Мария Упорова

MARIA UPOROVA
PORTFOLIO 2019
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CV
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EXPERIENCE
2017 / KB Strelka
https://strelka-kb.com/en
Intern Architect
Maria Uporova
21.05.1996
Barcelona, Spain
contact:
+34 662 299 878
maria.uporova@iaac.net
BACHELOR
Architecture and urban Design
2017 - 2018 / AB Cxema
http://cxe.ma/
Intern Architect
04-29
EDUCATION
2018 - 2019 / Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
Master in City and Technology
2019 / The Green Dip workshop
Collaborative work between IAAC’s MaCT and
The Why Factory, led by Winy Maas, MVRDV.
http://www.iaacblog.com/programs/72180/
2019 / The Eyes of the City workshop
The response to an open call for
contributions to the 2019 Shenzhen Biennale, led by Carlo Ratti.
http://www.iaacblog.com/programs/face-i-t/
2013 - 2018 / Moscow Architectural Institute
Bachelor of Architecture
SKILLS
Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, After Effects)
Vectorworks
Sketchup
AutoCAD
Rhinoceros
QGIS
PROFESSIONAL
Interior and Urban Design
30-39
MASTER
City and Technology
40-63
LANGUAGES
2 Russian, English, Spanish
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1. Art Factory ................................................. 06-25
Diploma project. 2018
Students: Maria Uporova
Faculty: Alexey Shutikov, Elena Vasileva, Anna Kopeina
2. Lab City ...................................................... 26-29
Masterplan. 2016
Students: Natalia Loginova, Maria Uporova
Faculty: Alexey Shutikov, Elena Vasileva, Anna Kopeina
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Art Factory
The aim of the project is to transform an area in
the centre of Moscow into the city’s principal
creative, digital and design hub by uniting
existent separated creative territories and
designing its core, including a cultural centre, a
student campus and a residential building.
Art Factory transforms existing streets and the
river embankment to provide high quality
pedestrian focused environment, improves the
infrastructure of Moscow ranging from main
streets and cross-block connectors to public
squares.
The gradient of the private character of the
spaces, the change in experiences
(from public to privately - isolated), variations in
intensity and the level of private access – are the
determining factors for the context creation.
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Cluster Unification diagram
Razumovsky Manor
Commercial creativity:
Gogol-Centre
Drama Colledge
The new image of former
industrial zones
Industrial zones in Moscow
cover almost 17 percent of
the city’s total territory. Many
AT Museum
of them were not used for
decades, with their buildings
falling into disrepair, rusting
Art
away and becoming covered
Factory
with waste. The city decided to
Arma
turn these zones into new
attractions for local residents.
Crystal
The site of the project includes
The Contemporary Art Centre
Winzavod
“Winzavod”, the Design
Centre “ArtPlay” and “Arma”
Business quarter, the first
Industrial zones that have
received a new lease of life:
ArtPlay
their territories have been
Improved, old buildings are
giving way to office
developments, exhibition halls
and areas for artistic creativity.
These places are extremely
attractive, however they are
not connected ,so the
intention of the project is to
provide pedestrian - focused
environment and to unite
these creative islands into the
8unique Cluster Art Factory.
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The Yauza Embankment view
residential complex
cultural centre
general 10 Masterplan
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Art Passage
The Art Factory cluster starts
from the cultural centre which
connects the area with a train
station.
It is a multi-functional transit
space, a covered boulevard
that spreads along the
windows of shops, cafes and
recreation areas.
The design area was divided
into a modular grid, the size of
a single module is 10 x10 m.
The proposal includes 7
independent, however united
into a single space sectors.
The location of these sectors
directly interacts with the
infrastructure of the district.
The Art Passage is penetrated
by a pedestrian thread and
it creates internal public
squares and terraces.
In addition, the designed
space is covered by glass roof
that unites the whole space
into the continuous Creative
Centre.
