1. 2007
2008
PU Timisoara
Urban house with commercial
ground-floor and rentable attic
Furniture entry for
Haettich Competition
PU Timisoara, IABR Rotterdam
Research, study, theory community & proposal
on rehabilitation of the dormitory neighbourhoods
2009 Exhibition, book , film
Agricultural Museum and Community Centre
for a small community in Finland
Architect’s Order & Dala Foundation
Wooden churches survey, inventory
and possible intervention plan
2010
ETSA Granada, Spain
University Swimming Pool and
Sport’s Administration
ETSA Granada, Spain
Public Lavatory in the Park
2011
PU Timisoara
Our Hill for social integration
graduation project, PU Timisoara
Public&civic centre in the suburb
now
english
spanish
german
Artlantis
AutoCAD
romanian
gathering
ArchiCAD
Romanian
trade skills
language skills
sketching&data
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
(+40) 0766208334
born 14th july 1986
mariasgircea@yahoo.com
300687, Timisoara, Romania
Al. Martir Andrei Istvan, nr.20, ap.6
Maria Adela Sgircea

2. EDUCATION COMPETITIONS/EXHIBITIONS EXPERIENCE
7th of may -21rst of may 2008
2005 – 2011 Civitas – Innovation in conservation in rehabilitation: september 2009 march 2008 – april 2009
Bachelor of Architecture survey, documentation and design of historical centres – Short-listed for the Parallel Cases Exhibition of the half time internship
‘Politehnica’ University, Architecture Bologna, city centre. IABR 2009 Contest. Our team of 8 presented the “In at Experimental Studio of Architecture ESA, Timisoara
Faculty, Timisoara, Romania Between” study and proposal on the rehabilitation of
Activities - Basic skills in gathering and processing data residential facilities built under the communist regime, in september 2010 - april 2011
2009 – 2010 relevant to historical buildings; up-to-date information the Parallel Cases Exhibition, section Collective. volunteer work (part of the leading organising team)
Erasmus Socrates mobility program on techniques and software of metrology and data-
in organising the CASA competition (student compe-
ETSA, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ar- gathering. november 2011 tition of 2nd year architecture students from all Univer-
quitectura – Technical School of Archi- Special mention for architecture film as part of the sities in the country, most of which adopted it as their
tecture, Universidad de Granada, Anda- Organised by Departamento de Architettura e Planifica- The Architecture Annual, Timisoara 2010 a_ta, Zilele school assignment) http://concursan2.wordpress.com/
lucía, Spain zione Territoriale Alma Mater Studiorum – Universita di Filmului de Arhitectura – CinemA, for the documentary at Asociatia de la 4, the association of architecture
Bologna 055 INBETWEEN. students in Timisoara
2001-2005
Baccalaureate 20th of march-30th of march 2007
William Shakespeare Highschool, Timisoara, Romania Home, Smart Home
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EXTRACURRICULAR signing Coexistence”, University
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Politehnica Timisoara Publication,
school work from the two Universities I attended during
July 2009 2009. The book was part of the
Organised by Thessaloniki Technical University, Greece my studies, my home university, the “Polytechnic” Uni-
“60 de biserici de lemn - un proiect de salvare a patrimo- IABR, (International Architecture
LGB Thessaloniki, Board of European Students of Tech- versity, Timisoara and my mobility host university, the Es-
niului construit” (60 wooden churches, a project for Biennale Rotterdam) “InBetween”
nology cuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura, Granada, Spain,
the rescuing of built heritage) exhibition.
as well as extensions of this work, like extra-curricular
ISBN 978-973-625-939-5
8th of july-22 of july 2006 activities or competitions.
Activity - Developing necessary drawings and docu- Universal Design - Architecture for All
mentation for the relocation of a traditional Romanian Colaborator for “Stramutarea
These woks are meant to show reflections, processes,
wooden church. The study facilitated the restoration bisericii din Pojogeni” (Moving
Activities - Become acquainted with Universal Design, final solutions, technical and creative skills, detailing
and moving of the wooden church in the fall of 2009. of the Pojogeni Church), Simetria
indiscriminative accessibility and its basic principles as levels, professional interests and representation ca-
The skills cover analysing and mapping of the degrada- Publication, Bucuresti 2010
relevant to architecture, restoration and urban planning. pacities.
tions of a traditional wooden structures and acquiring One of the wooden churches my
Apart from the TU lectures, we had different emphatic
the knowledge needed for the precise measuring and team discovered in urgent state
activities in order to recognize the peculiarities and dif- Some projects have external links, for further informa-
correct representation of an historic wooden building. was restored and moved to a sus-
ficulties of being disabled. tion.
tainable location. The book is the
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3. OUR HILL
.october 2010 - january 2011
.Kuncz Neighbourhood,
Timisoara, Romania
.studying at Facultatea de
Arhitectura, Universitatea
“Politehnica” Timisoara
.research and study team.
Cristina Povian, Radu
Ungurean, Alexandra
Spiridon, Zsolt Mathe, Paul
Valeanu, Simona Mesaros-
Anghel, Anca Tomescu,
Sergiu Sabau, Maria Sgircea
.concept and design.Maria
Sgircea
A project with the challenge
of solving, before any
design work, from outside
the professional sphere of
architecture, from outside of
the architect-client paradigm,
an unconventional problem.
The task - solving a social
and economical problem
through an architectural
intervention of our choice.

