Architecture Portfolio March 2022

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Selected works Ver. 1

ANDREAS AMDAHL

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EDUCATION 2019 -

Architectural Institute in Prague Bachelor - Architecture

2018-2019 Jåttå videregående skole Prerequisites for higher education 2017

ANDREAS AMDAHL 12.05.1996

Electrician Gr.L Trade certificate

Awards & Scholarships 2021

GoRo Award Best studio project Winter Semester - Schindler / Fessler Studio

2021

GoRo Award Best studio project Summer semester - Tsikoliya / Janků Studio

Norwegian - Native English - Fluent

2021

Scholarship Archip - Study year 2021/2022

Softwares

Experience

Information

Řipská 11, 130 00 Prague +4740602270 andyamdahl@gmail.com

Languages

Rhinoceros Grasshopper 3DSmax Vray Adobe Indesign Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Autocad

Winter semester 2021

Jakub Kopecky, Vit Podrasky - Assistant Helped out with various work about one day per week.

Model making, 3D modelling, and rendering.

July Rønning Elektro AS - Electrician September NATO mountain installation 2021 July Rønning Elektro AS - Shift-leader September MENY Supermarket renovation 2020 Full renovation of a supermarket, position as a shift leader supervising 4-7 apprentices and electricians.

July Rønning Elektro AS - Foreman / Supervisor September MENY Supermarket renovation 2019 Foreman overseeing a total renovation of a supermarket with butcher, production, and bakery. Building stripped and completely rebuilt in four weeks. Supervised a team varying between 5 and 12 apprentices and electrician, also in charge of ordering equipment and parts on site.

2017-2018 Rønning Elektro AS - Electrician Varying work with everything from home service, smart houses, apartment blocks, to industrial buildings.

Supervised the construction of three row-houses with 20 units. And took over as a foreman in the second half of a renovation project of an old dormitory building, being renovated to 40+ new apartments.

2014-2017 Rønning Elektro AS - Apprentice

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CENTER

Public infrastructure + public spaces Architectural Design 5 Schindler / Fessler Studio Winter Semester 2021 4-15

CLIMBING THE EDGE OF THE CONTINENT Visitor center + lookout tower Competition entry Done during my third semester Winter 2020 16-21

TRANSPARENCY

Psychiatric daycare center Architectural Design 4 Tsikoliya / Janků Studio Summer Semester 2021 22-29

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PLAYFUL SQUARES Kindergarten

Architectural Design 3 Wertig / Kopecky Studio Winter Semester 2020 30-37

PHOTOGRAPHY Hobby

Sony A7iii Various lenses Adjusted in lightroom 38-41

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Public infrastructure + public spaces

Architectural Design 5 Schindler / Fessler Studio Winter Semester 2021 4

Sídliště Řepy, Prague, Czech Republic 50°03’54.9”N 14°17’52.1”E

GoRo Award Winner Best studio project

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BRIEF:

PROPOSE A PROJECT TO “RE-PLACE” THE ENDS OF THE TRAM LINES. IS THERE “TOO MUCH GREEN”?

WHAT ACTIVITIES, SPACES, MOVEMENTS, RELATIONS, FORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE PLACES? HOW TO BRING THESE EMPTY EDGES TO LIFE? HOW CAN THESE INFRASTRUCTURAL ISLANDS BECOME DESTINATIONS, HUBS OR MEETING POINTS? WHAT ARCHITECTURAL RENEWALS CAN MAKE THESE WASTELANDS MORE THAN GREEN? EACH SITE WILL BE A TYPICAL CONDITION WITH ITS OWN UNIQUE FEATURES. EACH WORKING SITE AREA WILL BE BASED WITHIN ITS ROUNDABOUT, AND CAN EXTEND BEYOND.

TRAM 16, END STOP. 50°03’55.2”N 14°17’52.2”E

The site is located at the western edge of Sídliště Řepy.

A 1980’s district designed to house 23000 people.

The tram circle sits at the edge of the district between the tall apartment buildings and the railway. A railway which physically splits Repy from nearby Zlicin.

North of the site sits a new sports and swimming hall.

