Portfolio | Maria Fechner

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Resume Intro Fab Lab Parade//Sand-E Sky Park District, Mexico city The Brick Vertical Vineyard Lader School Find your connection Urban Expansion, Valparaiso Lensscape_AR app Local Culture Center in Poznan Micro_Cabin 25m Outdoor kitchen project in Stare Jablonki Moontopia Hotel in Poznan Castle Resort in Roccamandolfi Public space instalation | Two Chairs Illustrations Photographs Digital fabrication

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MARIA FECHNER

(929) 603-9096 m a ri a . a .f e c h n e r @ g ma i l . co m

A R C H IT E C T UR E , PH OT OG R A PH Y, IN S T AL L A T ION, GR A PHI C D E SIGN

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EDUCATION

VERTICAL VINEYARD WORKSHOP MASTER IN ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE

IAAC, Barcelona, Spain February 2019 - May 2019

Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia /IAAC

BIFURCATION WORKSHOP

September 2018 - July 2019

IAAC, Barcelona, Spain February 2019

AMERICAN LANGUAGE PROGRAM

GRAPHIC DESIGN INTERN International Advertising Associatoion New York, New York

Columbia University in the City of New York September 2017 - August 2018

April 2018 - October 2018

WARSAW URBAN WORKSHOP | WWU2 Warsaw, Poland

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE University of Fine Arts in Poznan

September 2015

September 2013 - June 2017

ARCHITECTURAL INTERN Architecture studio “Archigraf” Piła, Poland August 2014

LANGUAGE SKILLS

SOFTWARE A d o b e P h ot os h o p A d o b e I n D e si g n A d o b e I l l u st r at o r

ENGLISH 95%

POLISH 100%

ITALIAN 15%

R h i n oce r os 3 D G ra ss h o p p e r A u t o C ad A rc h i C a d Z -S u i t S ke tc h u p A rt l a n t i s St u d i o Revit Adobe Premiere A d o b e L i g h tr o om V -R a y f o r R h i n o

EXHIBITIONS Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion Machinic Protocols - San-E / Fab Lab Parade December 2018 Poznan Fair Trade Architectural Diplomas UAP / Cultural Center June 2017

Hi, I am Maria Fechner.

I received a Bachelor of Architecture degree at the University of Fine Arts in Poznan and Master in Advanced Architecture at Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia.

I spent a year at Columbia University in the City of New York attending the American Language Program.

While living in Poland, the United States and Spain I traveled exploring architecture, nature, and cultures.

I look forward to new challenges and new projects.

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Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada

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Fab Lab Parade // Sand-E

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Programming the Perpetual Unknown IAAC Studio “Staging an electronic environment and a dynamic in which elements are set in motion in an automated performance, Programming the Perpetual Unknown is a game with open interpretations.

The movement is perpetual and the outcome is unknown, all governed by a protocol of actions in which the speed of revolution of a fan in a physical environment could be affected by the density of a built settlement drawn in a digital space.�

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Fab Lab Parade // Sand-E

Architectural Fiction

Fab Lab Parade 9th of Decembre

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Group 4 Nicolas Saade Maria Fechner Tarek Elkassouf

­­­ Why don’t we celebrate garbage?

Project description Fab­lab parade engages the local community to take part in the reusing process.

Shredder machine, 3D printing machine, extrusion machine, injection machine, compression machine, laser cutters, milling machine, and others are placed on the moving platform. The parade is a “happening”, which makes the society more aware of the waste management issues and shows the possibility to create new objects from the old ones. People attracted by the parade can bring plastic, wood, metal and textile waste to the storage points and take part in the reusing procedure.

The process involves creating different scale furniture and other public space elements with the fab lab machines. Some of them are used to reshape the public space and others can replace broken furniture for personal usage. The more the parade gets popular, the more the public takes over the private.

It is an opportunity to learn, celebrate and have a positive contribution in the public space.

Domain Scale: 150 m x 150 m Period: 16 hours

Project variable ­ Moving fab­lab platform 6m x 6 ­ Parade participants/makers ­ 200 ­ People attracted by the parade ­ x depends on the location of the parade ­ Portable storage containers ­ 5 ­ Garbage containers ­ x changes according to the time ­ urban furniture ­ x changes according to the stage of the parade ­ cars ­ x changes according to the location of the parade ­ TV vans­ 3

Protocol 1. Place 1 fab­lab platform on the highest area 2. Place 200 parade participants/makers on the highest area and move them along the longest line within the area by 0.65 x length of the line 3. Place the 1000 people randomly on the project area 4. If people are placed closer than 60m from the fab­lab platform, move each one closer to the center point according to the graphed bezier function ­­­

Programming the perpetual unknowns Machinic Protocols IAAC introductory Studio ‘18 Cabay / Aguirre / Geelmuyden Magnus

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Fab Lab Parade // Sand-E

developed by: Nicolas Saade, Maria Fechner, Tarek Kassouf

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Sky Park District is an urban intervention in Mexico City.

