a+u portfolio - Martin Oravec

MARTIN ORAVEC a+u portfolio 2019

M A R T I N software O R A V E C AutoCAD Sketchup Rhino + Grasshopper Adobe - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, After Effects Sony Vegas

languages slovak english german

slovak nationality date of birth: 01/11/1993 e-mail: martin.oravec111@gmail.com

phone: +421905852037

hobbys travelling photography + videography cycling piano play

native C1 B2

education 2018 - ongoing 2017 - 2018 2016 - 2017 2012 - 2016

bauhaus-universit채t weimar, germany 2-year master of urbanism (integrated urban development & design) slovak university of technology, bratislava erasmus - bauhaus-universit채t weimar, germany 2-year master of architecture (MSc. diploma) slovak university of technology, bratislava 4-year bachelor of architecture and urbanism (Bc. diploma)

work experience mar.2018 - ongoing jan.2018 - jun2018 apr.2017 - jun2017 mar.2015 - jun2016

computational arch, weimar computational subsidiary propeller z, vienna architecture intern, see recommendation letters InfAR bauhaus-universit채t, weimar tutoring position at -informatics in architecture- chair lucron development, bratislava architecture intern

workshops jul.2018 jun.2018 aug.2017 dec.2016 nov.2016 nov.2015

EASA 2018 15 day european architecture student assembly; rijeka, croatia reSITE 2018 2 day urban conference; prague, czechia international summer school 10 day intensive workshop; riga, latvia rural to urban - transformation strategies in ethiopia 10 day intensive workshop; addis ababa, ethiopia nabeel hamdi - community action planning 2 day workshop; weimar, germany dede훾ek exhibition photo exhibition of slovak modernist architect; bratislava, slovakia

REVITALIZATION INDUSTRY ZONE BRATISLAVA pre-master thesis 2017 / 2018 team - monika bočková, barbora lichtmanová, kristína machajová miroslava mišurová, martin oravec

Industrial area in Bratislava that was once on the outskirts of the city is now part of the broader city center. The site is built-up with various services, but with no coordination or public functions. Main uses of the paved surfaces are parking and storage. Although the „mess“ has its atmosphere, nobody stays in the area longer than they need to. The people visiting or residing are mostly workers, car mechanics and manufacturers. Recently, some old buildings have been transformed into studios and offices.

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slovak university of technology bratislava supervisor - štefan polakovič (studio gutgut)

contribution Concept developed together as a team. Masterplan was divided into 5 zones, which we further developed separately.

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location in Bratislava

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2500 m

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We aimed that our project could be potentially used as a form of guidance for the developent wave that we expect to hit this area in the near__future. This gentrification wave could be recklessly executed with the tabula rasa principle, where most of these industrial objects would be demolished.

want we don’t that. Since we like the atmosphere and appreciate the industrial mark on the city, we used a simple “fill out and enrich” principle.

We created new transit and public _areas and new buildings filling up empty spaces.

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artery

The site has an old rail network which we reused to serve as the main of revitalisation. This artery connects the most interesting characteristics of the industrial era which we then further developed as our individual master theses.

promenade between the old factories

the rail through a tunnel in a sewerage plant area

the rail through a dense greenery

passage through a park

surfaces for sports

spaces with different surfaces piazetta with office buildings

different characters of the public spaces alongside the rail GSPublisherVersion 0.2.100.100

my area

public spaces the old railway new buildings old buildings greenery

I created two different urban qualities in form of two public spaces. The first in a form of a piazza opens up spatially and invites visitors deeper into the zone.

Second space is formed to become a pedestrian street, tighly stretching between old industrial halls and new solids. Offering different set of functions in the spirit of London’s Camden, where the young and the old meet.

the pedestrian street + rail

the piazza

TECH COMPANY HEADQUARTERS BRATISLAVA master thesis 2018 next stage of the revitalization of a former industrial area

supervisor - ĹĄtefan polakoviÄ? (studio gutgut)

This project is the next stage of the previous industry zone revitalization. I focused further on the newly created piazza. The headquarters of a technological company will preserve the industrial atmopshere, but also offer more additional functions such as museum, workshop for students and apartments. By placing buildings along the plot edges, I created a square with an old crane in the middle that serves as a historical relic. Adding more functions that just plain office space, I aim to keep the piazza alive and full of people also apart from the standard working hours.

