Olivera Neskovic, Selected Works - Winter 2017

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table of contents

an introduction ii - iii

academic projects 1 - 27

hands-on experience 28 - 33

creative flux 34 - 41

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an introduction

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y name is Olivera Neskovic and I am an architecture student in my third year of studies at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. My interest in architecture stemmed from a desire to know more about the world, people and the different ways we inhabit spaces.

I’m often inspired by the unusual and I dream up my own worlds regularly. Pieces of these worlds reveal themselves in my projects; both architectural and personal.

To conclude: I like my coffee black, I like my design simple and I’d really like to work with you.

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

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Olivera Neskovic 3rd year olivera.neskovic1@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivera-neskovic

LANGUAGES English | Native Language Serbian | Native Language French | Speak/read/write with high proficiency

WORK EXPERIENCE 09.2016 - 12.2016

ECDM architec tes | intern architect | paris, france -D igital 3D modelling for rendering and visualization - Perspective, plan, elevation rendering using Rhino3D, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator -D rew floor plans, master plans, plan diagrams using Autocad, Rhino 3D - Drew design diagrams for presentations - Formatted Construction Permit presentation in Adobe Indesign - Assisted at landscape meetings and schematic design of landscape -Translated French texts to English

01.2016 - 04.2016

KPMB Architec ts | marketing assistant | toronto, ontario - Created maps, Nolli plans, infographics and diagrams using Rhino 3D, Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator, Sketchup, Revit - Graphic layouts and presentation/booklet formatting using Adobe Indesign - Assisted interiors photoshoot - Edited and curated photoshoot images - 3D modelling using Sketch-up and Rhino 3d - Website updating and maintenance

05.2015 - 07.2015

efekat UAU | intern architect | | belgrade, serbia -D igital 3D modelling - Perspective and plan rendering using Rhino3D, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator -F loor plan drawings using Autocad, Rhino 3D

SKILLS digital

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Rhinoceros 3D AutoCAD Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign

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Microsoft Office Sketchup Revit Houdini

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Model making, sketching, hand-drafting, sculpting, architectural collages, wood working

EDUCATION 2014 - present

Universit y of Waterloo Candidate for Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Co-op Courses: Design Studio, Environmental Studies, Building Construction, Principals of Structures, Visual Communications, Digital Fabrication, Cultural History Humberside Collegiate Institute

2010 - 2014

Ontario Secondary School Graduation Diploma, Ontario Scholar Relevant Courses: Visual Arts, French

AWARDS AND EXHIBITIONS 04.2015

Photography Exhibition - hosted by students at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture in Cambridge, Ontario

04.2015

The 100 Notebook Event - hosted by BRIDGE

09.2014

President’s Entrance Scholarship 93% admissions average to the University of Waterloo

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE 01.2015 - present

storefront event team member | BRIDGE | cambridge, ontario

09.2013 - 03.2014

teacher’s assistant| Ar t Works Ar t School | toronto, ontario

09.2010 - 06.2011

teacher’s assistant| Norseman Public School l | etobicoke, ontario

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academic projects

01 . a place apart 02. phat haus 03. biblioteka 04. craneWALK 05. maker’s space

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a place apart

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Place Apart is a Mental Health and Wellness Centre, imagined as a place where patients are treated holistically through their exposure to nature and isolation from the stress of the city.

The centre consists of a complex of 7 buildings connected by a raised wooden walkway and are embedded strategically to face into the cove, creating a more internalized environment.

The main building provides patients with therapy rooms, a recreation space, dining, cooking and laundry facilities, as well as shared rooms for the most critical “A” patients. Five auxiliary buildings provide communal living for “B” and “C” patients, and private living quarters for staff. A maker’s space is located across a bridge, opposite of the main building.

A Place Apart is inspired by Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood.

2nd Year | Studio | Individual | Noëlville, Ontario

"The first thing you ought to know is that this is no ordinary "hospital'. It's not so much for treatment as for convalescence. We do have a few doctors, of course, and they give hourly sessions, but they're just checking people's conditions, taking their temperature and things like that, not administering "treatments' as in an ordinary hospital. There are no bars on the windows here, and the gate is always wide open. People enter and leave voluntarily. You have to be suited to that kind of convalescence to be admitted here in the first place.” “ But what does this ‘convalescence' consist of? ” “Just living here is the convalescence.”

a place apart

Site Axonometric

| Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood | 03

Pine Cove (NoĂŤlville, Ontario)

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Roof Plan

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1. First Floor Plan 2. Second Floor Plan

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West Facing Section

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Interior Immersive

a place apart

Physical Model (Basswood, rope, basswood, plaster of paris, cardboard, steel wire)

