Portfolio Alessandro Azzolini by Alessandro Azzolini

PORTFOLIO ALESSANDRO AZZOLINI MSc in Building Architecture Matricola 941620 - Person code 10565234 Politecnico di Milano

THE LIVING FACTORY MUMBAI THE LIVING THE LIVING THE LIVING THE LIVING

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TOP OBSERVATORY BLOCK

Flexible &

Formalizing

Undervalued Culture

Identity Empowerment

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PODIUM PODIUMCONCEPT CONCEPT PODIUM CONCEPT PODIUM CONCEPT PODIUM CONCEPT PODIUM PODIUM CONCEPT CONCEPT

SLUM MID RISE

INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE ROAD

TRAIN TRACKS GREEN AREA N

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TOWER TOWERCONCEPT CONCEPT TOWER CONCEPT TOWER CONCEPT TOWER TOWER CONCEPT CONCEPT TOWER CONCEPT

PERFORATED METAL FAÇADE

DHARAVI SLUM

Optimize New Space

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WIRE MESH FAÇADE

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WOMEN EMPOWERMENT BLOCK

DHARAVI DHARAVI SLUM SLUM DHARAVI DHARAVI DHARAVI SLUM DHARAVI SLUM SLUM SLUM

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SPIRITUAL BLOCK - HINDU TEMPLE

program, the tall building becomes the voice of its inhabitants, a realistic container for slum residents’ skills, competences, and their ability to remain active in the socio-economic life of the city. Thus, the project’s goals are economic growth, a clean environment, cultural richness, and civic emancipation.

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TOWER CONCEPT

Control ControlShadow Shadowand andDaylight Daylight Control Shadow and Daylight Control Shadow and Daylight Control ControlShadow Shadowand andDaylight Daylight Control Shadow and Daylight

Climate

Creating more interaction

Add upper floor, space & core

Utilize UtilizeSolar SolarHeat Heat open Utilize Solar Heat Utilize Solar Heat Utilize UtilizeSolar SolarHeat Heat Utilize Solar Heat

Divided DividedCore Core Divided Core Divided Core Divided DividedCore Core Divided Core

Service Storage & Green Roof Interaction Interaction Interaction Interaction Interaction Interaction Interaction

Internal InternalConnection Connection Internal Connection Internal Connection Internal InternalConnection Connection Internal Connection

Utilize Solar Heat

Interaction +192.70

Observatory

+179.20

Spiritual space

+170.20 Offices 7th FLOOR HEAVY INDUSTRY - FARMING AREA

12th FLOOR MEDIUM INDUSTRY - POTTERY MAKING

Control Shadow and Daylight

Divided Core

+152.20

Hub & Start-ups

+138.70

Women Internal Connection empowerment

+125.20 +120.70

+93.70 18-Mth FLOOR LIGHT INDUSTRY - SHOE MAKING

BRICK JALI FAÇADE

Climate Climate Climate Climate Climate Climate Climate

MEDIUM INDUSTRY - POTTERY

Connecting the Surroundings

HEAVY INDUSTRY - FARMING

Respect the Boundary

Light industry

Medium industry

FUTURE identity CUSTOM PERFORATED METAL

PRESENT clarity WIRE MESH

25th FLOOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AREA

+66.70 +62.20

Farming

+39.70

Recycling industry

+26.20

Exhibition

+14.20

Podium

WEST ENTRANCE COURTYARD

MUMBAI, INDIA

DHARAVI SLUM

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MUMBAI, INDIA MUMBAI, MUMBAI, INDIA INDIA MUMBAI, INDIA MUMBAI, INDIA MUMBAI, INDIA FACTORY (2020) -MUMBAI, Polimi -INDIA Proff. Folli, Pecora, Imperadori, Mannino

DHARAVI SLUM DHARAVI DHARAVI SLUM SLUM DHARAVI DHARAVI SLUM DHARAVISLUM SLUM

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THE LIVING FACTORY FACTORY FACTORY Architectural Design Studio for Complex Constructions 1 FACTORY