Clearly defined paths that cross under the crane and continue further to the zone, promote exploration of the newly revitalized area.

pedestrian flows concept - natural pathways

functions, location alongside the rail

main public flows Pre správne a žívé fungovanie zóny musíme ľuďom poskytnúť priame prístupy do územia, hlavný a najatraktívnejší ma byť práve k o ľ a j. V mojej časti zóny som v navrhol ďalšie dva: priame spojenie zo železničnej stanice Bratislava - Nové Mesto predĺžením tunela nástupíšť; a peší most ponad železnicu z priestoru križovatky Tomášiková / Rožňavská.

sport area

rail

architecture school Zóna Rožňavská - Vajnorská market

chemical-technological centre

tech company with museum

relation to other main functional cores along the rail

There are two types of surfacs on the piazza. The surfaces around the buildings have a raster pattern - they avoid the flows of the people.

Slow movement - raster pattern

On the otherside, the flow surface has a plain texture. It leads from the Vajnorská street either to the ra Fluid movement - plain pattern the promenade of the chemical - technical center.

There are two types of surfacs on the piazza. The surfaces around the buildings have a raster pattern - they avoid the flows of the people.

On the otherside, the flow surface has a plain texture. It leads from the Vajnorská street either to the ra the promenade of the chemical - technical center.

The greenery is done lightly, the wild trees along the rail keep their dominance. It is to create a contrast between the original and new urbanised spaces.

The lightness and transparency of the building on Vajnorská street preserves a visual connection with crane, but creates a protection for the piazza from the busy street.

There are two types of surfaces on the piazza. The surfaces around the buildings have a raster pattern, they avoid the flows of the people.

Green belt

The greenery is done lightly, the wild trees along the rail keep their dominance. It is to create a contrast between the original and new urbanised spaces.

The greenery is done lightly, the wild trees along the rail keep their dominance. It means to create a contrast between the original and the new urbanised spaces.

On the otherside, the faster surface is a plain texture. It leads from the Vajnorská street either to the rail, or the promenade of the chemical - technical center.

Transparent barrier The lightness and transparency of the building on Vajnorská street preserves a visual connection with The lightness and transparency of the building on crane, but creates a protection for the piazza from the busy street.

Vajnorská street preserves a visual connection with the crane, but still creates a protection for the piazza from this busy street.

common spaces for meetings, etc.

office space

workshop

main entrance

flow from Vajnorská street

cantine

Objekt I. - “slíž” delí piazzu od Vajnorskej, no zároveň svojím otvorom v strede presahujúcim cez 2 podlažia aj spája. Je to jeden z viacerých “lievikov” na piazzu. Táto budova je primárne kancelárska, 2 pol-podlažia však slúžia ako edukačné zariadenie pre budúcich zamestnancov firmy. Na kancelárskych podlažiach 2 jadrá vymedzujú v strede spoločenský priestor pre komunikáciu, oddych ale hlavne vizuálne rozdeľujú priestor.

void objekt I. - axonometrický rez

offices

museum

sections of the buildings’ functions

different services

physical model

curiosity about the museum’s facade

preservation of old + offering new

PARAMETRIC MASTERPLANNING

ETHIOPIA

academic project 2016 / 2017 team - jeanne dentin, maria diego, martin oravec bauhaus university weimar + EiABC addis ababa supervisor - sven schneider, abdulmalik abdulmawla (InfAR chair)

contribution Concept developed together as a team. In coding part I covered the land analysis, town shape and street network. Also covered the graphical output (except for the visualisation) and the photos from Ethiopia.

Parametric masterplanning was chosen as the best way to approach Ethiopian’s ongoing issue of a need for new small towns which will serve as regional centres in rural areas. With this exchange of rural living for a more urban style doesn’t mean only new buildings and infrastructure but also a whole different way of living.

Therefore the change has to be done gently and always keeping in mind what is today essential for Ethiopian people. With parametric masterplanning we can produce different versions of needed cities by imputing data about morphological parameters and the program will generate possible solutions. This project was a 2 part process: • designing a city from scratch theoretically • putting our theories and methods to the test with scripting them in Grasshopper.

