Architecture Portfolio 2022

UNDERGRADUATE PORTFOLIO

ISABELLA HARUTYUNYAN

SELECTED WORKS 2020-2022

ISABELLA HARUTYUNYAN

18.02.2000 | Yerevan, Armenia

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EDUCATION

Yerevan State University of Architecture and Construction (NUACA)

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture ‘22

Graduation thesis topic: Project of Cinematography and Animation center on “HayFilm” film studio territory.

Grade: exc.

Lycée Professionnel Français en Arménie (LPFA)

Specialized secondary education in Marketing ‘17

Grade: exc.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ithaka – Design and Architecture Junior Architect

MVRDV Model assistant for Gagarin Project

VOLUNTEERING EXPERIENCE

Fund for Armenian Relief Volunteer on a farm (proceeds going to eldery homes)

Civil Society Institute Armenia Volunteer for children in need

AWARDS & EXHIBITIONS

Participation in the 20th anniversary exhibition in CAA Multifunctional Center and Park Reconstruction Project

NUACA Scholarship

Jerair Nishanian Scholarship

LPFA Scholarship (top 3 students)

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Autodesk Revit

Autodesk Autocad

Archicad

Twinmotion

Enscape

Lumion

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe AfterEffects

QGIS

Rhinoceros

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Armenian

Russian

English

French

Norwegian

Italian

OTHER SKILLS & INTERESTS

model making

animation

painting

drawing

native speaker

C2 | fluent

C1 | advanced | IELTS: 8.0

B1 | pre-intermediate

A2 | elementary proficiency

A1 | beginner

sketching

embroidery

jewelry creation

sewing

01 | Project of Cinematography and Animation center on “HayFilm” film studio territory

NUACA Graduation Thesis Project | Sep. ‘21 – May ‘22

Individual work

Supervisors: A. Vardanyan, K. Mkhitaryan, A. Atoyan

Project location: Former “HayFilm” film studio, Yerevan, Armenia

This project aims to revive the cinematography field in the country and provide opportunities for young professionals and freelancers in the industry. The chosen area is located on the territory of former “Hayfilm” studios, in Yerevan, Armenia, now fully abandoned. The land was chosen for a variety of reasons, such as land’s location within the city, possible traffic decrease in the center of capital city. Another advantage is huge but empty land which allows the studio to expand in case of need in the future.

The center is meant to combine every single process needed for producing a film in one place, started from the pre-production to the first screening and premiere. The center is divided into public (guest areas – a restaurant, museum and cinemas) and private (production) zones. It includes several pavilions which can be used for both filming and storage, workshops for props creation, post-production offices, a small hotel, dressing rooms, recreation zone etc.

The intitial concept started with modular placement of filming pavilions which is the core segment of the center. They’re shaped as modular cubes because of the formula calculations and for making the maintenance and possible expandions easier. They’re also working as media facades and have led screens inside glass wall. This type of approach makes the building flexible to exterior changes.

STRENGTH

WEAKNESS

OPPORTUNITY

cultural value of the site; site location (M3 road) inside the city; large and empty land area; one of its kind.

existing buildings are outdated and therefore are no longer usable; accessibility, far from the city center; no green areas.

new public space outside the city center – redirection of human flow; restoring film and animation industry; new business and international relations; big public zone and new workspaces.

expensive to build and to exploit; fully dependant on the country’s economic state; traffic flow changes.

SWOT ANALYSIS

What exactly do we need to produce a film? A camera, a crew and a space for shooting. One pavilion is enough to fit the scene, the crew and additional zones, however, it’s not exactly comfortable for people involved. So, the concept begins with just movie pavilions, stacked around the service block. As the research and the formula showed, the higher the ceiling, the better. Hence, two types of modules were chosen – 24mx24m and 48mx48m. This gives an opportunity for easier expansion of the complex in case of need.

CONCEPT DIAGRAM

1. film pavilions + service block

2. film pavilions are modulized (24mx24m and 48mx48m)

3. attaching the public zone without immediate access to production

4. additional serving blocks – recreation area, offices and a small hotel

The site occupies around 30 hectares area, most of which is now abandoned and in bad condition.

The initial idea was to reuse and refurbish the existing buildings, however a visit to both the site and current TV studios in Armenia proved that it would not only be more expensive than actually demolishing and rebuilding, but also meaningless since they were build during USSR for outdated standards (including both filming and construction elements). So, after some research, it was decided to demolish them and build a new center, which would be easier to adapt to newer technologies even decades later.

