eirini christofidou cv

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eirinichristofidou

Part II Architectural Assistant

81 Southgrove Road, Sheffield, S10 2NP

E. [email protected]. 07564028134

educationfor urbantransformation

Alternative educationcentreGallery, kitchen, workshops, hostel

Studio space forceramicsStapney Bank stables


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Profile Professional

experience

Education

As a designer I am a product of two very differentschools of architecture. My so far educationmarries the technical nature of architecturaldesign (Bath) with the human-centric ethos ofSheffield.

I regard myself as a hard-working, passionateand commited person. As an architect I see thatour primary role is that of a communicator. Aperson with skills and expert knowledge that isable to articulate these solutions both verballyand spatially.

RIBA Part II: University of Sheffield2011-2013

M.Arch in Architecture 2:1

Thesis project: MAKE.nismHow can education be used as a mechanism tocreate more social value on a local scale?

Live Project 09: Toolkit for DoncasterInaugural BDP Live Project Prize

Design project: A Train Station for StocksbridgeCreating a utopian vision for Stocksbridge

Dissertation: MediapolisThe convergence of the physical and digitalspaces in the urban realm and locative mediatechnologies.

RIBA Part I: University of Bath2007-2011

BSc General Architectural Studies 2:1

Project coordinator: Toolkit for Doncaster

July 2013-October 2013

Toolkit for Doncaster is an educational resourcedeveloped by Live Project team 09 (SSoA) incollaboration with Doncaster Civic Trust. Employedby Doncaster Civic Trust and SSoA to revise, finaliseand oversee production of the Toolkit and the websiteunder LiveLab._product design_organise meetings with all stakeholders, draftedagendas and recorded minutes_collaborate with another person to develop a website

and a mobile phone application for the project_oversee production of the Toolkit and thewebsite

Architectural Assistant: Tati Linea LtdMarch 2010-August 2010

Employed within a small design practice in Limassol,Cyprus. Projects were small scale but they varied fromdomestic architecture to interior design andcomemrcial architecture work (E 5,000-20,000)_involved in practices financial andadministrative aspects

_explored prefabricated structures_developed the confidence to quickly evaluate asitutation and offer creative solutions under presure.

Architectural Assistant: Kyros Lontos ArchitectsFebruary 2009-August 2009 | June 2008-August 2008

Employed in a medium-size multi-disciplinary practicein Limassol, Cyprus. Worked as a member of a 8person team on mostly domestic architecture projects(E 100,000-1,000,000). Good experience throughoutall design stages from conceptual inception to post-

construction occupancy._excellent time management_attended client meetings, recorded minutes_experimented with 2D+3D modeling_prepared drawings for planning permits and tender

MAKE.nism Lime Street ElevationCAD, photoshop + illustrator


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educationfor urbantransformation

Alternative educationcentreGallery, kitchen, workshops, hostel

Studio space forceramicsStapney Bank stables

Skills

Interests

References

Civc

workshopsDesign skills:CAD+3D: AutoCAD, Sketchup, Kerkythea

Attended workshop on 3DS Max andRevit.+RhinoAdobe creative suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, In DesignMicrosoft office programmesProficient on mac and windowsBasic knowledge of html.

Keen dancer, attend several classes around Sheffield

Journalism: Contributed on the first issue of STARCH(2011) and edited the second issue (2012) as part ofthe Architectural Journalism course (SSoA).

Co-founder and editor of Syn-Ergon an online zinewhich discussses cultural, social and economic issuesthat affect the architecture and townscape in Cyprus.

John SampsonStudio leader at Sheffield School of Architecture

(2012-2013)

[email protected]

Leo CareLiveLab director at Sheffield School of Architecture(2013)

[email protected]

Sheffield School of Architecture

The University of Sheffield, Arts Tower

Western Bank, SheffieldS10 2TN

Co-chair: IEEC Conference 2013, Sheffield, UK

September 2013

Invited as a student representative to attend andco-chair sessions around the theme ofEnterpresing in Higher Education.

Participant: 2.0 Treehouses, Hamburg, GermanyJuly 2012

Attended the workshop organised byHafenCity University in Hamburg. Teamed up withlocal students, artists and local children who lived

in the neighbourhood to develop urban furnitureand create a playground with treehouses usinglow impact materials and innovative constructionmethods.

Participant: Eco-Nomadic School, Brezoi,RomaniaJanuary 2012

Invited to Brezoi as part of Rhyzom, a Europeannetwork of eco-civic practices and architecturepractice AAA. Following up our live project (2011)this workshop researched and proposed

strategies for an isolated rural community to rein-vigorate the local economy through eco-tourism.

Facilitator: Growing (in) Todmordern, UKSeptember 2011-November 2011

Part of a live project group, I help set up andorganise a two day workshop which focused onurban agriculture and food commons. Our clientwas both Incredible Edible and the Eco-nomadicSchool. We help expand Rhyzom, a Europeannetwork of eco-civic practices.

