Kamila Piotrowska

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Kamila Piotrowskad.o.b. 22nd of May 1991

address_ 14 Wodnika St. / 80-299 Gdansk / Polandcontact_ kml.piotrowska@gmail.com / +48 508 899 747

Educationfrom 2014 // Architecture and Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture, University of Technology / Gdansk //

Masters degree2010-2014 // Architecture and Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture, University of Technology / Gdansk //

Bachelor degree2007-2010 // 19th Highschool in Gdansk // Art profile

Experience04.2014 // 1 month internship / Poberezny Podgorczyk Architects // Gdansk Poland09.2013 // 1 month internship / Rochman Drohomirecki Architects // Gdynia Poland

07.2013 // Fortnight school-internship / Studio212 Design Studio // Gdansk 07-09.2012 // 3 month internship / Contemporary Art Center // Gdansk

07-08.2011 // 1 month school-internship / construction site / Research Laboratory LINTE^2 Gdansk University of Technology // Gdansk

od 09.2013 // Member of the Association of Pomeranian Designers - POCOTO od 2010 // Leadership in the Academic Organization 'Urban and Architectural Brigade’ - BUA,

University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture

Organization and participation in workshops02.2014 // ‘Product Matter ’ TuBaza Workshop // Gdynia

11.2013 // “RE:BRICK. Revitalization of brick districts in Gdansk” Workshop / 2nd edition // Gdansk 07.2013 // “Me:bel” Gdynia Design Days Workshop // Gdynia

04 - 05.2013 // ‘BreakPoint. DIY’ Workshop // Gdansk07.2013 // ‘Physical State’ OSSA Gdansk 2013 Workshop // Gdansk Poland

11.2012 // “RE:BRICK. Revitalization of brick districts in Gdansk” Workshop / 1st edition // Gdansk11.2011 - 06.2012 // ‘Design for all’ PPNT Workshop // Gdynia

Prizes / Others06.11.2013 // Distinction in the "Competition for Architecture Students from University of Technology in Gdansk -

conception of functional and spatial use of green areas located next to the Science and Technology Park in Gdansk for the public park."

30.04 - 06.05.2013 // Research project in Dublin, Ireland. International cooperation with Dublin Institute of Technology, School of Spatial Planning, Dublin Council and Dublin Docklands Authority.

Computer SkillsPakiet Office / Autodesk AutoCad / ZWCAD + / Google SketchUp 8 + V-ray / Adobe Photoshop / Adobe Illustrator

CS6 / Corel DRAW X5

Languagespolish / english

Contents

Concepts

7th semester / Engineer diploma // Student Dormitory / Orlowo district of Gdynia

6th semester // Veterinary Medical Center / Orlowo district of Gdynia

4th semester // Multi-family house 16x16x16 / Wrzeszcz district of Gdansk

2014 // Conceptual design of interactive installation ‘Cloud’ // ‘Gdynia Playground ‘14’

Concept and realization

References

Student Dormitory Orlowo district of Gdynia

Engineer diploma / 7th semester

The object in this Project is located in Gdynia – Orlowo just near the street leading to the pier and the beautiful beach, which are at a close distance from the lot. Parallel to Orlowska Street, on the

-rated since its foundation by the small ‘Kacza’ river. Exceptional location has significantly influ-enced the form of the building. Narrow lot and a substantial slope of terrain have determined a long plan of the building with the mass partially dug into the rock. However, as to avoid the isola-tion of the people strolling on Orlowska Street from beautiful circumstances of nature on the other side of the lot, functional and viewing openings have been made. First opening is the entrance road being also the fire-fighting road. The next opening to the recreational space of the Project is the pedestrian stair passage ‘laid out’ with wood – narrow passage with walls on the sides, increasing the excitement, willingness to discover the targeted view, which is framed in the beginning – its range increases step by step. This sequence transforms into a foot-bridge on the river, enabling a more comfortable exploration of the Park. The third opening is less literal – that is a viewing axis on the ground floor of the building, from entrance there is the opportunity to

for everyone. The lighting inside the building are the two lanterns, enabling interaction of the students on all levels.