The new studio would rather be a multifunctional center which could open so many oppurtunities for the country, its economy and talents. It’s an entire production, alongside new public spaces, lack of which is extremely noticeable outside the city center.

small pavilions (24mx24m)

big pavilions (48mx48m)

temporary storage pavilions

3D screen system (24mx24m)

water tank

The use of pavilions in the center is quite flexible – one day there can be filming, the other day it can be turned into a storage or a wood / props/clothing workshop. To begin with, two of them are designed to be a used as a storage because of their access to a more number of other pavilions. As an addition, another one has a 3D screen system, thus eliminiting the need of

finding other locations or the use of additional post-production. The farthest pavilion has a six meters deep water tank, meant for filming water scenes.

PAVILION DIAGRAM

POST-PRODUCTION AND ANIMATION ROOMS

PRE-PRODUCTION ROOMS

VIEW FROM THE ENTRY

VIEW FROM THE EXTERIOR SET

VIEW TO THE EDUCATIONAL ZONE & EXHIBITION

The right diagram shows the approaches to the complex. There is one main road which splits into several smaller ones inside the production zone. Each pavilion gets a vehicle access to its gate.

The left diagram portrays the seperation of the zones. The public zone has no access to any of the production areas whatsoever, unless there’s a special tour.

VIEW FROM THE ENTRANCE HALL

VIEW FROM THE STAFF RECREATION ZONE

pavilions

post-production rooms

pre-production rooms

recreation area

entry

offices public zone cinema hotel

The center is available and active 24/7. Sometimes, it’s new premieres, and the public part of the complex is full with people, guests and fun activities. Other times, it’s the production at its peak – late night/early morning filmings or post-production crew working at night (that’s usually the time they’re most productive). That’s why every inconvinience that people in the industry usually face during work has been taken into account, resulting in a need of having a hotel or additional office areas around.

Another advantage is having pre-made outdoor scenes ready – these include popular landscapes or streets and surround the complex from northern, western and eastern sides.

The public zone is also completely shut from the production zone for safety reasons, as well as production distrubtions and copyright infringements. However, it can be open to public on certain occasions, such as tours or meetups.

As for the public zone, it consists of fun and educational zones. The most interesting part is, perhaps, the IMAX cinema, the first one in Armenia. The traditional screening room can be both used as a film screening or for holding a conference. The interactive museum/exhibition includes both traditional exhibits, like famous armenian film props and interactive activities, for example famous actors’ hologram-robots. There’s also an open amphitheatre outside, meant for film screening in the summertime.

The cafe-restaurant is on the ground floor, with an additional interactive cafe on the second floor, where it gets expanded into the exhibition zone.

The educational zone is for teaching younger generation anything concerning animation or film production. There are classes about animation creation, recording, music and sound adjustments, the hidden production tricks, producing etc.

THE CENTER’S ACTIVITY DURING DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME

02 | Winery Project

Third Year Academic Project | Sep. ‘20 – Dec ‘20

Individual work

Supervisor: A. Manukyan

Project location: Mrgastan village, Armavir Province, Armenia

Armenia is one of the oldest wine producing regions in the world, with the Armavir Province being one of the major centers.

The wine factory is located near Mrgastan village in Armavir Province. The site weather and land’s topography are perfect for wine production – the temperature, paired with natural slope, are essential for grapevine growth and quality. Besides, this location also gives many job opportunties for locals from surrounding villages.

The landscape, alongside with production process, has a direct influence on design solutions. The wine creation begins on the ground floor, situated on the highest elevation, and ends on the second underground floor, located on the lowest elevation. The wine is produced from the local vineyard surrounding the building.

ADDITIONAL ROOMS

These are important for a winery to function but do not have immediate connection to production process, hence they were moved to the second floor. It consists of offices & recreation areas, as well as a conference hall , loocated on the ground floor.

CONCEPT DIAGRAM

CUTTING THE SITE Mass is based on the production process. Since the existing slope is convinient for wine production, a cut is made through the terrain.

ADDING THE PRODUCTION BLOCKS Production starts with the first block which faces the main road, then cutting through the slope and going all the way down .

ADDING SUPPORTING BLOCKS

Supporting blocks continue left to production area, including the service/changing rooms, cafeteria, labs, as well as the main entry/public zone and the tasting room. The latter has an incredible view to vineyard and mount Ararat.

PRODUCTION PROCESS DIAGRAM

VIEW TO THE WESTERN FACADE FROM THE VINEYARD

WOODEN MODEL

1. main entrance; 2. view to the courtyard; 3. view from the west

The production starts on the ground floor –with grape being cleaned and pressed, then moving to underground first (-1) floor where it gets fermentized. This floor also has a seperate department for aging special wine, visible from the ground floor. The rest of aging is being done on the undergound second floor (-2) after which the ready wine is getting bottled, packaged and stored in the storage. It has a con-

nection to the main road for easier distribution.

As for the public zone, there’s a big hall right after the entryway. It has a view to the floor below, so that the guests can see a little bit of the process. It also resembles a small museum, with the brand’s history stands and exhibitions. The rest of winery includes a cafeteria, changing rooms, a conference hall, a lab, a tasting room and offices.

