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Selected Works - Stephanie Adamou, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff UniversityTRANSCRIPT
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STEPHANIE ADAMOUPORTFOLIOA R C H I T E C T U R E
CONTENTS
1. FILM THEATRE
2. MEDIA CITY
3. COPPER CHAPEL
4. PONTYPRIDD ART CENTRE
5. THE WAITING ROOM
6. SUSTAINABLE HOUSING
8. SAWSA ADVERTISEMENT AND GRAPHICS
7. SAWSA COMPETITION
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9. CURRICULUM VITAE
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1. FILM
The Film Theatre is designed on the site of the Roman ruins on the hillside of Fourviere right by the Odeon of Lyon. The cinematic experience of moving around the site ignited the analysis of the site in terms of film-making, where the site is interpreted as a film built up of a sequence of shots. Ideas of film-making also inspired the architecture:1. The camera; where movement is encouraged through a ramp that wraps around the existing old wall2. Flim sequence; where spaces arranged in a sequence articulated by the ramp The journey ends with a staircase that falls onto the site which becomes the roof of the film theatre underneath.
THEATRE
shot 1.
FILM
SEQ
UEN
CE
mem
ory traces
shadow in form
highlighted frame
shot 2.
shot
1.
direction of view
shot 3.
shot 2
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shot 3.
shot 4.
shot 6
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shot 4.
shot 5.
shot 6.
shot 5
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CINEMATIC PATHS
SITE ANALYSIS
Lyon, France
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shot 2
shot 1
shot 3
shot 4
shot 4shot 6
CINEMATIC PATHS
missing shot
SITE ANALYSIS
CONCEPT MODEL
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH
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FILM THEATRE SECTION
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN INTERMEDIATE FLOOR PLAN
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
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TOP FLOOR PLAN
BASEMENT PLAN
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SECTION ACROSS
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CIRCULATION DIARGAMS
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SECTION THROUGH ARCHIVES
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SOUTH ELEVATION
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SECTION ACROSS
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EXTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
JOURNEY COLLAGE
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2.
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MODEL PHOTOGRAPHS
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2. MEDIA
Port Talbot itself is a city of barriers, gates and obstructions to the pedestrian. The aim of the project was to establish an increasing porosity of the buildings as one moves through the site on an axis which is a visual connection from the town to the industrial chimneys. The mass of the buildings disintegrates from the large media centre, to offices to high rise housing and then to low rise housing. The paving is to establish a road for everyone. The car becomes part of urban courtyards.
CITY
COLLAGE GATES
Port Talbot, Wales, UK
HISTORIC MAPS
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Baglan has witnessed growth in employment within manufacturing and has attracted large shopping stores such as Morrisons and Lidl,
creating new jobs. Other jobs mainly relate to shops, offices, schools, employment within the hospital and other services.
Hospital
Baglan Energy Park
Morrisons
Manufacturing contributes 1/3 of GVA in Wales, with the steelworks in Port Talbot being the only integrated plant.
Park
Stadium
Football Club
Aberavon B
each
School
Leisure Centre
Industrial Area
Carpark
Railway Station
Police Station
Steelworks
Taibach
Com
munity C
entre
Park
School of Motoring
Church
Com
mercial A
rea
20% of Port Talbot employees work in manufacture.
Leisure facilities are run down and can only be accessed by driving through Sandfields East.
They require investment and regeneration.
Aberavon area has limited connections to cultural and leisure facilities.
Aberavon Beach remains secluded with no available recreational facilities or services.
Car ownership rates have been rising as people travel greater distances to access facilities and services. This has led to a decline in the provision of services in local communities which is
leading to social exclusion and undermining community cohesion.
Sandfields West
Sandfields East
Aberavon
Margam
Mountain
River
Port Talbot is rich in its natural landscape, with surrounding mountains, the Canal and the seafront, although
the latter remains disconnected
The industry, along with congestion on the M4 and the increase
in car use all contribute to air pollution.
Natural landscape is not exploited enough to attract tourism.
Landscape not integrated in the town's needs.
URBAN CONNECTIVITY AS A
MEASURE OF POROSITYGreater porosity facilitated by increased connection and interaction between spaces.
PORT TALBOT
Site Map 1:10000 N
Residential Area
Tata steel works and related industries employ more than 25%� of the population.
Port Talbot
Football Stadium
M4
Residential Area
Church
Church
City C
entre
School
Civil C
entre
Com
munity C
entre
Golf C
lub
Hydroponics C
entre
School
Residential Area
Cinem
a
pointsareas
Site
Docks
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VIEWS TO
WARDS TH
E INDUSTR
Y
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS
CAR & PEDESTRIAN ACCESS
MEDIA STREET
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1. MEDIA CENTRE: training and employment program in the creative industry.
provides support of research projects
platform for businesses to train and employ young people
hosts seminars, workshops and exhibiions in colllaboration with collages and universities.