PAST background TRADITIONAL BRICK JALI

Cornello dei Tasso and the Chuch of Saints Cornelio & Cipriano (Bergamo, Italy) Architectural Preservation Studio (2019) - Polimi Proff. S. Pistidda, F. Fassi, D. Briccola After having analysed many aspects of the medieval hamlet, among which its evolution through historic maps and its demography, my group focused on the village's romanic church. With laser scans, a UAV flight and photogrammetry, we were able to draw accurate sections from point clouds and to produce the orthophotos necessary for the interior material and decay mapping and the detailed plan of preservation and treatment. INDEX TRENDS INDEX TRENDS

FEW BUILDINGS, FEW RESIDENTS FEW BUILDINGS, FEW RESIDENTS

1812 - CATASTO LOMBARDO VENETO

2019 - TOPOGRAPHIC DATABASE

1812 to 2019 - NOTABLE CHANGES

1812 to 2019 - BUILDINGS

1812 to 2019 - PUBLIC OPEN AREAS

SOURCE: ARCHIVIO DI STATO DI MILANO

SOURCE: GEOPORTALE VALLE BREMBANA

MAP: 1812 & 2019 SUPERIMPOSITION

MAP: ELABORATION OF 2019 MAP

data: 8milaCensus-Istat data: 8milaCensus-Istat

100 100

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

MATERIALS

80 50

46 Residents Residents in hamlet in hamlet

18 Families Families in hamlet

in hamlet

22 Buildings Buildings in hamlet in hamlet

33 Dwellings Dwellings in hamlet in hamlet

1,2 %

1,2 % Foreigners Foreigners in municipality

REMOVAL - ADDITION

FRESCO

WEST SECTION + LASER SCANNER POINT CLOUD

STEEL

1991 1991

2001 2001

Youth education level Youth education level Employment rate Employment Single senior rate people

2011 2011

Single people or degree Adultssenior with diploma Adults diploma degree Youngwith couples with or children Young couples with children Unemployed youth Unemployed youth Families in state of distress Families in state of distress

1 A202.1

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

data: Municipality of Camerata Cornello

EAST SECTION + MATERIAL & DECAY ANALYSIS

Municipality Hamlet data: Municipality of Camerata Cornello Municipality Hamlet

ONLY 1812 - PRESENCE IN BOTH - ONLY 2019

DETACHMENT

GLASS

1861 1871 1881 1901 1911 1921 1931 1936 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2018 1861 1871 1881 1901 1911 1921 1931 1936 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2018

BLACK DEPOSIT

ONLY 1812 - PRESENCE IN BOTH - ONLY 2019 DISINTEGRATION

WOOD

data: Istat 2001

1400 1400 1200 1200 1000 1000 800 800 600 600 400 400 200 200

HUMIDITY

PLASTER (WHITE FINISHES) STONE

data: Istat 2001 in municipality

A QUITE STATIONARY HAMLET POPULATION TREND A QUITE STATIONARY HAMLET POPULATION TREND

DECAY

PLASTER (YELLOW FINISHES)

TITLE

ELEVATION,PLAN,DETAIL (TOWER) 00

A301

AREA CODE

DRAWING NO.

REV.

Politecnico di Milano School of Architecture, Urban Planning and Construction Engineering APS19

1:50

A202.1

TREATMENT PHASE 1

PHASE 2

SC.01

Check for the roof condition

PI.03

Cleaning with deionized water with low pressure

R.01

Removal of furniture

Co.01

Consolidation by brush with Ethyl Silicate

PI.01

Dry cleaning for plastered wall

Pr.01

Painting with Lime Layer

PI.02

Dry cleaning for frescoes

Sc.01

PI.01

PI.02

Pr.01

CHURCH

SCALE

SECTION + MATERIAL DECAY MAPPING

Sc.01

PROJECT

SECTION + MATERIAL DECAY

PI.03

PI.01

Co.01

Pr.01

PI.01

Sc.01

Pr.01

Group 1

PI.01 Pr.01

PI.02

R.01

PI.02 Co.01

R.01

PI.02

PI.01

Pr.01

Pr.01 1 A202.2

SECTION + MATERIAL TREATMENT MAPPING A202.2

SECTION + MATERIAL TREATMENT SCALE

1:50

Cornello dei Tasso and the Chuch of Saints Cornelio & Cipriano (Bergamo, Italy) EAST

