PORTFOLIO
2019
Katarina Ambrosova
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Katarína Ambrosová
*1995, Trenčín, Slovak republic
WORK EXPERIENCE
CONTACT +420 723 402 693 noirova@gmail.com
SKILLS AutoCAD Rhinoceros Sketchup ArchiCAD 3DS Max Grasshopper
2018 Sep-Dec
Platforma architects, Brno, Czech republic - architectural assistant, working on 2D drawings (Autocad), 3D models (SketchUp) and visuals (Vray, Adobe Suite)
2017-18 Jun-Feb
Flying Architecture, Brno, Czech republic - 3D visual artist, working on 3D models (Rhino) and visuals (Vray, Adobe suite)
2016 May-Oct
Atelier Tsunami, Brno, ČR (architectural office) - architectural intern, working on 2D drawings (Autocad) and 3D models (Sketchup, Vray)
EDUCATION 2013 - 2019
SS 2017/2018 KU Leuven, Sint-Lucas Brussels, Belgium, Erasmus+ ZS 2015/2016 Universität Stuttgart, Germany, Erasmus+ 2005 - 2013
Photoshop Illustrator InDesign PremierePro
Faculty of architecture Brno University of Technology, Czech republic
Piaristic secondary grammar school, Trencin, Slovakia
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION 2016 2012
Österreich Institut Brno EF London, UK
LANGUAGES
WORKSHOPS & EXHIBITIONS
English - C1 German - B2 Slovak - native Czech - native
2018
PUEFF exhbition & performance @ Kanal Centre Pompidou Brussels Negotiating Ungers, exhibition @ Ungers Archive Cologne DeLight Pavilion, installation @ Prototyp Brno
2016
Mood for Wood, Poznan, PL - Workshop & exhibition Santiniho Jazyk, Žďár n. Sázavou, ČR - Workshop, exhibition & publication
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Soroptimistinternacional Klub Zagreb, Vlaška 2, 10000 Zagreb
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I hope yo u will a cc ept this lette r as ev i d en ce o f t h e ad eq u acy o f t h e C an d i d at e Dear Sir / Madame, of being grante d the opportunity t o b e a p art o f y o u r t eam . I hereby write in quality of Tutor of Ana Horvat within the MAIG 14 Design Course
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Designstudio SS 2017/18 Tutors: Jonathan Robert Maj KU Leuven Sint-Lucas Brussels
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“Industry has played a notable role in the rise of cities, drawing migrants into urban areas with jobs and boosting the productivity of capital and labor (Michaels, Rauch, and Redding 2012). Urban areas, in turn, have provided a fertile environment for industry to grow, offering economies of scale, sizeable labor pool networks for sharing information, and access to a diverse array of input and service suppliers (Annez and Buckley, 2008).” - The role of industry in green cities, IFIP 2015 At a certain point, I got fascinated by the production process that keeps our economy and society alive, though it´s lately being pushed out of european cities, out of our view to keep the city panoramas “nice and clean”. Erasing it from our visual environment does not mean it loses its importance. Pushing industry to the outskirts, “hiding its ugliness” also certainly in order to supress the pollution and
given site: ex concrete factory in Gent docks
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transportation might yet also be in a way seen as putting a soft satin utopian overlay over the very essentials of an active city. An old industrial harbor site in Gent we were given is undergoing changes due to a new residential masterplan - just as a lot of other postindustrial sites around the Europe at this very moment. Instead of adjusting to this new residential-trend mood, how about to take a look at the evolution of small scale production and how does technology-affected society reflects onto it? Dealing with a topic of a “monument” - in this case an old industrial factory arose a lot of questions about past, presence and future scapes of our cities. What is the difference between being a monument and being monumental? Can an object itself be a monument? Isn´t structure just a reminder of a deeper notion that is actually socially valuable? Is industry monumental?
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Programme: Hackerspace 0x20, Gent STORAGE construction material& tech components boards / plates / components / cables / tools...
LIGHT PRODUCTION lab & electrotech, hardware CNC / lasercut / 3D print / chip engraver / solderer / plotter...
OFFICES private community part administration / residence
DIGITAL PRODUCTION software developement & server & VR CNC / lasercut / 3D print / chip engraver / solderer / plotter...
HEAVIER CRAFT PRODUCTION wood & metal construction CNC / tablesaw / tabledrill / welding / grinder / hand craft tools...
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SHOWROOM exhibition & education & sales lecture room / exhibition space / shop
chip engraver
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tabledrill handtools / screwdivers, hammers, measures,paints...
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Bachelorthesis SS 2016/17 BUT Brno Tutors: Ing. arch. MArch Jan Kristek, Ph.D. Ing. arch. Jaroslav Sedlรกk, Ph.D.
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In principle, human knowledge can be resolved into two categories. The first one contains skills and abilities, which are gained only through experience, observation and practice. The other one is a learned knowledge, mediated through language, with book as an essential form of historical media record. Nowadays, as the reality has shifted to the virtual space and people are slowly becoming slaves of information and technology, the character of knowledge recording is changing as well. Physical books and documents are replaced by complement of physical and virtual technology - the server. Paradoxically, with virtual data sharing developement, the phenomenon of skill-loss is deeply bound. This proposal explores the symbiosis of both knowledge types, as they are complementary.
