WORKS

irina mihaela bogdan

 arh.dipl. Irina Mihaela Bogdan
12th Avram Iancu
Street, Sector 2, Bucharest, Romania
www: http://one-to-many.blogspot.com
http://studiomethexis.com
email: bogdan.irina@gmail.com
tel: (+40) 726 654 600
rd
27 of February, 2018

HEATHERWICK STUDIO
356–364 Gray’s Inn Road
London WC1X 8BH

Dear Madam, Dear Sir,

Please accept my application for the position of Part 2 Designer/Architect at Heatherwick Studio.

I am a dynamic and ambitious architect with an extensive experience in digital design, planning and
product design. I have been tutoring a series of design workshops, having as main focus digital design
and digital fabrication methods. After taking a master course at the Dessau Institute of Architecture
(Anhalt, Germany) and graduating from the University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu” with a
Diploma degree in Architecture, I have worked in several known architecture and design companies
(UNStudio from April 2013 to September 2017, SYAA).

My last position at UNStudio was that of Architect/Associate.

I am a designer with a passion for arts and choreography, interested in interdisciplinary design, politics,
philosophy and i possess an impeccable technical and digital skill set with advanced knowledge of
Rhinoceros + Grasshopper, the Adobe Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, Premier) and other graphics
communication mediums. An excellent communication skill is also one of my strong points.

My attention to detail and excellent problem-solving skills ensure that every project I work on is done
accurately and to the highest possible standard. I am comfortable working as part of a team but I also
have the ability to take an authoritative role when the situation arises. My verbal communication skills
and positive attitude make me an effective communicator with all the people I work with.

I am excited about the chance of working for Heatherwick Studio as i fully appreciate how theory,
concept, design and product blend together in inspiring statements and projects. My enclosed resume
clearly demonstrates my interest in research and the way in which my skills and experiences are
compatible with this role.

I look forward to the opportunity of discussing my application with you further and how I can
significantly contribute to the ongoing success of your studio.

Yours sincerely,
Irina Mihaela Bogdan
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Work experience Projects and workshops: Architectural Projects

- Architect / Associate at UNStudio - Shanghai [1st of April 2013 - 30th of September 2017] http://www.unstudio.com
- Junior Architect at SYAA (SC Soare & Yokina Associated Architects SRL), Bucharest [March - July 2012] http://www.syaa.ro
- Architecture and design intern at AnOther Architect, Berlin (October 2009-January 2010)
http://www.anotherarchitect.com/Creative_Solutions.html
- Worked as intern for Universidad de la Salle, Bogota, Colombia [IAESTE, July- September 2008]
- Worked as intern for ArtisProject Architectural Bureau, Bucharest, 2006
- Worked as an intern for Re-Act Now Architectural Bureau, Bucharest [arh. Mario Kuibus], 2005
Awards
- Co-Founder of Studio Methexis (October 2015 to present) - West Kowloon Lyric Theatre Complex [Hong Kong, China] - UNStudio
Studio Methexis has been awarded the chance to exhibit at the Milan Design Week in April 2016 as panel finalists for the TASKS: Interior Public Space Design Development, Tender Drawings, Modeling
Lexus Design Award. - Hong Kong Villa [Hong Kong, China] - UNStudio
TASKS: Concept Design, Modeling, Drawings
- Collaborated with Modulab and helped organize the ‘UNO’ Interactive Design Workshop, Bucharest, December 2012
- Financial Plaza Development (Hailun) [Shanghai, China] - UNStudio
TASKS: Facade development, Modeling, Scripting, Design Development
- Tutor at the ‘Architecture Challenge’ Interactive Design Workshop, Die Angewandte, Wien, Autumn 2012
- Marina Clubhouse [Zhongshan, China] - UNStudio
- Tutor at the ‘Lacuste in Eter’ Advance Digital Design Workshop, Timisoara, Summer 2012 TASKS: Facade development, Modeling, Scripting, Mockup drawings
- Marina Villas [Zhongshan, China] - UNStudio
- Tutor at the ‘Spring Challenge’ Advanced Digital Design Workshop, Die Angewandte, Wien, Spring 2012 TASKS: Concept phase, Schematic design, Design Development
- Initiated the T_A_I Reasearch Group along with Tudor Cosmatu and Andrei Raducanu (September 2010 to present) - Qingdao Horticultural Exhibition [Qingdao, China] - UNStudio
TASKS: geometry troubleshooting, scripting, fabrication
http://tailab.wordpress.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/T_a_i/159952987356968 - International Touristic Cruise Ship Terminal [Famagusta, Cyprus]

