Architecture Portfolio-Vasiliki Tsimpouki

Architecture Portfolio Vasiliki Tsimpouki

Contents

Resume

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Architectural projects

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e-polykatoikia

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Narture

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Multicafe

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Design research projects

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Tensei Point-Line-Curve

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Studies and experimentations

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Material experimentations Various

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Office work

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House for a retired couple

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Resume

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Vasiliki

Tsimpouki

Architectural engineering student e-mail:vas.tsimpouki@gmail.com

Cell.:+306942893442

E D U C A T I O N School of Architecture, Univeristy of Patras

Patras, Gr. September 2017-Currently

Architectural engineering Diploma, final year, G.P.A. 8.7/10 Architecture & Dataset Creation webinar by Matias Del Campo

June 2021

Eco-parametric structures webinar by Studio Mamou Mani

March-April 2021

Honors:Accepted in HackUPC 2022 Best in class 7th semester parametric design project “Point-line-curve” was exhibited in the “Architectural creation and research” symposium Ranked 1st in the Department admission exams and at top 10% nationwide

April 2022 A.U,Thessaloniki, Gr. September 2021 June 2017

E X P E R I E N C E Assistant Architect, Petros Poulidis Architectural office

November 2021 - Currently

I prepare digital drawings and images for an architectural firm that specialises in holiday houses in Paros island.

Lab assistant, Digital Mechanisms Lab

Patras, Gr. October 2021 - February 2022

The lab’s objective was to create a digital protoyping project using Rhinoceros grasshopper. I assisted guiding students through familiarisation with the methodology and consequent experimental process.

Research assistant, Experiments in print space

Kasterlee, Bel., October 2021

I participated in a week-long typography research project, organized in Frans Masereel Centrum.

S K I L L S Autocad, Grasshopper, Rhino3D, Revit, Maya, Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, ArcGIS, zBrush

LANGUAGES Greek (native), English (C2) , French (B2)

H O B B I E S Photography, athletics, volunteering, travelling, pen drawing, diagram making 2

Architectural

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projects

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Supervisor Panos Dragonas

e-Polykatoikia

Type housing complex Area 7.100 sq.m Year 2021

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This housing complex addresses issues

Inside the e-polykatoikia, there are only

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derived from the micro-capitalist Greek

space renters. Communal areas are

Flexible and adaptable spaces allow for

housing prototype of Polykatoikia with

filled with all the necessary amenities for

occupants or businesses to come

added parameters sustainability, tempo

a comfortable living, while some areas

and go as quickly and easily as the busy

rality and pandemic confinement.

are left empty for small scale businesses

city center demands.

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Apartment network and neighbourhood

Apartment network consists of a room unit and a kitchenette

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The room plugs in a 4.5x4.5x4 m area with four corner pipes.Electricity, clean and grey water, sewage flow through them.

Between the pipes, 5cm dense PP membranes form the room skin, and can fold according to the occupant’s needs.

Skins can be colored, and storage spaces can be determined by a special algorithm, allowing for maximum personalisation.

A corner bathroom unit is included. Greywater can be stored and recycled there.

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In this example scenario, 3 people living alone while 3 others are housemates Two people are currently renting extra space from the neighbourhood. All apartments’ furnishing and decor is personalised.

Polykatoikia

Polykatoikias are typically multi-storey apartment complexes and often ground floor shops made of reinforced concrete.

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In order for them to be built, a land owner has to assign a civil engineer to take up the project, paying them with apart

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ments the latter construct. The engineer 14

complete the project partly at their own-

cost and make profit by selling or renting the apartments or other spaces they own.

Fourth floor

Κitchen unit comes in 3 sizes. Occupants who don’t cook much may not need it at all, as there is a restaurant at the first floor, while co-habitants can share one.

Neighbourhoods can accommodate 6 room units and maximum 6 medium sized kitchenettes. Room units must be placed in such a fashion, that they can have full access to the 1.5x4.5 for-rent space in front of them, in case of need.

The surrounding building skin collects rain water and drives through the pipes to faucets and irrigation systems. Tha space formed between the skin and the modules can serve for meditation.

For-rent spaces can alaws be rent. For example, the third floor is ideal for martial arts or dancing teachers to house their classes, while doctors or salespeople can pay visits occasionaly. Small businesses that address dining and leisurecan sprout on the roof garden.

Incomes are saved for maintance and other purposes.

Extra space can be rent from the surrounding neighbourhood, as well. At times that need for space grows, for example during night time, or after a friendly visit or a sudden lockdown, an 1.5x4.5 m. area is available for every resident, and the incomes are shared within the rest neighbors.

