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BSc Architecture
Tough Love Humanist Retreat
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Master of Architecture
Now You See Me... Twin_Plex Design Development Programmatic Joinery Unruly Degrees of Enclosure
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Competition Finalist
Fairy Tale 2017 Professional Work
Bureau de Change B+U References
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Tough Love An Obstacle Course Wedding Venue, Venice, Italy This “Test of Love� reflects both the joys and horrors that we all face in relationships. Extravagant, daring, and excessive in form, in this cathedral two lovers must survive to make it to the altar, with their friends and family watching as onlookers to cheer them on. Marriage and companionship are celebrated for what they truly are: beautiful, spectacular, and undoubtedly, tough.
Fig 1 Interior View of Obstacle Course Fig 2 Interior View of Gargoyle Fig 3 Interior View Fig 4 Interior View of Altar Fig 5 Interior View of Seating Fig 6 Interior View of Maze Fig 5 Interior View of Ladder Fig 5 Interior View entering Cathedral 1
BSc Architecture, 2013-2016
BSc Architecture, 2013-2016
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BSc Architecture, 2013-2016
BSc Architecture, 2013-2016
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Humanist Retreat A Place of Spiritual Pilgrimage, Rome, Italy Inspired by Alain de Botton’s book “Religion for Atheists”, this spiritual mecca for Humanists encapsulates the exuberance of ecclesiastical architecture. People of all religions are welcome and live in a close community “Plug-In City” that grows over time, with the opportunity to meditate, grow their own food and read a vast collection of books within the Temple of Knowledge.
Fig 1 Section A-A Fig 2 Roof Plan Fig 3 Exterior View 5
BSc Architecture, 2013-2016
BSc Architecture, 2013-2016
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Now You See Me...
Tech School, San Francisco, CA Nowadays it is easy for us to decode visual images because of the ubiquity of image-based media. My project harnesses various optical effects to challenge the modern observer’s cognition, in a playful celebration of color, perspective and formal illusions. The Tech Incubator is a glitch in the urban landscape, as Escher-like impossible geometries, pixel patterns and sheared objects flash by one of San Francisco’s main highways.
Fig 1 Ground Plan at 15’ Fig 2 Mid Level Plan at 92’ Fig 3 Model Photo 1 Fig 4 Model Photo 2 Fig 5 South East Elevation Fig 6 North East Elevation 7
Master of Architecture, 2017-2019
Master of Architecture, 2017-2019
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Twin_ Plex
Cinema Space with 3 Theaters Silverlake, LA Inspired by Luhrmann’s 1996 film “Romeo + Juliet”, this project plays on strategies of doubling. The couple first see each other through the lens of an aquarium, where their reflections super-impose onto one another. To imitate this, the cinemas here mirror across a central axis. The two halves seem starkly independent, but are in fact recipricol and alike. This represents the infinite tension and opposition between the rival families.
Fig 1 Set of Models Fig 2 Iteration Model Fig 3 Concept Model 1 Fig 4 Concept Model 2 9
Master of Architecture, 2017-2019
Design Development Mixed-Use Development, Fashion District, LA
The course investigates issues related to the implementation of design: technology, the use of materials, systems integration, and the archetypal analytical strategies of force, order and character. Students were given selected studio projects to develop, and the final presentation consisted of sixteen 24x36� boards conveying structural diagrams as well as 2D and 3D details of the project.
Fig 1 3D Details Fig 2 2D Details Master of Architecture, 2017-2019
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Programmatic Joinery Performing Arts School, BogotĂĄ, Colombia
The metaphor of joinery represents the exchange of ideas within a school.The forms were inspired by pre-Colombian jewelry and Tairona symbols. In terms of tectonics, the building’s skin is derived from a brushed, unfinished gold leaf texture, as goldwork is highly celebrated in Colombia. This school is a metaphor for collaborative learning as many joints fit together to create a collaborative whole.
Fig 1 North-East Isometric View Fig 2 Section A-A Fig 3 Interior View Fig 4 Exterior View 11
Master of Architecture, 2017-2019
Master of Architecture, 2017-2019
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Unruly Degrees of Enclosure Mixed-Use Development, Fashion District, LA
This project proposes a mixed-use development containing residential, office, retail and event units as well as a large flower market. A key aspect of our building is “the grotto”, the large cavernous space where the flower market and public ampitheatre are located. Besides this, three inside “rooms” create an interesting dialogue between the inside and outside, forming multiple thresholds and interstitial spaces.
Fig 1 Long Section A-A Fig 2 Short Section B-B Fig 3 Interior Texture Fig 4 Model of Interior Volume 1 Fig 5 Model of Interior Volume 2 13
Master of Architecture, 2017-2019
Master of Architecture, 2017-2019
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Fairy Tale 2017
VR Therapy for Identity Crises (Honorable Mention) Our entry for this international architecture competition is a psychological report in which a young lady suffers from a cultural identity crisis, after moving from “Konghai City� to England. The patient re-visits different stages of her life through virtual reality therapy, and finally is able to re-build hybrid virtual worlds of places she has lived in. This empowers her and shows us the power of VR as a tele-medical tool.
Group Project: Minh Tran, Alan Ma and Yi Ning Lui
Fig 1-5 VR Worlds 15
International Competition Entry, 2017
International Competition Entry, 2017
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Bureau de Change
Barn Conversion into Showroom/Office, Henley UK This Barn Conversion was designed to be a creative gathering place with an industrial aesthetic. Henley’s history of trade inform the scheme’s materiality, as bespoke glass meeting rooms and leather detailling draw on the artisans of the area. I 3D modelled and produced visualisations in Rhino/Vray, and designed the contemporary brick entrance that appears to crumble away. I also produced the drawings in AutoCad.
Fig 1 Interior View 1 Fig 2 Interior View 2 Fig 3 Entrance View Fig 4 Bathroom View 17
Professional Work, 2019-2020
B+U Architects
Residential Project, PicoRobertson District of LA During my internship I worked on this Beverlywood development residential project in the Pico-Robertson district of LA. The facade was generated in Grasshopper, and then further 3D modeled in Rhino. I produced visualizations of this using Maya, VRay and Photoshop. In addition, we produced a proposal document that contained plans, sections and elevations for bidding this project to developers.
Fig 1 Exterior View 1 Fig 2 Exterior View 2 Fig 3 Ground Plan Fig 4 Section A-A Professional Work, 2019-2020
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Bureau de Change Reference
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Katerina Dionysopoulou Studio 3, 18 Coronet Street N1 6HD London, UK 20th July 2020
To whom it may concern: Ning worked at our studio as an Architectural Assistant between November 2019 and July 2020. Within her time with us, she had the chance to work on two projects during the early stages of concept: - A commercial fit-out of a barn She did extensive research at the start, developed the designs in 3d and produced general arrangement drawings - A student residence: She worked on the overall massing and developed the faรงade in 3d Ning is enthusiastic, diligent and eager to learn. She worked well as a member of a team, developing ideas in Rhino, producing drawings in Autocad and presentation images in Photoshop. For any further information please feel free to contact me. Best regards,
Katerina Dionysopoulou Co-founder/Director 19
Wilkinson Eyre Architects Reference
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