Part 1 Architecture Portfolio

PART 1 ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT

P O R T F O L I O selected works 2017 - 2021

mara apatachioae

Symbiosys - graduation project UWE Bristol

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PLAYING AND LEARNING

UWE Bristol

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the Grjótagjá tower

BeeBreeders Competition

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data centre facade

SAMI Proiect Construct

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Bakery survey

SAMI Proiect Construct

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additional work

Personal drawings

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Symbiosys // uwe bristol Date: in progress

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My final year studio brief focuses on a proposal that addresses the ambition of a 2030 responsive Spike Island. The site is adjacent to the Bristol Marina and near the famous Spike Island Studios. I considered it a good economic and socially regenerative opportunity to propose an interdisciplinary research centre for biomaterials and technology, as it would be one of a kind in Bristol and it would respond to artists’ and scientists’ need for working spaces within the city. Furthermore, it would reinforce collaborative practice, thus increasing the quality of work and expand ideas.

My two main concepts are cellular arrangement and the Voronoi pattern. The cellular arrangement symbolises each group of users’ role within the building (artists, engineers and scientists) and their symbiontic behaviour, as found in natural tissue cells. Thus, the building takes form as modules of different shapes and sizes connect to eachother. Apart from that, other constraints such as context, sun angle and structural possibilities informed the form of my proposal; one which simultaneously celebrates the futuristic Voronoi pattern and the surrounding industrial portal frame warehouses.

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Young cell Idea

Mature cell Product

1. Entrance 2. Cafe 3. Gallery 4. Large scale assembly space 5. Small scale assembly space 6. Cutting workshops 7. First aid room 8. Group research labs 9. Collaborative studios 10. Kitchen 11. Internal gardens 12. Concrete cores with elevators, storage and services space 13. WC 14. Showers 15. Bike shed 16. Water-source heat pump plant room 17. Fire exit 18. Reception

east elevation 1:200 @ A3

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playing and learning // second year studio, uwe bristol Date: MAY 2020

THE BRIEF: The final project undergone in my second year focuses on children’s development within a nursery. The local authority has secured funds through public fundraising. It has been decided to invest in this new day nursery. It is a public building that should make the transition from home to a social, unknown environment run smoothly for the kids, so it has to accommodate a very specific set of requirements.

This project focuses on what designing for both 3-5-year-olds and adults means, that being the main challenge of the brief. Music, rhythm and their effect on children’s development drove my proposal’s facade and internal layout.

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Main entrance Reception Plant room Base rooms (main spaces for teaching various age groups) 5. Forrest corridor (circulation space with is a design highlight, rather that simply ancillary space) 6. Multifunctional room 7. Craft room 8. Digital play

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9. Assembly (opens up to dining area for big events) 10. Dining area 11. Kitchen 12. Shower 13. Storage 14. WC 15. Fire exit 16. Gardening area (children’s access to outdoor activities which allow them to get ‘dirty’) 17. ‘The Mound’ playground

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AUTUMN // WINTER environmental strategy • • • •

SPRING // SUMMER environmental strategy

Cross ventilated during colder times of the year to minimize energy use for the MVHR system.

NE & NW: planting to reduce noise pollution and filter out dust from traffic.

Permeable pavement to minimise building foorprint and facilitate rainwater absorbtion.

Green roof retains precipitation, reduces runoff volume and attenuates peak flows.

• MVHR unit powered by PV’s on sawtooth corridor roof; main energy source for active systems • Small openings and tall surrounding buildings make additional shading unnecessary.

• Angled butterfly roofs maximize S and W sunlight, heat up the base rooms naturally to drive CO2 emissions and heating costs down.

SECTION AA through the BASE ROOMS 1:100 @ A3

The corridor’s structure is separate from the other volumes. It is a modular sawtooth timber structure bolted to the main walls.

The section shows the main spaces in context, as well as the rooftop playground in elevation and a section of the forest corridor.