NORTH

WEST

SOUTH

EAST

NORTH

WEST

SOUTH

Then I focused on the bell tower's structural analysis. Starting from four hypotheses to explain the tower's slope and cracks, we were able to validate two of them (earthquake damage and foundation settlements) thanks to a geometrical survey, a load-bearing scheme overview, a crack pattern comparison, historical earthquake data, hand calculations and finite elements and modal frequency E analyses that were run on the tower's 3d model that I W CRACK PATTERN SURVEY created directly basing on Lofting thea point geometry. quadrilateralclouds' section along the four edge rails, we obtained the Tower 3D Model STRUCTURAL

SUPERFICIAL tower volume, which was detailed with the top terrace with biforas, the The 3D model was obtained by elaborating the two point clouds (laser entrance passage and the construction openings on the sides. & drone) produced during the course’s survey module. Some important Not having surveyed the interior shaft, we estimated a linear increase 3D points were referenced directly and linked together by 3D splines. of the section from the bottom room to the top terrace wall thickness.

CRACK PATTERN SURVEY STRUCTURAL SUPERFICIAL

STRESS [MPa] Max 0,118 -0,001

-0,119

-0,238

-0,356

-0,475

-0,593

-0,712

-0,830

-0,948

AXIAL FORCE [KN]

AVERAGE STRESS [KPa]

25m

STRESS [MPa] Max 0,118 -0,001

-1,067

-1,185

-0,119

20m

Min -1,304

-0,238

EARTHQUAKE BEHAVIOUR - MODAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS

F1 4,80 Hz

F2 4,99 Hz

F3 19,96 Hz

F4 20,80 Hz

-0,356

F5 21,37 Hz

F6 36,61 Hz

F7 36,71 Hz

F8 39,63 Hz

15m

10m

-0,475

-0,593

-0,712

-0,830

-0,948

-1,067

-1,185

2000

4000

6000

8000

100

200

300

400

500

Min -1,304

EARTHQUAKE BEHAVIOUR - MODAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS

F1 4,80 Hz

F2 4,99 Hz

F3 19,96 Hz

F4 20,80 Hz

F5 21,37 Hz

F6 36,61 Hz

F7 36,71 Hz

F8 39,63 Hz

Microalgae a greener future for our built environment BSc Final Thesis (2019) Supervisor Prof. Ingrid Paoletti Politecnico di Milano My research investigated on microalgae and their potential to help us solve the world's future challenges. After defining their special characteristics and current uses, I focused on studying existing case studies of integration in the built realm and designed 3 project proposals.

Microalgae a greener future for our built environment

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INTERIOR - a modular, double-sided, optical, living, 12 litre bookcase URBAN - a sculptural fountain as a biofertilizing photobioreactor

FLOATING LITURGY

Final Design Studio (2019) - Polimi Proff. E. Faroldi, M.P. Vettori, C. Rostagni This parish complex is divided between earth and heavens, floating on the city in mid-air with its elemental volume. Working in a group of four, I contributed especially in defining the initial concept and all the BIM modelling with Revit. SITE AND CONTEXT

FLOATING VOLUME

LEVELS AND PROGRAMS

VERTICAL CONNECTIONS

BEARING STRUCTURE 13:30

A place where spirituality and the community coexistCONTEXT SITE AND in a unique dimension. A synthesis of light and heavy: a floating liturgy, to recall both its components, the spiritual matter and the human one