F 09.11.1985 A. Organized along with T_A_I Research Group, the international Questionable Traditions Wokshop. It was a 7 days long train- - Olympic masterplan proposal for the 2012 Olympic Games, London [project made dur-
- Lexus Design Award 2016 - Panel winners, Milan Design Week, Italy ing the academic Erasmus exchange year 2008/2009]
ing that aimed to introduce the participants to the basics of parametric design and to make them familiar with 1:1 digital fab- http://diastudioxss09.blogspot.com/
http://one-to-many.blogspot.com rication methods. As a result we had three architectural scale cardboard mockups that were later exhibited in several public http://v-ir-tu-al.blogspot.com/
- Winning along with Emil Ivanescu’s team - Play Mincu, the chance to currate the Romanian Pavilion for the
http://tailab.wordpress.com/ spaces and architectural exhibitions.
Venice Architecture Biennale, 2012 - Olympic stadium proposal made for the 2012 Olympic Games, London [project made
http://dtarchlab.wordpress.com/
during the academic Erasmus exchange year 2008/2009]
- 3rd Prize in the urban design competition held in Ramnicu Valcea. guests: Bence Pap [ZHA Architects], Andrei Gheorghe [Die Angewandte], Alexander Kalachev [AL-TU] http://diastudiox.blogspot.com/
The scope of work was the rehabilitation of the central square of the city. The project was done along with
(this workshop was sponsored by S.C. RUUKKI Romania S.R.L) - Urban Hotel proposed to be built in Bucharest on an existing site that has a new urban
SYAA(Soare&Yokina Associated Architects), May 2012 plan layer set upon it >> Urban Restructuring[2008]:
http://oneworktomany.blogspot.com/2008/01/blog-post.html
- printing the photography named “Dimensions” in the book called “Images of the mind”[SUA][2003] B. Under the name of T_A_I, we organized our first Computational Design workshop as an Introduction to Parametric Design
at the “G.M. Cantacuzino” University of Architecture, Iasi (the 29th of October – the 1st of November 2010) - The Filaret Mediateque, Bucharest[2007]:
e-mail: bogdan.irina@gmail.com http://oneworktomany.blogspot.com/2007/11/mediatech-filaretbucharest.html
- English Language Degree[The Ministry of Education and Research]
- I have been part of the organizing team and I have participated at the Advanced Digital Design and Fabrication Workshop, - Collective housing, Bucharest[2007]:
Address: 12 Avram Iancu Street, sector 2 held at the University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu”, May 2010 (tutors: Han Feng and Ran Berman, TU Delft)
- Informatics Degree[The Ministry of Education and Research] http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f174/irinaxe/PLANPARTERmic.jpg?t=1206643364
Bucharest, Romania http://add3sign.wordpress.com/ http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f174/irinaxe/PLAN3copyMIC.jpg?t=1206643412
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f174/irinaxe/PLAN2mic.jpg?t=1206643459
- Participated at the international “No Man’s Land” Parametric Urbanism Competition held in Cyprus [March-April 2010] - Project for the redesigning of an urban area – Pictor Verona Street, Bucharest
STUDIES: under the tutoring hand of Arch. Christos Passas [Zaha Architects]
http://nomanslandproject.com/ - Project for a multifunctional space[mediateque], planned in the Opera House Park in
Master Course: Bucharest
DIA Master Course, Hochschule Anhalt, Dessau 06846, Anhalt, Germa- http://www.iaim.ro/gal, erie/proiecte/214/
- Participated at the “In Search of Entropy” Workshop held at the Hochschule Anhalt[FH], Dessau Germany [Master Course http://one-to-many.blogspot.com/2007/10/live-up-your-splace.html
ny [Erasmus scholarship - 2008/2009] Program]
Spoken languages: Software I work with: - Row house project
University: - Participated at the International Architecture Workshop “Czernowitz 2006”, organized by the University of Architecture in http://www.iaim.ro/galerie/proiecte/217/
“Ion Mincu” Architecture and Urban Planning University – Bucharest English: very good Rhinoceros + Grasshopper Berlin. The theme of the workshop was the rehabilitation of four different areas of the city Czernowitz, in Ukraine. The partici-
[diploma graduation - 2011] - Individual house project[Aviatorilor area, Bucharest]
German: good AutoCAD pating teams were formed by students from Germany, Austria, Ukraine and Romania. http://www.iaim.ro/galerie/proiecte/220/
Adobe Master Collection CS4
High school: Processing - The participation at the Babel Project Workshop organized during the Contemporary Art Biennial 2006[Bucharest]
Spiru Haret High school, Bucharest – informatics and mathematics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yKeuHKXOSc
studies[intensive English language class]
CHAPTER PROJECTS PAGE
1. WEST KOWLOON LYRIC THEATRE COMPLEX, Hong Kong, China 4-7 4. MARINA CLUBHOUSE, Zhongshan, China 12 - 14