4. ighbourhood
NON-ARCHI
TECTURAL//L WHOSE HILL? job situation
tate
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nd r y TERVENTION The study and research
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dis valu the area, but looked into the do not have a job
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ce social landscape, the profile of
ture
to which proved to hold the key in
the
ucts GENERATING
wn prod
ruc
ce many of the later decisions. An
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privatly g URBANAGRI enquiry, various interviews and
ast
m susta CULTURE countless hours spent on the
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of new
issues of the neighbourhood
deeds and/or even identification
ENERGY documents, lack of social
security and physical safety,
other
EFICIENT
8%
roads/sidewalks
general and economical
insertion
life standard 24%
+
uncertainty, the feeling of being 13%
outcasts in the very city they sanitation
inhabit, ethnical tension, the
lack of interest from the authorities
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lack of interest from the authorities
lack of utilities
opportun lack of infrastructure and other housing
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unclperty of belonging to sto
prohts the city ry
through a direct answer to their
rig very punctual worries (usually
economical troubles or lack of
infrastructure) but through an
steady income integrated vision. We propose a
minimun social security
local interests ial single architectural gesture
need for political representation soc sion meant to generate the process
ten
expectation of life improvement
ILL
poverty that will eventually lead to the
maslow scale of com- lack of security
H integration and sustainability of
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hyerarchy of needs munities acc. lack of expectations of improvement
to their needs needs exterior help to solve problems
O the Kuncz neighbourhood.

5. SUN
STUDY
18th of
april COMING into BEING
After deciding on such
an uncanny non-architectural
intervention, the actual shaping
of the hill follows.
Apart from the physical
characteristics of the soil that CROP ROTATION
CROP SySTEMATIZATION
determines de stack-shape, LANd PARTITION (season, size, walking alleys)
there are several other
neighbourhood boundaries final scenario
determinatives involved. As
obvious from the previous slide,
the POSITIONING of the hill is
crucial to mediating the
ChANGES ThAT ThE relationships between the two
hILL UNdERTOOK WITh
re EVERy NEEd ThE STUdy very different communities
thelevant UNVEILEd (north and south). The visibility
surr pers
oun pec
ding tive ANGLES and the necessary
stre s from
ets CIRCULATIONS cut the available
site in two and leave the larger
side for the agricultural
intervention and The horizontal
surfaces necessary for planting
impose the TERRACING.
ar The sun plays a crucial
deteas an
erm d ci
ine rcul role in shaping the hill. The top
the atio of the hill is placed eccentrically
shap n w
e of hich
the so that, on the one hand, the
hill
top would not cast a large
ShAdOW on the houses in the
north, but on the future street,
and on the other hand, the
surface on which AGRICULTURE
would be possible is maximized.
su
unan stud The great endeavour of
dva y - t
ntag he m
eou ost
gathering the soil necessary for
s ins this hill is partially solved by the hILL LAyERS taking into consideration waste
tan ces recycling of the 16% soil waste from construction sites and final vegetation
layers.
and 46% concrete rubble waste
from the future road
infrastructure construction site
east of the hill and partially from
construction sites in the region.
less sun exposure
(for plants which need less)
most sun exposure
The generic section on the right
shows how these materials
could be put to use. The top
layer is the recycled and enriched
disposition from existing soil.
the agricultural point of view

6. SLEdGING SLOPES TERRACING FOR AGRICULTURE SOLAR ENERGy SOLUTION - ‘SOLAR IVy’ TREES AROMATIC PLANTS PARK LANd SUPPORTING SOLUTION - GAbIONS MAdE OUT OF CONSTRUC-
TION WASTE. SOME PARTS COULd EVEN hOLd EARTh AS WELL ANd
GROW PLANT ANd MOSS.

