Andrea Quartara Architect, PhD Male | 26.05.1989 | Italian 46, Via Armando Diaz, 17021 Alassio (SV) Italy 44, Via Giovanni Torti, 16153 Genova (GE) Italy andreaquartara@gmail.com http://cargocollective.com/andreaquartara
Profile Andrea has enrolled in the Master program in Architecture in Genoa (Italy) in 2007. The core of his MArch thesis - [in]forming form. Generation and mutations of an urban algorithm - developed with Giulio Dini, is the implementation of an algorithmic masterplan and an architectural scenario for the Erzelli Hill, in Genoa. In July 2013 he graduated summa cum laude. Thereafter, in January 2014 he became a Licensed Architect (section A, Italian law). He is a PhD of the Department of Architecture and Design (DAD), in Genoa with the thesis Post-Digital Reflections: Computational, Material and Manufacturing Considerations Challenging the Digital Boundaries. In September 2015 he has joined the Open Thesis Fabrication program at the Institut d'Arquitectura Avançada de Catalunya working with wood and robotic fabrication. During his PhD he published with IGI Global and Springer Italia and took part to several international conferences and workshops, as the 3rd eCAADe Regional Workshop held at the Department of Design of Polytechnic School of Milan, smartgeometry 2016: Hybrid Domains, held at Chalmers University of Technology, in Gothenburg (Sweden) or Advances in Architectural Geometry 2016 at Gramazio&Kohler chair at the ETH in Zßrich.
Educational training Date
January 2014 - April 2017
Title
Philosophy Doctor in Architecture (Ph.D.) UNIGE University of Genoa, Polytechnic School, DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Stradone S. Agostino, 37, 16123 Genoa (Italy)
Organization Principal covered topics
Computational design and digital fabrication
Date
January 2014
Title
State certification exam, Licensed Architect section A
Date
25th July 2013 Master Degree in Architecture, LM-4 class, 110 (out of 110) cum laude (MArch)
Title
Organization
UNIGE University of Genova, Polytechnic School, DSA Department of Science for Architecture, Stradone S. Agostino, 37 16123 Genova (Italy)
Principal covered topics
Architectural design, Building technology, Urban planning
Supervisor
[In]forming form. Generation and mutations of an urban algorithm developed with G. Dini prof. arch. Giovanni Galli
Assistant supervisor
prof. arch. Andrea Giachetta
Date
20th July 2012 Safety and Health Coordinator of Temporary and Mobile Building Site UNIGE University of Genoa, Polytechnic School, DICAT, Via Montallegro, 1, 16145 Genoa (Italy)
Thesis
Title Organization Principal covered topics
D. Lgs 81/2008 (Italian law)
Final work
Security and coordination plan for the roof refurbishment of the building of Via Fieschi, 20 16100 Genoa GE (Italy)
Date Title Organization Final work
2002/2007 Socio-psycho-pedagogical High school Diploma, summa cum laude Centro Scolastico Diocesano, Redemptoris Mater, Via Trieste, 35 17031 Albenga (Italy) Statistical survey and analysis about condition of youth of Albenga’s school district.
Research and workshops Date
9th-13th September 2016
Event
Advances in Architectural Geometry 2016 National Centre for Competence in Research Digital Fabrication (NCCR) at ETH Zurich, HIB E 25 Stefano-Franscini-Platz 1, CH8093 (Switzerland) Poster speaker during the Poster Forum (poster title: Digital Urban Orchard: Robotic Manufacturing of Complex Shape); workshop participants Force-Adaptive Wire Cutting; conference attendee.
Organization Task
Date Event Organization Task
27th July - 5th August 2016 Chainsaw Choreographies - Robotic Fabrications AA Visiting School Architectural Association School of Architecture, Hooke Park, Dorset (England) Teamwork: design and robotically fabrication of the Forks Foundry building
Date
7th-15th July 2016
Event
Digital Design and Production in Architecture
Organization Project
INDEXLAB at Polytechnic School of Milan, Via G. Previati, 1/c, 23900 Lecco (Italy) Modular configuration custom developed for robotic hot-wire cutting of EPS blocks
Date
4th-9th April 2016
Event
smartgeometry 2016: Hybrid Domains Chalmers University of Technology, in Gothenburg, Maskingränd 2, 412 58 (Sweden) Cluster participants at 20,000 Blocks Above the Ground; conference attendee
Organization Task Date
September 2015 - March 2016
Event
Open Thesis Fabrication 2015 (OTF 2015) Institut d'Arquitectura Avançada de Catalunya - Pujades 102 baixos, Poble Nou, 08005, Barcelona (Spain) Teamwork: design and robotic fabrication of two wooden pavilions (Fusta Robòtica Pavilion and Digital Urban Orchard)
Organization Task Date
June - July 2015
Event
Project
Responsive Morphologies (2nd Edition) POLIMI Polytechnic School and Phy.Co Lab, Department of Design, Bovisa, Via Durando, 10 20158, Milano (Italy) Modular elements for kinetic façades
Date
14th-15th May 2015
Event
3rd eCAADe Regional International Workshop POLIMI Polytechnic School and Phy.Co Lab, Department of Design, Bovisa, Via Durando, 10 20158, Milano (Italy) Poster speaker during the Symposium, speaker during the workshop session Complex shape, simple technologies. Algorithmic modelling and 3D printing (roundtable)
Organization
Organization Task
Date
April 2015
Event
3D printing days Think Design Make InfoLab, UNIGE, Polytechnic School, DSA Department of Science for Architecture, Stradone S. Agostino, 37 16123 Genova (Italy) Co-tutor during the trainer session and the workshop days.
