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portfolio[selected works from 2009-2012]

kaspar krass

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UNIVERSITY CAMPUS & GREENHOUSE // MEDIUM SCALE // 2012

08-11 ___ CITY HALL // LARGE SCALE // 2012

12-15 ___ SPIN // SMALL SCALE // 2010

16-17 ___ EXISTENCE MINIMUM/STUDENT HOUSING // MEDIUM SCALE // 2011

18-19 ___ YOUTH CENTER // MEDIUM SCALE // 2011

20-21 ___ PRIVATE HOUSE // SMALL SCALE // 2010

22-29 ___ PROTOTYPES/STRUCTURES/CASE STUDY // 2009-2012

30-31 ___ GRAPHICS // 2010

32-37 ___ DRAWINGS/PAINTINGS // 2009-2012

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12-15

08-11

16-17

18-19

20-21

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28-29

30-36

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curriculum vitae

EDUCATION:2012 RMIT - exchange semester, Upper-pool

2009-... Estonian Academy of Arts / architecture and

urban design / 5 year study /

fi nished BACHELOR LEVEL (180ECTS)

2005-2008 Tartu Hugo Treff ner Gymnasium (HTG)

EXPERIENCE:2012 RMIT - working with 3-axis CNC mill and lasercutter

2011 workshop: student housing in Paris, France at

Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-

Belleville

2011 city observing workshop in Milan, Italy

2011 curator of the exhibition “Shelter” in Tallinn

Architectural Biennale (TAB)

2011 curator of the exhibition “Endgame” in gallery

Draakon, Old Town, Tallinn

2011 Curator of the exhibition “SPIN” in gallery

Draakon

2011 book editor “Shelters 2010” (88pg)

2010 workshop “Architectural representation” with

Vincent Saulier

2010 construction practice as an architect and project

manager in Pedaspea, Estonia (creation of SPIN)

MISC:2011 executive member (head of estonian delegation)

in the “Youth in Action” programme - student ex-

change network in Sicily, Italy

2003-2008 designer/editor of the school newspaper

name: Kaspar Krass

date of birth: 21.02.1989

nationality: Estonian

hometown: Tallinn, Estonia

phone number: 041 093 3676

e-mail: kaspar.krass@artun.ee

LANGUAGES:estonian: native

english: IELTS 7.5

(very good standard)

PROGRAMS:Rhinoceros

also RhinoScript

Python

Grasshopper

VRay

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Premiere Pro

AutoCAD

Ecotect Analysis

I always try to defy the limits and not settle with the easy

way out. I consider myself good at design. I like the art

of crafting: drawing, painting, model-making and also

computational methods - scripting and 3D modelling.

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FOSTER STREET

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AS STREET

CHELTEN

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MELBOURNE

THOM

AS STREET

SITE PLAN

DANDENONG

CBD

ENTRANCES PEDESTRIAN VEHICULAR RECEPTION/SECURITY

MAIN ENTRANCECECE

TO GREENHOUSEOTOTOTO

TO PARKING-LOTTO PTO PTOT G-LOT

THE PATTERN DERIVES FROM STRUCTURES SEEN IN MICROBIOL-OGY. IT MIMICS THE CELL-MEM-BRANE SYSTEM. THE PATTERN HAS THREE FUNCTIONS BESIDES BEING DECORATIVE: A) SELF-BEARING STRUCTURE

B) FRAME FOR WINDOWSC) PROTECTION AGAINST DIRECT SUNLIGHT

PATTERN

UNIVERSITY CAMPUS & GREENHOUSE nominated for “award of excellence” - RMIT upper-pool design studio

fall 2012 in RMIT

OOTOTOOOOTG-LO

STAIRS LIFTS

VERTICAL ELEMENTS

THE AIM OF THIS STUDIO WAS TO GENERATE AND TO OBEY TO DIFFERENT RULES GIVEN BY PROFESSORS. THEY LIMITED THE HEIGHT, CORNER ANGLES, EDGE LENGTH, FAR ETC. AFTER GENERATION TASK WE HAD TO CHOOSE AND PUT TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS

INTO A BUILDING, WHICH WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE ANY OF THEM. THE GREENHOUSE AND UNIVERSITY ARE A GOOD FIT. THERE ARE TWO MAIN ENTRANCES - ONE TO UNIVER-SITY, SECOND TO THE GREEN-HOUSE. BOTH OF THEM PRO-VIDE VERTICAL MOVEMENT.