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The Art Passage consists
of an office area, educational
centre, co-working spaces,
library, exhibition space,
museum, info point and cafe
Ground floor plan
First floor plan
Office area Education Co-working Library Museum
1. Lobby
2. Cafe
4. Bathrooms
5. Administration
6. Technical zone
7. Storage
1. Lobby
2. Wardrobe
3. Book Shop
4. Cafe
5. Exhibition area
6. Technical zone
1. Lobby
2. Recreation
3. Administration
4. Classroom
5. Laser cutting
6. Co-working
1. Lobby
2. Children area
3. Shop
4. Cafe
5. Terrace
6. Storage
1. Lobby
2. Cafe
3. Shop
4. Administration
5. Exhibition
6. Storage
Info Point
Cafe
1. Lobby
2. Recreation
3. Administration
4. Public space
5. Kitchen
7. Loading bay
1. Lobby
2. Cafe
3. Shop
4. Administration
5. Exhibition
6. Storage
Ground floor plan
Section 1 -1
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library
play centre
museum
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Art House
The pedestrian boulevard
leads to the residential
complex for artists, designers
and architects.
The main feature of the house
is that on the 7th and 8th floor
the complex is penetrated by
public space, the “Covered
Street” which has an atrium
system that provides a
multi-illuminated space inside
creating spacious workshop
studios .
“The covered street” includes
art galleries and an exhibition
space. Some small studio –
apartments are located on
the public floor, for those who
want to fully immerse into the
creative atmosphere.
The courtyard - hill is designed
on the ground floor ,it covers
a guest parking that includes
80 parking places.
The children’s creative
oriented centre is also located
on the territory of the complex.
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Apartments
24300 20900 35500
Residential complex is a
significant part of the proposal
that makes the art district solid
and multifunctional.
The housing follows the
proposal, it is creative
community oriented. However
different social groups where
taken into consideration , it
contributed to the design of
different apartments that vary
from 18 m2 to 230 m2. It is
supposed that small studios
will be rent for a short
period of time by young
people, while big apartments
will become a permanent
home for families.
In addition, there are
common spaces inside the
building that help citizens to
socialize.
24300 8100
24300
1.entrance hall 4.workspace
2.kitchen 5.bedroom
3.living room 6.bathroom
4600 3400
48000 10800 21600
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“Covered Street”, co-working space in the Residential Complex, fragment.
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Lab City
The proposal is to create a neighbourhood for
Moscow Physico-Technical Institute. This place aims
to become one of the largest educational centres in
the world, it is significantly important for Moscow city,
however 70 % of the territory is currently occupied
by industrial buildings, the design Intervention is to
renovate the territory designing an additional
infrastructure for students and scientists of the
Meteorological Observatory which is also located
on the area. The main axis of the designed district - a
pedestrian boulevard, which includes various public
spaces and connects the park and residential
quarters with the train station.
The aspiration of this development is to attract not
only researches and students to work here but also
the visitors to enjoy and participate in the social life
of the City Lab neighbourhood.
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Residential area
Theatre
Apartments
The Central Park
Business Centre
Student Campus
Scientists Labs
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3. Interior Design .......................................... 32-35
AB cxema. 2018
Team: Andrey Sviridov, Natalia Orehova, Maria Uporova
Status: under construction
4. Kaluga Embankment ................................ 36-45
KB Strelka. 2017
Internship
Team: Andrey Sviridov, Natalia Orehova, Oleg Sazonov, Dana Smagina, Alexey Lashkov,
Maria Uporova, Polina Skorina
Status: under consideration by the government
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Apartment as a City
Apartment for a young couple we designed within
the average budget. The project consists of three
spatial elements, each of them has its own
function and character.
There is a living room in the centre with a circle on
the ceiling, which symbolizes the sky.
The functional corridor-street is located at the
back of the apartment that connects the square
with the third element - the bedroom house.
The bathroom is hidden behind the plywood
cabinet block . Light enters through the window
made of frosted glass.
The bedroom is organized on a low podium,
there is an additional storage under it.
