DANIIL VYAZEMSKIY’S

PORTFOLIO:SELECTED

WORKS

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CURRICULUM VITAE............................. 4

MASTER THESIS WORK......................... 7Jerusalem: The Damascus Gate Project

STUDIO WORK.................................. 30Piano Factory “Schimmel” in Brunswick

PROFESSIONAL WORK I.................... 36Residential housing reconstruction concept

PROFESSIONAL WORK II................... 40Saint-Petersburg Arbitration tribunal extension

PROFESSIONAL WORK III.................. 44Covered barbecue platform

FREELANCE WORK I........................... 44Private house interiors design

FREELANCE WORK II......................... 48Private apartment interiors design

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Daniil VyazemskiyAddress: Pankstraße 46, 13357 Berlin, GermanyPhone: +49 176 62488371E-mail: vyazemskiy@gmail.comDate of birth: 16.10.1986Place of birth: Leningrad, USSRCitizenship: Russian

LENNIIPROEKTTroitskaya square, 3 197046 Saint-Petersburg tel. 233-2856, fax 233-2408E-mail: total@lenproekt.com www.lenproekt.com

Architectural Bureau of Igor Erokhov and Mikhail Sosnilo (“Almenda”) Konnogvardeisky 4, 190000 Saint-Petersburg tel./fax +7(812)3297919 almenda_ru@mail.ru www.almenda.com

Architect Technician

• Assistance to principal architects in various questions.• Creation of design presentations.• Development of working documentation for different proj-

ect sections including construction drawings, specifi-cations and project statements for engineers.

• Assistance in the flow of working documenta-tion between architects and engineers.

Architect

• Participation in design of various public and residential projects on different stages under the supervision of principal architects.

• Preparation of construction drawings and various work-ing documentation for several ongoing projects.

• Independent development of smaller architectural proj-ects and several public and private interiors.

• Preparation of design presentations for clients and the Town planning Council of Saint-Petersburg.

• Creation of various detailed drawings for current projects.

EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Master of ArchitectureDessau Institute of Architecture: Graduate School, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Dessau, GermanyThesis: “The Jerusalem Chamber of Commerce”

Bachelor of ArchitectureSaint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil EngineeringThesis: “Design of a residential block with development of a dwelling house”Main subjects studied: Engineering Mechanics, Architec-tural Physics, Building Engineering Equipment, Structures of Civil and Industrial Buildings, Architectural Materials Science, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, History of Arts and Architecture as well as humanities courses.

General education school

2009–2011

2003–2009

1992–2003

06. 2006 – 03. 2008

04. 2008 – 09. 2009

EMPLOYMENT

CURRICULUM VITAE

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HONORABLE MENTION in Robert Oxman Prize (Competition for best DIA Master Thesis project)

AutoCAD3dsMax + V-RayAdobe PhotoshopAdobe IllustratorAdobe InDesign

Mother tongue

Advanced spoken and written

Intermediate spoken and written (B2 level)

Revit ArchitectureArchiCADRhino + GrasshopperEcotect Analysys Office applications

07. 2011

Proficiency:

Russian:

English:

German:

Familiarity:

ACADEMIC AWARDS

COMPUTER SKILLS

LANGUAGES

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MASTER THESIS WORK

DIA (Dessau Institute of Architecture)+DSD (Delft School of Design)Instructors:Prof. Arie GraaflandProf. Gerhard BruynsProf. Alfred Jacoby

The Damascus Gate Project:The Jerusalem Chamber of Commerce

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Research + Site investigation + Design04.2011 07.2011 10.2010 03.2011

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I. RESEARCHThe Topic

The original goal of the project was to explore ap-proaches to architectural design in Israel’s center, amidst the ongoing political and military conflict, where each and every aspect of life has a false bottom, being either a restrictive tool of the occupying regime or containing a potential loophole for the inferior, oc-cupied party.

Jerusalem was chosen for a case study and a proj-ect site due to its contested position at the heart of the conflict. The project thus necessitated a full under-standing of how the political situation determines the daily life of the local population on both sides of the conflict. Therefore the first – exploratory – phase of the project was carried out in a group and investigated five highly politicized topics: the road system in and around Jerusalem, Israeli settlements on the territo-ries, water supply of West and East Jerusalem, the ma-jor economic zones and the distribution of workplaces and transportation for Palestinians, surveillance and restrictive methods of the Israeli occupying forces.

The gathered material was presented in the form of maps and texts, which portray the current situa-tion in general and highlight some particular issues.