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Third floor

1.Neighbourhoods Neighbourhoods 2.Restaurant 3.Kitchen

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4.Library

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5.Internet cafe 6.Tennis court 7.Gym equipment

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9.Shauna 10.Shower 11.Roof garden 12.Theatre 13.Space currently rent by a juice shop owner 14.For-rent For-rent spaces

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First floor 1.Neighbourhood 2.Game room 3.Golf course

South-West elevation 9

View inside right tube

View inside Internet cafe 10

South East Elevation 11

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Team

Type Tree-house pavilion complex

NARTURE

Romain Russe Alessandro Farina Vasiliki Tsimpouki Mark Giusti

Location Dainava forest, Lithuania

Abiodun Shonibare

Area 140 sq.m.

Supervisor Arhtur Mamou-Mani

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Year 2021

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SHRUBS

Calathea/movement

Plant mechanisms research

Diffenbachia/spiral growth

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Diffenbachia Spiral growth

Polyphylla aloe Phylotaxis

SUCCULENTS

N A R T U R E By The Puffer Team

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Christmas cactus Aggregation growth

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Araucaria

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Platanus/seed

2 layer skin surface subdvision

Platanus seed Surface subdivision

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Concept

N A R T U R E By The Puffer Team

pinecone pollination ~ an enclosed form that changes and seeks connection

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Project parameters Plant Location World map

Platanus

The project was made during “Eco-parametric structures” webinar.

Each team member analyzed a mechanism extracted from a plant of their choice. We mapped our plants’ location and did a sorting according to the type and climate zone they belong.

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Pinecone form During the creative process and after MATRIX long discussions we came to conclude that a layered pinecone structure is representative of the team’s collaborative research.

Our pinecone script parameters include mathematically constructed surface curvature, rotation angle, radial curves number, curve subdivision number, percentage of total outer surface coverage by triangular sheets.

Forest context Data collected for Lithuanian forests led us to our final pinecone-tree-house complex form.

Dainava DainavaForest Forest

Properties Lithiuanian Forest Properties Lithiuanian Forest

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Location data

Properties Properties

NARTU Flat Terrain Flat Terrain

Pine wood available locally Pine wood available locally

Rivers with Rivers with numerous numerous tributaries tributaries

Very Dense Very Dense

Lithuania

Many lakes & wetlands Many lakes & wetlands 20-35 m 20-35 m

78% Avg humidity 78% Avg humidity

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Dainava forest

ecological

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reserves

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commercial

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commercial

14.9%

1,450 km2 total area

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1,145 km2 covered by trees

Pine Pine

Spruce Spruce

Black alder Black alder

2% 2%

reserves

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Important part of Lithuanial life Important part of Lithuanial life

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Cone development

Cone structure Plywood slabs on metal rods on wooden skeleton on wooden rings around tree Floors are attached both on tree and structure, adding to the stability of the total arrangement.

The outer skin is covered with thin plywood sheets.

Fibonacci Spiral model A symmetric volume is formed around a vertical axis. with 2,4,6,8,10 curves 10-curve model is used

Spiral route Cones are connected with net bridges.

A double cone reaches top height and a panoramic view of the forest.

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Cone interior

Double cone 18

Team members

M U L T I C A F E

Vasiliki Tsimpouki George Bourlis Manos Athanasiadis

Supervisor Dimitris Antoniou

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Type Cafeteria-bar-restaurant

Area 260 sqm

Year 2020

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Construction plans

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First floor

1.Cafe-restaurant 2.Bar 3.Study area 4.Outdoor cafe 5.Kitchen 6.W/C

7.Stairs 8.Barista and takeaway counter 9.Study area 10.Balcony 11.Void 12.Staff area

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Construction details Stair and shelving composite structure

Elevation

Hidden structure

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Composit structure is held in place by 5x5 cm wooden vertical elements and a metal structure hidden inside the kitchen wall.

Above the bar, shelvings and horizontal elements create space for bottles and glasses, while next to it books and deco rative elements are placed.

Composite structure Sections

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Close-ups 1.Roof detail and connection to neighboring building 2.Balcony floor and facade connection 3.Suspended ceiling and Lighting fixture 4.Sidewalk foundation

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Design research projects

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TENSEI

A series of small scale projects based on a system of elastic membrane rings and wooden linear elements.

A tensegrity module is formed thanks to the mutual annihilation of the membrane’s tension forces and the sticks’ compression forces.

4-4 Tensegrity module

Linear modular array

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Connection is elegantly achieved through mutual sharing of 2 sticks in every pair of modules.

In this configuration, a “+” linear element formation is added to each ring opening, Vertical liners’ edges are stabilised at the top corners and the bottom middles, forming a rectangular and an octagonal base respectively.