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DMP under GRP roofing to ensure weather protection

1:20 detail OF BASE ROOM AND WALKWAY JUNCTION iterating a solution to efficiently integrate the walkway structure within the main building’s walls

STRUCTURAL AXONOMETRIC

exploring how structural materiality and identifying which the most suitable option is for each

Timber strcture supporting the two glazed sides of the sawtooth roof

DPM is continuous underneath the solid roofing sides of the corridor to ensure continuous weatherproofness in the corridor and base room.

structural system

GLULAM beams VCL membrane to allow H20 buildup within wall to evaporate

Wall INSULATION wraps around the corridor’s secondary structure to reduce thermal bridging inside the base rooms

BATTENS between glulam beams to support the roof structure.

Sustainable terracotta baguette system cladding

TRIPLE GLAZED WINDOWS for lower mainetanance costs and CO2 emissions (less energy wasted on heating due to their high U-Value)

COUNTERBATTENS as part of the secondary structure for the cladding baguettes Services space CLT wall panels as the building’s primary structure (loadbearing)

RIGID ISULATION to prevent cold bridging at junction between the foundation and wall

Standard timber frame structure

Separate timber structure for the corridor Glulam beams & CLT wall panels

EARTH to level the slope of the site

REDCLIFFE SANDSTONE is a calcarous and ferruginous (redish colour) layer which has been used in construction for a long time // in this context it can be used to level the site.

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SW ELEVATION 1:200 @ A3

NE ELEVATION 1:200 @ A3

NW ELEVATION 1:300 @ A3

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the Grjótagjá tower // Beebreeders competition Date: December 2020

The most recent completed work was a proposal for BeeBreeders’ Iceland Cave Tower competition which I produced together with another final year BSc Architecture student as a team. It was a great opportunity to respond to Iceland’s landscape, develop my visualisation, Revit and Lumion skills and tackle a brief that was very different from the work I have produced before.

The observation tower is located on the mid-Atlantic ridge, at the meeting point of the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates. As one approaches the fissure from the car park, one can’t help but notice the few patches of moss growing in some areas, leading to the elevated rock formations which shelter the mysterious caves. The scenery is a live organism, with water veins carving out the thick, rock shell to create voids that tourists are eager to visit.

The base of the tower is an extension of the landscape, it aims to help regenerate and protect the landscape by encouraging tourists to use walkways and follow a directed route. A strong contrast appears as the tower emerges from the rough geology and acts as a lighthouse for all the wanderers trying to find the Grjótagjá caves.

view towards hverfjall volcano view towards the north of the fissure

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ground floor plan

Cross section in context

1:400 @ a3 The cross section depicts the geothermal boilers which fuel the building, as well as the tower’s connection to the adjacent cave. The roof geometry inspired by the rugged lava fields is visible here too.

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Entrance Reception Waiting area Cafe Kitchen Changing rooms (ticket holders access to private cave) 7. Private cave access 8. Office 9. Visitor centre 10. Information point 11. Storage 12. WC 13. Public cave access and geothermal expansion tanks

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FACADE PROPOSAL FOR DATA CENTRE // SAMI PROIECT CONSTRUCT Date: JULY 2020

During my summer-long internship at SAMI Proiect Construct, I was asked to produce a facade iteration for this data centre. The elevation below depicts the final facade which was brought up in a client meeting after carefully exploring different options under the supervision of an architect. On the right is an elevation of the Revit model which I have used as a base drawing for the developed iteration.

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Survey of existing building // SAMI PROIECT CONSTRUCT Date: august 2020

I have assisted the firm’s project manager in surveying an existing bakery that needed a new operation licence. This was because the building didn’t match the approved drawings when built and the fire department required a survey to pinpoint changes required to not jeopardise the users’ health and safety. These changes were: openings in inappropriate places, level inaccuracies and a south extension that wasn’t submitted for planning approval.

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The layers of the extension’s roof and its relation to the adjacent bakery

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The rafters supporting the roof of the new extension

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A beam with no function hanging off of the extension’s roof

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Staircase landing level inacurracy

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As-built drawing where the results of the survey I took part in are highlighted in red

Property boundary

Property boundary Staircase detail which didn’t match the original drawings

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additional work date: 2017-now

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