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South Works ChicagoMaster Thesis (Part 1)

Questions how to develop a sustainable and productive strategy in an area experiencing rapid decline and recession, without resorting to tra-ditional and outdated techniques of Masterplanning.

Since 1980, the number of megacities, cities with a population of at least 10 million people, exploded from 4 to 21. In this day of Rapid Urbanization and Mega Cities, Chicago has seemed to have missed the memo: per the 2010 US Census, Chicago was the only major United States city to see its popula-tion decrease. (its population drops to a low not seen since 1910.) Conventional Masterplan and Urban Design strategies, both academic & professional, tend to focus on strategies for rapid urbanization and transformation from cities to mega cities. How-ever, areas, which are experiencing the complete opposite, i.e. economic & population decline need a fundamental change in approach to urban develop-ment strategies

PROBLEM STATEMENTHow to develop a sustainable (adaptable) and productive strategy in an area experiencing rapid decline and recession, without resort-ing to traditional, and perhaps outdated tech-niques of Masterplannig?

CONCEPTWith the sustainable use of the existing infrastructure and with the emphasis on linearity of Chicago urban tissue, the program is strategically inserted with an intention to create relative tensions generating further urban growth.Insertion Points are strategically placed. First in-sertion points are each well defined, while, further growth is unpredictable but controlled. Spines evolve because insertion points generate fluid program [not mono-functional] sharing facilities between them. Between the insertion points, along the spines Linear Clusters emerge.

PROGRAMProgram is divided in three categories which overlap, creating hybrids. Commerce is related to the existing Commercial Street, the backbone of the South Chi-cago neighborhood. Production creates opportunity for direct employment while Leisure improves the life quality of the people from the surrounding area. This programmatic choice covers the secondary, tertiary

and quarterly economic sectors providing diversity of employment while requiring diverse working skills and educational level as well as attracting various in-vestments and people from wider Chicago area and beyond.

RESEARCHThree Case Studies have been chosen to investigate the urban parameters of the city in three different scales. They have been compared and overlaid with the South Works site. Urban parameters such as physical and visual distances between iconic build-ings, programmatic linearity and the density of public program have been analyzed in order to inform the urban strategy for the South Works site. Additionally, the ARSENAL of insertion points was created as a result of studying verious projects (size, spatial re-quirements for each program, etc.)

The SpineTo confirm the large-scale masterplan strategy, one spine has been developed in detail. It is expected that

this spine will emerge first because of the existing water canal and the massive ore walls used by the former steel factory which already make attractive landscape elements. Three catalyst buildings are po-sitioned along the canal, establishing spatial tension with one another. The canal is conceived as a rec-reational water element that can be used for various summer and winter activities. Buildings are:

1.Creative Incubator (inviting visitors when approach-ing the site)2.Playful Learning Environment (bridging the canal and providing circulation on multiple levels)3.Performance Center (serving as a dam which de-fines the canal as an enclosed micro ambient)

*Part 1 is group work with H. midihen and N. Gyulkhasyan, Part 2 is individual work.Sep 2013 - Feb 2014Tutor - Mitesh Dixit

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The Bridge / PLEMaster Thesis (Part 2)

Playful Learning Environment is a programmatic com-bination of learning and recreation which addresses low educational level in South Chicago and acts as a catalyst of further urban development. Learning and Recreation are intertwined through PLAY which is the main leitmotif of the project.

WHY PLAYFUL LEARNING?The project is focused on the subject of playful learn-ing through hands-on and body-on activities which is in contrast with the existing condition of passive learning focused on academic pursuits. The idea was that revealing talents at early age might encourage children to pursue vocational schools, craftsmanship and other creative professions, as an alternative to pursuing university degree which is not affordable to everyone, especially in the United States. The build-ing operates on multiple levels, as an attraction point for the city of Chicago and as an education catalyst for the surrounding neighborhoods. The starting point was that the idea of childrens museum should be reinterpreted. Positioned in an area surrounded by

low educated communities interactive learning could make a greater impact on the overall education.

