SELECTED WORKS 2020-2024
Architecture & Urban Design
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MARIELA PERPELOVA
Disegno Urbano Fulya Demirci, Mariela Perpelova Caliari, Greta Allegretti, Lorenzo Simoni VILLA ADRIANA FASHION AND HERITAGE - GUCCI - ECHOES of ETERNITY SECTION Canopo TAV: XVI Architettura Urbanistica e Ingegneria delle Costruzioni
CONTENTS
Biography
Mariela Perpelova
Echoes of Eternity
Masters Thesis Project
Student Housing in Chiaravalle
Postgraduate Construction & Sustainability Design Studio
Denglu Village, China - Housing Cluster Proposal
Postgraduate Architectural Design Studio
RE(Activating) Naviglio Martesana
Postgraduate Landscape Design Studio
South West Ballet Academy
Undergraduate Auditorium/Performance Architecture
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about me
MARIELA PERPELOVA
ARCHITECT
Name: Nationality: Date of Birth:
Mariela Perpelova
Bulgarian 07/06/1998
Address: Via Frigia 19, Milan, Italy
Driving License: AM, B, B1 contact me
Email: perpelova.mariela@gmail.com
Phone: +39 3273431867 +359 882837444
LinkedIn: https://it.linkedin.com/in/mariela-perpelova-73190416b
EDUCATION
2021-2024
2020-2021 2017-2020
Rendering
Politecnico di Milano: MSc Architecture & Urban Design
Sapienza Universit à di Roma: MSc Architecture - Conservation
UWE Bristol, UK: BSc Architecture
RIBA and CIBSE accredited
Plovdiv High School of Humanities: German Language and Literature
Accademia Adrianea di Architettura e Archeologia ONLUS: Piranesi Prix de Rome Award & Special Mention for Stone Display
Studio Fabio Novembre, Milan, Italy
Architecture & Interior Design Intern
Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Buddy Project - Buddy for International Students
Alec French Architects, Bristol, England
RIBA Mentoring Scheme
Arkont-A, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Architecture Intern
UWE, Bristol, England Student Representative
Bulgarian Society at the UWE, Bristol, England
Safety & Equality Officer; Media & Publicity Officer
AutoCAD, Archicad, Revit, Rhino, SketchUp
VRay, Enscape, Lumion, Twinmotion
Adobe CC Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Lightroom, Premiere Pro
Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, Excel
LANGUAGES Bulgarian (native/fluent) English (fluent) Italian (fluent) German (fluent)
2012-2017
2023 2022 2022 2020 2019 2018-2019 2017-2020
EXPERIENCE
SOFTWARE CAD
Adriana
MASTERS THESIS PROJECT
Location: Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy Year: 2023-24
Postgraduate Thesis Project
Professor: Pier Federico Mauro Caliari
In collaboration with: Fulya Demirci
In our project, we delved into the seamless fusion of fashion and heritage, presenting Gucci’s prestigious showcase amidst the captivating ruins of Villa Adriana. With meticulous attention to detail, we honored the UNESCO World Heritage Site’s timeless allure, intertwining haute couture with its historical grandeur. Across multiple venues, our vision unfolded, offering attendees a multisensory journey through time and style, symbolizing the harmonious blend of creativity and history at the heart of our endeavor.
VILLA ADRIANA FASHION AND HERITAGE GUCCI ECHOES of ETERNITY CONCEPTUAL PROJECT BOARD TAV: I
Gucci x Villa
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Plan - Gucci Thermal Pavilion
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Section - Gucci Thermal Pavilion
Plan and Section - Canopo - Nighttime Show
Short Section - Canopo - Nighttime Show
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Visuals - Canopo - Nighttime Show
Plan
- Triclinium - Roman Feast
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Visuals - Triclinium - Roman Feast
MADRE PROJECT
STUDENT HOUSING IN CHIARAVALLE
Location: Chiaravalle, Milan, Italy
Year: 2021-2022
Postgraduate Construction and Sustainability Design Studio
Professors: Matteo Clementi, Elena Lucchi
The project was oriented towards the design of a NZEN, Nearly Zero Energy Neighborhood in an existing settlement, in line with a sustainable urban densification approach. The aim was to create a single publix building and a cluster of smaller housing cluster that can accommodate residences and services for a limited number of students, in close relationship with an existing urban fabric in the village of Chiaravalle, south of Milan.