Across the railway is a pond and several large industrial areas.

These areas will according to the metropolitan city-plan be turned into residential zoning.

With these new residential areas, the project site finds itself in the middle of the Zlicin-Repy residential area.

Both Zlicin and Repy lacks a defined space where it is natural for people to gather, something like a district center.

My project aims to create this center. And integrate the design with the changes planned in the new metropolitan plan.

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Legend, metropolitan plan Future residential Green corridor Future bridge Tram line expansion

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Site plan

The project aims to create a new public gathering space for the Repy-Zlicin area.

With specific programmes, as well as indoor and outdoor spaces which can be used for various events and activities.

The design follows the infrastructure found in the area.

As this infrastructure both defines and cuts through the site.

Where the moving vehicles acts as barriers, the public space is lowered or elevated. This creates seperation and allows free flow, both for vehicles, and for people moving between the spaces.

A new footbridge which connects the two districts over the railway is connected to the roof of the two new structures.

A new public library for the district, and a building containing a cafe/coworking space, Bicycle parking for people commuting with train, tram or bus from the site. And an event space. The buildings are sloped to allow for easy access for all to the footbridge and to provide new green space on the rooftops.

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Infrastructure defines news spaces.

Spaces are lowered to seperate them from trains, trams, and cars and create connections between them

AUDITORIUM

LIBRARY

CAFE / COWORKING SPACE

AMPHITHEATRE

INDOOR BICYCLE PARKING

EVENT SPACE

PUBLIC GARDEN

FITNESS CENTER

Axonometric view

1:2000

Bridge creates a new connection over the railway. tunnels connect new spaces.

New buildings with public programmes.

Sloping the roof turns the buildings into ramps and makes everything handicap accessible.

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1. Bicycle parking

2. Cafe / coworking space

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Plan, First floor

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3. Library

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Visualization, Coworking / Bicycle parking building

The new public spaces are lowered to seperate them from the traffic of cars, trams and trains. And to allow the green roof to have a gentle slope, making them, and the bridge, accessible to everyone.

Under the road a fitness centre, as well as rentable space is located.

A bridge connects the indoor bicycle parking directly to the nearby public transportation.

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Gravel Gutter Perforated metal bracket Grass Roof substrate

Railing Railing mounting bracket Flashing Parapet structure

Filter layer

Bracket

Drainage board

Mullion

Water proof membrane

Tripple glazing

Protection board Insulation VCL CLT slab Glulam beam Parapet bracket Glulam beam Glulam column

Construction detail

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Visualization, Amphitheatre in the evening

The inside of the tram turning circle is turned into an amphitheatre.

The retaining walls are covered with translucent polycarbonate panels, which block noise from the trams, and light up the space during the evening.

3D Panorama 14

Model 297mm x 297mm 1:400, Lasercut 1mm paper, 3D printed PLA, 12v LED

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CLIMBING THE EDGE OF THE Visitor center + lookout tower

Competition entry Done during my third semester Winter 2020 16

E CONTINENT

Grjótagjá, Iceland 65°37’34.2”N 16°52’54.6”W

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Cafe frames the view of surrounding nature.

Climb the cliff for a view, Enter the cave for rest.

Site plan

1:4000

The brief was to create a visitor center and a lookout point at the continental divide in northern Iceland.

The structure takes the shape of a cliff intersecting a traditional Icelandic turf house, creating a silhouette that blends in with the surrounding landscape.

Visitors can climb the cliff to get a view of the continental divide, or they can enter the cave to relax and enjoy a view of the nearby Hverfjall mountain.

The two intersecting volumes creates different programmes for the interior, with the cliff acting as a visitor center with a lobby and cafe, with interior resembling the shapes found in the nearby caves. The cafe is slightly elevated above the lobby allowing the barrista to interact with guests entering the lobby area, as well as the guests in the cafe.

The turf house volume contains the utilities and services, with an office, toilets and changing rooms with a private exit for the guests wishing to visit the Kvennagjá cave.

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The building is placed on the old parking lot, between the two caves, to minimize the groundwork and damage of terrain during construction. This creates a barrier between the two caves, so that people wishing to enter Kvennagjá can enjoy more privacy.

