Momchil Petrinski MArch Portfolio

Momchil Petrinski Bartlett MArch Application Portfolio

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Year 3 Work

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Year 2 Work

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Model-Making

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Hand-Drawing

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Material Technologies

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Working in Practice

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Year 3 Work

Project Title: The Design School as a Monument to Fire: Designing for the prevention of fires

About: This project explored philosophical texts of Borgesian labyrinths translated into architecture, along with a focus on sustainability, heat and water transfer for the benefit of the community and providing green public spaces.

This image illustrates the material, architectural and conceptual relationship between St. Bart’s Church and the Design School in the site of Little Britain.

Nocturnal view of the Design School and St. Bart’s

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LONG LANE

Location, Labyrinth & the Design School:

CLOTH FAIR

The Site Plan shows the the internal labyrinth of the Design School and Repository of Time in relation to the existing site context .

The external carving of the site is a mirrored continuation of the Borgesian labyrinth that serves as the public landscape. In it, the journey promotes the spectacle of fire that’s not only showcased, but physically felt in the ‘evergreen’ gardens and the homeless shelter using excess heat from fire tests to the benefit of the community.

HALF MOON COURT

BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE

LITTLE BRITAIN

Design School and the External carving of the site in the wider context of Little Britain – site specific

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The Internal Fire Narrative: 42.9M.

The section illustrates the journey of fire, the internal labyrinth and circulation, and the relationship between the stone materiality and verticality of St. Bart’s Church.

The internal labyrinth journey is interrupted by three public gardens and is capped by the Borgesian Auditorium which acts as the crowning jewel of my Medieval Bastion Tower reinterpretation.

35.6M.

32.2M.

28.6M.

24.1M.

20.2M.

12.8M.

0.18M.

-5.92M.

Section showing the internal labyrinth, public gardens and the journey of fire

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The Atrium Garden and the crowning jewel as the Borges Auditorium

The Borges Auditorium form, function and relationship to the gardens

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KEY 6

1. FIRE TESTING (HEAT GENERATED) 2. THERMAL LABYRINTH 3. STACK EFFECT (COOLING) 4. SUSTAINABLE WATER CYCLE 5. HOMELESS SHELTER HEATED 6. GARDEN LEVELS HEATED 7. EXCESS HEAT GIVEN TO HEAT NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS 8. RAINWATER HARVESTING

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Environmental Strategy and form followingTO function FIRE JOURNEY IN RELATION THE OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY

The Fire Testing Facility, cooling moats and the stoneclad tower exterior

MODELS

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The structure: The technical details are taken from three key structural moments in the building. The stone block masonry walls and light internal steel framework support the cantilevering inverted waffle slab which hosts the first public tropical garden level.

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The concrete foundation slab, piles, thermal labyrinth and cooling moats below ground are illustrated.

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2D Detail – Ground to Fire Testing Lab, Thermal Labyrinth and Cooling Moats 2D Detail – Fire Testing Lab to Cantilevering waffle slab garden 3D Detail – Light stone-clad external envelope 3D Detail – Combining the key details in axo

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The Design School in the wider context – the conceptual relationship to the Fire of London, Grenfell and the Medieval Bastion Tower

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Year 2 Work

Project Title: Hydro Hub FARM (HHF)

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In 2nd Year, I focused on designing for the issues of rising sea levels

About: This project explores a post-flood London scenario and is situated in the seemingly flat Lea Valley. It’s a floating market hall with public spaces and focuses on using the excess water for hydroponic systems that feed the local community.

It aims to turn a problem into a solution through architecture and offers a way to deal with the threat of rising sea levels that threaten our cities.

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Hydro Hub Farm Long Section in the Lea Valley context Environmental Strategy and (daytime) Site Plan of the HHF

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HHF Structural Strategy: The structural approach in this project is a repeating lightweight cross-braced exoskeleton which is then clad with photovoltaic ETFE and mycelium panels. This sits on two large cylindrical floating elements acting as buoys.

The main structure is fully deconstructable and can be added to/removed from as demands change.

Perforated ’I’ beams and hollow tubular elements are used extensively to reduce the weight, so that the structure requires smaller buoys to float.

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The HHF Steel Exoskeleton modular structure Key Detail - External Envelope to spanning structure External Envelope – Roof Detail

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Year 2 Work

Project Title: ‘Mycelium Enterprise’

About: This project is dedicated to biomimicry, the exploration of future construction materials like composite mycelium bricks and the symbiotic relationship between people, nature and architecture.

It is comprised of temporary structures that house galleries and mycelium farms. These structures biodegrade over time and leave a ’skeleton’ as monuments in history.

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Section render of the workshop tower showing internal light and texture atmosphere Ground Floor Plan showing key activities Development clay model placed on site

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Model-making

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Hand Drawing

In my 2nd Year, the first semester drawings had to be done by hand, so I decided to build on my skills of adding depth, texture and phasing. My project was about irregular forms and biomimicry which was ideal for this task. Learned how to draw better sections and plans with appropriate cut line thicknesses and the ability to highlight the key aspects whilst maintaining a highly detailed drawing standard.

Hand-drawing adds a complexity and characteristic, and has become one of my favourite means of communicating my thoughts and architecture.

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Roof Plan showing key activities and textures Section showing key activities of the mycelium workshop tower Elevation of the Mycelium Tower Complex

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Material Technologies

Mycelium

Insulation Foam

CNC

Mycelium: I was developing mycelium composite bricks along with a Tokyo based bioengineer for my 2nd Year Project. I was looking into sustainable bio-design and how mycelium can be used to replace traditional bricks.

Insulation Foam: This method was explored by hand and automation to test development ideas for models. I used it to communicate the overall texture and look of my mycelium tower project for crits.

