ABOUT

Having achieved the Master Degree at the Technical University in Delft, I am

looking forward to starting off my professional path as soon as possible. I am
an enthusiastic young architect with a wide spectrum of architectural interests.
I like approaching projects challenges from many perspectives, so that the formal expression of design emerges from understanding of the social, cultural
and historical context. I try to be rigorous with this set principles throughout
the whole design process, with a particular fascination for the detail stage.

CONTENTS

MASTERS PROJECTS
Tile manufactoring in Biskupia Gorka
2016, TU Delft
Luna Parking in Coney Island
2015, TU Delft
BELCHELORS PROJECT
Office in Gdynia
2013, Gdansk University of Technology
WORK EXPERIENCE
2015, LOFT Magdalena Adamus, Sopot
2014, ONE architecure, Amsterdam

Tile manufacturing in Biskupia Grka

INDIVIDUAL GRADUATION PROJECT : TU DELFT : 2015/16
TUTORS : SALOMON FRAUSTO, TOM AVERMAETE, HUBERT VAN
DER MEEL, PETER KOORSTRA

The re-appropriation of the former primary school, a standardised building from the 60s, into a tile manufactory aimed to bring crafts
and small industry back to the city in order to revitalise the poor and problematic area in Gdansk. Moreover, by being the place of creation of new city mosaics it pays tribute to the qualitative, multi-layered city patterns that balance the (defined in the research) monotony
and austereness. A turn towards crafts will not be only symbolic. The traditional tile making process values slow pace routines, hands
on work and time taken to create quality; a remedy for chaos in the polish cities.

Through exploring the topic of standardisation, inspired by Aldo van Eyck theory on the Complexity of composition and his fascination
with Paul Klees drawings, I created on my own pattern of rectangular, non-symmetrical module tiles. The pattern consists of three types
of double-sided tiles, which can form together an unlimited number of compositions. None of the tiles are the same - slight differences in
size, color or texture are a natural effect of a non-industrial process of making. Regarding the formal expression, inspiration came from
the work of Ani Albers and Jan Schoolhoven, their geometrical, minimalist patterns using surfaces and relief expressing depth.

Basing on the same pattern, two different types of tiles were employed within the structural grid of the existing and additional buildings
of the tile manufactory.

Austerity of the created open spaces in the existing building asked for a counterpoise: a relief. The gap beneath the window was filled
with the handmade ceramic tiles fired in a traditional kiln. The new detail unifies the vast areas and helps to read it as a whole. Also,
because of their conduction qualities, tiles were employed to enhance the heating system.

The tile detail offers a new perspective on the 60s standardised architecture : highlights its right proportions, regular glazing as well as
considers the modest, but still of a good quality materials as a firm, delicately textured base for intervention.

The goal was to create the contextualised and intimate architecture by means of the standardised components the designed tiling
system and the structural modules of the repetitive size and form. All new buildings are based on this module made of the standard
materials which have a flexibility to follow the geometry dictated by the tile pattern. The monochromatic and systemised faade is rich in
subtle variations, changing according the daylight, season, and a distance of observation. The interiors are purposely minimalist, made
of standard materials finished in a precise, controlled way with a set of the simple, but thought over details.

Luna Parking in Coney Island

GROUP WORK WITH RUNA SANDO AND PIETRO DEGLI ESPOSTI
METHODS & ANALYSIS STUDIO : TU DELFT : 2015
TUTORS: TOM AVERMAETE, HANS TEERDS

As a part of Methods and Analysis Ms2 Transdiciplinary Encounters we went to Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, to take part in
a four day long extensive fieldwork workshop. We were encouraged to look to proto-public spaces, non-designed collective spaces.
Throughout our research we focused on how a place is perceived differently by different actors, and how a citys image is different
from the reality. Coney Island tries to be perceived as it once was; an exeptional place where everything is possible and allowed, with
Luna Park as the main attraction. During our fieldwork in Coney Island, we used the pavement as a research tool to get a better understanding of the place. Traces on the ground made us notice proto-public use, and discover a more fragmented reality, with vacancies,
social contrasts and segregated communities, but also a strong and proud community.

During the course a lot of attention was driven to the tools and methods of analysing Coney Island. As a group we used subtle, sketchy
drawings that seemed to us to be perfect way to communicate the character of informal encounters on the streets of Coney Island.
Moreover, we chose to work with conceptual models that used in stop-motion animation and combined with the drawings occurred to
be a successful way to capture the problem of double reality of Coney Island.

Choosing a fenced parking lot for our intervention, we freed the ground by relocating the parking lots to a parking tower, and opened
up the fences to invite to use. Using the knowledge we gained from our research, that even the smallest change on the ground can have a
significant effect on peoples behaviour, a part of our intervention was adding informal drawings on the ground. Luna Parking is a structure to climb and explore different perspectives on Coney Island, a framework for new use and a meeting point between two realities.

Office in Gdynia
ININDIVIDUAL WORK : GDASK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY : 2013
TUTOR : JUSTYNA BORUCKA

OFFICE BUILDING
- SEMI-PRIVATE

EXPOSING THE OFFICE

CAFE PAVILION
- PUBLIC

SCALING DOWN SIZE OF

THE BUILDINGS

HIGHLIGHTING THE
CORNER BY CREATING A
SQUARE

During the process of design, the concept changed a lot due to reaching the optimal size and shape of the project to fit in the surrounding of single-family houses. the combination of two, informal backyard space and high-quality office, was my main concern. The
final design includes a four-storey office and a small pavilion with a cafe bar that can be run independently by separating functions.
The north part of the complex is representative, it looks appealing and professional. The highlighted sharp corner of the office is distinguished and easily discernible from the road. The composition of the buildings, the way they correspond to each other helps to create
a welcoming square and a narrow pass between the buildings. The pass leads to the back of the complex which is aimed mainly for
the office workers taking a break, it creates the green buffor between the office and the residents.

EAST

IT = SERVERS

SOUTH

SERVERS IN THE SHAFT

THE SERVICE CORE

WEST

NORTH

working experience
INTERNSHIP AND WORKING EXPERIENCE IN THE INTERIOR
DESIGN OFFICE - LOFT MAGDALENA ADAMUS
SOPOT : 2015
INTERNSHIP AT ONE ARCHITECTURE
AMSTERDAM : 2014

technical drawing for LOFT

visualisations and moodboards for LOFT

In both offices I worked first as
an intern and as a junior architect at LOFT, I was responsible
there for:
- concept development
- consultation with technicians
and specialists
- executive drawings
- creating moodboards, collecting ideas and all sort of
visualisations

SKILLS

Good writing and organization skills, good time management, experienced in conducting in-situ and desktop
researches
Hand drawing in coal, pen, ink, watercolors
Model making in different techniques (concrete,
plaster, wood, 3d print, lasercut)
Programs: Autocad, Archicad (basic), Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Sketchup + V-Ray, Vectorworks + V-Ray
Languages: Polish, English, eager to learn French (beginner)

malgorzata.neumann@yahoo.pl
0031 664675065 (nl)
0048 660545010 (pl)