8. C I V I C
CENTRE
in the suburb
.graduation project
.decembre of 2010 - june of 2011
.Dumbravita,Timisoara metropolitan
area, Timis county
.studying at the Architecture Faculty
‘Politechnic’ University Timisoara,
Romania
.research, project basis, design &
concept: Maria Sgircea
Approximately 5 years after the
economic boom that facilitated
the development of the suburbs,
still in the economic crisis that has
stopped this development, we
look back rather surprised barely
realizing that we are repeating
mistakes other have done before
us. Upon a closer look, with
patience but without prejudice,
we see that the particularities of
the phenomenon in the Romanian
context are perhaps as many as
the similarities of the well-known
“sprawl”. Strategies applied by the
U.S. and Europe before us can be
applied to a certain extent, true, but
from the architectural point of view,
how do we address the particular?

9. 1. C A Sdata -and Tcomparative
general
E S UDY
analysis on the land-imobiliary
speculation - living relationship.
case-study D u m b r a v i t a
1. the phenomenon of real estate
speculation through sprawl has
affected agricultural land near
urban areas all across Europe.
moreover, in the case studied, the
size, layout and borders of
agricultural land got to determine
the new plot orientation, dimension
2. and street network.
2. urban strategy (or lack thereof) -
the area provided in the 1999 PuG
- with yellow - for residential areas
was augmented in the 2004
PuZ(local urban
plan) - with
light green.
among former
agricultural
plots where the
only crept each
a minimum size street, public
3. spaces and services planned are
lost in number and size. in fact,
even less than the map shows can
be found at present.
3-4. the far too optimistic in scope
and number PuZs from before
2008 did not come to be, leaving a
lot of seemingly abandoned houses
in the landscape, without any
neighbors or access streets.
although in poor shape and with
and uncertain future, timisoara’s
4. suburbs appear to have parameters
that could accommodate future
sustainable development strategies
- the suburbs are still young, not
far away from the city, they have a
minimum number of services and,
perhaps most importantly, they are
comparative study of the
based largely on small-scale private
suburbs of timisoara
initiative - the minimum unit. a c c e s s i b i l i t y &
transportation

10. mATERIAlIzATIoN
of ThE IDEA
The entire ensemble be-
gins from the need of a place (a
pretext to welcome &catalyse
Street morphology is the community activities) and its “com-
direct and undeniable re- munication” with the commercial
sult of the crucial role of
the car in the life of the
buildings parasyting around it.
people living in the sub- The first version of the
urb. the lack of pedestrian
facilities, of meeting and
building contained and protected
socialising spaces as a result an open space by surrounding it on
of the exclusive use of the all sides. In order not to isolate it
car prevent any premise of
a “healthy” life outside the but, at the same time, to separate
house, of the minimal pos- the commercial character of the
sibility of small local com-
munities forming.
shops from the civic character of
the public space, the small square
is detached from the commercial
area and opens toward the main
the direction of interven- street for more exposure.
tion in favour of public
spaces seems to be a prom-
Walking directions and
enade with chained events, adjusts angles of perspective and
relevant and visible on the experience on the street walking
main street. For this to have
a more likely chance to hap- fragments in several different plat-
pen, the non-local circula- forms privacy.
tion is to be discharged on
the future outer ring street
Around the small plazas
of timisoara. the interior spaces of the commu-
nity detach- with a swimming pool,
a kindergarten and a multipurpose
space.
The parking lot grows in-
conspicuously under the successive
raised platforms.
In addition to the com-
mercial small-sized modules, in the
back a larger one forms, connect-
ed to the small square the covered
parking lot. It serves as attractor
(anchor), as do the kindergarten,
the small square and the multipur-
pose hall.

11. models open on both sides
degrees to which they open
how they function
possible destination of the shops
FLUIDITY OF CIRCULATIONS
the disposition of the ensemble
is set in such a way that the
main plaza distributes circula-
tion ramified between the mod-
ules and, in the opposite direc-
tion, gathers circulation and
views in the centre of the plaza.
FLEXIBILITY OF MODEL DIS-
PLAY the structure of the plat-
form and that of commercial
modules are independent one
from the other and calculated
to allow modules permutation
and development in height in a
possible future.
this flexibility is designed to ac-
commodate, with time dynam-
ics and community growth,
various utilities and densities
that the shopping centre may
come to have.

