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CRISTINA CAZACU

PART 2 ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT

ARCHITECTURAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Part 2 Architectural Assistant

PETER BARBER ARCHITECTS| London, UK

| 08.11.2023 - end of June 2024 |

BRANDRAM ROAD YOUTH HOUSING

Mill Hill, North London

cristina.czc@protonmail.com

+44 (0)7516521593

• Project Lead : Liaising with the client to ensure their needs were understood through regular calls. Provided regular updates to the client with design developments. Organized meetings and presentations to maintain project momentum.

• Feasibility Study: Identified the existing houses on site and prominent neighboring buildings. Recognized the site’ s location within the conservation area and identified TPO trees. Provided appropriate precedents to push the narrative of a palimpsest design proposal. Enhanced sketch elevations and plans in Photoshop.

• CAD Designing: Drafted floor plans and elevations using AutoCad considering the location of TPO trees and building regulations. Worked alongside Associate Director to solidify the design.

• Model-making: Produced and utilized a foam plug-in model 1:500 as a visual cue to argue in favor of retaining the existing houses. Produced a 1:250 cardboard model of the revised design proposal.

• Pricing: Generated an invoice for client for the feasibility stage.

WESTGATE VILLAGE DARTFORD

• Feasibility Study: Identified site features through aerial pictures at different scales. Analyzed opportunities and constraints based on gathered data to refine the design options. Considered the historical fabric of the site into the proposal. Leveraged a blend of hand-drawn sketches, CAD diagrams and precedents to support a cohesive narrative for the project. Generated an accommodation schedule outlining different housing types, M4 (1/2/3) and GIA.

• CAD Designing: Delivered plans, diagrams, GIA calculations and schedule of accommodation as part of the Pre-App Package for the meeting with council and consultants.

• Client and Stakeholder Communication: Attended meeting with deputy leaders and consultant where the design was proposed and intense negotiations on a park-free scheme.

• Model-making: Produced 1:500 foam models to showcase the various master plan options. Built a cardboard 1:250 presentation model of the proposed design square.

FULDA HOLZSTADT

• Client Communication: Arrange, and participate using the German language with client and co-architect Calculated GIA and number of units from the current design.

STONEY WOOD

• Hand-Drawings: Prepared 1:100 sketches based on new design alterations

• Pricing: Calculated the hourly rate of this additional service and generated an invoice.

FLAXMILL SHREWSBURY

• Concept Design: Worked along side director in developing design within a sensitive historical context

• Model-making: Assisted in Model making of context and proposed housing scheme.

Architectural Intern

HERI & SALLI | Vienna, Austria | 01.08.2019 - 27.09.2019 |

SALT CAVE REVAMP COMPETITION: SALZWELTEN

Visualisation: Played a key role as one of the 3 design member, translating the project’ s vision into visualizations, collages and floor plans.

Model-making: Crafted the section model, pushing the project in the last round of the jury

SOCIAL HOUSING PROJECT: MUSIC BOX

CAD Design: Shadowed the project architect on the detailed design on the supporting structure as well as the shafts. Chose appropriate door profiles for different apartment configurations from the firm’ s catalogue.

OFFICE FURNITURE PROJECT: MODULAR CUPBOARD

CAD Design: Designed cupboard modules for firm’ s conference room, Transferred hand drawings into viable Rhino 3D model, showcasing skills in CAD.

Architectural Intern ZECHNER & ZECHNER GMBH | Vienna, Austria

| 19.11.2012 - 23.11.2012 |

Model-making: Contributed to model making for an anonymous competition. Site Visit: Site-vising with a senior architect of an ongoing project. Briefed about different building stages and the importance of staff and time management as part of the architect’s job.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER | London , UK | 2021- 2023| M.Arch Part 2 , Grade: Distinction

TU VIENNA | Vienna , Austria | 2017- 2021| B.Sc in Architecture, Grade: 2:1

BRIGGITENAUER GYMNASIUM HIGHSCHOOL | Vienna , Austria | 2013 - 2017 | emphasis on ‘Descriptive Geometry’

