Portfolio Andrea Sibaja by Andrea Sibaja

SELECTED WORKS Architecture and Urbanism

Portfolio Andrea Sibaja

COSTA RICA / ITALIA 2022

SELECTED WORKS INDEX

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EL MURO Y EL VACÍO

MUSEO LA CALIFORNIA

CIUDAD MEMORIA

ROCCA MEDIEVAL

PARCO FORLANINI

LIVIGNO LWOG+2026

WORKSHOP

COMPETITIONs

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DESIGN StUDIO 4

The cemetery and its context, its connection with the greatness of the surrounding lanscape and the sky.

The cemetery as a network of connections through the compositional grid of passages repeating both in the our world and the infraworld.

The cemetery in details, the personalization of the tomb, the conception of the space enclosed in it as the eternal place of rest.

MACRO EXPLORATION MODEL

MESO EXPLORATION MODEL

MICRO EXPLORATION MODEL

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STEREOTOMY AND TECHTONIC

I. El Muro The objetive of the studio was spatial exploration through the concepts of stereotomy and tectonic, using the method of elaboration of abstract models made of plaster dust, emphasizing in the spatial exploration that was achieved through the small details in the model. The course was based on the book of Jose María Aparicio “El Muro” , in which he defines the concepts of stereotomic and tectonic architecture. The term stereotomy is related to the concept of matter in architecture, it is related to the presence of gravity in architecture. The term tectonic, is related to what it´s perceived as the “no architecture”, the construction of tectonic architecture is light and is born form the exterior of it, unlike stereotomy which is related to the solid, continuum, stony wall... The tectonic concept presents an absence in the matter, in the continuum, resulting in light walls that allows the entrance of nature in the architecture. The objetive of the studio was to explore this concepts through abstract models, where the plaster dust representes the stereotomic architecture and the balsa wood the tectonic part. The studio had its conceptual inspiration in the Cementerio General de San José (General Cemetery), where the task was to analyse the physical and conceptual aspects from the duality life-death and how it is showed in the construction of the cemetery and how it could be reinterpreted in the explorative models as space. In the three models, the idea of the cemetery as a way of transit in two levels is explored. In the models its explored also the ideas of space, light, continuity and wandering for the stereotomic part and with the idea of point, line and plane for the tectonic part. The models had three levels of aproximation (macro, meso and micro), where the ideas were explored, shown the at different levels of aproximation regarding human scale (1:500 macro, 1:250 meso, 1:125 micro), where the spaces were bigger according the scale. The stereotomy represents death, because it is heavy, hermetic and non changing in time, as stereotomic architecture is. Also as stereotomic architecture is linked to the earth, death is. The tectonic represents life, because is open, light and constantly changing as life is and is related to nature. The idea of the cemetery as a way of transit of two levels was constructed in the models through spaces that has labyrinthic caracter, which may be horizontal spaces that repesents stability, balance and connects with the reality in which we humans live, and with vertical spaces that signifies instability, dinamism, movement and relates with the unreal. When the models are observed in detail, the voids in the stereotomic part and the assembly of parts in the tectonic part, complements each other and generates spaciality, connections and continuum.

S A N J O S É / C O S TA R I C A U N I V E R S I D A D V E R I TA S P R O F. A R C H C É S A R C A R R A S C A L , P R O F. A R C H C A R LO S M ATA

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DESIGN WORKSHOP 4

MACRO 1:500

MESO 1:250

MICRO 1:125

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STEREOTOMY AND TECHTONIC

MACRO 1:500

MESO 1:250

MICRO 1:125

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DESIGN WORKSHOP 11

Vectoworks Model and Photoshop Postproduction. By Andrea Sibaja

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II. MUSEO LA CALIFORNIA The studio had an urban focus with emergent architecture, located La California, a neighborhood in San José (Costa Rica Capital City). The project followed an analysis exercise were the study the current state of the intervention zone was done. Existent programs were mapped, temporalities, users, activities, and vehicular and pedestrian flows. The final proposal was a master plan that involved 4 or 5 projects that work jointly and solve the zone’s necessities. The intervention area comprehends 4 squares of La California neighborhood, which presents a high vehicular flows due to the presence of the Avenida Segunda to the south and the Avenida Central to the north of the intervention site, which are the most important ways of transit in the city of San José. The existent varied program consists in cultural, commercial, educational, religious and health programs. La California presents many types of users, mainly students due to the presence of numerous universities in the context, also a high quantity of foreigners mainly from Nicaragua visit the zone daily because of the Nicaragua Embassy location. Finally the third most important user is going to be the workers that frequently are in the neighborhood because the high presence of office buildings nearby. The flow is very high during the day, but at night is even higher because La California presents a very strong restaurant and bars program. The project consisted in a master plan that includes, student residencies, commercial program, sports and office programs and a cultural program including the Museum. All is thought to be connected by the use of public space design. The individual project that was design was the one regarding the Museum. It is planned to be a vertical project with an important horizontal program at street level, the volume is intentioned to pose over the public space giving the sense of floating over it. The volume constructs the north sidewalk, opening and generating a large public space to the south, having underground levels, which gives to the public space two different levels. The project has a very varied program, the museum being the most important part of the program and that pretends to reinforce the cultural proposal of the zone, opening spaces for national and international artists. At the same time a sports program is proposed, including spaces for yoga, dance, martial arts and aerial acrobatics. Finally at the square level, a commercial program is design that includes restaurants that supports the museum and sports programs. The location of the project can turn it easily in a important visual spot.