projects 2. FINANCIAL CENTER(HAILUN PLAZA), Shanghai, China

3. HONG KONG VILLA, Hong Kong, China
8-9
10 - 11
5. QINGDAO HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION, Qingdao, China 15 - 17

1. SLOW DOOR, Lexus Design Award, Milan Design Week, Italy 19 - 20

installations & product design 8. PLAY MINCU PAVILION, Venice, Italy 21 - 23

1. INTERNATIONAL CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL, Famagusta, Cyprus 25 - 32

educational 2. OLYMPIC VILLAGE MASTERPLAN, London, UK 33 - 34

1. RIEMANN SURFACE: TRANSMUTING PHYSICAL INTO DIGITAL (CAD Logic), DIA, Dessau, Germany 36 - 37

experiments 2. HEXilion_4D Network: deformed hexagonal grid pavilion (studio study), DIA, Dessau, Germany 38 - 39

1. THE ARCHITECTURE SPRING CHALLENGE, die Angewandte, Wien, AU 41

workshops 1. QUESTIONABLE TRADITIONS WORKSHOP, Bucharest, RO

2. ADVANCED DIGITAL DESIGN AND FABRICATION WORKSHOP, Bucharest, RO

42 - 46

47 - 50
2013 - 2017
the chinese context
THE ‘FAST-FORWARD’ ARCHITECTURE MODEL
a personal experience about quantity, quality, negotiation and compromise

INDUSTRY STATISTICS AND MARKET SIZE

(according to IBISWorld report, December 2017) UNSTUDIO (Amsterdam/Shanghai/Hong Kong)

TIMELINE: 54 months (4 years, 6 months)

Revenue: $2tr.
Anual Growth 2012-2017: 8.5%
Employment: 30.0m
Businesses: 27000 April 2013 - June 2013: Qingdao Horticultural Exhibition Center (facade optimization) - Built
May 2013: Raffles City Hangzhou (facade touch-up) - Built
June 2013 - July 2013: Guroi Villas (facade system optimization) - Built
The current presentation of my work states the culmination and completion of a personal creative July 2013 - October 2013: Zhongshan Villas (concept design) - Not built
process that built towards and out of the iconic “awe” effect spectrum. November 2013 - May 2014: Marina Clubhouse (facade optimization) - Built
June 2014 - July 2014: SIAM Paragon Mall, Bangkok (concept phase) - Not Built
August 2014: South Bund Master Plan Competition - Not Built
UNStudio
Raffles City Hangzhou August 2014 - September 2014: SIAM Discovery, Bangkok (concept phase) - Not Built
September 2014 - January 2015: Financial Center (Hailun Plaza) (facade optimization) - Built
Photography by Hufton + Crow
and Seth Powers.
February 2015 - May 2015: Hong Kong Villa - Under Construction
May 2015 - June 2015: Jing-an Center (Residential) (facade workflow optimization) - Built
July 2015 - September 2017: Kowloon Lyric Theatre Complex(design development and tender phase) - Under development (to be finalized in 2021)

PROJECTS: 12

BUILT or UNDER CONSTRUCTION: 8 NOT BUILT: 4

Total work time spent: aprox. 48 months Total work time spent: aprox. 6 months
Lane 189_UNStudio, Photo: Eric Jap

In the current Chinese context, they say showmanship is no longer needed: 89% of the total work time spent on built projects
11% of the total work time spent on concept phase projects and competitions
“no more weird architecture”, Xi Jinping

“in the future it is unlikely that Beijing will have other strangely shaped buildings like the ‘Giant Trousers’”, People’s Daily Economy and market dynamics prevail over detail and the quality of inhabited space.
(a reference to the CCTV headquarters by OMA)
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WKLT
West Kowloon Lyric Theatre
Complex, 2014 to present

“A centre of excellence showcasing the best of Hong Kong and

international dance and theatre, the Lyric Theatre Complex will
comprise a 1,450-seat lyric theatre, a 600-seat medium theatre
and a 270-seat studio theatre. The complex will also house exten-
sive rehearsal facilities and a Resident Company Centre that will
serve as an exploration, development and collaboration hub for
dance companies and artists in Hong Kong.

