despoina papadopoulou. portfolio 2004-2011

DESP(O)INA PAPADOPOULOUarchitect

portfolioprofessional & academic work 2004-2011

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CURRICULUM

VITAE

DESPOINA PAPADOPOULOU, born in 13/04/85, in Thessaloniki, Greece.An architect with an interest in sensory architecture and in the use of space as an edu-cational tool, aiming to create environments with unique interior qualities and inspirational image. Experienced in all levels of creation, from concept to detailing and constructing. Designing by research or intuition, always with love.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (2 years +)

June 2011 - September 2011INTERN in ZVA (Zeinstra Veerbeek Architecten) office, Den Haag.Residential projects, recreational park/ housing, facade renovation, urban landscaping.http://www.zeinstraveerbeek.nl/

January 2011 - May 2011INTERN in Being Development office, Amsterdam.Modular architecture: application in private & social housing, renovation & refurbishment.http://www.beingdevelopment.nl/

July 2008 - December 2008ASSISTANT ARCHITECT in Petros Makridis&Associates office, Thessaloniki, Greece.A 5-star spa-hotel on the island of Samothrace.http://www.pmakridis.com/

September 2006 – September 2007ARCHITECT TRAINEE in the architectural office of Aris Anthis, Thessaloniki, Greece.A wine factory in Chalcidice, private housing & refurbishments.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

August 2009 - October 2011Technische Universiteit Delft, Faculty of Architecture.M.SC. in ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERINGGraduation Project: EXIT THROUGH THE PRISON ( final grade 9/10)A proposal of a new building typology based on an alternative approach of the pro-gram, organization and services a 21st century prison could have.

September 2003 - July 2009Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Architecture.MASTER in ARCHITECTURE. Higher National Diploma (8.7 / 10)Graduation Project: UNDERGROUND ITINERARIES (final grade 10/10)A music rehearsal/studio/library/concert space for students, underneath a hillside park. Research History Thesis: JOHANNES ITTEN.The history of Bauhaus School and Itten’s role (10/10)

January 2006 - June 2006University College Dublin, School of ArchitectureParticipation in the international students’ exchange program “Erasmus-Socrates” after winning a scholarship. Main Studio Project: A PUBLIC LIBRARY IN CORK.

LANGUAGESGREEK Native speakerENGLISH Proficient :TOEFL iBT (mark: 103/120) &Michigan Certificate of ProficiencyFRENCH Basic: Diplômes d’ etudes en langue française. 1er and 2nd degreeSPANISH Basic: Diploma Intermedio de EspanolDUTCH Conversant: 1st circle of courses offered by TU Delft

SKILLS

Proficient in MAC and PC operating systems

CAD Auto Cad, ArchiCAD, Sketch Up, Rhino, Vector Works

VISUALIZATIONV-Ray

GRAPHIC DESIGNAdobe Photoshop, In Design, Illustrator

BUILDING PERFORMANCE SOFTWARETRISCO, BOA, DIANA

2D REPRESENTATIONPainting, Sketch, Photography

AWARDS

Dutch Archiprix Preselection Nomination Technische Universiteit Delft

November 2011

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EXIT THROUGH THE PRISONNovember 2011

CONTENTS

FLYING OVER THE RAILSNovember 2010

ATHENS X4December 2010

AN OFFICE FOR KEESJanuary 2010

PROFESSIONAL WORK2008-2011

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EARLY ACADEMIC WORK2004-2009

BY HANDNovember 2003-2009

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EXIT THROUGH THE PRISON

Graduation Project for Msc in Architectural EngineeringTechnische Universiteit DelftSupervisors: Ir. J Engels, Ir. F.Schnater

November 2011

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Prison: a space with a unique nature as it aims to enclosure and detention.

What services 21st century prisons should offer? Does design matter? Can architecture be a helping tool in the reha-bilitation of prisoners?