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DESIGN WORKSHOP 11

ARCHITECTURAL SECTION

Vectoworks Model and Postproduction Photoshop. By Andrea Sibaja

VectorWorks Model and Photoshop Postproduction. By Andrea Sibaja

Process Models. By Andrea Sibaja

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Process Models. By Andrea Sibaja

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ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAM

PROGRAM DIAGRAM

Museum Permanent Exhibition Temporary Exhibition Museum Workshops Projection Rooms Cafeteria Lounge Area Restrooms

Walkable Roof Public Space

Sports

Dance warehouse Yoga and pilates Martial Arts Aereal Acrobatics Restrooms Administration Cafeteria Lounge Area

Commerce Restaurants Restrooms

Square

Public Space

Museum

Lobby Administration Offices Restrooms Locker Room Museum Store

Extra

Public Restrooms Storage Maintenace

Museum Auditorium Restrooms Vectorworks Model and Postproduction Illustrador . By Andrea Sibaja

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DESIGN WORKSHOP 11

Vectoworks Model and Photoshop Postproduction. By Andrea Sibaja

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EMERGENT ARCHITECTURE

Vectoworks Model and Photoshop Postproduction. By Andrea Sibaja

PORTFOLIO

G R A D U AT I O N P R OJ EC T

ESTACIÓN FERROVIARIA AL ATLÁNTICO

Vectoworks Model and Photoshop Postproduction. By Andrea Sibaja

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III. CIUDAD MEMORIA

SA N J O S E ’ S H I S TO R I C C E N T E R A RT I C U L AT I O N The graduation project borns from the concern about how it exists in our society a desinterest towards historic buildings and the historic center of San José, and the importance that signifies taking care of these buildings and giving back the value they deserve in order to strengthen the urban imaginary of the citizens in relation to the city of San José. The project has two intervention axes: urban and patrimonial, with the goal of revaluing historic buildings through public space intervention, using strategies of renovation without intervening directly over the historic building. The main concern of the project is to solve or understand why exists this growing desinterest and uprooting for the historic buildings, and the fact that people does not perceive them as containers of our culture’s memory, which affects directly in the development of the city, because there is no sense of responsability towards those buildings and spaces, what causes the destruction and deterioration of them. In addition to this main concern, four other concerns were indicated, like the disconnection between important cultural sites and buildings in the city, inexistence of quality public spaces, lack or deficiency of pedestrian walks or spaces and the lack of a legible urban structure. The project contemplated three levels of interventions and strategies. The first one was a macro aproximation, where a new grid for the city was proposed based in the Scaling Method of Peter Eisenman. This new grid used as a guide a diagonal that is present in the city but not perceived (indicated in the diagram), it coincide with the spot where the first hermitage of San José was placed, which was the same spot where an original road crossing to the indigenous towns happened. So with the new grid that consists of flipping the current hipodamic drawn to concur the diagonal, the goal is to make reference to the former first drawn of San Jose. The second intervention consisted in the stablishment of an intervention area, which responded to the Historic Center Area based in the 1851 San Jose and was proposed an enlargement to the east to make a New Historic Center, to include historic buildings of importance that are not being contemplated. Then the historic buildings in this area were mapped and submited an analysis matrix with a series of variables to select the buildings that were the best options to intervene, at last the 7 buildings that were selected share three caracteristics in common: they still hold the original function, they have public space in its context and have a monumental character. At last, the final intervention in the meso intervention was to connect all the buildings by stablishing connection axes between the intervention buildings and the public spaces, through the most important pedestrian streets in the city.

S A N J O S É / C O S TA R I C A U N I V E R S I D A D V E R I TA S T U TO R . A R C H F E R N A N D O R Í O S , L E C T. A R C H A N D R É S F E R N A N D E Z , L E C T. A R C H . V I C TO R M U R I L LO

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PROBLEMATIC (MICRO APPROXIMATION)

INTERVENTION AREA OF MASTER PLAN

Problem: Disconnection of important cultural zones and less presence of historic buildings.

DECLARED HISTORIC CENTER

PROPOSED Enlargement

EXTENSION

Problem: Inexistence of public green spaces.

Problem: Lack of public spaces for the pedestrian.

Problem: Lack of legible urban structure, and abundance in no productive spaces. Diagonal

MESO INTERVENTION STRATEGIES

MICRO INTERVENTION STRATEGY

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Strategy: Selection of historic buildings

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Strategy: Selection of public spaces

Strategy: Node connection through transit pacifyingl

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Objective: Nurture Urban Imaginary

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BUILDINGS TO INTERVENE ESTACIÓN FERROVIARIA AL ATLÁNTICO

ESCUELA METÁLICA

EDIFICIOS DE CORREOS DE COSTA RICA

CATEDRAL METROPOLITANA

TEATRO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA

MUSEO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA

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G R A D U AT I O N P R OJ EC T MACRO INTERVENTION

1. Atlantic Train Station

Original Use: Train Station Actual Use: Train Station Year: 1808 ArchStyle: Eclectic (Victorian, neoclassical, baroque,modernist details...)