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FUNCTIONAL ZONING
METABOLIC SYSTEM OF THE SITE
Metabolic System of the Site
PANE LAB AS THE HEATER DIA
MASTERPLAN
Functional Zoning
GROUP 15: SVITLANA USYCHENKO, BUSRA BULBUL, MARIELA PERPELOVA
ACTIVITIES ANALYSIS
OF THE
LAB AS THE HEATER DIAGRAM MASTERPLAN 1:200
METABOLIC SYSTEM
SITE PANE
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GROUP 15: SVITLANA USYCHENKO, BUSRA BULBUL, MARIELA PERPELOVA
3.400 6.800 3.400 3.400 3.400 3.400 3.400 3.400 3.400 1.2001.200 4.440 1.2001.200 2.400 3.600 3.600 3.600 2.4001.200 3.400 3.400 1 1 2 6 4 4 5 5 5 8 3 9 1:100 PLAN 1. Students unit type 1 2. Students unit type 2 3. Kitchen and dining room 4. Sport area 5. Productive green area 6. Semi-open dining area 7. Warehouse 8. Technical building with facilities 9. Pane laboratory SECTION 2 GSPublisherVersion90.3.8.100 3 430 6 100 1000 1 600 900 600 A C D B 2 2 2 6 100 2 A C D B 2 2 GSPublisherVersion90.3.8.100 GSPublisherVersion90.3.8.100 GSEducationalVersion 7 320 1720 850 1 870 4 440 1 1 GSEducationalVersion PAR SOFTWOOD REVEAL 25 mm ANHYDRATED SCREED LATEX FIBISH 50mm OSB SUBFLOOR 18 mm AIRTIGHTNESS LINE TANALISED TIMBER COUNTER-BATTEN 45x7 mm PAR LEDGER BEAM 100x47 mm PANELVENT SHEATING 13 mm WOODEN BOARDS VENTILATED FACADE 120x1500 mm PREFABRICATED WALL PANEL WITH HEMPCRETE FILL 220 mm STEICO WOODFIBRE INSULATION 140 mm DUODLE-GLAZED WINDOW, REHAU 950x1294 GUTTER 220x130 mm REINFORCED CONCRETE PILLAR ON 520 520 300 CONCRETE FOOTINGS STEICO WOODFIBRE INSULATION BETWEEN JOINTS 120 mm NON-PERMEABLE MEMBRANE STRIP LAID ON STRUCTURAL WOODEN BEAM 38x150 4100 SEWER PIPE (d180 mm SOLAR ROOF TILES TESLA 381 1143mm AIRTIGHTNESSLINE DUODLE-GLAZED FIXED SKYLIGHT VELUX 780x1400 WITH ALUNIUM LAMELLS FOR SUN PROTECTION LLAYER OF PLASTERBOARD WITH SKIM OSB SHEETING 11mm CEFIL SINGLE-PLY WTERPROOF MEMBRANE ADHERED TO 18mm WBP PLY AIRTIGHTNESS LINE PANELVENT SHEATING 13 mm WOODEN BOARDS VENTILATED FACADE 120 1500 mm PREFABRICATED WALL PANEL WITH HEMPCRETE FILL 220 mm STEICO WOODFIBRE INSULATION 140 mm GUTTER 220 130 mm TANALISED TIMBER COUNTER-BATTEN 45x7 mm STEICO WOODFIBRE INSULATION 230 60 mm WITH AIRTIGHTNESS LINE GROUP 15: SVITLANA USYCHENKO, BUSRA BULBUL, MARIELA PERPELOVA D1 DETAIL 1 1:20 SECTION 2-2 1:50 PLAN UNIT 2 1:50 PLAN UNIT 1 1:50 PLAN UNIT 1 1:50 DETAIL 2 1:20 SOLAR ANALYSIS OF THE SITE PV INTEGRATION FOR PUBLIC BUILDING 21 22
D 2 2 D 2 DUODLE-GLAZED FIXED SKYLIGHT VELUX 780x1400 WITHALUNIUM LAMELLS FOR SUN PROTECTION GUTTER 220 130 mm SECTION 2-2 1:50 PLAN UNIT 1 1:50 PLAN UNIT 1 1:50 WEST ELEVATION UNIT 2 1:50 SOUTH ELEVATION UNIT 1 1:50 EAST ELEVATION UNIT 1 1:50 DETAIL 2 1:20 Public Building Visuals 23 24
DENGLU VILLAGE
HOUSING CLUSTER PROPOSAL
Location: Denglu, Taijiang County,China
Year: 2022
Postgraduate Architectural Design Studio
Professors: Marco Bovati, Arian Heidari Afshari, Carlo Andrea Castiglioni
The course is part of the AUIC School advanced experimentation that provides “pilot projects” to test innovative teaching methods.
