Portfolio Contents
Selected academic and personal works 2012-2017
Resume...........................................................................................1 MArch Projects.............................................................3-12 BA Projects.....................................................................14-19 Work Experience............................................................21
Resume
VIVIANA FULFUC
RIBA PART II
vivianafulfuc@gmail.com Tel:07775433849
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PROFILE
WORK EXPERIENCE Part I Architectural Assistant - Transform Architects (August 2014 – August 2015)
An established member of the office and design team, I worked towards the completion of quality projects in a timely and professional manner. During the time spent there, I improved my design and technical skills by using predominantly CAD to develop schemes. Able to deliver full planning layout drawings unaided, my duties involved the production of tender and construction packages. In addition, I gained a full understanding of the practice’s office procedures.
Creative, dynamic and ambitious, with a keen eye for detail Hard-working and goal-oriented, I work well as an individual and in a team Excellent communication within a work environment, capable of arguing a case and discussing alternatives, showing a great deal of professionalism Deadline driven approach to projects, competent and eager to succeed Curious and committed, fast learner and proactive.
Part I Architectural Assistant - Zoominteriordesignplus
OBJECTIVE
Interior mural artist- Jungle-Kids Party
Enthusiastic, motivated and determined part II looking to further myself in the architectural field, growing as a professional and contribute to the built environment through efficiency and innovativeness. I have an increased interest in interactive environments, being concerned with advanced techniques and materials. I also enjoy traveling, reading, cinema and photography. Amateur tennis and badminton player.
During high-school, I worked as an interior mural artist, freelancing as part of a team. Projects varied from single children’s venues to communal party event spaces. I have learnt to work within a team, learning the basics of delivering a successful project in a timely and professional manner.
EDUCATION
SKILLS
Master of Architecture (MArch) (RIBA pt II) University of Westminster, London
Cinema 4D, After Effects and Premier Pro, ArchiCad, Artlantis, SketchUp, Rhino. lnDesign, Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator. Processing, Arduino. MS Office. Use of Film & CGI as a media for design schemes and project proposals. Freehand drawing skills. Knowledge of the UK Planning System.
COMPETITIONS 2017 2013 2012 2012
Submission to national and international film festivals The Future of Morley urban planning competition 2013 Denis Mason Freehand Drawing competition Google Street View of Manchester competition
VOLUNTEER WORK 2011 Art tutor for foster children
(15 June 2013 – 22 August 2013)
At ZIDplus I worked as part of the team developing projects through the use of various BIM software and modeling programs. Accompanied the director and project architect to numerous client meetings. Assisted in the preparation of planning application material, including renderings and 3D visualisations along with drawings.
(March 2010 – March 2010)
(September 2015 – June 2017)
BA Architecture (International) (RIBA pt I) University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield (September 2011 – June 2014)
Technical Drawer for Architecture and Design “Dinu Lipatti” Art High-School, Pitesti (Romania) (September 2007 – June 2011)
LANGUAGES English (proficient) Romanian (native) Spanish (elementary) Italian (elementary)
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MArch Projects
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MArch 11
Year: 2017 Location: Kings Cross, London
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The design for the Hydro-Power-Play celebrates the poetics around the water abilities to reflect life and material, built around the insideout aquatic experiences. Here, the water duality is transposed into space, blurring the boundaries created by geometrical enclosures. Water provides shape, materiality and texture, adding exquisite light and space quality. The dynamism of the motorway is to be complemented by the stillness of water. In addition, the proposed design is to include the reservoir and the canals around the area of Spaghetti Junction in Birmingham. To a greater extent, the water is
to be used as power-generator, informing the building development. My project explore a scheme for a hybrid Hydro-Power facility that exploits different water qualities, by means of function and design. Visually, my proposal is to enhance and naturally animate the highway area by proposing a massive water bridge that interconnects with the road and physically links the new scheme to the Aston reservoir. The technology of a pumped storage mechanism within a hydropower system comes as a response to infrastructure limitations and climate change, encouraging the exploration of renewable energy.
Mapping the water running through the building
Abstraction of the water particles 3
CROSS SECTION SCALE 1:200
Sectional outlook to emphasize the H2O as the main trigger for defining space
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Scene of the building use on a daytime. Tranquility in the middle of the chaos.