14. inBETWEEN
.october 2008 - july 2009
.’Soarelui’ Neighbourhood,
Timisoara, Romania
.research, study & design team.
archive photo of newly opened neighbourhood Alexandra Spiridon, Sergiu Sabau,
Isopescu Bogdan, Roland Rigler,
Paul Valeanu, Anca Tomescu,
Piscoi Clara, Maria Sgircea
A process of research, community
outreach and reabilitation and
project proposal dealing with the
collective living neighbourhoods of
the communist age.
“The current phenomenon inherits
the given form, the blocks as such,
as well as their inherent premises –
mono function, uniform dwelling,
smothering of any likelihood of
social community interaction,
lack of community services… In
this context, small businesses,
services, the market place, small
gardens and outdoor rooms appear
naturally signalling need, liveliness
and potential.
People embellish according to their
taste: block entries, balconies,
gardens, garages, trying to escape
the haunting perception of grey
neighbourhoods, personalizing
graffiti found today on one of the blocks of flats fragments of their existence.”

15. gathering for the 1rst of may feast on an unfurbished
green space next to the church

16. inBetween
or what should future professionals learn to consequences of newly found, Christopher Alexander’s to be dealt with. The second part
The Process &
A possible vision for the “Soarelui” Community
it out of standstill, people must be
engaged in the process of creating
Phase 1. Urgent intervention by local
understand and work with regulation-lacking freedom. Pattern Language offers the insights of the study consists in the active Apart from being a administration in readjusting streetscapes
The current phenomenon in the complex relationship between engagement of the students in their own vision of a possible future. and implementing a one way street
theoretical endeavour in search Creating a space for
The post communist inherits the given form, the blocks the context, seen as the whole, and the community through: public of the language of the dormitory system. Solving the streetscape in this
era, with the rough guidelines of real dialogue and surrounding a way would offer the possibility of clearing
as such, as well as their inherent the events (actions) that define and design sessions, testing ideas for neighbourhood, the process
a fledgling free market economy possible project with a narrative the space in front of the school, leaving
implications – mono function, are defined by the context. community projects, public enquiry was extended by investigating and establishing it as an event in
replaced the excess of the past, possible (practical) solutions for room for defining the center.
uniform dwelling, smothering of “Each pattern in the space and sociological studies. Eventually, the history of the community will
centralized superimposed forms of any likelihood of social community has a pattern of events associated we hope to reach a point in which its rehabilitation. The resulting becomes in itself an opportunity, a Phase 2. Intervention by local
living, unconcerned with “the equal interaction, etc. In these context with it. It is just the patterns of people will be aware of the variety proposal was open to view for the tool for building communities. administration into creating the premise
“individuals, with the excesses of residents of the community and The involvement of the for a public-private partnership that could
small businesses, services, events in the space which are of solutions they can access in order for the authorities during a public finance a multi-storey parking.
speculative real estate investments kindergartens, market place, small repeating in the building or the to challenge their problems. academic sector, the Universities,
debate that we organized in the would bring in an equidistant third Phase 3. Interior courtyards –
driven only by profit. Each case gardens, outdoor rooms appeared town; and nothing else.” (C.A.) neighbourhood.
either denied or ignored public party that would have the position COMMON LAND (67). Irregular parking
naturally signalling need, liveliness Acknowledging the fact We believe in this phase and the ability to council, mediate and the presence of garages makes
space as means of creating a sense and potential. that the problems lie in the distorted, of its existence, the dormitory and propose alternatives, having, at most interior courtyards completely
of community. What we see today in unsettled relationships between the neighbourhood is captive in the same time, greater knowledge unusable. Once the first two phases
The solutions we find today the “dormitory neighbourhoods” context and the events, the first part utilitarian problems and the benefits for students. This way the are complete, the parking issue can be
for the errors of the past maybe the is the human element, trying to implementation of solutions is the school succeeds in securing an completely solved. Possible private-public
of the study consisted in identifying
solutions needed to solve the errors exclusive responsibility of the public active role in the city. partnerships can be set up to help the
recycle spatial handicaps ending and understanding the “patterns in administration. All conceivable people manage costs in refurbishing the
we seem to be making today. up with a reluctant schizophrenic space” in which certain activities common goals of a functional courtyards.
The post-communist urban environment trapped dwell. community are dependent on those
apartment block neighbourhood inBetween the “unfitting” heritage Improving the quality of major investments needed.
Phase 4 On long term, if serious
investment can be afforded in a public-
today seems to be a hybrid blend and an “unspoken” desire of public, semi-public space, notions While the authorities clear private partnership, the parking issue
between a rigid form reminiscent of belonging and sense of community. confused in the collective mental, the dormitory neighbourhood of could be completely solved, leaving
the communist age and dissonant is only one component that has its “utilitarian” problems, and shake common land, generally, free from cars.