2. Escuela Metálica Original Use: School Actual Use: School Year: 1895 ArchStyle: Neoclassical

3. Costa Rica Mail

Original Use: Postal Building Actual Use: Postal Buildin and Museum Year: 1917 ArchStyle: Eclectic

4. Metropolitan Cathedral Original Use: Church Actual Use: Main Chuch of San José Year: 1871 ArchStyle: Neoclassical, Baroque and Greek Orthodox

5. National Theater Original Use: Theater Actual Use: Theater Year: 1897 ArchStyle: Neoclassical

6. La Soledad Chur Original Use: Church Actual Use: Church Year: 1910 ArchStyle: Baroque

MorazánPark

Juan Mora Porras Square

Cultura Square

Juan Mora Fernandez Square

Central Park

La Soledad Church Square Garantías Sociales Square

Intervention Area Public Spaces Historic Buildings Train RailWay Pedestrian Way Vehicular Way Mixed Use Way

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7. National Museum

Original Use: Former military quarters, (Cuartel Bellavista) with the aboliton of the army in 1948, the building is transformed into a Museum. Actual Use: Museum Year: 1928-1934 ArchStyle: Medieval Influence

Historic Memory

Urban Space

Culture

Urban Nodes

Reunion Zones

Pedestrian Ways

History and Architecture

España Park

Jardín de Paz

National Park

Democracia Square

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G R A D U AT I O N P R OJ EC T

In this project, different types of strategies of recuperation of historic centers were studied, such as urban museography technics, transit pacifying strategies and public spaces design strategies. From the investigation, guidelines were extracted in order to propose a design methodology regarding how a public space surrounding a historic building may be designed in order to revalue it. The guidelines are: a multiprogramatic character, taking into consideration the context surrounding the building, giving the building urban perspective through public space, propose urban furniture or urban articulators that functions as puntual interventions, usign the museography resource, and establishing simbolisms present in the buildings to reinforce the colective and urban imaginary. Case #2: Escuela Metálica, España Park, Morazán Park and Jardín de Paz and including also the surrounding historic buildings For the third level of intervention, one of the buildings selected by the analysis matrix was chosen in order to developed a design intervention. The case that was selected was the one regarding the Escuela Metálica. For this part, the analysis process was repeated, analysing all the historic buildings in the intervention area of the case, and by following the guideline of giving simbolisms to the buildings an the intervention are, one other building highlights because of it’s education programme as the one fo the school “Escuela Metalica, the Escuela Vitalia Madrigal, so the zone is declared and educational and historic importance area. The school is located oposed to the Escuela Metalica so this produces an opportunity to generate a balanced design. Also, the schools have a similar scale and are representatives of the architectural style of the time they were built. Following the guideline of using the Museography resource in the intervention, the Museography theory follows the idea whereMuseology is used as a conceptual theme stablishment and Museography as an intervention area stablishment, the project develops three types micro interventions, ones regarding the design of Stations (Estaciones) basing the idea in the Bernard Tschumi’s Parc de la Villete and the Follies (as a result of Scaling Method), where the Stations were borned of the analysis of the facades of the schools and were placed in the diagonal grid. The objective of the Stations was to be urban furniture or puntual interventions that revalued the schools making alusion to them. The second intervention was to implement new pedestals to the monuments present in the parks and the third one involved the idea of giving the buildings urban perspective by opening spaces of contemplation. All of the three micro interventions were connected by the re-designing of the parks and the proposal of a landscape design project that involved the use of trees and plants that also made alusion to the schools. Design guidelines as convergence, observation, protection, education and eventuality were defined as the intentions that wanted to be achieved through the interventions in the parks in order to revalue the historic buildings.

URBAN MUSEOGRAPHY

1 2

Intervention

Escuela Metálica

Morazán Park, España Park y Jardín de Paz

Cultural and historic sites identification

Context historic buildings Monuments

Museology

Conceptual Thematic

Conceptual thematic stablishment

Eduaction and history Historic buldings revaluation

Museography

Museographic Space

Museographyc space design

Public space desing Puntal interventions (articulators) Landscape design proposal

FACADE ANALYSIS

STATIONS LOCATION DIAGRAMS

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Escuela Metálica. By Andrea Sibaja

Escuela Vitalia Madrigal. By Andrea Sibaja

Apartmentos Jimenez. By Andrea Sibaja

ARCHITECTURAL PLAN / INTERVENTION 4

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1. Escuela Metálica 2. Escuela Vitalia Madrigal 3. Templo de la Música 4. INS Building 5. Casa Amarilla 6. Jimenez Apartments 7. Old FANAL Building 8. Morazan Bar

9. Las Acacias House 10. Key Largo Bar 11. Diana Inn Hotel 12. Solera Bennet Building Stations Monuments Pedestals

G R A D U AT I O N P R OJ EC T

Vectoworks Model and Photoshop Postproduction. By Andrea Sibaja

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A R C H I T EC T U R A L P R E S E RVAT I O N S T U D I O

