Portfolio EP.pdf

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PORTFOLIO

EVELINE PETCU


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EK1Firehouse and Tea House: A site for programmatic interference

Programmatic Interference

Positive Interference

Any change in the ambient uni-

verse which allows an expan-sion of possible actions but

does not produce any restric-

tion to existing actions

Negative Interference

Changes that restrict possible

actions without producing any

extra alternative actions that

were not visible before


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Granada

A city fabric laced with multiple layers of cultural identities, Granada remains a symbol of the Arab

rule of Europes southern peninsula. The Alhambra in particular is at the heart of the city and one

of the most important historical reminants of the Nazrid Empire. The cultural, historical and global

signicance of this urban area - located at the foothills of the Sierra Nevada - is marked by not

one, but two World Heritage Sites. My urban research into the area, began with the exploration ofthe World Heritage Site boundary zones, a condition highly politicized, and difcult to understand.

Focusing on the porosity of the areas directly bordering the edge of these cultural stages the

project moves forward by zooming in on a Public Plaza directly between the historical Albazin and

the Grand via Del Colon. This plaza, or rather, unwanted bi-product of new urban strategies mixed

with a high level protection of the historical district, is bounded by a number of programs with very

little common ground. All things considered, this porous backspace of the city, makes for a perfect

test site where one can explore the ideas of programmatic interference and cross-contamination

alongside bridging the boundary between the two city districts.



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Diagrams showing potential program-

matic interference on site

Programmatic interference towards

ministry of affairs


derelict residential building


monastery



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MINISTRY

RESIDENTIAL

ANCHOR/KNOT

RELIGIOUS

Sectional Diagram

exploring potentials of blurring the boundary conditions between each individual program

surrounding the site of investigation. Diagram shows ideas about how these programs

can be brought together into the public square and talks about levels of intensity of pro-

grammatic interference.



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JAPANESE TEAHOUSE FIREHOUSE

TRANQUIL

TRADITION

RITUAL

TATMI / MODULAR

TECTONICS

CULTURE

UNPREDICTABLE /

RANDOM

INSTITUTIONAL

NECESSARY

SIRENS / DISTURBANCE

EXISTING PROGRAM



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Programmatic Requiremenents



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Ground Floor Plan



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Origami Tea-house

Moving forward from the dia-

grams above describing con-

ceptual potentials of program-

matic interference, the project

translated into an exploration

of the complex relationship

between the development ofa tea house and rehouse on

the site aforementioned. The

coexistence of these two highly

disparate functions give rise to

possibilities for reinterpreting

these two very traditional uses.

Implementing a geometry of

folding gave rise to the ability

for the two programs to expand

and contract according to the

rhythm of their usage, whilst at

the same time physically start-

ing to challenge the spaces

each program occupies in turn.



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Origami tea house explorations



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Origami tea house explorations



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Section through summer tea-house



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Section through internal street - meeting

of rehouse and teahouse

Section through chapel



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EK1 + CITAComposite Territories II / Material DesignDeveloping a Cladding Material

Composite territories II was a group project which focused on design on a material level.

In this one of a kind exercise, we were encouraged to work with a plastic/bre glass

composite tape which we were able to fuse together through applying heat in order to

create surface panels.

The intrinsic qualities of this composite meant that one could orientate the direction of

the bre glass in order to achieve various curvatures once the heat-bonded material

was allowed to cool.

To document the various experiments in which different curved surfaces were achieved,

we applied the use of a 3-D scanner to digitally capture the physical models we manu-

factured. The point clouds were later used in parallel with photos of physical models

and documentation of how each panel was fabricated layer-by-layer, to assemble a

catalogue which could later be used for reference when designing any curved surfaces

using this material.


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Elevation

To further dive into the design task at hand, we began to design

surface panels specic to a given design problem - creating a new

facade for an existing industrial building to be transformed into lm

studios for the Danish Theatre school. Due to the nature of the

curved panels, the facade was conceived as a dynamic facadewhich would transform by night into suitable surface for projections.

To the left: Images showing light distorting the shadows of gures

behind the facade.

EK1 + CITAComposite Territories II / Material Design


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EK1 + CITAComposite Territories I

This workshop was an introduction to the

world of material design. As with Compos-

ite Territories II, the workshop consisted of

working to develop the potential uses for abre glass composite currently unused in

the construction industry. The nal result of

over a week of work was a parametrically

designed branched structure which was

both conceived and built throughout the

length of the workshop. The sculpture was

exhibited at ggggallery an exhibition space

in Copenhagen at the beginning of 2012.


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2010-2011 CR StudioA Carousel Building on Pier 62

Image courtesy of CR Studio

Pier 62 is a project that was

completed prior to my employment

at CR Studio. However, during my

time here, I have been responsiblefor creating presentations for a

variety of projects - including Pier

62 - which CR Studio submitted

for the AIA Awards.

The image to the left is an aerial

shot showing the project from the

East. This image together with the

panorama on the next page was

manipulated in order to emphasise

the unique characteristics of the

Carousel Pavilion.


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Photographs taken by John Mugg. Images courtesy of CR Studio

Detail: Steel Trusses

View of Approach

2010-2011 CR StudioA Carousel Building on Pier 62


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WSA 3Guest House for Friends of Zurich and SwitzerlandZurich

The city of Zurich is located in central Switzerland in the

Canton of Zurich. Not only is it the capital, but it is a nancial

center and is often considered a global city.

