veronika volkova portfolio
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VERONIKA VOLKOVAgraduate program applicant
I WISH TO SHAPE A WORLD OF UNRESTRICTED
CREATIVE FREEDOM AND COOPERATION
COMMUNITY CENTER URBAN RENEWAL
PHARMACEUTICAL INSTITUTE& STUDENT HOUSING
THE BENT HOUSESTORYTELLING DESIGN
TOKYO REPLAY CENTER 東京のカラオケ
DRAMA THEATRETHE URBAN STAGE
SPATIAL FANTASIES& DIGITAL WONDERS
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project title: Community Center and Urban Renewal Proposal, Novogireevo, Moscow
project type: academic
course: 6th year studio
school: Moscow Architectural Institute Faculty of Housing and Public Buildings
professors: prof. Dr. Diakonova T.A., assoc. prof. Skachkov V.F., assoc. prof. Sulim K.L., asst. prof. Motova A.S.
date: fall 2013
time available: 2 months
brief : the initial task was to analyze a neighborhood with a complex urban situation and to propose a small-scale architectural intervention that would solve local development problems.
COMMUNITY CENTERURBAN RENEWAL
Novogireevo district of Moscow is a place of the great potential that was largely wasted during the post-soviet years of chaotic development.
The area of the central square of Novogireevo is packed with massive retail buildings. The landscape is ruined by numerous parking lots and temporary kiosks. Albeit every square meter of the land is in use, there are few places to meet with friends and spend one’s time productively.
The proposed Community Center is a place for meetings - it contains rooms for leisure activities, a coworking area and a meeting hall that could be used for public discussions, presentations or music events. I want people to get out into the city and meet with each other.
Veronika Volkova [email protected]
The small scale of the constructive elements and the use of timber structure opposes the cumbrous concrete environment of the neighborhood.
I believe that big changes are brought in small steps. Small architectural interventions are able to transform a city.
The social and economic success of the single human-scaled project would engender the development tendencies that would place a human and a community in focus.
Novogireevo - urban rooms
The Community Center is located near the central square of the district. It connects the public area of the central square with the currently isolated pond. The proposed building takes the place of the existing temporary structure currently occupied with a clothing shop.
1. Community Center 2. Subway entrance 3. Square 4. Cinema 5. Shopping mall 6. Pond
Plan development
The plan is based on the straight path that connects the road with the pond. I have divided the structure into 3 separate volumes in order to lessen the scale of it. The area of each volume vary depending on its function.
The axis of the middle volume rotates, thus creating the better view on the pond and the surrounding green area from the interior.
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The triangular form of the building reduces the snow load, heat losses and usage of building materials.
At the same time its graphic silhouette
enriches the image of the neighborhood.
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The project of the Community Center places a human in its focus. The place-receiving experience of a user is driven by the relationships between a human body and the building.
The sequence of diverse spaces provides an exciting experience both within and beside the building.
Perception scheme
SPACE FOR PEOPLE
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1. Entrance
2. Reception
3. Grand staircase
4. Circulation
5. Lounge
6. Leisure rooms
7. Coworking area
8. Foyer
9. Meeting hall
10. Stage
11. Backstage
12. Accessible roof
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Grand staircaseFoyer of the meeting hall
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PHARMACEUTICAL INSTITUTE& STUDENT HOUSING
project title: Pharmaceutical Institute & Student Housing in the Town of Tver, Russia
project type: academic
course: 6th year studio
school: Moscow Architectural Institute Faculty of Housing and Public Buildings
professors: prof. Dr. Diakonova T.A., assoc. prof. Skachkov V.F., assoc. prof. Sulim K.L., asst. prof. Motova A.S.
date: fall 2012 - spring 2013
time available: 8.5 months
LEARNING FROM NATURE
Architecture of educational facilities plays an important role in shaping a society. Furthermore, establishing new schools and universities is able to cure the condition of social stagnation and population outflow that are typical for many Russian cities. These two points have outlined my choice of designing an institute in Tver for a thesis project.