RELATION TO SITEBuilding is a bridge connecting two sides of the canal. On the south side it lies on the ore wall which is the main public pedestrian pathway connecting 3 inserted buildings and in the North it extends to the park. Put-ting program on the bridge encourages crossing and erases spatial borders. The idea of the bridge resulted from thinking about how to activate the existing wa-ter canal. The idea of utilizing an existing landscape element as a generator of urban development was a starting point for positioning the building above the water. In this way vertical relation with water is es-tablished.

BUILDING COMPONENTS1. Swimming PoolOn the North side of the canal ground is excavated and the swimming pool is positioned inside the excava-tion. Water level of the swimming pool is in the same

level as the water of the canal. In the summer facade facing the canal opens and the canal itself becomes an outdoor swimming pool. 2. TrussesTrusses are cores. They contain all the sanitary prem-ises and administration offices as well as enable continuous circulation through the building on multi-ple levels (ground floor level, ore wall level), also the vertical circulation.3. Playground Playground is a continuous surface which sometimes gets enclosed in a volume becoming a part of the inte-rior. Each volume has a unique atmosphere and is fo-cused on a different phase of learning process (show-off, net-work, cave, lab, hill and jungle). Playground is accessible directly from the ground floor level from the both sides of the canal or through the trusses.

SOUTH WORKSPLE is confirming the proposed large-scale master-plan solution by establishing visual and spatial rela-tions with other two buildings located along the canal.

Playful Learning Environment is a programmatic combination of learn-ing and recreation which addresses low educational level in South Chi-cago and acts as a catalyst of further urban development.

Feb 2014- Jun 2014Tutor - Mitesh Dixit*Part 1 is group work with H. midihen and N. Gyulkhasyan, Part 2 is individual work.

Project operates simultaneously on the local level of the neighborhood, integrating the existing community with the new development, and on the global level es-tablishing the interaction between the site and the city center. Check out the masterplan!

ALTERNATIVESProject has a couple of alternatives. In the first phase only the swimming pool and a single truss could be built. In that case swimming pool is an attraction point inviting people to cross the canal and the truss enables crossing. If, with time, the number of people visiting the South Work site increases truss can grow into the playground surface - a leisure platform, com-plementing the existing recreational program and ac-commodating public events.

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private concentrationintrospective processgroup workcommunication

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a. carving volumes + light holesb. leisure platform + volumesc. volumes and platform intersect

articulationa. walls with roof and floor layerb. individual volumes c. walls with inserted elements

a. building + bridgeb. two buildings balance c. building = bridge

Resilience NL / t?f

Resilience NL explores the potential and spatial con-sequences of the shale gas extraction in the Nether-lands. It presents 3 consequential catastrophic sce-narios and 9 preventive strategies concerning energy resources.

There are two directions in which the Netherlands could go in terms of energy. First direction chooses the path of the renewables, while the other one sticks to fossil fuels and their newer versions, such as shale gas.

The flowchart represents the overview of the devel-oped ideas.

The Why Factory Studio - TU DelftFeb 2013 - Jun 2013Group work - 2 person Tutors - Felix Madrazo, Winy Maas, Jeroen Zuidgeest

Explores the potential and spatial consequences of shale gas extraction in the Netherlands. Presents 3 consequential catastrophic scenarios and preventive strategies concerning energy resources.

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Cell FusionCountry is divided into energy cells that are independent, self-sufficient, supplied by a local resource. Energy footprints are surfaces occupied by energy infrastructure needed for energy production. They differ according to the type of resource exploited. Radius and location are variables which depend on each other. Location determines type of resource. Type of resource determines cell radius.

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Within each cell program is distributed according to the priority level based on vulnerability. High priority buildings such as firestations and hospitals are covered with several energy sources, unlike the low priority housing and business which are covered only with one. This kind of prioritization of program within the village/city significantly affects spatial planning and requires reorganization of existing villages/cities.