Loggia pool 6
WATER PATH FROM THE TOP TOP POOL TO THE TURBINES
1 Filtered pool water 2 Temporary water tank 3 Infinity edge detail 4 Makrolon glazing facade bar-plate with waterfall on surface 5 Edge profile height to compensate building’s inaccuracy 6 15 mm plasterboard ceiling 7 Permaquik layer 8 25mm marine plywood pool lining 9 Aluminium frame facade mullion 10 joist hanger 11 primary floor beam 12 truss structure 13 water surface 14 Steel Reinforced concrete wall 15 hambro composite floor system 16 water tank with outlet pipe 17 roof profile 18 Vent duct 19 Water pipe 20 electrical cable box
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TURBINE CONTROL PLANT ROOM CROSS SECTION
1 Water tank with outlet pipe 2 Makrolon glazing facade bar-plate 3 Aluminium frame facade mullion 4 Plant room 5 Water surface 6 Roof profile 7 Electrical cabinet 8 Control Screen 9 Through and splash guard 10 Generator 11 Floodgate 12 Gearbox 13 Screw turbine 14 In situ concrete sluice 15 Skylight
Design Strategy - water out The water is to be released through the vertical facade, as a waterfall, feeding the canals containing the turbines. The water stream will enable the turbine’s rotation for producing hydro-energy. This will be eventually transformed into power through a generator placed at the superior head of the turbine, run from the Control Room floor level. The water will consequently be released into the inter-lanes pool, returning to the reservoir. 7
MArch 11
Year: 2017 Location: Covent Garden, London
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Reflective surfaces can be considered interactive features of the buildings, given the fact they mirror the movement around them. The reflection of light and material maps the surrounding built environment, so it becomes even more interactive when people check their own reflection in the shiny coatings. To a greater extent, the translation of a building in a reflective surface is transformed, by means of texture and appearance, distorting the image of reality, hence creating a new and exciting view. Focusing on shop-fronts, mirror-like claddings and windows within the urban perspective of the cityscape, I tried to capture a part of the virtual image of the city, Moving forward, I am planning to enhance the graphical info the urban life has already on display by adding
historical features, functionality and entertainment opportunities of the exposed buildings. This will enable the city users to learn and interact with the metropolis to a higher degree. My design intervention will have the capacity to transform the Covent Garden piazza into an interactive information hub, directing the visitors towards important buildings and tourist attractions in the vicinity of the site. By equipping the mirror panels with hydraulic arms, the mirrors on the upper floor will tilt until they form a huge canopy. The people could then experience new prospects of the area of visually breaking the boundaries of the enclosed piazza space. In addition, the proposed intervention will add dynamism and a new level of distortion and transform the area for a short period of time.
Additional information visible on the mirror-like surface.
Dynamism of the kinetic building facades due to the tilting mirror panels.
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MArch 11
Year: 2016 Location: Kings Cross, London looks like it all comes down to healthy living in an unhealthy virtual environment. I Reflective Reality is a shot that brings together contemporary stages of mixed chose the augmented reality to represent the accelerated prospect of urban life, realities while strongly suggesting a crucial time in the current urban life. The seeking to slightly criticise the way mass-media intrudes our personal perceptions. concept indicates our dependency on travel and commuting. The engine and The augmented reality consists of an overlap between physical space and data, machine era has finished, yet the technology era has just begun. Therefore, composing a dynamic spatial data-base, fostered by human interaction. Interesting we are now thirsty for a continuous development, obsessed to zoom in and to notice is the fact that visually fed information is the most powerful way to out. The image shows a soon-to-happen reality. In the time when information is propagate the data towards the audience. My still image is therefore a manifesto, readily available to everyone, paradoxically, we still cannot decide for ourselves. VIVIANA FULFUC PORTFOLIO MArch II people’s own decision making, criticising the fact that regardless of This is because the urban life is bursting with information that strongly influence -semester concerning Ithe variety available, we are only provided with the information that seems to be our everyday decisions. We are told how to live our lives due to customised information. The decisions we make are dependent on the social media and it appropriate for us, based on data analytics.
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Time-based analysis of the still image
Time-based diagram of the Reflective Reality still image
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Proposed still image Reflective Reality
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Fish Island Greens Year: 2016 Location: Fish Island, London
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Merging nature with advanced, man-made technology, my proposal uses the living trees as structural and sustainable building components. By taking into consideration the time frame and the pattern of trees’ growth, the facility will act as a continuous process Design Studio through 20 TIME PartaI1 period of 50 years, expanding both physically and conceptual, while ensuring the economic growth and social development of Hackney Wick. A program for a TREE BUILDING COMPONENTS & RESEARCH FACILITY comes as a solution for a regeneration strategy of Hackney Wick that will adapt to the 21st Century challenges, such as flooding threats and non-renewable building resources.