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Palestinian villages Al Jib and Bir Nabara here rep-resent another example of Israeli exclusion policy, being implemented throughout occupied territories. These settlements are in a double grip of both, the barrier and the highways 436, 404, 45, that prevent them from any expansion.

Road to Tel-Aviv

Project site area

Highways, major roads, prohibited or restricted for Palestinian vehicle use

Secondary roads, prohibited or restricted for Palestinian vehicle use

Major roads open for everyone

Palestinian roads

Israeli settlements municipal borders

Israeli built-up areas

Palestinian built-up areas

Separation barrier

Separation barrier under construction

Separation barrier, planned

Route numbers

Israeli enclaves in the West Bank connected to the road network with restricted palestinian vehicle movement.

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Route 60 dives into the tunnel here to pass under the Palestinian territory so that the passing vehicles are not endangered with assaults. One of the check-points is constructed at the entrance to the tunnel.

Situated on the hilltops, Israeli settlements have a distinguished morphology, where roads always fol-low the very extreme topography.

Though route 1 is claimed to be open for Palestin-ian vehicle use, public transportation from Jericho to Jerusalem does not exist, travellers are obliged to take buses to Ramallah or Bethlehem, which are included in East Jerusalem bus service system.

These settlements is a perfect example of an Israeli enclave, built on the occupied territories once built it required a well road connection, engineering sys-tems, etc., which in their turn required army pres-ence for construction site and residents protection, new checkpoints, security perimeters, thus justify-ing the squeezing of Palestinian land.

West Jerusalem

Ma’aleAdummim

Ramallah

Bethlehem

Jericho

Brief project site description

The design site, chosen prior to the research and in-vestigation, was an area outside the Damascus Gate of the Old City. An “in-between” No Man’s Land, it separates the Jewish Quarter from the Arab Central Business District in the Inner City of Jerusalem.

The site survey, which our group completed in the first semester of the thesis, revealed that small business economy in the central East Jerusalem is the most developed field of economic activity for the Arab population. It constitutes the entirety of the urban fabric . Being the most developed activ-ity in the area, it provides the majority of jobs, but lacks any proper form of regulation. Trade on the streets is highly disorganized, legal stores are hidden behind the numerous rows of informal kiosks that exist there with the connivance of Israeli authori-ties, which make their own small profit from them. Garbage regulation is also a problem, piles appear in every corner in the absence of trash containers, and there is no visible sign of sanitary or fire control. All this is located less than one thousand meters away from the analogous Jewish business dis trict, with its neat pedestrian-only streets and air-conditioned stores. Each business owner in the Arab CBD does business on his own, his relationships with Israel officials are mostly individual, and there is no ho-rizontal link between the traders.

II. SITE INVESTIGATION

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Prerequisites

The results of preliminary research and the site survey produced questions, that were addressed through architectural design in the final stage of the project.

These questions are: what can be done for the Arab population of Palestine which in the meantime suffers from both – the pres-sure of occupation and, sometimes as a result, from the ignorance and greed of it’s own lead-ers and supporters? What could bring even slight relief in the everyday life of these people? What can be the field for relief actions?

I have decided that creation of the organization known as “Cham ber of Commerce” can become the answer to these questions, in case of the central part of East Jerusalem. Chamber of Commerce would communicate with the city government, create a professional union, and in this way fill the missing horizontal connections between business owners. Neither political, (that is not a part of The Palestinian Authority), nor religious, such an association would stand a slightly better chance before Israeli restrictions on Palestinian economy. A board of representatives from the Arab business owners, in accordance with Israeli laws, would be capable of negotiating with the Israelis in favor of Palestinian population and on the other hand of organizing trade. In this way it would also be a tool for Israeli official bodies to regulate trade in Eastern Jerusalem.The creation of so-called “horizontal links” between

the presently uncoordinated businesses in a Cham-ber of Commerce shall help each one of the trade members. An organization that would manifest itself on behalf of the thousands of business owners could become a member of the existing nationwide network of Palestinian Chambers of Commerce, that aims to:

•Createastronglocaleconomy•Promotethecommunity•Providenetworkingopportunities•InteractingwithgovernmentonbehalfofCBD•LobbyingforthePalestinianbusinessinterestsintheIsraeligovernment

•Servingasagroundforthelocalandregionalarbitra-tionofconflictinginterests

The functioning of such an organization in Pales-tinian conditions is only possible with a bottom-up initiative of local businessmen. Any movement from whatever party in power (The Palestinian Authority in this case) would be detrimental for the existence of the Chamber of Commerce.

