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DOMINIKA BELANSKÁportfolio
architectureplacemaking
participatory planningarchitecture mediation
exhibition design
[email protected]+421 903 103 146
SUMMARYDominika Belanská is an architect, placemaker and urban innovator based in Bratislava. She specializes in participatory
and collaborative city making and community development. Since completing her master studies of architecture, design and arts with a thesis on participatory approach in architecture, she has initiated, facilitated or collaborated on a variety of projects and initiatives that enable local communities to transform their urban spaces into meaningful places.
Her experience include spatial planning, design, strategy, methodology of stakeholder involvement, facilitation, project management, event management and PR. Dominika also promotes the new strategies in urban planning and public spaces policies locally and internationally via workshops, lectures, publishing, editing and curating.
Dominika Belanská would like to connect, collaborate with and learn from institutions, enterprises, teams and individuals, who aspire after a more resilient and livable environments, developed collaboratively and according to the principles of equality.
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EDUCATION
2006 – 2012 Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava (SK)Department of Architecture:2012 - Master of Arts2010 - BachelorDepartment of Intermedia and Multimedia:semestral internship, 2010
2009 Politecnico di Milano, Milano (IT)Faculty of Design: interior design, exhibition designstudy programme Erasmus
2010 – 2013 Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislavaadditional study programme of pedagogy2013 – art educator certificate
LANGUAGES
English – full professional proficiency (C2)Italian – upper intermediate (B2)German – upper intermediate (B1.4)Czech – proficient (C2)Slovak – native
SOFTWARE
drawing: AutoCAD – advanced, ArchiCAD – basics3D modelling: 3Dstudio Max, Rhinoceros, Sketch Upgraphic: Adobe Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator
FURTHER EDUCATIONsince 2015 – ViabilityNet 2.0 – Nadace Via, Prague (CZ) and Europe-widecommunity development leadership programme
2014 – Global Forum for Young Cultural Innovators, Salzburg Global Seminar, participation in seminar, Salzburg (AT)
2014 – Berlin Unlimited Workshop – Excavating Voids, Ruins and Flows. Alternative Guidebook to Berlin, symposium and workshop, Berlin (GE)
2013 – Building with wood – Workshop 1:1, Trnavá hora (SK)
2012 – How to lead public meetings – facilitation trainingPDCS o.z., Bratislava
2012 – The Lure of the Real (Karaoke Europe) – Žilina (SK)symposium and workshop on anthropology, performance and participation
2011 – Compact City – 4AM Forum for Architecture and Media, Brno (CZ)
2010 – Theatre and the City (TACE), workshop with Bergen Arkitekt Skole (Bergen, Norway) in Bratislava
2009 – industrial design workshop, with company Seves, Politecnico di Milano
2009 – Intensive Italian Language Course (EILC) Universitá per stranieri, Siena (IT)
1999 – 2006 – Art School L. Stančeka, Prievidza (SK)Fine Art Department, Dance Department
FURTHER SKILLSfacilitation and leading of meetings
public presentation experience
writing and text editing
event management & PR
fundraising
various depicting techniques and art techniques
photography – digital and analogue process and post-process
driving licence
CURRICULUM VITAEMgr. art. Dominika BelanskáBorn 3. 5. 1988, Martin, Slovakia
CURATING
2013curator of architecture exhibitionDiploma works of Department of Architecture 20136.8. – 31.8.2013Slovak Association of Architects, Bratislava
2013co-curator of photography exhibition in public spaceSummer With the Square / About Public SpaceKamenné námestie, Bratislava
COMPETITIONS and AWARDS
Kultúra 2013 (Culture 2013) award for innovative cultural eventco-laureate with team of Parkotvor, Prievidza
Europan 11 - AA235 Turku, Finland, 2012contribution to the 2nd prize winner project Orchard Avenues - Peter Stec and Mark Balzar
WORK EXPERIENCEsince 2015 – project manager for Obchodná ulica a okolie, o.z., Bratislava 2015-2016 – PR manager for Centre for philanthropy, Bratislava
2015 – program manager for Foundation Orange, Center for Philantropy, Bratislava