Organization Task Date Event Organization Task
22nd September 2014 FormafterForm On the relentless emergence of new (architectural) forms ICAR 65, UNIGE University of Genova, Polytechnic School, DSA Department of Science for Architecture, Stradone S. Agostino, 37 16123 Genova (Italy) Conference organizing and scientific committee of FormafterForm: international symposium. Poster speaker with G. Dini of [in]forming form
Date
May - December 2012
Event
RICICLAB UNIGE University of Genova, Polytechnic School, DSA Department of Science for Architecture, Stradone S. Agostino, 37 16123 Genova (Italy) Teamwork: design and making of a rest area on the waterfront of Vesima, using recycled wood (realization of flooring, seating and shading elements with Iroko plank)
Organization Task
Publications
Book Section
Poster
Quartara, A. (2016). The Post-Parametric Attitude in the Digital Materialization of Architecture: Beyond the Automation in Representation towards the Emerging Digital Fabrication. In G. Amoruso (Ed.), Visual Computing and Emerging Geometrical Design Tools (Vol. 1, pp. 25–54). IGI Global. DOI: 10.4018/978-15225-0029-2.ch002 Quartara, A. (2017, expected). Architecture After the Digital Turn: Digital Fabrication beyond the Computational Thought. In M. Rossi & G. Buratti (Eds.), Computational Morphologies: Design rules between Nature model and Responsive Architecture. Springer Italia. Under publication. Digital Urban Orchard: robotic manufacturing of complex shape. Presented at Advances in Architectural Geometry 2016. Not inserted within the conference proceedings. Published as online resource DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.25550.05446
Tutoring Date Course Organization Task Date
October 2016 – June 2017 Mathematics 1 (prof. Anna Maria Mantero and prof. Maria Luisa Bennati) UNIGE University of Genova, Polytechnic School, DSA Department of Science for Architecture, Stradone S. Agostino, 37 16123 Genova (Italy) Didactic tutor (Bando D.R. 1855, May 26, 2016)
Task
November 2016 – June 2017 Fundamentals and Practices of Representation (prof. Cristina Cándito) UNIGE University of Genova, Polytechnic School, DSA Department of Science for Architecture, Stradone S. Agostino, 37 16123 Genova (Italy) Auxiliary teaching (ex. art. 33)
Date
September – December 2016
Course
Parametric Representation (prof. Cristina Cándito)
Course Organization
Organization Task Date Event Organization Task
UNIGE University of Genova, Polytechnic School, DSA Department of Science for Architecture, Stradone S. Agostino, 37 16123 Genova (Italy) Subject expert (R.D. June 4, 1938 n. 1269, Italian law) of the introductory course on parametric representation. May 2014 - October 2014 informed•objecthood, Genova Workshop Series 2014, Grasshopper for [3D]printing and Maya for [3D]printing EmergentaGE, University of Genova, Polytechnic School, DSA Department of Science for Architecture, Stradone S. Agostino, 37 16123 Genova (Italy) Workshop organizing and co-tutoring
Work experiences Date
February - July 2015
Architectural Office
colouree spin-off powered by GOA Group
City
Viale Sauli, 4/5, 16121 Genoa (Italy)
Position
Intern
Task
Parametric urban study
Date
December 2014 - January 2015
Architectural Office
AUD Servizi di Architettura & Urban Design
City
Via Goffredo Mameli, 4, 16122 Genoa (Italy)
Position
Collaborator
Task
Design of a diagonal elevator’s façade at Celle Ligure (Italy)
Date
August 2010 - December 2010
Architectural Office
Studio di Architettura Leonardo Ravotti
City
Via Ignazio Dell’Oro, 2/1, 17021 Alassio (Italy)
Position
Drafter
Task
Executive drawings of furniture for Ebanisteria Marelli spa
Language Mother tongue Other languages and certificates
Italian English (Trinity College, Graded Examinations in Spoken English, Grade 10, C1.1 CEF, London) Spanish (SpeakEasy, B1.2, Barcelona)
Software skills Good level
Autodesk AutoCAD Grasshopper & plug-ins Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, Acrobat SketchUp McNeel Rhinoceros Office Word, PowerPoint
Medium level
Luxion KeyShot Office Excel
Basic level
Autodesk Revit Adobe Flash Maxton Cinema 4D + V-ray
Hobby and interests Rally, MTB, soccer, swim, snowshoes, video making and editing, photography