A hybrid space is created for existing technological community (BASE48 association, so called “hackerspace” community), which is dedicated to hardware and software developement, together with a techical library, which is a publlic openspace, not forcing visitors to consume. Everything takes place on the same physical and data platform. Architecturally, the spatial solution is based on a double/duplex spiral staircase, which allows the two functions co-exist separately, as well as they can be joined in one in case of public events as workshops, lectures or exhibition openings. A CENTRE OF SHARED KNOWLEDGE is therefore created. The dividing element between the two worlds is a symbolical glass library rack, which at the same time mediates the atmospheres.
and enables people to have a glimpse in the world of “the others”. It´s always usable from one side only, which creates again two types of surfaces - the informative one, where you can see the book backs - containing information, and the “blind” one, which embodies only a coulise for the new tech-life. You only see the pages edges. From this point of view, the AMBIGUITY, duality of book as an object generates two-faced space. It is a barrier between the two worlds.
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SITUÁCIA HUB
BASE+KNIHOVNA CAFÉ
URBAN CONTEXT A public inner courtyard is created as a new form of urban space in a historical location, nowadays dominated by traffic. This couryard is a pedestrian connection between Sladová a Pekařská street in the Old town of Brno. The main motif here is a fruit orchard, which provides privacy for inhabitants of the surrounding residential buildings and also a relaxiation zone for Library visitors. Sloping terrain enables to hide the parking lot partly underground and therefore create anoher green platform on the top. The overall plan contains 3 main objects: complement of the library and Base (hackerspace) as one institution, the Hub with rentable office spots and a Café.
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Mikrokosmos
Designstudio IWE, UNI STUTTGART WS 2015/16 Tutors: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Jocher, Dr.-Ing. Sigrid Loch collaboration: Verna Isomursu
This project was made during student exchange programme Erasmus+. Stuttgart, just as many other overpopulated german cities tries to solve the problematic lack of dwelling capacities. IWE institut at UNI Stuttgart therefore starts the project researching possibilities on so called “Mikrowohnungen�, microflats - small dwelling units suitable mostly for students, singles, seniors and small families. For the concept developement, a site in Stuttgart-Botnang was chosen. We created a modular flat-cell system, in which every cell is fitted with a flexible, changeable built-in furniture, adjustable to different needs of its inhabitants in space and time. In the overall concept, the common spaces are being the most important ones. These become the meetpoints, the social knots enabling randomized or planned inhabitant interaction. Facilities are also planned as common - laundry room, drying rom, TV room and so on. Volumetrically, we´re proposing a terrace-style building, where the eastern wing teracces appertain to the bigger flats, primarily for young families. South-oriented glass facade allows light transmission to every dwelling-cell. For natural light regulation, a system of movable rotating wooden lamels is used as a second facade, with a loggia inbetween. The sloped terrain provides a space for large semi-publlic garden.
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3D Visuals
Diagrams for Flyingarchitecture
Floorplan viz for Flyingarchitecture / Conversion in Urban Context at KU Leuven
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Personal / Competition
for Marek Malon 19
for Maria Muskova
for Platforma architects 21
Pre - Thesis WS 2018/19 Tutors: ing.arch. Adela Chroboczkova, doc. ing.arch. Karel Havliš Faculty of Architecture - Brno University of Technology
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Trenčín - Podhradie is an urban strategy concept for a problematic non-district in my hometown. My aim was to start a discussion about future use of this post-industrial and military brownfield right next to the city centre. For complicated property relations, the city council holds back from searching solutions for this highly valuable location. A pilot project for an unused textile factory located here - in Podhradie - follows in a form of my diploma thesis.
New fragmentation into city blocks is designed, based on the existing physical building structure, to make the new district reachable and passable. New set of communication infrastructure is proposed - set of boulevards, transit roads and residential lanes interconnect the new blocks with each other and the existing city structure itself. Also, new functions should be inserted in the area, based on a gradient diagrammatic strategy of where are the best conditions for locating the housing, administration, retail and new forms of industry, in order to barrier the residential parts from the heavy load of transit traffic. Mixed-use is counted on.
I developed three visions for Trenčín as a city of the future: the innovative one, touristic-recreational and an experimental one. Combining the qualities of these three possible future scenarios lead to a future strategy concept. Strategy contains points like starting a public-private partnership, creating a clustered traffic corridor for both railway and transit roads, connecting the recreational zones of forestpark and riverbank, adaptive reuse of old industrial and military building, rebuilding infrastructure and implementing new functions.
Finally, a model case-study is proposed, how could possibly a “transverse section” of the area look like, starting with a traffic corridor on the very north, continuiously transforming through light industry, public spaces, retail and civic ammenties towards diverse forms of housing. strategy
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walkable platform above the railway, superstructure
new industry, halls and administration, barrier from the traffic
underground road, park above with additional functions (skatepark etc.)
housing and other forms of collective and temporary dwellings, social apartments, with private gardens and public courtyards, “living in the green”
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private housing units, potentionally garden villas
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semi-public space private gardens in semi-public space passability
private gardens
atrium houses and villas
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Santiniho jazyk
Workshop grasshopper, 2016 Collaboration: A.Hudec, F.Podzimková, M. Valíček Tutors: Ing.arch. Jiří Vítek, Ing. arch. Jan Pernecký
Transcrip of Santini´s baroque principles into the new architectural form. Through rewriting his floorplans to diagrams, while applying typical baroque spatial methods of multiplication, mirroring and rotation through a simple script, a new design is brought to life.
Mood for Wood
Workshop Poznan, PL, 2016 Collaboration Tutors: Ing.arch. Nicol Gale, MgA .Ing.arch. Petr Ĺ mĂdek, Ph.D.
Realisation of wooden mobiliar for semi-public space of a local university library in Poznan, Poland. Sponsored by Mood for Wood.
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