2014-2015 – co-founder, placemaker, coordinator of POD PYRAMÍDOU, urban rooftop garden, Bratislava
2014-2015 – art and architecture educator and methodist, Kunsthalle Bratislava
since 2012 – art and architecture educator, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava
2013-2014 – editor of architecture magazine Fórum architektúrySlovak Association of Architects, Bratislava
2014 – consultant for sustainable managementpublic markethall Tržnica Trnavské mýto, Bratislava – Nové Mesto
since 2012 – placemaker, coordinator, producerinitiative Námestie pre ľudí (Square for people), Bratislava initiative Parkotvor, Prievidza
2012-2014 – editor of magazine Tvor, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava
2012 – subject, screenplay and expertise in documentary filmNepochopené miesta (Misunderstood places)
2012 – assistant in architecture studio Architekti Šebo Lichý, Bratislava
2011 – assistant of architect in Public Office for Architecture, Gallery Hit, Bratislava
BUILT WORKPOD PYRAMÍDOU – urban rooftop garden (co-founder)Slovak Radio Building, Bratislava, 2014
Community Bench – public space intervention (co-author)Kamenné námestie, Bratislava, 2014
T(h)ree platforms – multigeneration playground (co-author)Trnavá hora (SK), 2013
Campus PARTYcipate! – temporary experimental structureAFAD, Drotárska cesta 44, Bratislava, 2012
Fashion Graduates 2012 – exhibition installation designGallery Satelit, Slovak Centre of Design, Bratislava
Compact City – architectural exhibition installation (co-author)4AM Forum for architecture and Media, Brno (CZ), 2011
EXHIBITIONSVýstava kvetov – Gallery Gagarinka, Bratislava, 2015 collective exhibitions of artists and urban gardening initiatives Network – designfactory, Bratislava, 2013exposition of activities of the incitiative Námestie pre ľudí
Public Office for Architecture – Gallery Hit, Bratislava, 2011contribution to architecture exhibition
Iannis Xenakis Transformations – 2011, AFAD Bratislava interdisciplinary workshop and exhibition with Department of Painting and Other media
Pedestrian Bridge over Danube – Slovak Art Union, Bratislava, 2008, group exhibition of student projects
PUBLICATIONSParticipation. Architecture as Shared Public Experience. (Participácia. Architektúra ako zdieľaná verejná skúsenosť.)diploma thesis, consultants: Marián Zervan, Peter Stec, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, 2012
Intermediating Architecture. Principles, Examples, Perspectives. (Sprostredkovanie architektúry. Princípy, príklady, perspektívy.)final thesis in additional pedagogic study programme, consultant: Ladislav Čarný, AFAD, Bratislava, 2013
Parkotvor. Opening the Park in People’s Minds.in: City for Citizens, Citizens for City.published by Slovak Governance Institute, Bratislava, 2014
Re-Act. Tools for Urban Re-Activation. contribution to publication by New Generations, Berlin, 2015
Confront, Discuss, Collaborate? Bratislava’s Urban Actors Try It All In: Bottom-Up City / Café Bábel, Budapest, 2016
MEMBERSHIPSSalzburg Global Seminarfellow of global network
DO.CO.MO.MO Slovakiaprofessional association
Jedlé mestocivic association, Bratislava
Námestie pre ľudí professional initiative, Bratislava
Abandoned (Re)creationinitiative, Trenčianske Teplice
Parkotvorcivic initiative, Prievidza
Platforma Staré mestoneighbourhood initiative, Bratislava
TEACHING & PRESENTATIONSCriticise, Discuss, Collaborate? presentation at international conference Město pod pokličkou, Nadace Partnerství, Brno, 2015
Urban Gardens Bring Peace to Communitiespresentation at international conference Public Spaces Bratislava, 2014
Participatory Planning of Public Spaceslecture at workshop Perfect Space, Faculty of Architecture STU Bratislava, 2014
Parkotvor. Opening the Park in People’s Minds.presentation at international conference City for Citizens, Citizens for City Slovak Governance Institute, Bratislava, 2014
City is (not a machine) for livingpresentation at public discussion Is Modern Still Modern?, Flatgallery, Bratislava, 2014as a part of Unfinished by Architectuul
The City Needs More River public participatory planning bikeride and workshop, Nitra (SK), 2014 Renaissance of Public Spaces public presentation at festival Abandoned (Re)creation, Trenčianske Teplice (SK), 2013
A Day for the Square. Participatory Planning of Kamenné námestie. (Deň pre námestie. Participatívne plánovanie Kamenného námestia.)
