Portfolio 2024

selected works 2024

anna serysheva

portfolio

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ANNA SERYSHEVA aserysheva@gmail.com +31644725755 Rotterdam

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EDUCATION Aug 2021 - present

MSc. of Architecture

Delft University of Technology, NL Aug 2018 - Aug 2021

BSc. of Architecture, Urbanism and Building Science Technical University of Eindhoven, NL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Aug 2022- Dec 2022

Architectural Intern INBO, NL

June 2020 - Aug 2020

Architectural Intern

CHYBIK + KRISTOF Architects & Urban designers, CZ

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY Aug 2021- Jun 2022

Student Team SUM - Solar Decathlon

Sep 2019 - Mar 2021

Student Team CASA

Delft University of Technology, NL

Technical University of Eindhoven, NL

SKILLS / LANGUAGES Skills

Modeling: ArchiCAD (intermediate), AutoCAD (intermediate), Revit (proficient), Rhino (advanced), Grasshopper (intermediate), Rhino.Inside.Revit (intermediate), Sketchup (advanced) Visualization: AdobeCC (advanced) , D5 Render (proficient), Enscape (advanced), Lumion (advanced), Twinmotion (advanced), VRay (proficient) Technical: Python (beginner)

Languages

Russian (native), Czech (native), English (fluent), German (B1), Dutch (A2)

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CONTENTS

KOMPOSITION KONSTEPIDEMIN 6

LOCAL-INNO 20

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LIGHTBOX 32

ADDITIONAL WORK 40

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Exterior impression

7 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Type: Transformation; Eduaction & Creative space Studio: Transformation projects Term: 2023, 14 weeks Group work (3 members)

KOMPOSITION KONSTEPIDEMIN Transformation of an artist collective

Historically an epidemic hospital, the art collective Konstepidemin is facing challenges due to the lack of diversity among its resident artists and declining relevance within central Gothenburg. The project views Konstepidemin as a Palimpsest, aiming to preserve its historical layers and introverted identity while introducing a new layer with complementary extroverted qualities to enhance collaboration and relevance. To promote diversity, art students are welcomed to communal workshops established to encourage collaboration. Vertical extensions facilitate co-working and educational workshops, while outdoor structures include flexible studios and outdoor workshops, catering to diverse stakeholder interests. The lightweight timber structure of the extensions respects existing historical buildings, while the foldable facades enhance connectivity between interior and exterior spaces, promoting communication and vitality.

Our group collaboration was marked by committed involvement from all members, with each contributing equally to the design process. Every decision was carefully discussed and argued, resulting in an thorough thought-through design. The responsibilities were separated in the final stage of visual production.

In the team, my main role was developing a highly detailed 3D model in Rhino, serving as the basis for most of the drawings. I also handled render model setup (Enscape), production and post-production of renders.

If a drawing presented in this portfolio is not mine, it’s explicitly stated for clarity.

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Adaptive reuse strategies Partially Erasing

existing

new

Writing Over

existing

new

Underlining

historic

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Context axonometry

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Interrior impression: first floor

Interrior impression: second floor

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Collaborative effort with Jessica Börjesson

Combination drawing

12 The delicate balance between preserving the historic identity of the site and addressing the necessity for expansion and reconfiguration to ensure the community‘s vitality was tackled by introducing a series of vertical and horizontal extensions tactfully integraded with the existing structures

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Courtecy of Jessica Börjesson

Courtecy of Jessica Börjesson

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Urban section

15 The elevated upper boundaries of the buildings amplify the enclosure of the square between them, effectively framing the redefined extraverted space. The design establishes a dynamic interplay of levels, fostering diverse forms and degrees of interaction among users within both indoor and outdoor spaces

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roof

second floor: supporting structure (wood)

second floor: slab & walls

second floor: outer facade layer (mesh) second floor: insulating facade layer (wood) first floor: supporting structure (wood)

first floor: existing buidling structure (brick) ground floor: existing buidling structure (brick)

entrance (mesh)

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Exterior impression - Summer & Winter

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AI (PromeAI) based on Rhino model export + PS Post production

21 Location: Azraq, Jordan Type: Education, community center; Climate design focus Studio: Architectiural engineering Term: 2022, 10 weeks Individual work

Local-inno School and community center in a refuge camp

Located within Jordan’s Azraq refugee camp, Local-inno seamlessly blends local practices with engineering advances to improve the challenging lives of displaced communities. The deployable school concept combines easily assembled modules crafted from both local and innovative materials, integrating vernacular thermal control methods like windcatchers and thermal mass utilization for climate adaptability.

