Architecture Urban design Portfolio
Agostino Strina
Education M.Sc in Architecture for Sustainable Design Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
July 2019 - Final grade: 110/110 cum laude
It’s me, Agostino
Bachelor’s degree in Architecture Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
February 2016 - Final grade: 104/110
Full-time English language course English in Chester (Chester, UK)
April 2016 - July 2016. Student representative
Work experiences Intern Architect Roberta Minici Architetto (Turin, Italy)
About me
October 2016 - January 2017 March 2018 - July 2018 Fields: Office, Retail and Exhibition design Main projects: Lavazza Museum, Eurostampa Innovation Lab, FerreroLegno HQ, Buzzi Unicem HQ.
Teaching assistant Since I was a child creativity has been my favourite way to express myself. I am a very friendly person, predisposed to teamwork, reliable, open-minded and always ready to discover something new.
Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
Recently graduated in Architecture for sustainable design, I’ve developed advanced knowledge in the urban field, focusing on urban development, both in cities and rural areas. However, I like all-around architecture, from the smallest to the biggest scale.
Research
I still have a lot to learn and I’m improving my skills day by day, I have great willpower and I learn quickly.
Urban Planning (A.Y. 2015/16 - A.Y. 2018/2019); Urban Design Studio (A.Y. 2017/2018); Compatibility and sustainability of architectural restoration (A.Y. 2017/2018).
On the edge of the crater. Studies and scenarios on Sardinia’s internal area Master thesis, 2018-2019 Honors thesis
Experiences
Tech Skills
SPOP Campus - Omodeo
OS MacOS, Windows
Workshop, Sardinia (Italy), September 2018
Topics: Depopulation, strategies for the development of internal areas in Sardinia.
Cagliari Paesaggio
Workshop, Cagliari (Italy), July 2017 Topics: Urban and landscape regeneration.
Alternative design for museum/clubs
Competitions, NonArchitecture, 2017, 2018 Finalist and published (2017)
Best architecture competition BAC Turin, 2015, 2018 Finalist (2015)
Software Professional level
Autocad, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Microsoft Office, Photoscan, SketchUp.
Basic level
Rhino, Scene, QGIS, DesignBuilder, Velux Daylight.
Others Licensed as a professional architect January 2020, Turin
Architectural model
Cardboard, foam board, balsa wood, wood-pulp board.
Exhibitions 8 Scenografie per Macbeth Palazzo Madama, Torino, 2018 Selected project
Voluntary Work Carloforte, Italy
Volunteer (2010, 2011) and Assistant director (2012) at cultural festival “Creuza de ma�; Art and social activity in a retirement home (from 2008 to 2012).
Driving license B
Smart working, Good living
Politecnico di Torino and Unicredit s.p.a., 2015 Selected project
Languages Italian
Mother tongue
English
Proficient
IELTS band 6.5 (B2 CEFR level)
Agostino Strina 7th Feb 1993 Torino, Italy Email agostinostrina@gmail.com Mobile +39 3385775183 Instagram @madebygoggo
Yes, these are my best projects!
