George Sitarenios.architecture student WSA B.Arch.

George Sitarenios.

Telephone: +44 (0) 7407097439 +30 6973502038E-mail: george.sitarenios@yahoo.comAdress: 40 Trempesinas str, Voula 166 73, Athens, Greece

Personal Information:

Date of birth: 27/07/1993Gender: MaleNationality: Hellenic (Greek)

2012-2015: Welsh School of Architecture BSc (Hons) in Architectural Studies Degree Classification: First Class Honours Thesis Project: Tottenham Hale: Urban Regeneration through Culture Awarded the T Alwyn Lloyd Memorial Scholarship

2011-2012: Architectonica : Architecture + Design Foundation Overal score: 85/100 (First Class Degree Honours) Supervisor: Dr.Narina Souvatzidou (Architect, PhDc in Architecture)

CAD Software: Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD (2D & 3D), 3D Studio Max, V-Ray Renderer, Ecotect Analysis(Basic) Autodesk Vasari(Basic)

Other Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe In Design Sketch Up, Microsoft Office

Languages:

Greek: NativeEnglish: Proficient

2008-2011: 2nd Lyceum of Voula Overal score: Excellent 18.8/20 Mathematics: 19/20 Physics: 20/20 Modern Greek literature: 18.9/20

Scripting Language: MaxScript (3DS Max)

Good organizational, interpersonal and presentation skills, capable of working with consistently tight deadlines as a member of a team or individually.

Education.

Skills.

Hand Craftmanship: Technical Drawings, Sketching, Competent Model Maker (Familiar with a wide variety of materials and techniques, including laser cutter file handling, timber workshop cutting machines and wood bending techniques.)

2007-2011: Plakas Arts Center Ink Pen Technical Drawing , Free Hand and Life Drawing Classes

Mr. Graham FordWSA Unit leader, 3rd Year Design Tutor

Britannia House11 Glenthorne Road, HammersmithLondon W6 0LHEmail: graham@grahamfordarchitects.com

Ms. Chikako KanamotoWSA Unit Leader, 3rd Year Design Tutor

Michaelis Boyd Associates108 Palace Gardens TerraceLondon W8 4RTEmail: chikako@michaelisboyd.com

Ms. Narina SouvatzidouEducation Director of Architectonica Foundation

15 Gialourou Str.Attiko AlsosAthens, 11363Email: info@architectonica.gr

Interests:Art theory and literature reading/ Film Watching/ Interior Decoration/ Sculpting/ Cooking/ Swimming/ Music/ Travelling

Summer 2014: Having attended distance Learning course ‘Understanding Great Art’ by Dr.Sharon Latchaw Hirsh of Rosemont College, USA.

06/2014: Participation in the art performance ‘Spatial Triadic Dance’ at Jacobs Antique Centre in Cardiff curated by Architects Peter Salter and Sergio Pineda.

Summer 2013: Volunteering at the curation exhibition preparations of the ‘Jannis Kounellis’ Retrospective at the National Museum of Contemporary Arts in Athens.

06/2013: Member of a small architecture students team which designed and built an architectural installation for the annual music festival in the city of Bristol. Client: Creative Commons organized by Architects Shankari Raj Edgar and Juliet Davis.

02/2012-05/2012: Designing a small low cost exhibition pavillion and taking part at the ‘Regeneration of Kotzia Square in Athens’ architecture students competition organized by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

01/2012-04/2012: Participating and gaining the 4th position at the ‘SWATCH TTR ART’ industrial design competition by proposing 3 hand watch design proposals inspired by winter sports.

References.

Experience.

We instinctively know this. Imagine society and their built environment without the civilizing influence of the Arts and you’ll have to strip out what is most pleasurable and beautiful in life –and much of what is educationally vital. Cultural consideration has always been an essential part in the development of the urban landscape since arts not only make cities more attractive but affect the way communities are shaped, progress and develop resilience in various ways.

Year 3 design thesis: Urban Regeneration through Culture.

Tottenham is an area in northern London which for the past 4 decades has been facing a pleth-ora of problems associated with high levels of unemployment,deprivation, over-crowding and lack of aspiration and opportunity. Its urban fabric lacks a focal point, there is no sense of belonging and responsibility, and for many it is considered to have been exluded by the map of London.