1st floor plan

ground floor plan

semi-underground floor plan

idea explanation

detailed ground floor plan

site plan

C-C section

detail of mobile curtain wall

D1 detail

Veterinary Medical CenterOrlowo district of Gdynia

6th semester

The building in this Project is located on the lot just next to the above described Students House, by Orlowska Street. This Project, however, had a totally different character. Veterinary Clinic required the settlement of many functional zones – from those ‘cosmetic’ (animal grooming, Animal Hotel), recreational to treatment zones, reception rooms or operating- theatres, up to spaces devoted to psychological care of the users. In this Project the most essential part was the ‘emotional sphere’, because the Clinic just out of its function, is an unpleasant and stress-generat-ing place, for the people as well as for the animals. For this purpose there have been created numerous spaces for relax and recreation, whereas the routine reception zones have been appropriately separated from these, in which the necessity of parting with the pet may occur. This buffer is among others the ‘heart’ of the Project - transparent atrium. Essential characteristic of the mass is an externally visible separation of scientific, recreational and cosmetic functions from those connected with the curing of the animals. Masses interweave, which is externally underlined by the interactive elevation. Elevation made of metal plates, which wave in response to the wind

from the sea, emits a soothing sound and ‘enlivens’ the Clinic.

idea explanation

ground floor plan

1st floor plan

site plansite plan

16x16x16 Multi-family house / Wrzeszcz district of Gdansk

4th semester

The main assumption of the Project was to create a multi-family house on the basis of a cube of dimensions approximate to 16x16x16 m. Besides the form, the layout of the objects on the lot was also given – form of a chessboard. My purpose was to create untypical two-level flats, which was achieved by interweaving the module in the form of letter L. In the module there are two open two-level flats. The two-level terrace is on the roof of the building, the highest level being the ‘green roof’. The layout of the flats was outlined on the elevation, and numerous glazed spaces gained protection in the form of wooden protective panels, which can easily change the character of the building at different times of the day, depending on the sun exposure of certain

elevations, because those are sliding panels – folding like harmonica.

16x16x16

idea explanation

site plan

view from the top

apartments arrangementmodel

floor plans

Conceptual design of public toilets

Colaboration with Zofia Zuchowicz

The proposed toilet pavilion is located on the on the Seaside Boulevard in Gdynia. Characteristic linear system of the Boulevard and the austerity of the breakwater material - concrete - was an important inspiration for the project. Drawing inspiration from the sea we refer also to a simple, modernist architecture Gdynia. Entrances to the rooms are discreetly located in the side corridors, so as not to interfere with the image reflecting in the facade. Pneumatic roofing is resembling a sail canopy for protection against rain, as well as giving lightness to this form. Walls are covered with reflective stainless steel - reflected surroundings, multiplexing the image of boulevard: the

ongoing life on it, and above all, the sea.

idea explanation

strip arrangementof paths

form of the plot as a base / layers of the project

elements of the building / mirror stainless steel as a coat

effect

A-A section

plan

main facade

Re:fort Revitalization of ‘Eastern Earthwork’ / Nowy Port district of Gdansk

‘Re:brick’ Workshop / Team work

In the 6-person team, in the course of three days we were studying the problems of the degraded district of Gdansk – ‘Nowy Port’. We have located the space being in the centre of interest of the

layout that was our inspiration in this Project. The main goal was to create an antithesis of the Fortress. Fort as a closed protective object was the starting point for us to create the opposite – an open and widely available meeting and integration place for the inhabitants. Szaniec, accord-ing to plans, is to be recreational park space in the future. This was also the character we aimed to give it in our Project, respecting the will of the inhabitants and the attractive location favouring

such functions.

re:fort

NOWY FORT działający na różnych poziomach

The penetration of the exterior with the interior of the fort

Form allowing activity at various levels

Creating a form by pulling up the corners

Corners selected for the location of the di�erent functions

Change concept - change in form

The antithesis of the fort

The principle of a traditional fort

Selected lines of pedestrian

idea evolution

model

Container buildingsConceptual design of cottage house and small bar / Internship RD Architects