IT WAS VERY IMORTANT TO CRE-ATE THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE COURT-YARD. THE VISUAL FROM IN-SIDE THE BUILDING, ESPECIALLY FROM THE RESTAURANT AND GREENHOUSE, TO COURTYARD ALLOWS STUDENTS TO SEE WHAT OTHER STUDENTS ARE UP TO.

THE SITE IS SITUATED ON THIS SHARP CORNER AND FOR THAT REASON I WANTED TO CREATE SHORTCUTS SO PEOPLE DON’T HAVE TO GO AROUND THE BUILDING, BUT CAN CUT THROUGH THE COURTYARD. TO ACCOMPLISH THAT I CREATED TWO ARCHWAYS.

PROFESSORS: JAN VAN SCHAIK, JOHN DOYLE, ED CARTER

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FLOOR SLABS

SUN

BOTANICAL GARDEN RESTAURANT ATRIUM

1ST FLOOR

1-1 2-2 3-3 4-4

SEATING SEATING STAIRS COURTYARD ROOF-DECKING

SEATING AND DECKING

THE PATTERN DERIVES FROM STRUCTURES SEEN IN MICRO-BIOLOGY. IT MIMICS THE CELL-MEMBRANE SYSTEM. THE PAT-TERN HAS THREE FUNCTIONS BESIDES BEING DECORATIVE: FIRST, IT BEARS THE WEIGHT OF THE FLOORS. SECOND - IT PRO-VIDES WINDOW FRAMES. IT

ALSO PROVIDES PROTECTION FROM THE DIRECT SUNLIGHT - THE FRAMEWORK IS NOT ON THE SAME PLANE AS THE WIN-DOWS, SO IT IS CREATING A PROTECTIVE VISOR. BESIDES THAT THE PATTERN CONTINUES ON THE GROUND - SHAPING THE LANDSCAPE.

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mini-scale ~25 m2 SPINshelter-sculpture / rapidograph and ink / spring 2010

professors: Andres Alver, Jüri Soolep

CONCEPT5 LEVELS OF BOXES ARE STACKED

UPON EACH OTHER, SO IT CREATES

THIS SPIRAL STAIRCASE TO THE ROOF.

ANOTHER STAIRCASE IS INSIDE, WHICH

LEADS TO A COZY ROOM.

EVERY BOX HAS CAREFULLY

MEASURED WALLS AND DISTANCES

FROM EACH OTHER, CREATING IDEAL

CONDITIONS FOR SITTING, STANDING,

TALKING, EATING....

SITUATED ON THE ROCKY

SHORE OF ESTONIA, THE BUILDING

SCREWS - SPINS ITSELF OUT FROM THE

EARTH, TAKING SIMILAR BOX-OVER-

BOX SHAPE AS THE LANDSCAPE.

IN A WAY, IT IS AN ARCHI-

TECTURAL DORIAN GRAY PORTRAIT,

AS IT TRIES TO CAPTIVATE THE STATE

OF BEING YOUNG OR AT LEAST RECALL

THE FEELING. IT DOES IT SO WHEN

CLIMBING AND JUMPING FROM ONE

PLATFORM TO ANOTHER BY MAKING

ONES BLOOD CIRCULATE FASTER AND

CREATES A LITTLE ADRENALINE RUSH.

CONSTRUCTIONIT WAS BUILT AS PART OF MY 1ST YEAR

CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE. I WAS THE

ARCHITECT AND PROJECT MANAGER.

IT IS BUILT USING GLULAM

AND SCREWS. IT IS PUT TOGETHER

WITH TECHNIQUES, WHICH ARE SIMI-

LAR TO THOSE WHICH ARE USED TO

MAKE TIMBER FURNITURE.

THE WALLS ARE SELF-BAR-

ING AND THEREFORE NO ADDITIONAL

FRAMEWORK, BESIDES THE WINDOW

FRAMES, WAS USED.

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SECTION

DETAILED DESIGN

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SPIN at Pedaspea / summer 2010

THE GLULAM WALLS ARE SELF-BEARING AND

THEREFORE NO ADDITIONAL FRAMEWORK,

BESIDES THE WINDOW-FRAMES, WAS USED.

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interiour / summer 2010

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large scale ~30 000m2

administrative buildingcity hall / 2011/2012

professors: 3+1 (A.Ojari,M.Kaasik,I.Valdur)

The form is derived from the process of movement.

Constant movement on the streets transforms into a spiral path around the building.