Located with the waterfront to the south and facing Artist Square
to the north, the Lyric Theatre Complex design takes full advan-
tage of its location, providing sweeping views in both directions
from its large glass windows.

Above all the Lyric Theatre Complex will be a venue that is ac-
tive at all times; with eight dance and rehearsal studios plus one
large rehearsal hall, resident company offices, an information
and ticketing centre, restaurants, a roof garden and an internal
walkway that takes visitors from the waterfront to Artist Square,
the Lyric Theatre Complex will be an inviting vibrant creative
space for performers and public alike.

The Lyric Theatre Complex is scheduled to be completed in

2021.”

Involvement: Design Development, Interior Public Space Design,

Tender phase, 3d modeling and drawing package, Presentations

Aerial View of the West Kowloon Cultural District, courtesy of WKCDA

https://www.westkowloon.hk/en/the-authority/background
 level 02
upper spine

level 02_MT foyer perspective level 01 section A-A

lower spine
 A B

LARGE THEATRE SECTION A-A SMALL AND MEDIUM THEATRE SECTION B-B

A B

medium theatre

small theatre

large theatre
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HP.SH
“The Financial Street (Hailun) Center is located at the
crossroads of two metro lines, providing excellent con-
nection to public transport and therefor a desirable
location for office and retail. The general massing of
the project consists of a 33-storey tower and a series
of smaller mixed-use pavilions. Placed as objects in
the flow of commuters, the buildings organise outdoor
spaces of different scales and provides a platform for a
variety of urban activities.

The facade design emphasises the buildings as singu-

lar objects. The curved geometry of the buildings, with
strong vertical lines, anchors the building within the
city. The faceted and coloured texture of the facades
provides a changing appearance when approached
Hailun Plaza, Shanghai 2015 from different directions, adding to the dynamics of
Involvement: Facade Design Development, Geometry Optimization, 3d modeling, Presentation
the location in Shanghai.”
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HKV
Hong Kong Villa, 2015 to present
Involvement: Concept Design, Design Development, 3d Modeling, Presentation
GROUND LEVEL 01 FIRST FLOOR 02
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MCH
Marina Clubhouse
Zhongshan, China 2014
Involvement: Facade Design Development, Facade Optimization
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QHE
“UNStusio’s design for the World Horticultural Expo 2014 There Pavil-
ion consists of the Main Expo Hall, a Performance Hall, Conference
Center and a Media center. The design focuses on the relation-
ship between Science and Nature. Whilst scientific achievement
serves as an inspiration, the design communicates the essential
generative and structural principle of nature through architectural
gesture. The buildings become gently absorbed in the landscape,
whilst maintaining their individual identities.

The architecture of the Theme Pavilion further responds to the

dominant skyline of the mountain surrounding the Masterplan by
means of carefully composed roofscapes on the individual build-
ings. These roofs are envisioned as elevated landscape plateaus,
each addressing a different portion of the Masterplan with its incli-
nation and terracing, providing panoramic views which extend far
into the surrounding landscape.“
Qingdao Horticultural Exhibition
Qingdao, China 2014 Involvement: Facade Optimization, Presentation
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 1. SLOW DOOR, Lexus Design Award, Milan Design Week, Italy 18 - 19

installations & product design 8. PLAY MINCU PAVILION, Venice, Italy 20 - 22

INSTALLATIONS

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SLOW DOOR [Methexis Studio]
Milan Design Week - Lexus Design Award
Milan, Italy 2016
The slow door is conceived to investigate the ‘inbetween space’
- the space of anticipation. The idea is to design an object that
could possibly influence the way we experience threshold as a
space in itself. In particular, the slow door addresses the designed
event of ‘delaying the transition’ through the threshold and pro-
longing the moment of haptic interface.

The challenge throughout the design process has been to ascer-

tain the degree of intervention required to manifest or amplify
the experience of the ‘inbetween space’ whilst still preserving
the functionality of the object.

