Architecture Portfolio Vasiliki Tsimpouki
Contents
Resume
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Architectural projects
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e-polykatoikia
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Narture
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Multicafe
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Design research projects
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Tensei Point-Line-Curve
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Studies and experimentations
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Material experimentations Various
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Office work
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House for a retired couple
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Resume
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Vasiliki
Tsimpouki
Architectural engineering student e-mail:vas.tsimpouki@gmail.com
Cell.:+306942893442
E D U C A T I O N School of Architecture, Univeristy of Patras
Patras, Gr. September 2017-Currently
Architectural engineering Diploma, final year, G.P.A. 8.7/10 Architecture & Dataset Creation webinar by Matias Del Campo
June 2021
Eco-parametric structures webinar by Studio Mamou Mani
March-April 2021
Honors:Accepted in HackUPC 2022 Best in class 7th semester parametric design project “Point-line-curve” was exhibited in the “Architectural creation and research” symposium Ranked 1st in the Department admission exams and at top 10% nationwide
April 2022 A.U,Thessaloniki, Gr. September 2021 June 2017
E X P E R I E N C E Assistant Architect, Petros Poulidis Architectural office
November 2021 - Currently
I prepare digital drawings and images for an architectural firm that specialises in holiday houses in Paros island. Lab assistant, Digital Mechanisms Lab
Patras, Gr. October 2021 - February 2022
The lab’s objective was to create a digital protoyping project using Rhinoceros grasshopper. I assisted guiding students through familiarisation with the methodology and consequent experimental process. Research assistant, Experiments in print space
Kasterlee, Bel., October 2021
I participated in a week-long typography research project, organized in Frans Masereel Centrum.
S K I L L S Autocad, Grasshopper, Rhino3D, Revit, Maya, Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, ArcGIS, zBrush
LANGUAGES Greek (native), English (C2) , French (B2)
H O B B I E S Photography, athletics, volunteering, travelling, pen drawing, diagram making 2
Architectural
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projects
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Supervisor Panos Dragonas
e-Polykatoikia
Type housing complex Area 7.100 sq.m Year 2021
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This housing complex addresses issues
Inside the e-polykatoikia, there are only
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derived from the micro-capitalist Greek
space renters. Communal areas are
Flexible and adaptable spaces allow for
housing prototype of Polykatoikia with
filled with all the necessary amenities for
occupants or businesses to come
added parameters sustainability, tempo
a comfortable living, while some areas
and go as quickly and easily as the busy
rality and pandemic confinement.
are left empty for small scale businesses
city center demands.
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Apartment network and neighbourhood
Apartment network consists of a room unit and a kitchenette
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The room plugs in a 4.5x4.5x4 m area with four corner pipes.Electricity, clean and grey water, sewage flow through them. Between the pipes, 5cm dense PP membranes form the room skin, and can fold according to the occupant’s needs. Skins can be colored, and storage spaces can be determined by a special algorithm, allowing for maximum personalisation. A corner bathroom unit is included. Greywater can be stored and recycled there.
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In this example scenario, 3 people living alone while 3 others are housemates Two people are currently renting extra space from the neighbourhood. All apartments’ furnishing and decor is personalised.
Polykatoikia
Polykatoikias are typically multi-storey apartment complexes and often ground floor shops made of reinforced concrete.
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In order for them to be built, a land owner has to assign a civil engineer to take up the project, paying them with apart
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ments the latter construct. The engineer 14
complete the project partly at their own-
cost and make profit by selling or renting the apartments or other spaces they own.
Fourth floor
Κitchen unit comes in 3 sizes. Occupants who don’t cook much may not need it at all, as there is a restaurant at the first floor, while co-habitants can share one.
Neighbourhoods can accommodate 6 room units and maximum 6 medium sized kitchenettes. Room units must be placed in such a fashion, that they can have full access to the 1.5x4.5 for-rent space in front of them, in case of need. The surrounding building skin collects rain water and drives through the pipes to faucets and irrigation systems. Tha space formed between the skin and the modules can serve for meditation.
For-rent spaces can alaws be rent. For example, the third floor is ideal for martial arts or dancing teachers to house their classes, while doctors or salespeople can pay visits occasionaly. Small businesses that address dining and leisurecan sprout on the roof garden. Incomes are saved for maintance and other purposes. Extra space can be rent from the surrounding neighbourhood, as well. At times that need for space grows, for example during night time, or after a friendly visit or a sudden lockdown, an 1.5x4.5 m. area is available for every resident, and the incomes are shared within the rest neighbors.
