Jordan Kalapchiev

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ContentsChapter I Curriculum Vitae

Jordan Kalapchiev , Sofia, Bulgaria, EU

Chapter II University Projects“House in Bistritza”, Bistritza, Bulgaria, EU - Spring Sem. ‘11“Sofia City Center” , Sofia, Bulgaria, EU - Spring Sem. ‘12“Fine Art School” “Fine Art School” , Sofia, Bulgaria, EU - Spring Sem. ‘12“Dynamic Space”, Birgu, Malta, EU - Spring Sem. ‘13

Chapter III Student Competitions“From Quadrat to Cube” , Manhheim, Germany, EU - Autumn Sem. ‘12

ISOVER Multu-Comfort House Students Contest - Vision & Reality, ‘13

Chapter IV Other Projects“Houbka’s Interior” , Sofia, Bulgaria, EU - ‘13“Trabant 601 S Restoration”“Trabant 601 S Restoration” - ‘12 / ’13

Chapter V DrawingsSelected Drawings

Curriculum Vitae

„Improvisation is a genesis of composition“

Yngwie J. Malmsteen

Jordan KalapchievCurriculum Vitae

Personal Information :Sex : MaleDate of Birth : 8th April 1985Nationality : Bulgarian, EU

Contact Details :Current Address: EU, Bulgaria, Sofia, Students town, 35, #305E-mail:E-mail: kalapchiev@abv.bg Cell phone: +359 899 006565 ; +359 878 483191Skype : kalapchiev

Interests :Art, Architecture, Music, Guitars, Industrial Design, History

References :Prof. Arch. Vesselin Donchev - 00359 897 695938 I urbicom@abv.bg I urbicom.info I “UACG” - H. Smirnenski boul. 1,Sofia 1046, Sofia, Bul, EUMr. Patrick Galea – 00356 99492259 I pgalea@eurekamalta.com I www.eurekamalta.com I “University of Malta” - Msida MSD 2080, Malta, EU

Education :Feb ’13 / Jul ’13 : Erasmus exchange programme, “University of Malta” – Msida MSD 2080, Malta, EUSep ’09 / Present : Master of Architecture, “University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy” - Hristo Smirnenski boul. 1 , Sofia 1046, Bulgaria, EUSep ‘08 / Jun ‘09 : Civil Engineering, “University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy” - Hristo Smirnenski boul. 1 , Sofia 1046, Bulgaria, EU Sep ‘05 / Jun ’08 : Bechelor of Computer Systems and Technologies, “John Atanasoff College”,Technical University of Sofia - Plovdiv 4000, Bul, EU Sep ‘99 / Jun ’05 :Sep ‘99 / Jun ’05 : Water Supply and Sewerage, “High School of Construction,Architecture and Geodesy - Arch. Kamen Petkov” - Plovdiv 4000, Bul, EUSep ‘92 / Jun ’99 : Primery School, “Vasil Levski“ – Vasil Levski str. 23, Chirpan 6200, Bulgaria, EU

Qualifications and Courses :Mar ’13 / Jun ’13 : Photography - Patrick J. Fenech course - Degree Plus, “University of Malta” – Msida MSD 2080, Malta, EUNov ‘12 / May ’13 : ISOVER Multi-Comfort House Certificate - Arch. Georgi Nikolov course, Studio APXE Ltd, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria, EUApr ‘12 / Jun ’12 : B2 - Common European Framework of Reference for Languages , “Sofia University - St. Kliment Ohridski” – Sofia 1000, Bul, EUApr ‘09 / Jun ’09 :Apr ‘09 / Jun ’09 : Painting and Introduction to Architecture – Arch. Emil Popov course, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria, EUOct ‘07 / Jun ’08 : Painting and Introduction to Architecture – Arch. Emil Popov course, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria, EUSep ‘98 / Jun ’99 : Painting – Nina Marinova course, “Vasil Levski” - Vasil Levski str. 23, Chirpan 6200, Bulgaria, EU1993 / 1994 : Painting – Erol Sabriev-Roko course, “P.K.Yavorov 1867” - Dimitar Danailov str. 1, Chirpan 6200, Bulgaria, EU

Professional Experience :MayMay ‘11 / Jul ’12 : Architect / Lector Assistant - Prof. Arch. Vesselin Donchev, “University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy” - Hristo Smirn-enski boul. 1 , Sofia 1000, Bulgaria, EUCAD modeling and drawing. Designing and manipulating images. Making slide shows. Translating and scanning texts. Organizing and arrang-ing folders.