FLOATING LITURGY GROUP 9

FLOATING VOLUME

LEVELS AND PROGRAMS

VERTICAL CONNECTIONS

BEARING STRUCTURE

24:00

Azzolini Alessandro

Tortora Giulia

Lamarca Antonio

Fiorini Granieri Davide

Ziaiemehr Turan

Trebicka Flavia

FINAL DESIGN STUDIO Politecnico di Milano, AUIC A.Y. 2018-2019

ARCHITECTURE of DIALOGUE Prof. Faroldi, Rostagni, Vettori

6 15 14

20 19 18 17 16

FLOATING LITURGY

med

high

6451

CONCRETE cm 2

5898

5491

4980

553

960

1471

15%

23%

365

535

TRANSPARENT cm 2

FAÇADE PANELS ANCHORING SYSTEM TRANSPARENCY DEGREE 9% axonometry scale 1:10

22 6 5 4 3 2 1

low PANEL TOTAL cm 2

N° of TRANS. ELEMENTS

18 17 16

CROSS SECTION scale 1:50

201

A thing that I am very proud of are the technical details FAÇADE PANELS ANCHORING SYSTEM for the project. I studied and scale developed both the structural axonometry 1:10 FAÇADE ELEVATION scale 1:50 system with integrated lighting and the double skin facade which is composed by ETFE cushions and three typologies of concrete panels with transparent resin inserts which make the low med high volume translucent while varying PANEL TOTAL cm 6451 6451 6451 12 Sleeper beamcm 5898 CONCRETE 5491 4980 the quantity of natural light 13 TRANSPARENT Clamping railcm for the553 ETFE cushions 960 1471 14 White marble floor 9% flowing inside the space. TRANSPARENCY DEGREE 15% 23% 2

20 19 18 17 16

7 8 9 10

11 12 13

6 15 14

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

2 Weatherproof flashing 2 Draining layer 21 Waterproofing membrane 22 Flooring packet Thermal insulation N°15 of TRANS. ELEMENTS 201 365 23 Vapour barrier membrane 16 Floor Reinforced concrete waffle slab 17 Flooring packet 18 Load-bearing slab Panel supporting steel profile 19 Foundation waterproofing packet Four-layered ETFE cushion 20 Vertical shallow walls Façade support steel profile 21 Support wall with cavity and i.Light concrete panel with custom CROSS SECTION humidity barrier function designed translucent resin inserts scale 1:50 and three degrees of transparency 22 Raft foundation 11 Support frame 23 Foundation screed

1 Weatherproof flashing 2 Draining layer 3 Waterproofing membrane 4 Thermal insulation 5 Vapour barrier membrane 6 Reinforced concrete waffle slab 7 Panel supporting steel profile 8 Four-layered ETFE cushion 9 Façade support steel profile 10 i.Light concrete panel with custom FAÇADE ELEVATION designed translucent resin inserts scale 1:50 and three degrees of transparency 11 Support frame

535

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Sleeper beam Clamping rail for the ETFE cushions White marble floor Flooring packet Floor Flooring packet Load-bearing slab Foundation waterproofing packet Vertical shallow walls Support wall with cavity and humidity barrier function 22 Raft foundation 23 Foundation screed

FAÇADE ELEVATION FAÇADE ELEVATION scale 1:50

WALL & WAFFLE

18 17 16

21 22 23

ECTION 1:50

hing

mbrane

mbrane te waffle slab teel profile

WALL & WAFFLE SLAB CONNECTION SLAB CONNECTION axonometry scale 1:20

20 19 18 17 16

low

med

high

PANEL TOTAL cm 2

6451

CONCRETE cm 2

5898

5491 4980 TOTAL cm 2 960 PANEL 1471

TRANSPARENT cm 2

553

TRANSPARENCY DEGREE

21 of TRANS. ELEMENTS N°

201

cm 2 15% CONCRETE 23% TRANSPARENT cm 2 365 535

low

med

6451

5898

5491

4980

553

960

1471

TRANSPARENCY DEGREE

15%

23%

N° of TRANS. ELEMENTS

201

365

535

CROSS SECTION SECTION CROSS scale 1:50

FAÇADE PANELS ANCHORING SYSTEM

high

WALL & WAFFLE SLAB CONNECTION axonometry scale 1:20

INTEGRATED LIGHTING SYSTEM

12 Sleeper beam axonometry scale 1:20 13 Clamping rail for the ETFE cushions 14 White marbleflashing floor 12 Sleeper beam 1 Weatherproof INTEGRATED LIGHTING SYSTEM Flooringlayer packet 13 Clamping rail for the ETFE cushions 215 Draining axonometry scale 1:20 Floor 14 White marble floor 316 Waterproofing membrane Flooringinsulation packet 417 Thermal 15 Flooring packet LITURGY Azzolini Alessandro Tortora Giulia FLOATING Load-bearing slab 518 Vapour barrier membrane 16 Floor

