Architecture Portfolio / Selected Works 2018-2022 Agata Mila (Short)

XI XI VI VII

RESUMÉ

INFO

Nationality Date of birth Mail Number Linkedin

Polish 16 January 1996 agata.mila66@gmail.com +31 682 049 564 /in/agata-mila/

AGATA MILA

EDUCATION

TU Delft , NL

Masters of Architecture

Universitat Politècnica de Valencia , ES Erasmus Exchange Student

Wrocław University of Science and Technology , PL Bachelor of Science in Architecture

High School no. XIV in Wrocław , PL Law, Economics Profile

EXPERIENCE

20182019 20162016

Balzar Arquitectos , ES Architecture Intern

Collaborated on multiple design proposals for small scale residential and medium scale residential and public projects. Worked on drafting conceptual proposals for commissions and competitions, the technical documentation for the building permit, detailed execution drawings, participating in the construction site visits, developing the final graphics and model-making. Managed the social media and marketing.

Milart , PL

20202022 20172018 20152020 20122015 VI 2022 VII 2020 II 2020 VI 2018 XII 2018 IV 2018

Assistant of the Construction Manager Assisted in creating documentation and protocols for the building permit, managing workers on the construction site, participated in engineers’ and architects’ meetings.

LANGUAGES SKILLS

Polish English Spanish Dutch

Native Fluent Upper-Intermediate Basic

Autocad Archicad Revit

Sketch-Up Rhino + Enscape Grasshopper 3ds Max + Corona Lumion

Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Adobe Illustrator

Microsoft Office

COMPETITIONS

Excellent Very Good Excellent Excellent Very Good Good Excellent Excellent Excellent Very Good Very Good

Excellent

Expo 2022 Floriade/Palace Soestdijk Pavilion AREA, Complex Projects Elective, TU Delft 1st place

Re-Stock London Housing Beebreeders Participant

Cities as Seed Bank Economies in Hong Kong UNI Participant

Poet Huts in Pavilosta Beebreeders

Honourable mention

Viewpoint of the Fjords in Norway Arquideas Participant

Pop-Up Store in Valencia, Spain Universitat Politècnica de Valencia 2nd place

SELECTED WORKS 2018-2022

04 - 11 master thesis 18 - 25 bachelor thesis

12 - 17 competition 26 - 29 work experience

Keywords: anomalies, extrema, urban regeneration, excavation, memory, dialogue with history, modern heritage, framing, transformative reuse, social conflict, appropriation of space

01

ANOMALIES

URBAN EXCAVATIONS OF THESSALONIKI

Master Thesis

2021 - 2022

Thessaloniki, Greece

Individual project

‘ Exceptional normal ’ / ‘ normal exceptions ’ – the most interesting points of study are those which violate the norms of their realities, unveiling the obstructed truths. The ‘ normality ’ can be reached through a departure from an anomaly – the occurrence within a system which is possible, yet very improbable and unexpected.

In Vasilissis Olgas street in a Greek city of Thessaloniki the anomalies manifest themselves in the genius loci buried in the overlapping layers of history, social tensions and the appropriation of space. Following the 3 strategies of the urban regeneration deriving from the analysis of the host environment: the border, the threshold and the void, the spatial anomalies become the instant irregularities with the meaningmaking ability and re-establishing the memory. Six resultant interventions collectively form a

Graduation Studio Borders & Territories Studio

TU Delft

stitching acupunctural system – a network of anomalies.

One of the interventions, the Lunette is a time machine for observing, the auditorium of the urban spectacle where the presence and the past are intertwined together. The structure rotates, framing the eclectic villas in the cityscape and the exposing the void, left behind by the demolished mansions replaced by the polykatoikias, multifamily residential buildings.

The other intervention, the Partisan Bridge, is a link between two realities: a multifamily building sprawling with life and the other, an abandoned villa overgrown with wild nature, legally too complex to be changed. The structure is a manifestation of this issue which attempts to urge the inhabitants to construct a common dialogue.

Plan from the 19th century - free-standing villas connected with the center by tram

Historical development of the city border threshold void

Current plan - densely packed condominiums, reclaimed seashore and cars as the main commute

Stitching acupunctural system - a network of anomalies

Masterplan

III. Partisan Bridge

IV. Carved Accord

I. Crescent Marina 0 10 20 50

II. The Lunette Urban regeneration strategies

V. Even Fractions

Top and left: traditional navigational instruments as the operational logic

Plan of the Lunette

Rotational structure framing views towards the city

Axonometry of the Lunette

I. II. III. IV. V. VII.

VI.