The winery has four different entrys all of which are connected to each other and have different purposes. Since most of the workers are going to be from surrounding villages, it’s expected that they’ll either ride bicycles or take the facto -

ry bus. The bus stop is right before the entrance, alongside a smoking booth and bike racks. The engineering buildings and equipment storages are located on the northern part of the site.

ENTRANCE TO THE FERMENTATION ROOM

TASTING ROOM: BALCONY WITH A VIEW TO MOUNT ARARAT. The bar and the cabinet are made from local wood, and both the flooring and the stone tasting table are from tuff.

TASTING ROOM: FIREPLACE AND SEATING ZONE

WINE AGING ROOM

03 | Tourist Center Project in Lori Province

Third Year Academic Project | Sep. ‘20 – Dec ‘20

Individual work

Supervisor: B. Qocharyan

Project location: Tsover lake, Lori Province, Armenia

Tourism has become a key sector the Armenian economy ever since the ‘90s. However, there’s a lack of hotels, activities or even eating places around many sites. Lori Province, located in the northern side of Armenia, has the prettiest sights and lots of touristic attractions but not so many places of accommodation. That’s why this site, more specifically Tsover Lake, was chosen for the project. The building site border starts right after the forest ends.

The location is a pretty popular destination point for both locals and foreigners because of beautiful landscape, nature and many tourist attractions, such as old churches, historical sites or hiking. There are lots of forests , divided by old villages.

The site is situated on a sharp slope. To decrease the amount of earthwork, three rectangular forms were placed right on the hill, then cut in half for seperating the living and public zones. They’re all connected to each other with a horizontal elevator and a staircase.

The living block, located on the right wing, has four levels in total. It includes a hotel with its additional rooms (laundry room, staff rooms etc).

The public block consists of three levels. It has a gym complex (containing a gym, a swimming pool, saunas and yoga/pilates/ massage rooms), a restaurant, a few cottages, a tennis court and an open amphitheatre.

lobby

gym and pool

restaurant

hotel

communication

amphitheatre

cabins

tennis court

AXONOMETRIC FUNCTIONAL ZONING

BIRD VIEW TO THE HOTEL

STEP 1. PLACING THE MASSES STEP 2. SPLITTING AND SEPERATING BY FUNCTION STEP 3. ADDING THE COMMUNICATION BLOCK

STEP 4. ADJUSTING THE LEVELS STEP 5. DETALIZATION AND SITE COMPONENTS

INTERIOR OF THE POOL

INTERIOR OF THE ENTRANCE HALL

FACADES AND SECTIONS

VIEW FROM THE TENNIS COURT

VIEW TO THE OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATRE

04 | Middle School Project in Yerevan

Third Year Academic Project | Feb. ‘21 – May ‘21

Individual work

Supervisor: A. Hakobyan

Project location: Arabkir District, Yerevan, Armenia

The proposed is a elementary/middle school project in a former industrial region, recently transformed into a big residential complex. The area was chosen for several reasons: first, the only existing school within the given area is not enough to maintain the growing amount of students, and second, that same building doesn’t correspond to basic educational requirements (eg absence of cafeteria, sport hall and recreation zones, no distance from road, no parking space for the parents/teachers, the amount of levels etc).

The proposal is to transform the old school into a mixed use building and build a more appropriate one in the place of a former factory instead which is being demolished as of now.

So, instead of yet another res. building, we’re getting a school, which gives more advantages such as traffic shortage (new residents don’t have to drive to a far school anymore), a better environment and after-school activities in one place.

The main concept of the building is inspired from the horizontal shape of the former car factory. Considering the fact that the entire district also lacks green spaces and parks, the surrounding space of school has been turned into a park.

The school is a two storey building. It has a walkable green roof from the second floor to the ground floor. The school was inspired by nordic educational architecture. The main materials are wood, concrete, steel and two types of glass, the combination of which creates a calm and creative educational atmosphere.

VIEW TO THE ENTRANCE HALL

VIEW TO THE LIBRARY

As can be seen on the master plan below, there are two roads leading to the building – one is entering to parking lot and the other one is going to the kitchen and storage.

The rest of the area has been turned into a public park, to give kids an opportunity to hang out outdoors instead of spending time on comput-

ers and Internet. There are two playgrounds for younger kids and a basketball field and a tennis court for older ones. Besides them, the swimming pool and indoors sports hall is also meant to be used outside classroom hours as well.

A bicycle road is also surrounding the building and continuing to the residential blocks.