REINFORCED CONCRETE

REINFORCED CONCRETE WAFFLE SLAB REBARS WAFFLEscale SLAB 1:10REBARS

REINFORCED CONCRETE WAFFLE SLAB REBARS scale 1:10 Lamarca Antonio

FINAL DESIGN STUDIO Politecnico di Milano, AUIC

ARCHITECTURE of DIALOGUE

FLOATING LITURGY

Another aspect that I curated was the lighting analysis that was needed to assess daylight coming from the skylight the transparent facade and then being reflected on the backstage and the ETFE cushions over the day. At night, when the artificial illumination is turned on, the whole space is transformed into a suggestive and totally embracing starry environment. Another focus of research was to guarantee an easy step-free access throughout a project that presents a monumental outer entrance staircase and a covered graded auditorium.

La Scapigliata - 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci Poli Urban Colors (2019) Bovisa Campus - Politecnico di Milano Inspired by "La Scapigliata", iconic and wonderful work of Leonardo, I reinterpreted it in a contemporary way with 1245 circles of 5cm diameter, arranged at variable distance. The seemingly random circles form unmistakably the young lady's gentle face, emblem of the Renaissance master's study on the "moti dell'animo", which in this context would represent the creativity and ingenuity of the Milan of the future. The urban artwork, which has been digitally developed, was realized with the spray paint technique on stencils and is on permanent public display in Politecnico's Bovisa Campus.

NEW OLD BORGO

ITALIAN PAVILION FOR EXPO DUBAI 2020

NEW OLD BORGO ITALIAN PAVILION FOR EXPO DUBAI 2020 PROJECT CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT 1 Analysis of the radial axes diverging from Piazza del Popolo, Rome.

2 Definition of the “street“ axes. The axes array has been mirrored.

3 Offset of each axis and separation between open and built spaces.

4 Application of a slight crookedness to the buildings in order to achieve a “Borgo” effect.

Extrusion of the flat shapes in order to create solid volumes. 5

Sloping roof cut both for optimised solar exposition and spaces’ heights variety. 6

A 10m offset cut from the roof plane to separate different spaces with different materials. 7

Definition of an exhibition one way circulation path with stairs, skybridges and elevator. 8

Building Technology Studio (2018) Proff. Ingrid Paoletti, Andrea Rebecchi Politecnico di Milano During the initial project's phase I curated the research of a building shape and its internal circulation according to our concept, the needed spaces and their floor area targets. Later in the design process, I researched on innovative materials, especially on the ETFE - ceramic fin solution. Finally I was in charge of the steel detailing with the support of an engineer, the water piazza detail and all the project layouts and conceptual representations.

More transparent upper volumes, to lighten the massiveness of the tall urban block shapes and to bring shaded natural light inside the exhibition spaces. More solid ground volumes, to create a substantial environment evoking the feeling of the Italian Borgo. 9

ENTRANCE PERSPECTIVE VIEW

NEW OLD BORGO ITALIAN PAVILION FOR EXPO DUBAI 2020

ENTRANCE PERSPECTIVE VIEW

BTS18

Politecnico di Milano School of Architecture, Urban Planning and Construction Engineering

Academic Year 2018 Professors: Ingrid Paoletti, Andrea Rebecchi Teaching Team: Valeria Marsaglia, Erica Mosca

Alessandro Azzolini 879307 Italo Mijail Brambilla O’Brien 900933

Karin Kay Andrei-Călin Teodorescu

879254 879459

NEW OLD BORGO ITALIAN PAVILION FOR EXPO DUBAI 2020 Ground level

Second level

Roof level

Exhibition

Exhibition + Terraces

Storage

VIP

First level

Merch Offices

Water piazza

Food

Main piazza

Caffé Pastry

Food

Auditorium

Food Exhibition entrance

Food Public entrance

Exhibition

NEW OLD BORGO ITALIAN PAVILION FOR EXPO DUBAI 2020 Water piazza plan and section detail

Detail for the non-orthogonal structure steel connections

30 0

0 30

Basin pavement slope ≥ 1,5%

#4 built-in erogation groups - 2,5m high jet #15 built-in erogation groups - 2,0m high jet 9 LEDs for each erogation group

