Balázs Vank

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BALÁZS VANK

00 36 20 211 8650

balazs.vank@gmail.com

Resume

Objective

Education

As a Landscape Architect specialized in landscape protection and restoration I’m looking for a position where I can put my theoretical knowledge into practice as an intern. Though there were numerous practice oriented projects during my studies including a lot of field work I need to do a 12 week long internship to receive my diploma. During and before my course I had various jobs where I had the chance to work in a team, get some organizing and problem solving skills. Though I’m more comfort-able with analyzing in advance, I can quickly adapt to any situation if necessary.

BSc in Landscape ArchitectureCorvinus University of BudapestGraduation: january 2016

Subjects of Major Interest: - Basics of Urban Planning and Design - Dendrology and bedding plant knowledge - Environmental protection - Geodesy - Landscape Architecture - Landscape Construction and Management

- Landscape Protection - Landscape Restoration - Management of Lakes - Management of Urban Green Spaces - Sustainable Landscapes - Water Management

Miscellanous University Projects:

- Surveys of the rural landscapes of the towns of Tárnok, Tokod and Tök (Hungary)

- Survey and restoration plan of closed limestone quarry in Gyenesdiás (Hungary)

- Survey on the town of Taksony (Hungary) regarding the local values especially the riverside

involving the locals and suggesting directions of developments

ResumeArchitecture and Architectural EngineeringSzent István University Ybl Miklós Faculty of ArchitectureEight semesters september 2004 - may 2008

Preliminary Condition Survey on Metro Line 4 in BudapestDBR Metro Kft.may 2005 - september 2006

Cinema Floor SupervisorCinema Cityjanuary 2007 - april 2010

Cinema ProjectionistCinema Citymay 2010 - present

Junior AssistantDFT-Hungária Instructor, Publisher, Advisory and Communication Agencyoctober 2012 - october 2014

Work Experience

- English (Proficient) - German (Basic) - Hungarian (Native)

- Freehand Drawing - Architectural Modelling - Drivers License

Language Skills

Other Skills

- MS Office applications (proficient) - ArchiCAD (Advanced) - AutoCad (Advanced) - MapInfo (Intermediate) - QGIS (Intermediate) - Adobe Photoshop (Intermediate) - Adobe Illustrator (Beginner) - Adobe InDesign (Beginner) - CorelDraw (Advanced)

Technical Skills

I surveyed the rural ares of the Town of Tokod in the North of Hungary, identifyed the land-use con-flicts and offered solutions for them. Tokod used to be a coal mining town so there are many aban-doned industrial bulidings from that era and also some brutal marks on the landscape like a huge mining spoil just next to the residental area. So one group of the conflicts is the consequence of the mining operations of the past, the other gruop traces back to the shortage of arable lands. Also it’s a problem that there are no buffer zones be-tween the different land uses.

Idenfying Land-Use Conflicts in Rural Area

land-uses today

analizaon of land-use changes on historical maps

Windbreak Design in Tokod, HungaryThis plan is a consequence of the survey I made in Tokod regarding the land-use conflicts on the area: one problem was the lack of windbreaks. Windbreaks protect arable lands against wind ero-sion and also improving their microclimates this way making them mor fertile. I made two windbreak designs for the area: a minimal and an optimal one depending on the financial possibilities of the land owners.

1-1 main secon

2-2 side secon

opon 1: minimal

opon 2: opmal

photos: you can clearly see the lack of windbreaks

direct indirect

taksonyisland

river danube

green spaceresidentalrecreaonal

The survey focused on the identity of the town and it’s relationship with the river Danube involving local citizens and children. So the focus was on the riverside and on the Island of Taksony. (aerial photo by László Kreisz, the mayor of Taksony).

connecons to the riverside

Survey of The Town of Taksony

The surves focused on the northern areas of the town of Tárnok, Hungary. The area is in the valley of the creek Benta and until the end of the 19th century used to be a marshy area. Nowadays there’s an artificial lake and a recreational area with weekend houses. The main problem that was identified was the lack of protection alongside an important road what caused snowdrifts in winter on the road. I suggested three solution objects for the problem. The lack of space for planting trees was the chief difficulty of the task.

Survey of the land-use conflicts of Tárnok

land-uses on the area

soluons for the problem

the problemac part of the road

The study is about blocks along Andrássy road the main street in Budapest’s Sixth District, Teréz-város. It surveys the green spaces, site coverage, plot ratio, buliding heights, building function, con-dotion of buildings, traffic and public transport in the area.

Study of City Blocks in Budapest

legend

surveyed blockscity centerresidental - high plot raoresidental - low plot raorailway staonresidental - unbuiltgreen spacesandrássy boulevardteréz boulevard

nyuga square

oktogon

map of terézváros the 7th district of budapest

sorruonding blocks block study

parking lots secons

site coverage green space rao

building funcons building funcons

Study of City Blocks in Budapest

Kiskőrös is a small town in central Hungary located 100 km south of Budapest. It wass setled in the 18th century. The town has a long history of winemaking so I emphasized this topic in the study. Here are some figures I made for the study based on historical maps. (The postcard is from the museum of Zemplén)

1780

1830

1950

1965

postcard from 1938

1880

2007

Study of The Landscape History of Kiskőrös

Gutenber square is a small square in the heart of Budapest in the 8th District. It was rarely used by people despite it’s good lacation and facilities at the time of the study. The survey tried to find out the reasons why. (the square has been redesigned since)

Survey of Gutenberg Square Budapest

Models

Drawings

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