George Sitarenios-architecture portfolio

George Sitarenios. architecture student WSA B.Arch.

George Sitarenios.

Telephone: +44 (0) 7407097439 +30 6973502038 E-mail: george.sitarenios@yahoo.com Adress: 40 Trempesinas str, Voula 166 73, Athens, Greece

Personal Information:

Languages:

Date of birth: 27/07/1993 Gender: Male Nationality: Hellenic (Greek)

Greek: Native English: Proficient

Education.

2012-2015: Welsh School of Architecture BSc (Hons) in Architectural Studies Degree Classification: First Class Honours Thesis Project: Tottenham Hale: Urban Regeneration through Culture Awarded the T Alwyn Lloyd Memorial Scholarship 2011-2012: Architectonica : Architecture + Design Foundation Overal score: 85/100 (First Class Degree Honours) Supervisor: Dr.Narina Souvatzidou (Architect, PhDc in Architecture)

2008-2011: 2nd Lyceum of Voula Overal score: Excellent 18.8/20 Mathematics: 19/20 Physics: 20/20 Modern Greek literature: 18.9/20 2007-2011: Plakas Arts Center Ink Pen Technical Drawing , Free Hand and Life Drawing Classes

Skills.

CAD Software: Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD (2D & 3D), 3D Studio Max, V-Ray Renderer, Ecotect Analysis(Basic) Autodesk Vasari(Basic)

Scripting Language: MaxScript (3DS Max)

Hand Craftmanship: Technical Drawings, Sketching, Competent Model Maker (Familiar with a wide variety of Other Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe In Design materials and techniques, including laser cutter Sketch Up, Microsoft Office file handling, timber workshop cutting machines and wood bending techniques.)

Good organizational, interpersonal and presentation skills, capable of working with consistently tight deadlines as a member of a team or individually.

Experience.

Summer 2014: Having attended distance Learning course ‘Understanding Great Art’

by Dr.Sharon Latchaw Hirsh of Rosemont College, USA. 06/2014: Participation in the art performance ‘Spatial Triadic Dance’ at Jacobs Antique Centre in Cardiff curated by Architects Peter Salter and Sergio Pineda.

06/2013: Member of a small architecture students team which designed and built an architectural installation for the annual music festival in the city of Bristol.

Client: Creative Commons organized by Architects Shankari Raj Edgar and Juliet Davis.

Summer 2013: Volunteering at the curation exhibition preparations of the ‘Jannis Kounellis’ Retrospective at the National Museum of Contemporary Arts in Athens.

02/2012-05/2012: Designing a small low cost exhibition pavillion and taking part at the ‘Regeneration of Kotzia Square in Athens’ architecture students competition organized by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

01/2012-04/2012: Participating and gaining the 4th position at the ‘SWATCH TTR ART’ industrial design competition by proposing 3 hand watch design proposals inspired by winter sports.

Interests:

Art theory and literature reading/ Film Watching/ Interior Decoration/ Sculpting/ Cooking/ Swimming/ Music/ Travelling

References.

Mr. Graham Ford WSA Unit leader, 3rd Year Design Tutor

Ms. Chikako Kanamoto WSA Unit Leader, 3rd Year Design Tutor

Ms. Narina Souvatzidou Education Director of Architectonica Foundation

Britannia House 11 Glenthorne Road, Hammersmith London W6 0LH Email: graham@grahamfordarchitects.com

Michaelis Boyd Associates 108 Palace Gardens Terrace London W8 4RT Email: chikako@michaelisboyd.com

15 Gialourou Str. Attiko Alsos Athens, 11363 Email: info@architectonica.gr

Year 3 design thesis: Urban Regeneration through Culture.

We instinctively know this. Imagine society and their built environment without the civilizing influence of the Arts and you’ll have to strip out what is most pleasurable and beautiful in life –and much of what is educationally vital. Cultural consideration has always been an essential part in the development of the urban landscape since arts not only make cities more attractive but affect the way communities are shaped, progress and develop resilience in various ways.

