Play the Architecture – portfolio book 2011

play the architecture

andrej turcanarchitectural projects & ideas 2008 - 2011

portfolio book

andrej turcanarchitectural projects & ideas 2008 - 2011

portfolio book 2011

author:

andrej turcan

architect

Hello, I am Andrej, student of the Faculty of Architecture BUT Brno. I have designed this portfolio of my architecture projects and ideas. It’s called “Play the Architecture”, because for me, architecture is like a game. It’s interesting, creative, adventurous, technical, logical and funny. Always with some other plans and new results. One can experience a lot of stories... Enjoy :-)

curiculum vitae

education and qualifications

general information

success and awards

work experience

Name: Andrej Turcan Permanent address: Kukucinova 28, Sliac, 96231, Slovak RepublicDate of birth: August 26, 1987Nationality: SlovakTelephone: +421 907 037 090 (SK) +420 776 534 997 (CZ)E-mail: [email protected]: andrejturcan.blogspot.com

from 2011 master study at the Faculty of Architecture BUT, Brno, Czech Republic2009 – 2010 Erasmus study at the Faculty of architecture, wood and civil engineering, Berner Fachhochschule, Burgdorf, Switzerland2007 – 2011 bachelor study at the Faculty of Architecture BUT, Brno, Czech Republic2003 – 2007 Gymnasium of Ludovit Stur, Zvolen, Slovakia1994 – 2003 Elementary school of Andrej Sladkovic, Sliac, Slovakia

May 2011 bachelor thesis nominated for a dean´s prize, FA BUT BrnoMay 2011 3rd prize in student competition “Concrete and Architecture”, project - Student housing, CejlSeptember 2009 Re:Present BB 2009, „architects > city“, revitalization of river Hron in the city of Banska Bystrica, SKMay 2009 2nd prize in student competition “Court of architects”August 2008 1st prize in architectural competition “New pavilion for the SNU Musuem” Banska Bystrica, Slovakia

summer 2008, 2009, 2011 praxis at architecture office – Atelier Turcan, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia (work: project designing, CAD drawing, 3D modelling, graphic outputs of projects)August 2010 3-week Summer school in Barcelona, Spain (organized by BFH Switzerland)

skills

interests

Languages English – fluently German – fluently, grammar – intermediate Czech language – fluently Slovak language – native language

IT skills AutoCAD 2D, Rhinoceros, Google SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere PRO – professional 3ds MAX + Mental Ray render, Grasshopper (Rhino-plug-in), Adobe InDesign, CorelDRAW, Microstation SE, ArchiCAD, Microsoft Office – basics

Driving license class: B

„Adventure-tourism“ (architecture, urbanism, culture and life of the European cities)Architecture, graphic, video & cut, light and lightings effects.Scenarios, scenes and presentations of various ceremonials and events (awards ceremonies, the Olympics, etc.).Sport – cycling, skiing, football, golf.

contents

This book shows the evolution of thinking and designing the projects during my studies.All projects are devided into five parts: architecture, urban, design, concepts and video, photo & graphic. I have selected a few of them, which represent these categories.

cube 6x6x6m2008

2009

2010

2011

architecture urban design conceptsvideo, photo &

graphic

root

grow - crystalizing

new pavilion for the SNU museum

V-house

row houses

social dweilings in hlinsko

wooden passive house

court of architects

chapel

re:present bb - waterfront of the river hron

dornacherplatz - new square in solothurn

masterplan for BFH university campus

central building of the BFH University

freeform parkbench

rooftop at the trainstation

dos caras - mercat felip ii barcelona

student housing - Cejl

virtual history museum

student center - Porici

summer house - rovinka

interactive "social" fasade

garden pavilion

marena 2010

scenographie

BFH

sf

S&I

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36

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74

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architecture

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v-houseType: school project, architectural studyLocation: –Functions: single family houseSize: 170 m2

Coaching: Ing.arch. Jakub Kynčl, Ph.D.

Form of the V-House follows the shape of surrounding terrain. One simple block (the living space) is cut into two parts – “the sleeves”. Private zone of the house is located in the upper floor. There are all bedrooms orientated to the south. “The bottom sleeve” contains an entry, a storage and technical areas (accessories of the house). Sleeves are connected with big living space (50m2) at middle level, which is the heart of the house life. The house acts like a sculpture – inconspicuous, modern and functional.

slight eastern slope

splitting the block

simple block = living space

opening of the “sleeves”

LEGEND01 entrance02 clothing room03 storeroom04 larder05 WC06 house works07 corridor08 living space = kitchen + dinning room + living room09 corridor10 bathroom11-13 bedroom14 garden terracesp car parking

GROUNDFLOOR

FIRST FLOOR

NORTH VIEW

SOUTH VIEW

CROSS SECTION

EAST VIEW (STREET)