_acted as a facilitator for event_organised accommodation, schedule andactivities_developed skill of hand drawing as a way torecord discussions between non-Englishspeakers


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M.Arch

Y6

Studio 7

MAKE.nism is an alternaticeeducation centre which is com-prised of three parts: recyclingcentre, medium stay resi-dences and common teaching/social areas.

Through the project I exploredthe role of the civic architectand the power educationalinstitutions possess in help-

ing a community in the LowerOuseburn Valley, Newcastle,grow without being gentified.

The brief of the project wasbased on civic pedagogy andthe idea of harvesting localresources.

DoncasterCivicTrust

Boroughof Doncaster

Live Project

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thedeliveryarchitect thecivicarchitect

Whatisthemidground?

BalbyYouth

Centre

Bentley

PrimarySchool

DoncasterYouthCouncil

LP09

civic architect

LP09

the author

Doncaster Civic Trust

Live Project group

The role of the civic architect, using live projects as a case study. Stage 01: creating an identity,Stage 02: being embedded in context (birth of civic architect and design architect) and Stage 03: dissolution.Illustrator.

Spatial and social brief, early workSketchup, overlayed with hand-drawing, illustrator, photoshop


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Scale 1:20 on an A1

Shared studio space / Pin up space

Community kitchen and Gallery

Night School

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Thiswindow will be shownin more detail inthefolowing sheet. Itwill show how the rainscreencladding made outofrecycledcar partswill

meetthe window frame andthe sill claddedbyrecycledtrafc signs.

Community kitchen and Gallery

Night School

Shared studio and pin up space

*ground oor opens up*invites people to come in*scale is bigger than human scale, as to match the industrial scale o the surrounding buildings*it also allows more light to come through t he aade*it is horizontal as to make people walk slower and play with the perspective o the curving street*materiality selected as to difuse light and play a game o shadow th eatre

*polycarbonate will be overlaid with diferent coloured polycarbonate sheets or perorated aluminium sheets to play withlight and colour.

*open to invited guests and students at night, t he night school is the space where discussions on the uture o Ouseburnand other talks, as well as scre enings are held.*matches the context in height*aade is used as a seating area, prompting users to socialise and take ownership o the space*glazing is concealed by a metal mesh screen to contrast the solid look during t he day vs the translucent look at night*space needs to be insulated and moderately heated

*more human scale*need to be insulated and warmer as users will occupy this space or a big part o the day*as this an internal process students undergo to respond to a brie creatively, most o the openings on the aade haveshutters or louvres to make the space more introverted i needed*the shutter open upwards and outwards, hence making the student connect with Ouseburn at least visually.*materiality more natural and warm, using a variety o reclaimed and recycled timber.

*colour is added at the window rame, using road trac signs as cladding.

Precedents for materiality and light

Music Man house, Rural Studio, Alabama, 2003

Primary structure: Glue laminated timber column, 600x300 at 3000 centres.

Floor:

27 mm reclaimed wood oor, on30/50 mm battens followed by sealing layer, on256 mm glue-lamminated timber structural panel, on60 mm battens,30 mm non-combustible mineral wool insulation, and20 mm wood boarding as internal nish

3 mm aluminium cladding38/50 mm timber battens, against38/50 mm timber counterbattens,100 mm non-combustible mineral wool insulationlow density breather membrane,100 mm glue-laminated cross-boarded timber

felt roong, on18 mm plywood, wit210 mm non-combustible mineral wool insulation, onvapour barrier, resting on256 mm cross-laminated timber structural panel, sanded and left exposed internally, withchannels to provide service runs to light ttings

Non-operable rooight: double glazing in aluminium frame

Atrium positioned to bring light through to the ground oor and separate the kitchen area from the gallery. Made of y ash concrete, using cartyres and recycled glass as aggregates. Glazing supported by a steel structure.

Concealed gutter, insulated and within run of main insulation line

Fixed polycarbonate window to complete the faade:60 mm recycled opal polycarbonate triplewall sheet, light diffusing resting on a70x170 mm glue-laminated timber horizontal rail

Fixed timber frame, aluminium clad window with low-e and argon gas lled triple glazing

Polycarbonate door panel:60 mm recycled opal polycarbonate triplewall sheet, light diffusing, in a timber frame,supported by 100x50 mm timber spaced at 1000mm centres,12 mm tinted polycarbonate sheetOverall dimension of door panel is 1000x250x3000 mm

Window seat made of 45 mm hardwood

Rainscreen cladding and wall construction:3 mm aluminium rainscreen made of attened and processed car parts and recycled aluminium sheets, on45 mm battens with ventilated cavity, with polythene separating layer on,22 mm plywood, against200 mm cellulose insulation / timber beam,15 mm oriented-strand board, with vapour barrier, on45 mm battens / 40 mm non-combustible wool insulation,27 mm battens and18 mm chipboard sheet