I. H-beams ‘Vierendeel’ structure

II. corten roof covering III. ceiling slab IV. internal partitions

V. rotational mechanism VI. sliding louvres VII. spiral staircase VIII. staircase structure IX. reinforced concrete foundation

Section of the Lunette and the Crescent Marina Exploded structure axonometry

External view towards the Lunette - cafeteria

Internal view from the Lunette towards the sea

Plan of the Partisan Bridge

Internal from from the polykatoikia

Internal view towards the inside

External view from the Crescent Marina towards the Lunette - the side of the cafeteria

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT

Top floor Lunette detail

Bottom floor Lunette detail

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

VERSION

BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT

Top floor connection between the Partisian Bridge and the polykatoikia

VERSION

Bottom floor connection between the Partisian Bridge and the polykatoikia

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT

polykatoikia towards the villa

inside of the Chateau Mon Bonheur

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

Keywords: pavilion, exposition, traditional innovation, resilience in temporality, belongingness, paper technology, sustainability, adaptability, artisanal crafts, neonomadism

02

ROUTES OVER ROOTS

CIRCULAR PAVILION

Competition / MSc 2

Spring 2021

Almere / Baarn, The Netherlands

AREA course

Complex Projects Elective TU Delft

Collaborators: Jelmer Eising, Jaap Koopmans, Dino Vojvodic

The pavilion aims to intertwine the multifaceted and contradictory forces present on two sites that it is placed upon – initially the horticultural Floriade exposition and later the grounds of the historical architectural symbol of the Dutch monarchy, the Soestdijk Palace.

This narrativity of contrast aims to reforge this collision into a balance overlapping the differences, the threshold of tradition and innovation, humanity and nature. The artisanal Dutch practice of willow-weaving performed with local communities on the site reintegrates the craftmanship embedded in a contemporary form, protecting from the wind and diffusing the sunlight. Later its external willow shell can be left behind and become an afterimage reminiscence of the exposition and a potential shelter for the wild animals in the park. The

main structure of paper tubes uses an innovative technology which establishes the traditional material as a modern construction solution. The in-between layer of cotton fabric renders the pavilion windand rainproof, an active indoor climate provided by a curtain which opens and closes the space and serves as a projection surface.

The pavilion evokes a sense of belonging by becoming a tangible symbol with which both the young and the old generation can identify themselves as a state-of-the-art sculpture raised with a vernacular technique. The structure is resilient in its temporal character, an easily dismantlable and versatile provision of space. Following the concept of neonomadism it elicits the translocal intertwinements and the adaptability to the turbulent circumstances. It places migratory lifestyle over a sedentary one –routes over roots.

Expo Floriade 2022 site 0 5 15 25 0 5 15 30

Palace Soestdijk site

Pamphlet cover: New balance established on the coexistence between humans and nature

Embodiment of circulation

Plan of the pavilion

1 2

3 4

Diversity of functions: 1) representative main room, 2) exhibition space, 3) cinema, 4) storage

Active indoor climate regulated by the cotton curtains and ventilated by the perforated wooden flooring

Willow shell - positive footprint left behind

The bigger entrance space, the representative main room holds a model of the Soestdijk palace in the center. The passages to the next spaces are located where the circles intertwine. The narrower leads to the cinema, darker and more enclosed than the rest of the pavilion. The other way is through the storage, constituting a curved passage to the last dome, the exit or, alternatively, the entrance which serves as an exposition for an education room or an art gallery.

Paper & wood structure

Internal from the cinema dome

Exploded axonometry of the layers

Internal view from the exposition dome, storage visible in the distance

Cotton textile

Willow envelope

Wooden foundation

External view towards the representative dome with the central model of the Soestdijk palace Section of the pavilion

Keywords: seed bank, plant cultivation, permaculture, ecological awareness, multifunctional public building, passageway, wooden structure, resilience in adaptability

SEED BANK

BUILDING CITIES AS SEED ECONOMIES

Competition / Bachelor Thesis

2019 - 2020 Hong Kong, China

Individual project

The seed bank, a function commonly reserved for the remote areas, this time is located in the vibrant historical, economic and political heart of Hong Kong which serves as a vital communication node as a part of pedestrian path network that connects the harbour with the hinterland. Extended into a multifunctional public facility which is crossed by thousands of people every day it can draw attention to the climate change and highlight the consequences of the individual choices, providing activities such as plant cultivation or purchasing fresh local products on the market.