Design

The architectural solution of a completely secular pub-lic building in the Arab region, espe cially in Palestine, whose architectural language development was inter-rupted centuries ago, would probably have nothing to do with local culture and traditions.

The international proliferation of an architec-ture without much style, together with a postmodern stylization of Arab motives, would not contribute to

the mute Palestinian community, striving for modern-ization, and dangerously risking to lose their identity on the way, but would undoubtedly be recognized as a sign of a top-down influence. Thus, an approach of “Critical Regionalism” to architecture was adopted, in order “...to provide a livable and significant envi-ronment, rather then to achieve a highly photogenic scenography”1 and to “...incorporate regional elements in order to represent aspirations of liberation from a power, perceived as alien and illegitimate.”

The indirect derivation of form- and structure-generating sense that constitutes the core of the critical regionalism concept had to be started from the process of deconstruction of the local cultural and natural conditions from which the layers of his-tory, climate, landscape, societal environment have emerged. These layers gave a solid ground for the following general design principles, implemented throughout the project:

•Theavoidanceofmonumentalbuildingsandextensivepublicsquares.Jerusalemisratheranaturalmosaicofvarioussizedcubesandvoidsandsmallrhythmicallyplacedunits.

•Theevendistributionoffunctionsoverthewholeplotforthefurtherfragmentationofbuildingmass,thatwouldunderlinetheabsenceofacentralizedpowerintheorganization.

•Theimplementationofnaturalventilationandroomconditioning,togetherwithmaximizingofshadowusage,whichiscrucialinthelocalclimate.

•Theusageoftheexistinglandscapemorphologyforthereductionofexcavationsandmaximizingverticalfragmentationoffunctions.

III. DESIGN

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Mosaic Shade Wind

“Thetaskofcriticalregionalismistorethimkarchitecturethroughtheconceptofregion.Whetherthisinvolvescomplexhumanties,orthebalanceoftheecosystem,itisopposedtomindlesslyadoptingthenarcissisticdogmasinthenameofuniversality,leadingtoenvironmentsthatareeconomicallycostlyandecologicallydestructivetothehumancommunity.Whatwecallthecriticalregional-istapproachtodesignandthearchitectureofidentity,recognizesthevalueofthesingular,circumscribesprojectswithinthephysical,socialandculturalconstraintsoftheparticular,aimingatsustainingdiversitywhilebenefit-ingfromuniversality.”Alexander Tzonis(Lilian Lefaivre, Alexander Tzonis: CriticalRegionalism, p.20)

“Itisnecessarytodistinguishattheoutsetbetweencriticalregionalismandthesimplisticevocationofasentimentalorironicvernacular.Iamreferring,ofcourse,tothatnostalgiaforthevernacularwhichiscurrentlybeingconceivedasanoverduereturntotheethosofapopularculture;forunlesssuchadistinctionismadeonewillendbyconfusingtheresistantcapacityofRegionalismwiththedemagogictendenciesofPopulism.Incontradistinc-tiontoRegionalism,theprimarygoalofPopulismistofunctionasacommunicativeorinstrumentalsign.’Suchasignseekstoevokenotacriticalperceptionofreality,butratherthesublimationofadesirefordirectexperiencethroughtheprovisionofinformation.Itstacticalaimistoattain,aseconomicallyaspossible,apreconceivedlevelofgratificationinbehavioristicterms.Inthisregard,thestrongaffinitiesofPopulismfortherhetoricaltechniquesandimageryofadvertisingishardlyaccidental.”Kenneth Frampton(Perspecta, Vol. 20. (1983), pp. 147-162.)

CRITICAL REGIONALISM

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1. Grid

A formal grid with a cell side of 15 m, chosen as a basis for further design, was superimposed on top of the site map and than rotated by 15º relative to the north direction, in order to maximize the use of shadow in the summer months. The functional zones were than distributed according to the program requirements within the preliminary site borders. The functional program was created based on that of Hebron Palestin-ian Chamber of Commerce.

Legend

Meeting center

Canteen

Library and Commercial Enquiries Dept.

Computer Department

Finance Department

The Commercial Register

Administration

Exhibition grounds

Public Relations Department

Dept. of Statistics and Feasibility Studies

CONCEPTUAL PLANNING

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One-storey building with terrace on the roof.

Two-storey buildings.

Stairs between different ground levels.

2. Grid specification

Before the final borders of the intervention were defined, the resulting mass was cut in order to organize the functionally necessary entry points and to provide the sun- and natural light.

