Elena Bartis

3rd year BA Architecture student at the University of Brighton.

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Hand-drawn sketches in ink and pencil edited on Photoshop. These reveal key considerations at the beginning of my design for the Agricultural Labs in Evora. The intervention takes place in a redundant 13th century convent and aims to challenge the relationship between science and religion.

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First second year project: 

A pier that allows access on the fishing boats to the disabled in an attempt to keep the fishing tradition in Newhaven alive. The structures on the pier are enclosing fish orientated cooking schools with different ethnic identities. As a result, the locals are encouraged to eat healthy and choose locally sourced fish which will also result to the rise of local market. 

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Transitioning vertically into the converted water towers. Plan view showing the vertical access as well as the specific views from each level. The user would start from the top moving downwards; moving from the overwhelming landscape views of the open top level swimming pool, to the completely enclosed middle level of the sauna and finally getting gradually re-introduced to landscape by the openings of the lower bath level.  The installation interchanges between the spatial contrasts of the enclosed isolation of the city versus the openness of the countryside. 

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I recently visited one of the projects I was involved in. It was great to see the park as a completed object but also the great textures of the weathered Oak. 

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Our London Degree Show at Arch402. First photo is my model from the Urban Decompression Centre project.

Photos by Nam Vu.

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Technology sketches and drawings.

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Final crit work - models, drawings and collages. 

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Final Model (minus the baths) Made from different cuts of timber, sanded acrylic and wax.

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Cardboard Model of Initial Design on site made of plaster.

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1. Rendered 3D model in photo of the site. (3D model made on Vectorworks, Sketch Up and Maya) 2. Long Sectional Perspective (made on Vectorworks and Photoshop)

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FInal Drawings. 1. Site plan; the church in relation to the building. 

2. Textural Plan

3. Axonometric

4. Section of Room 1

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Hand sketches of the baths. 

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3D Model on site.  (Made in Vectorworks, Sketch Up and Maya)

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Working on Elevations and plans.

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First Plans and sketches.

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Conceptual sketches turned into photoshop collages.

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Spatial relations resulting from the investigation of the site. Each room would have to be orientated according to the program to control the light, atmosphere, temperature, public/private, views and noise in the room. The location for each room would also be influenced by the designated diet of each day and therefore its connection to the kitchen/restaurant.

Introduction

The deurbanisation centre of alfriston offers facilities for the urban decompression of the visitor, including a three-day-process that helps detoxify the body and soul as well as reinstating the relationship between the busy city residents and the overwhelming country landscape. These facilities are destined to accommodate six people.

Bridging over the river, the building consists of two interlinked components linked by a set of walls and an existing bridge. The front wing accommodates the first day guests on ground floor level with a meditation workshop space and a tea room on the upper level. The spatial qualities of the rigid linear pattern suggest a process almost as strict as a regime. it is broken up by the communal spaces in the second half of the building and generous circulation areas which are destined to encourage communication  between the guests. The existing bridge metaphorically exaggerates the transition from the first ‘strict’ part of the building to the open plan of the second wing.The two walls enclose small spaces of particular environmental light conditions that respond accordingly to each of the three-day process, The walls also have certain openings that either allow the river to intrude the site and allow easy access in the river, or frame significant surrounding views.   

Site conditions

The site is located on the flood plane and therefore consists of marshy land. 

As alfriston belongs to the south-eastern part of uk, it is really close to the continental europe and is therefored influenced by the continental climate that is characterised by cold spells in winter and hot, humid weather in summer. Alfriston is also furthest from the paths of most Atlantic depressions, with their associated cloud, wind and rain, so the climate is relatively subtle.