Defined by its context the building takes form of a passageway contrasting with the external envelope of an openwork wooden structure. An open public space is centrally accessed by the user who is placed in the very heart of the designed space with an insight

Tutor: PhD Eng Arch Tomasz Głowacki Wrocław University of Science and Technology

into the literal functional section of the building. The linear void is enfolded with an irregular grid permeated by vegetation, taking the form of a permacultural forest and urban gardens, vertical and aquaponic farms and vines. Just like an organic matter the structure literally grows into the urban tissue through the existing footbridges and the world’s longest system of escalators.

The modular form ensures resilience in adaptability and flexibility, being easily transformed and its functions modified when necessary. Low height of the seed bank compared to its surrounding improves air quality and circulation, viewing corridors and pedestrian communication. It becomes a kind of oasis in the concrete forest that revitalized and refreshes its environment, provides the sustenance and integrates local communities.

Hong Kong, the Central District China, Hong Kong 0 10 30 50 90

Site plan with the network of footpaths

The network of footpaths - Central Elevated Walkway and Central-Mid-Levels Escalators

The building incorporates multiple functions: open food market on the ground floor, centrally based exhibitions, gastronomy, coworking spaces, rest zones and partially glazed laboratories associated with the bank activity. Last floors embody the educational and research spaces, topped with gardens, farms and greenhouses.

Left and above: The module 4 x 4 x 4 m - traditional Asian wooden joinery

Exploded axonometry: irregular modular structure encompassing the void passageway and projected on the plot

IV floor

III floor

Ground II floor

floor

F1 . Granite tiles on CLT

F2 . Wooden flooring F3 . Ceramic tiles flooring

wooden covering of the raised bed 240 x 20

steel window frames in SL30-ISO system C2.3 C2.2 C2.1 F2

wooden beam

linear water drainage

wooden beam 250 x 250

F1

F4 . Granite tiles on reinforced concrete slab W1 . Exterior wall

steel angle 140 external roller

steel window SL30-ISO system steel angle 140 x 70 x 25

Seed bank in the dominion Selected

dominion of the skyscrapers

External view towards the seed bank. Visible existing connection with the Central-Mid-Levels Escalators from the south.

Keywords: Spanish architectural practice, competitions, commissions, residential projects, public scale projects, private interiors, internship, Revit workflow, 3ds Max renderings

PROFESSIONAL WORK BALZAR

ARQUITECTOS

Internship

XI 2018 - XI 2019 (12 months) Valencia, Spain

https://balzararquitectos.com/

During my undergraduate degree I have taken a gap year which I spent working for an architectural practice in Balzar Arquitectos located in Valencia, Spain. Throughout the year I have contributed to multiple projects, both private commissions and competitions, varied in scale from residential dwellings to the large public development. Apart from working on various stages of the design starting from the draft to the executive project, I have had the chance to participate in the construction site visits and the meeting with the clients and manufacturers’ representatives (Andreu World among others), organize the photo sessions off the finalized projects, manage the marketing (social media and the online publications) construct and photograph the models and develop the final graphics, including the renderings.

Reference: Txema García Ballester, architect and the founder of Balzar Arquitectos

txema@balzararquitectos.com

The workflow in the office was mostly conducted in Revit, up to the executive plans including functions such as parametric schedules and components, phasing and the collaboration workflow. The graphic representation was performed in Illustrator while the renderings were made in 3ds Max with the Corona renderer, along with the postproduction in Photoshop.

Balzar Arquitectos was founded as a small architectural office in 2018 but due to its disciplined and dynamic practice they have developed rapidly, being increasingly acclaimed in the architectural scene. They describe their philosophy as time-less, precise, natural, functional, sincere and in the constant search of beauty. ‘ A work that is supported by the past, by tradition, to reinvent its principles and look towards the future .’

Mirasal residential complex, Torrevieja

GVFC apartment, Valencia

House in San Vicente de Paul, Valencia

Apartment in Orihuela

Apartment in Artes

House in San Vicente de Paul, Valencia

Gráficas, Valencia

La Monsina school, Callosa de Segura