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Portfolio of work from 2003-2009

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Y D Ky v o n n e - d e m i t r a k o n s t a n t i n i d i s

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C U R R I C U LU M V I TA EEducationBsc (Hons) in General Architectural Studies Bath University, Bath, 2003-2007Erasmus Exchange Program Academy of Architecture, Mendrisio, Switzerland, 2005-2006Full International Baccalaureate Diploma American Community School, Athens, 2001-2003Bilingual Diploma in Greek and English American Community School, Athens, 2003Professional ExperienceEDAW | AECOM : Urban Designer London, July 2007 – PresentDMSR Architects: Architectural Assistant London, July – September 2006AHM Applications Limited: Architectural Assistant Athens, Greece, May – July 2005Volunteering & Community ExperienceArchitecture for Humanity: Crisis Christmas Program London, November - December 2008Arts and Performance ExperienceMidsummer Night’s Dream: Director of Choreography & MakeupBath University, May 2005Exhibition of Painting in Benaki Art Gallery Benaki Art Gallery, Athens, Greece, 2003AwardsNational Team Build Competition - First Place Award London, November 2008LanguagesEnglish, Greek and Italian: FluentComputingMicrosoft Office Applications: ProficientAdobe Photoshop / Indesign / Illustrator: ProficientAutoCAD: ProficientSketchup: Proficient3DsMax: Basic Knowledge

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1A Lasting Legacy: The TeamEmployed as part of the Legacy Masterplan Framework team, my first six months at EDAW | AECOM were focussed on the preparation of the proposal for the Legacy Commission. Working alongside Allies and Morrisson and Kees Christiaanse Architects and Planners, EDAW | AECOM were commissioned in January of 2008 to design the framework and prepare the planning application scheduled for submission in 2009. The ultimate purpose of the LMF is to provide a framework that will guide the long-term development of the Olympic site, while allowing for an appropriate degree of flexibility in relation to the detailed form, scale and amount of development in each specific part of the site.

A Lasting Legacy: The ProcessA close knit team of town and socio-economic planners, landscape architects, urban designers, ecologists, infrastructure, utility and transport engineers, and property consultants were brought together to prepare the groundwork for the framework masterplan. Over a period of six months, the design and planning teams analysed the spatial and socio-economic context of the Olympic Park and of greater London. The ambitions and vision for the park were developed on the basis of this analysis and the role of the LMF in shaping a sustainable, inclusive future for London was made indubitable.

The vision for the park to be a catalyst for change, a model of sustainability, and an integrated and inclusive piece of city fabric was bolstered by client, stakeholder and consultant alike. The challenge was the design of the delivery strategy and mechanism; what would this new piece of city look like? How much housing would it contain, and what balance of tenure? How much retail, commercial and other land uses would be situated where? How would it connect with the existing context and communities? How would it unlock the latent potential of the Lower Lea Valley and the site? How would it build on the inheritance of the Olympic Games? How would it be phased, and what would happen in the interim years?

In order to test the opportunities and limitations that flow from different densities, distribution of open spaces, allocation of facilities, types of housing, division of uses, and circulation, three capacity bandwidths were tested: an FAR of 4.0 to 3.0, an FAR of 3.0-2.0 and an FAR of 2.0-1.0. City references were used as typologies of each respective FAR and density and plugged into the different development sites around the park. Each model was then tested against certain criteria and its positive and negative characteristics were enumerated and discussed. This process allowed for initial area testing, yielding unit numbers and an overall understanding of the capacity potential of the site. Each area was then analysed individually to assess the appropriate density and block typology according to its context and inherit character. Lo

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Employer: EDAW | AECOMProject Location: East LondonDuration: July 2007 - Present

Stitching the Valley

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Infrastructure Boundaries

Capacity 2: FAR 3.0-2.0Capacity 1: FAR 4.0-3.0 Capacity 3: FAR 2.0-1.0

Permeability Character Areas Sense Of Place Land Use

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Developing the FrameworkThe period of density and land use testing resulted in the development of six unique character areas, each responding to individual site constraints and opportunities. The nature of each character area, and its proposed uses and density, were thoroughly tested and examined through an eight week period of consultation with the public and key stakeholders. Individual work streams within the LMF team could then commence testing: the urban designers testing building and street typologies, transport, infrastrucure and utility engineers testing capacity, planners testing the provision of social infrastructure, the landscape team testing the provision and distribution of open space, etc.

The framework must be designed with flexibility in order to support the growth and transformation of the site for an estimated period of 35 years. The final planning application will form the policy underwriting all future development proposals for the site, while ensuring that the vision and principles laid out by the LMF team will be delivered.