WEST VIEW (GARDEN)

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new pavilion for the SNU museumType: architectural study, competition 2008, 1st prizeLocation: Banska Bystrica, SlovakiaFunctions: historical museumSize: 4000 m2

Team: Roman Turcan, Danica Turcanova, Andrej Turcan

Our intention was to design museum of the 21st century, which interests people of all ages. The museum, which is not based only on the history and glory of the exhibits from the World War II, but also on the effects (audio and video), 3D models and period authenticity.Our motto was: “No significant mass, just experience...”The main requirement was to protect the original open-air museum (located in the park) from the weather and vandalism and hide it under the ground. We designed a huge gallery space, where everything happens. Visitors move over the system of ramps, which pass through the exposition. They cross the interior and exterior, small and high spaces. The roof is made of concrete shell. There we keep the current city park. The special triangular skylights became its new elements, which illuminate the main exibition space.

Cross section through the main exibition space

Situation plan

SNU Museum building

Roof city park

Outside exhibition

Assembly & culture area

Park

Amphitheatre

New pavilion entrance

Plan of exibition

Exhibition space

Restoring rooms & deposit

Archives

Galleryentrance

City parkingadditional

parking space

Outdoore exhibition

space

Park view (old & new)

Current building of the SNU museum

City park with exponates

New underground pavilion

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wooden passive houseType: architectural study & construction plans of the energy passive houseLocation: –Functions: single family houseSize: 200 m2

Technical coaching: doc.Ing. Josef Chybík, CSc.

Architectural study of this house uses both design and technological principles for passive energy standard.Compact form of the house minimizes possible heat losses. There are only two parts running out of main body which make interior space more interesting.Wood was choosen as the main construction material. It allows to use entire thickness of wall for insulation and minimizes thickness of construction. It is also the most ecological material for building. The house is open to the south. Large windows of living spaces make high passive solar gains. Technical rooms are orientated to the north, because they need no sunlight.There is controlled air exchange used in the house. Fresh air sucks through ground natural exchanger, (2,5 meter under ground). More then 80% of heat is reused via heat recovery unit. Photovoltaic cells are used to warm the rooms up to desire temperature. For water heating there serve sollar panels.House is very good isolated. Achieved U-values of the construction are between 0,09 and 0,12 W/m2.K.

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Fresh air intake + ground heat exchanger

Air outlet and recovery unit

Detail of house construction

U-values:Roof 0,09 W/m2.KWall 0,11 W/m2.KFloor 0,12 W/m2.K

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chapelType: architectural studyLocation: Brezno, SlovakiaFunctions: chapel of the Catholic ChurchSize: 60 m2


Catholic parish in Brezno had an idea to create a place for worship, mutual encounter and education of Roma minority.Therefore, simple and low cost construction was required, which could be built by themselves.We use the natural character of the place – the stone wall supporting the slope. It creates one of the chapel walls and its texture, which could be seen inside. The right concrete wall is in the shape of a sleek line. Southern sun flows directly to the altar through the carved cross. We can say these two walls represent the contrast between life on Earth (rough stone wall) and purity of Heaven (white concrete).

Plan

Entry

Current stone wall

Vestry

New white concrete wall

Entry for priest

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central building of the BFH universityType: school project, architectural studyLocation: Bern, SwitzerlandFunctions: administrative and educationalSize: 15 000 m2

Team: Désirée Hager (management), Andrej Turcan (design)Coaching: Jörg Grütter, Erich Deschwanden, Peter Schürch, Glaus Stephan

The proposal presents the central building as the center of the BFH University Campus. Here are integrated important parts of university: central library, auditoriums with capacity of 600 seats, management of BFH and canteen. These dominant functions are grouped into four “wings” (there is possibility to connect and disconnect functions) and they are interconnected by central foyer. It is used as a place of meetings and events in the building. Exchanging information was the most important factor of the building’s concept. My aim was to design enough attractive places to encourage discussion and exchange of information between students and teachers. The foyer could be used for all of these functions. The building is conceived to be open to the south, where the university park is situated. Form of the building should evoke the Alps and glaciers, which are characteristic for the region of Berner Oberland. Therefore, the shape and color of the building consists of four white blocks, irregularly embedded into each other just like mountain glaciers.The design shows the corporate identity of BFH, as a timeless, progressive and sustainable educational institution.

