Arch. Portfolio.

arch. portfolio Ana Krekman Selected Work 2025

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With a multi-cultural upbringing, I fostered a design philosophy centers on creating spaces that bridge people together, integrate user groups into common areas, and build connections. I believe that architecture can play a critical role in fostering social interaction and community engagement, and my work is guided by this principle.

I also incorporate the importance of light and shadow in my projects.

Light has the power to shift perceptions and shape experiences. Light and shadow are gravitational forces that work together in order to achieve the underlying intent. One cannot exist without the effect of the other.

The power of natural light is a constant theme within my projects to enhance the user experience, both visually and emotionally, in order to create harmonious language.

I approach every project with a deep understanding of my clients needs, and I create spaces that are not just functional, but also spiritually fulfilling. I frequently strive to achieve this through natural light. Light is placed in the absence of form or in my building facades to create an experiential moment for the people entering that space, which is designed to be inclusive, inviting, and welcoming to all, regardless of their background or cultural heritage. By incorporating elements that resonate with different user groups, I strive to create spaces that are both functional and inspiring.

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beacon of Hverfjall.

Peer Choice Award SCAD 2023 Honorable Mention ACSA 2023 Honorable Mention IDA 2023

Bronze Award IDA 2022 AIA SCAD Student nominee 2022

loto.

Recreational Park Savannah, Goergia

candela.

Transit Station Atlanta, Georgia

Planetarium Asheville, North Carolina

Visitor Center + Coffee Shop Hverfjall, Iceland

AIA SCAD Student nominee 2022 Honorable Mention IDA 2023

Portfolio / SCAD Capstone

sigillum.

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noun Si gi llum an astrological sign describing a movement to reveal celestial bodies in the night sky.

Program: Planetarium + Public Museum Duration: 20 weeks Site: Asheville, North Carolina Build-up area: 448 SQM Toolset: Revit, Rhino + Grasshopper, Illustrator, Photoshop, Lumion Designing an immersive experience nestled within Asheville, North Carolina, the Planetarium and its observation spaces connect individuals to the celestial systems to ignite personal journeys of discovery and guidance. The Planetarium creates boundless connections to the wonders of the cosmos.

Symbolizing a meteor, the structure is embedded into the earth, leaving an enduring mark. The focus point of the design is emphasized with a retractable dome, known as “Sigillum,” adjusting with the condition and time of day. This allows stargazers with a full exploration of the captivating night sky in Asheville - allowing cosmos and phenomena to unfold before their very eyes.

1st Floor Entry View

Path View

Ramp View Going Down

Riverside Deck

Ramp View Going Up

2nd Floor View

Oberservation

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Rainwater collection from parabolic sloped roof to gutters to water channels on site, transported to retention ponds used for instillation 303,696 Annual Rainfall Collection from 15,200 SQF roof

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SHADE Pods made out of soft membrane corded resin called EVA Sheets. Allow for flexibility in mobility as lower tempaeratures deflated the dome pods during night.

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Limiting Light pollution but providing safety by gettig rid of street lamps and implementing low grad, low intensity LED lights on paths.

Allows for community engagement at night as much as in the day.

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1. Entry 2. Planetarium 3. Reception 4. Ticket Booth 5. Gift Shop 6. Employee Office 7. Employee Restroom 8. Cafe Seating 9. Cafe Kitchen 10. Storage

STL Pipe Node

Welded Node

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STL pipe of Space Frame Threaded Rod STL Base Plate with Anchor Bolts

2:1Space Frame

2:3 (Static) Dome

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STL Flange with L Angle

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2:4 Column to Space Frame

2:2 Beam to Static Exoskeleton

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The dome is opening !

Look at the patterns on the wall !

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1. STL Sheet 2. Panel Support 3. Roofing Membrane 4. Rigid Insulation 5. Roofing Deck 6. Transulcent Glass 7. Glass Railing System 8. STL Plate with Anchor Bolts 9. Sloped Blocking 10. Membrane Flashing 11. MTL Coping 12. MTL Counterflashing 13. Roofing Membrane Concrete 14. Edge of Concrete Slab Firesafing 15. STL Space Frame System 16. STL Column Base Plate 17. Curtain wall system

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Rigid Foam Insulation Corrugated MTL Deck Concrete Slab 19 20 21 22 Floor Finishing Wide Flange Shape-Column PET Micro-cable coated Polymers fabric Fabric Bolted in Mullion (high tenacity) Drilled Anchor Bolt Clear Reflective Insulating Glass Stairway Concrete Footer STL Column Exit STL Stairway STL Plate with Anchor bolts and Tubular connection MTL-2 Tubular Mullion Pipe ETFE Double Membrane Cushion (4) Layers