A NEW PRISON TYPOLOGY

a new symbiot ic relat ion-ship between prisoners and

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A NEW APPROACH CONCERNING THE

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a pi lot funct ional program

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TESTINGLOCATION

EAST HAARLEM,NETHERLANDS

A PANOPTICON PRISON

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ENRICHING THE URBAN FABRIC

A NEW LANDMARK FOR THE CITY

PROXIMITY WITH SOCIETY/CITY

DISMANTLING PANOPTICON

LIBERATING GROUND LEVEL

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{ACADEMIC EDUCATION PHASE1gaining self-knowledge

small group housingpsychological supportmodest comfort levelgroup responsibilities

{VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PHASE2setting personal goals

double housing rooms free elective courses

workshopsmore pleasurable interior

{SOCIAL EDUCATION PHASE3gaining self-confidence

single studiospersonalized environment

internships extensive contact with outside

{SELF-PROGRESS PHASE4recompense for effortshousing outside the facilities

job positions inside vocation career degree

AN ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM

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Here, the main purpose of architecture is the accommodation & rehabilitation. Making a step further, its mental task is the reinforcement of one’s body & soul and integrated experience of the world, attempting to reconstruct a normal state of being. Life enhancing architecture has to address and provoke all of the senses simul-taneously and fuse the image of one’s self with his experience of the world. Thus, environmental psychology and philosophy of perception offer the base for creating a healing space which will stimulate senses and offer physical challenges.

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CIRCULATIONAL SYSTEM

STRUCTURAL SYSTEM

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A PUBLIC VOID

RE-INTRODUCTION OF CANAL

The lines of the liberated ground floor lead to the Dome. Its interior hosts public functions and its mass encloses a new public void. A promenade beginning from the grand canal of Haarlem, passes over the river and con-nects the old center with this new focal point of the city. The ground level of the dome has been opened and 2 vertical circulation cores have been added for transition to the upper levels. The 2nd aim of the urban design is the re-introduction of the canal in the posi-tion where it used to be.

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The 3rd phase occupies the top level around the Dome. It consists of a sequence of spaces very friendly and residential in character. The last infiltration point – exodus is on the corner of the west wing. After the completion of the 3 phases the inmate is transfered outside the perimeter of the Dome, in the area along river Spaarne, as shown in the map (yellow area - grey enclosed space). Family housing and studios for the inmates are incorporated in the plan. The public promenade from the grand canal passes through this area where open market, shops, park and sport fields can be located. The “prisoners” of the 4th phase will then work there, depending the education and vocational training they had inside the prison.

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SECTION A-A

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SOUTH FACADE

EAST FACADE

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FROM PANOPTICON TO PANORAMA

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DETAILING

1. 360mm floor construction 200mm fixed reinforced-concrete slab60mm recycled EPS insulationvapor barrier70mm cement screed underfloor heating30mm colored epoxy resin floor

2. 380mm gravel flat roof construction 200mm fixed reinforced-concrete slab LED strip light 30x40mm 70mm screed vapor barrier - water proofing membrane 50mm board insulation protective geotextile 40mm gravel 120x80mm gutter

3. Transparent concrete corridorHE 360B steel framing of block-wall for wind pressure400x1200x300mm Litracon transparent concrete blocks

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VENTILATION

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{clean air - inlet point}

{used air - exhaust point}

DETAILING

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FLYING OVER THE RAILS

Design Research Project for Msc in Architetural EngineeringTechnische Universiteit DelftSupervisors: Ir. J Engels, Ir. F.Schnater

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The pavilion is the result of an inquiry in the role of structure in the production of space. A visit at the location, on the outskirts of Haarlem, revealed the need for a cyclist pathway, flying over the rails. The user here is both a visitor and a “voyager”. The first one has a senso-rial voyage passing the bridge over the pavilion and the second experiences the responses of this event imprinted on the pavilion itself. This interaction brought to the front of the research a more dynamic, responsive, communicative and open-functional design.

