Portfolio
Msc. Jana Maria-Luise Engel
Curriculum Vitae
Graz, 10th March 2024
MSc. Graz University of Technology
Info
Theodor-Körner-Straße 46/6
8010 Graz
Austria
+43 681 8129 3590
+41 76 680 02 53
janaengel18@gmail.com
About me
nationality: german date of birth: 18. April 1997
Languages
German - native language English - good, Level B2/C1
Interests
drawing & painting music reading sports
photography exploring
Work experience
Mai 2021 - March 2024 | detailed practical planning, competitions Ederer Haghirian Architekten | Graz, Austria
November 2020 - January 2021 | competition HoG Architektur ZT GmbH | Graz, Austria
July 2019 - September 2019 | Internship GOS Architektur AG | Winterthur, Switzerland
October 2018 - February 2020 | Study Assistant
Institute of Construction and Design Principles, Graz University of Technology | Graz, Austria
April 2017 - September 2021 | Waitress/Kitchen help Chickeria, Kreuzlingen Switzerland
March 2015 - September 2015, March 2017 - June 2017 | Waitress/Kitchen help Pano - Brot & Kaffee, Konstanz, Germany
Education
2020 - 2024
Master‘s Degree programme in Architecture, Graz University of Technology | Graz, Austria
2017 - 2020
Bachelor‘s programme Architecture, Graz University of Technology | Graz, Austria
2016
General higher Education Entrance Qualification (Allgemeine Hochschulreife)
Freie Waldorfschule Wahlwies | Wahlwies, Germany
Awards
First Place
Tongji Construction Festival 2018 - Competition for Representation
Graz University of Technology | Graz, Austria
Participation
Tongji Construction Festival 2018
Tongji University | Shanghai, China
Second Place
Sketchbook Competition 2018, Institute of Construction and Design Principles, Graz University of Technology | Graz, Austria
Technical skills
main tools
ArchiCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Indesign, Microsoft Office moderate skills
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, Adobe Illustrator
contents
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the library as the centre
02
whithout an appartment
everything is nothing
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Club Oase carpenter‘s workshop in Gori čko
The library as the centre
My master‘s thesis is dedicated to the topic of library buildings and their current position in society and architecture. In my theoretical work, I reviewed theories and active design tools that are already being successfully used in the Nordic countries. In my own design, I tried to use these sociological ideas. The decisive factor for the rethinking is, above all, the importance of zoning and to generate a wide variety of places for a diversifying society. The library follows a clear concept that is solidified by the theme of zoning. The whole space is clearly devided in loud and quiet areas. This breaks down the awe that often prevents people from entering these places and creates a space for community and exchange, further education and, at the same time, peace and quiet. Centrally located is an atrium, surrounded by the serving rooms, which act as a buffer zone and separate the quiet areas from the meeting zone. Additional functions such as a restaurant and cafe emphasize the character of stay, but do not disrupte the freedom of consumtion. In a culture where people thrive for „experience“ which mostly results in consumtion the library as a centre can form an alternative. In the basement a bicycle garage underlines the sustainable basic concept and communication of a library. The existing garage is broken through by a glass cube in which the archive is located. This means you can experience already experience the use of the building even in the basement. The statics and timberconstruction details where thought through as part of the work. It was important to me to draw attention to widespread misunderstandings about library buildings.