The site itself, Buerkli Platz, is located on the northern edge of

lake Zurich and just west of the River Limmat.

With the National Bank of Zurich being a backdrop to the

square, the site is at the core of the nancial quarter of the

city.

The diagram to the top left shows the multitude of nancialinstitutions located in this region.

Historically, the site also plays a signicant role, with Banhof-

strasse indicating where the old city walls and mote were

once located.Below: Perspective of building

from Banhofstrasse


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Below

Perspective looking up the river from Quaibruke.

The church towers convey the signicance of religion in olden

day Zurich, before the power shifted to bankers.

To the left, part of the proposed intervention can be seen from

the riverside. This y tower which also houses inmate cells, acts

as a symbol of the establishment in the city.

WSA 3Guest House for Friends of Zurich and Switzerland


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Right:

Perspective of internal street through the building, with uses spilling

out into this central space.

On the left side of the street is the service core for the Hotel, whilst

on the right, more public uses are housed, which open out onto

Buerkliplatz.

The internal street modulates to bring into focus the differences

between the served and the serviced spaces, drawing attention to

the juxtaposition in the brief and the building.

Below:

Sections through different parts of the street to show the variation in

width, according to the uses of the spaces on either side.

Where uses contrast most, the street becomes narrower, creating

tension between the two sides. By doing this, the building encour-

ages communication between the two types of users - bankers

and cultural gures - and brings to light the symbiotic relationship

between the two.



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Above: Axonometric of guest rooms, showing balconies

with double height spaces. These ensure that each guest

gets a view of the sky.

Left:

Birds eye perspective of library, showing its different levels,

opening out onto the external sunken courtyard.

The library wraps around the central staircase by which

guests access their rooms.



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WSA3Birmingham Masterplan

Birmingham - The second largest city in terms of

economy in the UK. With a rich industrial history, the

site, located in the Ladywood area of Birmingham,

has always been at the center of the citys industrial

development.The site housed factories such as Wiggins & Co,

which played an important role in the World Wars.

Today it is dened by its industrial heritage, which

has recently been neglected due to the rapid

decrease of large industries in Birmingham. The site

itself can be considered as an edge condition, an

industrial wasteland on one side close to the city

centre, with a residential site on the other.

Linked by the canal and road network to the nearby

city centre, this seems a perfect location for a new

development, following on from the development of

Brindley place.This project, unlike Brindley place, does not focus

so much on capitalist consumerism, but on indus-

trial heritage. The atmosphere of industrial buildings,

their meaning within the history of Birmingham, and

their emotion is celebrated.

Together with this, bringing back industry into

the site is another focal point. Light industries are

merged with residential uses to form a symbiotic

relationship between the present needs of the city

and the memories of the past.


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Concept image, showing idea of

working street, with workshops spill-

ing out into it.

Below

Early model showing master planning strategy,

and organisation. Taking inspiration from the

arrangement of industrial buildings around

the site, structures located near the canal are

positioned perpendicular to the canal edge,whilst building bordering Wiggins street are or-

thogonally arranged, in a more compact way.

The idea of street which mediates between the

two sides begins to become apparent in this

model.



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Perspective of Working Street from Icknield Port Road.

Bordering the street are housing typologies reminiscent of

old industrial buildings. Their form and materiality evokes the

emotion and solidity of these old buildings, historically linking

the new development and the site.

Left: Model showing urban pattern of housing blocks.

Right: Axonometric of live-work apartments, with double

height workshop spaces which overlook the entrance

into the private courtyard of the housing typology. The

workshop and its users act as a gatekeeper to the

community.



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Summer InternshipKOPVOL: De-constructing GreyThe Deconstruction of Grey is an installation/ sculpture I helped design during

my Summer Internship at Kopvol - Architecture and Psychology.

The sculpture was commissioned by the Goethe Instituut in Rotterdam, to mark

twenty years since the fall of the Berlin wall. The piece signies the two parts of

Berlin coming together, but not quite tting as it once did.

The article below, is a critique by Sabine Muller, an artist and Journalist.


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WSA2Figure Ground: Tonypandy Arts CentreSite:

Tonypandy is a small town in the Rhonnda Valley, located in South Wales.

Once known as the cultural center of the area, with a number of theatres

and cinemas, the town is now slowly becoming derelict. Two main factors

contributing to this downturns in the livelihood of the city are the out-of-town

ASDA and pedestrianisation of the high street which are talking people out of

the city center.

The art center proposed, aims to reinstate the towns image as a cultural

capital, and slowly draw people back into the town center.


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Metadesign tools is an emerging concept,

economic and technical infrastructures inwhich a new form of collaborative designcan take place.Mapping, for example, is one of the many

tactics employed to discover synergieswithin ideas, teams of people, site etc.In this project, these various tactics were

employed to create a new centre for Bu-tetown, a diverse yet poor area of Cardiff,with most inhabitants being immigrants.The new centre, near Loundoun Square

would house a community built market,which doubles as lighting and seating inthe square at night creating a safer envi-

ronment to live in.

Finding the site consisted of looking at Butetown, andidentifying pressure points within the area as well as

considering the economic, spacial, emotional, and social-needs of the residents.In order to do so, communicating with the people of Bute-town and working closely with the community,

was crucial for developing a strategy to create the newtown centre.

WSA2Metadesign Tools: Urban Acupuncture in Bute Town

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