Tottenham Hale: Masterplan design proposal.

London, UK BSc Design Thesis Tottenham is an area in northern London which for the past 4 decades has been facing a plethora of problems associated with high levels of unemployment,deprivation, over-crowding and lack of aspiration and opportunity. Its urban fabric lacks a focal point, there is no sense of belonging and responsibility, and for many it is considered to have been exluded by the map of London.

Cultural projects have played an increasingly important role in British urban regeneration since the mid-1980s, but recent developments have focused less on capital projects, and more on the capacity of arts activity to support community-led renewal.

Driven by the same belief my architectural proposal for the rehabilitation of Tottenham aims at exploring the impact Cultural development can have on altering the image and reputation of the city, recover its lost Identity and build stronger social bonds for the sake of the local community.

Concept Model

Site analysis.

Industrial Train-Bus station Council depot

Chosen site

Chosen site Residential Small retail Big retail

Cultural faciliies Educational faciliies Leisure-sports facilities Community spaces Religious spaces

The area chosen for masterplan development is the site around the Down lane Park, the major gathering green space for the locals which can be found right outside the central Tube station of the city. At the moment this area of amazing natural beauty is surrounded by redundant industrial warehouses and presents an unwelcoming image of dereliction and decay.

Cultural development strategy.

Masterplan architectural proposal.

The new architetcural proposal, as it is proposed by the masterplan, aims at creating a new dialogue in Tottenham between the new and existing infrastructures as well as the natural and the artificial landscape. Particular emphasis is given in creating a series of public spaces which manage to unify not only the different suggested uses of the masterplan but also create a more natural and fluid circulation of people within the landscape.

In addition, located on a sloping artificial platform, which functions as a buffer zone reducing the impact from the heavy traffic of the highway, we can find the Cultural center along with the sculptural garden, interventions that highlight the new cultural character of the city’s regeneration strategy.

Diagramatic sections of the masterplan.

As shown by the sectional views of the master plan the scale of the new architectural infrastructures tries to respond respectfully to the existing urban fabric and the sensitive natural beauty of the park. Furthermore, the different ground levels were taken into consideration in order to create transition zones from one function to another and to provide a series of interesting and attractive views

Vegetation consideration.

Landscape qualities Concept model

Tottenham Hale: Cultural center design project.

Located on an artificial green slope, creating a conceptual dialogue and achieving physical connection between the Park and the Valleys, my design project functions as a Cultural Center aims to cover the needs of the local community and city’s visitors to engage with cultural activities and promote artistic expression. Its main uses are that of an exhibition space, a library and a music auditorium while a space of significant importance is the performance art hall - the central atrium space of the building.

south elevation.

Site plan

Building plans

Section A-A’

Section B-B’

ng area. st entrance.

South elevation

South elevation

West elevation

scale 1:200

View from cotemporary art gallery

viewlibrary from cotemporary gallery. second oor entrance.

Library reading area

exit to sculptural garden.

library reading area.

erformance rmance art space. art space.

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East elevation

View from east entrance

viewview fromfrom easteast entrance. entrance.

Library second floor entrance

library library second second ooroor entrance. entrance.

Technical detailing

Ground floor level

Major design aim, supported by detailed technical analysis, was to create curator friendly exhibition spaces offering the possibility of achieving multiple lighting conditions to display exhibits while taking advantage of natural light.

Roof plan view

Final building model.

Neath Port Talbot: Central city library.

Situated right next to the central train station, the library provides a smooth transition to the entrance of the county, through a gentle landscape manipulation. Considering the existing social context of high illiteracy rates, the design aims to create an educational and cultural re-connection.

Continuing the language of the exterior landscape, the building becomes its extension blurring the boundaries of interior and exterior. Its extended architectural promenade offers an uninterrupted flow of movement from the ground to the top floor, culminating to a book-cafe with panoramic views overlooking the county. The extensive use of glazing, results to 360째 views, something that adds to the creation of different conditions for reading. Moving through a diverse array of learning environments, from intimate to engaging, the user encounters the main auditorium space, a sloping polished white conrete surface, that celebrates the flexible educational system proposed by the brief.