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master‘s thesis, winter semester 2023/2024 Institute of Architecture Technology
GSEducationa Version
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GSEducat onalVers on second floor
The library as the centre master‘s thesis | winter semester 2023/2024
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GSEducat ona Version
botanical room third floor
The library as the centre master‘s thesis | winter semester 2023/2024
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floor construction: 24mm parquet
70mm heated screed polyethylen foil
30mm impact sound proofing
90mm perlite fill trickle-protection fleece wood-concrete-composite floor; 160mm reinforced concrete slab on 200/400mm, crosslaminated timber beams + suspended ceiling panels (acoustics panel)
220/440mm steel girder (support for wooden beams) triple glazing in post-beam steel construction
Ø 16mm steel bar lamp
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The library as the centre master‘s thesis | winter semester 2023/2024
GSEducationa Vers on
library as the centre master‘s thesis | winter semester 2023/2024
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The
first basement level
whithout an appartment everything is nothing
This project is a social housing facility for homeless people, organized by social workers. It‘s objective is to integrate the homeless back into society and at the same time create a public place for social exchange. The building is located in Berlin-Friedrichshain, a fairly quiet neighbourhood right next to the Evangelic Church of Revelation, surrounded by schools and local families. I designed two rectangular structures, which are connected by a pavilion on the ground floor, creating an inner courtyard. In the southwest is the private entrance which is continued between the two buildings as a long arcade. The arcade is an important element of the design, which is emphasized in green colour. It serves as a communication and recreation area and creates a connection between the residents. A restaurant on the ground floor is a source of income and at the same time provides a workplace for the project participants. The pavilion creates a connection between the buildings and at the same time a separation between the public garden in the southeast and the private inner courtyard. By opening the large windows, however, this separation can be eliminated and the private area can be made public in a controlled manner. In order to integrate the project as well as possible, the garden behind the building can be rented out to the public and makes another beneficial point for the neighbourhood. Both buildings are designed as a wooden skeleton construction (CLT). The ceilings span between a centrally placed load-bearing wall and the load-bearing columns in the facade. Therefore the interior walls can be moved easily, which allows for room enlargement or uniting of residential units.
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master studio
summer semester 2022 Institute of Architecture Technology
2,
without an appartment everything is nothing master studio 2 | summer semester 2022
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ground floor
first floor
without an appartment everything is nothing master studio 2 | summer semester 2022
without an appartment everything is nothing master studio 2 | summer semester 2022
The residential units are for two to three people each, resulting in a total of 37 residents. Individual apartments are deliberately avoided in order to create certain coercion to communicate. However, due to the floor plan design with two entrances per residential unit and the central positioning of the functional rooms, it is possible for every resident to reach their own room without having to enter the shared living space. At the same time, the potential for conflict is limited by the two entrances, since it is easier to avoid each other if necessary. The common living areas are each oriented in the direction of the arcade, so communication can also develop between the different residential communities. The two-bed apartment can be converted into a couple‘s apartment simply by opening a sliding door between the two rooms.
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Club Oase
The Club Oase deals with the topic of leisure activities. In the existing tram depot in Graz, a building with a free space program was developed according to our ideas. When dealing with the existing building, it was important to us to preserve the basic structure as much as possible and deal with the circumstances. In the end, we even integrated the working ditches. Also, the existing maintenance bridges can now be used to overlook the building and make a playful addition to the playground.
The entire hall is subject to the recurring horizontal and vertical dimensions of three, six and nine meters. The cornerstone of our design was to orient circles and rectangles to this grid and extrude them. Overlapping elements create exciting spaces that intertwine. A cantilever of the central tube element shows the new design also from the outside.
Under the main aspects of music, culture and sport, we have created a space that offers a wide range of possibilities, all of which are in contact with each other. From instrument makers and recording studios with their own vinyl press to theatres with tailoring and costume rentals to the skater park and marketplace, you can discover a wide variety of things in this centre and take part in them. Another focus was to expand the sparse green space in Graz by creating an inside garden. The concept is based on an interlocking of the different functions, which works across various levels. By consciously separating different areas, it is possible to open the Club Oase for nocturnal parties and events which can have their main focus in the central hall.
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master studio 3, winter semester 2022/2023 Jana Engel & Nadine Fasching | Institute of Design and Building Typology
Club Oase
master studio 3 | winter semester 2022/23
mainentrance city
ground floor
1 main entrance /market 2 instrument maker 3 vinyl workshop 4 recording studio 5 recording room 6 book exchange 7 regional shop 8 bar / sales counter 9 kitchen / bakery (rentable) 10 café / bar / restaurant 11 green area 12 workshop room 13 event room 14 storage room 15 children‘s playground 16 bouldering 17 skatepark 18 facilities
delivery
main entrance park
entrance workshop
main entrance park
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section
Club Oase master studio 3 | winter semester 2022/23
-3,00 -1 UG ±0,00 0 EG +4,00 1 OG +6,00 2 OG +8,80 3 OG +11,80 4 OG
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Club Oase
master studio 3 | winter semester 2022/23
carpenter‘s workshop in Gori čko
The carpentry shop, which is the final project of my bachelor‘s degree, was to be located in Gorič ko, Slovenia. The hilly area is sparsely populated and mainly characterized by agriculture.