BILLINGUAL MIDDLE SCHOOL KOPP II | Vienna , Austria | 2009 - 2013 | emphasis on ‘Science and Languages’

PRIMARY SCHOOL CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI | Medgidia, Romania | 2005 - 2009 |

ACHIEVEMENTS

WINNER OF THE JOINT 2nd PRIZE OF THE SHOAIB RAWAT MEMORIAL AWARD | 2023 | University of Westminster, London

SPECIAL MENTION OF THE KOOZARCH JULY DRAWING ENTRY | 2023 | Koozarch

WINNER OF THE JOINT PRIZE FOR TECHNICAL AWARD OF FABFEST WEEK | 2021 | University of Westminster, London

PUBLISHED PROJECT in ‘Space Tessellations’ by W. Van Hoeydonck | 2021 | Vienna, Austria

REFERENCES (AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST)

PETER BARBER (Employer) +44 7879477871

peter@peterbarberarchitects.com 173 King’s Cross Road, WC1X 9BZ London

SKILLS PROFICIENCY

Archicad - academic(3yearsexp.)

Rhino - work, academic, personal (2yearsexp.)

Adobe CC Suite - work, academic, personal(8yearsexp.)

Autocad - work,academic, (3yearsexp.)

3DS Max - academic(2yearsexp.)

Grasshopper - academic(1yearexp.)

BEN STRINGER (DS 12 Studio Tutor) +44 20 7911 5000

B.Stringer@westminster.ac.uk 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS London

INTERESTS LANGUAGES

Skiing

Language etymology Trekking Drawing

English - fluent

German - native fluency

Romanian - native speaker

Italian- B2 level

SELECTED SAMPLE PORTFOLIO

Cristina Cazacu

Role: Part 2 Architectural Assistant

BRANDRAM ROAD YOUTH HOUSING

Lewisham, London, UK

Brandram Road is located within a residential area of Lewisham. The site currently comprises three, two-storey houses with lush back gardens. We proposed a palimpsest, retaining the structure of the current 2-storey houses and plugging in new spaces in between.

Existinghouses Chosen units

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1B1P (37m2) 1B1P (39m2)

GroundFloor1:100@A3 1B1P (37m2) 1B1P (39m2) 1 bed 2 person M4(3) wheelchair adaptable unit 1 bed 1 person NTS Ground Floor

1.NWElevationofthemainbuilding

2.NWElevationofthestaffhousing

3.NEElevationofthemainbuilding

4.NWElevationofthestaffhousing

1 3 2 4 NTS 1st Floor

1stFloor1:100@A3 1B1P (37m2) 1B1P (39m2) 1B1P (42m2)

1 bed 2 person M4(3) wheelchair adaptable unit 1 bed 1 person

1B1P (37m2)

View from Church Terrace View from Belmont Hill ViewfromBlessingtonRoad

Role: Part 2 Architectural Assistant

WESTGATE VILLAGE

Dartford, Kent, UK

Westgate Village is a low-rise neighborhood, ranging between one and three storeys, located in the town centre of Dartford. High quality residential (~120 homes) and non residential accommodation is arranged around a network of intimately scaled mews streets, knitting together the existing Kent Road, Hythe Street and Orchard Street into a cohesive part of the town. Axonoftheproposal-bydirector

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2.7 Design Proposal Options Overview Approximate No. of units: 120 homes (11,175 m2 3/4 storey apartments 2 storey cottages Approximate commercial area: for discussion Number of parking space 6 spaces Approximate No. of units: 100 homes (10,186 m2 3/4 storey apartments 2 storey cottages Approximate commercial area: for discussion Number of parking space 25 spaces Approximate No. of units: 150 homes (9750 m 2/3/4 storey cottages Approximate commercial area: for discussion Number of parking space 3 spaces Approximate No. of units: 95 homes (7715 m 3/4 storey apartments 2 storey cottages Approximate commercial area: for discussion Number of parking space 25 spaces Approximate No. of units: 75 homes (6726 m2 3/4 storey apartments 2 storey cottages Approximate commercial area: for discussion Number of parking space 45 spaces Approximate No. of units: 75 homes (4875 m2 3/4 storey apartments 2 storey cottages Approximate commercial area: for discussion Number of parking space 40 spaces Option 1A Option 2A Option 3 Option 1B Option 2B Option 4 Option 5 Approximate No. of units: Approximate commercial area: Number of parking space