The built nature Cagliari, Italy, 2017
AL-NADA2025 Masterplan Al-Nada, Gaza Strip, 2018
AL-NADA2025 Vertical medina Al-Nada, Gaza Strip, 2018
Farmers’ co-op Nichelino, Italy, 2017
Smart working, good living Unicredit tower, Milan, Italy, 2014
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Completed projects & competitions Bene Vagienna (CN), Turin and also nowhere
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The built nature Cagliari, Italy, 2017 Supervisor: Samanta Bartocci, Massimo Faiferri, JoĂŁo Gomes da Silva Team: M. Letizia Angius, Marco Cannas, Eleonora Moi, Enrica Pili, M. Lucrezia Salis, Agostino Strina
Monte Urpinu park A new public space for the city of Cagliari The idea of a built nature, of a world where imagining, designing and conceiving complex systems for natural and anthropic landscapes, is the theoretical background of the project proposal. The case study project will concern the area of ​​the hill of Monte Urpinu, a place of great environmental quality but also an unresolved area. Nowadays, in the north-west side there is an urban park, the first one in the city of Cagliari, while in the south-east side (in particular the area of the former quarry located under the viewpoint of Viale Europa) there are only a few abandoned buildings and a huge place that deserves to be rediscovered and given back to the city. The project imagines the expansion of the urban park also in the south-east side of the mountain, with the creation of outdoor spaces that are shaped in the excavated forms of the old mine. The geometric shapes and the generative axes create paths, places of shadow and places for relaxation within a natural context. The water is present in the form of tanks and artificial canals, creating a connection with the sea, (the latter strongly characterizing the view from the slope) as well as making the space more comfortable in the warmer seasons. The architectural element that most characterizes the project is certainly the outdoor theatre where, in spring and summer, theatrical and musical performances are expected. The refurbishment of abandoned buildings is also envisaged with the creation of food points.
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Theatre and integration with the park
Refurbish of a building within the park, proposals
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AL-NADA2025 Masterplan Al-Nada, Gaza Strip, 2018 Tutors: Marco Mancini, Francesca de Filippi, Marco Simonetti Team: Giulia M. A. FinĂ , Daniela Santana, Agostino Strina
A new vision for Al-Nada 2015: Recover and update relations between public and private spaces in the Arab city. The Arab city, also according to it’s own nature has a heterogeneous urban development, is constituted not only by public and private spaces but also by semi-public and semiprivate spaces. The streets or “paths” cross and develop in a way that generate protected spaces, where the community life is seen in different scales: the private family life, the building or neighbourhood life, the lot life, etc. These same places can create a complex urban tissue that it’s regulated on it’s own. The main goal of the project is recover and update relations between public and private spaces by inserting new small cores (water collection and depuration, food storage, shared oven and kitchenette, laundry) and medium core (plant nursery, domestic waste collection point, laboratory and safe areas) into the existing urban fabric, in order to guarantee the minimum standards of service that are not present today due to the war. These spaces can start a process of reconstruction of the dwellings (also thanks to the construction centre).
Public spaces: cultural magnects Recover the importance of public spaces as the main cores of the Arab city.
Suq and Bazar
Recover linear Arabic public spaces, use them as connection between main cores.
These elements that are developed in low density can be also translated into a new high density development in Al-Nada, this solution is explored in the next project: Vertical Medina. Matrix: system of clusters
Settlement formed by the agregation of clusters, integrated with the public space matrix
High density houses
Main public cores (magnets)
Low density houses
Suq and Bazaar
Support cores (different size and functions)
Main core (public spaces)
Small support core
Medium support core
House
Residential clusters
Residential units are placed into the public spaces matrix forming clusters.
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Masterplan AL-NADA2025 New high density houses district (north) and low density houses
Public spaces
Residential and Medium core commercial building
Semi-private courtyard
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waste collection point
Playground
Lab & safe area
Lab & safe area
Bazaar Square Plant nursery
Masterplan of new high density district, located on north of Al-Nada
#ARCHITECTURE #ACADEMICWORK
AL-NADA2025 Vertical medina Al-Nada, Gaza Strip, 2018 Tutors: Marco Mancini, Francesca de Filippi, Marco Simonetti Team: Giulia M. A. FinĂ , Daniela Santana, Agostino Strina
Public spaces, connections between Bazaar and shops
Community life
Semi-private and sharing spaces for the inhabitants of the buildings
A few semi-public buildings used as laboratories, safe-areas (in case of danger), playgrounds, etc. are distributed in a homogeneous way inside the area creating a “network” of spaces. The design of the residences has taken into consideration multiple aspects of the Arab culture and way of living, with an special attention to the privacy. An internal courtyard is risen from the street level in order to create a semi-private space dedicated to the building inhabitants, connecting some shared spaces. All the apartments are distributed from terraces and hallways that resemble the “inordinate” nature of the medina.