The window sill in this configuration serves as
a working surface where the plants and books
could be also put.
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Area: 70 m2
Clear height: 3 m
Number of rooms: 2
Status: under construction
Year: 2017-2018
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Kaluga Embankment
In our project, we analyzed the territory of the entire
reservoir ring: Yachenskaya Embankment, a beach, a
rowing base, a motocross platform, a pond and a winter
hill.
We believe that the embankment should be a pilot
project that will launch a chain of transformations of the
entire territory around the ring.
In 2018, Yachenskaya Embankment will be turned into a
unique urban dominant and will become a new symbol
of the city, the Cradle of Cosmonautics.
“Embankment of attraction” is a place that unites
people. The landscape park will be filled with
atmospheric spaces that resemble cosmic landscapes.
The effect is achieved through the use of colours,
textures, a variety of light and reflections in the spaces of
“emptiness”. In the centre of the reservoir a glowing
hemisphere buoy will be installed. In the evening, it will
create the illusion of dissolution of the water
surface in the cosmic sky.
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general masterplan
buoy “Luna”
area 1
wake-board station
skate park
area 2
the main square
playground
boat station
cafe
area 3
fishermen pier
picnic terraces
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6. Les Rondes ................................................ 48-53
Students: Raeshma Janardhanan Nair, Luna Nagatomo, Polina Skorina,
Maria Uporova, and Luyang Zhang
Faculty: Sebastiano Scachetti and Francesca Arcuri
7. PlayLand ................................................... 54-59
Students: Maria Uporova and Polina Skorina
Faculty: Vicente Guallart, Mathilde Marengo
8. Internet of Buildings. Westearn .............. 60-69
Students: Sarine Bekarian, Mahsa Nikoufar, Maria Uporova
Faculty: Areti Markopoulou
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Connecting the Urban
Fabric. Les Rondes
The ring road was built as a part of a project leading up
to the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. Its main
purpose was to connect the four Olympic sites in the city.
When the ring road was built, it benefited citizens and
tourists in many ways. However, after 26 years, the ring
road has become a major cause of pollution, noise
and traffic,reducing the quality of life of citizens.
Given this current state, this project aims to reduce the
number of vehicles on the ring road and transform the
space to improve connectivity of neighborhood and
cities at a human scale.
We propose to introduce a new collective
transportation system to provide alternative
modalities of transportation. The aim is to improve the
connection between the neighboring counties and
Barcelona, and within different parts of the city with high
speed buses and last mile automated shuttles.
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mobility analysis
metro and railways
dansity of public transportation
5%
16,500
3%
9,660
40%
128,100
41%
130,650
11%
36,120
the origin and the volume of the vehicles
the comparison of the highways with the public transportation accessibility
high speed buses
last mile automated shuttle
a new collective transportation system to provide alternative modalities of transportation
introduction of the transit hub to allow smooth connection between high speed buses and other modalities of transportation
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Transit Hub, proposal high density of buildings transportation infrastructure
empty spaces
green spaces
46 medium density of buildings water
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PlayLand
The chosen area is located in Barcelona, in The
Superblock 2.0. Playland is an attempt to create a
Self – Sufficient Neighbourhood focusing on
the public space for different users. The goal of the
project is to create a modern, comfortable space
as well as to “to teach” citizens through the game,
to involve people in the Green Energy production
process .We believe in gamification as a powerful
tool to engage citizens with their public space, and
with each other.
The existing empty space of the area has been used
as a one “platform”. The concept is to interpret this
platform as a flat. The Flat consists of rooms that
vary in sizes, levels and types of
activities. A big variety of tools is installed in every
room that are able to produce green energy
trough the interaction with people.
The produced Green Energy flows into the
storage, which is located in the old building and
after that it is supplied to the surrounding buildings.
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People interaction + smart pavement + tools = GREEN ENERGY
users
energy tools
smart pavement
smart grid
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Schedule. Public spaces.