1:500 2.7 Design Proposal Options Overview Approximate No. of units: 120 homes (11,175 m2 3/4 storey apartments 2 storey cottages Approximate commercial area: for discussion Number of parking space 6 spaces Approximate No. of units: 100 homes (10,186 m2 3/4 storey apartments 2 storey cottages Approximate commercial area: for discussion Number of parking space 25 spaces Approximate No. of units: 150 homes (9750 m2 2/3/4 storey cottages Approximate commercial area: for discussion Number of parking space 3 spaces Approximate No. of units: 95 homes (7715 m2 3/4 storey apartments 2 storey cottages Approximate commercial area: for discussion Number of parking space 25 spaces Approximate No. of units: 75 homes (6726 m 3/4 storey apartments 2 storey cottages Approximate commercial area: for discussion Number of parking space 45 spaces Approximate No. of units: 75 homes (4875 m2 3/4 storey apartments 2 storey cottages Approximate commercial area: for discussion Number of parking space 40 spaces Option 1A Option 2A Option 3 Option 1B Option 2B Option 4 Option 5 Approximate No. of Approximate commercial Number of parking 2.7 Design Options Approximate No. of units: 120 homes (11,175 m2 3/4 storey apartments 2 storey cottages Approximate commercial area: for discussion Number of parking space 6 spaces Approximate No. of units: 100 homes (10,186 m2 3/4 storey apartments 2 storey cottages Approximate commercial area: for discussion Number of parking space 25 spaces Approximate No. of units: 150 homes (9750 m 2/3/4 storey cottages Approximate commercial area: for discussion Number of parking space 3 spaces Approximate No. of units: 95 homes (7715 m 3/4 storey apartments 2 storey cottages Approximate commercial area: for discussion Number of parking space 25 spaces Approximate No. of units: 75 homes (6726 m2 3/4 storey apartments 2 storey cottages Approximate commercial area: for discussion Number of parking space 45 spaces Approximate No. of units: 75 homes (4875 m2 3/4 storey apartments 2 storey cottages Approximate commercial area: for discussion Number of parking space 40 spaces Option 1A Option 2A Option 3 Option 1B Option 2B Option 4 Option 5 Approximate Approximate Number of Figuregroundplanoftheproposeddesignwithstoreynr.

AerialviewontoWestgateParking

At the heart of the scheme lies a public square, where streets converge, fostering social interaction between residents. Charming small scale shops adorn the hard edge of Hythe Street continuing and rejuvenating this commercial street . A smaller square is formed at the end of Copperfields Walk.

DINING ROOM

6 Non-res spaces Refuse Sewage Residential spaces 15000mm Exclusion 30000mm Exclusion Existing buildings

Floodingaffecting76sqmoftheproposal Ground Floor 1:100 UpperFloor1:100 Elevation 1:100 1:500 Ground Floor 1:100 First Elevation LIVING/KITCHEN/ DINING ROOM Design Typical Ground Floor 1:100 First Floor 1:100 Elevation LIVING/KITCHEN/

BEDROOM BA 01 02 03 01 02 03 Elevation 01 02 KEY

Viewontothesquare,andorielwindowinthecorner

Viewontothesquare Topview

FLAXMILL SHREWSBURY

Shrewsbury, Kent, UK

Flaxmill Maltings is a delightful new urban quarter comprising , houses, flats and maisonettes laid out along pretty mews streets linking Spring Gardens to the newly refurbished Flaxmill buildings and pedestrian routes to the north of the site. Shrewsburry Flaxmill is the first iron-framed building in the world,

