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Polona Šušterič

 

SI - 4207 Cerklje 

 

sustericpolona@gmail.com

+ 386 31 710 937

 Life is about learning.

Professional info

 

As a person I am very curious and eager to learn that is why I decided to study architecture. During the student years I learned how to design and draw plans, make models and use different programs.  

 

I am highly motivated and persistent since my passion is creating concepts and architectural designing. I like co-operating with others and participating in a team but I can also work independently within that team. I also like to carefully deliberate about my ideas and visualise the final result before I have started. However, I am not afraid to take a chance and play with the rules. In addition, I am resourceful, quick to act and willing to compromise. Not only that, I am eager and enthusiastic to get the job done to a high standard. I am a very social person and opened to new opportunities and innovative solutions.

 

The reason I became a volunteer and a tutor is because I like to help and guide people. I am a communicative and also a sensitive person which allows me to listen and understand others. As I am very dedicated and ambitious, I like to further expand my knowledge on different areas and for this reason I attend various lectures, expositions and events within and outside my field of study.

 

My mission is to collaborate in the architectural field in different areas such as renewing, transforming existing buildings, designing and building contemporary objects, researching and experimenting with different concepts and ideas and incorporating in my designs various artistic forms.

Languages

 

 

English

Croatian

Slovenian

Programs

 

 

 

AutoCAD 2D

Adobe Illustator

Adobe Photoshop

InDesign

Corel Draw

Microsoft Office

Archi Cad

 

 

 

 

Education 

 

Faculty of Architecture (single master's study programme Architecture - 5 years)

Universitiy in Ljubljana

2007 - present

 

 

Building design studios:         5th year         professor doc. Jurij SADAR u.d.i.a.

                                                                     assistants Ana Kreč m.i.a., Denis Rovan, u.d.i.a.

 

 

                                               4th year         professor doc. Vasa J. PEROVIĆ MA BiA

                                                                     assistants Anja Vidic u.d.i.a., Jure Grohar u.d.i.a.

 

 

                                               3rd year         professor dr.Fedja KOŠIR, u.d.i.a.

                                                                     assistant doc.dr.Sonja Ifko, u.d.i.a.

 

 

                                               2nd year        professor dr.Fedja KOŠIR u.d.i.a.

                                                                     assistant doc.dr.Sonja Ifko u.d.i.a.

 

 

                                              1st year          professor dr.Boris LESKOVEC u.d.i.a.

                                                                     assistant Andrej Mahovič u.d.i.a.

 

Experience
 
Architecutre student internship at Rintala Eggertson Architects
April  - June 2015
 
  Bentsebrugata 13f, Oslo NO
BUILD: TINTRA FOOTBRIDGE, VOSS - NORWAY
Tutor at Faculty of Architecture

October 2014 - present

 

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture                                                                 Zoisova 12, SI-1000 Ljubljana

                                                                                                                             

 

I am offering guidance and advice to a small group of first year students, by helping them to adapt to a new student environment, teaching them a few basic programmes, correcting some projects and guiding them through the student process. If a problem occurs I mediate between the students and the professors.

 

 

Interior adviser at Furniture fair Ambient for VENGE d.o.o.

October 2014 

 

Gospodarsko Razstavišče                                                                                                                      Venge d.o.o.

Ljubljana                                                                                                                        

 

I worked at the furniture fair Ambient Ljubljana, for the company Venge d.o.o, as an interior adviser.

 

 

 

 

Volunteer at the OPEN HOUSE SLOVENIA 2014

September 2014 

 

Open House Slovenia 2014

Slovenia - city Ljubljana and region of Gorenjska                         

 

I was volunteering at an event organized by non-profit organization Open House Slovenia for Open House Worldwide 2014. 

 

I worked on five projects in Ljubljana and in the region of Gorenjska.

I was communicating with the architects and owners concerning their participation at the event.

I made introductory speeches about the organisation, owners and architects in front of different types of groups, ranging from 5 - 80 people.

 

I was also in charge of taking photographs at the event and recording statistics of visitors. 

 

Acquired competences: independent work , public speaking, organizational and communication skills,  accountability, taking photographs, organization of data, statistical analysis, social skills, responsibility, reliability, accuracy, etc.

 

 

 

 

Colour Study of different facades

2010 - 2012

 

Private investors

 

I worked pro bono: I carried out colour schemes of desired facades in the Photoshop for tree single-family houses. All tree facades were realized.

 

Acquired competences:  Communication with the client, sense of aesthetics and computer skills.