The project consists of two parts: the masterplan proposal for Tver and further elaboration of one of the key sites of the city. The proposed Institute campus is placed into the natural landscape of the riverside. Two main principles embedded in this project are environmental intelligence and versatile learning experience.
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Urban redevelopment proposal was a team project made by the 6th year design studio. Afterwards, each student made a design proposal for one of the chosen sites.
Authors: I. Zhukov, ,A. Malchevskaya, E. Soldatova, M. Stepanova, A. Sharapova; Y. Saraikina, V. Volkova, R. Isakova, T. Melnikova.
NEW MASTER PLAN PROPOSAL
continuous green area along the river: recreational and forest park zones;
replacing private cottage housing from the town center;
setting new dominants at the intersections of arterial roads;
new highways reconnect separate districts; new bridge connects two shores;
redevelopment of industrial clusters within the city.
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PLAN DEVELOPMENTSQUAREMASS DISSOLVEMENT
COMPOSITION SEARCHING
EXISTING STRUCTURES
EXISTING URBAN ROOMS
PROPOSED STRUCTURES
PROPOSED S ROADS AND GREENERYPROPOSED S ROADS AND GREENERY
PROPOSED URBAN ROOMS
BUILD-OUT PROPOSALS
RAILROADRAILROAD
NEW BLOCKS
ARTERIAL ROADSARTERIAL ROADS
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1. Green roof
2. Greenhouse
3. Sports & media center
4. Departments
5. Study & production center
6. Inner yard
7. Junior students’ dorms
8. Senior students’ dorms
9. Teacher’s housing
The sloping roof represents a shelter or a grove. It can also be reminiscent of a set of pharmaceutical glassware.
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Site: 4.5 ha
Proximity: river, monastery, city center, educational and cultural facilities, transport hubs, social housing, tourists center, water park.
Capacity: 2000 students
Divisions: undergraduate graduate
Housing: 228 rooms for 288 students
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departments’rooms
junior students’labs
production labsconference hall
senior students’labs
junior students’classrooms
senior students’classrooms
exhibition space
cafe
oce
foyer
lounge
inner yard
junior students’housing
teachers’ housing
senior students’housing
library
gym
riverfront
sport grounds
aquapark
study & production visitors’ centerhousingsport & leisurenearby facilities
housing
hospital
greenhouse
assembly hall
green roof
technical rooms
departments’rooms
junior students’labs
production labsconference hall
senior students’labs
junior students’classrooms
senior students’classrooms
exhibition space
cafe
oce
foyer
lounge
inner yard
junior students’housing
teachers’ housing
senior students’housing
library
gym
riverfront
sport grounds
aquapark
study & production visitors’ centerhousingsport & leisurenearby facilities
housing
hospital
greenhouse
assembly hall
green roof
technical rooms
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Ground level:
1. Piazza2. Foyer3. Lounge (-1 lvl)4. Buffet5. Dining hall6. Lounge (-1 lvl)7. Gym8. Media center9. Library foyer
-1 level:
1. Lounge2. Inner yard3. Technical rooms4. Book depository5. Exhibition6. Production labs7. Research rooms8. Parking
2 level:
1. Assembly hall2. Greenhouse3. Offices4. Faculty rooms5. Labs
10. Departments’ rooms11. Auditorium (60 places)12. Student labs13. Conference hall (250 places)14. Entrance15. Parking entrance16. Inner yard
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underground level
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Greenhouse / 2nd level Lounge area from the 2nd level
Lounge area frim the dinig hall Amphi-theater from the ground level
Lounge area / underground level Amphi-theater from the inner yard
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project title: Guest House Near Town of Smolensk, Russia
project type: professional
company: AABA architects
project team: Y. Loginov (chief architect), V.Volkova (concept, architectural and landcape design), E.Sushko (working drawings), ESSE (structal engineering)
date: fall 2014 - current time
status: under construction
THE BE N T HOUSE
THE BE N T HOUSE
storytelling design
The Bent House was designed as a self-contained mono-space that represents the personality of the client. It is a guest accommodation and a lounge space, working as an extension of the main house situated nearby.