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Key Section Diagram

Detail No.3 Roof to Wall

Detail No.2 Floor to Wall to Window

Legend

Detail No.1 Floor to Foundation

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Window

Low- expansion or flexible foam to control wind-washing C Metal flashing C

Transition membrane for continuity of air barrier and secondary drainage plane; wrap over rough buck and onto metal angle to form sub-sill flashing with back dam

Vertical Wood Siding (Exterior Finish) 2.5cm x 10 cm Wood Furring Liquid Applied Vapour Open Drainage Plane 25 cm of Rigid Foam Insulation Fully Adhered impermeable membrane, applied in shingle fashion(water, vapour & air barrier) Plywood sheathing 15cm Stud wall space- open interior space for services Plywood Sheathing Gypsum Board Interior Paint

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Sealant bead to provide air barrier continuity C 1” x 1” metal angle to form back dam S Wood Window Sill F Rough plywood buck S

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Hardwood Floors (Interior Finish) Plywood Sheathing Corrugated Steel Decking SUB STRUCTURE 15cm by 25 cm Steel Beam SUPER STRUCTURE Plywood Sheathing Gypsum Board Interior Paint

Floor to Wall to Window Connection Detail WINDOW TO WALL DETAIL Scale: 1:10 DWG 2/3

ARCH 264 - Building Science Prof. John Straube 08/09/2016

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Roofing (Asphalt Shingles) Roofing Underlayment Fully Adhered impermeable membrane, applied in shingle fashion (water, vapour & air barrier) Roof Sheathing 5cm x 10 cm Vent Rafter Liquid applied vapour open drainage plane Plywood sheathing 40cm of Rigid Foam Insulation Plywood Sheathing Fully Adhered impermeable membrane, applied in shingle fashion (water, vapour & air barrier) Plywood sheathing Gypsum Board Interior Paint

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Vented Frieze Board Soffit

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Vertical Wood Siding (Exterior Finish) 2.5cm x 10 cm Wood Furring Liquid Applied Vapour Open Drainage Plane 25 cm of Rigid Foam Insulation Fully Adhered impermeable membrane, applied in shingle fashion (water, vapour & air barrier) Plywood sheathing 15cm Stud wall space- open interior space for services Plywood Sheathing Gypsum Board Interior Paint

WALL TO ROOF DETAIL Scale: 1:10 DWG 3/3 ARCH 264 - Building Science Prof. John Straube

Roof to Wall08/09/2016 Connection Detail

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phat haus

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hat Haus is a residential project which combines community spaces, private residential units and a skate park in order to provide the city of Cambridge with an active community that brings a new energy to its surroundings.

The project consists of an outdoor skate park on the ground floor, a community centre on its first floor, with programs such as a workshop, a laundry room and a exhibition space, and residential apartments on the second, third and fourth floors.

The inspiration for Phat Haus stemmed from a personal interest in the culturally-rich and anarchical lifestyle of skateboarders.

2nd Year | Studio | Individual | Cambridge, Ontario

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Exterior Perspective Collage (Skate park and First Floor) (Rhino 3D, Photoshop, Illustrator)

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Isometric Programmatic Diagram

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Site Plan and Ground Floor Plan (Photoshop, Illustrator)

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Perspective Exterior Views (Rhino 3D)

phat haus

Sectional Isometric Drawing (Rhino 3D, Photoshop, Illustrator)

First Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan 13

Perspective View of Unit Interior (Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator)

phat haus Isometric Drawings of Five Unit Types

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phat haus

Final Project Model (Oak wood, foam board painted white and dried flora)

Perspective View of Exterior (Rhino 3D , Photoshop, Illustrator) 15

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South facing section C (Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator) C

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biblioteka

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iblioteka is a flexible building, housing a library, a bike cooperative and a meeting place.

The southern half of the building is a library, while the northern half includes a bike cooperative on the first floor, an assembly room on the second floor and a greenhouse/study space on the top floor. Outside, Biblioteka proposes a solution for the use of interstitial spaces in the city by turning an alleyway into the building’s main entrance and pedestrian passage through the site.

1. Ground Floor Plan 2. Second Floor Plan 3. Third Floor Plan

2nd Year | Studio | Individual | Cambridge, Ontario

Interior Render of Teen Library

biblioteka

(Rhino,Photoshop)

North Elevation (Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator) 17

biblioteka 3D projections

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biblioteka

West Facing Section

3D projections

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Rendered View of the Walkway (Rhino, Photoshop)

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craneWALK

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raneWALK is an elevated path constructed on an existing dock located in London, England. The design is a conglomeration of old cranes, something borrowed and something new. The original Battersea cranes remain iconic in their towering presence over the path. Control booths of other abandoned cranes are refurbished to house a variety of small businesses. New structural components are created through the melting and casting of old cranes. Together these elements create a public promenade that both monumentalizes and gives function to the Battersea Cranes.