Building life
The elements that typically characterize the Arab city that it’s commonly developed in low density (in-depth in the masterplan of the previous project ) are here translated into the new high density development in Al-Nada in the Gaza Strip. The new urban development is thought as a new element that comes from the traditional city, giving definition to the concept “Vertical Medina”. The Bazaar, the main public space in the traditional city, it’s maintained and upgraded, establishing the tying point of the project, connecting the residential buildings with a covered path.
High density settlement
The system of clusters is the same as low density, but it has a vertical development. Main core (public spaces) Medium support core
Curious?
Discover more about architectural and technical solutions here: https://issuu.com/agostinostrina/docs/al-nada_2025
Family life
Small support core
Privacy-friendly building: private terraces with fabric covering, mashrabiya-wall protect distribution system
A new typology of high density houses in Gaza
Technical solution
Maquette
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Farmers’ co-op Nichelino, Italy, 2017 Tutors: Angelo Sampieri, Silvia Crivello Team: Alessandro Cocco, Giulia M. A. Finà, Agostino Strina, Giulia Tuninetti
The project envisions that this system of tiny fragmentation can propagate and colonize the unbuilt area in the north, along the river, and that, starting from this pioneer form (which is also badly hit by the current economic crisis), it can be generated an experimental territory mainly used for agricultural production. A widespread farm capable of intercepting even the buildings with existing vegetable gardens and capable of organizing a productive district led by new and old inhabitants that can attract external actors, through focal structures such as a market, educational sites and commercial premises. See more! Discover the project book here: https://issuu.com/agostinostrina/docs/farmers__co-op
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Educational farm
Market
Social space
Vegetable gardens
Greenhouse
Hatchery
Hydroponic cultivation
Streets system
Parking area
Warehouse
Water collection
Services
Community house
Plantations
In the wide empty space to the east of Via Artom, in its final section to the south, facing north along the Sangone and bordered to the south by Via Santhia, there is an area of the city distinct from the traditional periphery, which does not present itself as a compact extension of the city that is expanding to occupy new areas. On the contrary, in the space in question is inserted a “fine dust” of single-family houses on a parcel that penetrates to the inside of the denser fabrics of Nichelino. Overall, this is a non-small number of buildings that determines a specific form of living in this portion of territory. Some of the houses have gardens, many other vegetable gardens, more or less large, generally family-run.
Single-family house
Infrastructures
The design exploration focuses on Nichelino (a city in the suburbs of Turin) in an area that develops along the Sangone river, a natural element that can be identified as a physical margin that delimits the city, integrated in a inhomogeneous urban fabric, where urban and industrial poles, agricultural areas and uninhabited parts coexist.
Houses
The farm A new agricultural support in the suburbs of Turin
Aree incolte/potenzialmente coltivabili Empty areas, potentially cultivable Parchi Parks AreeAree agricole Agricultural fields incolte/potenzialmente coltivabili Orti urbani Urban vegetables gardens Parchi Parcopark fluviale River Aree agricole
Single-family houses with vegetables Abitazioni monofamiliari con orti gardens Orti urbani Single-family houses with gardens Abitazioni con giardini Parcomonofamiliari fluviale
Abitazioni monofamiliari con orti Abitazioni monofamiliari con giardini
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Abacus of houses with garden (in pink), with vegetable gardens (in red) and plot with gardens only (in white)
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Detached house, offered in three different sizes (40, 80 and 120 mq). The structure consists of a perimeter masonry structure in concrete covered with a second fragmented wooden skin. The glass element is used as a source of primary natural lighting, characterizing both the most intimate and collective spaces. The main facade is available in different materials and colors.