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b.2Fracking shale gas could significantly damage Dutch land as well as water resources because shale gas footprint overlaps with: large drinking water resources, agricultural areas and farms.Moreover, permeable soil type (sand) in Noord Brabant would enable toxic elements to spread easily.

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Due to area being covered with drills and production facilities, people and animals are moved. Air and water are polluted as well as arable land. Com-pensation for the land loss should be found somewhere else.

One way to prevent water pollution caused by hydraulic fracturing is to create an 'Aquifer Bypass'. By protect-ing the underground water in the drilling radius, a possibility for environmental damage would be significantly reduced. Bypass means isolating part of the un-derground water that would be polluted with drilling wells from the rest of the underground water.

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Brabant IslandDislocation of all the activities from one region to a new island in the North Sea, same in size. Economical compensation for the land that is going to be destroyed due to shale gas extraction is to be provided by the gas company and invested in building the island.

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Travelling Factoryis a ship with greenhouses which travels around the world capturing favorable sunlight and rain in order to increase the production of fruits, vegetables and other plants. It consists of cargo ship structure with sliding rails that enables moving the units according to each plants sunlight requirements.

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The project explores how real-time urban data streams could influence the experience and the shape of the physical urban fabric. Sound clouds generate diversity in the public space of Rotterdam.

It is widely known that music is important to people. It relates to human emotions as well as creates atmos-phere in the public space. The idea was to analyze what people are listening to, draw conclusions about their emotional state and examine possible conse-quences of this emotional map on the life in the built environment.

Rotterdam is a specific city because it is rebuilt from scratch after the 2nd World War. It does not have a strong historical identity in a form of a historical core or visible building process through time. Instead, the urban fabric in the city of Rotterdam is new, generic and chaotic. Project tends to explore how to recre-

ate city identity by reflecting identity of its inhabitants. Primary focus is creating opportunity for people to change their own surroundings with not much effort by establishing conditions for random encounters and introducing surprise in the repetitive daily routine.

Soundcloud devices in the neighborhoods are cap-turing music from real-time passers-by and reproduc-ing it out loud. Each neighborhood generates its own sound-cloud. The project has impact on 3 levels:

1. personal level(in a form of an eye contact, surprise in daily routine, unexpected interaction)2. neighborhood level(change in the atmosphere, changed routes or daily habits) 3. city level(reconfigured public space, redefined city identity).

City collects information from each Neighborhood Soundcloud, analyzes this information and reacts, for example, by adding new program in the existing urban fabric. Different scenarios spice up everyday life, en-courage people to physically interact with one another and redefine their environment. Besides, population is no longer distributed according to their social or eco-nomic status, but instead, different groups of people are dispersed and intertwined with one another.

type: academic / The Why Factory Workshopyear: April 2013group work: 3 person

Urban Soundcloud/ t?f Explores how real-time urban data streams could influence the experi-ence and shape of physical urban fabric. Sound clouds generate diver-sity in the public space of Rotterdam.

Volume is related to the proximity of the person. When person is closer to the device, music is louder. The device is equipped with proximity sensor, wi-fi connection and speakers. Proximity sensor chooses one person to retrieve music from.

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Devices are hidden in the urban furni-ture (trash can, street light, floor). They are supposed to be visually impercepti-ble. Wi-fi connects to persons smart-phone, retrieves music that the person is listening to at the moment (trough headphones) and speakers reproduce the music out loud. Song is simulta-neously being saved on the neighbor-hoods network (soundcloud) which can be accessed via the internet.

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In the neighborhood around Meent street in Rotterdam there are three types of space with different geom-etry: market (open and linear), square (enclosed and central) and street (en-closed and linear). The potential for an eye contact as well as the relation between the volume and the space geometry were analyzed. For instance, in the street person is forced to reach maximum volume in some point while in other two cases that is avoidable by keeping distance

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Impact is on three levels in two different time spans: real-time impact (personal level) and long-term impact (neighbor-hood level, city level). On the city level, project suggests governments inter-vention, for example, by adding a new program in existing neighborhoods. In other words: redefining public space as a result of analyzing data from the citys emotional map.