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Third floor
1.Neighbourhoods Neighbourhoods 2.Restaurant 3.Kitchen
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4.Library
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5.Internet cafe 6.Tennis court 7.Gym equipment
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9.Shauna 10.Shower 11.Roof garden 12.Theatre 13.Space currently rent by a juice shop owner 14.For-rent For-rent spaces
Second floor
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First floor 1.Neighbourhood 2.Game room 3.Golf course
South-West elevation 9
View inside right tube
View inside Internet cafe 10
South East Elevation 11
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Team
Type Tree-house pavilion complex
NARTURE
Romain Russe Alessandro Farina Vasiliki Tsimpouki Mark Giusti
Location Dainava forest, Lithuania
Abiodun Shonibare
Area 140 sq.m.
Supervisor Arhtur Mamou-Mani
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Year 2021
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SHRUBS
Calathea/movement
Plant mechanisms research
Diffenbachia/spiral growth
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Diffenbachia Spiral growth
Polyphylla aloe Phylotaxis
SUCCULENTS
N A R T U R E By The Puffer Team
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Christmas cactus Aggregation growth
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Platanus/seed
2 layer skin surface subdvision
Platanus seed Surface subdivision
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Concept
N A R T U R E By The Puffer Team
pinecone pollination ~ an enclosed form that changes and seeks connection
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Project parameters Plant Location World map
Platanus
The project was made during “Eco-parametric structures” webinar. Each team member analyzed a mechanism extracted from a plant of their choice. We mapped our plants’ location and did a sorting according to the type and climate zone they belong.
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Pinecone form During the creative process and after MATRIX long discussions we came to conclude that a layered pinecone structure is representative of the team’s collaborative research. Our pinecone script parameters include mathematically constructed surface curvature, rotation angle, radial curves number, curve subdivision number, percentage of total outer surface coverage by triangular sheets.
Forest context Data collected for Lithuanian forests led us to our final pinecone-tree-house complex form. Dainava DainavaForest Forest
Properties Lithiuanian Forest Properties Lithiuanian Forest
LOCATION LOCATION
Location data
Properties Properties
NARTU Flat Terrain Flat Terrain
Pine wood available locally Pine wood available locally
Rivers with Rivers with numerous numerous tributaries tributaries
Very Dense Very Dense
Lithuania
Many lakes & wetlands Many lakes & wetlands 20-35 m 20-35 m
78% Avg humidity 78% Avg humidity
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Dainava forest
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1,450 km2 total area
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1,145 km2 covered by trees
Pine Pine
Spruce Spruce
Black alder Black alder
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Important part of Lithuanial life Important part of Lithuanial life
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Cone development
Cone structure Plywood slabs on metal rods on wooden skeleton on wooden rings around tree Floors are attached both on tree and structure, adding to the stability of the total arrangement. The outer skin is covered with thin plywood sheets.
Fibonacci Spiral model A symmetric volume is formed around a vertical axis. with 2,4,6,8,10 curves 10-curve model is used
Spiral route Cones are connected with net bridges. A double cone reaches top height and a panoramic view of the forest. 17
Cone interior
Double cone 18
Team members
M U L T I C A F E
Vasiliki Tsimpouki George Bourlis Manos Athanasiadis
Supervisor Dimitris Antoniou
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Type Cafeteria-bar-restaurant
Area 260 sqm
Year 2020
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Construction plans
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First floor
1.Cafe-restaurant 2.Bar 3.Study area 4.Outdoor cafe 5.Kitchen 6.W/C
7.Stairs 8.Barista and takeaway counter 9.Study area 10.Balcony 11.Void 12.Staff area
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Construction details Stair and shelving composite structure
Elevation
Hidden structure
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Composit structure is held in place by 5x5 cm wooden vertical elements and a metal structure hidden inside the kitchen wall. Above the bar, shelvings and horizontal elements create space for bottles and glasses, while next to it books and deco rative elements are placed.
Composite structure Sections
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Close-ups 1.Roof detail and connection to neighboring building 2.Balcony floor and facade connection 3.Suspended ceiling and Lighting fixture 4.Sidewalk foundation
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Design research projects
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TENSEI
A series of small scale projects based on a system of elastic membrane rings and wooden linear elements. A tensegrity module is formed thanks to the mutual annihilation of the membrane’s tension forces and the sticks’ compression forces.
4-4 Tensegrity module
Linear modular array
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Connection is elegantly achieved through mutual sharing of 2 sticks in every pair of modules.
In this configuration, a “+” linear element formation is added to each ring opening, Vertical liners’ edges are stabilised at the top corners and the bottom middles, forming a rectangular and an octagonal base respectively.
4-8 Tensegrity module
Geometrical transformation through rotation
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Facade kinetic mechanism Πρόταση ανοιγόμενης κινηματικής κατασκευής Στόχος της κατασκευής είναι ο έλεγχος
Team
του εισερχόμενου φωτός, ήχου ή αέρα,
αξιοποιώντας την ιδιότητα των tensegrity
Panos Albanis Vasiliki Tsimpouki ή να αποκλείουν κινηματικά την δίοδο Nikos Spiliotopoulos των τπαραπάνω ροών.