Colaboration with Jakub Drohomirecki

The main assumption of the Project was to create the concept of objects of various functions, from hotel, to students house and summer house, up to small gastronomy, all made with the use of containers, more precisely with their construction. Within my practice I undertook the realisa-tion of the summer house concept and the small gastronomy object. I have also largely contribut-ed to the Project of Students House in London, in the above- mentioned system. The objects could comprise 3, 2 or 1 – module segments. Important characteristic of these objects, especially in case of summer – and year-round houses, was the possibility of linking them into terraced houses. Each of these Projects was supposed to be universal, with the possibility of locating them

in a freely chosen environment, which was a great challenge.

diagram of segment system

section of triple - housing module

1st floor cottage house plan

idea explanation

3d sketches

diagram of segment system

1st floor bar plan

section of triple - service module

ground floor bar plan

idea explanation

3d sketches

CloudConceptual design of interactive installation / ‘Gdynia Playground ‘14’

Colaboration with Diana Osmanska

During this year’s summer holidays, people strolling alongside seaside boulevard in Gdynia had the occasion to catch a breath, ‘immersing’ themselves in the ‘Cloud’ – an interactive seat formed in such a shape so that it adjusts to the position of the user. Thanks to the elastic material spread over a solid construction, the ‘Cloud’ will be a comfortable deckchair as well as seat. Its interactivi-ty comes from the untypical construction of the installation based on hydraulic pistons appropri-ately linked with one another. Their function is based on the fact, that while sitting the material which is weighed down and stretched on a hemisphere based on the piston changes the position of the hemisphere, pulling it down. Then this piston connected with the other three hemispheres by hydraulic wires, pushes them out. The Cloud changes its shape dynamically, surprising the

users and encouraging interaction and joint fun.

functional scheme

views

hydraulic pistons systemdirection of the force

views

LocomotiveRevitalization of the backyard / Dolne Miasto district of Gdansk

Colaboration with POCOTO and ‘Laznia’ Contemporary Art Center

The Revitalisation Project of the yard by Torunska St. in Gdansk district ‘Dolne Miasto’ was created -

tion in the form of common work: ’ PoCoYard’ workshops, organised within ‘TirArt’ cycle, devoted mainly to kids and youth. With the cooperation of the local society, mostly with the youngest users of the Project’s space, we created an installation – ‘locomotive’, the wheels of which were made of used cable reels. Apart from the locomotive itself, we made flower pots with flowers and grass out of recycled PCV pipes, which were afterwards taken care of by the inhabitants of a tene-ment house. The Project was completed with success – responsibility for the common space has

been shared by the inhabitants of the quarter, especially by the youngest ones.

Break Point Gdansk University of Technology campus ‘BreakPoint. DIY’ Workshop / Team work

The first stage of the Project was the creation of cooperation with students from all departments of Gdansk University of Technology – for this purpose, within the Scientific Organisation ‘BUA’, an action of common open designing was undertaken, where students together were making attempts to define a dreamy space of relaxation and rest on the Campus. Finally all of these ideas were synthesized and combined into one, which was realized in the next stage. The materials used in this Project were used advertising banners, filled with mineral wool, and palettes of two sizes. The effect of a week-long endeavours was the installation, which comprised functions of deckchairs, seats and outdoor working spaces with a small table. Crucial experience was obtaining the skill of

wood processing and trials of putting different construction systems into practice.

Place for Dialogue Gdansk shipyard

OSSA Gdansk ‘13’ Workshop / Team work

During the course of five-day workshops, in a few-person team comprised of artistic schools’ and architecture students from the whole of Poland, we were examining the problems of post-ship-yard terrains in Gdansk in order to create an installation providing answers to these problems. We have had enough of arguments and controversy, concerns about the future of such a precious area of Gdansk – an open talk and collective search of solution should take place. The uncertainty about the forthcoming, turbulent fate of Shipyard has ceased. In response to this problem, in one of the halls we made a large round table supported by 50 different legs with exceptional history: among others, a window frame torn out of former factory hall, a boot lost while running, red-white barrier, rope that moored the ships, hydraulic pipe, damaged piece of gutter, bricks left from demolition, steel constructions of hulls – items being an authentic record of the degraded space. The forthcoming transformations are not a problem, but the lack of communication between investors and the local society. The concept of creating the place of interaction, stated in the form of a symbol makes our message explicit and understood. The assumed temporary characteristic of the Project fits the character of the deconstructed place, stimulates to speak out, to begin a discussion. The ‘cloud’ above the table refers to the symbol of talk, and at the same time gradually falling – it measures the time which is left for this place to remain in the unchanged

form.