Sanatorium

The project combines nursery home for elderly people and performance center for young artists. Sticking a public program (performance) to an isolated program (nursery home) is an attempt of dislocating public program from the city center. Seemingly incompatible programs complement one another creating a fun rehabilitation space near Antwerp. Elderly, who are usually isolated and often suffer from depression, are surrounded with youngsters, being included in everyday life, participating, having the opportunity to observe the development of the show. Young perform-ers, on the other hand, get an omnipresent au-dience while developing their show. Different generations meet in the space and interact. On its own, program is isolated while performance is being developed. However, the product (show)

brings the city to the isolated site. Project deals with collision between inclusion and exclusion, nuances between presence and absence. Spatial idea was to superimpose different elements, to make them col-lide in one single volume. Concrete floor slabs that make the basis of the sanatorium are intersected with performance halls which are a constant attraction, a dynamic factor that brings everything together.

MSc1 Studio - TU DelftSep 2012 - Feb 2013Tutor Filip Geerts

Combines nursery home for elderly people and performance center for young artists. Seemingly incompatible programs complement one an-other creating a fun rehabilitation space nearby Antwerp.

The project is a composition of two buildings that are connected with a pe-destrian pathway. Pathway penetrates the highway bypass expanding the site of the main building on the other side of the road. Small building is a sort of garden pavilion that floats in the never-ending greenery.

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Location is ambiguous. It is, at the same time, isolated and integrated in the public system of the city of Ant-werp. Local train connects the location with the Antwerp city center while in-ternational fast trains pass through the Noorderkempen station without stop-ping, connecting the biggest European metropolas. This ambiguity of the loca-tion was the main inspiration for creat-ing a building which is permanently isolated and temporary integrated in the public realm of the city of Antwerp.

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The building is wrapped in a two-layer high-tech en-velope supported by a new structure which empha-sizes the tension of massive floating projection halls and interacts with the square. The redesign proposal changes the entire building. Facade no longer has an independent supporting structure. On the contrary, supporting structure of the facade is attached to the reinforced existing loadbearing structure of the pro-jection halls. The new structure mostly consists of prefabricated steel tubes ( 200 mm circular hol-low section) connected in a stable triangular system. Tubes are organized in parallel frames along the build-ing. These frames are connected with each other in the longitudinal direction with additional steel tubes of the same diameter. Finally, stability of the structure is achieved with diagonal cables placed in some of the structural modules of the facade. In the nods where steel tubes meet wind load is transferred to the main structure of the building and further to foundations via angled and horizontal tubes.

Building Technology - TU DelftSep 2012 - Feb 2013Tutor - Arno de Vries

Pathe Redesign Wrapping the building in a two-layer high-tech envelope supported by a new structure which emphasizes the tension of massive floating projec-tion halls and interacts with the square.

The Badel Urban Redevelopment constitutes a strate-gic urban attractor for the city of Zagreb. Proposal interprets the design brief in terms of an urban pro-grammatic repair and spatial re-composition by aug-menting publicness, integrating existing formal and informal amenities and reusing urban morphologies. The aim was to re-configure and articulate the urban density and architectural variety of the townscape by conceiving a Fortress of Urbanity. The Badel Urban Redevelopment turns the intervention area almost into a blank canvas, leaving only a couple of industrial remnants open to an entire reconfiguration of the pub-lic and private spaces. The typical Zagreb perimeter block is a very familiar urban element, which we used to define new interrelated squares on this compound. Both the rectangular and cubic perimeter blocks are distinctive bodies. Their grand courtyards or voids accommodate cultural facilities (West side) and an existing open air market (East side). In terms of place-making, we have conceived three distinctive places:

Badel Site Redevelopment CompetitionMarch 2012 - April 2012Design team - 4 person:Cristian Suau http://www.ecofab.org/Joris de Baes http://www.debaes.eu/Nikolina Mua

1. The Cube + Destilerija Square (West): It is a well-defined cubic courtyard situated in the west side of our site. It incorporates two existing factory buildings;

2. The Slab + Market Square (East): It contains the extension of the existing open-air market with its mar-quees. Its rectangular form follows the axiality of the Batrul Kai green square;

3. The Platform: It is the public spatial articulator of all pedestrian flows and connections at the ground level, a transitional space.