Together with one of the most influential Chinese universities, the teaching team of this laboratory, and the counter-faculty from the Chinese university, has set up a twin (Collaborative) class program that provides the precious opportunity of interactions between students and teachers of the two laboratory courses in two universities.
THE OPENING SCENE
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POLYHEDRIC SHELL
The Miao people have a history of a hostile attitude towards guests. The main reason for the attutude comes from the Miao rebellions where Miao people fought on their ground to protect their territory and were left with the emotional aftermath of having to reclaim your place and your heritage.
ANTICIPATION THROUGH TRANSITION
The element of anticipation that is present in the narrative in the central part of the poem. Here the Miao people are expecting visitors and preparing an attack. This feeling of anticipation is translated through the element of vertical communication and transition spaces. Through these spaces we are gradually building up from the flexible extroverted shell and penetrating inside the fixed core.
INTROSPECTIVE CORE
The people of Miao are looking for a sheltered home that can be a place to hide from the outside worldand to be protected from the harsh environment. The modality chose is that of providing a double facade/shell from outside and by lifting the core off the ground, as it is floating. This way the public realm is connected and rooted to the ground, but the private is floating above connected to the sky.
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The silhouettes run like a chicken without a head.
The Han men trapped in the alley but all of them dead.
The shadows represent the victory of the Miao heads.
This is why the shadows of the village during the day spreads.
谁不知道他们的领土呢︖ 因为他们不知道代价吗︖这片土地是为谁收割的呢︖这不是给那个偷东西的人准备的︒ 汉人来了︒ 苗族人很聪明︒因为他们逃离了他们的土地︒勇敢的女人捣玉米 提前向汉人发出邀请︒汉人被召唤︐保留骨头︐但要吃掉肉︒汉人的武器不能保护︐他们今天的胃口是多么大啊︒ 汉人是怎么走这么陡峭的楼梯的︖他们的斧头放在背上︒难道他们不知道汉人吗︖他们的武器没有机会︒这次婚姻关系是一种骗局︒ 一个充满骨头的洞穴︐汉人躺在地上︐他们的迁移成功了她的肉是怎么被吃掉的︐但轮廓仍然存在吗︖山谷里的那个是什么东西︖漂浮的阴影但不是在苗族的土地上︒ 人影像鸡一样奔跑︐没有前方︒ 汉人被困在巷子里︐但都死了︒影子代表着苗家的胜利︒
一个家庭由四张床组成︐父母和三个孩子︐男人是建造者和生产者︐ 怀孕的女性靠在栏杆上︐孩子们跑来跑去︐玩闹着这个故事于登鲁开始︐ 家 人起床了︐汉族的父亲带着她的儿子来到了村里 苗族的少年被指控了在寻找一颗猪心的时候︐然后他的胃被撕裂了︒希望找到个苗族的女孩结婚︒晚餐期间发生了一场争执︐ 猪的心脏不在那里︒ 故事要从哪里说起呢︖哪里是苗人的居所︖ 它漂浮在陡峭的山谷上︒一个家庭是如何组成的︖谁是这个家庭的主人︖坐落在斜坡上︐建立在木头上︐苗族栅栏式的房屋他们的房子是木头做的︖这是怎么做到的︖ 女人们做什么︖时间被消耗在何处︖ 婚姻开始了吗︖为什么新娘没有梳妆打扮︖为什么村民们离开了︖ 还没开始吗︖敲打玉米的声音︐烧焦松木的味道︐村子里空无一人︐我们的客人很快就要来到了谁敢站在中间︖
A cavern full of bones, The Hans rest in ground, Their migration was successful But not on Miao land.
What is that in the valley? The shadows that float How was ther flesh eaten But the contours still wont?
The Miaos were intelligent, For they have flead their land. Brave women pounded their corn An invitation to the khas in advance.
Tha khas, summoned by corn, Preserve the bones but eat the flesh. Hans weapons can’t belay, What an appetite khas they have today.
How Hans carry on such steep stairs? Their axes on their backs. Do they not know of khas? Their weapons don’t stand a chance.
The matrimony was a deception.
Did the matrimony start? Why the bride’s not dressed?
Why are the villagers leaving? It did not start yet?
Sound of pounded corn, Smell of burnt pine wood, The village is deserted, Our guests will come soon.
Who dares to interpost?
Who knows not their land?
