architectural portfolio
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Maria Skovlund JensenTRANSCRIPT
PORTFOLIOMaria Skovlund Jensen
civilingeniør i arkitektur/architectural engineer
ARCHITECTURE
DEARREADER,ON THE FOLLOW-ING PAGES I WILLINTRODUCE TO YOU A SELECTIONOF PROJECTS I’VE EXECUTED DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS.MARIA SKOVLUND JENSEN
a school for the sustainable suburb | master thesis | 06
10 | architectural intership
profile | curriculum vitae | 04
nordic church and community | 14
a theater in transformation | bachelor thesis | 18
a place to sit | 16
20 | a space to work
system thinking | 22
12 | sustainable housing development
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EDUCATION
Aalborg University | Faculty of Architecture, Design & Media Technology | Aalborg, DenmarkCand.Polyt. in Architecture | Master of Science (MSC) in Engi-neering (Architecture)
Aalborg University | Faculty of Architecture, Design & Media Technology | Aalborg, DenmarkBachelor of Science (BSC) in Engineering (Architecture)
Oure Sport & Performance | Højskole | Oure, Denmark
Vordingborg Gymnasium & HF | STX | Vordingborg, Denmark
2012-14
2009-12
2009
2005-08
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Maria Skovlund Jensen
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Plovvej 6, Skovhuse | DK - 4772 Langebæk
WORK EXPERIENCE
Lyngkilde a/s | Næstved, DenmarkTechnical illustrator (AutoCad), temporary employment
Silvan | Aalborg, DenmarkService assistant
arkitektfirmaet NORD a/s | Aalborg, DenmarkArchitectural intern, 6 monthsTasks included: Renovation | Architectural concept develop-ment | Presentation and workshop material | AutoCad plans, sections and elevations | Digital 3d modelling | Photoshop de-tailing and finishing | Text | Graphical layout
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2012-14
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Educated as a Cand.Polyt. in Architecture, I’m a graduate of Aalborg University as of June 2014. During my education I’ve worked on a broad spector of architectural projects both individual-
PROFILE
CURRICULUM VITAE
ly and as a member of national and international groups; as Aalborg University specializes in proj-ect-oriented group work. Both methods work well for me, but I do find a great value in having
sparring partners. I’m structured in my work, but also allows for creativity and flexibility.
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I am a 25-year-old active woman, who likes to challenge myself both professionally and person-ally. I’m a former competitive swimmer, and I’ve
Adobe Creative Suite Design: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Lightroom
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Autodesk AutoCAD
Rhinocerus 4.0
Autodesk Revit
Google SketchUp
Be10
BSim
Velux Daylight Visualizer
IT EXPERIENCE
LANGUAGES
DESIGN SKILLS
PERSONAL
Danish
English
Norwegian
Swedish
German
Native language
Advanced
Understanding
Understanding
Basic
previously volunteered as an assistant coach in aikido; a Japanese self-defence sport in which I have 1st dan. Currently I enjoy swimming, biking
and long hikes - last summer I completed Fjäll-räven Classic, a 110 km hike in northern Sweden - I also enjoy reading, especially literary fiction.
KEY COMPETENCES
Throughout my education I have developed my design skills both analytically, aesthetically and technically - and in conclusion my ability to de-velop integrated design solutions. Especially the method of the integrated design process has been a focus throughout my schooling at Aal-borg University, as well as project-oriented team-work. I have worked both with the craftmanship of hand sketching and modelling, as well as with digital aided sketching, studying and modelling. This has led to a mixture of both crafts as a meth-od to develop architectural projects further.
International group work experience Indoor environment calculations
Integrated Design Process Energy calculations
Integration of sustainable strategies Graphical layout
A MASTER THESIS
A SCHOOL FOR THE SUSTAINABLE SUBURB
A high school is, like any educational institution, a place that shapes the next generation - and as such it is an inspirational place for the point of departure for the creation of a symbiosis between architecture, education and sustainability.
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The conceptual idea behind the form of the build-ing is the compact volume that is sliced in two for there to be inserted an atrium. The two halves are then pushed in opposite directions; the contrast between the initial volume and the inserted atri-um is furthermore addressed in the facade ma-terials and the expressive solar shading system.
The master thesis revolves around the design of a high school located in a rising suburban area in Aalborg East, Denmark. The suburb includes several housing developments, the main campus of Aalborg University and the new university hos-pital, and is focused on social and environmental sustainability.