4. Redistribution of functions

3. Conceptual vertical planning The resulted volumes and voids were then adjusted along the relief and placed in levels differentiated ac-cording to a module equal to 900 mm. All the volumes were raised up to two storeys 3 m each, and connected with bridges and covered passages at the height of the second level. The borders of the functional zones were than clarified for further detailing.

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June 21, 08:00

Air gap

Filter

Sprinkler

Water pipe

Evaporating absorbent

Diffusing grill

Shading screen made of blocks

Shading canti-lever over the less exposed openings

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June 21, 16:00.

5. Shading test

In order to prove, that the initial grid rotation is ca-pable of maximizing the shaded area, a simple test was performed, which predictably showed that buildings position provide the necessary shading at any time, except noon, when the sun is precisely in zenith.

6. Concept elements

Wind scoops to provide natural ventilation and simple shading principles were employed among other mea-sures in order to gain more feasibility in terms of local construction performance capabilities.

DESIGN ELEMENTS

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7. Final design

After defining the site borders and configuration of roads and access points, and establishing of the basic structural and stylistic system, a detailed design phase has started. Since more than a half of the complex area consist, according to a program, of the buildings with an open office layout, most of design effort was put into the blocks with specific functions - meeting centre, library, canteen and exhibition grounds, while the rest is presented in less detail.

Final area measurements: Meeting center 1350 m2

Canteen 800 m2

Library and Commercial Enquiries Dept. 1500 m2

Computer Department (IT) 290 m2

Finance Department 1000 m2

The Commercial Register 1500 m2

Administration 400 m2

Exhibition grounds 1500 m2

Public Relations Department 300 m2 Dept. of Statistics and Feasibility Studies 500 m2

Total site are ~ 13000 m2

Built-up area: ~ 6500 m2

Total floor area ~ 9500 m2

DETAILING

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LONGITUDINAL SECTION

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Explication of premises:

1. Meeting rooms.2. Lobby.3. Utility & storage rooms.4. Main auditorium.

MEETING CENTRE

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1 Meeting center open-air amphi-

theater, revolving doors opened.

2 View on the meet-ing centre main

entrance from the central courtyard.

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LIBRARYGround floor, 1:300

Explication of premises:

1. Issue & information desk.2. Computer lab reception.3. Computer labs.4. Utility & storage rooms.5. Lockers. 6. Library administration & staff facilities.

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3 Library first floor terraces,

view towards the central courtyard.

4 Main entrance to the Library with

a terrace over it.

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5 Exhibition grounds main entrance, ad-

ministration buildings to the right and the central boulevard. View from the tram station.

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two canteen build-ings, view towards the central courtyard.

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7 View on the canteen buildings, with the

meeting centre main entrance on the right.

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8 View on the pas-sage between com-

puter labs building (on the left) and commercial register (on the right).

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BIRD’S EYE VIEW

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STUDIOWORK

DIA (Dessau Institute of Architecture)Instructors:Prof. Stefan Worbes Prof. Carl Constantin Weber2009

Piano Factory “Schimmel”Brunswick

The Task The studio project was focusing on the creation of a new manufacturing space for the German piano manu-facturer “Schimmel”. The primary task was to develop a well-working program, including the logistics of fabri-cation and distribution, based on the understanding of the process of piano production.

Brief project site description:

The factory site is on the edge of the city of Braun-schweig, in its industrial outskirts. Its precise location is an old metal fabrication shop, almost completely deserted nowadays.

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Material storagearea

Exterior rims storage

Interior rims storage

Seasoning chamber

Assembled structure storage

Employees entrance

Employees entrance

Showroom

PRODUCTION LINE & CONCEPT Design concepts:

Since the site area was occupied by the early 20th century industrial structures and the old factory office buildings, my first move was to preserve them. The re-quired area for the piano production was, however not enough and the logical step was to elevate some parts of the new production line over the existing workshops. Ph

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Showroom

Delivery & packaging

Production line

An addition to the production line became a small con-cert hall, designed in order to provide real-life test facil-ities and an opportunity for the potential customers to evaluate Shimmel sound quality. It is designed in a way to create a strong landmark for Braunschweig and allow visitors to enjoy a vista of the city over the rooftops.