With the Syn City 2.0 studio I realized the importance of participation. The most valuable information how to properly design is given to us by the people.

Giving people chance to express themselves and to influence the design process is essential since they know the site deep thorugh and will be the ones living in the new enviroment.

The concept of the project is still developed by us, planners not the computers. A balance has to be kept between human thinking and automatization.

HARO WELABU

FEFA DILDIY

We tested the script on 3 sites in different regions of Ethiopia and as a results we got 3 different masterplans, but all of them following the rules set in the script.

ANKO GOLMA

CENTRAL MARKETPLACE REGION CENTRES

DISTRICT PRIMARY ROADS

Central marketplace is an important element in the Ethiopian town, where markets

take place several times a week. We analyse the area within our city boundary and find optimal points which serve as region centres. That way we can spread the most important functions not only in the one central point, but also in the centre of districts. These centres are connected by primary roads. Daily important functions can then be found in a small walkability radius from centres in the districts. The goverment building, cultural center, health center and other important functions naturally stay in the main central point.

housing / mixed use

These functions fill the rest of the remaining plots, commercial mostly being on the primary streets.

important functions

These buildings are added first on the most accessible plots. Similar functions are placed further from each other.

regions

For distributing important functions throughout the city, it is divided into regions always with the centre square - node.

secondary streets

Secondary street network is done by dividing existing big blocks into smaller ones.

primary streets

Primary street network is created by connecting the nodes.

region centres

With our chosen centre point, the script chooses placement of smaller centres nodes.

main road

Identifying the existing main road to select the needed city area around it.

angle of slope

Using slope analysis to find optimal flatland area.

INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS Blocks at the outskirts, chosen by the wind. In each district there are also workshops.

RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS Three temples placed close around the middle node, but with a distance between each other.

PUBLIC FUNCTIONS All the other functions like hospital, administration, sports. Each region filled with various functions.

HOUSING Housing buildings are placed on the more quiet secondary streets. They create a semi - closed green atrium in the middle of the block.

COMMERCIAL / MIXED USE Placed on the primary streets with 2 - 3 floors, first floor being commercial, upper housing.

EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS Schools and kindergartens equally distributed, green space always part of the plot.

exchange

for

urban life?

rural life

ISLANDS IN THE STREAM RIGA international summer school multi-disciplinary formation of urban environment 2017 team - imane boutanzit, undÄŤne ÄŁemze, jackie herrera, carlotta di iesu, madara marcinkus, johan oosterlinck, martin oravec, kai saillart, jackob schmitt riga technical university supervisor - naime esra akin (istanbul kultur university)

contribution I proposed the concept of interventions instead of a standard output of a detailed masterplan + some graphics.

System of water areas, over a long period being evolved by both human and natural forces, is one of the cornerstones of the distinct spatial structure of Riga, the capital of the Baltic state Latvia. River Daugava as the main water area with a direct access to sea affect the city development and its spatial structure. Daugava, being wide and not-easy-to-cross waterbody till the recent decades has been more dividing than connecting element of the city. The purpose of this summer school, was to examine different ways of using water areas to connect different areas of the city. Four case study areas with lecturers and students from all over Europe ensure the richness of ideas brought to the table.

This fact was for me the main asset of this project.

Series

of

interventions

starting slowly with easy steps.

Instead of doing a typical masterplan, we have put together a plan of possible actions which can be

progressively executed.

water links

KÄŤpsala - an island with close proximity to the historical old town of Riga micro scale interventions; getting attention;

small seed accumulates m o r e .

not a masterplan, merely an framework of interventions

micro scale The initial renovations focusing on linking the island to the water, organising public events to raise attention of the citizens and renovating first houses. Starting the flow.

water links

Link to the water Link to the water

interventions

Interventions Interventions

meso scale At this stage we focus more on improving the inner network for pedestrians and cyclists. With this we promote the exploration of the island and further renovate existing buildings and giving them new functions. inner circulation Inner circulation Inner circulation

Connected functions Connected functions

connecting functions

macro scale Since the island has restored its lost interest, further integration of KÄŤpsala with Riga progresses.

New developments, university expansion and a new tram line are feasible.

Old town

ems

part of the city

attraction point