Jakob Podversic - Portfolio

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Jakob Podversic ARCHITECTURE

January 2024

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Education

JAKOB PODVERSIC

ARCHITECTURE STUDENT

PERSONAL

Nationality : Italian

Date of Birth : 20 / 04 / 2000

Adress : Via Nino Bixio 29, Milano

2023 - Current M.Sc. Architecture - Built Environment - Interiors

School of Architecture, Urban Planning, Construction and Engineering

Polytechnic University of Milan

Milan, Italy

Oct 2022 – Feb 2023

Erasmus, B.Sc. Architektur

Faculty VI, Planning Building Environment

Technical University of Berlin

Berlin, Germany

2020 - 2023 B.Sc. Architectural Design

School of Architecture, Urban Planning, Construction and Engineering

Polytechnic University of Milan

Milan, Italy

2014 – 2019 Classical Diploma

European Classical Lyceum

Educandato Statale Collegio Uccellis

Udine, Italy

Experience

Nov 2022 – Feb 2023 Working Student

BRH Generalplaner GmbH

Berlin, Germany

Aug 2022 – Oct 2022

Jul 2019 – Aug 2020

Intern

BRH Gneralplaner GmbH

Berlin, Germany

Reception and Sales Assistant

Damijan Podversic Winery

Gorizia, Italy

Language Skills

Italian Bilingual

English C1 - Certificate

French Beginner

Technical Skills

AutoCad Advanced

Rhinoceros Advanced

Grasshopper Intermediate

ArchiCad Advanced

Model making

Slovenian Bilingual

German C1 - Certificate

V-Ray Intermediate

Adobe Photoshop Intermediate

Adobe Illustrator Intermediate

Adobe InDesign Intermediate

Masterplan

EPHIMERAL ECHOES

Proposal for a pavillion in the middle of the vineyards for an architecture festival in Spain

Solo project

Location: Logroño, Spain

Nestled in the heart of Viña Lanciano, Ephemeral Echoes pays homage to history, drawing inspiration from the Roman Imperial Bridge of Mantible. The conceptual masterpiece unfolds through a meticulous process, starting with the excavation of a mass bearing seven arches, deliberately nodding to the historical landscape. A tunnel takes form within, inviting visitors to traverse the depths of history and immerse themselves in the unfolding narrative. The arches, reimagined with a wooden framing system, create a visually intricate experience with intentional gaps offering glimpses of the surrounding vineyards. Strategically situated, the pavilion mimics the silhouette of a distant bridge, a poetic homage to the Roman structure that once graced this terrain. As visitors approach, the pavilion gradually unveils its entirety, inviting them into an immersive experience. The tunnel becomes a tranquil space for contemplation and aggregation, allowing visitors to sit, rest, and absorb the beauty of the surroundings. The awakening vineyards, evolving with each season, seamlessly integrate into the narrative, becoming an integral part of the overall experience. The intentional framing of the arches and the tunnel playfully interacts with light and shadow, creating a dynamic interplay that evolves throughout the day. Crafted from panels of European sustainable plantation poplar, the installation embraces eco-consciousness. A light fabric cover further enhances the experience, bringing shadows even in the most critical hours of the day. This choice not only aligns with the values of the festival but also harmonizes with the natural beauty of the vineyard, creating a synergy between art and environment. More than just an installation, this intervention is an evocative journey through history, architecture, and nature. By seamlessly blending architectural finesse, historical reverence, and sustainability, the pavilion enriches the cultural tapestry of Viña Lanciano. As it stands as a fleeting silhouette against the backdrop of the vineyard, the invitation is extended to envision the transformative impact it can have on the landscape and the hearts and minds of those who encounter it.

Mass

Roman bridge arches

Tunnel creation

Structural system

Selection

Exploded axonometry

CLOUD 9

Project for the redevelopment of an abandoned circuit rectifier plant in the city of Berlin