In collaboration with: Liga Brammanis

Plan of craneWALK Platform 1st Year | Competition | Group Project | London, England

Elevation and steel connection details (Rhino 3D , Illustrator)

craneWALK

Perspective View of craneWALK (Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator)

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a maker’s space

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Maker’s Space is a live-in studio surrounded by an abundance of evergreen trees, located along a river bank.

This project focuses on the importance of isolation of the maker from the world and the separation of work and sleep. The maker is given a space where they can focus on what they are creating, both indoors and outdoors.

Exploded Axonometric Drawing 1st Year | Studio | Individual | Cambridge, Ontario

Basswood Model

South Facing Section

a maker’s space

East Facing Section

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hands-on experience

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ECDM architectes 02. |||| walls

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Schematic Axonometric

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ECDM architectes

“The architecture that materializes the firm’s approach is underpinned by the evolutions and mutations of our society. It tends to be a simple, sober architecture following a rigorous logic, with no preconceptions, nostalgia or stylistic preoccupations.”

ECDM is an award-winning, mid-size architecture and design office in Paris, France. Their projects range from large-urban buildings, to smaller residential dwellings. All projects are treated with the same intensity and sensitivity in order to respond to the varying factors surrounding each design. ECDM allowed me to work very closely with partners and architects at the firm on various stages of a project’s design process.

West Elevation

North Elevation

South Elevation

Concept Diagrams

ECDM architectes

East Elevation

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our walls is an 8ft by 8ft outdoor pavilion, built in the riverside courtyard at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. The pavilion consists of a set of four wood frame walls, arranged near and latching onto the existing flood wall. The pavilion aims to reinterpret the relationship between a human and the flood wall. The user can climb, sit on, stand on, hang off of, sit inside, lean on and lie down on the four additional walls, and decidedly be social or antisocial, based on their location within and around the walls. Furthermore, incisions are made into the walls to frame views of the river, sky and bridge, and these views change as one weaves their way in and out of the pavilion.

In collaboration with: Zoe Goodman, Christy Cheng, Johnathan Subendran, Devin Arndt, Hollie Sin and Cindy Cao

2nd Year | Studio | Group Project | Cambridge, Ontario

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Context Photographs

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|||| walls Process Photographs

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Details

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creative flux

01 . grfx exprmnts 02. drawings 03. photographs

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MAISON VAQUER Lodgings for both sexes...

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grfk xprmnts

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he following drawings are excerpts from recent case studies I have done at school. They have been chosen because they demonstrate my interest in graphic design. By experimenting with different graphic styles and layouts, I attempt to find ways to express narratives and concepts with more precision and clarity.

grfk xprmnts

This project is an analysis of the novel Pere Goriot by Honoré de Balzac.

It uses the author’s rich spatial descriptions to create a set of architectural drawings of the novel’s central setting: an 18th century boarding house.

2nd Year | Cultural History | Group Project

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Water features

Temples

Memorials

Existing Path Similar Monuments Tree Density Monument Density

grfk xprmnts

The drawing above analyzes Stowe Gardens in Buckinghamshire, England.

A focus is placed on the nodes formed by intersecting paths and the concentration of trees around these nodes. The drawing emphasizes the importance of trees for framing views and monuments in the garden, as well as relationships between monument typologies in an attempt to explain and clarify the placement of paths in the garden as well as it’s unusual form.

2nd Year | Studio | Individual 36

Analytical Drawing 05/16/2016

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grfk xprmnts

This drawing illustrates Stowe Gardens in the past, the present and the future. Present-day monuments float higher or lower off the ground to represent the distance between each building and the viewer. The garden’s past landscape architects control the monuments through a series of taut strings from below the garden scene. Finally, the gridded control centre in the foreground represents the future, challenging ideas of the presence of Stowe Gardens and our ability to manipulate landscapes in the future.

2nd Year | Studio | Individual

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grfk xprmnts

A case study of the urban plan of Brasilia, Brasil ; a modernist city that was constructed in just three years by Luis Costa and Oscar Niemeyer. Although the city follows a rigid design that places the car on a pedestal, through time, people have begun to mold the city into a more pedestrian-accessible and humanist place. This project attempts to map this evolution.

In collaboration with Martha Trivett and Liga Brammanis 2nd Year | Studio | Group Project

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grfk xprmnts

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drawings

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he drawings depicted here are a glimpse into the inner workings of my wandering

brain.

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photographs

Th a t ’s a l l f o l k s !

olivera.neskovic1@gmail.com