References

/ prof. Bartosz Macikowski, Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture/ Rochman Drohomirecki Architekci

arch.

Gdansk University of Technology Department of Architecture

Architecture and Town-planning

Gabriela Narutowicza St.11/12 80-233 Gdansk

arch. Bartosz Macikowski, PhD, Eng.

+48 506 470 141

Gdansk, March 26th, 2014

Reference Letter

Architect Engineer Ms. Kamila Piotrowska has graduated from Gdansk University of Technology with an Engineer Degree and is currently studying for her Master’s at the Department of Architecture.

Since more than 3 years she is actively participating and acting as a Chairwoman in the Students’ Scientific Organisation ‘Town-planning Architectural Brigade’ (BUA) at the Department of Architecture of Gdansk University of Technology.

She has become well known as an excellent organiser. Not only does this activity require organisation skills within the Organisation itself, but also the skill of creating initiatives and the consequence in their realisation is crucial, the skills of coordinating activities within the group as well as the skill of convincing people of the goals set.

Ms. Kamila Piotrowska has organised and co-organised the following events:

2 editions of town-planning architectural workshops nationwide in Poland 'Re:brick. The Revitalization of the Brick Districts of Gdansk.';

Inter-Departmental Architectural Workshops 'Break Point. DIY." ST Gdansk University of Technology;

'Me:bel' Workshops as part of Gdynia Design Days Festival;

Architectural Workshops 'Stan Skupienia' OSSA Gdansk 2013;

Architectural Design Workshops 'Materia Produktu' in the artistic workshop in Gdynia;

Scientific Research trip to the Irish capital with the cooperation of Dublin Council, Dublin Institute of Technology and Dublin Docklands Development Authority.

The above events have sometimes required the cooperation of students from various Departments, with the University’s Principals as well as self-governance and non-governmental entities and sponsors. All of these initiatives had the social and scientific purpose. The undertaken initiatives have been realised with full commitment, awareness of the purpose, consequence and finally with success, which has been proved by the achievements of the Scientific Organization ‘BUA’ .

Ms. Kamila Piotrowska, regardless of her organisational skills, possesses an array of positive character traits which render sympathy amongst the people in her surroundings, and she is respected in the environment, which is shown by students of consecutive years actively participating in the Organisation’s initiatives. She is willingly handing over her experience to younger colleagues.

arch. Bartosz Macikowski, PhD, Eng.

Content-related Caretaker of the Students’ Organisation ‘BUA’,

Architecture Dept. of Gdansk University of Technology

Sopot, 5th May 2014

ROCHMAN DROHOMIRECKI ARCHITEKCINIP 585-140-26-98Bohaterów Monte Cassino st. 49/25a81-767 Sopotm: +48 660 447 894

REFERENCE LETTER

Name of the employee: Kamila PiotrowskaAdress: Wodnika 14 st., 80-

Ms Kamila Piotrowska took an internship in Rochman Drohomirecki Architekci Company

from July 2013 to August 2013 in the position of an assistant of an architect.

Her responsibilities included:

- Creating technical drawings

- Developing architectural conceptions

- Creating land development projects

- Stocktaking of buildings

Ms Kamila’s work was characterized by conscientiousness and engagement in projects she

was realizing. She was showing initiative and creativity in new solutions. Ms Kamila was

reacting very well in stressful situations and also when her work required much psychological

effort, maintaining regularity and dutifulness. Working individually, as well as in a group, was

no obstacle.

I give this opinion at the request of the person concerned.

Sincerely,

Jakub Drohomirecki

Architekci 8/4 Hoene-Wronskiego St / 80-210 Gdansk Poland M : 0048604875443 michal@podgorczyk.pl

LETTER OF RECOMENDATION

Architects as an Architects Assistant from March to April 2014. She was working in the team creating master plan for

. Among Her tasks was designing residential building, public use building and public square. She has sufficient knowledge and skills to work on concept design. She is very good in working in a team and excellent coworker. When needed she can work independently with very good results.

contact

kml.piotrowska@gmail.com +48 508 899 747