Semester: V

Team: Mads Maj-Sälzer Jakob Podversic

Professor: Prof. Ralf Pasel

Location: Berlin, Germany

The design objective is to reactivate and reimagine a listed small rectifier plant from 1928. Richard Brademann developed the brickwork structure, which has a high degree of design quality with its horizontal, expressive form language. A thoughtful intervention in the architectural language was crucial to us for the repurposing of the structure. In the first stage, we use the subtraction concept to modify the existing structure. The functioning interior of the structure is totally hollowed down, and the roof is removed due to its bad condition. Because of the open space idea, the freed interior area may now be utilised by a big ceramic studio with a store. The previously closed basement entrance was dug out on both sides of the structure, producing two spacious courtyards for public access and illumination of the workplace. The intervention is completed in the second step using the addition principle. A new roof is placed on the existing masonry, and our intervention is sensitively recognizable in the outer appearance of the building. Strong IPE beams within the roof structure support seven module boxes that appear to float like clouds in the building’s interior. The living and sleeping areas are accommodated in insulated, individual rooms through the boxes, but are strongly tied to the workshop through the visual connection beneath and the open access. The dynamic arrangement provides a space that alternates between openness and intimacy, light and shade. The boxes in the workshop not only hold the office and toilet, but they are also accessible from above and may be utilized by the inhabitants as a terrace. The dynamic changing of atmospheres, visual linkages, and space usage runs like a red thread across our concept’s spatial experience.

Exploded axonometry - Box

Exploded axonometry - Building

RHYTHMIC COMPLEXITY

Multipurpose building in the Italian Alps

Semester: IV

Team: Maria Voronkova Jakob Podversic Taha Ürper

Professor: Prof. Mauro Marinelli Prof. Giulia Fava

Location: Montes, Italy

This first project is situated in Montes, a small town in the Italian Alps. We began by examining the surroundings since we wanted our building to interact with them. We opted to maintain the historic form of the structure and replicate the sensation of wandering around the village within it. Longitudinally, the structure follows the context’s lines, while transversally, the structure is built using a fan-like grid in which all lines converge into a single point. A central corridor, similar to a cardo, divides the building in half, and a half decumanus forms a corridor linking the lower level street to the inside of the structure. Because the inner wooden structure is the result of combining the two grids, the columns are positioned at their intersections. It fades from the central hallway, where the columns are thicker and help support the floors and staircases, to the second row of columns that help maintain the floor structure. We decided to emphasize the roof since we saw that the village contains separate houses that operate as a whole because of the roofs that connect them all. To replicate this feature in the building, we designed a roof that operates as a whole, covering the entire structure, but has two gaps above the corridors, providing a unique experience and allowing sunlight into the darker portions of the structure. The structure itself houses a kindergarten, a learning center, shared work areas with a canteen, and three apartments.

Maquette - Structure

Maquette - Interior

Parquet Lightweight Concrete Polyethylene Foil Insulation

Reinforced Concrete

Slab

Wooden Planks Wooden Beam

Wooden Shingles Timber Patten

Sheath

Vapour Barrier

Wooden Planks

Wooden Beam

Steel Strap Hangers

Thermal Insulation - Mineral

Wool

Steel Clips Plasterboard (screwed)

Constructive detail

Double Glazed Window Aluminum Frame Floor Anchor

THE AXIS

Extension of the Politecnico di Milano architecture campus, with a mixed use building

Semester: VI - Final Design Studio

Team: Jakob Podversic

Camilla De Leo

Janset Yeten Taha Urper

Professor: Prof. Emilio Faroldi

Prof. Maria Vettori Pilar Porf. Federico Bucci

Location: Milan, Italy Masterplan Main

The Axis is about bringing back opportunities to a university neighborhood in context. The needs of students from all around Italy and the world as well as the local residents of Città Studi have been considered. This design advocates for providing what is lacking, giving back to the community functionally, artistically, and aesthetically.

The idea comes from opening up connections and creating a community sense by opening up a university environment to residents of all ages, by integrating a multifunctional space into a previously underused plot. The previous use of the green areas and the public pool are being kept but merely improved, the aim is to collect inspiration from the past of the area and Milanese modern architecture, relating it to today’s context and tomorrow, through design.

Having the opportunity of collaborating with USM, we have created the “NEST”. Interchangeable, reusable pieces have the potential to improve versatility. It’s a piece that allows us to also change the way we perceive the quality of space. This new design starts from the walls, curves down to the floor, and appears and disappears to be porous within out library and bookstore area. The “NEST” tells that USM is all about being able to change easily and thinking about the future. It can be used for lots of different things - from holding books to dividing up the room while creating sitting areas, hang-out spots.

Perspective section

East elevation

The NEST - USM Competition 1st Prize

Library axonometry

Library detail view

Library spatial view

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