17. the patterns as they appear in the book
white-analysis of Ch. a’s patterns
grey-speCifiC to the dormitory neigh-
bourhood
ThEory Pattern LaNguagE of
E xc E r P T s ThE dormiTory
A pattern of events is a situation that is
The trees structure “A collection of The semilattice structure “A specific and “keeps on happening” in a is characteristic for the generic _Patterns that soften
certain place.
sets forms a tree if and only if, for any
two sets that belong to the collection
collection of sets forms a semilattice
if and only if, when two overlapping A pattern of space is a physical
NEighBourhood dormitory neighborhood.
Time is yet to show which
the rigid morphology: [NETWORK
OF PATHS], [UNDECIDED LAND],
either one is wholly contained in the sets belong to the collection, the set element, taking different shapes in and how many of the patterns [TRIMMED HEDGES].
other, or else they are wholly disjoint.” of elements common to both also different situations. proposed by Christopher Alexander are _Patterns that solve some
In his 1965 article ”a city is Christopher Alexander’s
belongs to the collection.”4 part of the language of the dormitory of the problems that come with this
not a tree”, Christopher Alexander A pattern is a principle of behavior; philosophy offers valuable insight
neighborhood and which patterns are form of collective living: [YOUR OWN
defines a new method of analyzing a answers to similar problems, in to the forces that lay at the heart
different situations. not. Although, for now, only a part STORAGE], [YOUR OWN GARDEN],
city, focusing on the way that different of the seemingly chaotic actions
of these patterns are present (around [GREEN PARKING], [ON-STREET
parts within a city are connected. of the inhabitants of the dormitory
A pattern is a repetition of a relation 30), we have no reasons to believe PARKING], [CHANGE OF USE], [PRIVATE
Through this method he between elements, not the repetition neighborhoods and provides a fine
that many of the others will not PRACTICE].
analyzed and differentiated two city of the elements that define it. tuned tool for its rehabilitation.
appear in time if they are permitted or _Furthermore, some new
typologies: the tree typology and the People are now inBetween,
A pattern is also a link between a need encouraged. patterns have to be encouraged
semi-lattice typology; the first deriving searching, creating, modifying their
and the answer to that need. These pattern can be in order to enhance the sense of
from the planned city – that he called - in Christopher Alexander’s terms -
diferenciated in the following sorts: belonging [THE MARKET], [DEFINING
the artificial city, and the second A pattern is made up from other “patterns of space” at the same time
_Patterns that neutralize THE CENTRE], [REPRESENTATIVE
from the spontaneously created city - smaller patterns and a relation that continuously losing, transforming,
the feeling of overwhelming SPACES].
the natural city. guides them. adapting their “patterns of events”.
uniformity: [DWELLERS’ COMMUNITY],
People’s liberated
A pattern is not just a concept, but still [DWELLERS’ BLOCK BOUNDARY],
a physical element. undertakings form a language that
[DIVERSIFIED FAÇADE].

