curriculum Vitae
educAtIon
Maria Mourtzouchou
Sep 2016 - Present
M.Sc. Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences, specialisation Building Technology Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands - Thesis project: Multifunctional Facade Module for different climate conditions - extra course: Engineering for sustainable development - expected graduation date: June 2018
Sep 2009 - June 2015
M.Sc. Department of Architecture, School of Engineering University of Thessaly, Greece - Thesis project: Standard Sports Middle and High School in the former liquor production factory “T.L.C.” (Thessalian Liquor Corporation) in Volos city, Greece - Master’s grade: 8.37/10
Sep 2003 - June 2009
German School of Athens, Greece - overall passing grade: 19.0/20 | Abitur grade: 1.5
netherlands maria.mourtz15@gmail.com (+31) 649559129 greek
work exPerIence
19.08.1991 linkedin.com/in/maria-mourtzouchou/
Aug 2017
Coach for Introduction Programme for international students - TU Delft - responsible for two groups of 15 people leading them through various activities and administrative procedures
Sep 2015 - Aug 2016
Graduate Architect, office “Mind the_Ark”, Athens, Greece - collaborating in various projects and competitions - responsible for 3d visualisations - being part of the office’s participation in the exhibition “100% Hotel Show”
July - Aug 2012
Internship, “Construction company Neandros LTD”, Athens, Greece - construction site experience - responsible for drawings
Apr - June 2011
Internship “Construction company Al.Chris.Pan.S.A.”, Athens, Greece - making research, drawings and models
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Interactive installations (Physical Computing Arduino platform) - University of Thessaly - participation in the festival “p_public 2014” under the auspices of the Chania Association of Architects, Chania, Greece
May 2014
Metropolitan cuts and urban weaves - University of Thessaly in collaboration with the Urban Design Master Program, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Israel
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Volunteer exPerIence Feb 2017 - Feb 2018
Study Trip Committee Member, BouT Student Association for Building Technology - organising the annual study trip and being leader of the group who joined the trip
Apr 2016
Open House Greece - tour guide at the Greek Jewish Museum, Athens, Greece
Contents
MSc. Building Technology projects 2017-2018
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MSc. Architectural Engineering projects 2009-2015
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MSc. Building Technology projects 2017-2018
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Competition “Domes” Magazine - Exhibition 2016
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Architectural office work - Interior 2015-2016
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“Jualianatorens” The Hague| The Netherlands
Standard Sports School in “T.L.C.” Volos| Greece
“Pack In” Thessaloniki | Greece
“Fancy Fencre” Lowlands Festival | The Netherlands
“NO-DE”: Bicycle Pavilion Seville | Spain
“Spira” IJmuiden | The Netherlands
“Room 18” The Design of a Typical Greek Hotel Room
“Ionian Plaza” Hotel Kefalonia island | Greece
“Julianatorens” The Hague | The Netherlands MEGA | M.Sc. 2 | June 2017 supervisor |Roel Schipper students | Fabing Cui (Manager), Antigoni Karaiskou (Computational Designer), Shirin Masoudi (Climate Designer), Maria Mourtzouchou (Facade Designer), Leah Dierker Viik (Structural Designer), Rafaël Woudenberg (Architect)
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“Julianatorens” is a high-rise, mixed-use building located next to The Hague Central station. It incorporates the uses of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a hotel, offices, dwellings as well as general uses. The architectural concept of the building wanted the people to experience it from two different scopes; from afar and from nearby. The ICC being at the base follows the city grid, whereas the two towers are oriented to the south to maximise energy efficiency. The basic idea was to seperate the ICC from the rest of the functions, an idea which is very much enhanced by the facade.
Hotel The position of the hotel on the site was chosen in a way that it offers a nice view to the city center. The west facade has an external vertical sunshading system to minimise overheating which resembles the rhythm of the court and goes up until the dwellings.
Dwellings The dwellings are placed on top of the two towers providing the best view to the city. At the south side the doubleskin of the hotel and offices is continued but it is converted in a buffer zone creating also a balcony for the residents. At the north and east side, metal insulated panels and glazing are alternating.
design evolution Slab
Two towers buffer zone/ balcony with PV panels [south-east]
use of insulated metal panels [north-west]
use of insulated metal panels [south-east]
double-skin facade with PV panels [south]
Orientation
use of shading system [west]
Offices
Court A “box in a box� concept is used in order to isolate the ICC from the outside environment. This is achieved with an exterior, open Brise Soleil facade with lighweight UHPC panels, which let natural sunlight in and then diffuse it upwards and a second all-glass facade inside. Thus, a corridor is formed perimetrically between these two facades, which creates not only nice routes leading to the courtrooms, but also giving interesting views to the outside.