FACILITIES: film and audio studios, workshop and computer labs with software provision. screens and lighting systems.
2. OFFICES: open plan offices with integrated film and audio studios forcreative businesses.
integration with the media centre.
3. HIGH RISE HOUSING:one or two bedroom flats 4. LOW RISE HOUSINGtwo, three and four bedroom live/work units with integrated workspace on the top floor.
5. WORKSHOPS:spread throughout the site providing media facilities as described above.
individual workshops interact with surrounding spaces and act as circulation catalysts
provide a continuation of the media street
6. PHOTOGRAPHY &FILM PLATFORM
7. PARK
8. GREEN SPACES
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SECTION DIAGRAMS
MASTERPLAN
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OFFICES
AXONOMETRIC SECTION
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CROSS SECTION
MEDIA STREET SECTION
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PROCESS MODEL
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URBAN COURTYARD MODEL
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3. COPPER
The chapel is a monument in the memory of the victims of 11/07/2011. The explosion had caused some political unrest on the island. The atmosphere inside the chapel aims to diminish resentment to those responsible and remind people of the ones lost. As light enters the chapel, the names of the victims fall onto the interior surfaces and travel throughout the day.
CHAPELLimassol, Cyprus
LIGHTING PATTERN
SECTION
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EXTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
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3. FIGURE/
As part of the urban regeneration of Pontypridd, the project is centrered on the design of an art centre on the crossing of the rivers Taff and Rhondda. The art gallery is available to everyone and includes spaces for both temporary and permanent exhibitions, as well as conference spaces and rooms for practicing and recording music. The gallery provides spaces for various types of art, since it provides rooms with different light qualities and scale. The design consists of a lighter elevating volume intersecting a solid concrete volume at the back of the site. The elevated volume provides an opening and a level of transparency between Taff street and the river.
GROUND
SUSHI MODELSTRANSPARENCY TAFF STREET-RIVER
Pontypridd, Wales, UK
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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SITE SECTION
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DETAIL SECTION
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WALL const ruct ion :250mm concrete
waterproof membrane120mm r ig id insu lat ion
10mm p lasterboard FLOOR construct ion :t imber f loorboards
t imber battenswaterproof membrane120mm r ig id insu lat ion
250-260 concrete
ROOF construct ion :aspha l t
waterproof membraner ig id insu lat iont imber battensvapour bar r ie r
perforated beamplasterboard
st ructura l I -beams
CONNECTION:stee l st ructure s lotted into the concrete st ructure .stee l st ructure rests on and bo l ted onto the concrete
glass
t russ
POINTS OF SUPPORT OF THE ELEVATED STEEL STRUCTURE
ROTATED VIEW
Stee l I beams and stee l t russes a re the support ing members of the e levated vo lume . Stee l was chosen as a l ight-weight mater ia l to contrast the heav ie r concrete st ructure . The two contrast ing vo lumes intersect , w ith the stee l one rest ing and be ing sup-ported onto the concrete st ructure .
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PHYSICAL MODEL
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3DS MAX MODELINTERIOR GALLERY SPACE
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4. THE WAITINGROOM
Being part of “The Waiting Room” studio, i had to select a scenario of waiting and translate the experience into a waiting room space. I chose to articulate the feelings and concept in the act of waiting to arrive when travelling - stilness, frustration and inertia and translate it into a spatial form through a narrative. The process involved modelling, in order to generate the scene in a similar way to stage design. Through the use of photography and collage, we tried to convey the atmosphere and emotion of the scene created.
THE TRAvELER AWAITS UPON HIS ARRIvAL, IN A SITUATION WHERE THE PASSAGE OF TIME IS ALL THAT IS SUbSTANTIAL. IN AN EvENT WHERE THE STILLNESS OF TIME CONTRADICTS THE MOTION OF TRAvEL, WHERE IN THE END, THE STILLNESS IS ALL THAT REMAINS. STILLNESS FLOATS WITHIN TIME AND MOTION AND ONE ENDS UP SUSPENDED IN TIME. THE ExPERIENCE OF HIS STILLNESS CLASHES THE REALITy OF bEING IN MOTION DURING TRAvEL. HIS TRANqUILITy SUDDENLy bECOMES UNSETTLING; HIS GROUND TURNS TO SAND; HE SINkS. THE TRAvELER DROWNS IN HIS INERTIA. HE REACHES FOR HIS SUITCASE IN vAIN, WHILST THE LETTER HE HAS TO DELIvER REMAINS bURIED IN THE SAND. HE CANNOT FAST FORWARD. THE SONG IS THERE TO REMIND HIM OF THAT. HE CAN NO LONGER DO NOTHING, bUT WAIT.