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Role: Part 2 Architectural

2.3 Design Proposal Proposed Figure Ground Plan

Assistant

FigureGroundPlan

University of Westminster, Year 2, DS12, Peter Barber & Ben Stringer Winner of 2nd Place Joint Shoaib Rawat Memorial Prize

WANTSUM CITRUS

Manston Airport, Kent, UK

Wantsum Citrus is an experimental orange orchard in Manston, Kent, equipped with innovative inflatable greenhouse technology and optimized plant growth in times of food insecurity for consumers and farmers alike. Citrus strikes to break the dependency of food imports into the UK and build a local economy run by the people of Manston. The project rethinks food waste, in specific fruit peels, into valuable upcycled materials such as orange paper, packing material, cellulosebased bioplastic and structural kraftboard rolls made with a percentage of food waste. The orange trees grow on rammed chalk walls as south-facing espaliers, which ensures maximum sun exposure. In adverse weather conditions, an array of inflatable greenhouses is deployed across the orchard. These greenhouses use residual hot air from drying towers, where food waste is dried prior to processing it into recycled paper and building material.

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Awaitingthehelicopterride Proposal OverviewofManstonAirportandproposedprojects

Viewthroughtheorangeorchardswithanoverlookinginflateable 1 Groundwater Well Oranges Peels Fruit Waste Purification Bioethnaol Pigment Hot Vapour Oranges Receptive bricks Habitat for mining bees Food for mining bees Soil aeration Solar Steam Distillation Sun Solar Drying Juice Pressing Fiber waste Solid residues Hot Vapor Milling Drying Mixing + Bleaching Beating Flow board Roller Forming Waste Water Paper Blossoms Srujitha’s parfume Denise’s Water Treatment Plant Sophie’s Packaging Hannah’s workforce Machinery picking Elderly plant nurturing Hanna’s Market Ian’s Medicine Fertiliser Ally’s fertiliser Tree Shipping Existing Concrete Hannah’s workforce INDUSTRY BYPRODUCTS USAGE SITE INFLUENCES WORKFORCE AGRI CULTURE Ian’s Packaging Ian’s fertiliser Ian’s leaves Denise’s wastepaper TESCO Deal Heatreg. Anthony’s Chalk Georgina’s cotton Programme:PaperoutofCitrusWaste Inflateable Greenhouses 2 Cable andpilon structure 3 Inflateable Greenhouses 4 Rammed chalk walls withupcycling facilityand papermaking facility

Section(North-South)throughownproject,andtheneighbouringones

Section(East-West)throughownproject,andtheneighbouringones

Anthony’sGeothermalTunnels

Sectionthroughtheorchardandneighbour’s tunnels

Pietro’sBrewery Axon of the entire scheme within the site context

Electricity from Citric Acid

The facade holds recycled ETFE (Ralph’s Recycling Centre) pods. In them, leftover and spoilt oranges are used for their citric acid to produce enough electricity to lightup the ‘Wantsum Citrus’ Billboard on top of the facility. Once fully depleted, they are dried and used for their pulp in the paper making process

12 Viewinsideoftheorangepeelupcyclingfacility

Billboard poweredby citric acid Citrus Circuit Facade

Sectionthroughtheupcyclingfacility

13 Circulationtower forDeliverieswithpulleysystem thethefoodwastebroughinto site MainBuildingrestingon cappingbeamsoftherammed chalkwalls Community Allotments 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Offices 2ConveyorBeltfor WashingOranges 3 Juice Production and Rainwater Treatment 4 Rainwater Silos 5 Circulation Tower (Public) 6 Circulation Tower and Deliveries(Private)

Heattransport throughwater

Biodegradeable plasticformwork for the chalk walls.

Pipestogeothermal plant

Theformworkisofacellulose-basedbioplasticwhich degradeswithin90days.

Closeupofthefacadewhenfullyfilled with rammed chalk

Theformworkistiedwithhempstringsgrownonthe north side of the orchard. Once filled with rammed chalk,itgetsitsondulatedshape.Then,thetimber framework is removed.