Badel Block The aim to re-configure and articulate the urban density and architec-tural variety of the townscape by conceiving a Fortress of Urbanity which consists of the Cube, the Slab and the Platform.

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Stage Design Zagreb Academy of Fine ArtsApr 2011 - May 2011Group work - 2 personTutor - Darko Baklia

Scenography Hamlet

There are two elements on a black background: sus-pended black hooks and white cables. The cables are the ghost, the initiator of the action which brings suspicion into the main actor and stimulates him to action. The ghost is an omnipresent passive observer. It acts indirectly through hamlet, through his mad-ness. Hamlet activates the ghost by grabbing the cables and communicating with them. For other char-acters the ghost is nothing more than part of space, a requisite. With every new act, the setting of the basic cable construct is planned. Within certain scenes the actors are redesigning the cables, getting entangled in them, hanging them on the hooks, thus creating an infinite number of new scenes with a single element. The scene is a variable constant. The scene may

sarcastically represent a caricature-like ghost (like a bed-sheet ghost), when cables hang from the central hook and disperse uniformly. Also, the psychological symbolism is visible in various scenes. For instance, the scene in which cables are wrapped around Ger-trude (in a shape similar to a wedding gown) can be interpreted as her being wrapped in the ghost of her murdered husband, being entangled in her own con-science...

The cables are the ghost, the initiator of the action which brings sus-picion into the main character and stimulates him to action. An infinite number of scenes is created with a single element.

Field Condition

The task was to create a field with the emphasis on the collective experience and interdependent connections among individuals. The field is defined by the relations among elements.

The project studies human relations in the residential context (within residential neighbourhood, residential building and apartment). These relations have been used as the potential for generating the field. The pro-ject explores the possibility of dispersion of residential function outside the existing residential volume be-cause of the observed lack of space and the respective reduction of the quality of living. The solution has been presented through the application on the new-Zagreb urban district Zaprue. The field is a system which consists of the plug-ins determined by the architect in order to avoid chaos, and the elements (their position and functions) defined exclusively by the users. The development of the field is unpredictable. A layer of function resulting from human requirements addition-ally defines the field. Each family is given one unit and is free to use it anyhow (relaxation, work, reading, gar-den, storeroom). The given conditions for the creation

of the field include minimal usurpation of the ground floor surface and keeping the existing trees.In the context of a residential neighborhood, three buildings can function as a whole and they can or-ganize between themselves a joint communal area. Such communal constructs would allow connecting several residential neighborhoods thus creating an ad-ditional field in the area of New Zagreb where social backbones are formed mainly by shopping centers and the market facilities. In case buildings are intro-verted, the field which they generate can be a literal extension of residential function (transition of the field into the vertical plane). Other possibilities include complete dispersion or formation of smaller groups of units. Further implications of the field could be general reorganization of flats and a considerable change in lifestyle. Interestingly, the field has been defined by the human relations, but these relations could be re-defined again as a result of the generated field.

Af/SC Workshop19 Sep 2011 - 25 Sep 2011Tutor Mia Roth Cerina, Peter Miskovic

Explores the possibility of dispersion of residential function outside the existing residential volume because of the observed lack of space and the respective reduction of the quality of living.