30 0

0 30

PE tubes 32mm - water supply PE tubes 25mm - water drainage Electricity conduits 25mm

Drain channel Drain well

300

Primary beams IPE 300 #15 bolts M16 x 2 x 40 L-shaped shear connection plate 80x60mm - 10mm thick

Node boxes Customised according to the beams’ incidence angles, ranging between 56° and 180°

300

7,1

Primary beams IPE 300 #15 bolts M1 L-shaped sh 80x60

Node boxes Customised beams’ ranging be

7,1

15 0

10,7

300

Columns HEB 300 #9 bolts M2 L-shaped sh Main piazza view showing the green façades reflected in the fronting one-way mirror façade 120x120

Columns HEB 300 #9 bolts M24 x 3 x 60 L-shaped shear connection plate 120x120mm - 15mm thick

10,7

300

150

angologorla

16-03-18

05-04-18

Demolition of the existing unrecoverable and abandoned Mercato Gorla building

Architectural Design Studio 2 (2018) - Proff. Cassandra Cozza, Luca MF Fabris, Virginio Quaglini - Politecnico di Milano For this project, located in a developing area of Milan, the Space analysis Building height aim was to replace the ruined existing food market with a multi-purpose building that kept DEVELOPMENT the predecessor's PATH PROJECT program, while introducing new ones (an art gallery and a fablab) and at the same time creating a new public square with retail spaces for the neighborhood. While other colleagues curated in the last phase the interior design, the square design and the technical drawings, from the start I worked on the context 20-04-18 11-05-18 30-04-18 13-04-18 18-05-18 04-05-18 27-04-18 analysis, the historical development of the area, the project conceptual shape and representation, the materials research and later the truss structural ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT analysis exercise and the modelmaking.

Linear extrusion of the cut shapes given by the sourrounding buildings

Closing the back of the plot site, defining boundaries and creating an open piazza

Sculpting dynamic structures that cover part of the square and deviate people flow

Definition of the vertical connections

CASE-STUDY REFERENCES

IAC Building, New York City Frank Gehry

DeYoung Museum, San Francisco Herzog & de Meuron

MAXXI, Roma Zaha Hadid Architects

Bombay Sapphire Distillery, UK Heatherwick Studio

Truss Bridges in Steel

Riverside Museum, Glasgow Zaha Hadid Architects

MASTERPLAN scale 1:500

Expanded Metal Sheets Crimped Zinc for the roof covering

Crimped Zinc for the roof covering

Steel Tubes, Columns and Beams

White Fritted Glass

Transparent Glass

Dynamic and open to innovation, as a growing peripheral community

FRITTED GLASS PANEL scale 1:10

The fritted glass pattern is designed in a way to allow sight at eye level

Plaster like the sourrounding buildings

Simple and humble but at the same time diverse and complex

Expanded Metal Sheets

MATERIALS

Steel Tubes, Columns and Beams

THE SOULS OF THE CONTEXT

Ground level plan

Plaster like the sourrounding buildings

Sections

White Fritted Glass

angologorla

Transparent Glass

MATERIALS

FRITTED GLASS INTERNAL FAÇADE SCHEME scale 1:100

Transparency scheme for the internal square fritted glass façade FRITTED GLASS INTERNAL FAÇADE SCHEME scale 1:100

Politecnico di Milano School of Architecture Urban Planning Constructions Engineering (AUIC)

Architectural Design Studio II - a.y. 2017-2018 Professors: Cassandra Cozza, Luca MF Fabris, Virginio Quaglini

angologorla | Project phase 3-4: Definition of design results at the architectural scale Alessandro Azzolini 879307 - Maria Teresa Caminiti 880680 - Eureka Croos 881074

angologorla DISPLACEMENT ANALYSIS - [mm] Gravity only

Gravity + Loads

NORMAL STRESS ANALYSIS - AXIAL STRESS - [MPa] Gravity only

Gravity + Loads

SHEAR STRESS ANALYSIS - X AXIS - [MPa]

TORSIONAL STRESS ANALYSIS - [MPa]

Gravity only

Gravity + Loads

LOADS CALCULATION Story

Element

2nd

Ceiling

2nd

Floor

1st

Ceiling

1st

Floor

Politecnico di Milano School of Architecture Urban Planning Constructions Engineering (AUIC)