1st floor plan

LEGEND01 foyer02 info - reception03 cloakroom04 storage05 library06 canteen07 corridor08 outside terrace09 wooden boards - water front

A main entranceB park entranceC supplyP undergroung garage

ADMINISTRATION

RECEPTION & CLOAKROOM

TERRACE

FOYER

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

CANTEEN

Auditorium & Foyer

3rd floor plan

FOYER

CONFERENCE ROOMS

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

AUDITORIUM (300)

AUDITORIUM (150)

AUDITORIUM (150)

Cross section – Canteen

Cross section – Auditorium

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student housing - cejlType: school project, strategy planning and architectural studyLocation: Brno, Czech RepublicFunctions: student housing and commercial facilitiesSize: 2800 m2

Coaching: Ing.arch. David Mikulášek

Youth complex is located in the heart of the problematic area in the Bratislavska street, with high level of social poor population and high criminality. This district is unpopular for the citizens and it is becoming a social ghetto. Our task was to make some city interventions to make this place viable and more attractive for living.Student characters creates a connection between poor people of this district and so-called middle class. They should be a starting group to create mixture of people and make the place more liveable.I use two neighbouring plots for my project. The green one for relax zone and public space and the other one for student housing. That is the idea of “1 + 1 = 3”.The housing is a combination of positive attributes of student dormitory (economic room space, the concentration of fellow students, student services) and living in an apartment (privacy, comfort). Structural concrete system divides each floor into two zones: private and social. Student rooms are facing south and common area north (kitchen, studio and living room). These areas are connected to each other; on one hand the unused communication space fades, and on the other hand it creates a fully active and usable space.

Ground floor and cross section

Typical floor plan – 4 rooms for 6 students on the south and living room with kitchen on the north

Street view and garden view

Structural detail of the facade

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student center - poriciType: bachelor thesis, architectural studyLocation: Brno, Czech republicFunctions: student housing & facilitiesSize: 9700 m2

Coaching: Ing.arch. Pavel JuraTechnical consultation: doc.Ing. Miloslav Meixner, Ing. Monika Petříčková, Ing. Petr Suchánek

The tasked space program for project of student center was very difficult. The main part should be for living (min. 200 beds) and for food facilities. On this small plot there was no more space for the other activities. Therefore, the proposal had to be very economic, but on the other hand also attractive for students.The main aim of the project was mutual communication and activity between its users – students. That is why the diagonal stairway hall became the dominant conceptual element of the dormitory. It connects all public spaces of each floor and creates the main communication element of the building. There are concentrated all student activities and they are showed to the street through the glass facade. The hall begins at the entrance foyer and passes each platform cascading to the top. This concept expresses the sentence: “The path is the goal.” This means that it is not important what happens at the end, but what you experience on the journey. In the second block of the building, there are sports facilities. It is conceived as a light transparent pavilion. Just as the stair hall, it is the place of numerous activities. It is open with large-scale exterior glazing, which offers an interesting evening performance. The roof of this block is used as a lounge terrace for student grill parties, with the fantastic view of city panorama.Although the building of student center is small, it offers many opportunities in different spaces for activities and carefree student life.

NOISE

SILENCEWEST EAST

COURTYARDCOURTYARD

Contact with surroundingRIVER

GREEN

BARRIER ECONOMICS = CENTRAL CORRIDOR

& TWO ROWS OF ROOMS

CONNECTION OF “FREE TIME“ AREAS

FILLING THE GAP SITES

1st floor plan – entrance foyer, canteen, administration

Street corner

3rd floor plan – typical floor, 22 rooms, living space in the middle

Stairway hall

Structural detail of the facade

Support system

Courtyard

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re:present bb - waterfront of the river hronType: architectural studyLocation: Banska Bystrica, SlovakiaFunctions: waterfront, river parade, leasure and sport facilitiesSize: 13 500 m2


River Hron, which flows through the city center, is “lost”.It is difficult to see, closed to all funcions, with no use. Therefore, we have created this city intervention as an impulse for the city council and citizens. We have designed a new waterfront - new sport, culture and leisure center of the city. Our intention was to bring atractivity and activity to this place, using the advantages of the river as a strong urban element, and also support travelling in region.A “culture island” and an amphitheatre dominates in this area, which are used for open air concerts and performances. Around these two, there is located a small dock for tourist boats. Sport and food facilities are situated over the river passage.

Situation & functions

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masterplan for BFH university campusType: school project, urban and strategy planningLocation: Bern, SwitzerlandSize: 100 000 m2

Team: Désirée Hager, Niklaus Yang, Tatjana Stehli, Andrej TurcanCoaching: Jörg Grütter, Erich Deschwanden, Peter Schürch, Glaus Stephan

BFH

Weyermannshaus Ost – an old industry area, needs new usage. After many years, it becomes a part of city residental area. What kind of new function can appear here? Living, work, education...?After the study of regional situation and problems, we have decided to create a new university campus. Berner Fachhochschule (BFH), the biggest university of canton Bern, wants to group faculties to one place and strengthen their cooperation and concurention on the market.A university park becomes central element of the campus, because it spreads between the faculties. Pavilion form of faculties enables variable usage of the interiors and public spaces all around. In the whole campus, traffic is eliminated and only bikes and pedestrians are supported.Design shows the corporate identity of BFH as a timeless, progressive and sustainable educational institution.