The slow door consists of 252 cubic blocks of which 251 are typi-
cal blocks with dimensions of 100 mm X 100mm X 100mm and
one atypical block which has an integrated door handle. The
units are organized over a grid of 21 rows and 12 columns.

[Studio Methexis is an interdisciplinary practice co-founded by

Deepak Jawahar and myself]
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 unit A unit B

applied force

B C
mockup a mockup b mockup c
A
solid wood cubes connector piece
circular metalic bar, 6mm Ø linear ball bearings

stage 01

applied force

applied force

stage 02
assembly a assembly b assembly c
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PLAY MINCU
A game between officialdom and architecture http://www.playmincu.ro

T he Play Mincu Pavilion is a semiotic, interactive installation producing architectural

stamps, which speak about the two modes of the architectural profession: the artistic
aspect - esthetic and conceptual, and the bureaucratic, judicial aspect, which gener-
ates social norms and values. The concept of the pavilion revolves around the person-
ality of Ion Mincu, creator of modern Romanian architecture who was also active in the
political and the bureaucratic side of this field. The exhibition itself has two designs: as
cultural device for mediating contemporary Romanian architecture, and ironic decen-
tering of the respect given to the architect’s profession in some parts of the world. The
postage stamp and the notary seal embosser are the symbolic vectors of the exhibition.
Visitors can play with these, producing for example notary dry stamps that in real life in-
vest papers with official authority, but in the context of the Play-Mincu Pavilion reframe
bureaucracy and its normative forces within a cultural act mediating architecture.

TEAM MEMBERS: Emil Ivanescu(curator), Ioana Calen, Paul Popescu, Matei Popescu,
Irina Bogdan, Laura Iosub, Ana Constantinescu

Romanian Pavilion at the 13th International Architecture Biennale - Venice, 2012

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DIPLOMA
educational
1. INTERNATIONAL CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL, Famagusta, Cyprus 23 - 30

2. OLYMPIC VILLAGE MASTERPLAN, London, UK 31 - 32

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INTERNATIONAL CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL | Famagusta . Cyprus

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Concept: Applying nodal surfaces of degenerate states in optimizing circulation flows

Ambition: Optimizing the passenger’s and visitor’s circulation flows in a multifunctional cruise-ship terminal

Context and statement

WHY CHOOSE FAMAGUSTA TO BUILD AN INTERNATIONAL CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL?

In 1932, Famagusta was the only deep sea water port in Cyprus and soon it became the only international port on the island. In 1974, after
the Turkish invasion that led to the massive abandonment of Varosha (a flourishing neighborhood of Famagusta), the UN put Varosha
under military restriction and closed the whole area down. All the commercial routes between the Turkish administration of the island and
the rest of the world were cut. Today, the only boats anchoring in the port are local fisherman boats or other small scale local commercial
boats. The political isolation turned the city into a no man’s land.

projects
Q: What should there to be done after a future political understanding among the Greek and the Turkish administrations?
A: From my point of view, a leap into a hybrid world of reality and utopia; bringing back to life the international port by pro-
posing a touristic and a small local commercial node in the vicinity of the old city center - an international cruise ship terminal.

ICST
Q: What would that lead to?
A: An economical growth that would be able to enhance and to partly support the revitalization of the abandoned neighborhood of Varosha.

TUTOR: Prof.Dr.Arh. Dorin Ştefan

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 Project insight
The site is part of the commercial
port, it is placed in the vicinity of FINAL
the old center of the city and it CONFIGURATION
is benefiting from having access OF THE
to the main roads and to an al- CIRCULATION NODE
ready existing port infrastructure.

In order to enhance all these as-

pects, the main issue of this project
was to properly manage and op-
timize the exterior and the interior
circulation flows of the terminal.
concept

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CENTRAL
CIRCULATION NODE

To satisfy all the needs of a passenger ter-

minal, I focused on developing a concept
that would bunch together the solution
for three of the main issues: the continu-
ous flux of arriving and departing tour- The next step in the designing process TERMINAL MODEL
ists plus the optimum structural solution was to fit all the parameters into one
that would also correspond to the spa- coherent organism. This determined
tial and functional needs of the program. the relationship of the building with
the site, the optimization of the inte-
I began doing my research on minimal rior spaces and the calculation of the
surfaces. After a series of trial and error structural needs and dimensions.
tests, I ended up focusing on one cer-
tain family of minimal surfaces that would
answer to most of the key problems:
Nodal Surfaces of Degenerate States.