ARQUATA DEL TRONTO, ASCOLI PICENO, MARCHE REGION

BY THE END OF 1800’s

2014 BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKE

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2018 AFTER THE EARTQUAKE

R O CC A M E D I E VA L E - A R Q U ATA D E L T R O N TO

Iv. Rocca Medievale The main concept of the design proposal focuses on the idea of the “journey” which consists of the town, the landscape around it, the Rocca and the interventions. The Rocca it’s a medieval fortress that was constructed with the objective of fulfilling tactic and defensive functions. The fortress is constructed over a hill near the urban center of the town of Arquata del Tronto. It is a typical example of military architecture with a compact and austere aspect surrounded by a densely green area. In August of 2016, the town of Arquata del Tronto suffered an earthquake that produced important damages in the structure and integrity of the Rocca Medievale. The natural disaster caused the collapse of architectural details and ornaments of the towers as affectations in the inner and outer structural composition of the building, which led once again the Rocca to a new restoration. For the reconstruction strategy of the town of Arquata del Tronto, the study and application of resilience as a conceptual theme gains relevance. People has the necessity of having places not only functional but also instructive, they look for environments that are a representation of their social aspirations, customs and community values. When the urban space of a town is striked by a natural disaster as an earthquake, not only the authenticity of the architectural substance but the restitution of a cultural identity of an urban space could be justified by the need to unite a broken society. Urban heritage conservation and recreation as resilience strategies can contribute giving traumatized societies a sense of continuity and localness. Previous studies of affected cities that develop narratives of resilience towards their renovation, reveal that the pragmatic process of urban recovery is always fuelled by highly symbolic actions. With this theoretical base, a strategy of urban reconstruction is proposed for Arquata, stablishing main themes and a timeline for its application which consists in: construction and reconstruction of the journey, cleaning of the rubbles in the town, the incorporation of new infrastructure, prevention of future accidents and stablishing a stronger relationship between the Rocca Medieval and the town of Arquata del Tronto. The journey starts with a promenade path, which consists of two existing routes that lead the visitors to the castle through the town below. On the step way up to the Rocca, different green areas open on the street and serve as spaces for rest and contemplation of the natural landscape. The idea of the journey is presented also inside of the Rocca. The visitors come through the main entrance to a circulation route that starts with the groud floor, where wine cultivation methods and tools are presented and the route continues up to balcony, where one can find an exhibition of wine history. On the second floor there is also a wine tasting room and class room for educational purposes. Inside of the castle, the exhibition on wine cultivation and educational spaces are incorporated. As a last intervention we thought of a reconstruction of the Bastione Circolare on the south-west side of the Rocca. The tower is visible from the road that leads to the city and the structure is light and porous in order leave the corner of the castle visible from outside. This acts as the final step of the journey, representing what was ruined by the historical earthquake event in Arquata Del Tronto. The journey ends through the crafted path back down to the town, similar to the way it begins. M I L A N O / I TA L I A POLITECNICO DI MILANO P R O F. A R C H D AV I D E D E L C U R TO , P R O F. A R C H A L E S S A N D R O B I A N C H I STUDENTS A N N A D A L L’A R A , A L I C E M A S S I M A U R I , S WAT H I K A G A N A S U N D A R , A N D R E A S I B A J A , G A B R I E L L A S C OT TO , J U M A N A TA R A Z I , K ATA R I N A VA R I S , V I R G I N I A VA L E N T I N I

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A R C H I T EC T U R A L P R E S E RVAT I O N S T U D I O

INTERVENTION PHASES

PHASE 1 IMMEDIATE (0-12 MONTHS)

PHASE 1 INTERMEDIATE (1-2 YEARS)

PHASE 1 ULTIMATE (3-5 YEARS)

1. CONSTRUCTION SECONDARY PATH TO CASTLE 2. BEGINNING INTERVENTION ROCCA 3. PATCH FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS 4. CONSOLIDATION MAIN ROAD CITY

5. PIAZZA INTERVENTION, RECONSTRUCTION OF FACADES REPLICAS

6. CONSOLIDATION PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR PATH TO CASTLE. 7. CONNECTION BETWEEN CITY AND ROCCA

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PHASE 1 MAIN INFRASTRUCTURAL SPINE

PHASE 2 STRUCTURALLY STABLISHING RUINS

PHASE 3 INFO CENTER

PHASE 1 RUINS AND DANGEROUS STRUCTURES

PHASE 2 PEDESTRIAN PATH

PHASE 3 HISTORIC FACADES

PHASE 1 MAIN RESTORATION-STRUCTURAL STABILITY

PHASE 2 TERRACE - TEMPORARY STRUCTURE

PHASE 3 BASTION FACADE - OUTDOOR TERRACE

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A R C H I T EC T U R A L P R E S E RVAT I O N S T U D I O

PHASE 1 CLEANING

PHASE 2 SECONDARY STRUCTURE

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By Andrea Sibaja and Gabriella Scotto

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PHASE 3 ACCESIBILITY

R O CC A M E D I E VA L E - A R Q U ATA D E L T R O N TO

ARCHITECTURAL SECTION BEFORE AND AFTER INTERVENTION

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A R C H I T EC T U R A L P R E S E RVAT I O N S T U D I O

WEST ELEVATION BEFORE AND AFTER INTERVENTION

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INTERIOR VIEWS AFTER INTERVENTION