Competition Awards :May ’13 : 3rd Prize National Stage ISOVER Multi-Comfort House Students Contest Edition : Vision & Reality, 2013

Computer Skills :Google Sketch Up 8 Pro, Autodesk AutoCAD 2014, Adobe Photoshop CS 5, Act – 3D Lumion 2.5, Microsoft Power Point 2010, Micro-soft Word 2010, Graphisoft ArchiCad 15, Abvent Group Artlantis 4, Autodesk 3ds Max 2012, Arobas Music Guitar Pro 5

Personal Skills :Imagination, Creativity, Improvisation, Team player, Leadership capacity, Freehand drawing and sketching, Drafting, Physical modeling, Guitar playing, Photography, Driving License – Category B

Languages : Bulgarian – Native, English – Fluent, German – Basic

Other Experience :Jun ‘07 / Sep ‘07 : Server - Grand View Lodge, on Gull Lake, 23521 Nokomis Avenue, Nisswa, Minnesota 56468, USAJun ‘06 / Sep ‘06 : Kitchen Help / Busser - Grand View Lodge, on Gull Lake, 23521 Nokomis Avenue, Nisswa, Minnesota 56468, USAJun ‘06 / Aug ‘06 : Busser / Dishwasher - Ganley's Inn Family Restaurant, 25396 Main St, Nisswa, Minnesota 56468, USA

University Projects

„Architecture is the thoughtful making of space“

Louis I. Kahn

House in BistritzaSemester : Spring ’11 Course : Private Building Duration : 13 weeks Project Coordinator : Arch. Nikolay Tonev / Arch. Milena BojchevaSite : Bistritza, Bulgaria, EU

On the top floor, there are two-cars garage and the main en-trance. The staircase is on the west side. On the first floor are situated the bedrooms - facing east and the children room facing south. On the ground level are situated the kitchen to the west and the living area on the south.

The external staircase takes you above the pool to the the green area on the west side.The materials used - polished concrete, wood, glass, and grass.

The courtyard and the ground floor are separated by sliding win-dows and visually are one big space.The two pools are connected by underground tunnel.The deck is on the west part of the courtyard with great view to the valley.

Ground Floor

1 Living Room2 Kitchen3 WC4 Elevator5 Green Area6 Pool6 Pool7 Deck

First Floor

1 Children Room2 Study3 Storage4 Elevator5 Bedroom6 Closet6 Closet7 WC

Top Floor

1 Garage2 Patio3 Terrace4 Elevator5 Air-Conditioner6 Green Roof6 Green Roof7 Main Entrance

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Keeping the great view of the valley to the south is one of the most valuable parts of the house architecture.

The View

Working Model

Renders

This site is the only “empty” spot in the cen-tral area of the capital of Bulgaria - Sofia. The area now is abandoned industrial zone. It is perfect to become “the City” of the town like most of the capitals around the world have. It will have a lot of public spaces - gardens, pools, rentable spaces, cultural areas,areas, sport fields, underground parking spaces etc. In addition, there will be a pri-vate buildings with different variety of flats.

The two tallest buildings will became a symbol of the town and part of the atrac-tive tourist tour. That will be the highest point of the town - around 167m. There will be rotating restaurant on the top of the lower of the towers. The revolving rate will be one time per hour and will enableenable public to enjoy a panoramic view without leaving their seats.

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Public Buildings

1 Tower A 39 st.2 Tower B 29 st.3 Tower C 19 st.4 Building D 6 st.5 Building E 2 st.

Private BuildingsPrivate Buildings

6 Type A 15 st.7 Type B 5 st.8 Type C 4 st.9 Type D 4 st.

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Plan

Section via “General Totleben” blvd.

Section via “General Totleben” blvd.

Silhouette via “Pencho Slaveykov” blvd.

Silhouette via the old railway

The Model

Silhouette via “Academician Ivan Geshov” blvd.

Silhouettes and Sections

Silhouette via “Tzar Boris III” blvd.

Bird’s eye view

Fine Art SchoolSemester : Spring ’12Course : Public BuildingsDuration : 13 weeksProject Coordinator : arch. Stanimir MihaylovSite : Zona B-5, Sofia, Bulgaria, EU

Main focus was the idea for a Home as a Template for a School – materials, colors, spaces, courtyards etc. I was looking for flexible and adaptable design with social areas, green spaces indoor; balconies, display cases, facilities open to public, galleries for student work, smallsmall group meeting spaces, learning centers, multipurpose rooms, glass walls, rooftops, collaboration areas, con-ference rooms and so on. And also I wanted to establish a variety of outdoor learning environments – classrooms, study areas, amphitheaters etc.