Access to Kvennagjá can be purchased inside, where you will get a key to the cave and access to lockers in the changing rooms, which lead directly to the cave through an exit out the back. parking will be moved closer to the road, and natural paths is laid out throughout the system of cracks, bridges and crossings are put on natural connections over the crack and are made safe by fences and enhancements to the paths using local stone.

The paths consist of gravel, and where the elevation changes, or obstacles occur, local stones will be fited and stacked to minimize the impact on nature. Information will be available at information stands located throughout the path, which will be constructed from corten steel.

Power is generated with the six solar panels fitted on the southern side of the roof, while water will be pumped form a well and filtered with equipment placed in the storage/technical room.

Visualization, view from the parking

Visualization, Cafe

Visualization, Lobby 19

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TRANSPARENCY Psychiatric daycare center

Architectural Design 4 Tsikoliya / Janků Studio Summer Semester 2021 22

Kateřinská zahrada, Prague, Czech Republic 50°04’18.7”N 14°25’37.2”E

GoRo Award Winner Best studio project

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BRIEF:

Urban environment is an environment of constant change. The change is manifested temporally (day vs night, peak hour vs siesta, workdays vs weekends, seasons etc), spatially (center vs periphery), programmatically, materially, culturally, ...

Disruption and transition are two extreme approaches to formulate a phenomenon of change in architecture. Change in question may relate to typology, program, design qualities, ...

Architecture can provide a gradient from high to low, busy to calm, public to private, open to closed, ... It can also make a point of highlighting a contrast between those as a way to create a tension, a disruption or a call for action.

Studio brief will focus on these extreme strategies and on the gradient in-between on the example of a complex urban situation in Prague 2 with its complex program assemblage consisting of public spaces, infrastructure and medical facilities.

The project site is located in a triangel between Apolinářská St., Ke Karlovu St. and Psychiatric Clinic building (1st Medical Faculty, Charles University).

Task:

Solve the problems on the project site and design a daycare facility for mentally ill patients, without removing hospital functions from the site.

Site plan, as is

Transparency Mental health and psychological disorders are often put under a bit of stigma, something to be locked up behind walls and hidden away. This is the feeling the site gives in its current state; a psychiatric clinic locked behind walls, hidden away from the view of the public. However, these walls are not there to keep something in, as anyone can enter.

The site itself is neglected. Walking up to the main entrance of the psychiatric clinic becomes quite a negative experience due to the atmosphere.

This project aims to open up the site, removing the unnecessary barriers, creating a pleasant atmosphere, and in the process integrating the public life in the city to help the healing process of the clients.

The site will be opened up, by removing walls and by reintroducing the historical road connection which used to run perpendicular to the psychiatric clinic. Run-down buildings will be removed, three of them will be turned into new functions to be operated by the new daycare, as a way to provide social training and giving them a chance to work if they want. The placement of the daycare and the existing kept buildings forms two new public squares, next to which is the daycare, a cafe run by the daycare, a gallery in the old boiler building, and a event space.

This way the building gives something back to the neighbourhood, while at the same time creating an environment where the public is in contact with and helps the clients heal and develop.

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GREENHOUSE

EVENT SPACE

CAFE

GALLERY SPACE

DAYCARE

Axonometric view

New buildings shaped to fit between the existing structures.

Existing structures renovated and turned into new functions for the public

New connections, historical road in front of the psychiatric ward reintroduced.

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Visualization, Public square, workshops on the right

The name transparency is derived from the transparent nature of the new public spaces and new building, where mental health issues are no longer locked behind walls. This is reflected in the design of the building as well, where the whole structure is covered in perforated panels, which during sunlight provide a comfortable diffuse light in the interior, as well was privacy from the outside. But during cloudy weather and when it’s dark, the light from within the building glows through the facade making the inner works visible. These panels can also slide, allowing whole walls to open up creating direct connection with inside and outside, as well as allowing the building to be flexible depending on the daily needs.