Beyond educational spaces, the design prioritizes the wellbeing of the users of the space with leisure areas and community hubs, including a community center and spaces for additional employment. To address privacy concerns, an arched arcade around hygiene areas fosters safety for women while enabling-eyes on the street effect and community oversight.

From a structural perspective, H-shaped loadbearing walls are constructed by unskilled workers using local rammed earth. Slats are mounted onto reinforced fiber frames provide ventilation. This assembly ensures maximum climate comfort with phase changing material, aerogel, and trombe wall membrane aiding regulating temperatures day and night.

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Maquette render

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AI (PromeAI) based on Rhino model export + PS Post production

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AI (PromeAI) based on Rhino model export + PS Post production

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Summer day and night climate scheme

31 The climate system of the design combines vernacular practices, such as the thermal mass principle of rammed earth walls and windcatcher systems, with innovative materials and systems available from regions known for their advancements in research and technology, showcasing progress in sustainable design principles. This includes utilizing phase-changing materials, light weight aerogel insulation, and Trombe wall principles achieved through a unrolling membrane. The lamellas within the system are manually turnable, allowing adaptability to specific scenarios. Teh system is deployed in disassembled state and easily assembled on site by unskilled workers During hot summer days, the rammed earth walls and windcatchers facilitate ventilation by guiding air inside alongside the draft created by opened lamellas, while phase-changing materials absorb excess heat. In cooler summer nights, these materials release stored heat to the outside.

During colder winter days, the membrane acts as a Trombe wall facade system, absorbing solar radiation to heat the air inside using principles of air pressure physics. The windcatcher is equipped with a heat exchange system that warms incoming air using the energy from outgoing warmer air.

Winter day and night climate scheme

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Exterior impression

33 Location: Maastricht, The Netherlands Type: Public building, Cultural venue Studio: Bachelor end project Term: 2021, 20 weeks Individual project

LIGHTBOX The new philharmonic in Sphinxkvartier

The objective of the Bachelor-end-project was to design a complex philharmonic in Maastricht, specifically in the part called Sphinxkwartier, north of city center. The brief included additional design of urban open air theatre on the same site. The proposal follows the design concept of a rectangular box inside a box with organic geode-like polygonal extensions emerging form it. The geometry creates diversity of spaces inside the building and allows separation of routing for visitors of the philharmonic and its performers, while maintaining of balanced level of experience for both. As part of my research question I investigated extending user experience of architecture through kinetic elements. As a result, the facade of the building is equipped with light installation that reflects the performance that is happening on the inside through changing colors and patterns, thus allowing users of the public space around to enjoy the performance as well. Additionally, the inside of the concert hall is equipped with kinetic walls that move with the rhythm of the performed music, accentuating the experience of listeners.

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Ground floor (brown: performers area, bue: public area)

First floor (brown: performers area, blue: public area)

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Second floor (brown: performers area, blue: public area)

Third floor (brown: performers area, blue: public area)

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Exterior impression

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MICROLAB Axonometric section

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ADDITIONAL WORK assemblage of additional work and projects showing digital skills and design abilities

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43 Location: World Type: Experimental research Studio: MVRDV Why Factory Term: 2021, 10 weeks Group project

PIXEL PLANET Experimental research on modularity of units, clusters, scapes

During the experimental studio The Why Factory led by one of the founders of MVRDV Winy Maas . The research on the possibilities of prefabricated design was conducted by uniform efforts of 30 students, separated into smaller research groups based on scale - units, cluster and scape.

I was part of the scapes research where we researched how can we turn landscape three-dimensional voxels. As part of the research we tried to broaden our imagination horizon and bring ideas such as scripted forest made of flying voxels into measurable by quantity and quality models which can be analyzed based on data and evaluated based on performance. As conclusion, a program proposal was scripted for each of the scenarios and evaluated. All the scenarios were compiled into a User interface The Pixel Maker which allowed creation and evaluation of all the scenarios.

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Exterrior impression

45 Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands Type: Trnsformation; Complex project Studio: Multidisciplinary projects Term: 2020, 10 weeks Group project

MICROLAB TRANSFORMATION Redesign of an outdated structure into a multi-functional complex

Axonometric section

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47 Location: Maastricht, The Netherlands Type: Urban design Studio: Bachelor end project Term: 2021, 4 weeks Individual project

OPEN AIR THEATRE Complimentary urban design in proximity of Philharmonic