After45days:thefacadedecomposes andflakesbreakthroughweather influences off the rammed chalk wall

After90days, the rammed chalk texture is visible.

TechnologicalLayers

LayerA:HeatedWalls

LayerB:FruitHarvester

LayerC:SolarPanels(predom.North)

LayerD:Windmills(predom.South) ForestGardenLayers

Layer1:ValenciaOrange,BloodOrange

Layer2:CrabApple

Layer3:CherryTree

Layer4:Hemp

Layer5:Raspberry,Blueberry

Layer6:Blackcurrant

Layer7:Jessica’sGinger

iron

Inflatable made withasoldering

Tools: Cedric Price’s Inflatable on the AD

Magazine1970 closed open

4.Waterproof

6.Blowairthroughthepipe and

the

Orange

1.Cutlayersof plastic 2. Use parchment paper to control the heat Iron over the parchment papertomelt theedges edges Cut a nozzle and secure apipe/straw throughit.

secure

airflow

Paper

Grindingintoa paste Mixingwith1:4 recycledpaper BleachingwithChalk Mixingeverythinginto aliquid 47.250 ORANGE PEELS 270 ORANGE TREES PER HECTAR 94500 ORANGES IN A YEAR 1 ha 49.24% PEEL, SEED, RAG 44.81% ORANGE JUICE 2.67% PULP CELLS 2% OIL 0.92% D’LIMONENE

DriedOrange Peels

216 000 000

@90gsm

(project’s area)=

rolls

4.320 REAMS (

SHEETS

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2.04 billion paper

DEVELOPMENT SKETCHES PACKAGING MATERIAL PAPER AND CARDBOARD MANUFACTURING DRYING TOWERS ORANGE WALL WITH PARKING LOT FOR DELIVERIES BIOPLASTIC INFLATEABLE ROOF 5. INFLATEABLE PODS WITH CAGES GRASSLAND ORANGE PEELS; PACKAGING FOR IAN’S MEDICINE GEOTHERMAL HEAT ORANGES THE RUNWAY GREENHOUSE SITE SKETCHES GREENHOUSE UPCYCLING FACILITY DRYING TOWERS

DESIGN

Heated walls Inflateable towers over the orchard Undergroundirrigation Dryingtower

3/ACADEMIC WORK

University of Westminster, Year 1, DS12, Peter Barber & Ben Stringer

LAS SUPPER

Coryton, Stanford-le-Hope, UK

Las Supper is a linear factory, producing pasta-shaped gelatine from the red seaweed ‘Glacilaria’.

Thus the project reintroduces native food of the Thames to the local community. The factory doubles as a transportation system, with a conveyor belt running underneath. It connects neighboring projects and transports produce from one corner to the other

Viewinsideoftheorangepeelupcyclingfacility DAY IN THE LIFE OF A CORYTON FACTORY WORKER

INDUSTRY

SECONDARY

MATERIAL TRANSPORT SPORE LAB GELATINE FOOD PRODUCTION

HOUSING + FARMS OYSTER SHELL

RESTAURANT

STRUCTURE

Conceptualshot

ProjectIntersection

Bamboo forestry Radial cut via machine or handheld radial splitter Insect treatment by dipping bamboo into pesticide based solution Mechanical defibering (skin removal) Resin treatment of slabs Hot pressing of slabs into boards by applying from both sides Mixing the raw material :Calcium, Silicon, Iron, Aluminum: Clinker and gypsum initial crushing (2.5 cm) Clinker and gypsum initial crushing secondary crushing (fine) DOW PROCESS (Electrolysis): Solar evaporation of NaCl + H2O, inducing chemical precipitation, results in the initial separation of magnesium from brine Proportioning additive materials: sand & clay (local resource) Heating in Rotary Kiln at 1500°C Cement Mill & Storage in Silos Growth process from spore to Gametophytes in 27 days Spores are grown in the water lab for 10 days. The rest is kept in dimmed light as specimen for diversifying crop. Tank nursery of spores Brought to the factory through the conveyor transportation Attacking semi-mature seaweed to waterfronts satellite farms Byproducts: Agar cosmetics, Gelatin Pasta, Oyster Shell concocter ( Binding Agent) Oystershellconcrete Bamboo Agargelatine 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cantilever system with C Beam for Conveyor Operable glass container Operable facade, upper window + fire safety opening, filled with bio plastic and gelatin Material delivery via Conveyor Deck supported by I- beams girders with casted concrete 1 2 3 4 5 Glass Container for gelatine set off Footing 6 7