I decided that fine art school should be as open to the nature as possible. The students will be inspired by the nature and the natural light. All classrooms are facing south and all studios are facing north. The offices are located in the east/north corner, the parking is on the shady north. The gymnasium is on the shady north. The gymnasium is open to the courtyard and you can have a direct visual contact with it.

„Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you“

Frank Lloyd Wright

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1 Gymnasium2 Storage3 Service4 Elevator

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1 Studios - A1-A62 Classrooms

3 Meeting Spaces4 Library5 Office6 Service6 Service7 Elevator8 Storages

9 Vegetations10 Conference Hall11 Small Canteen12 Exhibition Hall

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ServiceEntrance

Top Floor +4,20

1 Studios - B1-B62 Classrooms

3 Meeting Spaces4 Library5 Offices6 Service6 Service7 Elevator8 Storages

Parking for 28 cars

Classrooms Corridor

Service roomsConference Hall

Ground Floor Top Floor

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Public Area

The public area is situated on the north/east corner, close to the main entrance. The Exhibition Hall have two triangle in plan spaces used for storages and also for separating the hall into a tunnel like zig-zag space. The only natural light in the hall is coming from the skylight on the top.TheThe Conference Hall is next to the Exhibition Hall. In front of them is the Display Area, which can be unite with the Conference hall and to become one whole space.

Exhibition Hall

Ground Floor Top Floor

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ClassroomsGreen area

Sheme of the Roof

TheThe natural lighting of the exhibition areas and the inner yard gives the building its character. The goal was to provide a mediated diffusion of light without losing the sense of the external climatic conditions.That way the students and the visitors would be aware of its continu-ous variations according to the time of the day and the season.

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Grassy field

Canteen

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Classrooms

Male-female joint detailFacade holding

Bird’s eye view

Night Render

Daytime Renders

Inner yardView

Dynamic Space In collaboration with Ivelina Mincheva

Semester : Spring ’13Course : Street Furniture & Art Instaltation Proposal for BirguDuration : 10 weeksProject Coordinator : Mr. Patrick GaleaSite :Site : Birgu, Malta , EU

The Proposal

We ended up with night installation made of 2 lasers and 2 sets of “mirrors”, where the laser beams will reflect and bounce.

TheThe main idea is to attract the public to notice and cross that dynamic space between “Victoria Square” and the sea-side and vise versa. In this way, the public can pay attention to churches and the museum. We want them to feel the character and spirituality of the space.space.

During the night the laser beams will be visible from the nearest towns L-Isla, Floriana, the capital of Malta - Valletta and from Birgu waterfront and main square.

AtAt the end this proposal has unique design which attracts people. It is easy to be installed and uninstalled and it is easy to be switched on and off when it is necessary. It is low cost and with low energy consumption.

The Task

The task is to make installation in Birgu, Malta, EU. It should enrich the area and attract maltese and tourists to enjoy the town. ResultsResults must respect and preserve the historical features of the area and to add new ones to them.

Budget limit is € 1,000.

Birgu I Brief

Birgu is located on the south side of the Grand Harbour in Malta. It is an old town with its origins reaching back to medieval times. When the Order of the Knights of St. John arrived in 1530, they made Birgu the capital city of Malta, since the former capital, Mdina did not suit their naval requirements. BirguBirgu was the site of a major battle between the Knights and the Ottoman Empire during the Siege of Malta in 1565. After defeating them a new capital city was built on Mount Sceberras, bearing the name Valletta after Grand Master Jean Parisot de la Valette.After the taking of Malta by Napoleon in 1798, and his eviction by the Maltese, the Brit-ish were invited to Malta and the British Navy made Birgu its base in the Mediterra-nean, and remained there until 1979.

