My first document

CV, Letter of recommendation

Housing for the elderly Dzierżonióv

Rohan primary school

Ostrava tower Moravská třebová cultural center Vineyard Lahofer

Columbarium

Green dreams

Footbridge to the top of Pražská brána

Swimming pool in the city center

House in Smetanovo náměstí

Name Ing.arch.

Email

Telephone

Address

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Nationality

Education

Gabriela Voláková

gabina.volakova@gmail.com

+420 776 302 706

Nad Smetankou 222/1 Prague 9, 19000, Czech Republic

25th of February 1997

Czech

2020 - 2022 CTU in Prague - master degree

2016 - 2020 CTU in Prague - bachelor degree

2016 - Driving license category B

2008 - 2016 Gymnasium Jaroslava Seiferta

2003 - 2008 Primary school Jiřího z Poděbrad

Work experience

09/2022 - NOW Erasmus Internship - Omega areal (Bergen architects) - Bergen, Norway

06/2020 - 09/2022

CHYBIK + KRISTOF ARCHITECTS & URBAN DESIGNERS - Prague, Czechia

04/2018 - 05/2018 The Prague Institute of Planning and Development - Prague, Czechia

Skills

Languages

Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Autocad

Sketchup, Archicad, Lumion, Twinmotion

Rhino, Revit

Qualities

Friendly, creative, hardworking, good working at team

Recognition

Student competition - Wooden buildings 2022

Czech - native speaker

English - B2

Spanish - A2

- 1 place award with project Housing for the elderly Dzierżoniów (Diploma thesis)

Interests

Sport, Traveling, Drawing, Graphic Design, Design

_Housing for the elderly Dzierżonióv | Dzierżonióv, Poland

|| Diploma thesis, Czech technical university

||| 1 place award in student competition - Wooden buildings 2022

The main goal of the proposed building is to enable housing for seniors who are still able to take care of themselves but are looking for community housing with the possibility of using a separate apartment in a smaller area. At the same time, the building will offer seniors other spaces to use, which will ensure their better quality of life in old age and at the same time allow them to continue to lead social and cultural life.

_Rohan Primary School | Prague, Czech Republic

|| Design architect at studio CHYBIK+KRISTOF ARCHITECTS & URBAN DESIGNERS

Position: design architect

The mass of the new Rohan elementary school is designed into a clear block, which gradually slopes within the individual floors. A building designed in this way responds to all 4 cardinal directions and uses the maximum potential of the given location. At the same time, its orientation creates a direct axis and link between the territory of Rohanský ostrov, the school yard and Palmovka, and it responds to an important landscape element of the Vltava river. This clearly structured school isn’t only an educational institution, but also it is a center for public amenities and provides easy access for the residents of Karlín and lower Libeň.

Visualization of exterior

Visualization of classroom

_Ostrava tower | Ostrava, Czech Republic

|| Design architect at studio CHYBIK+KRISTOF ARCHITECTS & URBAN DESIGNERS

Position: design architect

The project aims to reconnect and activate the public place to its surroundings. The building has alternating levels of publicly accessible functions and private facilities while the top floors are used for a public rooftop with 360 degrees views and a multifunctional space with café, restaurant and bar. The building‘s shape is inspired by its context reacting towards the views of the city and landscape: the lower part relates to the public space and the city structure, while the top shifts and becomes a lighthouse speaking to the city center.

_Moravská Třebová cultural center | Moravská Třebová, Czech Republic

|| Design architect at studio CHYBIK+KRISTOF ARCHITECTS & URBAN DESIGNERS

Position: design architect

Moravská Třebová, Moravian region, Czech Republic. A site in the town center, once a textile factory, is due to open a new chapter of its rich history and transform into a cultural center. Preserving the original shape of the factory roof and its industrial character, the new facility unites public functions underneath it. Stripping the existing building from walls and applying transparency highlights the new ownership - as a place for the community.

_Vineyard Lahofer | Dobšice, Czech Republic

|| Graphic design at studio CHYBIK+KRISTOF ARCHITECTS & URBAN DESIGNERS

Position: grafic works

New building of Vinařství Lahofer is set in Vineyard U Hájku in between two towns: Dobšice and Suchohrdly in the Znojemsko region. The building forms a connection between production and administration and between the inner visitor area and the outdoor amphitheatre. It has an organic shape of a concrete wave, which pays respect to wine craft and its tradition. With its elegant relief it aspires to subtly fuse with its surroundings. The main concept of the design is a symbol of rows of wine infiltrating the building through the construction system.

_Columbarium | Riga, Latvia

|| Competiton, collaboration with Natálie Korpášová

The main idea behind this project was to understand the overall concept of the forest cemetery and the possibility of honouring the memory of the dead and their burial. The Forest Cemetery in Riga consists of several landmarks which are scattered within the forest. Columbarium in Riga supports this concept and forms a part of principal landmark network. Many people believe that when they die, they go to heaven and become a star shining and protecting our beloved ones. Stars and lights are presented as a design element.

Concept of the shape

Columbarium as a wall Columbarium is reacting to existing pathway Columbarium is creating remembrance places

Axonometry

Bench

Urns

Water

Concept of the floorplan

_Green Dreams | Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

|| School project, Czech technical university, collaboration with Natálie Korpášová

Soil recycling Flexible process of construction Forest-based industry Hangar

Industrial area is located in close distance to lake Milada, which is currently becoming a popular tourist area. Architecturally and technically significant objects from the existing development are preserved in the proposal. The original existing railway tracks are defining the area, in which we do not intervene with new buildings. The one and only new building in that area is Hangar, which is significant and important building in the area. The landscape concept is based on the connection of 5 different types of landscape, which are located around original railway tracks.

Vision of the area

Ground plan of the administrative part with a skatepark

Section of the administrative part

Visualization

_Footbridge to the top of Pražská brána | Kouřim, Czech Republic

How to get to the top of Pražská brána? The project designing a footbridge and a stair tower allows a new access to the Pražská brána, which belongs to the historically important buildings of Kouřim. At the same time this solution offers new views of the city centre and its surroundings to the visitors of the town. The footbridge is a new element that does not hamper with the integrity of this historical object. It runs through the entire object using newly made openings. Original openings can still be seen on the facade. Both presented objects are to be made out of high-strength concrete, UHPC, which creates the impression of a light construction.

stone fortification by Kouřim from the middle of the 13th century

Concept

City walls connected city towers. City walls connected city towers. Views over the city and its surroundings. Axonometry

Axonometry footbridge

_Swimming pool in the city center | Lanškroun, Czech Republic

|| School project, Czech technical university

Genius loci. Sports. Relax. The goal of this design was to place an object into the city centre of Lanškroun where people could spend their time being active and relax at the same time. The proposed object does not hamper with the original concept of the urban area and naturally corresponds with the environmental layout. The swimming pool is a dominant object of this area. Within the complex there are spas, saunas, jacuzzies and a small, heated pool.

First underground floor

First floor plan

_House in Smetanovo náměstí | Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic

Smetanovo náměstí was constructed in the late 70‘s. The majority of the houses in the square were taken down in the name of reconstructing the city centre during the socialist era. Until today no further development had taken place. The main conceptual elements of the designed building are three separate boxes; one forms a basic space for communication, the second one serves as a multi-functional hall with services, and the third one will foster a coffee place and a gallery.

gabina.volakova@gmail.com