Affordable_ Housing

27//Oct. 2016 | Architecture, Interior Design, Research,

A housing building made as compact as possible, lowering the cost of construction as well as the cost of maintaining it. It allows for flexibility and empowers the sense of community.

Whilst looking into the incomes and outputs of an average Balkan family, this project tries to provide high quality and spacious dwellings into a pay range what might be considered affordable to this type of family. This was achieved by tackling the problem in different ways. First the building was made as compact as possible, lowering the cost of construction as well as the cost of maintaining it. Secondly, by analyzing the lifespan of a family, the project gives all the flexibility the family needs in order to expand and/or divide the unit into multiple apartments. This gives the building a long-lasting life and a sense of community. The final project meant that the families now could own the same sized housing unit with 55% of the original price.

Playground_ Primary School

| Architecture, Research,

It goes without saying that physical activity is essential in child growth, however children are often forced to spend whole days sitting and standing thereby harming their health and posture.This project tries to combine education classes with physical activity. By doing so, the whole school turns into a giant playground, making it available for the children to run around and play, all at the same time as learning.

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Planetarium_ Hotel Revitalization

| Architecture, Research,

Hotel ‘Jadran’ in Mitrovica, is one of the oldest buildings in the city. The idea of the restoration is for the building to be self-sustainable in the future and not a burden on the city. By designing a planetarium with the accompanying functions, the whole building becomes an attraction to the city but also the region.
The added dome enables the building to have a new id entity whilst preserving it’s original one.

Trepca_ Cultural Complex

| Architecture, Urban Design,

The old ‘Trepca’ complex is an industrial zone that has always posed an environmental problem for the city of Mitrovica. Even though it is abandoned, it still has the capacity to pollute the city.

By turning the whole complex into a culture town, the city will become attractive to the whole region of the Balkans. The culture town will have various buildings of various functions which will enable every visitor to find what they desire.

Germia_ Sports Center

| Architecture, Urban Design,

Being active in modern day society is much more than just an activity you do purely for pleasure, it is a necessity. Living in the city often means that we are not as much in touch with nature as we would have liked to. There are no more spontaneous occasions of having activities in nature, rather they have become quite important events in our lives. Pristina has a high rate of greenery however the majority of it is densely concentrated in the Germia national park. Regardless, not enough people use Germia’s nature for recreational and athletic purposes. The entry way into Germia is destined for sport buildings, but instead of having a homogeneous building, we could have a whole complex which all group ages and all the citizens can share.

Between the hall, skate-park, basketball and football fields and the Germia swimming pool, the whole zone is converted into a big complex in which people can escape to from the stresses of the city. The Germia Sports Center, is not just to be used for sports games, it also has a garage annexed which is set to clear the whole park from unnecessary car traffic.