Section A-A’

Section B-B’

Technical detailing

steel balustrade

grass

glass surface

moisture retention layer plazadeck drainage-aeration water storage waterproof membrane waterproof membraneresistant to formation of ice wooden plant pots double glazed sliding windows

growing medium-soil gravel for drainage

reinforced concrete slab

streel frame supporting the pots

polyester thermal insulation plywood board

suspended white concrete panels metal suspention structure erco light ďŹ ttings as shown in the lighting study

white concrete reinforced column white concrete tiles (microconcrete could be also applied) thermal screed water pipes polythene street layer

sealant expansion gap foil faced expanded polyrethane drainage chanell covered with limestones

south facade-technical section

scale 1:20

details scale1:10

Final building model.

Porth Teigr: Residential design project.

mass models

Porth Teigr is an area under development in Cardiff Bay, in the south of the capital of Wales.

The plans to create a new commercial and residential community at Porth Teigr are already underway and it is anticipated that the redeveloped site will ultimately provide opportunities for some 2,000 jobs mainly employed in the film industry, as the area will host the new BBC drama village and a plethora of new mixed-use schemes. The design brief for this project was to create a volumetric proposal for a new multistorey residential building, while resolving in greater design depth its top two levels.

floor plans

The single storey apartment was designed in order to offer affordable housing units to a family of 3 to 4 as well as the possibility of working from home as it can host a small yet flexible study area. Maximizing views to the exterior, providing natural ventilation and daylight to all of the rooms and making it fully accessible to people with special needs was considered to be of particular importance to the architectural approach.

flat plan

section A-A’

maisonette plan

Major design aim for the maisonette apartment was to create a quite spacious and architecturally interesting space that can contribute to offer a better standrard of living to those who houses. Large extents of double height glazing to the south provide key visual connections to the external landscaping and exploit the benefits of passive solar gain. Furthermore, influenced by the idea of ‘House for life’ I wanted to create a residence that can easily adjust to the needs of an expanding family, elderly and also people with moving disabilities.

section B-B’

section A-A’’

Learning bubble: Intimate reading area for two.

The brief for the learning bubble project was to create a learning instrument that would suggest an unconventional way of studying. Inspired by the process of Confession, I designed a double sided desk were a couple of people will be able to study together, while having minimal visual contact. In that way those who participate in the experience of studying can choose to remain unknown, while maximizing the possibilities of sharing verbally thoughts and knowledge, process which manages to reduce anxiety to illiterate or people with speaking disorders.

Furthermore, the choice of cardboard as material, apart from keeping the construction cost quite low, manages to create a more intimate, warm and atmospheric environment for studying.

Spatial Triadic Dance: Sculptural form-dance perfomance.

Participating in the Spatial Triadic Dance was an amazing experience as I became member of a small group of architecture students, in which each one had to design his own wooden structure-costume, by using traditional steam bending techniques as well as collaborate with a choreographer in order to produce a short performance of contemporary dance engaging with its sculptural forms, expressing its poetic and symbolic meaning. My aim was to create a dialogue between our perception of Personal and Public space and comment on the idea of Shelter.

Experiencing Rothko: Spatial artistic installation.

Experiencing Rothko is a personal idea for an architectural installation, engaging with the work of the American painter Mark Rothko. After being given the opportunity, for the first time to experience in real life some of the works of the great abstract expressionist and studying into greater depth his way of approaching painting, I felt the need to communicate through physical space the atmosphere and the psychological impact that Rothko tries to achieve with color. My intention, as expressed by a series of conceptual physical models, is to create a sequence of small rooms varying in dimensions, that will affect psychologically those who enter them with a carefully considered use of wall texture, light and several other architectural tools.

george.sitarenios@yahoo.com