in: Projekt. Revue of Slovak Architecture. 3-4/2012
Public Spaces Belong to People (Verejné priestory patria ľuďom)with Zuzana Žúžiová, in: .týždeň 32/2013
The City Needs More River (Mesto potrebuje viac rieky)with Barbora Mlejová, in: Fórum architektúry 3/2014
First Conference WhatCity? or “Learning from Berlin” (Prvá konferencia WhatCity? alebo “Learning from Berlin”)
in: ARCH 7/2014
Walking with eyes wide open (Chodiť s otvorenými očami)interview with mayor Vladimír Ledecký
in: Smart Cities 4/2014
PORTFOLIO
POD PYRAMÍDOUurban rooftop garden
Slovak Radio, Mýtna 1, Bratislava (SK), since 2014with civic association Jedlé mesto and initiative NA STRECHE, in collaboration with RTVS
Food self-sufficiency, resilient city dwelling and reinforcement of in-between-use in an attempt for better living in cities is at the core of activities of association Jedlé mesto. In september 2014, we established the first
rooftop urban garden in Slovakia, which transforms a space vacant for decades into a place for the neighbourhoods, communities and diverse minorities to meet. We invite them to use this monumental modernist space under the famous
“inversed pyramid” to co-create a shared environment and this way rethink and reshape together the way we live in the city.
For more information please visit: www.facebook.com/podpyramidou
temporary stage / resting element facilities for resting induced socialization
urban gardening community project “Adopt a pot!”
workshops and guided tours maintenance of infrastructure and greenery
urban gardening community project “Adopt a pot!”
concerts, theatre performances and other events SQUARE FOR PEOPLEinterventions and management of public space
Kamenné námestie, Bratislava (SK), since 2012
Námestie pre ľudí (Square for people) is a professional and civic initiative of architects, urban planners, students and volunteers, who concentrate on improvement of planning and management of public spaces. Following the
principles of participatory planning, community engagement and placemaking, we develop strategies for revitalisation and development of public spaces and realise actual steps towards their implementation, such as creating interventions,
organising events and providing platforms for enhancing the function of community.Project “Leto s námestím” (Summer with the square, 2013) refleced the outcomes of participatory planning
of Kamenné námestie, a key public square in the centre of Bratislava, and attempts to transform this problematic and underestimated space into a more livable, functional and welcoming destination.
For more data please visit: www.facebook.com/namestiepreludi or www.namestiepreludi.sk
visualisations of possible transformations of the park served as a catalyst in the discussions and interactive walks with local inhabitants
PARKOTVORparticipatory planning of a park and community engagement
Park Skotňa, Prievidza (SK), since 2013
The first step towards future revitalisation of a park in a small city in the centre of Slovakia was a public planning event. We invited local people to share their knowledge and ideas about the park. The event combined participatory planning
(workshops with local children and youth, questionnaires, public discussion, interactive walk, mental mapping...) and entertainment (concerts, sports, collective cooking...). The results of the planning are implemented into a strategic future
plan of the park available to municipality and into actual interventions, which are being realised in cooperation with citizens and volunteers.