4-8 Tensegrity module

Geometrical transformation through rotation

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Facade kinetic mechanism Πρόταση ανοιγόμενης κινηματικής κατασκευής Στόχος της κατασκευής είναι ο έλεγχος

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του εισερχόμενου φωτός, ήχου ή αέρα,

αξιοποιώντας την ιδιότητα των tensegrity

Panos Albanis Vasiliki Tsimpouki ή να αποκλείουν κινηματικά την δίοδο Nikos Spiliotopoulos των τπαραπάνω ροών.

μεμβρανοειδών μονάδων να δημιουργούν

Supervisor Aikaterini Liapi Year 2022

Mechanism Fabric tubes and metal rods system held by a wire grid attached on wooden frames connected with corner kinetic mechanisms.

Ορθές προβολές της κατασκευής σε

Rotation stages θέσεις κίνησης. διαφορετικές

While the panels move away from each other, rods rotate and fabric unfolds

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Interior views Modules’ open and closed phases create different lighting qualities .

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P O I N T L I N E C U R V E

T e a m single

S u p e r v i s o r Vasilis Stroumpakos

Y e a r 2021

Generative script where points, lines and c u r v e s act o n e a c h o t h e r t o c r e a t e a n u n d u l a t i n g c o n t o u r c o m b i n a t i o n.

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1.Generation of a parametric surface composition with differentiating curvature and gradual distortion of deformation frequency.

2. Box cutters sculpt surfaces by surface area removal 3. Contour lines are divided in points.

Points generate random length lines.

Line endpoints generate new contour lines.

4.Sister contour sets create surfaces between them 1 Generative algorithm 31

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Parameter investigation process

Eat me wall building skin plan- volume removal

Linear representation

Point tensity diagram

Metaball point charge according to previous diagram

Point grid attraction

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Surface gradual emergence from a flat plane

Complexity reduction

Point attraction driven deform hypothesis

Scripted geometry configurations

Contour surfaces number addition

Contour surfaces number and area reduction

Contour surfaces number and area reduction 34

Generative configurations

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Experiments on cotton and cement material system

Fabric casting experiments

1.Cement mixture covered in cotton

6.Heavy quantity of cement on fabric on 4-square wood panel.

2.Diagram of building destruction represented by cement, leaving space for plnt growth (cotton)

7.Dipped in watery cement mixture fabric items hanging and dragged in different fashions from a wood panel.

Τοίχος από τσιμεντόλιθους Προς κάποιο τέλος

Τοίχος από τσιμεντόλιθους Μέση

5.Concept of a cement and cotton garden

Τύποι εμποδίων

Φθορά

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Τοίχος από τσιμεντόλιθους Αρχή

4.Pulling of cotton fibres after being dipped in water and cement

το ξεκίνημα κάθε ανάπτυξης

Δημιουργία και κάλυψη κενού

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Παρατήρηση: όσο το σκυρόδεμα και το μέταλο εξασθενούν, στην ίδια θέση απλώνεται οργανική ύλη

Φθαρμένα εμπόδια

3.Cement and cotton quantities differentiation

Παρατήρηση: όσο το σκυρόδεμα και το μέταλο εξασθενούν, στην ίδια θέση απλώνεται οργανική ύλη

Δημιουργία και κάλυψη κενού

το ξεκίνημα κάθε ανάπτυξης

Τύποι εμποδίων Φθορά

Τύποι εμποδίων Φθορά

Φθαρμένα εμπόδια

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Τοίχος από τσιμεντόλιθους Αρχή

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Τοίχος από τσιμεντόλιθους Προς κάποιο τέλος

Παρατήρηση: όσο το σκυρόδεμα και το μέταλο εξασθενούν, στην ίδια θέση απλώνεται οργανική ύλη

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Δημιουργία και κάλυψη κενού

Τοίχος από τσιμεντόλιθους Αρχή

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8.Sandwich of fabric envelope and cement filling hanging from a wooden panel, carrying loads and pulled at multiple directions.

9. Different shell arrangements with plastic meshes create differentiated spatial qualities.

10. Digital shell arrangements using Grasshopper Kangaroo Fabric simulation.

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To form through mapping 1.Territory mapping and context driven building geometry for a philosophical school at a culturally, geologically and politically heavy slope.

2.Recognising the singularity of an urban promenade in Patras, Gr. 3.Land use groups and vehicular flows of a post-industrial landscape.

4,6. Family house designs in a north peloponnesean subarb.

5. The irony and the misery within the walls of Eleonas, Athens.

7. Recognition of a “banana” effect on the urban core of Valletta, Mt.

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To form through flowing 8.Material doodles. a.Plastic aggregation with paper leaves. b. Plastic tendrills on paper.

9. Hand drawn doodles with black ink pen.

10.Series of distorted photographs from streets and pavements.

11. Digital translations of aggregating flows. a. Through arraying slender slabs b. Through attaching to ellipsoids

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O f f i c e

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w o r k

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House for a retired couple

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Thank you!