X&Y AXIS MOVEMENT Z AXIS MOVEMENT King’s Landing Filtering Tower Las Agna Agar Avenue Minor Penne Fussili Central Five Maccaroni Main Crossing South Walk Tower Corner West End East End Main Line Secondary Line Ferry Salt Line View from the warehouse Detail 1 Detail 3 Detail 4 Detail 2 Detail 1 Detail 2 Detail 3 Detail 4

Bioplastictiles

Pastaimprintedtiles

20 20g Glycerine 5g Glycerine 20g Glycerine 20g Glycerine 5g Seaweed Gelatine Powder 150ml Water 5g Food Colouring

concrete Glacilaria gelatine

gelatine Oystershell

Bioplastic Oystershell

Glacilaria

Edible Pasta (jap.:Tokoroden)

4/ACADEMIC WORK

University of Westminster, Fablab Week, Group Work/Competition, Winner of the Technical Award

SENSORY RIBCAGE

Fablab UOW, London

Cogstructure

The preliminary research was started through the investigation of contemporary dance via Online YT videos. Here my partner and I recognize the motion pattern of CONTRACTION and RELEASE which became the defining element of the installation. The dancers seem to be pulled towards an imaginary sky, hyper extending their torso to it, in a stretching motion. After the sequence of contraction in no particular order, the dancer pulls within herself/himself, contracting their muscles. There is an interplay of contraction of muscles and of one self towards their chest . We chose to work with the chest and ribcage as it was the most expressively obvious element of the contraction and release motion.

Manualoperation

Final Product

Cogsplacedunderthetableframe

Pouringgypsumoverstockings JapaneseJoinery

Materialtestingofgypsumon stockings

IkeaPackagingMaterial Stockings Yellowplastickitchengloves Layersofcardboard andplasterwith stockings Skin like texture Undercoolwhitelight

Role: Architectural Intern

SALZWELTEN. DER SALZBERG RUFT

Salzwelten, Hallstatt, AUT

“Salzwelten” is a competition based in Hallein, Austria, for a much needed renovation of a prehistoric salt mine. It creates an interactive space in the cave itself as well as an extension of the current buildingfollowingacubistconcept. 1st

Floor

00:00 60 Ankunft Besucher-zentrum

©Heri&Salli

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Backview

Close-Up

Frontview

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Role: Architectural Intern

CUPBOARD MODULES

Heri&Sali, Vienna, AUT

AxonometryofConferenceRoom

ObliqueViewoftheConferenceRoom

Given as a task to redecorate the Heri & Salli conference room, plywood cupboard modules were introduced. Consisting of a 330 x 330 mm per cube,aslopedplywoodboardatthefarthesthorizontalsideofthemodules allow them to be joined together, while being mobile on wheels. At only four degree of a sloping angle, this spot can be used as additional seats or as space for publications. The discussion table will also be replaced by a singularplywoodone,restingonasteelstructure,withoutanywheels.

The cupboards have a maximum of six individual boxes and a minimum of four to keep the form factor functional. The wheels allow quick and easy permutationamongstthecabinetstoachievedesirable configuration. The primary element was intended to stay as economical as possible, hence fashioned after a simple open sided even quadrilateral. The cabinet exterior is subdued to blend in with the surrounding furniture such as the mainconferencetablealongwithmultiplechairs.

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Formations

Type1 + Type2 Type2 + Type3 Type2 + Type1

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