The position of the offices on the site gives the best orientation to maximise the benefits of daylight. At the north and east side, a translucent facade achieved with aerogel glazing provides diffuse light and privacy at the same time. At the south, a double-skin facade with PV panels is used to improve the indoor environment.
Bridges
double-skin facade with PV panels [south-east]
Separations Final shape Brise Soleil facade use of Ultra High Performance Concrete [UHPC] precast panels
transparent-translucent [north]
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Standard Sports Middle and High School in the former liquor production factory “T.L.C.” (Thessalian Liquor Corporation) Volos | Greece Diploma thesis | semester 12 | June 2015 supervisor | Konstantinos Adamakis students | Maria Mourtzouchou, Georgios Nitsakos
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The thesis deals with the creation of a public standard Sports School in the abandoned area of “T.L.C.” (Thessalian Liquor Corporation), whose sports facilities are open to the public during the hours that the school remains closed. The thesis proposes the creation of a new building in the center of the site, in which the courses will be held, whereas the sports facilities are placed on the west side and the other supportive uses are housed on the east side, where the industrial complex exists. The existing stone buildings are preserved, contributing to the promotion of the historical and aesthetic value of the factory, as it is a landmark.
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“Pack In” Thessaloniki | Greece Addition of units to an existing abondoned construction site Architectural Design Studio VI | semester 8 | June 2013 supervisors | Sofia Vizoviti, Aristidis Antonas students | Natalia Karali, Lina Kazolea, Maria Mourtzouchou
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This project intends to create a new habitation model for the urban space, while integrating the functions of work and residence in the same place. The project deals with the reuse of an abondoned construction site which is being transformed into a “living” organism through the installation of “organs”units, which offer semi-permanent functions. Taking into consideration that the number of abondoned construction sites has increased dramatically due to the economic crisis, this new habitation model could be applied to any construction site in the urban space. Through this way, these “ghost” buildings will no longer be black holes in the city space.
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“Fancy Fence” Lowlands Festival | The Netherlands
Bucky Lab | M.Sc.1 | February 2017 supervisor | Marcel Bilow, Casper van der Meer students | Maria Mourtzouchou, Shirin Masoudi, Dora Vancso
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“Mojo”, one of the most experienced festival organising companies in the Netherlands, has asked the Bucky Lab students to develop innovative festival concepts for “Lowlands Festival”. The “Fancy Fence” has a double function: not only does it serve as a barrier to keep unwanted company out of the festival terrain, but it also functions as a sitting element for one or two people. In addition, multiple sitting elements in a row form a social landscape, providing meeting places and relaxing areas where one can take a small rest and interact with other people.
design 1 goal: find a way in which the elements combined form a diverse and more organic/esthetic system. First tried by experimenting with standard frame different shapes.
design 2 Conclusion was that it becomes too chaotic and
frame connection detail
difficult in Hooks: - keep the inner production/assembly, because there has to be a standardized frame in the fixed way of connecting etc. Next position of 20o came design with one standard element, different colours/fabrics.
Outer frame: - 1/3 of the existing fence’s length
fence system - creation of social spaces after integrating the “fancy fence”
design 3 Net: attached to the frame by spirals that are welded to the frame Net: - woven by rope available in any color - elasticity is gained by the way of weave
Third design was also with standard element and different colours/fabrics, but with a different shape inside the frame (triangular).
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Inner frame: - 20o rotation for maximun comfort - horizontal metal tube allows the rotation
assembly method
side view
physical model with wooden frame
plan view
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“NO-DE”: Bicycle Pavilion Seville | Spain
“NO-DE” project intends to turn Seville’s railway road into a promenade with a bicycle highway and walkway introducing small-scale interventions with the aim of social coherence.
SWAT | M.Sc.3 | November 2017 supervisor | Thaleia Konstantinou, Peter Mensinga students |Maria Mourtzouchou
The Bicycle Pavilion is one of these small-scale constructions and is located in “Virgen del Rocio” Hospital Campus. Except for bicycle parking, the uses of a bicycle maintenance shop and a cafe are incorporated. A ramp around the pavilion is leading the bikers to the first floor. A green facade with climbing plants was chosen in order to protect the bicycles from Seville’s intense sun. Since the climate in Seville is hot and dry, rainwater will be collected from the roof in order to water the plants. The roof is inclined to the south for optimum performance because it is covered with PV Panels, which provide electricity for e-bikes.