Destination

NTC Category

Typical Loads

Surface Area

Roof

0,5 KN/m2

340 m2

Exhibition

5 KN/m2

220 m2

Terrace

Cafè

Architectural Design Studio II - a.y. 2017-2018 Professors: Cassandra Cozza, Luca MF Fabris, Virginio Quaglini

# of Nodes

Total Typical Load

Typical Load for each Node

170 KN

3.200 N

1100 KN

55.000 N

4 KN/m

115 m

460 KN

18.400 N

3 KN/m2

160 m2

480 KN

19.200 N

Typical Loads values referenced from the Italian Norme Tecniche Costruttive 2018

angologorla | Project phase 3-4: Definition of design results at the architectural scale Alessandro Azzolini 879307 - Maria Teresa Caminiti 880680 - Eureka Croos 881074

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Architectural Design Studio 2 (2017) - Politecnico di Milano Proff. Cassandra Cozza, Luca MF Fabris, Virginio Quaglini The objective of this project was to design a timber house using Walter Segal’s method, in order to obtain a comfortable building that one can self-build at a very low price and with easily available materials. The ground floor is a workshop for eight people, while the first floor hosts living space for four. Solar exposition and sourrounding vegetation were considered early-on in the design approach. Working in a group of 2, I focused on developing the first floor, the technical details, the masterplan, the 3D structure model and the physical model. The project would be situated in an unused garden of Politecnico di Milano’s Nuclear Energy Department, in Città Studi Campus.

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SECTION B-B

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First Floor Plan

LEVATION

SOUTH ELEVATION

320

First Floor Frame

LEVATION ION A-A

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Segal Method House & Workshop

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Segal Method Project Paolo Arzuffi, 880149 - Alessandro Azzolini, 879307

Masterplan 1:200

NORTH ELEVATION SECTION B-B 01 Sections and Elevations 1:100

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Architectural Design Studio II - a.y. 2017-2018 Professors: Cassandra Cozza, Luca MF Fabris, Virginio Quaglini

Segal Method House & Workshop

Physical Model Photos

3D Structure Model Technical Details

SECTION DETAIL C

Politecnico di Milano School of Architecture Urban Planning Constructions Engineering (AUIC)

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The Spider - Nine Square Problem Architectural Design Studio 2 (2017) Proff. Cassandra Cozza, Luca MF Fabris, Virginio Quaglini Politecnico di Milano The objective of this individual exercise was to create an architectural object that could be explored and used by humans. The guideline was to respect the nine fivemeter-sided cubes that composed the basic structure. The Spider pavilion, with its dynamic and organic shape is able to define different kinds of open and closed spaces that can be traversed along a free path. The design choices and the shapes used are all related to each other, aiming to achieve a unitary natural style.

Photos of the physical model

Iteration Diagram

SECTION B-B

SECTION A-A Politecnico di Milano

Politecnico di Milano School of Architecture Urban Planning Constructions Engineering (AUIC)

Architectural Design Studio II - a.y. 2017-2018 Professors: Cassandra Cozza, Luca MF Fabris, Virginio Quaglini

The Spider - Nine Square Problem Alessandro Azzolini, 879307

Elevation, Plan and Section - Scale 1:100 Isometric View

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Architectural Design Studio II - a.y. 2017-2018 Professors: Cassandra Cozza, Luca MF Fabris, Virginio Quaglini

The Spider - Nine S Alessandro Azzolini

Cloud Nursery for El Viso Architectural Design 3 (2018) - CEU San Pablo Madrid Proff. Maria Arana Aroca, Santiago de Molina For this individual project, the professors wanted a unconventional and fun building to host a 3-classroom nursery for children from 0 to 3. The structural rain made of steel is inclined with a small variation in different planes, making it dynamic and seemingly pouring as the viewer moves, thanks to the Moiré effect. The lightning hosts two escalators for easy connection to the cloud and a very big elevator is present. The material for the transparent envelope would be ETFE coupled with white elastic mesh / net while for the opaque envelope i was thinking of the white biodynamic cement that was employed in the Italian pavilion for expo 2015. Its environmental capabilities would be useful since the project site is located in Madrid in front of the very busy six-lane avenue Concha Espina.

