Portfolio - Jan Strelzig

JAN STRELZIG

PORTFOLIOSelected Works

CONTENTS

ACADEMIC WORK

Master Thesis

Aarhus University - Student Learning Center 10

Second Year Master

Brewhouse Blankenberge - Hotel at the Belgium Coast 26

First Year Master

Zacatitos - Beach House in Mexico 38

Bachelor Thesis

Danskøya - 79°41´N 10°54É 44

PROFESSIONAL WORK

Campos Leckie Studio 56

Costa Azul House - Courtyard House

ACRE - Eco Resort

Point Grey Laneway - Tiny House

Small Victory - Bakery in Yaletown

Warner Frey Residence - Single-Family House

Strelzig & Klump 63

“Alte Apotheke - Extentension for a Pharmacy

References 65

ACADEMIC WORK

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AARHUS UNIVERSITY

Summer 2016

Chair of Building Planning and RealizationProf. Fred Humble

Chair of Theory of ArchitectureProf. Axel Sowa

Master Thesis

STUDENT LEARNING CENTER

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View from Bartholins Alle

For more than 80 years the University of Aarhus has been a continuously evolving ensemble of buildings with an extrewmely homogenous character. In 1931, the architects Kay Fisker, C.F. Møller and Paul Stegmann won the competition to design the University with a proposal that put forward a minimalist, modern language of forms that employed traditional materials. The master plan loosely grouped individual buildings that were aligned orthogonally to each other in a spacious park. This idea was continually pursued by C.F. Møller until his death.

In recent years, both the city of Aarhus and the university has grown far beyond their original development plans. As part of a modernization strategy the transpor tation infrastructure of the city is going to be expanded with the addition of a new tram line. A new stop for the university is planned at the main road opposite the university hospital. This new stop will shift the university entrance from the northwest to the northeast.

In order to mark this change an interdisciplinary bui lding complex for students has been proposed at this location. The program

includes an event space, interdisciplinary learning and IT spheres and spaces for social gathering. An underpass, which is designed for pedestrian and cyclists, will connect the tram station and hospital with the new Student Learning Center.

The tower of the Student Learning Center will serve as a new landmark and contrasts with the tower of the State Library, which is not accessible for students and functions as a book archive. The learning rooms have flexible floor plans and some cut-back floors to provide double height ceilings. The west facade of the tower has many large window openings, that allow the view into a park. A large lounge in the attic provides a living area for the students.

The visible roof trusses and the arches echo the existing building elements used throughout the campus while the geometric shape and the materiality of the building continue the general architectural language of the Aarhus University complex. While the inner structure is subject to the requirements of the new typology, the building envelope with its yellowish brick continues the materiality of the surrounding buildings.

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Entrance Hall

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Axonometric Projection

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Lobby to the Tower

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Horizontal Sections 1:250

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Model Pictures

Terrain Sections 1:1000

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Facade Section 1:20

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The Flemish beach town of Blankenberge is located along the Belgian coast line. The waterfront is defined by a massive and nearly closed wall of eleven-storey buildings facing the North Sea. As a perimeter block this “Belgian Wall” has set limits the infill site of just 7.5m width, 47m depth and 35m height.

The “Brewhouse Blankenberge” combines a hotel, a restaurant and a craft brewery. The process of traditional artisanal brewing has been placed at the core of the building. All the public areas such as the reception, restaurant pub and lobby offer guests a view into the beer production area while the large brew tanks are experienced at the entry to the building.

The hotel area is spread over two towers of 64 rooms each. The split-level f loors have rooms of 16m² and 20m² with the bathrooms located towards the interior. To maximize the size, views and natural light of all rooms, the elevators and stairwells are situated in the middle of each tower. The hotel room doors

are fire-rated to avoid an extra security space in front of the safety stairs. All the offices , administrative spaces and ancillary rooms for the hotel are on the second floor oriented to the inside as well as the basement. Two luxurious suites of 40m² with living space and courtyard terrace have been designed in the upper floors.

The structural layout divides the facade into two vertical elements that, along with the delicate texture of the brick, create a strong contrast to the monotonous horizontality of the neighbouring buildings. The Belgian “Art Deco” tradition which dominated the historic townscape before the f i rst wor ld war is reinterpreted through round arches, lessens and brass details.

In addition to ensuring the best construction quality and precision the use of factory-made pre-fabr icated facade panels and structural components will allow construction to be completed during the low-season in Blankenberge.

BREWHOUSE BLANKENBERGEHOTEL AT THE BELGIUM COAST

First Year Master

Summer 2015

Chair of Building Planning and RealizationProf. Fred Humble, Prof. Sabine Brück

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View from the Beach

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Model Pictures

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The small desert community of Los Zacatitos is located on the east coast of Baja California Sur in Mexico. The place is only accessible by a narrow dirt road and the next big city San Jose del Cabo is 45 minutes away. This unique place is characterized by an arid climate with beautiful beaches where the desert meets the warm sea of Cortes.

Looking to escape the harsh and cold winters in Chicago the clients were looking to build a winter vacation home to embraced the desert climate and ocean views. The house needs accommodate their family and guests in separate areas as the remoteness means that most guests will be mid to long term. Located on the waterfront the design needed to take advantages of ocean views and beach access while taking into consideration privacy from neighbouring lots which are presumably going to be developed in the future.

The site is relatively narrow and long with a width of 25 and length of 70 meters and a total slope of 12 meters from front to back. The organizational idea was to use this difference in elevation to create a path through the house from the street to the beach.

The top level is the arrival point with a courtyard and parking. From there, a central axis is defined by a long staircase and and pool.