The public spaces of PlayLand
are activated in different time
during the day.
In the morning the most
popular space is a garden. it
is located in front of the cafe
which is designed in the old
building used not only as an
energy storage. The rest of the
space is as a part of a game
because it allows people to
cook by themselves the
vegetables grown in the
garden as well as to share
some other food.
In the evening citizens have a chance to watch a movie using the amphitheatre which has been
designed in front of the screen that has been installed on the old building wall.
Approximately from 3 o’clock in the afternoon when children come back from kindergartens
and schools the funniest place – playground is becoming alive. Jumping on trampolines and
having fun, children are also involved in the Green Energy production process.
52 Video of the Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGNf-NxgjDk
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Internet of Buildings.
Wastearn
The MaCT researchers explored the future of
Barcelona by defining new methodologies
of designing buildings in the digital era, as
well as visualizing on an interactive physical
model the inherent benefits that emerge by
defining “why” and “how” built-structures
would communicate between each other.
Our research has been focused on creating
Networks of Buildings that create solutions
for issues related to waste recycling, local
drone delivery systems, pollution filtration,
reprogramming of offices into housing, as
well as the increasing of urban
microclimates’ comfort levels.
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WASTEARN
Wastearn proposes a new waste management solution
for the city of Barcelona, more specifically in the district of Sant
Marti, to maximize the gain of value from the waste and to
minimize the negative impacts caused by its management.
How can this system work?
The proposal is to have an automated
structure in the voids of the buildings where the kitchens are
allocated, an anaerobic digester on the roof for biogas
production, small scale recycling and smart bins in the kitchens.
Once a bin is full, a height sensor will turn on to alert the
structure to pick it up. The vertical rail collects the organic waste
bin and takes in up to the roof to empty it in the digester. This
technology is necessary to be placed on the roof since it needs
heat from the sunlight to produce biogas. Other types of waste
bins are taken in the underground for recycling since the
underground spaces will be freed up.
video of the system: http://www.iaacblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Untitled2.mp4?_=1
To understand the flow of waste in the district, we studied the different typologies of
residential buildings. There are a total of 5 typologies categorized based on the availability of
roof space, underground space and scale.
IMPACTS
By redefining the role of buildings, the recycling system in the district as well as developing a new
network between them, for waste management, Wastearn’s impact of the urban ecosystem can
be seen in three aspects: economic, social and environmental.
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From linear to circular approach
The reason why this process is not very sustainable is that the cities are
recycling their waste the same way, in a linear process, for the past 50 years.
The resources are manufactured, transported in the city for consumption, and
then waste is sent to landfills and power plants outside the city. Not only the
process is harmful to the environment but also the value of waste gets lost.
Changing this process into a circular metabolic system within the city is a
solution to decrease the negative impacts in the environment of the cities, but
the proposal for Wastearn is to apply this circular metabolism in the district
scale. More specifically, within each building.
Currently, the waste is being moved hundreds of kilometers to landfills and even
to other continents.Our proposal is to keep the waste into the district
scale and recycle within the building, starting from the kitchen.
World Continent Country Metropolitan City District Superblock Block Building Kitchen
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urban furniture
From Waste to Value
3D printing
In Wastearn, the circular recycling system
will be divided into different steps in 3 scales:
kitchen, building, district.
Waste produced in our households will start by
being sorted in smart bins and then shredded.
These waste go through the processes of
recycling in the building scale (we need space
to recycle and we assume that in the future
there will be less cars and most of the
underground spaces will be emptied). We get
two outcomes from this recycling process, one
biogas production from organic waste and
raw material from the rest of the waste. The
raw material will be used to produce urban
furniture in the district and biogas to produce
energy. The material produced can be
recycled again.
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heating
3
pigmentation
5
biogas
BUILDING
DISTRICT
KITCHEN
2
1
energy
washing
sorting
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The interactive physical 3D printed model has been exhibited at BBConstrumat’19
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maria.uporova@iaac.net