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Elementary School

Considering a notable lack of hierarchy in the area, attempt was made to construct a new morphological and functional centre in this part of the city. By elevat-ing the first floor and disintegrating the main object towards the lower-height buildings in the west - a floating appearance, as well as, the spatial domination of the school - were created. The functional compo-nent is emphasised, as the school gains capacity to support diverging programs and happenings not only on the district level, but also on the city level, thus becoming multifunctional.On the site, three large public spaces are defined which enhance life quality of people in the area. School also has large garden which stimulates childrens physical activity, not so immanent in current educational sys-tem. The idea of interior organization is the gradual in-filtration of the outside into the inside space, as well as the creation of the central gorge which collects com-mon spaces of all the levels. The age-based analysis of social contacts has produced two different forms

of interior space for younger and older children. Older children on the first floor have classrooms organized around squares with mini atriums. Each square has one main classroom which can be extended to the atrium. Square is a suitable format for interaction and communication between older children and it can accommodate various scenarios, especially be-cause classrooms with complementary program were grouped together. On the other hand, classrooms on the top floor meant for younger children are organized around streets. Streets are spatial format suitable for movement and exploration, necessary activities in the development of younger children. Each classroom has its own garden so that lessons can be organized

Design Studio Zagreb Faculty of ArchitectureSep 2010 Jan 2011Tutor - Mia Roth Cerina

The age-based analysis of social contacts has produced two different forms of interior space for younger and older children. Multifunctional school has the capacity to support various programs on the city level.

Urban Planning Zagreb Faculty of ArchitectureSep 2010 Feb 2011Tutor - Jesenko Horvat

City Planning

Analytical study of a city segment around Heinzelova street in Zagreb has produced a proposal for the revi-talization, reconstruction and new construction, which would establish a new identity of space. The solution consists of eight key points related to traffic, urban de-velopment and program and it is a very direct follow-up of the existing elements.

Analytical study of a city segment in Zagreb has produced a proposal for the revitalisation, reconstruction and new construction, which would establish a new identity of the space.

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Design Studio - Zagreb Faculty of ArchitectureJan 2011 Apr2011Group work - 3 personTutor - Sanja Gasparovic

Office Block

The block is broken into smaller modular units. While the rigid block layout is kept, a vertical shift enables connection between the interior business square and the planned park on the South. Variable heights and the form of the block refer to the old residential blocks of the Trenjevka district.

Block is decomposed by fragmentation into smaller modular units. A rigid block layout is kept but a vertical shift enables the interference of the interior business square with the planned park.

Extreme Sport Showroom

Building Technology - Zagreb Faculty of ArchitectureFeb 2010 June 2010Group work - 4 personTutor Zoran Versic, Berislav Medic

A massive cube breaks down into two volumes, each with different structure. The surfaces which resulted from the cut are glazed, whereas the external surfaces have remained massive. The idea was to create for the observer an impression of complete visual con-trol over the interior space. The presentation is always present, regardless of the position of the observer. The very connection of the boarding sports with under-ground culture has made us treat the terrain as un-derground. The building structurally consists of two parts, a solid concrete L and a steel cube coated with cement panels. Two parts are interconnected by light steel bridges. A ramp leads visitors to the main public

entrance directly into the cube while the secondary entrance/exit is located under the cube where the out-door boarding polygons are. Cube contains the main exhibition and presentation area while the concrete L accommodates the sales and office premises.The most complete project in a technical sense, elab-orated on the level of working design. The drawings were produced in scales 1:200, 1:100, 1:50, 1:20 and 1:10.

A massive cube breaks down into two volumes, each with different structure. The most complete project in a technical sense, elaborated on the level of working design.

Neighborhood

Shifting the buildings vertically and horizontally cre-ates spatial diversity and explores the relation between public and private. The emphasis is on the communi-cation among the inhabitants within the building and among the buildings in the neighborhood. The shift in the layout makes it possible to create nuances be-tween the narrower private area of the building and the wider public area of the neighborhood. Depend-ing on the length of the shift the building is more closed or more open. The shift in the cross-section has substantial influence on the experience of pass-ing through the neighborhood. One building consists of one grounded half and the other half that floats in the air. Elevated halves create passages through the neighborhood while the public facilities are located in grounded halves. In this way, joint usage has acquired

advantage over private usage. There are no precisely determined borders of the plots. Multifunctional boxes have been arranged around the buildings, as the main elements of additional definition of the area. They have fixed dimensions and they fit in the pavement raster. The guidelines are set in such a way that the boxed can be moved only to the end of the outer building outlines in the N-S direction. By moving the boxes, the residents can design their surroundings. The boxes can be filled with various kinds of greenery, sand for children, or they may serve as benches, etc.