Vectoworks Model, Lumion render and Photoshop Postproduction. By Andrea Sibaja

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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO

e e d d n i n a i n i r a n i r n n G a l G a r l r o o F F o c o r c r a a P P POSTCARD

Pop Up Area Art Exhibition “Dreams of Parco Forlanini”

One Identity, One Aim, Multiple Aspirations

Illustrador drawing. By Andrea Sibaja

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V. Belted Forlanini The starting point of the project was the development of the gateway concept in the area of the Grande Parco Forlanini in Milan, approached from a user experience design method. Understanding it as a ‘break’ in the continuity, a transitional space between the ‘here’ and ‘there’, and in this case, between the urban fabric and the park. In addition, as it is the first contact between the people and the park, it should contribute to the overall identity of the developed area, playing an important role on the impression and experiences lived by the users. By the use of user experience method, personas, parameters, scenarios were defined which later were going to transform into punctual interventions. All these interventions are interdependent on each other and they are intended to form a cohesive system of the gateway. They provide a scope for multiple activities to happen at the same time. The co-dependence on each other gives it a unique position in the gateway concept. There is a certain ‘in the moment’ nature in these spaces as they have the ability to transform as per the need of the hour. We imagine these spaces to be open, inviting and can transform over time. The gateway concept has been developed as a transitional yet a destination space where a lot of multi-functional activities can take place. The articulation is such that there will not be just one gateway, rather a network of interconnected gateways placed across the edge of the park, exploring the idea of the gateway system as a belt. The intention of this gateway is to provide a break in continuity to facilitate the park activities and at the same time provide additional facilities to make the gateway a destination itself. To identify the different aspects present in the park and to achieve a deeper understanding of its land use, a categorization was developed. The park was divided into five categories namely, Agriculture, Entertainment, History, Nature and Ecology, Sports, and others. Based on the analysis various scenarios were proposed to be suited within the park. They were based on the understanding of the park and are grouped together after the analysis and requirements as seen fit for the specific areas. They included a Mobility hub, Pop up area, Park office, and Utilities. The scenarios are combined between them in order that they respond to the needs of each area and reinforces its use. The west part of Parco Forlanini was taken into consideration for detailing the idea of the gateway. Following our concept of the Belt System, Via Cavriana will be binding the west side of the park, and at the same time, it will host the first experiences and impressions the users coming from the city of Milan will have of Forlanini. This street has been considered the spine of the gateway and the scenarios are projected all along the street. The spine was subdivided in three areas.

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MACRO STRATEGY MAP- GATEWAY SYSTEM Area 1

Area 2

Agricultural Parks

Thematics

Area 3

Romantic Park

Thematics

Area 4

Industrial Park

Thematics

Idroscalo Park

Thematics

express entrance

mobility hub utilities

pop up

mobility hub

pop up

utilities

pop up

utilities

express entrance

park office

mobility hub

utilities

utilities M4

express entrance

Thematics

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Thematics

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CONCEPTUAL RELATIONSHIPS

Via Tucidide

Via Rivoltana

Via Arcangelo Corelli

Pop Up Area

Express Entrance

Mobility Hub

Pop Up Area

Utilities

System 2

System 3

System 5

System 6

Romantic Park

Productive Field in Area 3

Mobility Hub Metro

Utilities Pop Up Area

Utilities

Productive Field in Area 1

Novegro

System 1

Park office

Utilities

Lambro river

System 4

Mobility Hub

Utilities

System 7

Express Entrance Metro

Metro

Viale Enrico Forlanini Primary entrance

Secondary entrance

Accessibility

Linate Airport Relationship

By Ailun Zhang

CONCEPT

By Virginia Valentini

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System 8

Idroscalo

URBAN DESIGN STUDIO

MASTER PLAN

By Arushi Agarwal (Modified by Andrea Sibaja)

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AXONOMETRIES

AREA 1

Pop Up Area

Park Office

Bike Route

New Proposed Road

Mobility Hub

Cascina Cavriana

Cascina Martini

Cascina Colombo

Exhibition Space

AREA 2

Agricultural Fields

Parking Lot

M4 Tunnel

Comfort Spaces

Cascina Sant’ Ambrogio

Pop Up Area

Open Plaza

Gasometer

Park Office

Agricultural Fields

Mobility Hub

Bike Route

AREA 3

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Bike Route

Mobility Hub

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Parking Lot

By Andrea Sibaja

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Agriculture Fields

Comfort Spaces

Bike Route

URBAN DESIGN STUDIO

INTERVENTION LAYERS

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G AT E WAYS SYS T E M PA R CO FO R L A N I N I