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A CYCLE FLYING-OVER

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A PAVILION COMMU-NICATING WITH THE

USER/VISITOR

a responsive text i le mesh

harvest ing vibrat ions’ energy

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ARCHITEXTILES

SOFT CONSTRUCTIVISM

RESPONSIVE ARCHITECTURE

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THE EXAMPLE OFCARBON FIBER

ARTIFICIAL MEMBERS

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Lightness, complexity and movement go with the flow of architecture’s shift towards a less static state.The 4 carbon-fiber sandwich ribbons sup-port the bridge and produce a woven space. The textile mesh that “ties” them together is made out of metal ropes, colorful fabric ones stitched among them and a layer of sprayed-on fabric. The piezoelectric ceramics located both on the 4 connection points of the bridge with the carbon fiber bands, and on the edges of the metal wires, mutate the stresses of compression and tension to electrical current that stimulates the LEDs of the textile surfaces. The result is a responsive textile structure offering experiential effects and aesthetic qualities: a meshed landscape.

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DETAILING

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ATHENS X4Competition Entry for Athensx4 CompetitionOrganized by Ministry of Environment of GreeceDesign Team: I. Chatzikonstantinou, I. Dilaveraki, D.Papadopoulou

December 2010

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Aim of this competition was to investigate the major component of the Athenian urban environ-ment: the city block. The latter is related to a series of issues related to circulation, urban mi-cro-climate, privacy, public space and image/aesthetics. The participants could choose freely 4 adjacent blocks of the city and were asked to address the problems of density, lack of green/open space, and to submit proposals for their transformation with the optimum utilization of the crossroad (x) that divides them. The proposals would have qualities to allow for repetition in similar urban contexts.

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ATHENS

CITY BLOCK

URBAN LANDSCAPE

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URBAN SCAFFOLDS

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Our proposal was focused on addressing the is-sues present in Greek urban landscapes, while enriching it’s diversity. This vision was mani-fested into a single, uniform, multipurpose ur-ban element that traverses the urban landscape within the area of the selected blocks. The ele-ment transforms itself along it’s course to cater for multiple needs and create spaces of diverse identities: Starting as a shading element for the higher floors of apartment buildings, moving on to become a semi-transparent curtain between facing apartments, climbing over low-rise build-ings to organize new public spaces on their ter-races and fading out to a light, almost invisible steel frame before disappearing completely.

URBAN SCAFFOLDS

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AN OFFICE FOR KEES

Part I: Product Design Studio. Part II: ConstructionTechnische Universiteit DelftProject Team Part I: I.Dilaveraki, D.PapadopoulouProject Team Part II: Architectural Engineering students (20)

December 2010

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AN INNOVATIVE FACADE FOR AN OFFICE

A STIMULATING ENVI-RONMENT

MAXIMUM TRANSPARENCY

&STRENGTH

FEM ANALYSIS (DIANA)

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After the first 10 weeks in which students had been working in their own design proposal for an office space (Best Kees I), one was selected to be developed for a full-scale material prototype. In contrast with the usual designing process during educational courses in which the product is the design itself, this time designs were ma-terialized in to a prototype product.

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HEESWIJKPLEINDEN HAAG

June 2011, sponsored by ZVA office

THE PALACEJuly 2011, sponsored by ZVA office

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PROFESSIONAL WORK

ZVA (Zeinstra Veerbeek Architecten) office, Den HaagB.D. (Being Development) office, AmsterdamPetros Makridis & Associates office, Thessaloniki, Greece

2008 - 2011

BOVAGFACADE RENOVATION

August 2011, sponsored by ZVA office

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VAN GENDTHALLEN3 CASES FOR HUB OFFICES

April 2011, sponsored by B. D. office

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RECREATIONAL PARKHOUSING

May 2011, sponsored by B.D. office

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5 STAR HOTELIN SAMOTHRACE ISLAND

September 2008, sponsored by P.Makridis office

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WINE FESTIVALSTALLS

freelance practice

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EARLY ACADEMIC WORK

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Architecture.University College Dublin, School of Architecture

2004 - 2009

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steel plates

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COLORS & FORMS

Paintings of mixed techniques (oil on canvas, acrylics, wood, pa-per, charcoal, pastels, watercolor etc.) A lighting fixture in collaboration with the architect I. Dilaveraki (steel plates, colorful cables, lamp)

2003 - 2009

steel plates

DESPOINA PAPADOPOULOU

e-mail: deda13@gmail.commob: 0031-639681555

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