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Victoria Square

The MusemHeaven’s Gate

Staircases

St. Lawrence's Church

Memorial GardenSt. Lawrence’s Church

What is needed

- Lasers (2 tX) Solid state; Red (635 nm) and Green (532 nm); Output Power 100-1000mW ; Power Stability 5%; Working Temperature 10-40 C; Input Voltage 90-240 VAC; Preheat time <15 min; Output Beamdiameter 20mm; Operating Lifetime 5 000/ 10 000 hours; Range in darkness 5000m- L-profiles (2 X) Stainless steel – 2mm thickness-- Plates (16 X) Stainless steel, mirror finished and polished- Boxes (16 X) Stainless steel, 180mm X 180mm X 80mm - 1mm thickness- Bolts (54 X M8) / Nuts (2 X M8) / Washers (2 X M8-6H)- Ball joints (16 X)

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1 I Stainless steel platemirror finished and polished2 I Stainless steel plate180mm x 180mm x 180mm 1mm thickness3 I Ball Joint3 I Ball Joint4 I Bolt M8

Green beam begins

Red beam begins

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1 I Stainless steel L-Profile2mm thickness2 I Nut M8 Washer M8- 6H3 I Laser4 I Bolt M8

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The Model

Views

„Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand“

Toyo Ito

Student Competitions

From Quadrat to Cube In Collaboration with Kalin Trachev

Semester : Autumn ‘12Competition : ISOVER Multu-Comfort House Students Contest Edition : Vision & Reality, 2013Award : 3rd PrizeProject Coordinator : Project Coordinator : Dr. Arch. Boryana GenovaSite : Gluckstein Quartier, Mannheim, Germany, EU

In addition, the development shall im-prove the usage of the green area while creating a link with the existing housing stock of the so called Linden-hof.

The Task

The task is to present a vision of the future development of some parts of the “Glickstein Quartier” taking into account the existing realities. ForFor this project the development should provide the highest degree of comfort with the lowest possible energy con-sumption for the future inhabitants of the building, based on the Saint-Gobain Multi Comfort principle that will assure a natural extension of the existing neigh-bourhood to the North.

Site I Google Maps View

Mannheim I Brief Story

InIn 1606, Frederick IV, Elector Palatine started building the fortress of Fried-richsburg and the adjacent city centre with its grid of streets and avenues ( leading to its nickname "die Quad-ratestadt” / “City of the Squares"). On January 24, 1607, Frederick IV gave Mannheim the status of a "city".

It is located in southwestern Germany, at the confluence of the Rhine and the Neckar in the northwestern corner of Baden-Württemberg. The Rhine sepa-rates Mannheim from the city of Ludwig-shafen.

In Mannheim was built:-The world’s first bicycle by Karl Freiherr von Drais in 1817.-The world’s first motorcar by Karl Benz in 1885.-The world's first rocket plane by Julius Hatry in 1929.

SinceSince Mannheim was an important in-dustrial centre, during the WW-II it was heavily damaged during aerial bombing.

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ResidentialOffices, Services, Science

Public SpacePublic Parking Garage

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BuildingsNew RoadsTramway

HannsGlucksteinPark

John Deere

Kleinfeldsteg

Neckarauer Transition

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NochshuleMannheim

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Mannheim Centre Ludwigshafen

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VictoriaTower

Building I Concept Development

Elevations I South, East, North, West

The architectural design was influ-enced by energy efficiency consid-erations, as well as historical facts about Mannheim - also known as "City of the Squares" for orthogonal rectangular neighborhoods and streets.

The private buildings are with quad-rate plan. Every two of them shared one underground parking and one staircase and elevator. Main en-trance, Entrance to the rentable space and the car parking en-trance are placed to the north.

The building is composed of two cubic volumes and the third that connects them. These volumes are intersected by an inclined plane perpendicular to the average sol-stice in the region. So the entry of sunlight is maximum in the south, fully glazed facade.fully glazed facade.

The apartments face south with a beautiful view overlooking the park.Each apartment has a winter garden, which is a kind of a con-nection between the park and the residential space. All winter gar-dens are designed to open and can be turned into terraces.

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CommunicationPrivate

Winter GardenPublicGarage

BasementBasement

The staircase and the communication are separate self-supporting steel structures that minimizes thermal bridges with the building. The relationship between the building and the street is achieved through the glass curtain-wall covering the staircases and semi-transparent metal mesh covering the rest of the north facade, which allows direct eye contact from the street and vice versa. Semi-transparent metal barrier can be also covered with ivy so that each facade is unique. The winter gardens of some of the flats are placed at the two corners of the north facade.

Office building penetration

New Cultural Center with the tunnel like link between all office buildings in the area. Now it is an open public space inspired by the railway road with beautifull plaza with a lot of veg-etation in the middle.