For they do not know the cost?
For whom the land is reaped? It is not for the one who steals.
The Hans have entered.
The family is of four beds, One marrital and three kids, The head is a builder and a farmer, The lady embroids on the belustrade, Kids run around and like to play.
This story starts in Denglu, Our family is out of bed, A Han father brings his son in the village
To get a Miao daughter to wed.
During the dinner a dispute arose, A Miao boy was accused
While in search of a pig heart, And got his stomach ripped out.
The pig’s heart was not there.
Where does the story start?
Where do the Miao live?
Are their homes out of wood? How are the houses built?
Sitting on a slope, Stilted on wooden posts, Miao Ganlan house
On the steeped valley floats.
How is the family composed? Who is the family head? What do the women do? How is the time spent?
THE CLUSTERS
General Masterplan_Scale 1:1000 General Masterplan with Cluster 1:1000 31 32
- 2 floor house
- ground floor connection with filter activities
- Long promenade that lead to the public sphere to the private one - 2 floor house
-ground floor connection with filter activities
- the common space and the private space are strongly divided in the house
- the common space and the private space are strongly divided in the house
-Long promenade that leads to the public space from the private one
General Masterplan of Cluster 1:200
General Masterplan_Scale 1:500
General Section AA'_Scale 1:500
General Section AA’_Scale 1:200
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General Section 1:200
Plan_First Floor_Scale 1:50 Section AA'_Scale 1:50 0.00 W 0.44 0.83 1.76 1.5 +10.30 +5.60 +2.80 +0.00 Ground Floor Plan_Scale 1:50 Section AA’_Scale 1:50 35 36
RE(Activating) Naviglio Martesana
Landscape Architecture
Location: Milan, Naviglio Martesana, Italy Year: 2023
Postgraduate Thematic Studio
Professors: Fabiano Lemes De Oliveira, Gerardo Semprebon, Alberta Cazzani
This Thematic Studio focused on the relationships between urban, peri-urban and rural areas and the roles of historic landscapes in future scenarios for sustainable development.
This project merges nature and community with three distinct features: an organic walkway leading to a pavilion overlooking a bio lake, a canoe building functioning as a water taxi hub along the Martesana, and an intimate area designed for the local community garden. These elements provide spaces for relaxation, recreation, and community engagement, offering scenic views and practical amenities.
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In a biolake system, plants and animals collaborate within an intricate ecosystem. Plants effectively purify water by absorbing nutrients and filtering pollutants, vital for sustaining aquatic life. They also generate oxygen, supporting the ecosystem’s health. These plants provide habitat and nourishment for various animals, fostering biodiversity. This interaction creates a balanced food chain and nutrient cycle. The diversity of plant species ensures a thriving ecosystem. Together, flora and fauna maintain a sustainable and harmonious environment.
Project Masterplan 1:1000
The Biolake System
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The Watersystem Functions
1:100 Wetland
Section and Plan
Pavilion
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Interior View of the Wetland Pavilion
SOUTH WEST BALLET ACADEMY
AUDITORIUM/PERFORMANCE ARCHITECTURE
Location: Redcliffe, Bristol, England
Year: 2019-2020
Undergraduate Design Studio
Located in the central part of Bristol and a feeder for Trinity Laban, the South West Ballet Academy aims to motivate and inspire the new generation through thorough academic program aligned with precisely structured dance courses.
The spacious interior features double height ballet studios, which not only offer views of the dancers moving in and around the building, but also expand the academy’s astonishing views towards the harborside.
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Part of the masterplan is the public courtyard in between, which is also shaped using the same geometrical forms, bringing together the different structures located on the site.
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Connection to Water
The site has a unique relationship to the water, overlooking the river, offering great views and feeling of calmness
Easily accessible by pedestrians through important routes. The site is used daily as a short-cut (connecting the South and North of Bristol) by workers and locals
As it is located next to the edge of the harbourside, there is not much traffic around the site, resulting in a less noise polluted place
Vehicular Movement
Access
Site Model - Laser Cut and Resin
Site Analysis 49 50
Teamwork: Simona Popova, Feliciano Bezerra, Choolwe Lourens, Leazan Bakir
Ground Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
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Rooftop Plan
The Caves - Space between Spaces
The Redcliffe Caves are a series of man made tunnels between the Redcliffe area of Bristol. Part of the masterplan’s proposal is to situate some of the dance studios there, creating a more special and intimate space for performances.
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Architecture Portfolio - Selected Works
Mariela Perpelova
MSc Architecture - 2024
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