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Character area block typology study

Illustrative park section

Olympic Inheritance Neighbourhoods & Centres

Space & Parklands Field Evolution Connections

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Technique Mixed media on canvas

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Medium Brown - The BriefThe project brief outlined the need for future development within the city of Bath to be situated within brownfield sites as a means of driving regeneration in deprived areas. With the oportunity of writing your own brief, each student was responsible for the choice of site, programme and size of building. After a period of indepth research and analysis, I felt it appropriate to propose a new central library for the city of Bath on a site currently used for car parking.

Connecting Bath to a Networked SocietyCurrent library provision in the City of Bath is significantly lower than national standards. Bath Central library is located on the first floor of a shopping centre, in a space that is unfit for purpose and lacks street presence.

A new facility, providing for the needs of all residents of Bath and North East Somerset (173,700 people) and the student population (26,184 people), was deemed to be of of great necessity.

Connecting local & globalLocal with local: the site lies strategically on an axis connecting Bath’s outdoor public spaces. pedestrians on either side of the river can now move with ease, as a bridge extends from the Cornmarket and a new urban Park gazes up towards Walcot Street.

Local with global: survi[rtual]val of the fittest. In a world dependent on information technology, the survival of the fittest depends on access to information. The Library remains the only public provision for the equal distribution and access of information. A global gateway is constructed.

Professor: Alex Wright Project Location: Bath, UKProject Type: IndividualDuration: One semester

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Building as public objectThe intention to use the building as a public object was established. Considerations of how the building’s roof could be used as an urban amphitheatre were made. A narrow pedestrian route created by the negative space between the Cornmarket and the Library lead the public to a river terrace. The building becomes an extruded riverside walk. The service block and Cornmarket form two book ends, through which exterior and interior public routes are created. The lines of the ribs lead you down to the Cornmarket Bridge, to the public river terrace, leading you to Pultney Bridge, Henrietta Park or the new Book Park opposite.

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Patchwork Of Movement & StasisInspired by the movement of people in libraries; a constant melody of movement and stasis is created. The books lead you from one reading space to the next connecting different atmospheres through the contents of their stories. Newspapers and current events lead the public into the information market place. Fiction connects the casual to the academic. Non fiction connects the academic to the tranquil riverside. As you move from the reading rooms through the book ramps you descend into a labyrinth of low diffused light and as you weave through the walls of books you once again ascend into the light.

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Homogeneous Expression. Solid/VoidExpressing the movement and the use of the spaces through different roofing systems resulted in a fragmented building form. A single gesture was created that connected the building from Walcot Street down to the river. The section became the tool of differentiation allowing the temporal and kinetic qualities of the space to be expressed.

A solid book wall descends from Walcot Street to the River, it is offset to facilitate for the movement of people as they browse for books; a language of solid movement and voids of stasis.

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archiveshistory centre/microfilm/microfichebook ramps

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reinforced concrete retaining wall geodrain 6mm stud cavity drain membrane system with perforated pipe situated below floor level draining water away to suitable drainage point dpm 400 mm reinforced concrete wall vapour barrier 100 mm rigid foam insulation supported on steel channel 12 mm grade b birch lvl wall facing

floor construction 150 mm hardcore 50 mm sand 400 mm reinforced concrete slab vapour barrier 50 mm rigid foam insulation 65 mm screed with embedded underfloor heating

20x80 mm sawn silver-fir floor boards

facade construction 180x10 mm patinated copper fins (TECU Patina) supported by joined fin/glazing structural system 100 mm triple glazing panels of 2x3m supported on aluminium framing structure, embedded in soft expansion joint in concrete retaining wall and LVL rib

roof construction 180x10 mm patinated copper fins (TECU Patina) supported by joined fin/glazing structural

system at 100 mm/500 c/c6+88+6 mm double glazing unit infilled

with Nanogel Aerogel insulation supported on timber packing piece

north rib construction 0.6 mm oxidised copper flashing (TECU Oxid) 100 mm rigid insulation dpm 600 mm LVL (Kerto-Q) box beam (critical loadbearing section of 800 mm depth)

ambient lightingpre-wired batten luminaire for 1

fluorescent lamp, 80W(System luminaire CHANNEL

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patinated copper fins reduced spacing of 50 mm c/c over areas where the penetration of light is less desired

CONSTRUCTION SECTION THROUGH NORTH RIB

facade construction

180x10 mm patinated copper fins (TECU Patina) supported by joined fin/glazing

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100 mm triple glazing panels of 2x3m supported on aluminum framing

structure, embedded in soft expansion joint in concrete retaining wall and LVL

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roof construction

180x10 mm patinated copper fins (TECU Patina) supported by joined fin/glazing structural system at 100 mm/500 c/c