Openable timber frame, aluminium clad window with low-e and argon gas lled triple glazing

Aluminium sheet made from recycled trafc signs

Hinged, manually operable shutter:3 mm aluminium cladding screwed onto 18 mm softwood frame

Floor:80 mm polished screed nish only to the kitchen and gallery area. It will help diffuse light further into the space due to its reective quality.250 mm concrete oor slab

Floor:27 mm reclaimed wood oor, on30/50 mm battens followed by sealing layer, on256 mm glue-lamminated timber structural panel, on250 mm non-combustible mineral wool insulation, on60 mm battens, and27 mm wood boarding as internal nish

Smokehouse, Rural Studio, Alabama, 1994

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Limestreet

1:20 Section of Lime Street facadeSketchup, CAD, photoshop, illustrator


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Exploded axonometric of the rainscreen cladding and windowSketchup, Illustrator and photoshop

1:200 Model of Canvas Works (site)

(left) Exploring structural grid (right) massing

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2 0 0 mm ce ll u lo s e ins ul a ti o n p o ly t hene sep ara ti ng layertimberbeam15 mm oriented-strandboard

40 mm non-combustible wool insulation

vapourbarrier

45 mm battensand27 mm counterbattens

18 mm chipboardsheet

22 mm plywoodsheet 45 mm battenswith ventilatedcavity

3 mm aluminium rainscreenmade ofattened andprocessedcarparts andrecycled aluminium sheets, on

Openable timberframe, aluminium cladwindow withlow-e and argongaslled triple glazing

Roadtrafc signsused to cladthe timberframe to give some colourto the faade

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As the project developed and Iset up the stakeholders, fundingbodies and systems of learning ,I investigated creative ways touse local waste from nearby carservices and factories.

The 1:20 section on the leftand the exploded details of theopenable window shown belowtry to show a possible solution ofusing discarded signs to createrain screen cladding that will beproduced on site, as the visual ofthe internal courtyard shows.

The model was updated through-out the design process as toreach a comprimise between a

very restrictive site, a modularstructure and the defferenctfunctions of the Centre.


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M.Arch

Y5

Studio 3

Studio 03- Goes neighbourlyAs a member of studio 03 I hadto explore utopianneighbourhood.

We have all collectively workedas a team to define the termsutopia, neighbourhood, andsustainability.

We all worked together to

create a total vision forStocksbridge, a removed townin socio-economic decline.Several models, collages and aneighbourhood energy strategywere produced to be used asconsultation devics for a multi-disciplinary research projectwhich we were a part of.

I chose to focus makingStocksbridge sustainable bycreating a transport hub at the

gates of the town. The idea ofthe project has since devel-oped into a transport master-plan in the research projectmentioned previously.

Neighbourhood Energy Strategy

Produced by Studio 03

1:2000 model of StocksbridgeLaser-cut ply, painted by hand using watercolours and other textures

1:2000 siteTrain station (right) positionednext to aYorkshire Timber Enterprise Centre


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Mapping places of interest around Stocksbridge and the time it takes to travel to andfrom Stocksbridge with different transport means.Photoshop and in design.

Arriving at the station at morningSketchup overlaid with hand-drawing and textures

What should a train station be like? Early sketchHand dtrawing

Bridge + 0.00 m

Observatory +4.60 m

Office - 7.00 m

Platforms -13.50 m

Workshops - 3.50 m

Electriccarschargingstationspoweredbyfreestandingpho

tovoltaiccells

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nchesterRoad

Platform01

Entrancetothestationforelectriccaars,buses,a

ndcyclists

Formerindustrialsitetobeforested.T

reeswillbeusedinthenewtimberindustry

Y6 Design Proposa byBen WadeYorkshire Timber Engineering College - Accommodation Tower

Little Don River


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Experience

LiveLab

Toolkit for Doncaster is aneducational resource aimedat promoting the architecturaland townscape heritage ofDoncaster to young people.

The Toolkit is made of aboardgame, game pieces,game cards, a Teachers

Activities Guide, a website and

a mobile phone application.

The project is currently pre-production, finalising thedesign of all the components.

Diagram that explains all the components of the Toolkit


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Tati Linea Ltd Kyros Lontos

Dolce Night club

February 2010-September 2010

As part of my placement I had to work on creating

a small sushi restaurant and new WC, as well as

help with redurbishment of the club.

_site survey

_construction drawings

_documentation for costing

_minute taking

_new interior design for the club

Various domestic architecture projects

February 2009-August 2009

The practice worked predominantly with upscale

clients for private residences.

The above drawings show the scale, aesthetics

and materiality of such projects.

_worked as part of a multi-discplinary team

_attended both site visits and client meetings

_recorded minutes

_prepared plans for planning permission +tender


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