By Virginia Valentini

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T H E M AT I C S T U D I O

LIVIGNO SITE VISIT

Photographs by Andrea Sibaja

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VI. LIVIGNO LWOG+2026 The Olympic Games have taken heavy impact on many regions in the world – on socio-economic and urban dimensions. A trigger for a new image of the hosting city. The possibillities can merge long lasting traditions with new innovations. The Olympic Winter Games 2026 are a chance for Northern Italy – Milano, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Bormio and Livigno. With hosting different freestyle ski and snowboard events in Livigno, it becomes one of the highest olympic villages in the world located at 1800m above sea level. Preservation on national and international level is sustaining this unique natural and cultural value. As the local enonomy was based on agriculture and forestry, new infrastructure in the mid 20th century opened the valley for active-tourism and commercial interest due to its tax free priviledge. Livignos’ vernacular tribe, now hosting a global event. It is an intersection between a global spotlight and local micro-communal practices. The Winter Olympic Games 2026 must follow strong sustainable guidelines of Olympic Agenda 2025+ to be successful games for any participant – before, during and after. The proposal relies on a close research with the local inhabitants to provide an invitation for everyone and still offer a chance for the people following old traditions. A network for communication and design process for Livigno is proposed along an association to link the Olympic Committee with the Local politicans – simultanieously activating micro-social actors and networks. The concept is based on five main visions for LWOG 2026+ : inclusive Livigno, authentic Livigno, sustainable Livigno, connected Livigno and Olympics as a catalyst and inhibitor. We see the Winter Olympic Games 2026 as a key-assistant for sustainable sport, education and living. The creation of a long-term idea of a sport education hub in Livigno. After the Games, young students and athletes will be able to use the structures as training facilities or agricultural teaching purposes. To achieve our vision, we propose mobility improvements through new inner and external connections. Improvements on hiking trails in combination with future bivouacs will promote the authentic tourism and work as a connector to surrounding valleys. The permanent venues include the olympic village with dining hall and spaces for communal ativities, olympic housing composed of several typologies with both permanent and temporary parts, as well as a building bridge holding exhibtion spaces connected to the Lake. After the olympics the dismantleing of the temporary panels,will create the new Livigno sport education hub. The panels will be re-used adaptivly regarding the need, as bivouacs, education shelters or new second home appartments. The Design Guidelines are defined by a reinterpretation of traditional typologies and enabling new innovations. An inclusive architecture with public space connects locals, tourists, athletes, and students on different design scales.

L I V I G N O / I TA L I A POLITECNICO DI MILANO P R O F. A R C H I S A B E L L A I N T I , P R O F. A R C H S TA M AT I N A KO U S I D I , P R O F. A R C H A L B E R TA C A Z Z A N I STUDENTS K E N YA A M A R O , S O F I A B E L AT T I , S WAT H I K A G A N A S U N D A R A , J E N T H E G O O S E N S , TO M KO H R S , M A LG O R Z ATA RY B A K , A N D R E A S I B A J A , V I R G I N I A VA L E N T I N I h t t p s : // i s s u u . c o m / t o m k o h r s /d o c s / m c 2 7 _ l i v i g n o _ b o o k l e t _ s p

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“OLYMPICS TO ENHANCE SUSTAINABLE SPORTS, EDUCATION AND LIVING” Connected Livigno

Catalyst and Inhibitor

Inclusive Livigno

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Sustainable Livigno

19 01 Olympic Village 14 Tagliede ski lift 02 Community Bridge & lake pavilion 15 Carosello Ski lift 03 North Mobility Shelter 16 Hiking Trail to Trepalle 04 Aquagranda 17 Trepalle village 05 Hiking Trail to Bormio 18 Bivouacs 06 Pastoral lands 19 Farm Education shelters 07 converting to Primarily Pedestrian road 20 Secondary homes 08 New Pedestrian connection east to west 21 Projected Mobility shelters 09 Main Road 10 Main Mobility Shelter 11 South Mobility Shelter 12 Improving exisitng Bike and pedestrian network 13 Motolino ski lift

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Improving the internal and external connections to Livigno with upgrading the existing bus stops with bus shelters and integrating the existing parking areas. Developing a community center for the Livigno which can be repurposed for Olympics.

2026 - DURING OLYMPICS

Newly developed Olympic Village with Housing facilities for Athletes, Media center,the Dining hall and other common facilities. The Community bridge in the lake becomes an Exhibition and a break out space for thr Volunteers, newly developed Lake Pavilion becomes a break out for the Athletes. 19

2027 - AFTER OLYMPICS

Once the Olympics is over, the temporary housing modules in the Olympic village is dis-assembled and repurposed as Bivouacs along the hiking trails, farm education shelters in the Livigno valley and secondary homes in the Trepalle and as well as in Livigno. Hiking trail to Bormio and a Hiking trail to the west is enhanced.

2036 - LONG TERM LEGACY

Longterm legacy is the development of a sports hub with BMX park, skate park etc.. serving the people of Livigno in sports education from the Permanent buildings in the olympic village along with the community brigde building. The mobility shelters can be increased in number to increase pedestrian comfort.

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By Virginia Valentini

MAIN MOBILITY HUB

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1 MOBILITY INTERVENTION MOBILITY SHELTERS NORTH HUB MAIN HUB SOUTH HUB

2 OLYMPIC VILLAGE DINING HALL SPORTS ACADEMY HEALTH CENTER ADMINISTRATION DIGITAL HUB SECURITY

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DURING OLYMPICS ACCOMODATION FOR ATHLETES AFTER OLYMPICS ACCOMODATION SEASONAL WORKERS YOUNG ATHLETES LIVIGNO INHABITANTS

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EXISTING BUILDINGS

BIVOUACS 2ND HOME FARM SHELTERS

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Lake Platform

Communal Bridge

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Health Center / Admin.