Each corner of the site features a small park with wild flowers, so no matter where you enter the site from you will walk past some nice greenery. The greenery is also followed through into the interior, where the first thing which greets you is a green wall in the lobby. The interior follows the same principles as the exterior volume as well, where as the volumes create public and private spaces on the outside. The grouping of rooms together with large double height areas between these groups, creates many different areas where the client can spend their time and do activities.

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1. Lobby

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Plan, ground floor 1 3. Autiotorium

4. Gym

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3 2. Administration

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6. Hospital services part

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7. Storage

Visualization, view from street

The building is set back to create a green waiting area for the bus-stop, in front of the Apolinarska maternity ward.

Light shines through the perforated facade in the morning and evening.

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Visualization, Lobby

The perforated panels change in transparency depending on how private the interior programme is at that spot, so more public rooms have greater visibility while private functions remain private.

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PLAYFUL SQUARES Kindergarten

Architectural Design 3 Wertig / Kopecky Studio Winter Semester 2020 30

Kateřinská zahrada, Prague, Czech Republic 50°04’25.3”N 14°25’35.0”E

GoRo Award Finalist

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BRIEF: KINDERGARTEN FOR CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES FINAL TASK WS 2020/2021 PROGRAM: For kids - 4 playrooms (24 children/playroom) - each palyroom includes space for games and study (study space could be used as bedroom) - each plaroom includes storage for beds (10 sqm) - children cloakroom - children toilets - children showers Fot staff (all genders) - day room for (8 teachers, 3 chefs - 16 sqm) - office (14 sqm) - staff cloakroom - staff toilets - staff showers Other facilities - storage (10 sqm) - cleaning room (2 sqm) - technical room (6 sqm) - garden - dining room (could be connected with the study space of the playroom) - kitchen with all facilities and

Site plan

PLAYFUL SQUARES The kindergarten is placed in the north east side of the gardens, and will share outdoor area with the existing kindergarten in the adjacent building.

The building is a composition of nested and stacked squares which are placed between the existing trees. Each square is placed to optimize the functionality and quality of the programme within.

The volumes are nested into the slope of the terrain which makes a series of playful rooftops with different personalities, which can be used for play and education.

Staircases and slides connect the rooftops to the ground.

Placing the squares between the trees makes natural openings, resulting in a structure where every important room has direct access to the gardens.

The playrooms are placed on the south side of the building and are designed so they can be changed and optimized to the daily needs of the kids. Each room can be divided into two smaller rooms, some may be completely dark for sleeping, or they can all be opened up together into one big playroom.

The kitchen and multifunctional dining hall are placed on the north side of the building, both have large doors which open up to the playgrounds, allowing tables to be moved outside and food to be served directly outside.

The ground volumes are clad in a slatted timber facade with different patterns and finishes to differentiate each volume. The facade is designed to absorb noise from the playground .

A composition of square windows of different sizes cover the walls, giving playful light and views to the interior.

The upper volumes are clad in translucent panels, with different construction based on the programme. Colored panels are implemented for the multifunctional hall to give a playful, changing atmosphere. Overlapping panels are used for the library to provide a constant, diffuse light.

Locate existing large trees on site

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Place volumes between the trees

Cover top volumes in glass to let light into the interior

Give rooftops playful functionality

Exploded axonometric diagram 33

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Plan, ground floor

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Plan, first floor

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Visualization, Classroom

The classrooms all open up directly into the garden.

They can also be opened up to each other, to be configured into larger playspaces, or just one large seamless space.

Windows of different sizes are placed in different heights to facilitate play and curiosity between the inside and outside.

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Visualization, early morning render of multifunctional room, staircase to library

Common spaces are double height, with the upper part of the volume being covered with an outer layer of translucent panels, giving softer, more playful light in the interior.

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Orre, Norway 42mm f.7,1 1/400

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Vienna, Austria 57mm f.5,6 1/20

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Prague, Czech Republic 86mm f.11 1/40

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Hunnedalen, Norway 28mm f.9 1/40

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CONTACT +4740602270 andyamdahl@gmail.com

MORE WORK Instagram: Andreas_Amdahl https://www.instagram.com/andreas_amdahl/

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