Type of house characterized by collective living. Structurally similar to the version of a single-family dwelling but with a different functional and spatial organization. Characterized by the sharing of an intermediate common space with two residential units. Available with facade elements of different materials and colors
Type A 8x5x8,4 m 40mq
Type B 8x5x8,4 m 80mq
Type C 8x7,5x8,4 m 120mq
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Module (1 or 2 houses) 10x8x8,5 m 106mq
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Main materials: Glass
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Different typologies of houses and public buildings
Market Square
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Smart working, good living. Unicredit Tower, Milan, 2014 Tutor: Arch. Rachele Michinelli (PoliTo) Supervisor: Arch. Robel Woldetsion (Unicredit S.p.A.) Team: Agostino Strina, Andrea Tomalini, Andrea Trovato
New smart working offices layout for Unicredit Bank in Milan HQ UniCredit S.p.A. is an Italian global banking and financial services company. In the last decade the company has started a policy of renewal and rationalization of the territorial offices, a policy well represented by the completion in 2017 of the new Unicredit Tower, a skyscraper that with its 231 meters is the highest in Italy. In parallel, the company has started a process of rethinking work spaces, through the introduction of the Smart Working
layout in their offices. The project proposal involves the reconfiguration of the offices in the Unicredit Tower (nowadays classic open spaces) through various spaces for a variety of activity (meet, eat, concentrate etc.), supporting at the same time different work models and encouraging knowledge sharing and innovation. To do this the concept includes a wide typology of spaces, divided in three main categories: (W) workstation areas, (C) communication areas and (F) functional areas.
1. Phone booth (C)
6. Multifunctional room (C)
Individual space where employs can makes private calls
Closed room for 2 people meeting, Skype or concentrated work
2. Think tank (W)
7. Office&meet (W)
Individual space where employs can focus for important work
Desk in a non-dedicated closed room to be used as meeting room when unoccupied
3. Print island (F)
8. Break area (C)
Space where employs can print documents
Informal meeting/social area and kitchenette
4. Quiet area (W)
9. Touch Down (C)
No phones, no distractions, just concentration
Quick stop while wating for meetings, events, etc.
5. Meeting area (C)
10. Traditional work posts (W)
Classic group spaces thought for meeting
Individual posts
Group posts
Multiple individual posts
Phone call
Transparency
Soundproofing
Speaking
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On the edge of the crater Sardinia, Italy, 2019 Supervisors: Francesca Governa, Angelo Sampieri By: Giulia M. A. Finà and Agostino Strina
Studies and scenarios on Sardinia’s internal area The crater is a recurring figure in many studies on Sardinia, used to describe the dynamics that characterise it. Indeed, the central part of the island appears as emptier and emptier, suggesting the existence of two distinct ‘Sardinias’ that run at different speeds: there is a ‘stronger’ Sardinia along the coast, where the main urban centres are located, opposite to another Sardinia, the one formed by inland and marginal areas, the zone that we call ‘the crater’. The so called ‘Sardinia Crater’ constitutes the basis of this thesis, which has a threefold objective. First, it has been argued that the crater is a too simple figure to represent Sardinian dynamics, so a more complex concept has to be built around this matter. Second, we have promoted the idea that the crater does not have a sharp inner edge, but that it has a thickness, that it is actually a vast, changeable, variable and heterogeneous space, an area definable as a membrane. Lastly, the third argument represents perhaps the strongest position of the research: the areas in the membrane are those with a strong potential, those to work on, and they also represent the priority and strategic space where policies, projects and transformations can operate. The work begins with a first chapter dedicated to the study of demographic previsions, which play a key role in photographing a worrying reality, characterized by continuous depopulation phenomena and a constant aging of the population. The second chapter explores the various theoretical declinations of the concept of ‘marginality’, analysing the local development policies at regional, national and European level, emphasizing the need of rethinking these policies in light of a place based approach that puts the peculiar characteristics of the territory at the centre of new developments and transformation processes. The third chapter deals with the spatialization of the Crater which has been defined by a personal interpretative
framework built on multiple investigations (mappings, surveys, photographic documentation, etc.) in order to decide which areas can be understood as ‘marginal areas’. With the proposed methodology it is possible to clearly visualize the areas that are located “inside” or “outside” the crater. The fourth and final chapter examines the last objective to be pursued, namely that the areas in the membrane are those to work on. To do this, we selected three samples of the membrane to carry out further investigations, explorations and projects: the Anglona, the Ogliastra and the Villanova. We chose these three areas because their general features exhaustively represent the diversity of the membrane. The final goal of the thesis is to configurate the diversified scenarios that characterise the internal areas of Sardinia, so that local development policies could be effectively applied to rescue and transform them while respecting the specificities of the membrane.