Design Studio - Zagreb Faculty of ArchitectureFeb 2010 June 2010Tutor Mladen Josic

Shifting the buildings vertically and horizontally in order to create spa-tial diversity. Exploring the relation between public and private.

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Family House

Common area for all the family members through transformation becomes more and more private. By subtracting smaller nuclei from the main area each family member gains his own small private space. The house has been designed as a one big volume. The peripheral areas of the volume are smaller and more enclosed while the houses nucleus is a big living room which has the possibility of additionally expanding on two rooms one for working and one for playing. The playing area is connected by stairs with the childrens rooms, and the working area by special stairs with the parents bedroom. In this way the private areas of each generation are physically completely separated, and the semi-private ones have the possibility of being either independent (an exten-sion of the private) or a part of the whole (an extension of the common).

Design Studio - Zagreb Faculty of ArchitectureSep 2009 Jan 2010Tutor Mladen Josic

Common area for all the family members through transformation be-comes more and more private. By subtracting smaller nuclei from the main area each family member gains his own small private space.

Students Club

The idea was to create a unique element which would provide diverse, even completely opposing usage in its interior and on its outer membrane. Within the giv-en layout a snake is built in and it climbs and stretches throughout the entire volume of the empty space.

Vertical communications are dynamic and multifunc-tional. Within the interior the spaces of a more closed type (darker ones) are created such as a lecturing room, smaller areas for exhibitions and films screen-ings, stairs for resting, etc. whereas the snakes roof accommodates workshops, a library, stands for open discussions...When the students are on the outer snake membrane, they are in continuous visual contact with each other the atmosphere is dynamic and the space provides good visibility. In the interior the atmosphere is more intimate, and the space relaxing.

Walking along the outer membrane the space altitudes vary dramatically as well as the functions adapted to them. The highest level of the snakes roof accom-modates the library. The ground part accommodates a caf and an exhibition area with exit into the garden.

Within the given perimeter (10x15x14.4m) a structure is built which climbs and stretches throughout the empty space. Spaces vary dramatically as the func-tions adapt to different levels inside the volume and on its outer envelope. Vertical circulation is dynamic and multifunctional. Inside the snake there are lecture rooms, smaller areas for exhibition and film projec-tions, stairs for resting and similar closed type spaces whereas the snakes roof accommodates workshops, stands for open discussions and a library on top. When students are on the roof, they are in continu-ous visual contact with each other the atmosphere is dynamic and the space provides good visibility. On the other hand, inside of the structure, the atmosphere is more intimate... The ground part accommodates a caf and a bigger exhibition area with exit into the garden.

Design Workshop - Zagreb Faculty of ArchitectureMay 2009 - Jun 2009Tutor Mia Roth Cerina

Within the given perimeter a structure is built which climbs and stretch-es throughout empty space. Spaces vary dramatically as the functions adapt to different levels inside the volume and on its outer envelope.

Furniture ExhibitionSpace

The project consists of a closed black box which floats in the air and circular cages which accom-modate the exhibits. Cages are slightly lifted off the floor, and they also serve as the box load-bearing structure. A staircase climbs in slight inclination in the opposite direction from the inclination of the box allowing observation of all the exhibits gradually and from different levels. Within the box there are screen-ings, and through the holes in the floor the exhibits can be observed in layout. Constant climbing slows down the movement, thus providing the possibility of observing the details.

Design Workshop - Zagreb Faculty of ArchitectureFeb 2009 - Mar 2009Tutor Mia Roth Cerina

Closed black box floats in the air while circular cages accommodate the exhibits of residential ambiences. Exhibits are observed gradually and from different levels.