Dining Hall / Sport Academy

Housing for athletes / seasonal workers

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ARCHITECTURAL SECTION TYPOLOGY 3 (PERMANENT BUILDING WITH TEMPORARY HOUSING)

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OLYMPIC HOUSING (DURING AND AFTER OLYMPICS)

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Vectorworks model, Lumion Render and Photoshop Postproduction. By Andrea Sibaja and Sofia Belatti

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AUIC WORKSHOP

GENERAL STRATEGY

Villani-Murat kindergarten Maciachini M3

Parco Scuola

VIALE MARCHE INTERVENTION Cremona High School

Brera 2

INTERVENTION ROUTE

Humanitas Hospital

PARCO STELVIO INTERVENTION

Piazza tattica Via Toce Santa Maria alla Fontana garden

REFERENCES Re-established pedestrian path New bike lane connection Existing bike lane Renovation of pedestrian crosswalks Barriers Gated area

Asilo nido comunale

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VII. URBAN PLAYGROUNDS The general plan consists on proposing an intervention route connecting two different urban fabrics (Isola and Maciachini), providing a human scale to the whole area. At the same time the idea is to join two active urban areas (Parco Scuola and Piazza Tattica Via Toce) as a way to regenerate the unused spaces of Parco Stelvio through this route. “Abitare è essere ovunque a casa propia” - UGO LA PIETRA Our main idea for the concept is not only to connect the area by the intervention of some important critical points but to equip these spaces with caracteristics that give the users the possibility to inhabit the space not only from the urban point of view but to take appropiation of theses spaces like if as if they were their homes. M I L A N O / I TA L I A POLITECNICO DI MILANO C O O R D I N ATO R A R C H . A N N A M O R O STUDENTS A N D R E A S I B A J A , E L I S A S O L I N A S , M E N N A H TA L L A H S A L E H , F R A N C E S C O PA O LO TA LO , V I R G I N I A VA L E N T I N I

PARCO STELVIO INTERVENTION AXONOMETRY

By Francesco Talo

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DEVICES INCORPORATION IN PARCO STELVIO

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ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

GENERAL STRATEGY AND PROXIMITIES AXONOMETRY 2.5m

Kvennagjá

Mývatn

37 km²

Karlagjá

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420m

Hverfjall

1.5km 771m 6 km

Grjótagjáv egur

Grjótagjá 12 km

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O B S E RVAT I O N TO W E R

VIII. ICELAND CAVE TOWER Inspired by the volcanic constitution that allowed Iceland to appear as a new and wonderful habitable space above the previously known surface. In the same way, like a small welding line that merges two continents in the same space, that is how it is intended to position the new architectonic icon that will characterize the surrounding region of the Grjótagjá caves. The natural inspiration leads to engage a horizontal element that holds the vertical prominence of the geological fault. Moreover, it exalts, frames and directs the attention to the existing natural attraction, opening to the visitors the opportunity to place themselves at a point that allows them to visually experience and tour this section of the Mid-Atlantic ridge and the surrounding landscape from a new perspective, in a safe and respectful way towards the context. In this way it protects from possible damage the lava path that shapes the cracked surface, diluting geographical limits and recalling how the world’s most extensive mountain range emerged from the ocean as a new attraction that stands out subtly in the world’s context.

G R J Ó TA G J A / I C E L A N D TEAM D O U G L A S C A S T R O , M A R I A F E R N A N D A M ATA M O R O S , A N D R E A S I B A J A , M A R Í A J O S É Z Ú N I G A

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ARCHITECTURAL PLAN GROUND FLOOR

ARCHITECTURAL PLAN FIRST FLOOR

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TRAIL TO AMERICA

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Reference Schedule

1.Information stand 2.Office 3.Waiting room 4.Café 5.Exit to paid cave 6.Toilets 7.Dressing rooms 8.Lockers 9.Storage 10.Courtyard 11.Conection with tower and trail 12.Elevator 13.Tower

1.Information stand 2.Office 3.Waiting room 4.Café 5.Exit to paid cave 6.Toilets 7.Dressing rooms 8.Lockers 9.Storage 10.Courtyard 11.Conection with tower and trail 12.Elevator 13.Tower 14.Green rooftop

1m TO TRAIL AND PUBLIC CAVE

10m

By María Fernanda Matamoros

ARCHITECTURAL SECTION A-A

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Vectoworks model by Andrea Sibaja. Lumion rendering and Photoshop postproduction. By María Fernanda Matamoros

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ARCHITECTURAL SECTION

SECCIÓN DE CONJUNTO Escala gráfica: 1

By Douglas Castro

EXPLODED AXONOMETRY

ARCHITECTURAL PLAN FIRST FLOOR

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WALKABLE ROOF

ARCHITECTURAL PLAN GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR

GROUND FLOOR

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PIAZZA

By María Fernanda Matamoros

LANDSCAPE MEMORY COLLAGE

By María Fernanda Matamoros

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IX. CASA AGAVE The architecture pays tribute to the landscape, it grows from the earth and merges with it to honor the historic imaginary of the context. The field extends and covers the building, it surrounds it inside of the territory of the Llanos de Apan, the capital of pulque, the drink from the gods, perennial reminder of the craftmanship labor and the concept of transformation in equilibrium. In the way the agave plant is processed to offer food,culture and tradition by means of the pulque, the Casa Agave makes it through a central opening that frames the landscape, opens its doors to work and research and his a monument from which water emerges (inspired in the aguamiel that comes from the heart of the maguey or agave plant) which then also works as a system of collection and treatment of the rained waters. The interior journey of the Casa Agave goes through a series of cores, where all the process surrounding the processing and exploitation of the agave are exposed, offering a graphic memory and a sensorial experience of whoever visits the place. Considereing also the diffusion of information surrounding the culture of agave, like the diverse types of plants, the visitor experiences the production process and all the culture surrounding this millenial practice, enhancing the mystiism, the kindness and the enchantment that this plant holds.