6+88+6 mm double glazing unit infilled with Nanogel Aerogel insulation supported on timber packing piece

north rib construction

0.6 mm oxidised copper flashing (TECU Oxid) / 100 mm rigid insulation / dpm / 600 mm LVL (Kerto-Q) box beam (critical loadbearing section of 800 mm depth)

patinated copper fins

reduced spacing of 50 mm c/c over areas where the penetration of light is less desired

floor construction

150 mm hardcore / 50 mm sand / 400 mm reinforced concrete slab / vapour barrier / 50 mm rigid foam insulation

/ 65 mm screed with embedded underfloor heating / 20x80 sawn silver

fir floor boardsreinforced concrete

retaining wallgeodrain 6mm stud drain membrane system with perforated pipe situated below floor level draining water away to suitable draining point / dpm / 400 mm reinforced concrete wall / vapour barrier / 100 mm rigid foam insulation supported on steel channel / 12 mm grade birch lvl wall facing

ambient lighting

ambient lighting pre-wired luminaire for 1 fluorescent lamp, 80W (System Luminaire Channel by Regent Lighting)

LVL hollow box ribs & internal timber finishingThe intention for the new Central Library to be welcoming, transparent, warm and bright informed the decision of using Timber as the building’s principle material. This choice provided many solutions simultaneously to different design issues. For example, the direction of the exposed laminated veneers, and timber floor boards help in emphasizing the principle movement from Walcot Street down to the River.

Other than satisfying spatial/atmospheric and efficient structural intentions, timber is renewable and has a very low embodied energy. Sourced from Northern Europe, the cost and environmental effect of transportation is also reduced.

Side laminated Glulam beams were originally considered for the construction of the hollow box ribs. However, Kerto-Q (LVL) was deemed more appropriate due to its stiffness, strength, straightness, and dimensional stability. Providing for both the cheapest and most efficient solution.Kerto combines wood’s natural characteristics and the versatility of a technically advanced product. Wood structures alsomeet high acoustic standards and make highly effectivesound insulation possible. Impressive fire safety properties also to the choice of Kerto-Q.

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EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC OF ROOF CONSTRUCTION

rib joints400 mm polymer dowels fixed with resin

embedded in finger joints between hollow box beams

moment connectionsteel plate transfering moment through to concrete foundation

glazing100 mm deep double glazing unit spanning 2.5m

fins180x10 mm patinated copper finssupported by joint fin/glazing structural system at 3000 mm c/c

rotation180x10 mm patinated copper fins

held in hinged frame to accomodatefor easy roof maintenance

insulationstructure kept warm by wrapping rigid insulation

weather-proofingwater kept out by oxidised copper flashing

fins

180x10 mm patinated copper fins supported by joint fin/glazing structural system at 3 m c/c

glazing

100 mm deep double glazing unit spanning 2.5m

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180x10 mm patinated copper fins held in hinged frame to accommodate for

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structure kept warm by wrapping of rigid insulation

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steel plate transfering moment through to concrete foundation

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OverviewThe two semesters were divided into a series of short research and design projects each focussing on the analysis of Milan’s urban energy and atmosphere at varying scales. This analysis formed the breeding ground for final proposals and interventions.

Morphological ResearchThe focus of the first semester was to explore Milan, both central and periphery, in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of the city through first hand experience. Abstract questions focussing on the emotional rather than the empirical were posed and explored as a means of gaining this understanding. [...Where is the love in Milan? Where is the greatest urban energy in Milan? Where do I feel the mountains? Where is the heart in Milan? Where do I lose myself in Milan?...]

The spaces found were documented and modeled, in an attempt to capture and recreate their inherent atmosphere and urban energy and to answer the questions posed. Simultaneously, the city was analysed from a strategic level, through the exploration of its landmarks, urban legibility and orientation, natural morphology, the relationship between open and built space, the nature of its public spaces, and entrances and frontages. All questions were documented through photography and the creation of a central model upon which the students recreated their findings.

Professor: Peter ZumthorProject Location: Milan - Centre & PeripheryProject Type: IndividualDuration: One month

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visual gradation of poverty

Dov’e’ c’e’ poverta a Milano? [Where is poverty in Milan?] The concentration of the visibly deprived (rough sleepers) was documented and mapped as a means of understanding the economic & social complexity of people and place.

A concentration of visible poverty surrounded public transportation interchanges especially in affluent areas of the city. The public rail transportation (the subway) acted not only as the face poverty, but also as the cause: in many areas of the city existing urban fabric has been severed by large overground railway infrastructure.

These breaks in the urban fabric have created inaccessible pockets previously occupied by industry, and now abandoned and taken over by squatters.

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Tension. To tie Lambrate back to Milan, generate new dialogue and preserve density.

Gateway. Identification of main point of interchange (existing) between the two communities and beyond.