CNC: This CNC MDF model is a structural node detail from the John Hancock Tower, Chicago. It was for a collaborative exhibition hosted by SOM and UoW.

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Working in Practice Visuals: The permanent project I’m working on at Orms is 7 Soho Square. It’s the first timber-hybrid commercial building in Soho. One of my main roles is to render images like the Heroshot and create cladding options, assigning textures and designing public spaces like the courtyard and typical office floor plates. These were then communicated to the design team in weekly Design Reviews and then to the client for their approval.

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External Envelope and office floor plate view 7 Soho Square Heroshot Dean Court atmospheric visual

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Roof Terraces: My role was to design all the roof terraces in Revit while coordinating this with the project architect and client who were feeding me with suggestions and ideas.

After many iterations, this was the final design which we pitched to the client.

The idea is that each terrace has a different experiential character and feeling, so we have 5 different terrace types in total.

Aerial view of the main terrace spaces of 7 Soho Sq.

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External Envelope Bays: These drawings are part of a study to understand the external envelope of the building. They helped our design team to understand where wall and floor buildups had to be corrected and where the spandrels have to be adjusted so that they don’t take up area from the Net Internal Area. The pack was issued to façade and cost consultants to determine the project feasibility.

External Envelope drawing set.

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THE ANNEXE, 1 DEAN ST

Do not scale. All dimensions to be confirmed on site. Information contained in this drawing is the sole copyright of Orms designers + architects ltd and is not to be reproduced without permission.

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Please note that the issue of this model is to assist co-ordination only. Use of written dimensions and levels is permitted, but all other dimensions extracted from the digital content are not to be relied upon. The setting out and dimensions of any existing building elements shown in the model are based on collated archive information, measured surveys and site investigations as available. If there is any reasonable doubt in relation to position of existing building fabric which affects costs or final construction details the contractor should undertake relevant surveys to verify the information, and any changes discovered should be notified to the architect.

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This model should be read in conjunction with all other project information prepared by Orms and other design consultants. In the event of any conflicts between information in the model and other project information that may be contained on drawings, schedules, specifications, etc. seek clarification with Orms. Data should always be checked against pdf information.

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Models issued with construction record status or revision are not surveys and are to be verified on site prior to making any use of them. Orms do not take responsibility for any discrepancies between the model and actual as build condition. Any contractor design portion elements that might be present in this model are simplified and should not be relied upon. Information contained in specifications and on pdf drawings takes precedent over the model.

CDM risks relevant to this model 1 08003

2 Dean Street

LIGHTWELL MANHOLE TO RWT BELOW

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Key changes from previous model issue

PLENUM

Venue Kitchen Extract

Landlord Electrical Riser

GF Retail Kitchen

6000

BUILDING MANAGER

BC WS

Tenant Future

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Basement 1 Internal Line

UP 1900

STAIR CORE 1

STAIR CORE 2

Tenant SVP

AWC Dry Riser

Life Safety Riser

Retail entrance

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Gen Fuel Line

1 08004

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PEL3

FF LOBBY CYCLE LOBBY

Sprinkler Riser Tennant Electrical

Sprinkler Pump Flues

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CYCLE LIFT

Riser

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+26.060

Basement 2 Internal Line

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RETAIL

6000

FAREHAM STREET

Property Boundary

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1943

Future Retail Tenant

RWP 1

DHW

1900

Indicative site boundary

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Smoke Shaft

+25.810

WC

DEAN ST

FRENCH PROTESTANT CHURCH

Cycle entrance

1:14 6000

Drawing up, communicating and correcting issues on GA Plans and understanding how a building has to relate to the surrounding context in plan has allowed me to better understand the design process in professional practice. Through the GA Plans, I was also able to learn about party-walls and other design challenges like Core layout and ensuring a constant UKPN substation access.

CROSSRAIL STATION

GA Plans:

RECEPTION +25.810 Hatch to UKPN lobby

6 Bazaar Entrance

Office entrance

Secondary Office entrance

BAZAAR

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Building Above

Floor Above

15.5°

+25.810

Secondary Bazaar entrance

6000

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Building Above

6000

1:51

Venue entrance

COURTYARD BELOW

P13 21.12.17 P14 22.01.24

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+25.810

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5 SOHO SQUARE

Interim Stage 2 Design Freeze + First model issue for clash detection and coordination P15 22.02.21 BIM Issue no. 3 Rev. YY.MM.DD Description Checked by JR

Approved by AMc

Status code

S1 - COORDINATION Status description

PRELIMINARY

+25.593 Soho Mews Entrance

1 Oliver's Yard 55-71 City Road London EC1Y 1HQ 0207 833 8533 orms@orms.co.uk orms.co.uk

Project

P14

AREA UNDER DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

6 SOHO SQUARE

SOHO SQUARE

7 Soho Square Drawing title

Proposed General Arrangement Ground Floor Plan Scale@A1

Project No.

1 : 100 Drawing Number Project Originator Zone Location Type Role

2260A Rev. Number

SOS - ORM - ZZ - 00 - DR - A - 07000

P15

General Arrangement Ground Floor Plan.

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Fire Drawings: Creating Fire Drawing packs is one of the most interesting things that I did in practice. I was looking at OFR’s guides on fire-rating walls and doors, consultant’s mark-ups and suggestions.

Escape routes and distances, dry riser inlet positions and fire curtains were a few other things that I gained an understanding of in the process.

Ground Floor Plan Fire Strategy

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GA Sections: My role in producing the GA Sections was checking and correcting SSL to SSL heights, locating the best place to cut the sections, fixing door, window and wall heights, adjusting floor build-ups, area tags, adjusting levels as per consultant’s mark-ups, making the surrounding context and choosing the graphic standards such as wall fill colours.

General Arrangement Section ‘BB’

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