Situation: University park as a central element of the campus

Sustainability and energy concept

design

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FREEFORM parkbenchType: A*lab design projectFunctions: sitting & playingSize: 3 m2

Coaching: Jacques Wüthrich

The idea of this project is based on the cooperation of modern 3D modeling programs and CNC machines. It means that currently designer is able to create the desired product easily with using the IT technologies. The task was to create an interesting and simple object for sitting, which is economic. After the study of various supporting systems and folding structures, I have designed this Freeform park bench based on the zig-zag principle. Its volume increases by means of stretching, which also saves material and creates an interesting form for sitting, leisure and relax. For this design I have written special Grasshopper script. This can be applied on the desired form to create zig-zag principle. Then this 3D form can be unfold into a 2D plan and sent to the CNC cutting machine. The final product is easily portable and could be put together in production or on the spot. Construction material (plywood strips) are connected by iron rivets (equivalent: plastic or composite bands). The product guarantees diversity of forms and attractiveness of environment.

Plans of bank

Design process = form modeling >> script apply >> unfold and cut

Furniture series

concepts

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rootType: school project, conceptual studySize: 100 m2

Funktions: gallery, music bar, culture space...Coaching: Ing.arch. Iva Poslusna, Ph.D.

Idea: unstick the surface

My intention was to design an underground space, where the light dynamically creates its own atmosphere. Original shape of the skylights release light rays into the inte-rior in the shape of triangle. As the sun is moving during the day, this shape changes and makes space more interesting. Skylights are finished with architectural concrete. The roof is designed as a green roof. I wanteed to connect architecture at the underground level with the surrounding terrain.

surface unstick the surface multiply the holes

Floorplan and cross sections

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virtual history museumType: WEB designSize: virtual realityCoaching: Ing.arch. Jan Kratochvil

Motto: “Experience the past with the future technology, right now!”The current web is no longer sufficient. With the advent of 3D technologies and virtual reality, there are conditions for the boom of “virtual worlds” on the internet. My intention was to bring human history to the reality. “One learns best on his own experience.”The main idea is to experience life in given historical period, to meet famous celebrities or just to experience the spirit of the past times.I have designed a virtual web site. Menu contains the ability to enter 3 main parts of the museum: 1. Hall of encyclopedic history with the spiral ramp and events, 2. Hall of celebrities and 3. Hall of conterporary events. Main ideological element of web environment is the “gate” - entrance to the space and time. The light is always used as a navigation: spiral, axis, lines, which lead visitors in the virtual space. They move just like in the real museum only with mouse handling. Virtual museum of history is a social space, where you can meet friends and join “adventures to the history.”

Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eRvgr1QHwU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eRvgr1QHwU

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interactive "social" fasadeType: constructive & design facade elementSize: (depends on use)Type of use: facades of student housing, hotels, headquarters of social network companies,...

Information technologies have even greater role in our lives. Their huge development causes changes not only in global scale (“Global Village”), but also in our individual life. Personal contacts have changed to virtual. New social networks are being born and people spend more and more time online.To bring these virtual feelings and activities back to reality, I have invented new form of facade. It is about connection between the user acount and fasade. Via LED lighting, user’s feelings and activities can be shown directly on the facade. Special sofware monitoring user’s status assigns it a color, depending on his activities. This way the interactive, changeable facade works, which makes building really lively. With the standardized color palette students will be able to recognize what they do, and this way they could join their common interests and build friendships.

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Blue: „It´s gonna be a party.

Anybody to join?”

Interactive facade = social network + LED stripes around the windows

internet connection

student roomsoftware to

control the LED fasade

Interactive fasade – LED lighting stripes around

the room window

video, photo & graphic

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performance design and instalationType: thematic photographiesDate: 12/2010Coaching: Beat Löliger

Bodies in Urban SpacePhoto Idea: Space behind the hydrant- Filling the space with human bodies

S&I

Bodies in Urban SpacePhoto Idea: Space behind the hydrant- Filling the space with human bodies

Little PeoplePhoto Idea: Station Race - Perception of reality from the perspective of little people

MasterpiecesPhoto Idea: Today man cries not in desperation, but with the Walkman- Reinterpretation of artistic works in the current situation, problems and images of the world

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marena 2010Type: short presentation movieDate: 10/2010Direction & cut: Andrej Turcan

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Traditional ceremony “Marena” is back. Students of Faculty of Architecture BUT in Brno make an invitation party for the new students. This year the topic was “Guards and Prisoners”. I have cut this short movie for the main ceremony in the music club Fleda in Brno. It was projected onto the backdrop of scene during the ceremony. It shows some associations in lives of architects and prisoners in our society.Enjoy the video :))

Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_IgtYHNZlo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_IgtYHNZlo

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e-mail: [email protected]

web: andrejturcan.blogspot.com

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