μεμβρανοειδών μονάδων να δημιουργούν
Supervisor Aikaterini Liapi Year 2022
Mechanism Fabric tubes and metal rods system held by a wire grid attached on wooden frames connected with corner kinetic mechanisms.
Ορθές προβολές της κατασκευής σε
Rotation stages θέσεις κίνησης. διαφορετικές
While the panels move away from each other, rods rotate and fabric unfolds
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Interior views Modules’ open and closed phases create different lighting qualities .
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P O I N T L I N E C U R V E
T e a m single
S u p e r v i s o r Vasilis Stroumpakos
Y e a r 2021
Generative script where points, lines and c u r v e s act o n e a c h o t h e r t o c r e a t e a n u n d u l a t i n g c o n t o u r c o m b i n a t i o n.
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1.Generation of a parametric surface composition with differentiating curvature and gradual distortion of deformation frequency. 2. Box cutters sculpt surfaces by surface area removal 3. Contour lines are divided in points. Points generate random length lines. Line endpoints generate new contour lines. 4.Sister contour sets create surfaces between them 1 Generative algorithm 31
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Parameter investigation process
Eat me wall building skin plan- volume removal
Linear representation
Point tensity diagram
Metaball point charge according to previous diagram
Point grid attraction
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Surface gradual emergence from a flat plane
Complexity reduction
Point attraction driven deform hypothesis
Scripted geometry configurations
Contour surfaces number addition
Contour surfaces number and area reduction
Contour surfaces number and area reduction 34
Generative configurations
White background - Operations applied manually on baked versions
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S t u d i e s
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Experiments on cotton and cement material system
Fabric casting experiments
1.Cement mixture covered in cotton
6.Heavy quantity of cement on fabric on 4-square wood panel.
2.Diagram of building destruction represented by cement, leaving space for plnt growth (cotton)
7.Dipped in watery cement mixture fabric items hanging and dragged in different fashions from a wood panel.
Τοίχος από τσιμεντόλιθους Προς κάποιο τέλος
Τοίχος από τσιμεντόλιθους Μέση
5.Concept of a cement and cotton garden
Τύποι εμποδίων
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Τοίχος από τσιμεντόλιθους Αρχή
4.Pulling of cotton fibres after being dipped in water and cement
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Δημιουργία και κάλυψη κενού
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Παρατήρηση: όσο το σκυρόδεμα και το μέταλο εξασθενούν, στην ίδια θέση απλώνεται οργανική ύλη
Φθαρμένα εμπόδια
3.Cement and cotton quantities differentiation
Παρατήρηση: όσο το σκυρόδεμα και το μέταλο εξασθενούν, στην ίδια θέση απλώνεται οργανική ύλη
Δημιουργία και κάλυψη κενού
το ξεκίνημα κάθε ανάπτυξης
Τύποι εμποδίων Φθορά
Τύποι εμποδίων Φθορά
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Τοίχος από τσιμεντόλιθους Αρχή
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Τοίχος από τσιμεντόλιθους Προς κάποιο τέλος
Παρατήρηση: όσο το σκυρόδεμα και το μέταλο εξασθενούν, στην ίδια θέση απλώνεται οργανική ύλη
Συρματόπλεγμα
Δημιουργία και κάλυψη κενού
Τοίχος από τσιμεντόλιθους Αρχή
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Τοίχος από τσιμεντόλιθους Προς κάποιο τέλος
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8.Sandwich of fabric envelope and cement filling hanging from a wooden panel, carrying loads and pulled at multiple directions. 9. Different shell arrangements with plastic meshes create differentiated spatial qualities. 10. Digital shell arrangements using Grasshopper Kangaroo Fabric simulation.
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To form through mapping 1.Territory mapping and context driven building geometry for a philosophical school at a culturally, geologically and politically heavy slope. 2.Recognising the singularity of an urban promenade in Patras, Gr. 3.Land use groups and vehicular flows of a post-industrial landscape. 4,6. Family house designs in a north peloponnesean subarb. 5. The irony and the misery within the walls of Eleonas, Athens. 7. Recognition of a “banana” effect on the urban core of Valletta, Mt.
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To form through flowing 8.Material doodles. a.Plastic aggregation with paper leaves. b. Plastic tendrills on paper. 9. Hand drawn doodles with black ink pen. 10.Series of distorted photographs from streets and pavements. 11. Digital translations of aggregating flows. a. Through arraying slender slabs b. Through attaching to ellipsoids
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O f f i c e
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w o r k
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House for a retired couple
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