The staircase ends on a landing in front of the long and narrow pool which seems to end in the ocean. The landing connects the living room and kitchen on the lower level. The concrete volume that houses the private areas of the house cantilevers XX meters to create shade for the lowest floor. As a white simple box with clear cutouts it contrasts the telluric form of rough natural stone walls and the surrounding landscape. A long cutout that mirrors the stairs divides the master bedroom from the guest bedrooms and farmes the sky above the shaded part of the pool. The bedrooms are accessed through a pair of mirrored courtyards which provide privacy and function as small private gardens that help mitigate the hot and arid conditions.

Conceived as a moon rise viewing platform a small deck accessed through the guest courtyard provides an expansive view of the Sea of Cortez. Construction is to be completed at the end of 2017.

ZACATITOSBEACH HOUSE IN MEXICO

Second Year Master

Winter 2015

Chair of Building Planning and RealizationProf. Fred Humble, Prof. Sabine Brück

Cooperation with Javier CamposClient: Marty and Molly Heilmann

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View from the stair

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View from the starting point

DANSKØYA79°41´N 10°54´E

BACHELOR THESIS

Winter 2012

Chair of Construction DesignProf. Mirko Baum

Chair of Spatial DesignProf. Uwe Schröder

Danskøya, or Danes Is land, is found in Norway‘s Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean of Spitsbergen, and its landscape can only be characterised as sublime. The uninhabited and largely barren island, covering 40 square kilometers, consists of steep, craggy outcroppings, pointed mountains, endless stretches of marine horizons, and massive glaciers. In this tundra, where the ancient ice meets permanent darkness, it is only the hardiest of fauna and flora that may survive. The ir ish author and philosopher Edmund Burke enquired the origin of our ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful in the year 1757.

According to Burke, beauty is experienced through reflection, understanding, and reason. Beauty is associated with love - it is pleasing and intelligible. The sublime is, by contrast, a direct link to primal passions. It is unruly, terrifying and never fully graspable.

The sublime is the sensation we experience in the face of extreme pain, danger, or terror. It is something like awe but tinged with fear and dread. Burke calls it “delightful horror.”

The memorial marks Salomon A. Andrée ill fated expeditions to reach the North Pole in 1897. His schema was a voyage by hydrogen bal lon from Svalbard to either Russia or Canada, which was to to pass straight over the North Pole.

In the year 1896, Andre built a base for his air-balloon expedition consisting of a balloon shed, airship hangars, and gas production facility in the Virgohamna Bay on Danskøya. But the first attempt to launch the ballon failed.

Returning in the summer of 1897, the three expedition members Andrée, Strindberg and Frankel lif ted off, but they neglected many early signs of the dangers and the balloon lost hydrogen quickly and crashed on the pack ice after only two days. The explorers tried to find their way back over pack ice, but tragically died during their three month long attempt to return.

Eventually, in 1930, a Norwegian scientif ic expedition accidentally found the remains of Andrée and his two companions along with their diaries. From then on they were heroes.

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Horizontal Section

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Site Plan, Horizontal Section

The structure is conceived as a place for contemplation. Both humble and spectacular, the monument embodies the authenticity and the robust nature of the landscape, reduced to its fundamental elements.

The memorial is positioned on top of the hill, considered the starting point. A simple, pitched-roof structure, it is integrated within the rugged, mountainous landscape. It‘s floor plan and the elevation are closely bound to the Golden Ratio, used to create the harmonious propor t ions exempl i f y ing the memor ia l structure.

Aligned on a North-South axis, the memorial features a higher south elevation, that declines toward its nor thernmost point. From the distance, only its massive, narrow stairway is v is ib le, a long with a smal l entrance.

The quizz ica l concrete bui ld ing has no additional entr ies, and the viewer cannot discern its interior.

When moving through the windowless building the viewers forced to observe the illuminated architecture. Bereft of daylight, one must follow the gas flames, and the direction of the stairs to exit.

All three rooms are of equal size and are differentiated by an inclination of a single, small step. Each room has oversized ceilings, fitted to a pitched roof. One moves from room to room through the high, centered opening. All the rooms together form an enfilade, with the last of the three containing an exit. A mere step through the exit propels the viewer to the very top of the mountain, looking at the horizon of the ocean to the north.

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Elevation North

Elevation West

Elevation South

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Vertical Section

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View of the entrance

Gas flames inside the building

View to the north

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View on the enfilade

PROFESSIONAL WORK

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Bachelor Thesis Model

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REFERENCES

M.Arch Javier CamposCampos Studio

1395 Odium Drive I BC V5L 3M Vancouver I Canada+ 1 604 558 1881

[email protected]://www.camposstudio.ca

M.Arch Michael LeckieLeckie Studio Architecture + Design Inc

Suite 215 - 309 West Cordova Street I V6B 5A4 I Vancouver I Canada+ 1 604 661 4144

[email protected]://www.leckiestudio.com

Ir. ing. Bas van der PolElement A

sint nicolaasstraat 4d I 6211 nn I maastricht I Netherlands+31 6 184 77 [email protected]

http://www.element-a.eu

Prof. i.V. Ir. Architekt Fred HumbléChair of Building Planning and Realization

Schinkelstraße 1 I 52064 Aachen I Germany+49 (0) 241 80 938 56

[email protected]://bauplan.arch.rwth-aachen.de

Univ.-Prof. Dipl. Ing. Sabine BrückChair of Building Planning and Realization

Schinkelstraße 1 I 52064 Aachen I Germany+49 (0) 241 80 938 56

[email protected]://bauplan.arch.rwth-aachen.de

Univ.-Prof. Dipl. Ing. Axel SowaChair of Theory of Architecture

Templergraben 49 I 52056 Aachen I Germany+49 (0) 241 80 93571

[email protected]://theorie.arch.rwth-aachen.de

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