Exterior structure molding

Interior structure molding

Sound board gluing

Delivery ramp

Gluing of the exterior rim to sound board

Carving of bridges

Iron frame preparation

Iron frame mounting

Bass strings production

String Installation

Duplex scale system

Hammers gluing

Keyboard

Percussion point determination

Decoration & rough sandingFinal auto- & hand sandingHammer voicing

Final testing

Hammer voicing check in sound cabin

Structure assembling

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Ground floor, ±0.000

First floor, +3.600

Second floor, +7.200

Third floor, +10.800

DETAILING Final area measures:

Site area: 9808 m2

New construction footprint: 1000 m2

New construction total area: 7830 m2

Old structures renovation area: 3945 m2

Production line area: 4850 m2, including old structures.Showroom area: 550 m2

Office’s area: 1660 m2

Concert hall for 508 seats: 710 m2

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Forth floor, +14.400

First level of concert hall, +23.650

Second level of concert hall, +27.550

1 View on the con-nection point

between the office & showroom block and the production line.

2 View on the office and showroom

main entrance.

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3 View on the workers facili-

ties, situated in the historical buildings and the new produc-tion line over them.

4 View on the park-ing lot in the

courtyard. The old industrial structures, housing the first phase of the production line are left transparent, closed with a cur-tain glass wall only.

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5 Bird’s eye view of the whole complex.

6 View on the elevat-ed concert hall.

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Company: “Almenda”Position: project architectPrincipal architect: Igor’ Erokhov2008

First floor, 1:200 >

Residential housing reconstruction conceptGalernaya 15, Saint-Petersburg

PROFESSIONALWORK I

The Task With this project, company I was working in, was ten-dering for a commission on reconstruction of the mid 19th century residential building in the historical cen-ter of Saint-Petersburg. I was working under the leader-ship of the principal architect Igor Erokhov, developing building layouts, it’s appearance and in the end - final presentation for our prospective customer. Briefly, our solution was to keep the original facade, while replacing the existing internal structures with a completely new

building, including an open elevated courtyard and front gardens belonging to the first floor apartments. Ground floor was left for lobbies, automated parking, utility rooms and two office premises for rent. On the last, fifth floor we designed two penthouses, that would have a scenic view on the historical center of the city and private lobbies with direct elevators to the apart-ments. All apartments except for those in the former historical part of the house were designed as duplexes with an internal staircase in addition to the main one.

Apt. A11 level161 m2

Winter garden23 m2

Apt. A21 level108 m2

Apt. A31 level91m2

Apt. A41 level95 m2

Vestibule95 m2

Gallery to the B-series apts.

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Ground floor, 1:400 >

Longitudinal section, >1:300

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2Apt. B11 level99 m2

Apt. B21 level99 m2

Apt. B31 level85 m2

Apt. B41 level96 m2

Apt. B51 level94 m2

Automatic parkingfor 30 cars407 m2

Non-heatedcourtyard

PrivateStorage

Office to rentHouse-keeperoffice

Garage& Lobby ofPenthaus 1

Lobby ofPenthaus 2

Apt. C145 m2

Gallery to the B-series apts.

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PROFESSIONALWORK II

Company: AlmendaPosition: project architectPrincipal architect: Mikhail Sosnilo2008-2009

Arbitration tribunal extensionJakubovicha 6, Saint-Petersburg

The Task Arbitration Court of Saint-Petersburg commissioned us to develop a modern office building behind its original 18th century two-storeyed premises. The conditions, that shaped a building were a necessity to keep a car-accessible courtyard and an existing power substation in the lower levels of the new building, and a requirement of the town planing council to keep the historical building in front intact.

Judge’sroom 13m2

Waitingroom 21m2

Judge’sroom 15m2

Sessionsroom 46m2

Sessionsroom 36m2

Diningroom 35m2

Cafeteria55m2

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Longitudinal section, 1:200 >

Roundabout gallery detail, 1:50 >>

Ground floor1:500 >

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Kitchen

Office 33m2

Office 20m2

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VIEW FROM THE STREET

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Company: AlmendaPersonal work2008

Covered barbecue platform Private country house, Saint-Petersburg

PROFESSIONALWORK III

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Framing plan, 1:100 (1:50)

Foundation plan, 1:100 (1:50)

Section A-A, 1:100 (1:50)

Detail 06,1:25

Detail 03,1:25

Stair detail,1:25

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FREELANCEWORK IPrivate house interiors designSaint-Petersburg

Personal work2008

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FREELANCEWORK IIPrivate apartment interiors designSaint-Petersburg

Personal work2008

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Daniil VyazemskiyPhone: +49 176 624 88 371E-mail: vyazemskiy@gmail.com