FINAL CONFIGURATION OF THE

CIRCULATION NODE

In order to facilitate and to encourage SECTION

the people to walk through the ter-
minal and experience the continuity
of the space, the concrete structural
skin was doubled by a second layer
of wood. This transformed the whole
structure into an open walkable “ter-
rain”.

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site plan first floor (+2.5m)
FUNCTIONS

From a functional point of view, the complex gathers together

all the features of an international cruise ship terminal, with two
decks suited for both, arrivals and departures, luggage rooms,
cafeterias, a landscaped roof terrace that is accessible for
both passengers and visitors, with panoramic views oriented to-
wards the old city, the neighborhood of Varosha and towards
the sea. There is also an area dedicated to offices and confer-
ence halls. The underground level is divided in two main areas,
one dedicated to commercial use and the other being used as
a parking lot. From the commercial area there is a direct ac-
cess to the lower deck of the terminal, where a boat exhibition
hall can be found.

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OVM
Olimpic Village Masterplan
London, UK 2012
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experiments
1. RIEMANN SURFACE: TRANSMUTING PHYSICAL INTO DIGITAL (CAD Logic), DIA, Dessau, Germany 34 - 35

2. HEXilion_4D Network: deformed hexagonal grid pavilion (studio study), DIA, Dessau, Germany 36 - 37

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minimal surface study
The aim of this exercise was to translate the physical properties of a
hand-made model, into a digital 3D model. We made several ex-
periments out of which we extracted the general law and trans-
lated the information into an algorithm. In this particular case we
used Mathematica 7.0 to reproduce the Riemann minimal surface.

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workshops
1. THE ARCHITECTURE SPRING CHALLENGE, die Angewandte, Wien, AU 41
1. QUESTIONABLE TRADITIONS WORKSHOP, Bucharest, RO 42 - 46
2. ADVANCED DIGITAL DESIGN AND FABRICATION WORKSHOP, Bucharest, RO 47 - 50

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The Architecture Spring Challenge 2012 is an international design workshop for architecture
students interested in exploring integrated digital design and fabrication tools at IoA - die
Angewandte Wien.

Integrated Digital Design and Fabrication

In this workshop, architectural design was taught as an integrated, multidisciplinary process.
Following this tradition, the design process was enriched with structural testing of parametric
models in Karamba, a structural analysis plug-in for Grasshopper. The handling of virtual simu-
lation methods in the fields of parametric and digital production was the primary focus of the
workshop. This weeklong intensive workshop resulted in a full-scale built structure.

IoA. ASC Format and Output

Architecture Spring Challenge 2012
Die Angewandte, Wien
The Architecture Spring Challenge was organized as a weeklong program with 22 interna-
tional students and 6 tutors. Introduction to Rhino, Grasshopper, and Karamba was followed
by project design development and daily reviews of student group projects, which were as-
sessed in competition style. The selected project was fabricated and assembled as a group
effort. The event closed with an exhibition and presentation with guests. The output was a
parametrically designed and digitally produced human-scale structure fabricated out of
corrugated cardboard.

Tutors
Andrei Gheorghe, Bence Pap, Trevor Pat, Irina Bogdan, Clemens Preisinger, Moritz Heimrath

Students
Shota Tsikoliya, Lenka Januskova, Clemens Conditt, Tuğgen Kukul, Maria Smigielska, Ceren
Yönetim, Maciej Chmara, Oana Bogatan, Djordje Stanojevic, Rene Meszarits, Andreas Quast,
Marco Pizzichemi, Zhenyu Yan, Jiří Vítek, Johanna Jõekalda, Raouf M. Abdelnabi, Özlem Al-
tun, Tadeas Klaban, Abraham Fung, Artur Staškevitš, Benjamin Ennenmoser, Roberto Naboni

(text: Andrei Gheorghe, ACADIA 2012)

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Questionable Traditions

ADVANCED DIGITAL DESIGN AND FABRICATION METHODS WORKSHOP

LASER CUT CARDBOARD structure
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Workshop Day1:

Workshop started out with an incredible amount

of people. Both students and architects seemed
very interested of this event, which of course
made the whole pre-event time worth its while.