The new facility wil be supported by on-living tree stilt columns, developing skywards along with the trees’ growth. The new establishment wil be comprised of the research hub on Arbo-architecture technology and the manufacturing works that produce structural components made of living trees. Thorough research revealed that living trees can take up to 45% dead load over their own weight without breaking, Since the trees have quite an unique growing pattern and there are unpredictable factors influencing their health, a 15% overload is regarded as a safety figure. Therefore, this is going to be a live and on-growing experiment that uses the creative industries and advanced technologies as the knowledge resources and living trees as a structural source.
Scion
Vertical Propagation
Grafting shot
Rootstook
Grafting shot
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studies Tree grafting Tree-grafting studies and design advantages • • • • • • •
Growth speed Plant vigour enhancement Self-repair of damaged plants Tolerance of environmental stress Strength increase Advanced propagation Resistance to damage and insects
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Part-section of the initial two modules
Design Studio 20 TIME Part I1
Part-section of the initial two modules
Design Studio 20 TIME Part I1
View from Wansbeck Road, overlooking the full grown building
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View from Wansbeck Road, overlooking the full grown building
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The Folding Canopies Year: 2015 Location: Hackney Wick,, London
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The proposed light-weight canopies are to be positioned above the site in a way that would reflect the lights coming from the motorway into the underpass. These canopies would change their shape and function for diurnal and nocturnal activities, using a mechanism to fold them in during day time and open them back during night time. The mechanism is to be light responsive, featuring light sensors to detect sunlight variations, acting accordingly. Similar to street-lights, they will automatically react to light changing.
The requirements of the project were to design an architectural intervention that would transform the site within a 24 hours time-frame. Therefore, my proposal consists of a set of five canopies set between the lanes above the underpass, designed in a way that would change the site according to two different activities: Car boot Selling Event during day time and Pop Up Music Event over the night. The Design Studio 20 TIME Part I effect created by the reflective canopies would cater for each of the proposed programs, changing the aspect of the site accordingly.
Position 1: Open Position 1- open
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Position 3- closed Sequence of the canopy’s reflective interior, indicating the folding pattern
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1. & 2. Shoot of the closed canopies, indicating the folding position. 3. & 4. Shoot of the canopies during night time, ndicating the high-reflective faces. 5. & 6. Cars arriving for the car boot sale, together with the catering van. 7. & 8. DJ Boot and people gathering for the party. 9. & 10. Section shoot indicating the relation between above and below.
BA Projects
Tînh Nhân Alternative Wellbeing Centre Year: 2014 Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City is overcrowded with over7 million inhabitants and over-polluted by their 5 million motorbikes. This unhealthy environment weakens the people, so I created a sanctuary of privacy, tranquility and relaxation, like a breath of fresh air.The building rises as a sanctuary in the middle of the chaos, as its thick walls act as barrier against the hectic lifestyle. The building’s program is built around relaxation techniques for body and mind, its main features being an oxygen bar, the potted-herbs shop and traditional massage rooms which culminates with the floating tank room where all the negative thoughts are washed away. The aim was to deliver a functional, aesthetic and sustainable building, in the manner of
the contemporary construction techniques, mixed with the vernacular design strategies. The Vietnamese packed nature of the city dictated the architectural language, leading to a low-carbon building that offers a higher level of comfort for its visitors, despite the warm and polluted environment. Prior to start the design of Tinh Nahn Alternative Well-being centre, factors such as the warm climate and the nature of the built environment have been thoroughly considered though a preliminary urban analysis of the site area. In order to produce a building according to its surroundings, able to stand up to the hot climate conditions, the Well-Being centre was developed around natural ventilation and shading strategies.