NARRATIVE
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5. SUSTAINAbLEHOUSING
The project focused around the design of a sustainable housing project in the area of Grangetown, Cardiff. The driving idea for the scheme was the concept of growing food on site. This was to be achieved on two levels; through allotments on site and the use of private gardens available to every dwelling. To achieve the form of the building, a constant unit of 5m x 5m was repeated and arranged in different ways to accomodate for the different types of dwellers. Through recesses and extrusions, opportunites for private gardens were created. The scheme consists of a total of 15 dwellings, with a mixture of 4,3,2 and single bedroom houses and several live/work units.
Cardiff, Wales, UK
MASTERPLAN
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SUSTAINABLEHOUSING = SUSTAINABLELIVING
STORAGEHORIzONTAL CIRCULATION
GREENHOUSE
VERTICAL CIRCULATION
bANDS
SERVICE BAND
ALLOTMENT BANDS SERVICE BANDS
LIGHTING PATTERN
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DWELLING
The design of this two-bedroom flat evolved from the concepts guiding the design of the masterplan. It consists of a harvest core unit, with the flat forming an L-shape around it, allowing links between the garden and everyday activities. The use of the 5x5 unit is carried through and emphasised by pulling forward the front unit to let light though the top.
DESIGN
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PLAN 1:250
A A
b b
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PLAN 1:250
AA SECTION 1:250
bb SECTIONS 1:250
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INTERIOR STUDIES
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EXTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
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COMPETITIONThe competition asked for the design of an architectural intervention in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. The poster shown on the right is the one i submitted for the competition and portrays the design of an exhibition hub in the museum’s lobby area. The form is inspired by the Cardiff docks.
7. SAWSA
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Throughout second year, I was an operative of SAWSA, the student association of WSA. Part of the propaganda team, i was in charge of designing the lecture posters organised throughout the year.
8. SAWSAADVERTISEMENT
AND GRAPHICS
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9. CURRICULUMVITAE
DOB: 03/09/1990
Nationality: Cypriot/british
Main Address:P.O.bOx 33576ParalimniFamagustaCyprus
Contact:[email protected]
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EDUCATION:
2009-2012: Welsh School of Architecture,
Cardiff University, BSc Architectural Studies, 2:1Main modules: Architectural Design, Architectural Technology, Issues in Contemporary Architecture, Practice Management and Economics
2002-2009: Xenion High School, Paralimni, Cyprus4 A-levels at Grade A (Maths, Physics, Art&Design, Modern Greek)8 IGCSEs of A* (Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Art&Design, History, German, English as a Second Language, Information Technology)Cypriot Apolytirion 20/20Awarded “The Xenion Trophy” as the most outstanding graduate 2002-2009Won the school Art&Design Award and the Physics AwardAchieved the highest mark in Cyprus for A2 Mathematics and IGCSE Physics and Information Technology
KEY SKILLS:
Communication:Strong visual communication skills through digital and non-digital media (model-making & hand drawings)Confident in oral presentations
Organisation:Good at meeting deadlines and prioritising tasksHighly motivated and responsible
Computer Skills:Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketchup Pro, Autocad, InDesign, Ecotect, Microsoft Office Suite, 3DS Max (basic)
Languages:English (fluent), Greek (fluent), German (good)
S TEPHANIEADAMOU
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EXPERIENCE:
Prince Restaurant:
Cashier & Restaurant Supervisor Summers of 2007-2008 & 2011-2012Learnt to work well within a team, approach customers and deal with situations under pressure.
CapoBay Hotel: Reservations Office & Reception, Summer 2010
Learnt to communicate well with clients and gained administration skills.
SAWSA: member of the student association and in charge of propaganda,
2011 Responsibilities involved designing and printing posters for guest lectures at the university organised by the Student Association of the Welsh School of Architecture (SAWSA)
SAWSA COMPETITION: Winter 2011Architectural Intervention at the National Museum, Cardiff, UkOrganised by SAWSA, judged by a senior architect at David Chipperfield’s architects, received special mention
INTERESTS:
Graphic Design:Commissioned by xenion High School and family businnesses to design logos, brochures, leaflets and magazine covers
Painting
Photography Drums
Cycling
Swimming
STEPHANIE ADAMOU 2009-2012