Not enough? Agree! Read the book, full text available here: https://webthesis.biblio.polito.it/11771/
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Spatialization of the Sardinian “crater”
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FLOWS BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF THE MEMBRANE Flow direction between municipalities for work Direction flows between municipalities for education
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Direction flows between municipalities for access to public and non-public services Direzione flussi tra comuni per turismo Primary flows
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Villanova region in Sardinia, distribution of tourist facilities (on top) Use of lands: grazing
Spaces of abandonment in the three study areas Photographic report by Giulia FinĂ and Agostino Strina
#SNEAKPEEK #GRAPHICS
Master thesis graphic
Each chapter is characterized by a graphic inspired from Sardinian traditional pattern
#SNEAKPEEK #ARCHITECTURE Best architecture competition Competition, BAC Turin, 2017
PECULIARITIES AGORA’ The centrality of community’s life, for sharing and discussing
FLEXIBILITY thanks to the modular units, which can be assembled depending on different necessities EASY TO BUILT the pole’s are used in all their lenght (3 mt) and joined by metal blackets
Abacus Fin pole
Pallet
Use: structure, shielding.
Use: - sitting, fornitures.
Characteristic: - Basical element - easy to built - cheap
Characteristic: - recycled - cheap - modular - re-usable
(60x60x3000mm)
COLOURS to identify the different functions of the spaces Wooden frame with shielding of rope
SOCIAL SPACES Protected and comfortable areas for adult’s social life
Use: - shielding Characteristic: - cheap - easy to built - customizable with different colors - flexible
Tech details
Connections between wooden poles
Connections between wooden poles
PLAYGROUND Socializing space for children, opened to the Agorà to create an inclusive place
PATHS Covered itineraries to identify and link different areas THINKING/RELAXING POINTS Quite and isolated areas for reading/resting in a more private space
Connections between vertical wooden poles and the groud
TEAM N° SOCIAL CUBES TORINO
PROJECT NAME
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PARTICIPANTS
Eleonora Moi, Ilaria Cannatà, Agostino Strina
Team: Ilaria Cannatà, Eleonora Moi, Agostino Strina
#SNEAKPEEK #GRAPHICS #Showing, alternative design for museum
Competition, NonArchitecture, 2017 Finalist and published on book
Team: Marco Cannas, Giulia FinĂ , Eleonora Moi, Agostino Strina
#Dancing, alternative design for clubs
Competition, NonArchitecture, 2018 Published online
Team: Ilaria CannatĂ , Marco Cannas, Eleonora Moi, Agostino Strina
#SNEAKPEEK #INTERIOR_DESIGN Innovation Lab
Wardrobe and acoustic isolation panels
Client: Eurostampa S.p.A Innovation Lab Bene Vagienna (CN), Italy, 2015 Design: Agostino Strina Studio: Roberta Minici Architect, Promemoria Group
#SNEAKPEEK #EXPOSITION_DESIGN Innovation Lab Partners corners
Client: Eurostampa S.p.A Innovation Lab Bene Vagienna (CN), Italy, 2015 Design: Agostino Strina Graphic: Diego Andidero Studio: Roberta Minici Architect, Promemoria Group
Agostino Strina Email agostinostrina@gmail.com Mobile +39 3385775183 HD Portfolio https://issuu.com/agostinostrina