Network. Creation of pedestrian network along seam, which serves both communities and feeds the gateway.

Concentration. Dense layering of public functions over network, with physical connections balanced to enable interaction whilst preserving identity.

Infiltration: The Regeneration of Lambrate, East MilanLambrate Station forms one of the key gateways into Milan from the east, and lies at the dividing line between centre and periphery.

A 30 metre wide elevated railway runs through the centre of the area, and divides the tight urban fabric to the west with the poorly planned industrial areas to the east.

This short intervention focussed on the regeneration of the disconnected areas to the east through the insertion of public space and creation of urban activity.

A linear park was proposed alongside the eastern edge of the wall, linking existing and proposed uses and providing a direct connection between disconnected residential and commercial areas and the station interchange to the north.

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Towards an Urban Stitch

Prologue: wall = barrier

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first reaction sheltered refletion relax

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Transforming A Forgotten Urban FabricThe unit was divided into groups of three or four and asked to further explore this area of Milan’s periphery in order to locate an appropriate site in need of large scale architectural intervention. An old industrial estate covering an area of roughly 20 Ha was chosen as the site of intervention. The local context, comprised of similar industrial estates, social housing and new pocket developments is transforming rapidly. The reuse of old factories and warehouses for film production, leisure and media uses is driving the local economy and attracting investment. In this context, the city of cinema masterplan would act as a catalyst for the regeneration of the area as a whole.

Professor: Peter ZumthorProject Location: Milan - Centre & PeripheryProject Type: IndividualDuration: 5 weeks

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TV production studios

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City of Cinema[What] teaching, research, art, production, distribution, exhibition, experimentation, discussion, multimedia installations[Who] visiting professors, practicing artists, students, general public, invited artists, film makers, actors, musicians, architects[How] integration, mixed/multi-use, impregnation, interdependence

MediathequeInsertion of new programme into early 20th century factory. ‘Light cubes’ constructed with different thicknesses of alabaster allowing light in and out. Strategic placement of light cubes as a means of determining free movement within inherited grid structure. The celebration of the in-between, creating a space for people to pause, to think, to absorb and to exchange. [What] archives, films, CD’s, DVD’s, projection rooms, individual studying units, offices, AV editing.[Who] students, professors, professionals, public

1:1000 Site Model

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projection room

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conference room

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Professor: Josep Acebillo/ Elia ZenghelisProject Location: BarcelonaProject Type: Group of 5Duration: One semester

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42The Transformation Of Barcelona’s Industrial AreasAs part of its 2004-2010 Housing Plan, Barcelona City Council is planning to deliver between 65,000 and 100,000 new dwellings. Barcelona’s urban planning schemes have been formulated in terms of internal transformation rather than growth in the outskirts; focussing predominantly on the regeneration of brown field sites at the far ends of the city.

Shifting Centres; the densification of West Barcelona The Zona Franca District, located at the mouth of the Llobregat River, is one of Barcelona’s principle sites undergoing strategic regeneration. In this context, the masterplan needed to respond to and consider the latest trends in urban strategies: reconsidering the planning process and regulations, studying building densities, occupation levels, the mix of uses, and the relationship between urban systems (based on the quantification of the land available for green spaces, facilities, and housing). Covering an area of 57 Ha, the site is located in the heart of a transforming district; with the construction of the Barcelona Fiera to the north, new commercial districts to the west and east, and a proposed regional park to the south.

Housing led mixed-use Regeneration The following planning criteria defined the parameters of the masterplan:

• 40% occupation of the land surface for built up areas, the remaining 60% being occupied by road systems, open spaces and facilities, yielding a compactness index of 50%;

• Gross building index of 1.6 m2;• Mixed urban fabric containing 70% residential and 30% economic,

tertiary and industrial uses;• Overall housing density of 110 – 140 dph;• New local facilities including 6 schools, 2 vocational training centres, 1

health and social services centre, 1 home for the elderly, 1 sports centre and 1 local market;

• A system of parks and gardens yielding an area of 9 Ha of open metropolitan land.

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Density Responding to the context

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Desiging the MasterplanThe focus of the masterplan was to use a clear and consistent architectural language that could succesfully dilineate between public and private uses, respond to existing and proposed contextual conditions, and create unique and exciting places.

The different typologies provide no architectural prescription and could be designed separately over a long phasing schedule, or over a short time period.

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GF : commercial+1-5 : hospitality & services/housing

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lawns community gardens

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Network of public spaces

Productive community gardens, public park at heart connecting with linear park to the south, intimate themed parks addressing housing and surrounding commercial uses

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47Inside outsideThese two paintings were created as part of a short spatial exercise exploring the relationship between the interior and exterior of an imagined space. Through the relationship of a room with its view, the design of the immediate context was then conceived and depicted.

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