The continuition of the street-life becomes part of the building,

creating terracces and city squares on roof-tops.

outdoors

cinema

city square

restaurant

balcony of

the mayor

elevated park

elevated park

balcony of council hall

stone park

base elevators construction floors glass

MAIN CONCEPTTO CREATE A SELF-ESTABLISHING IDENTITY TO THAT SITE, I DEVELOPED A HIGHRISE WHICH USES A SPIRAL ELEVATED PARK TO GENERATE DIFFERENT SPACIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITIZENS. THE PATH FROM GROUND TO UPWARDS HOLDS A LOT OF BALCONIES, WHICH REVIEL TO CITIZENS HOW THE CITY IS GOVERNED. IT ALSO PROVIDES GREEN-ERY IN THIS DENSE URBAN AREA. WHILE MOVING HIGHER, THE PEOPLE CAN ENJOY THE DIFFERENT VIEWS, OUTDOOR CINEMA OR HAVE LUNCH IN THE RESTAURANT.

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medium-scale ~6000m2

student housinggenerating ideas how to build

a communal living for students /

groupwork: A.Staškevits, L.Linsi, A.Perrin

workshop in Paris / autumn 2011

professors: Vincent Saulier, Toomas Tammis

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WORKSHOP PROCESS:

1) defi ning existence minimum (individual)

2) sharing the ideas / forming the groups

3) mixing diff erent ideas together

4) further developement towards one main idea/method

5) from ideas to reality

WORKSHOP ASSIGNMENT:

TO CREATE AND DEVELOPE A METHOD/CONCEPT HOW

TO BUILD A STUDENT HOUSING

PUBLIC PRIVATE PATHWAYS

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MY PROPOSAL TO

THE EXISTENCE MINIMUM

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STREET

COURTYARD

OUR PROPOSAL:

WE SEEK TO OFFER MANY DIFFERENT TYPE OF LIVING

UNITS. AS THEY ALL ARE BOX-SHAPED, WE CAN AR-

RANGE THEM INSIDE THE BUILDING AS LEGO BLOCKS.

WE CAN ADD, REDUCE OR CHANGE THEM ACCORDING

TO THE DEMAND

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VOLUME

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PROGRAM

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WEST VIEW

DIAGRAM

LOBBY

FITNESS

GREAT HALLOFFICE

CAFE

MULTIME-

CLASSROOM

GAMING HALL

MAINTAINCE/STORAGE

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medium scale ~2500m2

youth centeryouth center at Tammsaare street / spring 2011

professors: Kalle Komissarov, Emil Urbel

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1:10000

AXIS FROM ONE

CENTER TO ANOTHER

1 KM

8254 IN

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3809

6057

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2741

LÕIGE A-A

TÖÖTUBA-KLASSIRUUM

VÄRV

TEHNILINE

LÕIGE A-A

LIFT

M WC

INFO

KORISTAJA

KÖÖK

MÄNGUSAAL

-0.8

MULTIMEEDIA, LAVA

-2.4TV STUUDIO

LÕIGE B-B

HELISALVESTUS

I WC

METALL

BÄND

N WC

LADU

BÄND

KOHVIK

LÕIGE B-B

GARDEROOB

FUAJEE

DJ, RAADIO

PUIT

LÕIGE B-B

LÕIGE A-A

NÕUSTAMINE

LÕIGE A-A

PEEGELSAAL

LÕIGE B-BARHIIV

LÕIGE A-A

SUUR SAAL

KONTOR

PEEGELSAAL

SAALI LADU

BUDO

LÕIGE A-A

LÕIGE A-A

LÕIGE A-A

LÕIGE B-B LÕIGE B-B

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small scale ~250m2

private househouse at Poska street / autumn 2010

professors: Indrek Peil ja Siiri Vallner

PEREKONNALEGENDPeres on 5 inimest: isa, ema, kaks lapseeas tütart ja mehe isa.

- Ema on kodune. Tegeleb laste kasvatamise ning küpsetamisega. Tänava poole võiks avaneda väike kondiitrinurk, kus ta oma küpsetisi ümberkaudsetele müüb.

- Isa on graafiline disainer ja töötab büroos, ent teinekord tuleb tööd ka koju kaasa võtta.

- Tütred on vastavalt 2- ja 5-aastased. Kummalgi on eraldi tuba.

- Vanaisa on põhiliselt kodus, tegeledes lastelaste ja taimekasvatusega. Selleks on maja juures kasvuhoone.

LINNAANALÜÜSMilliseid probleeme esineks ühe maja puhul?

Üks pikk maja varjutaks oluliselt naabrite majja tulevat valgust.

posk

a tn

koidula tn

POSKA 39

POSKA 41 jääks päris mitmest tunnist päevas päikesevalgusest ilma

Ühe maja puhul jääb aed väga avatuks naabritele. Puudub privaatsus nii aias kui ka mõlemas maja otsaseinas - üks on avatud tänavale, teine naabritele.