PROGRAM 0- Access 1-Monument 2- Reception 3-Workshops 4-Gallery 5-AudioVisual Inst. 6-Ramp 7-Textile process room 8-Agua de miel room 9-Research center 10-Offices 11-Garden 12-Backstage 13-Auditorium 14-Viewing Point 15-Market 16-Bathroom 17-Storage 18-Access market 19-Service access

To go back to the roots in order to incentivate the rooting, and retake the sustainable ways that the prehispanic cultures maintained between the human beings and the earth is the goal of the project. The latter represented by the proposed architectural program, by including the traditional process, spaces for research and innovation, which allows the growth of knowledge and in this way cultivate continously the transmisionof the millenial practice of the conscient exploitation and preservation of the well named “arbol de las maravillas” (wonder tree).

VA L L E D E A PA N , H I D A L G O / M E X I C O TEAM D O U G L A S C A S T R O , M A R I A F E R N A N D A M ATA M O R O S , A N D R E A S I B A J A

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Vectoworks model, Lumion render, Photoshop Postproduction. By Andrea Sibaja

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C U R R I C U LU M V I TA E

Education

ABOUT

Politecnico di Milano February 2020-ongoing School of Architecture Urban Planning Engineering Construction Master’s in Architecture and Urban Design Universidad de Costa Rica 2018-ongoing Facultad de Ciencias Sociales Escuela de Historia y Archivística Bachelor’s degree in History Universidad Veritas, Costa Rica 2012-2017 Architecture School Bachelors’s degree in Architecture Graduation Project: Memory City, Articulation of San Jose´s Historic Center Saint Francis College 2007-2011 San José, Costa Rica High School Studies Workshops Politecnico di Milano 2021 Cascina Sant’Ambrogio 2031 La Porta Verde del Gran Parco Forlanini Prof. Grazia Concilio Politecnico di Milano 2021 Urban Playgrounds Designing around schools Co. Anna Moro Specialization courses Architectural Appraisal Course 2019 Colegio Federado de Arquitectos e Ingenieros Technical Inspection of Projects Course 2019 Colegio Federado de Arquitectos e Ingenieros

Language education

ANDREA SIBAJA

Goethe Center 2017German language studies (unfinished)

Address: Milano, Italia Email: andreaelena.sibaja@mail.polimi.it Number: (+39) 3667030065

Dante Alighieri Academy 2012-2013 Italian language studies (finished)

Spanish Native

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English

Italian

Advance

Intermediate

Software Skills

Work Experience 2016 Arkosis (San Ramón, Alajuela) Café Aromas Remodeling (Architectural plan drafts)

2D DRAFTING AutoCad VectorWorks Revit ArchiCad

2017 Mare Design Center (Escazú, San José) Architecture Assistant 2017-2018 HDEQ Diseño y Equilibrio (Barva, Heredia) Architecture Assistant

3D MODELLING VectorWorks SketchUp Revit Rhino Grasshopper FlowDesign

2018 Void OPD (Sabana, San José) Architect 2019 Intervalo Colectivo de Diseño (Heredia) Architect (Associate-Founder)

Volunteer work and internships 2017 Urbarium Comunidades Vibrantes (Sabana, San José) Volunteer work, architectural design of the “Centro Activo para el Adulto Mayor de Hatillo” College Community Service (TCU) continuation 2018 Void OPD (Sabana, San José) Architect 2021 Fabio Introzzi / Dan Dorrell Architects (Milano, Italia) Compulsory Internship Architectural assistant Contribution in “Ventotene Project for the restoration and reuse of the former Santo Stefano Prison Complex” architectural competition.

POSPRODUCTION, RENDERING AND EDITING Adobe Photoshop VRay Artlantis Lumion GRAPHICS AND DESIGN LAYOUT Adobe Illustrador Adobe Indesign Specialties

Architectural Competitions 2020 Felix Candela (Mexico) Instituto Español de Arquitectura IESARQ CASA AGAVE Developed with María Fernanda Matamoros and Douglas Castro

Conceptualization

Graphic Diagrams

Modelling

Postproduction

Interior Design

Urban Design

Fotography and Graphic Design

EXPERTISE

2021 Iceland Cave Tower (Iceland) Bee Breeders Architecture Competitions JOINT BETWEEN LANDS Developed with María Fernanda Matamoros, Douglas Castro and María José Zúñiga Architecture

INTERESTS

History

PORTFOLIO

Photography

Nature

Lecture

Culture

Music