AREA ANALYSIS BY HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS

AREA ANALYSIS BY BUILDING CATEGORY

AREA ANALYSIS BY APPROACHES

VIEW FROM THE LIBRARY BIRD-EYE VIEW FROM THE EAST

THE BASKETBALL COURT

WHITE MODEL OF THE BUILDING

05 | Town Project For 3000 Inhabitants

Third Year Academic Project | Feb. ‘21 – May ‘21

Individual work

Supervisor: S. Jilavyan

Project location: Aparan Reservoir, Aragatsotn Province, Armenia

The proposed town is located on the western shore of Aparan reservoir, neigboring Quchak village and surrounded by beautiful landscape and hills. It’s originally planned for 3000 residents, however it may be expanded in the future. Given the favorable conditions – terrain, weather and location, agriculture and tourism have been adapted as main city-forming factors.

The town has a connection to a Quchak village with two roads. So if the industrial ever expands, it can serve both the new town and the village, thus create new workplaces for all locals.

The residential part of the town consists of three types of buildings: mid-rise residential buildings, townhouses and private houses. Each residential block has its own parking, recreation and sport zones. The public buildings are the kindergartens, school and the town hall, as well as recreation and sport zones. All residential and public buildings are seperated from the road with green areas.

BIRD-EYE VIEWS OF THE TOWN

This picturesque location is also a popular destination for both local and foreign hikers. It’s a perfect hiking spot during all four seasons.

Besides the beautiful nature and pine forests, it’s also a place for many historical remains, such as

ruins of the 5th century St. Poghos-Petros Church, or the Mausoleum of St. Vardan Mamikonyan.

Overall, it’s a great site for urbanization – having all necessary natural resources for functioning.

mid-rise res. buildings

townhouses

private houses

public and administrative zone

school

kindergarten

industrial zone

recreation and sports

06 | V House

Professional Project | Nov ‘21 – Feb ‘22

Stage | Under construction

Role | Concept and technical drawings

Lead architect: T. Ananyan

Project location: Kasagh, Kotayk Province, Armenia

The two storey private house is designed for a family of four.

The ground floor consists of living zones –kitchen, living-room, laundry room, a bathroom and one guest bedroom. the entrance is from the southeast side. The entrance is semi-enclosed area, protected from precipitation. The laundry room, located right under the staircase, has an access to backyard. Panoramic windows and doors opening from the living room and kitchen provide access to the outdoor summer terrace. Versatile orientation allows to have a natural ventilation and lighting, as well as views to all parts of the garden.

The second floor has two bedrooms, master bedroom with its bathroom, one bathroom and an office. There are two balconies as well, one is accessed through the office and the other one belongs to the master bedroom.

The northern part is planted with coniferous evergreen trees and low vegetation, and the southern part with fruit trees.

It is planned to finish the facades of the building with the following materials: decorative plaster, stone (tuff and travertine), glass.

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

07 | Iceland Movie Pavilion

Professional Competition Project | Nov ‘22 – Dec ‘22

Stage | Concept

Role | Concept, BIM modeling, technical drawings, exterior visualisation

Lead architect: T. Ananyan

Project location: Grjótagjá, Iceland

Square blocks are connected to each other in a large triangle, in the form of a soaring bird, or the mythical Icelandic dragon. The proposed solution consists of 15 modules, 9x9 meters of each.

Each block has its own overlap: a parametric metal mesh shell, which rests on four corner pillars. The “flake” roof also has the form of a

hyperboloid, covered with anthracite slate tiles, with a repeating pattern.

In addition to facade, side lighting, the premises are insolated with the help of skylights. Thanks to the “scaly” structure of the roof, triangular skylights are formed, which somehow remind the silhouettes of soaring winged dragons.

CONCEPT SKETCHES

1. perspective view; 2. section

The concept is made in a sacred proportion, that is, all dimensions, from height, to the dimensions of stained-glass windows or console projections, are similar to each other in the golden ratio and are derivatives from 9 m. The exterior is done in shades of dark gray/black.

The building consists of three main functional areas:

1. Cinema area: cinema hall and lobby: waiting and discussion area

2. Exhibition pavilion area

3. Cafe area: kitchen, dining room

All these three zones are interconnected by a covered atrium, an inner courtyard - a winter garden.

The building is located in the north of the site. Thanks to this solution, it is possible to organize a spacious area from the south, with beautiful panoramic views and outdoor activities, music, drinks and outdoor sitting by the fire.

Tables in the form of dragon eggs give the exterior space a kind of mythical, fairy-tale touch, not allowing guests to forget about the magical world of cinema.

Sinusoid shape river with an amplitude in strict proportions of the golden ratio is pierced by a wide promenade over the water surface, which leads to the farthest corner of the site. The outdoor fire pit seating is located on this axis of the promenade which serves as an alternative public event area.

VIEW TO THE CAFE TERRACE FROM SOUTH-EAST

SOUTH FACADE

NORTH FACADE