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Section AA: Second Floor to Roof Connection Facade Detail

LIFECYCLE

Barley Fields

Brewery Artists from Art’s District Barley Waste

Concrete Aggregate Substitute

Exhibtion for Network and Education

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Textured Concrete Plant Growth

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Asheville Brewing Company Arts District

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Overtime, nature grows on the building by covering the gaps from the concrete. Aggregate in standard concrete is substituted for barley malt waste taken from the local Brewery. This allows keeping with the theme of the structure - embedding into the earth and leaving a lasting impression, whilst allowing things to grow naturally.

CITY ENGAGEMENT

Public exhibtion spaces allow for local artisits from the Art’s District across the river to come and show work.

PARTICIPATE NOT SPECULATE

Visitors engage realtime with the nightsky as seen from daytime projections. This creates a space where the building caters to user experience, education and curiosity, with its opening.

Wall Facade Detail

Curtain Wall: PET Micro-cable coated Polymers fabric

Retractable Dome STL Space Frame

Wall Facades

ETFE Double Membrane Cushion (4) Layers

Dome Sheets

Dome covering is composed of the same translucent polymer fabric of the curtain walls. It works well on structures working in tension and compression as it is high-tenacity completed with several finishes. Clamps allow for limiting weather elements from coming through between dome steel hinges

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Individual Exterior Fabric Sheet Dome Scissor-Hinge Node STL Scissor-Hinge Element C-Channel Connection STL Clamp Plate 2

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Roofing System Space Frame C-Channel with Anchor Bolts Hydraulic L-Angle STL Beam Scissor-Hinge Element Scissor-Hinge Node PET Micro-cable coated Polymers fabric

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Expanding Dome

Open: Compression vs Close: Expansion

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The retracting dome has a fixed perimeter. Expanding through a radial motion where each scissor hinge piece is formed through a connection at the end of the first rod to the middle node of the second layer rod.

Scissor-Hinge Connections

Undeployed form

Retractable Dome Scissor-Hinge Connection joined through steel nodes and [a - b] angulated elements. The dome is created by overlapping hinge elements to create a retractable mechanism. It is self-supporting, which transitions to being a permanent structural system

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Portfolio / Competition

beacon of Hverfjall.

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Program: Visitor Center + Coffee Shop Duration: 8.5 weeks Site: Hverfjall, Iceland Build-up area: 448 SQM Toolset: Revit, AutoCAD, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign Emerging from the dark horizon of the Mytvatn region of Iceland, the Beacon of Hverfjall, seeks to combine the traditional Icelandic landscape with local materiality. Addressing the client’s request to transform the visitor center into a place to rest, the design allows visitors to recharge and take in the view while enjoying a warm cup of coffee. The design creates a structure that captures the attention of hikers coming to and from the volcano. Interior and exterior circulation parallel with the building emerging from the site establishes a unique traversal experience. Filtered light creates an illusion of the structure surfacing like a beacon from the ashen ground. Visitors move from the moody lower lounge to the bright, open upper level café as a reflection of hiking up Hverfjall volcano itself.

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I am surrounded by icy fields of gray rocks. The air is cold and windy as dark clouds gather above the horizon. The climb is steady towards the entry of the building, where the glow of light from within guides me inside. The Visitor Center is a Beacon, cutting through the fog. The smell of coffee engulfs me as I enter the building and I am greeted by a lounge with a fire place. I move forward, releasing my rucksack from my shoulders and place it down. There is a storage room where I stow away my belongings, before I make my way upstairs. I emerge from the earthy lower lounge to the open second floor. Once upstairs, I am welcomed to a steaming cup of coffee from the bar. The atmosphere is warm and inviting and my gaze follows the topographic wood panels on the ceiling references the terrain of the volcano. I walk towards the large window, staring out at the Hverfjall crater as snow begins to fall outside.

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Volcanic Rock Jamming: collected from the fallen volcanic debris surrounding the region. It grounds the first level to the site.