The project connects Secundo Piso to the new urban area.

Designed green connections and public spaces are placed around, above and under intersections inspired by analyzing the geometry of Brasilia’s urban structure.

The high-speed public transportation loop is the district and pedestrian paths on the three levels allows citizens to enjoy the lively neighbourhood.

Sky Park District creates mixed programs within the walkable distances. Ground park areas, green roofs, and sky paths increase the life quality in highly polluted Mexico City.

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Digital fabricated brick

Digital fabricated brick The digital fabricated structural brick is an example of creating an object by using the structural skin as a mould.

The form follows the stress lines, which shape geometry of the brick.

Laser cutting gave the designers an opportunity to experiment with the folding techique.

By using this method they developed the structural skin, which was a base for the mould. The casting process started from creating the negative, which became the reusable mould.

The six bricks prototypes and the mould, which is ready fore reuse, are the final results of the digital fabrication experiment.

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Juhi Bafna, Surayyn Selvan, Maria Fechner, Sri Sai Tarun

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Vertical vineyard workshop

Vertical Vineyard Workshop Project of the Master in Advanced Architecture of IAAC developed in collaboration with the Architectural Association School of Architecture Through a collaborative project including both design and fabrication, a five meter tall structure was developed. It hosts grape vines and a closed loop hydroponic system, and consists of modular components that can be added to expand the vertical system.

The site location of this project is the Valldaura Labs of the Institute of Advanced Architecture, Catalonia.

The aspect of growing and harvesting grapes in the vertical as well as more urban con text, drove this project and inspires further development of the concept of an urban vineyard.

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The circular shape is a symbol of equality and fairness. the students

It is used as a basis to create the school and adapt it to the needs of students

In order to achieve sustainability, all materials used in the building are sourced locally.

Rainwater collection The roof is shaped like a basin, to help collect rainwater.

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developed by Zofia Bońkowska, Maria Fechner, Michalina Gramowska, Małgorzata Grzesikowska

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Find your connection

Find your connection Representing data by using Arduino and Processing to create a connection between the data input and output, producing a physical representation.

In the times when people are constantly on the go, the connections between them are developing, changing, becoming more virtual.

A crucial element in the the project is the connection between two people who are physically present in the room.

The interaction with the installation produces the shortest path of light in three symbolic colours.

Input: Pressure sensor as a switch Output: Light from Neopixels projected through acrylic The project is assembled by creating an LED Matrix with Neopixels stripes, eight stripes of eight LEDS, wired in a series.

Acrylic columns are glued on top of each LED in the way the light is projected vertically along the z-axis.

The paths of light are calculated so that they take the shortest route through the matrix.

The 16 pressure sensors were made by using a piece of velostat and two strips of copper tape placed on either side of the velostat.

Each pressure sensor represents one of the 16 personalities.

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Valparaiso expansion of The

Urban concept

developed by: Małgorzata Grzesikowska, Iga Masełkowska, Maria Fechner

Lensscape

Lensscape is a prototape of an AR smartphone application for hobbist developed in Unity 2018 with the support of Grasshopper and Holofab platform.

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Cultural and Recreational Canter in Poznan

Cultural and Recreational Center in Poznań The Cultural Center project is situated in the area of the city with a big urge for educational and recreational space for young and old members of the local community.

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Trim the Mount

Castle Resort concept Roccamandolfi “TRIM THE MOUNT”

developed by : Zofia Bońkowska, Maria Fechner

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How can we use space efficiently?

Micro cabin

MICRO_CABIN

25m2

developed by: Zofia Bońkowska, Michalina Gramowska, Małgorzata Grzesikowska, Maria Fechner

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Outdoor kitchen project public recreational space location: Stare Jabłonki developed by: Michalina Gramowska, Małgorzata Grzesikowska, Maria Fechner

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MOON moont inhabbiting the crater

developed by:: Zofia Bońkowska, Maria Fechner

NTOPIA topia lunar living and space exploration project

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Hotel

boutique hotel location: Poznań 44

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Two chairs

“Two Chairs” // “Dwa Krzesła” “Two chairs” was a public space art installation.

Picked locations were the areas in the center of Poznań which could function as meeting places.

In these points we placed recycled chairs, painted red.

The instalation created local community spaces where the citizens can sit and talk.

Red chairs point out how can we make small changes to improve the quality of local public space.

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Spheres fabricated with a 3D printer /left/ and CNC machine /right/.

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