MASTERPLAN - “Virgen del rocio” campus with bicycle pavilion general overview of intervention proposal
ground floor plan Bicycle Parking Rainwater Collection
Cafe
Roof covered with PV panels 50690 KWh/year
Cooling mist system
Water filtration
Bicycle Parking Spots Water Core 156 m3/year
Energy Storage
Bicycle Maintenance
Walkway Clearance
101380 e-bikes/year 277 e-bikles/day pv pANELS’ YEARLY ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
rainwater collection system
Exterior Ramp
VIEW FROM THE INSIDE THE PAVILION - FIRST FLOOR LEVEL 7.5m 19m 4m
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PV Panels’ edge attachment on the roof
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Pavilion’s section
16m 21m
Greenguide trellis work with tensioner fittings
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“Spira” IJmuiden | The Netherlands TATA Steel Innovation Center Refurbishment
Technoledge Facade Design | M.Sc.2 | March 2017 supervisor | Arie Bergsma, Frank Schnater students | Argyro Chiou, Antigoni Karaiskou, Maria Mourtzouchou, Laura Solarino
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The new facade design will give to the building a more irregular shape, creating a series of ribbons that vary in height. The existing steel structure and the interior floor levels will be kept unchanged. The existing structure is the representation of the innovative past of the company, reason for which it is kept as a remark of the many years of inventive work done by “TATA Steel”. The Innovation center is meant to be used as an application of their products, similarly to a real life exposition of their materials and its possible usage. This is also the reason why the project was awarded by a multi-disciplinary jury of “TATA Steel” for best use of “TATA Steel” products. The outer panels are completely demountable, to allow further changes in the future, for the exposition of new products of the company.
Sandwich panel/ Trimapanel Integrated double glazing
Perforated panels/ Colorcoat Prisma Panels’ connection details
Colorcoat Ultra panels
Panel’s supporting structure
Existing structure assembly method
Improved thermal comfort New skin * Double glazing + coating * Better insulated oanels Ventilation
North-west front elevation
south-east Back elevation
* Stack ventilation * Transpired thermal collector Extended life of Building
Recyclable materials Disassemblable system Innovative system for prologued usage Energy Solar collector * PV panles * Thermal collector on facade
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“Room 18” Competition The Design of a Typical Greek Hotel Room
Globalization creates various new forms of “modern immigration”. These people question the traditional concept of “house” as a specific space. The proposal aims to integrate the basic components of a modern home and is essentially a miniature of it. Like a house consists of individual spaces and uses, so does the room of the proposal separate its functions, utilizing the three dimensions of space, offering both variations of spatial experiences and necessary privacy. Thus, a structure is built that incorporates all the functions in different spots, which results in blocking the visual contact between them.
Competition | June 2016 architects | Maria Mourtouchou, Panagiota Pouliou 3d visualisations | Maria Mourtzouchou
This project was part of the “Room 18” exhibition in Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece, which was an exploration of the design of a typical greek hotel room.
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“Ionian Plaza” Hotel Kefalonia | Greece architectural office: M!nd the_Ark | November 2015 architects | Mary Papachristou, Maria Mourtouchou design & 3d visualisations | Maria Mourtzouchou
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This project deals with the refurbishment of the reception of “Ionian Plaza” Hotel in the Greek island of Kefalonia, which was strongly influenced by several civilizations throughout the ages like the Venetians, French and the British. This project is following these values to be integrated with the local, folk architectural style. Natural local materials are used to enhance this concept like marble on the floor and wood for the reception and some parts of the wall. In addition, plaster ceiling mounting frames are used with reference to the Venetian influences.
The main design element of this refurbishment project was the reception desk, which was required to be unique. The design was inspired by the ancient greek and roman pots-amphora, a reference again directly related to the context. The reception desk will function as a piece of art while being functional at the same time. In addition, the reception desk was also chosen to be constructed for the pavillion of the architectural office for its partitipation in the exposition “100% Hotel Show�. Therefore, the reception desk had to be devided in pieces across its length and be designed with high precision. Finally, the office made a collaboration with an innovative business with a long tradition in wood processing and CNC technologies to realize this project.
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