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The school layout is considered in a 3-di-mensional way with a focus on the spatial quality, the indoor environment and the 2005 school regulations. This has led to the large open common areas for group work and social life in the center of the building that are connected across the open foyer both vertically and horizontally, while bor-dered by classrooms towards the outside. A connection between the classrooms and the common areas is achieved through separating matted-glass panels.
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2020
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2015
59,5 kWh/m2 year
55,5 kWh/m2 year
40,4 kWh/m2 year
Building Class 2020Low Energy Class 2015BR10
14,9 kWh/m2 yearw. solar panels
The school is made energy efficient through a number of passive and active strategies; and thus the building in theory lies below the energy frame of Building Class 2020.
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Sustainable architecture - a sym-biosis between the quantification and qualification of architecture.
Is there ever a difinitive? What is aesthetical correct? How do we combine the new environmental regulations without loosing the aesthetical values that makes ar-chitecture worthwhile? These are some of the issues we as an inter-national group discussed during the development of the project, and continue to discuss.
SUSTAINABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT MSC02 SEMESTER PROJECT
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A NORDIC CHURCH AND COMMUNITY
A democratic and versatile church and an active community centre was devel-oped for Hatlehol in Norway with a fo-cus on nordic architecture and tectonic design. Within these themes, especially light, the nordic lifestyle and an honesty in materials and structure were key el-ements in the development of the inte-grated building design. The main themes of nordic architecture and tectonic design were very interest-ing as the project was developed by a group including students from Den-mark, Austria, Hungary and Brazil.
MSC01 SEMESTER PROJECT
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FURNItecture IN TECTONIC CULTURE MSC01 SET COURSE
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The course ‘Studies and Experientation in Tec-tonic Culture’ was executed through an inde-pendent study of an optional case, and a prac-tical workshop developed in groups. For the independent case study I studied FUR-NItecture through a case study of VitraHaus in Germany with one of the main objectives involving a discussion of tectonic design and scenography. The main objective of the workshop was to create ‘a place to sit’ on idea of FURNItecture. A fast progressing project that moved quickly from initial sketches and scaled models to the development of technical illustrations, for to end in the manufacturing of a 1:1 model of the product. A particular focus was on the human scale and the detailing of joints, and in turn the understanding of the material plywood, and the tectonic culture and method in general. This led to ‘a place to sit’ where the angle of the seat and backrest both speak to the hu-man body and welcomes it, while the different joints exploits the strength of the plywood ma-terial.
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A THEATER IN TRANSFORMATIONA new-thinking of Aalborg Theater was asked for in this project by Theater Director Morten Kirkskov. This led to a transformation where most of the func-tioning backstage was preserved while an entirely new frontstage and the logistical connection between the two were developed. To ensure the theater’s qualities as an active gathering place in the city, the frontstage was developed as a grand, active foyer that floats in the excess space left by the floating boxes that are the scenes. The scenes are boxes pulled from the logistical wall enclosed in another, greater box - and together the frontstage becomes a transformative stage within a stage.
BACHELOR THESIS
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The architectural concept of the frontstage area is the idea of the scenes, which are pulled from the logistical wall like drawers from a chest. And it is these ‘drawers’ that the audience is met by when arriving at the new transformed theater.
The foyer is the made of the negative image of the scenes - the leftover space - and includes both ticket sale, an active cafe area as well as the theater’s initial meeting place with the public - the first stage, you might say.
BSC05 SEMESTER PROJECT
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A SPACE TO WORK
The effective work environment is based very much on indoor en-vironmental factors such as the experienced acoustics, light lev-els, and thermal and atmospher-ic environment. But also on the functionality and flexibility of the space, as well as social environ-ment.
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On the basis of the conceptual idea of creating a front and back office - symbolizing the pub-lic and private sections, respectively - the main objective of the project has been to create an evironmental sustainable building, and socially sustainable work environment. Furthermore the building was developed as a combination of building boxes with no actual front or back side, thus, creating a building that is interestingly approachable from all sides; far and near.
BSC03 WORKSHOP
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SYSTEM THINKING
System Thinking was a workshop where a series of practical experie-ments were turned into digital data and as such interpreted in Grasshop-per. This in turn resulted in a physical model of light and shadow represen-tation.
