Portfolio Alexander Oikonomou

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal data

Name AlexanderSurname OikonomouDate of birth 12/05/84Place of birth Athens | GreeceNationality GreekAddress Flat 3 | 3 Millbrook Place | NW1 2JA | London

Contact Information

Email aroikonomoy@gmail.comTelephone +44 2032876484

Education

11/09/2003 -23/07/2010 Polytechnical School of Milan, Leonardo da Vinci Bachelor degree Grade 89-110

28/02/2011-23/04/2013 Polytechnical School of Milan, Leonardo da Vinci Masters degree Grade 91-110

Skills

LanguagesGreek (native speaker)Italian and English (fluent)Spanish and French (basic)

Graphic

Autocad, Sketchup, Rhino, Revit, V-Ray, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Indesign, Microsoft Office Suite, model making, freehand drawing andsketching.

Past work experience

08-2014 /04-2015 Junior Architect at Kois Associated Architects

- Preparations for “Threads” lecture (Physical model of Mirage house diagrams for the Cycladic Art Museum and the Space to Culture Museum).

- Ileana Makri jewellery shop, concept and detail drawings.

- Detail drawings for the Cycladic Art Museum and implementation studies for the cafe pergola.

- Concept proposals for Bamiyan Cultural Centre competition.

06-2013 / 06-2014 Mandatory military service for the Greek Army

01-2013 / 03-2013 Internship at the research department DASTU at the Milan Polytechnic under professor Guya Mariagrazia Bertellion the subject of an urban study of a degraded Roman Suburb (of Tor Bella Monaca) and the eventual proposals for an urban requalification.

07-2011 / 10-2012 Architectural assistant at the architectural office Art5 in Milan of Guya Mariagrazia Bertelli in which I participated in:

- House renovation in Pavia, Italy.

- Renovation of an apartment in Milan, Italy (Physical models, detail drawings, site surveys, and active participation in the design proposal).

- Urban studies on the city of Barzano, Italy.

07-2008 / 09-2008 Intership in the research department DIAP at the Milan Polytechnic, under professor Guya Mariagrazia Bertelli, studying the typologies of Pavia historical city centre houses.

THREADS LECTURE

On the 28th of October 2014 Kois Associated Architects were invited to present their projects as a practice up that day. The title of the lecture was “Threads” and I participated in the production of 3d, 2d and physical models of the projects, for a documentary we had preparedfor the presentation.During that period I had an excellent chance of studying their projects.

Space To Culture Museum functionality diagrams of the main buildings

Cycladic Art Museum diagram of vertical and horizontal circulationSpace To Culture Museum functionality diagrams of the inner exhibition spaces

Photos of the Mirage house physical model

THE CYCLADIC ART MUSEUM

A competition that was won by Kois Associated Architects, the project was about the renovation of the Museum expansion originally built by the architect Ioannis Vikelas. The proposal is currently under construction, we wanted the site and the museum to meet their potential. We designed a facade that will be in harmony with the already existing one and will enhance the museum’s presence. The proposed facade is designed to provide shade and privacy to the desired location, act as a thematic scheme for the museum and constitute a pause to the visual ambiguity of the aggregation of buildings that comprise the street facade. We envisaged the museum facade to float above the street in order to create a clear and unmistakable entry point, to draw people from outside, to provide shade, shelter and an urban meeting point. The proposed facade creates a new entrance and connects the atrium that is flooded with light during the day with the street. The atrium with the cafe and the nearby shop becomes the destination of the route. I was in charge of making the physical model of the atrium aluminiumperogola. I had to test the various thicknesses of the individual elements before the actual pergola was built. And I also drew the technical details of the facade elements before it was sent for production to the manufacturer.

Renders of the project by MIR

Photographs of the cafe with the pergola

Physical and three dimensional models of the cafe pergola

Structural details of an element of the facade

ILEANA MAKRI JEWELLERY SHOP

The shop is located in the center of Athens, the goal was to go beyond the given architectural typologies of an oridinary jewellery shop and create a concept store that would reflect the multifaceted aspect of the client’s creations and the ethos of her work.

Natural unprocessed materials such as metal, glass, wood and stone were used which focus on creating a dialectic relationship between the authenticity that characterizes Ileana’s work. The jewels are displayed on of steel and glassstructures that resemble trees that offer the viewer a 360 degree angle view, for a closer inspection.

The facade is composed by three parts, one on the far left that is trasparent where a metal tree exhibits the jewels and offers a view of the staircase that leads to the basement where the workshop of the shop is, the heavy dark oak door which is the main entrance to the shop and next to it a glass panel that hosts an artificial cloud, a constantly changing veil, that regulates the views from the exterior to the interior and creates a sense of mystery and ethereal enclosure.

Photo of the facade of the shop

Interior view photo

Detail drawings and renders of an early proposal of the project

Detail drawings of the stairs in corrugated steel and the bathroom

Photographs of the physical model of the house

RENOVATION OF AN APARTMENT IN MILAN CENTRE

STUDENT HOUSING IN VERONA COMPETITION

The project is located on the riverfront of Adige river in the city of Verona in Italy, at the proximity of the spanish city walls.

A degraded part of the city where the proposal aims to requalify the context, and inspire further urbaninterventions to the area.

The building is a rectangular volume that is composed of juxtaposed rectangles that create strong shadow contrasts on the facade and give a strong visual identity on the side onthe riverfront.

The functions that the building hosts are: rooms for the students, auditorium, conference halls, internet cafe, library and kitchens.

Type B kitchen

Ground floor

First floor

Second floor

Type B double room

Single room

Diability room

Type A kitchen

Type A double room

North elevation

Main elevation

East elevation

South elevation Cross section

Longitudinal section

The Milanese Diocese Museum is housed in a fifteenth century Dominicanmonastery that has been bombarded during the second world war, thebombardment destroyed one of the four wings of the courtyard, which still remains in the same state that is unrestored, surrounded by a provisionary wooden wall. It is situated between a traffic artery and a park and there is a car park inbetween the two, which hides the main entrance to the museum. Its location therefore creates an opportunity for an expansion to be built. The proposal is composed of two buildings, a curvilinear that reveals themuseum and connects the road with the park and a glass building that envelopes the bombarded section, but also keeps visible the damage of the building.Inside these buildings are located a coffee shop, a library, the new col-lections, a storage space and a conference room.

Satelite axonometric view Ground floor plan

Render view from the park Section

MILANESE DIOCESE MUSEUM COMPETITION

Underground floor planInterior render of the glass building

Interior render of the curvilinear building

Elevation of the curvilinear building

HOUSE FOR A PERSON WITH MOTOR DISABILITY

The following proposal is defined by the constrictions of the site (a rectangle lot of thirty metres by five metres)

The vertical communication is possible via a ramp and an elevator.

The natural light enters the house from the main facades but also from the open garden in the middle of the house.

The rooms are located on the first and second floor, while the services are on the ground floor (kitchen, living room, garden, parking space).

Render of the garden view through the living room

Longitudinal axonometric section of the house

Longitudinal section

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