Cultural projects have played an increasingly important role in British urban regeneration since the mid-1980s, but recent developments have focused less on capital projects, and more on the capacity of arts activity to support com-munity-led renewal.

Driven by the same belief my architectural pro-posal for the rehabilitation of Tottenham aims at exploring the impact Cultural development can have on altering the image and reputation of the city, recover its lost Identity and build stronger social bonds for the sake of the local community.

Tottenham Hale: Masterplan design proposal.

Concept Model

London, UKBSc Design Thesis

Chosen site

The area chosen for masterplan devel-opment is the site around the Down lane Park, the major gathering green space for the locals which can be found right outside the central Tube station of the city. At the moment this area of amazing natural beauty is surrounded by redundant industrial warehouses and presents an unwelcoming image of dereliction and decay.

Residential

IndustrialTrain-Bus station

Small retail

Big retail

Council depot

Religious spaces

Leisure-sports facilitiesEducational faciliiesCultural faciliies

Future Development Zoning Diagramm for Tottenham Hale

Community spaces

Chosen site

Down lane Park

Site analysis.

Cultural development strategy.

Masterplan architectural proposal.

The new architetcural proposal, as it is proposed by the master-plan, aims at creating a new dialogue in Tottenham between the new and existing infrastructures as well as the natural and the artificial landscape. Particular emphasis is given in creating a se-ries of public spaces which manage to unify not only the different suggested uses of the masterplan but also create a more natural and fluid circulation of people within the landscape. In addition, located on a sloping artificial platform, which func-tions as a buffer zone reducing the impact from the heavy traffic of the highway, we can find the Cultural center along with the sculptural garden, interventions that highlight the new cultural character of the city’s regeneration strategy.

As shown by the sectional views of the master plan the scale of the new architectural infra-structures tries to respond respectfully to the existing urban fabric and the sensitive natural beauty of the park. Furthermore, the different ground levels were taken into consideration in order to create transition zones from one func-tion to another and to provide a series of inter-esting and attractive views

Diagramatic sections of the masterplan.

Vegetation consideration.

Landscape qualitiesConcept model

south elevation. performance art space. view from east entrance. library second floor entrance. library reading area. view from cotemporary gallery. exit to sculptural garden.

Tottenham Hale: Cultural center design project.Located on an artificial green slope, creating a conceptual dialogue and achieving physical connection between the Park and the Valleys, my de-sign project functions as a Cultural Center aims to cover the needs of the local community and city’s visitors to engage with cultural activities and promote artistic expression. Its main uses are that of an exhibition space, a library and a music auditorium while a space of significant importance is the performance art hall - the central atrium space of the building.

Site plan

Building plans

Section A-A’

Section B-B’

south elevation. performance art space. view from east entrance. library second floor entrance. library reading area. view from cotemporary gallery. exit to sculptural garden.south elevation. performance art space. view from east entrance. library second floor entrance. library reading area. view from cotemporary gallery. exit to sculptural garden.View from cotemporary art gallery Library reading area

South elevation

West elevation scale 1:200

South elevation

south elevation. performance art space. view from east entrance. library second floor entrance. library reading area. view from cotemporary gallery. exit to sculptural garden.south elevation. performance art space. view from east entrance. library second floor entrance. library reading area. view from cotemporary gallery. exit to sculptural garden.View from east entrance Library second floor entrance

South elevation

West elevation scale 1:200

East elevation

Ground floor level

Roof plan view

Technical detailing

Major design aim, supported by detailed technical analysis, was to create curator friendly exhibition spaces offering the pos-sibility of achieving multiple lighting condi-tions to display exhibits while taking advan-tage of natural light.

Final building model.

Neath Port Talbot: Central city library.

Situated right next to the central train sta-tion, the library provides a smooth transi-tion to the entrance of the county, through a gentle landscape manipulation. Consid-ering the existing social context of high il-literacy rates, the design aims to create an educational and cultural re-connection.