The form of the house embodies its organic reaction to the context. The client got the site with the pre-built concrete stylobate. We made this reconstruction of the previously dull shape, bending and twisting it in response to its surroundings.
“I want a fairytale!“
Said the customer. And that is what he got.
Veronika Volkova [email protected]
It stood high and proud until a man hewed it down to build a home for his family.
In a Russian forest a tree grew up.
As a house, the tree sprouted again.
The trunk ramifies towards the key elements of the landscape.
Designer’s window frames are connected to the interior shelves of the library.
Air holes and the longitudinal gills provide natural ventilation of the timber roof.
Timber frames of the roof are opened into the interior and are supported by the walls and the pillar.
vent pipes
chimney pipe
air holes
timber shingles
ridge frame
common rafters
plate
support pillar
eaves
concrete walls
basement stairs
air duct
19 BH
1. Mono-space: kitchen, dining area, lounge
2. Drawing room
3. Library
4. Bedroom
5. Wine cellar
6. Storage
7. Billiard room
How does cultural heritage of an individual influence his or her personal awareness of the world around him or her?
The Bent House depicts both the client’s personal values and cultural context of the Smolensk region with its appreciation of Russian folklore.
1st level2nd level (to the right)
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project title: Tokyo Replay Center of Music Production and Entertainment in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan
project type: competition
organizator: ArchMedium
team mates: Julia (Afito) Saraikina (equal workload)
date: fall 2012
time available: 1 month
TOKYO REPLAY CENTER東京のカラオケ
Veronika Volkova [email protected]
REPLAYING TUNESOF THEELECTRIC TOWN
The task was to place 60 karaoke rooms at the area of Akihabara The Electric Town.
TRC music production and leisure center allows visitors to create and have fun with the help of advanced technologies.
3 main functions (karaoke rooms,
auditorium and public space) are placed both
above and below the ground level.
Akihabara is a center of both advanced technologies and anime (Japanese cartoons and comics).
AKIHABARA STATION
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SOUTH MEDIA FACADE It shows how music production rooms function. The relevant square of the facade is colored according to the sound intensity within the room.
NORTH MEDIA FACADE It functions as an electronic billboard and shows promotional images and videos about TRC and Akihabara.
karaoke rooms
administration & registration bar + kitchen
shops
electronic billboard green roof
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multi-functional space & circulation
auditorium + tech.rooms
ground floor
south facade north facade
underground floor
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Both facades use media technologies
to interact with the city. The green roof soothens the
hectic ambiance of the Akiba street.
Interior is combined with spaces that are developed vertically
in two directions, enriching the place-recieving experience
of a visitor.
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DRAMA THEATERTHE URBAN STAGE
project title: Drama Theatre in Moscow, Russia
project type: academic
course: 5th year studio
school: Moscow Architectural Institute Faculty of Housing and Public Buildings
professors: prof. Dr. Diakonova T.A., assoc. prof. Skachkov V.F., assoc. prof. Sulim K.L., asst. prof. Motova A.S.
date: fall 2011
time available: 2 months
brief: the task was to design a drama theater with a classical scene for 660 people and additional spaces for experimental performances and theatrical festivals.
“The theater was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation.”
Stella Adler
Veronika Volkova [email protected]
The forked street is directed to the Kremlin.
The triangular shape of the site has influenced the planar structure of the Drama Theater. The pedestrian passage reaches though the building, connecting the two streets.
SPATIAL FANTASIES& DIGITAL WONDERS
where: children summer camp Junio-R in Bulgaria
when: august 2015
what: Supervision of several interdisciplinary projects made by 8-18 y.o. children.
Tutors: V. Volkova (Spatial Fantasies class) & D. Soshnikov (Digital Wonders class)
what’s next: design hackathons in Moscow (in progress)
I. VIRTUAL MUSEUM3D scanning of people a 3D museum a VR via Unity
II. MEDIA EYE Movement sensor a Pixel art a Coding a Space preparation a “Media Eye“ pavillion
III. TURNING HEADKinect a Coding a Art object a “Turning head“ attraction
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