience

academic qualifications

September 2015- today Civil engineer&Construction Office Nikolaos Fousekis Architectural Assistant-Cad Drafter

• responsible for preparing and completing technical plans and documents • liaise with clients and city planning authorities

July 2014 Dimploma in Architectural Engineering University of Thessaly Architecture Engineering department Grade: Very Good, 7,27 /10

August 2011- December 2013 Architecture&Construction Office Theodore Tsatsaronis Freelancer-Cad Drafter

June 2006 Graduation from General Lyceum of Amfissa Grade: Excellent, 18,9 /20

July 2011-August 2011 Architecture&Construction Office Theodore Tsatsaronis Intern, Operational Programme “Education and Lifelong Learning”, NSRF

languages

• responsible for preparing and completing technical plans and documents

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general office assistant/ secretarial service architectural assistant responsible for preparing and completing technical plans and documents liaise with clients

July 2010-August 2010 Architecture&Construction Office Theodore Tsatsaronis Intern, Operational Programme “Education and Lifelong Learning”, NSRF • general office assistant/ secretarial service • architectural assistant • responsible for preparing and completing technical plans and documents

Greek Native English C2 University of Michigan (ECPE) (May 2008) C1 University of Cambridge (CAE)(June 2004) German C1 Goethe Institut (ZMP)(March 2004)

Skills

1Paracity

2 PUBLIC AGORA 3 Soundscape Isle 4 TrainAreaSpotting 5 T.E.F.K. House 6 models

Paracity _elective design studio 1 _Volos _ Palaia area

_During this elective design studio we were asked to design houses-parasites in Palaia area, Volos. Parasites are attached to other organisms-elements in order to survive. In our case we consider parasite a balcony that is not part of the main frame of building but it is attached to it with other mechanisms. So we decided to design small studios attached tha same way to already existing buildings and created our own city parasites. Our Paracity homes are placed high above street level with no access but from the buildings they are attached to. A corridor links them to each other creating an elevated path above street/city level.

Varvakios square _PUBLIC AGORA _elective design studio 3 _Athens_city centre

horizontal section

elevated floor side view

1st floor plan

cross section elevated floor side view

2nd floor plan

_During this elective design studio we were asked to redesign Varvakios square and design a public agora as well. The spot is located in the centre of Athens, where the temperature can get really high during summer months, and we wanted not to just build a market but a place where you can spend some quality time alone or with the family. The idea was to surround the square with a metal mesh on which we place flowers and plants for natural shade and cool. In the interior we designed the market on the 1st floor and we added elevated floor for other uses such as resting or reading a book. interior view from elevated floor

_Soundscape Isle _design studio 5

_Thessaloniki_Lahanokipoi Menemeni area

_The site is located near the west city entrance in a large area where you can find small manufacture, trade and transportation industries. The last few years it is continuously transforming. Large hotel complexes, shopping malls and office buildings are being constructed there. We were asked to design residential complexes for about 4000 people, alongside other facilities. We placed the houses in the centre of the site. In one end there is a park and on the other end we placed sport facilities (basketball, volleyball, tennis and football courts) and shops (grocery store, mini market, pharmacy, etc) as the site is far from the city centre and it is difficult to find the essentials anyplace near. The main idea was to create elevated paths-routes in order to soundproof the area from the highway. Some of them are solid underneath when some remain only surfaces in order to create space for parking spots for the residents and the site visitors.

_TrainAreaSpotting _design studio 7

_ Tavros metro station_Athens

pedestrian path alongside the rails

square & open exhibition space

Tavros metro station

The area of study begins at Hamosternas and Thessalonikis street intersection and ends at Kallithea metro station in Athens. We redesigned Tavros metro station completely and created a pedestrian path alongside both sides of the metro line, adding light to the dark, dangerous, blind spots. Because Athens is a densely-built and overpopulated city we thought it was also necessary to create more open public spots such as parks, squares and exhibition spaces. We found several old abandoned buildings in this area, so in addition to the pedestrian path and the redesign of Tavros metro station, we decided to turn those empty ,unused spaces into rooms for homeless people, food and supply centres for those in need, youth centres, senior citizen centres and parking spaces.

masterplan metro station interior view

parking& exhibition centre pedestrian path and train rail section

square& youth centre

square and train rail section

Tidy E nergetic F lowing K inetic HOUSE

T.E.F.K. House was a result of my special research topic about the search of personal space after returning back to family home. We are the new â&#x20AC;&#x153;boomerang generationâ&#x20AC;? due to the plague of the economic crisis the last years in Greece. Like me, many others were forced to return back to their parents home. T.E.F.K. House is a residence about 20 m2 designed to accommodate a single person or a couple. I wanted to create an affordable, compact home. The movement mechanism is simple, the moving walls/modules are placed on two rails on the floor. By combining kinetic and folding architecture, the moving walls are used as equipment storage and the free space can have multiple uses.The necessary conditions for the user and the house to function are its own initials. Being tidy, energetic, flowing through free space of T.E.F.K. House.By storing all objects in the moving walls/modules the user/users can have the experience of a 4 room house in only one space.Solid elements are the kitchen and the bathroom. The dining room, bedroom and wardrobe are movable.I focused on the minimum interior comfort space and made a proposal with minimum dimensions (that is the reason the hand model was left without exterior walls).The moving walls/modules are designed to fit in and could be placed in already existing buildings or empty spaces.

kitchen section

living room 3d model

kitchen + desk/workspace section

living room section

bedroom 3d model bedroom section

T.E.F.K. House model scale 1:5

kitchen

bedroom

kitchen + desk/workspace

bedroom + desk/workspace

living room

wardrobe

6 1st semester _introduction to Architecture _design studio _workshop and small studio apartment _final model scale 1:100

_TrainAreaSpotting final model scale 1:2000

T.E.F.K. House final model scale 1:5

T.E.F.K. House work models scale 1:20