Architects Workspace

Building is a combination of five similar units, each of which consists of two workplaces on the upper level and area for rest on the lower level. Dimensions and the quantity of furniture items are given (desks and chairs, drawing cabinets, shelves, table and chairs for resting). The rest area on the lower level is sunken in the surrounding terrain in order to have a view on the lawn adapted to the person in the sitting position. The floor slab that separates the levels is stuck between the shelves - in the upper level they lay on the floor and in the lower level they hang from the ceiling. The shelves in the lower zone are accessed from the space for resting, as well as from the main hallway with double height. The working areas, as well as

Design Workshop - Zagreb Faculty of ArchitectureNov 2008 - Jan 2009Tutor Mia Roth Cerina

the resting areas are interconnected since there are no solid barriers between them which enables team work and contributes to productive working atmos-phere. However, the units are also separated by the regular rhythm of the staircases which repeat in each unit. The envelope of the building alternates glass and solid surfaces depending on the function of the interior space and refers to the certain positions and dimen-sions of a person.

Building is a combination of five similar units which consist of work-spaces on the upper level and areas for rest on the lower level consid-ering the given dimensions and the quantity of furniture items.

Minimum Habitation in Nature

Minimal structure for star observation is fixed on the edge of a cliff. It consists of a high-tech shell which accommodates a minimal number of devices required for living. Structure can be telescopically extended creating additional interior spaces.

Design Workshop - Zagreb Faculty of ArchitectureApr 2009 - May 2009

Tutor Mia Roth Cerina

Minimal structure for star observation is fixed on the edge of a cliff. It consists of a high-tech shell which accommodates a minimal number of devices required for living.

Topography

Using the given material with the given dimensions (cardboard 1mm: 336/236 mm), the task was to cre-ate a model of space of one dynamic plane whose relief forms the architectural topography. The topog-raphy has resulted from a diagonal composition of regular band elements. Band lengths vary creating dynamic meanders. Different inclinations of single band parts contribute to the attraction of the created architectural topography.

Design Workshop - Zagreb Faculty of ArchitectureJan 2009 Feb 2009Tutor Mia Roth Cerina

Using the given material with the given dimensions, the task was to create a model of space of one dynamic plane whose relief forms the architectural topography.

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2012International Competition for the Badel site Redevelopment in Zagreb as associate of the architects Joris De Baes (Belgium) and Cristian Suau (Spain)

2011International competition for the Islamic cultural centre in Ljubljana Slovenia, as associate of the architects Sinia Justi (Zagreb) and Darko Latin (Zagreb)

2011 Participation at the international exhibition as part of Touch me festival with project: Field condition (Workshop Af/SC)

Nomination for the Rectors Award at the University of Zagreb for the project: Elementary School (Design Studio)

2008-2012Commendation of the Faculty council of the year for multiple Bachelor projects

Software:MS Office pack, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Rhinoceros, ArchiCAD, Sketchup, Artlantis

Other:making physical models (lasercutting, resin, etc.)

2012The Why Factory Workshop:Real-Time City, TU Delft

2008Architectural workshop Af/SC:Field Condition, Zagreb

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2011-2012Traineeship in the duration of 4 months at the Institute for Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture, Zagreb

2012Student assistant at the Faculty of Architecture

Marija Mateljanborn 7th September 1989in Zagreb, Croatia

Contact:Amstelveenseweg 73-3 1075 VV Amsterdam00 31 61 899 88 37marija.mateljan@gmail.comhttp://marijamateljan.wix.com/portfolio

Diploma:Masters Degree in Architecture, graduated cum laude 24 July 2014project: The Bridge / PLE, South Works Chicago

2012-2014Master Studies at the Faculty of Architecture at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)

2008-2012Undergraduate study of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb

Elective course Scenography at the Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb

2004-2008V Highschool of Science, ZagrebDebating society Sagitto

Croatian (native)

English (full business proficiency) TOEFL Certificate

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