PORTFOLIO
Thank you for your interest in my portfolio. I’m assuming that you already went through my astonishing CV that contains all relevant technical information, so here I will try to focus on the interesting bits left out. This portfolio contains a presentation of my work and skills from the past few years. I hope you will enjoy going through it.
For your convenience I have divided my work into a few parts, each of them showing a distinct set of skills, knowledge and software expertise:
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Villa in Dubai (REVIT)
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Fit out work (Autocad)
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Interior design (3d Studio Max, Photoshop)
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Exhibition stands (Sketch up)
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Master diploma design (Autocad, Sketch up, Photoshop)
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Bachelor diploma design (Autocad, Sketch up, Photoshop)
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Drawings and sketches
PROJECTS
1.VILLA DESIGN IN DUBAI
This is a concept for a 800 sqm villa design for a private client in Dubai. On the ground floor there is a kitchen, a living room, a garage and a guest room with bathroom. On the first floor there are three bedrooms plus one master bedroom and laundry room. Each bedroom has a fine bathroom and a wardrobe. Architecture was designed in modern style, with a great balance between function and form. I made sure that interiors have enough light, but I also created a lot of sheds to protect the house from overheating and make it more economical. Communication areas are brought down to a minimum making movement between spaces very easy and fluent. In the area there is also a service block and a swimming pool. 2D concept was created in Autodesk Autocad. 3D shape, plans, elevations and sections were made in Revit.
2. FIT OUT
Majority of the projects that I’ve been working on for the past few months were fit out projects for villas, offices, factories, hotels etc. Projects include converting villas to commercial function, addition of an office area, changing function of an existing space and simple decor design. In each of these projects I was handling Civil Defence, drainage, food control and calculation of (parking, office area) layouts. Working process had two parts:
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Creating a design according to client needs and preferences through architectural knowledge and experience.
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Preparing full sets of layouts necessary for a submission to Dubai Municipality and getting an approval though process of online application and discussions with engineers working in municipality. I also had to visit municipality centers often.
3.INTERIOR DESIGN
This is a concept for interior design in Majlis in a palace in Qatar. It is a modern stile with elements of Arabic architecture and patterns. It was important here to reach photorealistic effect on rendering, to make the client understand the scale and materials that were chosen for the project. I started design with hand sketches and completed it all with 3D Studio Max.
4.EXIBITION STANDS
Dubai is the world’s business center and it hosts a lot of great international exhibitions. Good design of exhibition stand can be crucial for well-being of certain companies, which gives designers a lot of opportunities. Since I arrived in Dubai I’ve had the opportunity to work on exhibition stands for different clients and events. This work required great communication skills and general requirement to understand the client’s needs and the product they are selling. Following are examples of exhibition stand concepts created by me while working for a company named CANUZA.
6.ARCHITECTURE CENTER
MASTER DIPLOMA DESIGN 2013/2014
INSTRUCTORS:
PROF. DR. GUL ASATEKIN
BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY
prof.ZW.DR HAB. INŻ. WOJCIECH BULIŃSKI
CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE
The beginning of this project took place during my Erasmus student exchange program in Istanbul, where I had the opportunity to learn different points of view for architecture design. Project area is located in Istanbul close to the famous Taksim square. The biggest challenges in this project for me were a difference in ground level that created many technical problems and a strong cultural and social context that needed to be accounted for.
The subject of this project is “architecture center”. It is designed to contain exhibitions, educational centers, offices and services. The point was to introduce architecture as a subject for average people and create a place that could be a meeting and discussion point for architects and urbanites.
During conception process, I made it a point to respond to the biggest problems in this area which are overpopulation, lack of recreation space, lack of green and open spaces. An important fact was that the west elevation of the area is open for a great view of the city and the sea. During designing process I used the positive traits of the area and dealt with the negatives in order to improve quality of urban design in this district.
5.SPORT CENTER IN CROATIA
ENGINEER DIPLOMA DESIGN 2012/13
INSTRUCTORS:
PROF.ZW.DR HAB. INz. WOJCIECH BULINSKI
DR INz. ARCH.JANUSZ PURSKI
CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE
The point of this task was to design the sport center for a small town located on the coast in Croatia. The program of the building includes a big sport hall, an administration hall, backstage for sportsmen, a big entrance hall, and a parking lot.
My aim was to design something more than just a building, which can contain a number of people in different types of events. I wanted to create a recreation and meeting center that can work for the whole town and also be an important point of interest to draw tourists into the region. In this way, the project would become a revitalization center that would influence the entire population in the area.
In the center, I put in many sports facilities like tennis courts, skate park and tables to playing chess. There is also a play garden for a children.
A sports hall was planned to fulfill expectations from organization of international competitions, but apart from hosting professional sports events, it can also be used as a sport center for normal people who desire self-improvement.
Visually the building is quite modern, keeping to geometric shapes. Each functional part of the building has its own figure in composition. Structure is monumental enough to grab people’s attention and making a statement of its function, but not too monumental or shiny to dominate the landscape of the historic town.
7.Drawing and sketches
-Drawing
Free hand drawing skills are largely underappreciated in current day architecture. However Cracow University of Science, from which I graduated, is still putting a great importance to this skill. While preparing for a practical drawing exam I mastered a technic of perspectives and visual effect. I’m presenting here selection of drawings for architecture studies. Most of them are fictional in nature. They were made with pencil on a 70x50cm paper sheet with exception of the pictures on the last page.
-Sketches
In this last part I put few pictures of sketches that were made in A5 format, with a pen. They were created by me during my travels around Europe. This technique is less precise but gives a possibility of creating valuable visual presentation at very short notice. Time I took for each of those sketches is around 15 minutes. It’s very useful in the designing process.