interior design portfolio

alicja nowiczinterior architect VSI-ASAI

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2010- 2011

09.2009- 01.2010

2008- 2009

2007- 2008

2001- 2007

outstanding achivements

November 2011

September 2011

February 2011

April 2007

workoshops, work experience

February 2011

June 2010

June 2009

2007-2008

driving licence

languages

softwareRhinoV-ray Key-ShotSketch-up Archicad

Adobe Photoshop Indesign Corel Draw MS Office

Alicja Nowicz

26 April 1988, Gdynia, Poland

Bern, Wylerstrasse 109

0774448504

alicja.nowicz.brandt@

Polish

Interior Architecture BA Course, SUPSI, Lugano, Switzerland

Erasmus Exchange, SUPSI, University of Applied Science of Southern Switzerland, Lugano

First Year Interior Design BA Hons Course, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland

Foundation Year, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland

Secondary School of Fine Arts (Visual Advertising specialization), Gdynia, Poland

Publication of the thesis project in ARCHI magazine

First Price for the best thesis awarded by VSI-ASAI, membership in the association

First Price in an International Interior Design Contest- GIDE, Magdeburg, Germany

an A* grade for the Highschool Diploma Project, book Illustrations

Interior Design workshop, Magdeburg, Germany; Set-up design workshop, Lugano Visualisations for a competition project for Ira Piattini Architects, 2nd price, Lugano

Set-up designer in a film Talking Piranias, Edinburgh, Scotland

Subway, sandwich designer

Tesco, cookie maker, check-out

category B

Polish mother tongueEnglish very good written and spoken 2007 IELTS C1 italian good written and spoken

academic work2007-2011

01 Edinburgh College of Art: Foundation year

8-9 Painting

10-11 Sculpture

02 Edinburgh College of Art: First Year Interior Design

12-13 Being there, not being there, redesign of the space14-15 Tablot Rice Gallery, Installation

16-17 Talbot Rice Gallery, redesign of the space

03 Supsi: Second year Interior Architecture

18-19 Urban Interior, redesigning an urban squere20-21 Designing gazebo, detail design22-23 Lighting design

04 Supsi: Third year Interior Architecture

24-27 Urban Identity, Rainforcing district’s identitty28-29 Exhibition design30-33 Thesis Project

34-35 3D visualisations

01 painting

During the foundation year at the Edin-burgh College of Art I undertook numerous projects investigating such themes as the city and its architecture. Working with differ-ent tutors in various workshops (amongst which construction, painting, printmaking) helped me to learn new art techniques and to develop an explorative and experiman-tal approach.

During the painting classes I mainly fo-cused on observational painting of spaces, their volumes and the atmospheres.

painting

01 sculpture

sculpture

Out of all fine art courses I especialy enjoyed doing sculpture.

I made a series of conceptural plaster and wood sculptures in which I tried to explore the sub-ject of the city and space. Since I was a new-comer to Edinburgh I was especially sensitive to all its particularities. I deeply admired its his-toric architecture, but was equally disappointed by the twentieth century buildings which did not correspond to the context and seemed to be generic copies. I created three, almost identical volumes representing cities of a strong historic and architectural identity: Prague, Edinburgh and Gdańsk, asking myself what it would be like if only the 20-tieth century architecture re-mained.

02 redesign

With this project I had to survey and make an atmospheric model of an existing room. The next step was to develop a proposal for the space within one day. My main fo-cus was the window openings and the light entering through them. I proposed to install coloured screens in front of them which would diffuse and filter the natural light. At night lighting inserted around the windows would not only light up the interior but also turn the room into an illuminated sculpture making it noticable from the outside.I decided to convert the floor into a uniform sitting surface giving the room sculptural quality.

being there/not being there

plan

02 installation

The task was to translate the previous architectural move into an installation . The given space was a round room with a big sky-light.

I decided to make use of the strong natu-ral light arriving from the top and the par-ticular shape of the room. My proposal was to split it in two and thus create two completely contrasting spaces. My inten-tion was to have a relatively dark bot-tom space with a perforated low ceiling (through which one could enter the top level) and a very generous and bright space above.

light Installation

section

axonometric projection

02 room redesign

I had to develop an already given design scheme and to make it more apealing to the client. The requirement was to turn a small room in an art gallery into a multi-functional space. It would be used for such activities as art workshops for children and a space where visitors could find infor-mation about the exhibitions. The original proposal only envisioned cladding of the room with wood. The changes I brought were among others an interesting light-ing scheme and creation of a whole lenght wall-cupboard. The cupbord was designed to contain all tools necessery for running workshops, including a washbasin. Once opened, the elegant room would turn into a joyful space thanks to the colorful interior of the storage.

multifunctional room

03 urban interior

urban patch-workWith this project the task was to bring order and hierarchy into a square. Over time, the asphalt surface of the squere required some repairs turning the once ho-mogenous surface into an accidental patch-work of different shades and shapes. This in-spired me to bring the theme of a patchwork into my design. The coloured patches would mark various zones of the square, different hues and saturation would give them hierar-chy. At the same time the zones would be united in an overriding colour scheme. The paving would be made of coloured concrete slabs. In some places the slabs would be re-placed with trees that provide shading or with concrete blocks serving as benches.