My design picks up on the shapes of the surroundings through the classic pitched roof and further through the externally visible supporting structure of the roof. Due to the spatial program, the design is divided into three parts: machine hall, hand workshop and design studio. This resulted in the basic concept of three halls. By shifting the middle part, new interfaces are created and with its different storeys, it allows interesting visual relationships. The two outer halls contain the machine and handicraft workshop, while the design studio is located on the upper floor of the two-storey middle hall. The foyer, which is the protruding entrance area at the front of the building, leads to the showroom, which extends contrary to the orientation of the halls and allows insight into the different work areas. This manages to involve the customer in the production and design of the furniture. An intermediate zone in the middle wing creates an organizational area with its own entrance for the staff and separates the visitors from the internal area in the basement.
The entire building is very symmetrical. which can be seen in the structure of the floor plan, as well as in the section and elevations. The three halls are differentiated by the various supporting structures and the position of the ridges. In keeping with the function of the building, wood predominates in the materiality.
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bachelor‘s thesis, Entwerfen 4 und Entwerfen spezialisierter Themen, sixth semester 2020 Institute of Design and Building Typology
Entwerfen 4 · EST SoSe 2020 GORICKO. MÖBELBAUER
Innenperspektive Entwerfen 4 EST SoSe 2020 GORICKO. MÖBELBAUER 11 Außenperspektive
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carpenter‘s workshop in Gori č ko bachelor‘s thesis 2020 ground floor
36/37 GSEd V W N D E H O B E L M A S C H N E JO NTER MESSER MASCHINE KAPPSÄGE KLE N BANDSÄGE TISCHBOHRER SCHLE FMASCH NE KREISSÄGE GROß TROCKNER H O B E L M A S C H N E DICKENHOBEL W E R K B Ä N K E PRESSE T R I M M E R MEHRBLATTKREISSÄGE KREISSÄGE KLE N STABBOHRER CNC FRÄSE INFORMATION / E NGANGSBEREICH foyer 86 96 7 1 1 chan 07 80 0 3 2 chan 06,0 4 5 WC 03,33 WC 03 33 6 mach 379 8 6 8 spray & dry 100,0 craft 325 5 7 8 MAIN ENTRANCE 1 2 4 6 st 48 2 3 4 5 6 KEHLMASCHINE E N T R E N C E S T A F F L a t e n a u z u g D E L I V E R Y D E L I V E R Y A A
GSEd t V show 164 4 1 mee 18,65 3 2 5 5 7 stora 15,23 kitch 09 6 WC 5,42 WC 04,2 3 4 6 6 8 0 1 2 4 6 1 7 9 4 WC 04 2 8 stud 67 26 9 com 34,2 Ö F F E N B A R E F E N S T E R E L E M E N T E A A 2 L a t e n a u z u g
first floor
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08 Schnitt 1:200
carpenter‘s workshop in Gori č ko bachelor‘s thesis 2020
GSEd V
CLT - SOLID
CONSTRUCTION LOAD BEARING WALLS
CROSS BEAMS 80/160MM e 700-680MM (STIFFENING & INSULATION LEVEL)
REINFORCED CONCRETE
JOIST
SUPPORTING THE BRICK WALL ABOVE
ARCH GIRDER (SPRUCE) WORKS AS SINGLE SPAN GIRDER
EXTERNAL BRICK WALL LOAD BEARING
COLUMN SOLID WOOD
INNER WALLS
CLT - LOAD BEARING OR STIFFENING
CEILING CLT
ROOFING BRICK TILES
GIRDER CLT
BOARD SHUTTERING (STIFFENING) s 30 MM
CLT - SOLID
CONSTRUCTION
LOAD BEARING WALLS
TIMBER FRAMEWORK (SPRUCE) WORKS AS SINGLE SPAN GIRDER
GIRDER
CLT
COLUMN
SOLID WOOD
REINFORCED CONCRETE BASE
REINFORCED CONCRETE
FOUNDATION SLAB WITH FROST PROTECTION
Portfolio of Jana Maria-Luise Engel
All projects illustrated in this portfolio were developed by me - Jana Engel - or in cooperation with the stated fellow students.
March 2024