 

 

 

Awards

 

A+Award: Popular Choice Winners Transportation Infrastructure with Tintra Footbridge, Rintalaeggertsson

Faculty student Prešern award 2015

 

1st prize in Artistic Illumination at the 1st International Competition of Photoraphy in Artificial Light in Barcelona

 

 

 

Build

TINTRA FOOTBRIDGE/Rintala Eggertsson Architects, 2015

SPATIAL STRUCTURE 2016/Faculty of Architecture Ljubljana

 

 

 

Skills

 

model building

drawing  and sketching

mastering different programs

analysis

creative and critical thinking conceptualization

communication

collaboration

design

touch typing

  

Field trips

 

Berlin 

Ruhr cities

Tuscan cities

Trieste

Istanbul

Venice

Barcelona

Oslo  

Bergen

Stockholm

 

 

 

 

 

running
hiking
pilates
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hobbies

 

Sport

 

Traveling

Attending events

Photography

Living a healthy lifestyle

Cooking and baking

Spending time with family and friends

 

 

 

 

 

Student projects
 
Building design studios projects
 
5th year   Revitalization of an area and renovation  of the factory Salvetti at Fornače 
               
                Urban design of an industrial seaside area Fornače in Piran 
                  collaborators: Marko Kavčič, Kristina Slejko

 

4th year   Hybrid City block Six in Ljubljana  

                 collaborator: Tilen Blaževič

    

3rd year    Möbius single family house

                 Wooden single family house

                 Stone houses as a shell for three families

                 House of glass, steel and concrete for the concept of individual foundation for six researchers

                 at Svalbard, Norway

                 Urbanism of previously designed buildings at the site of gravel pit Naklo      

 

2nd year   Children's educational entertainment center in Ljubljana         

                 Eco-smart pavilion at Faculty of Architecture Ljubljana       

                 Mobile stage installation at Kongresni trg in Ljubljana         

                 Student community centre, Tabula rasa        

                 Pavilion on water, Genius loci

    

1st year    Energy station Lighter

 

 

Competitions

 

Trimo Urban Crash Bike Base 2013 - A Drive throught bike base, extended shortlist 

(collaborator: Špela Kočevar)

 

Isover International Multi-Comfort House Students Contest 2012 - Down into the rabbit hole

collaborator: Nejc Vašl

 

 

Workshops

 
Tire  : Space, user and material guided by architect Aljoša Dekleva M.Arch (AA Dist)     collaborators: Katja Božičko, Tadej Šadl
 

Game, Space, Light - Scenery and lighting workshop for an international project CESA - 2nd place 

collaborators: Anja Timzoya Jeglič, Tanja Ledinek, Katja Lončar, Manca Starman

 
Renovation of the central area in karst village Šepulje - 1st place
collaborators: Kaja Švab Težak, Jakob Šuštar, Anja Urankar
 

Inhabitant dwellings guided by Swiss artist Sophie Guyot 

collaborators: Primož Ažman, Janez Polda, Ana Marija Kolenc  

 

Spatial structure 2016: cordinator and workshop assistant, coauthor

 
 
Smaller student projects

 

Vertical market and catering of freshly prepared food in Ljubljana - architectural conceptual proposal
 
Home for the elderly by principle of hanging gardens on the Ljubljana castle slopes  - architectural conceptual proposal
 
Single Family house a detailed plan of construction
 

Residential building - architectural conceptual proposal 

 
House for artistic couple - architectural conceptual proposal 

 

Urbanistic analysis and concept of a revitalization area of Slovenian square in the city of Kranj

(collaborator: Sara Švab)

 

Bourgeois apartment - architectural conceptual proposal  (collaborator: Anja Urankar)
 

Student dorm - architectural conceptual proposal  (collaborator: Anja Urankar)

 
City park - architectural conceptual proposal  (collaborator: Anja Urankar)
 
Kunsthalle Ljubljana- architectural conceptual proposal  (collaborator: Anja Urankar)
 

Ljubljana city on two rivers - an urbanistic conceptual proposal for a new city centre on the area of the river bank Sava (collaborators: Polona Bajde, Sara Starkež)

 

Design of the fire protection programme for a multi residential building 

(collaborators: Polona Bajde, Romana Pavlič)

 

 

Analysis and Researches

 

Sustainable approaches for the protection of the post-war architectural heritage of the 20th century On example of the residential neighborhood in Ferant's garden at facility B

*candidate for the Prešeren award  for studentst 2015 

(collaborators: Brina Britovšek, Andraž Keršič, Miha Rijavec)

 

The importance and protecton of the residential complex Ferant's garden

(collaborators: Brina Britovšek, Andraž Keršič, Miha Rijavec, Sara Starkež, Nataša Vidmarl)

 

Analysis of Ski lifts Carmenna and Wildspitzbahn 

 

Analysis of Modern architectural works at a history class (V. Horta, A. Loos, A. Aalto etc.)

 

Analysis of Greek columns at a history class by freehand technical drawing

 

Analysis of planned objectives, terrain and climatic conditions, and a new design of the southern area of Ljubljana (collaborators: Katja Božičko, Nina Fabjančič, Doris Golob, Nejc Jurič, Tadej Šadl)

 

Analysis of the proportions of vernacular architecture of Banova homestead 

(collaborators: Matjaž Sušin, Blaž Šalamon, Kaja Švab)

 

Structural analysis  of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum designed by Groleger architects (collaborators: Rastko Pečar, Livija Mlakar, Simona Ožvald, Anja Urankar)

 

Analysis of architecture in concrete and wood made by Valerio Olgiati: Avditorium Plantahof and his own architectural biro (collaborator: Sara Starkež)

 

Analysis of the architectural assessment of the impacts on the environment

(collaborators: Sara Starkež, Anja Urankar)

 

Analysis of the impact of colours in designing  spaces (collaborator: Simona Ožvald)

 

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2010 - present

2010 - present

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