Continuing the language of the exterior landscape, the building becomes its extension blurring the boundaries of interior and exterior. Its extended architectural promenade offers an uninterrupted flow of movement from the ground to the top floor, culminating to a book-cafe with panoramic views overlooking the county. The extensive use of glazing, results to 360° views, something that adds to the creation of different conditions for read-ing. Moving through a diverse array of learning environments, from inti-mate to engaging, the user encounters the main auditorium space, a slop-ing polished white conrete surface, that celebrates the flexible educational system proposed by the brief.

Section A-A’

Section B-B’

sealant expansion gap

thermal screedwater pipes

polythene street layer

foil faced expanded polyrethane

white concrete reinforced column

polyester thermal insulation

plywood board

erco light fittingsas shown in the lighting study

white concrete tiles (microconcrete could be also applied)

metal suspention structure

suspended white concrete panels

double glazed sliding windows

grass

moisture retention layer

plazadeckdrainage-aerationwater storage

waterproof membranewaterproof membrane-resistant to formation of ice

scale 1:20details scale1:10south facade-technical section

steel balustrade

glass surface

wooden plant pots

growing medium-soilgravel for drainage

streel frame supporting the pots

reinforced concrete slab

drainage chanell covered with limestones

Technical detailing

Final building model.

Porth Teigr: Residential design project.

mass models floor plans

Porth Teigr is an area under development in Cardiff Bay, in the south of the capital of Wales. The plans to create a new commercial and residential community at Porth Teigr are already underway and it is anticipated that the redeveloped site will ultimately provide opportuni-ties for some 2,000 jobs mainly employed in the film industry, as the area will host the new BBC drama village and a plethora of new mixed-use schemes. The design brief for this proj-ect was to create a volumetric proposal for a new multistorey residential building, while resolving in greater design depth its top two levels.

The single storey apartment was designed in order to offer affordable housing units to a fam-ily of 3 to 4 as well as the possibility of working from home as it can host a small yet flexible study area. Maximizing views to the exterior, providing natural ventilation and daylight to all of the rooms and making it fully accessible to people with special needs was considered to be of particular importance to the architectural approach.

flat plan

section A-A’

maisonette plan

section B-B’ section A-A’’

Major design aim for the maisonette apartment was to create a quite spacious and architecturally interesting space that can contribute to offer a better standrard of living to those who houses. Large extents of double height glazing to the south provide key visual connections to the external landscaping and exploit the benefits of passive solar gain. Furthermore, influenced by the idea of ‘House for life’ I wanted to create a residence that can easily adjust to the needs of an expanding family, elderly and also people with moving disabilities.

Learning bubble:Intimate reading area for two. The brief for the learning bubble project was to create a learning instru-ment that would suggest an unconventional way of studying. Inspired by the process of Confession, I designed a double sided desk were a couple of people will be able to study together, while having minimal visual contact. In that way those who participate in the experience of studying can choose to remain unknown, while maximizing the possi-bilities of sharing verbally thoughts and knowledge, process which man-ages to reduce anxiety to illiterate or people with speaking disorders. Furthermore, the choice of cardboard as material, apart from keeping the construction cost quite low, manages to create a more intimate, warm and atmospheric environment for studying.

Spatial Triadic Dance:Sculptural form-dance perfomance.Participating in the Spatial Triadic Dance was an amazing experience as I be-came member of a small group of architecture students, in which each one had to design his own wooden structure-costume, by using traditional steam bending techniques as well as collaborate with a choreographer in order to produce a short performance of contemporary dance engaging with its sculp-tural forms, expressing its poetic and symbolic meaning. My aim was to cre-ate a dialogue between our perception of Personal and Public space and com-ment on the idea of Shelter.

Experiencing Rothko:Spatial artistic installation.

Experiencing Rothko is a personal idea for an architectural installation, engaging with the work of the American painter Mark Rothko. After being given the opportunity, for the first time to experience in real life some of the works of the great abstract expressionist and studying into greater depth his way of approaching painting, I felt the need to communicate through physical space the atmosphere and the psychological impact that Rothko tries to achieve with color. My intention, as expressed by a series of conceptual physical models, is to create a sequence of small rooms varying in dimensions, that will affect psychologically those who enter them with a carefully considered use of wall texture, light and several other architectural tools.

george.sitarenios@yahoo.com