For more data please visit: www.parkotvor.prievidza.net or www.facebook.com/parkotvor
auditorium
conver-sations
cardboard kitchen
balcony
observation deck
hammock
projection plane
dancefloor
VJ
scre
en
debates
sofastudying bench
bar
open fire
DJ pult
terrace courtyard
balcony
staircase towerfirst floor
upcyclying and improvisation flexible use of space events initiated by the community
versatile scaffolding structure supported spontaneous use and shifting of functions
example:day 7
example:day 13
concentrationof participants
low
high
interventions
bar
sitting on wooden palletes
sitting on carpet,matresses and palletes
material, spatial and procesual interventions
shared space for creativity
cooperation on realisation of ideas
PARTYcipate!temporary structure of experimental student campus
Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Drotárska cesta 44, Bratislava (SK), realised 2012diploma thesis led by Peter Stec
Temporary structure built from scaffolding and various recycled materials, constructed next to the building of the academy and occupied, developed and maintained by its students for a period of one month. The aim of the intervention was to test
the potential of approriating the space and its creative use by students of the accademy. The open and versatile structure hosted various events and actions (discussions, concerts, workshops, parties, presentations, flea market, barbecue...) and
provided rich experience in the modes of participation, collaboration and communication among students and visitors.
Full report here: www.issuu.com/ultra.belanska/docs/partycipatePreliminary research here: issuu.com/ultra.belanska/docs/campus_research
wooden frame was partially filled with upcycled concrete slabs to provide a counterweight for the cantilever
T(h)REE PLATFORMSmultigeneration playground
Workshop 1:1, Trnavá hora (SK), realised 2013with Veronika Trnovská, Marianna Maczová, Danica Pišteková, Maroš Greš, Peter Trnka,
Nora Žalúdeková, Lucia Šúpolová, Anne Panjwani, Laura Maasryled by Ransu Helenius and Martin Varga
The three cantilevered wooden platforms on a beautiful spot next to a lake are a result of a 10-day concentrated team work. Their abstract forms and spatial corelation invite for interpretation and apropriation by users of all ages.
For more data please visit: www.facebook.com/jednakjednej
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pôdorys 1 NP_M 1:30
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12m2
small cottage with wood constructionproposal 2010
studio led by Sabah Shawkat
The design of the cottage was limited by required parameters of wood constructon on an area of 3m x 4 m. The resulting proposal uses this minimal room to develop an inner space for basic functions on two levels. The unusual layered wood construction system allowed cantivevering of the beams and the development
of a double sided functional wall, in which storage and sitting facilities of the cottage are “built-in”.
PAVILLIONpublic park facility proposal
Park Andreja Hlinku, Bratislava - Ružinov, 2010Academy of Fine Arts and Design
studio led by prof. Ján Bahna
The pavillion works as a medium between pavement and (nowadays underused) lawn, inviting visitors inside its loop, on the other end
of which they find themselves on the grass, among trees. The structure is proposed to be build from wood
with steel joints and bracing.
(no)FURNITURE HOUSEsystem of configurable module house and user interface proposal
Academy of Fine Arts and Design, 2011with Tomáš Letenay and Barbora Perichtová, studio led by Peter Stec
Ownership, storage and collecting were our starting points for setting the parameters of a module system, which would be configurable according to the owner’s posessions. Our attempt was to create a system allowing close relation between the objects and the evolution of the space they occupy, as well as the “negative” void, the living space. The user chooses from
a database of objects, which are sorted into referring prefab modules and create the actual bearing structure of the indi-vidualized house. The process was investigated in many variations of models.
Variation 1
Section
Variation 2
section
THE LOTproposal of a building in a vacant lot
Obchodná ulica (Shopping Street), Bratislava, 2010Academy of Fine Arts and Design
studio led by prof. Ján Bahna
The design is inspired by the image of the locality - a vital street in the centre of the city, full of shops and cafés. The concept derives from an idea of fulfillment of the blank, vacant lot to the maximum. The volumes of the building are an ironical
allusion to the full shopping bags of the passers-by. Suggested is a groungfloor with a café, inviting and well-connected with the street level, on the other floors open spaces for retail, business and creatives and apartments/studios on the top floor.
green roof covering the garages
pierwith resting elements
ŠTRKOVECurban design of lake shores and surroundings (excerpt)
lake Štrkovec, Bratislava, 2010Academy of Fine Arts and Design
studio led by prof. Ján Bahna
Transformation of the area around an artificial lake, located in the 70’s prefab neighbourhood. The research of the locali-ty was based on identification of the basic characteristic spatial elements and materials. The concept of the urban design
was to sensitively dilute these features (as if the lake’s water would do) into new hybrid elements (hotel, apartment house, sportplaces, molos, green roof...) which would compliment the unique environment and make it more “user-friendly”.