Transparent metal mesh penettratiton

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Lively scheme

First Floor

Ground Floor

New Cultural Center

TheseThese buildings were engine hall and assembly hall for the rail-way workers. Our idea is to turn them to exhibition halls with flexible spaces for different kind of events with public plaza be-tween them. We will keep their historical look outside. We are proposing another level carried by separate columns inside. That way the new level can be easily removed in the future if it is necessary. The whole area will be surrounded with selfsupporting mesh with square plan with randomly placed holes.

The Square

PaintingsExhibits

Temporarily ExhibitsCafe

AdministrationStorage

WCWCPeople Flow

Other Projects

„Good design doesn‘t date“

Harry Seidler

Houbka’s Interior Bulgaria, Sofia, “Zone B 18” - 2013 This project is not completely finished yet.

Friend of mine asked me to design a in-terior for her “new” apartment. The idea was to keep everything simple, func-tional and according to the small budget that we got. We started from scratch, because all the furniture and textures were in poor condition, so we had to replace them with new and to make some changes around. The design was made for a couple with two children, and pos-sibility for three extra extended beds for guests if it is necessary.The building was build in 1987 in Bulgaria, Sofia, in so called “Zone B-18”. The

apartment has kitchen, living room, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, three ter-races and a small storage. The total area is 102 sq.m. Main bedroom and one of the terraces are facing east - the rest of the flat is oriented to the west. The building facade is made out of decorative red bricks, which we used as a motive for the interior. The door to the balcony in the kitchen was moved to the other corner and in its place was put window. So the terrace became more accessible, and thus we also increased the natural light in the room.the natural light in the room.

1 Living room2 Bedroom3 Kitchen4 Bathroom5 Terrace6 Storage

The Kitchen

At the beginning...

Living room

Trabant Restoration In collaboration with my father Tanko Kalapchiev

This was my grandparents car and my grandfather was its first and only owner. He bought it in August 1983. Unfortunatelly my grandfather past away not long time ago. The last few years the car was kind of abandoned and in a very bad shape. My father and meme decided to start this project restor-ing that car and add some minor up-grades to it while keeping its original look.Some of the things we did:-Keep the original color, but repaint the hole car and add two white stripes from front to back in the sense of the era.

-Add matt black color around the win-dows to make them look as one whole thing.-Replaced all rusty metal parts with new.-Add insulation to the interior to reduce the noise and the temperature losses.-Change the whole electricity instalation from 6V to 12V.-Add a stereo system.-Redesign the dashboard - replaced the -Redesign the dashboard - replaced the kilometer and we added clock, voltme-ter, lighter, cup holder and blue led lights under the dashboard. The ashtray was removed from the top and placed under the console.-The steering wheel was changed with

“classic” one made out of wood and metal. -All seats and doors covers were re-placed with new made out of black fabric. -We repainted the rims in matt black and silver to have that rolling look.-Add two black wing mirrors on each side of the car.-Change the front and rear lights with brand new.As fans of classic, retro cars this proj-ect was a lot of fun for me and for my father as well.

Interior

Seating capacity : 4 peopleCargo volume : 14.6 cu. ft.Volume, front : ~50 cu ftVolume, rear : ~40cu ft.Trunk space : ~10 cu ft.Front seats : bucket reclinerFront seats : bucket recliner

TheThe main idea was to keep the design in the in-terior straightforward and in the spirit of its time, but with some minor changes. The dashboard now is all metal and colored with seafoam green with two white stripes in the middle, as in the exterior. We added clock, voltmeter, lighter, cup holder and led lights under the dashboard. TheThe ashtray was removed from the top and placed under the console. The steering wheel was changed with “classic” one. All seats and doors covers are made of black fabric. In order to have a stereo system, we changed the entire power electricity system from 6V to 12V. Now the car has 4 speakers - one on each door and two at the back. door and two at the back.

„To draw is to analyse ... to synthesize“ Richard England

Drawings

WomanPencil 50cm/30cm2010

GirlPencil 50cm/30cm

2011

Gypseous Capital Pencil 50cm/30cm2009

Gypseous CapitalPencil 50cm/30cm

2008

Drawings of Women50cm/30cm

2011

Old Man Bust - Plaster CastPencil - 50cm/30cm2009

Girl and Boy Gypseous Busts

Pencil - 50cm/30cm2010

Gypseous CapitelPencil - 50cm/30cm

2009

Thank You I would like to thank also to my family and friends for their love, support, patience and inspiration !

Graphic Design and LayoutJordan Kalapchiev

2013

“The best is yet to come”Louis I. Kahn