03 second year: detail design03 detail design

03 lighting project

04 urban identity

rendered elevations

The concept behind my project was to reinforce the presence of the public spaces in the disctrict of Molino Nuovo and to bring life to it.I have decided to design small structures placed in proximity of the confines of the site I worked on, which could be used as workshops, bars etc.These structures are inspired by rustic, impro-vised “architecture”, such as little sheds, pergolas, greenhouses etc, that can be found in the district. This architecture makes part of the rural history of the place.My design incorporates particular qualities of those “improvisted” structures such as translucency, small dimensions and an impression of temporal-ity. interior of the structure

1st floor

groundfloor

activated confines

04 urban identity

plan rendered elevations

04 exhibition design

Mario Rossi- Bianchi Chiara

25.05.2010

Sottotitolo

Tavola 1/...

A601.01 Progetto Museogra�a

Sesto semestre, anno accademico 2010-2011

Cappelli cerimoniali Sapuyung

Alicja Nowicz

08.05.2011

Percorso di scoperta

Tavola 3/3.




studio dell’ elemento espositivo 1,2

elemento espositivo1:

pianta scala 1:10

elemento espositivo 2:

veduta anteriore scala 1:10


pianta scala 1:10

elemento espositivo 1: sezione scala 1:5


costruzione dell’ elemento espositivo 1



sezione: scala 1:20





sezione: scala 1:5


detaglio: scala 1:2

materiali utilizzati:

sistema di illuminazione

1.faretto a scomparsa incasso// binario nascosto nel sofitto

2.panneli di legno retroilluminati:

Lampada fluorescente Neon G5 21W

3.lightbox: immagine su plexiglass retroilluminato:

detaglio scala 1:20

prove della luce

neon

immagine stampato

su plexiglass

elemento e.1:


45,00

exhibition design

contructed detail: photo viewer

Mario Rossi- Bianchi Chiara

25.05.2010

Sottotitolo

Tavola 1/...




Alicja Nowicz

08.05.2011

Percorso di scoperta

Tavola 3/3.





elemento espositivo1:

pianta scala 1:10




pianta scala 1:10






sezione: scala 1:20





sezione: scala 1:5


detaglio: scala 1:2

materiali utilizzati:

sistema di illuminazione

1.faretto a scomparsa incasso// binario nascosto nel sofitto

2.panneli di legno retroilluminati:

Lampada fluorescente Neon G5 21W

3.lightbox: immagine su plexiglass retroilluminato:

detaglio scala 1:20

prove della luce

neon

immagine stampato

su plexiglass

elemento e.1:


45,00

The project was made in collaboration with the Culture Museum of Lugano. The task was to design an exhibition of religious objects of an Indonesian etnic group. My idea was to explain the mean-ing and the use of objects in an indirect way using little description.

The concept was to create a journey through various enviromens engaging visitors’ emotions and suggesting the meaning of the objects.

exhibition design

disposition of the objects

sectioncontructed detail: photo viewer

open space04 thesis project

The task was to convert a former watch fac-tory into accomodation for young people in-terested in communal living.

I decided to create habitable units of minimal dimensions, for one or two students each, which appear like little houses inside the builing. Between them piazza- and street-like spaces are formed favouring a com-munal living. This solution avoides having anonymous corridors and lifeless spaces.

My project brakes with the rigidity of the ex-isting structure and at the same time main-tains a sensation of the former open space. I achieved it by inserting volumes of irregu-lar forms which cut through the facades and floor of the builing and create an interesting and dinamic interior spaciality.

open space

Studente: Alicja Nowicz

Relatore: Gampiero Bosoni Coabitazione giovani

Y700_Tesi di Bachelor


Ex fabbrica Diantus

19/20.09.2011

Pianta PT scala 1:100

Pianta 1P scala 1:100

Tavola 2/6

Piante 1:100

1st floor

ground floor

longitudinal section

short section

rooms’ detailing04 thesis project

To emphasise the difference between the existing structure and my intervention I decided to clearly distinguish between their materials. My intention was to create an impression that the existing spaces were kept almost in their original state whilst the new volumes appear as something added later, of a new identity.The old stucture is kept simple with greyish rasin flooring and white walls favouring views on the surrounding land-scape. Whereas the rooms are made of wood to give an additional feeling of temporality and cosiness.

rooms’ detailing

04 computer renderings

During my studies I have gained a good knowledge of rendering engines such as v-rey or key-shot. Although I personally prefer models and hand drawings I believe that it is also possible to create poetic im-ages with the computer.

In my renderings I like using simple, staight angles which allow for a good overview of the space and which do not distort it.

3d visualisations

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