The day started off with the three of us (Tu-

dor Cosmatu, Andrei Raducanu and Irina Bog-
dan) and our dear friend Alexander Kalachev
giving a short introductory lecture on para-
metric design and fabrication methodes and
talking about our thesis projects approaches.

A short introduction into Rhino followed, allow-

ing (most of the people) to get a glance on
what this software is able to do. Grasshopper
introduction and tutored examples followed.
This proved to be the hardest part, but we defi-
nitely believe everyone got the point and can
start discovering the potential of it further.

Workshop Day2:

More tutored examples followed during the whole

day, increasing the number of bedazzled people.
Things started to get messy towards noon, but in
the end everyone got the point, which was a great
deed. We went through a series of examples rang-
ing from object to potential urban plan scenario.

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Workshop Day5:
People started working early in the morning, merg-
ing concepts, ideas and methods in order to
make everything work correctly. The team of tu-
tors went through all the projects trying to make
each and every one of them work. Late that night
the VIRULENCE project got sent to the laser cut-
ter, while the Wishbone and hex[igloo were still
struggling to prepare the files for laser cutting.
Workshop Day6:
While the VIRULENCE people were waiting for fi-
nal pieces and starting the assembly on site the
other teams were struggling to make the files for
production as intelligent as possible. Thanks to
our good friend (dj/vj) Cristi aka CRID we had the
chance to stay up because of his nice speak-
ers and amplifier. Soon the university square was
covered in the furious beats of cristi’s playlist.
Wokshop Day7:
After a long night for the laser
cutter and for Alex (SPOT DE-
SIGN), most of the WISHBONE
pieces were done and more
than half of the hex[igloo
components arrived. Soon a
very interesting configuration
emerged: some of the people
were involved in putting the
pieces together on site, while
the so called FACTORY was
working hard on putting the
components together. Half of
our tutoring staff had to leave,
so a quick ceremony took
place where participants re-
ceived their participation cer-
tificate. Days and nights started
to merge and to become one
(a thing we really enjoyed).
The Wishbone got finished to-
wards the end of the night.
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 Between the 10th and the 12th of June, HEXigloo spent the night under the blue sky, as part of the Street Delivery festival.

Workshop Day8:

To our surprise a lot of people (all of them)

showed up for the final run in assembling
the final pieces of the hex[igloo. Although
our estimation was to finish towards 6 pm
it proved to be rather wrong. Towards
the end of the night the hex[igloo started
to force itself into place waiting for the fi-
nal rows to come into place . The work
and fun continued until late in the morn-
ing. Glue guns started running out of bul-
lets, jamming and giving up on the tough
job they had to perform, tapes were be-
ing reused and people were tired. 6pm
(our previous deadline) quickly became 6
am, but with the enthusiasm and interest
of the whole group, the hex[igloo got fin-
ished as the sun was rising, allowing our fi-
nal guest (Alex) to get to his flight on time.

As a final conclusion we have to say that

we (as tutors/organizers of this event) are
extremely proud of the results and the way
people worked together. Although we
placed the mockups without any permission
in the main universities hallway, we are hap-
py that everyone was glad to see the results.

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W03
N14 PAVILION

ADVANCED DIGITAL DESIGN AND FABRICATION METHODS WORKSHOP

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 LOCATION: UAUIM terrace_Academiei Street, Bucharest

AMBITION_Build a temporary wooden structure that relates to an existing

concrete spiral wall built on the “Ion Mincu” Universitie’s terrace.

MEANS_CNC milling machine . Wood pannels . Rhinoceros + Grasshopper

AVAILABLE TIME_1 week

CONCEPT

The way we chose to relate to the spiral like structure was to

continue the curve path of the existing geometry and introduce
the Fibonaci sequence in the design work flow.

ORGANIZATION

One of the most challenging issues of the workshop was to con-

dense the design and fabrication processes in one week. In
order to be able to do so, we divided the assignment in three
and worked in teams. Each team was given a certain task: the
first dealt with designing the beams, the second dealt with the
enclosure and the third team designed the floor.

FABRICATION

In order to be able to fabricate the pavilion, we had to deal

with the components separately. We prepared the beam files
for the cnc milling machine, the skin pannels for the laser cutter
and the floor’s wooden beams for the electric chainsaw.

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 photo sequence . project layout: Horatiu Valcu

PROCESS
IN
BUILDING

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CONTACT arch.dipl. Irina Mihaela Bogdan
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email: bogdan.irina@gmail.com

phone: (+04) 0726 654 600

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