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Portfolio / Studio 303

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Renaissance of Daffin Park

Program: Recreational Park Duration: 10 weeks Site: Savannah, Georgia Build-up area: 92,000 SQF Toolset: Rhino + Grasshopper, Indesign, Photoshop, Enscape Loto derives from the desire to create an elegant experience between the natural presence of the existing landscape and the structural steel system – working as a uniform system, coexisting to aid one another, rather than working against. Rather than creating a new urban context, the goal was to revitalize existing programs and enhance visitor comfortability and mobility throughout the site. Thus, the park centers around the revitalization of sport and park programs by introducing new spaces and re-organizing existing ones. It represents the ideas around the renaissance age of rebirth and bringing an elegance to the once over-built, under-populated park. Similar to the Lotus, the New Daffin park and its structure reflects its form through a combination of systems, coming together to work uniformly. The layout of the park is deliberately structured to reflect the symmetry and elegance of the Lotus, where sections of the park are divided and separated from the forms of the Lotus leaf.

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Tennis Courts Walking Paths 5

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Football Field Jug Structures Bleachers

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Gutter and Footer Water Feature 1. Cast Concrete Footer = 4000 psi 2. Void Cutout For Water Flow To Grade 3. Steel Column

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1. 1/2 inch thickness Membrane Sleeve 2. Tensile Membrane lamp Plate With Extending Pin Connection

4. Pin Connection 1. Bracing tension rod with pin connection 2. Predrilled Anchor disc with centralized hole

Gaze vs Glance

Water Feature

Rain Water Storage

Local Downtown Atlanta site location includes a multitude of parking lots, restaurants and local markets. Site specific programs that are missig in Water the immediate vicinity Vegetation include a hotel with a built-in enteratainment

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Primary Water Tank For Distribution

Water Jug Roof-catchment system: angled funnel allows for more rain water collection due to expansion of surface area.

The Skin Roofing system is reflected throughout the park through the bleachers as well as the “water Jugs,” “Solar Jugs,” and “Ventilation Jugs,” focusing on translating a uniform language of water collection and retention. The “water Jugs” hit the existing drainage channels throughout the park, limiting Daffin’s exposure to flooding.

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Water Filtration Secondary Water Tank For Future Distribution and Potential Drought

Ventilation Jug Allowing for heat reduction and reduction of humidity through circulation and creating fresh air.

Distributed Jugs throughout the park.

Solar Jug Flat Surface of roof allows for optimum solar radiation retention on Solar Panels. Providing wireless internet back to local neighbourhoods and charging stations for present Park visitors

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Portfolio / Studio 404

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candela.

Program: Boutique Hotel Duration: 8 weeks Site: Atlanta, Georgia Build-up area: 60,000 SQF Toolset: Revit, AutoCAD SketchUp, Illustrator, Photoshop,

The hotel is centered around the translation of views through light and spatial organization in order to promote a sense of gaze and glance. The theme of the hotel responds to views between exterior and interior spaces with light guidance in order to enhance visitor and pedestrian interaction. Visitors experience the space like a mirror, by looking in or looking out. This allows for visual opportunities of interest. The structure itself enhances the sense of gazing and glancing through the use of solid bamboo walls or frosted curtain walls.

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Gaze vs Glance Local Downtown Atlanta site location includes a multitude of parking lots, restaurants and local markets. Site specific programs that are missig in the immediate vicinity include a hotel with a built-in enteratainment center. Topo of site is relatively flat, with an incline elevation of 6-8 feet.

Goal of the project is to create a space of Gaze and Glance, a window of opportunity and to create an interaction between pedestrian and

Luckie St NW, Atlanta, GA

Original Form

Starting off with simple rectilinear form for optimum subtractive properties

Openings & Planes

Providing a floating effect by creating openings on the first level.

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Push planes back from boundary to create hybrid spaces that allow to for

Views

Creating hybrid spaces in order to create unique view accessibility with multiple angles.

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Unify the interior corners through progression of space in order to continue language throughout

Lightings

Transmitting light through in and out of the building.

Creating exterior views through interior light.

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FLOORS 3-15 3.Suite 750sqf 2.Double Room 450sqf 1.Single Room 450sqf

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5.Cold storage 120sqf 4.Restaurant 1200sqf 3.Restrooms 400sqf 2.Kitchen 850sqf 1.Bar 450sqf

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7.Restrooms 400sqf 6.Event space 1500sqf 5.Reception 50sqf 4.Office 400sqf 3.Lobby 650sqf 2.Valet 50sqf 1.Bar 850sqf

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SUITE 750 Square Feet Double bed Balcony Foyer

DOUBLE ROOM 600 Square Feet Double bed Balcony

SINGLE ROOM 350 Square Feet Single bed

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I am In a room where I cannot see them But They can see me.

Because I am a mirrored gaze, Shelled inside And not Exposed out I am

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Patio Space

Entertainment Space