FASHION GRADUATESexhibition installation
Fashion Graduates 2012, Gallery Satelit, Slovak Centre of Design, Bratislava (SK), realised 2012
Installation of a business fashion collection by young Slovak fashion designer Miroslava Ferklová. The given minimal budget and limited gallery facilities were used with maximum effect and wit. The unifying element is the use of rectangular planes,
which either support the manequins, or, leant on the wall, serve as a notice board of designer’s work, showing sketches, drawings and samples of materials, tight to the board with slim elastic bands. Print promotion materials are exhibited on
top of a transparent table as well as between its two glass layers. The framed logo of the company underlines the impression of the fashion start-up’s corporate identity.
COMPACT CITYexhibition installation
4am Forum for Architecture and Media, Brno (CZ), realised 2011with Anna Cséfalvay, Marianna Maczová, Veronika Trnovská and others, workshop led by Peter Stec
During the workshop Compact City we researched the rules and limits which shape the city. Our installation was the starting point of a series of installations and events on the topic. We created a new layer in the gallery space, an envelope or negative
cityscape realised in backlit translucent geotextile stretched on wooden frame. These were the new boundaries and limits for the succesive installations, leaving the next curators the opportunity to accept them or to challenge them.
Full report on Compact City: www.forum4am.cz/?p=516&lang=enVideo of the installation (watch from 40:51 min): www.vimeo.com/album/1566362/video/21523262
INTERMEDIATING ARCHITECTURESince 2012, Dominika Belanská collaborates on methodics and realisation of gallery animation programs focused on intermediation
of architecture, to allow children and young people to discover the qualities, possibilities and functions of architectural space, the consequences of decisions hidden in architectural and urban plans and models and their own ways of getting creatively involved in the reflexion and creation of their environment. Workshops, exhibition commentaries, guided tours and other creative educational
programs are suited to the needs and capabilities of each group or individual. The participants get theoretical background to develop their own concepts through drawing, model making, installations and other media via individual or team work.
The workshops were held in Slovak National Gallery, in collaboration with Vladimír Malast, Barbora Jurinová and Magdaléna Kuch-tová, the other events in collaboration with PARKOTVOR (Prievidza), Námestie pre ľudí (Bratislava)
and Abandoned (Re)creation (Trenčianske Teplice).
City Continuityworkshop on urbanism
Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, 2013with Vladimír Malast
In the first part of the workshop , the participants were given a theoretical background about the basic purposes of city development and urban qualities, based on observation of the neighbouring urban structures. The second part was a team-work with a scale model of a city fragment. The task was to imagine the next step - how does the city change, if we project
our needs and wishes upon its structure? Images show the initial and the final phase of the model.
ABANDONED (Re)CREATIONlectures and workshops about architecture
Abandoned (Re)creation Festival, Trenčianske Teplice, 2013with Martin Zaiček, Andrea Kalinová, Rea Dilhoffová and others
Workshops for the pupils of primary school in Trenčianske Teplice mediated the principles and importance of functionalist architecture and by means of lectures and interactive walk presented the most important buildings of this
movement in the city (some of them vacant). We hope to ignite more interest towards these culturally and historically valuable buildings in the youngest generation. To achieve these goals we used the combination of educatianoal methods
of introductory lecture, interactive commentary and interpretation, creative worksheets, maps, drawing and real-time experience with exploraton of the buildings.
Build Your City!workshop on urbanism for the youngest
Kamenné námestie, Bratislava, 2013with Námestie pre ľudí, civic initiative
Thank you for reading.I’m looking forward to your feedback.
Dominika Belanská[email protected]
+421 903 103 146