Cloud Nursery for El Viso

Model exhibition inside the Arqueria Architectural Design 3 (2018) - CEU San Pablo Madrid - Proff. M. Arana, S. de Molina The aim for this exercise was to develop an exhibition for architectural models with given scale to be distributed across three levels with an appropriate visitor path, inside the 20th century Arquería of Nuevos Ministerios in Madrid. My solution was to create model-specific architectural spaces using only cables of different lengths hanging from the ceiling.

Journey through the Valle-Inclán Theatre

CONCEPT

THE SIX CHIMNEYS Architectural Design 3 (2018) - CEU San Pablo Madrid - Proff. Maria Arana Aroca, Santiago de Molina Employing the geometical This project consists in an exhibition that exploits the different spaces inside and outside Valle Inclán Theatre in Lavapiés, Madrid. trick of forced perspective, The entrance portal acts as a bold advertisement targeted to the city and catapults people inside. The paths are meant to THE SIX CHIMNEYS they trick the viewer CONCEPT surprise through winding tunnels. Space is played with both in the dramatic changes from narrow Employing the geometical the visitor who is lead trick of forcedinto perspective, believing that these to airy rooms and also in the perspective chimneys that with a geometrical trick appear to be way taller that they trick passages the viewer into believing “chimneys” that these are are. 5x taller they really Only at the end of their journey people will discover the true dimension of space, when lead “chimneys” what are 5x taller than they arethan in reality.they are in reality. to the upper level discovering the chimney tops and eventually reaching the end sliding Each chimney displays displays on the groundEach a different chimney ENTRANCE & EXIT PORTAL a funnel leading back to the entrance portal. The exhibition employs 6 photocollages that photomosaic,through that the That relates its geometry to the on the viewers will experience in ground a different facade proportions, thewhen entrance their full significance only seen from the distance once being on top of the perspective ENTRANCE & EXIT PORTAL two differentacquire ways during doors and the asymmetrical hall photomosaic, that the their visit. It links the outside world chimneys. doors. with That relates its geometry to the the indoor experience. viewers will experience in two different ways during their visit.

facade proportions, the entrance doors and the asymmetrical hall doors. It links the outside world with the indoor experience.

ROUND-TRIP & EXIT TUNNEL Starts from the left entrance door and ends in the right one or viceversa, bringing you back to the starting point. The exit tunnel after the bridge presents a one way full-height turnstile. SPIRAL STAIR & CHIMNEY STAIR & CHAMBERS & EXIT SLIDE After the ground level experience, the visitor is taken upwards to discover and see in first person the chimneys’ visual trick. They will feel like giants inside the net-floored top chambers, looking down, and will end their visit sliding down back to the ground.

LIFE-SIZED HAMSTER WHEEL Situated in the “courtyard” created by the spiral descending path, makes the visitors ask themselves: <<Are we being treated like hamsters?>>

ENTRANCE ITINERARY With a gentle slope of 5°, it rises up in a convoluted path to disconcert the visitors and make them lose their orientation. Once it has risen, it descends in a spiral and arrives to the bottom entrance of the 1st chimney.

LIFE-SIZED HAMSTER WHEEL Situated in the “courtyard” created by the spiral descending path, makes the visitors ask themselves: <<Are we being treated like hamsters?>>

Journey through the Valle-Inclán Theatre

Laboratory of Literary Architecture Great Books (2018) - CEU San Pablo Madrid - Prof. Fernando Ariza This exercise's objective was to translate into architecture one aspect of a classical novel. Mine was Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë and I chose to analyse the main characters' distance and relationship evolution throughout the book in order to find a shape to create a bridge that could be traversed at the same time by two persons that will metaphorically follow the characters' footsteps in their journey. The chosen location is Penistone Crags, existing place in the English moors, many time mentioned in the story. The bridge design with white stick-like pillars is meant to create a visual relationship with the environment and remind the dense fogs that are typically filling those valleys during winter. The bridge is approx. 400m long and at most 70m tall.

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Jewelry

Since 2013 in my free time I create rings that are 3D printed in various materials

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