18. the Project
The large endeavour that is
this project is represented in time and
superposition of tasks in the diagram
on the left.
Some of the task undertook
were shared, others were handled by
1-2-3 people.
If there is one project in
which I was involved from the first idea
to the finished product, learned team
IABR work and negotiation, understand the
book editing importance of surpassing problems,
we felt the need study - book editing study from 0 task I did not expect I
would have to do, and so many others,
to add to Ch.
Alexander’s pat- film editing this is the project.
terns the growth
his theory allows historical footage gathering
- that of new,
local patterns, footage gathering
proper to the
collective living exhibition editing
neighbourhood
study - expo methods
defining graphic material - maps, sketches &diagrams
historical study on the pre 89 urbanism&politics
a more thor-
writing articles on the study, research, analysis & proposal
photo collection ough approach
with solutions
the part of
for each street
and courtyard,
search for project funding the endeavour
in which we
in four stages,
involving various
preparation for sociological enquiry started to put
down the our
we analysed the
decision fac-
tors and various
deciding on the form of the expo thought
organize them
and
connections be-
tween the pat-
investment pos-
sibilities.
finding connections of theory to the context in writing. this,
in turn , added
terns and estab-
lished the degree
community meeting preparations to the way we
understood the
to which they are
present and man-
second solution proposal information.
ifest themselves neighbourhood council preparations
theory accompanies the study and proposal is that of the organic growth of Christhoper Alexan it
consisted
mostly
of T the data is gathered and analysed organised in patterns and the proposal is done according to the missing pattern as need in the growth theory.
the theory that strengthen-der’s.
we started by veri-
fying the existence first solution proposal ing the pat-
tern already
analysis
of the patterns in
the neighbourhood
field data gathering
2008
mar
nov
may
oct
feb
oct
sep
dec
aug
ian
jun
jul
apr
exercise launch handing in of meeting with 16th of march 11th of may 29th of may 1rst of july 1rst-5th of may 24th of sept. 24 sept 2010 dec 2010 21 jan 2011
(started as a the 1rst sem. the neighbour- deadline for first intermediate community second intermediate final deadline opening day of Romanian Annual Architec- Bucharest An-
school urban- assignment hood council competition IABR deadline meeting IABR dealine for submission the IABR 2009 Cultural Institute ture Timisoara nual Biennale
ism case study) submission of exhibition Budapesta a_ta - film entry BAB10 expo
essay material exhibition

19. sending the exhibition panels
mock test of the exhibition
the inbetween notebook
where visitors were asked to
sketch down their vision for
their version of the dormitory
neighbourhood of the near
future.
work
Opening of the IABR Parallel
Cases exhibition and Awards
mock test of the book
exhibition plans
The unfolding of the exhibition
THE TEAM
THE BOOK
http://issuu.com/mariasgircea/docs/inbetween

20. PUBLIC
LAVATORY
.may 2009 - june 2010
.Rose Park, Timisoara
.studying at Escuela Tecnica
Superior de Arquitectura Gra-
nada, Spain
.concept and design. Anca
Tomescu, Maria Sgircea.
This small scale but
interesting project was meant
to bring us one step closer
to the detailing, material
and product choosing of a
project. Set in a park, the
simple volume of the lavatory
brings forth a small outside
siting area between the trees
and a pleasantly lit, vibrant
atmosphere around the
water basin, inside.

21. the project is located in one of the centrals annexed to a circulation of the park, it is meant
parks of my home town, next to a open stage, to invite to a ‘pocket’ public, with a bench and
on cross-circulations potable water detail level of the project the facades directed towards the park
interior images of the small ensemble. emphasis was pup on the definition of each piece, on
object and material election, down to the soap dispenser.

22. O LY M P I C
SWIMMING
POOL
.october 2009 - january 2010
.Paseo de los Estudiantes,
Granada, Andalucia, Spain
.studying at Escuela Tecnica
Superior de Arquitectura Gra-
nada, Spain
.research, concept and de-
sign.Maria Sgircea
The University of Granada
currently has an outdoor
swimming pool and is
planning to upgrade to an
indoor one, adding a gym,
administrative functions
and a batch of study
rooms, all in an area that is
planned to undergo serious
rehabilitation, along with
Rafael Moneo’s rehabilitation
of the nearby train station.
The projects meets these
needs with an ensemble
of individual buildings that
function togheter as a
system and an open green
area at both level of the
surroundings.

23. P H A S E S
PROJECT
The generating idea of
this is project is the wish
(necessity) to connect two
streets (N & S of the site) that
have a 3.4m level difference
through the pool cover plane.
uncover
This plane turns into an urban
extension of the street and can
serve the community as a park,
as the area is in lack of parks.
The plane is later on worked on
with cutting and extruding, as
shown on the left, leading to a
“positive - built - negative -
crop opening” ensemble.
This ensemble is a
fine tuned system that involves
two buildings, a 0 level park,
a 3.4 level park, classes,
administration, a cafeteria,
a gym and a swimming pool
slide each with it’s own locker
rooms. The different functions
are very well interconnected,
at circulation level and at a
visual level. The administrative
building and the educational
building have a courtyard each,
an interpretation of the Spanish
“patio”, one open for access,
extrude
one closed for the benefit of
the employees, the open room.
The project reached
a technical phase as well,
with lighting, heating, water
circulation and structure
proposal, with further work
on detail and structure plans,
facades and sections.

25. GRAPHICS
With the participation at
various student events i got
the opportunity to exercise my
graphic skills. I lent a hand
in theatre festivals, student
events and, the latest and most
extensive - the architecture
student competition CASA, with
all the graphic work, from logo
to stickers.