Teistest majadest või tänavalt avanevad vaated.

Üle tee asuva maja fassaad

LIIKLUS!3.oktoobril, pühapäeval, 16.30- 16.50 sõitis minust mööda 156 autot - see on 468 autot

tunnis ning hinnanguliselt 4500 autot päevas;

on hetki, kus on raske üle tee saada, sest tänaval pole ülekäiguradasi; private

public

Posk

a st

reet

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SAUN 8m2

VANNITUBA 11.8m2

MAGAMISTUBA 10.1m2

MAGAMISTUBA 11.2m2

VANEMATEMAGAMISTUBA

16m2

KORIDORID 15.7m2

KONTOR-TÖÖTUBA ISALE

24.2m2

VANAISA ELAMINE 20m2

WC 4.8 m2

RÕDU 25.3m2

KORIDOR 4.2m2

GARAAŽ 18.1m2

PAGARIÄRI 42.9m2

ESIK6.9m2

WC 1.7m2

KASVUHOONE 19.6m2

ELAMISRUUMID 40.1m2

ESIK 9.1m2

MAJANDUSRUUM 5.4m2

WC 1.4m2

MAJAPIDAMISVAHENDITE RUUM11.6m2

AED ILMA TERRASSIDETA 145m2

AED TERRASSIDE JA KASVUHOONEGA

261m2 PAGARIÄRI TERRASS 20.5m2

1.KORRUSE PLAAN / M 1:50

2.KORRUSE PLAAN / M 1:50

LÕIGE 1-1 / M 1:50

LÕIGE 1-1 LÕIGE 1-1

LÕIGE 1-1 LÕIGE 1-1

0.000

2.100

-0.500

2.600

3.100

5.200

5.700

7.000

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prototypes /

structuresfractal systems / 2010-2011

fractal workshop / spring 2011

professor: Martin Melioranski

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modelling workshop - creating 3D from 2D / spring 2010

professor: Toomas Tammis

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airbags create/defi ne public

areas, straws give the volume

prototypes in RMIT fall 2012

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graphicsrapidograph / autumn 2009

professor: Toomas Tammis

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paintingsautumn 2009 - summer 2011

Muhu harbor / acrylics / summer 2011

triptyhhon / acrylics / spring 2010

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fl ying man / acrylics / summer 2011

darkness / acrylics / summer 2011

old loading-area / acrylics / summer 2011

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Paris / acrylics / spring 2010

Turu bridge in Tartu / acrylics / 2008

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examination / acrylics / spring 2011

color workshop 2010 / acrylics / spring 2010

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drawingsfrom past till present

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curriculum vitae

EDUCATION:2012 RMIT - exchange semester, Upper-pool

2009-... Estonian Academy of Arts / architecture and

urban design / 5 year study /

fi nished BACHELOR LEVEL (180ECTS)

2005-2008 Tartu Hugo Treff ner Gymnasium (HTG)

EXPERIENCE:2012 RMIT - working with 3-axis CNC mill and lasercutter

2011 workshop: student housing in Paris, France at

Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-

Belleville

2011 city observing workshop in Milan, Italy

2011 curator of the exhibition “Shelter” in Tallinn

Architectural Biennale (TAB)

2011 curator of the exhibition “Endgame” in gallery

Draakon, Old Town, Tallinn

2011 Curator of the exhibition “SPIN” in gallery

Draakon

2011 book editor “Shelters 2010” (88pg)

2010 workshop “Architectural representation” with

Vincent Saulier

2010 construction practice as an architect and project

manager in Pedaspea, Estonia (creation of SPIN)

MISC:2011 executive member (head of estonian delegation)

in the “Youth in Action” programme - student ex-

change network in Sicily, Italy

2003-2008 designer/editor of the school newspaper

name: Kaspar Krass

date of birth: 21.02.1989

nationality: Estonian

hometown: Tallinn, Estonia

phone number: 041 093 3676

e-mail: kaspar.krass@artun.ee

LANGUAGES:estonian: native

english: IELTS 7.5

(very good standard)

PROGRAMS:Rhinoceros

also RhinoScript

Python

Grasshopper

VRay

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Premiere Pro

AutoCAD

Ecotect Analysis

I always try to defy the limits and not settle with the easy

way out. I consider myself good at design. I like the art

of crafting: drawing, painting, model-making and also

computational methods - scripting and 3D modelling.

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