Ground Floor Plan Main Entrance.................................................1 Water Pond...................................................2 Reception..........................................................3 Herbal Shop.................................................4 Potted Herbs...............................................5 Small plant room...................................6 Yoga Studio...................................................7 Men Lockers..................................................8 Women Lockers........................................9 Storage............................................................10 Emergency Exit..........................................11
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Environmental strategy . Materiality. Sustainable developm Environmental strategy section 15
Fun Golf Park Year: 2014 Location: Bradford, UK
An unique experience for visitors to play golf or just have a walk through the park, enjoying an exquisite and pleasant pedestrian experience, following a smooth circulation flow. The tree-like columns resembling the tree line behind provide shadows and protection areas in case o rain, blending the design into its appropriate context. The inviting promenade can be approached from above, creating desirable pathways towards the city centre and the new structure. Concept: Studying the ergonomics of the body and the relationship between the body and the golf head shows that the club head orbitates around the body of the player, generating a spiral-shaped curve. Inspired by golf tees, these outdoor structures provide energy, shelter, shade and water. The conceptual system caters with water and energy for the sprinkles on the mini-golf course and generates power for the lighting devices. In case of heavy rain, the water excess is collected into a water tank placed in the plant room of the existing amenities, subsequently being used in the advantage of the water pool. The structure’s system also features 2 algae aquaria that enhances the oxygen supply, improving the air quality.
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Museum of British Folklore Year: 2013 Location: Morley, UK
The way of celebrating the events, the folk story-telling, the playing of traditional instruments, the vernacular language and the proverbs, all come as a whole and is transmitted to the next generation, as the branches of a tree flourishing and regenerating over time, growing older while keeping the spirit alive. My concept for the British Folklore Museum was centered around traditions and popular beliefs, therefore, my design proposal was determined by the programs within. In light of this, the new construction came as a result of merging together the old pavilion with a new building extension.
By keeping parts of the former building, the historical character has been preserved, without threatening the traditional values of the place. Through the retention of the old facades and the addition of a contemporary piece of architecture, a permanent fusion has been created. This enabled the enhancement of visual experience, by complementing each of the contrasting elements. The proposed building aims to bridge the gap between reality and fantasy, a place where myth and legends get real.
Exhibition space
MUSEUM of BRITISH FOLKLORE Windsor Court Redevelopment
Front view
Year: 2013 Location: Morley, UK For this project I teamed up with one of my class mates and submitted this proposal for Windsor Court Redevelopment in Morley, UK. Given the long-lasting nature of the town, the design emerged from the idea of roots wrapping and curving into a sculptural canopy. The outgrown timber strips composing the canopy would extend to form seating and exhibition niches, occupying the narrow space adjacent to the Town Hall. This was an useful experience, as I got to present our proposal in front of a complex jury, receive feedback and see the other contestants’ works.
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Guitar House Year: 2013 Location: Meltham, UK
This project represents a work-home design for a guitar maker. The concept aims to provide accommodation and studio work for the manufacturer and his family. The structure was inspired from the guitar neck‘s curvature, leading to the wavy roof of the house. Since the house is placed on the edge of a pond, the deck is supported by reinforced pylons.
Concept model: Front View
Concept model: Rear View
Proposed Ground Floor and First Floor
Site Plan
Cross sections showing the levels and the main spaces of the house
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The Jubilee Visitor Centre Year: 2012 Location: Huddersfield, UK
The Visitor Centre was designed to mark 60 years of the Queen’s Reign. The proposed building raises gracefully on Castle Hill, as a landmark which has meant to be in there. To provide a better insight into the history of Castle Hill and its magic legends, the center features an exhibition space and learning facilities .In addition, a cafe of the superior side of the building extends on the terrace, .
Rear facade
Front view
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Work Experience
Work Experience
Year-Out Placement
During my work experience in Romania I was responsible with a wide range of tasks, which helped me develop my graphic skills and my architectural knowledge. I have been briefed with the on-going projects, being responsible with preparing drawings for planning applications, site-surveys and working drawings. In addition, I had the chance to work on some interior design schemes, as well as extensions and new-build proposals.
Initially, I was responsible with modeling some of the existing 3D models from the house surveys, but soon after that, I found myself working through most of the design stages towards completion. By putting a lot of effort and creativity into my daily tasks, I became an effective and appreciated team member. Hence, I got to work side by side with the architect and architectural technologist, facilitating the completion of the jobs. This way, I managed to improve my time management skills and increased my work flow. In addition, I attended site visits and participated in discussions with clients and contractors. While in practice, I took the opportunity to join the project architect when monitoring the on-going projects, getting to see building sites from early stages such as demolition and clearing phases to finished states.
Year: 2013 ZID+, Romania
Year: 2014-2015 Transform Architects, UK
Design proposal for a home office.
Design proposal for an open plan living area
Design proposal for a gas station
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