Andrea Cogo - Graduate Architecture Porfolio

10 Taddeo d’Este 35042 Este, Padua Italy

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[ Andrea Cogo ] Graduate Architecture Portfolio Year 2012

10 Taddeo d’Este 35042 Este, Padua Italy

phone: mail: web:

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(+39) 3899719430 ndr.cogo@gmail.com it.linkedin.com/in/andreacogo

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EDUCATION

Sketchup Pro & Layout + Kerkythea/SU Podium

Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator

University IUAV of Venice, of Architecture Master Degree in Landscape Architecture and Sustainable Design University IUAV of Venice, of Architecture First Level Degree in Architecture: Theories and Technics

> in progress!

> 2007/2011

Adobe Indesign 3D Studio Max

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TRAINING

+Mental Ray

Rhino+Grasshopper

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Autodesk Autocad

IUAV+Engineering Faculty of L’Aquila Techniques of survey and documentantion, for the interpretation of buildings damaged by earthquakes

> July/August 2012

European Social Fund - Professional Training “Expert in digital modeling for architecture and landscape”

> March/July 2009

Internship - M31 Italia R&D During the six month internship I gained experience in team work and project coordination, while also getting a precise idea of the requirements and project stages inside of a medium-sized enterprise.

I was also part of site survey, client meeting and supplier relationships, furthering my skills in communication.

> April/October 2011

Autodesk Ecotect +Weather&Solar Tool

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I’m currently attending the University IUAV of Venice, curriculum “Landscape Architecture and Sustainable Design”.

I’m attempting to further my education outside of my academic experience through an internship in the professional field of Architecture.

I passionately believe that an internship in a foreign country will stretch my wings as an architect. In turn I believe that my abilities will be an asset for any firm. I’m a self-sufficient worker, a quick learner, an attentive listener, a costantly growing spirit.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Index [June 2012 ] Landscapes of Production and Waterways Carpanè (VI) - Italy --Part I - Masterplan for the industrial city of Carpanè Part II - Restoration and re-use of the Guarnieri hydroelectric plant Part III - Converting industrial buildings

[February 2012] Farmstays near the MOSE’s inlet of Lido Punta Sabbioni (VE) - Italy

Landscapes of Production and Waterways Carpanè (VI) - Italy ------------------------------Part I - Masterplan for the industrial city of Carpanè

The project faces the problems of designing for areas heavily transformed throughout history, in response to different ways of defence, use and management of water and their use for productive activities.

This requires a sequence of cognitive acts aimed not only at the understanding of stratification and ways of sedimentation of human actions and artefacts, but also highlighting the processes, balances and conflicts that are evident in the planned or taking place changes, both in peripheral and urban areas.

The city, agricultural and production land in relation to waterways and coast places are in fact the places where nature and culture coexist in various forms, but also with powerful contradictions and conflicts to which an integrated project of architecture for the landscape can give an adequate solution.

The training programme of the design course was located in the second half of the first year in Master Degree, curriculum “Landscape Architecture and Sustainability”.

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1. Masterplan concept, exploded view.

2. Landscape analysis: landform, section cuts of the mountains and solar access.

3. Masterplan.

4. Masterplan conceptual model, planning and massing.

5. Waterfront, visual permeability and planned water docks.

6. Industrial buildings.

7. A huge tobacco factory dominates the northern waterfront.

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THE WATERFRONT OF THE RIVER BRENTA Over the years the area has been frequently hit by floods, whose impact was devastating because of the lack of adequate safety distance from the river, from industrial buildings built during the early years of the twentieth century.

The landing on the river will be managed by floating docks, providing flexible use for humans and boats, as well as resilience to seasonal water.

8. Waterfront of the river Brenta, 1km long photomontage 9. Devices: three types of floating water docks.

10. Large ood history of Carpanè: 3D analysis of water levels and impact on the town.

11. Detail drawing of a floating dock.

12. Detail drawing, nautical staircase with adjustable steps.

13. Detail drawing of the concrete foundation and the steel frame sliding through an H-shaped beam.

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FOOTBRIDGES: Relink The City The village is characterized by the strong presence of a regional road, which splits the town into two parts, one on top and one at the bottom near the river. The road is busy with trucks, and constitutes an obstacle to the free movement of inhabitants, since the city is characterized by a dense urban structure.

We have selected three main points of crossing, to return to the city the relationship between mountain and river. In addition to the reconnection of urbanity and landscape, pedestrian bridges will serve as devices for the economic revitalization of the city. They will form: a south city gate with information point and drop-off point towards a wellness area, a commercial connection between the railway station and a new traditional handicraft center, a pedestrian track between various sport activities spread between the quarry and the river (climbing, mountain biking, rafting, canoeing, etc.).

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SOUTH CITY GATE 14. Site-plan of the pedestrian bridge, infopoint and elevator in relation to the context and the Guarnieri hydroeletric plant.

15. Isometric view of the bridge and its service building.

16. BB’ and AA’ cross sections.

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SPORT TRACK 17. Site-plan of the pedestrian bridge in its context.

18. AA’ cross section, with the bridge crossing the river.

19. BB’ and CC’ cross sections,with the track crossing the road.

20. DD’ and EE’ cross sections.

21. Aerial view of the path, form the quarry to the riverside.

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CRAFT-TO-STATION 23. Site-plan of the pedestrian bridge in its context.

24. AA’ cross section, with the bridge crossing the road.

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The area is one of the most important and ancient pre-industrial complexes of the river Brenta with a significant number of layers that represent the phases of the manufacturing and industrial place in the history of the valley.

The hydroelectric power station of the early twentieth century has foundations partly based on the river’s rocks. The complex is still characterized by the storage reservoir for the penstocks and the esplanade that once they crossed.

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SURVEY AND ANALYSIS 25. Cross and longitudinal sections of the building.

26. Details of significant architectural and decorative elements: eaves and cornice molding; decorative brick-work; concrete balustrade; trifora.

27. Structural survey. Functional analysis and stratigraphy; brickwork types

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INTEGRITY MAPPING AND RESTORATIVE MEASURES The ancient artifact shows a high architectural quality, through the richness of the patterns, decorations, choice of materials and design in eclectic style.

The hydroelectric plant is in a state of disrepair caused mainly by a lack of functional reallocation during the last decades. After the decommissioning of plants and mechanical parts, the use of the complex has been uneven. Most of the damage was due to the state of disrepair of the roof and the eaves, causing problems with water drainage, mainly affecting the claddings. There were no major structural damage thanks to the thickness of the walls.

28. North and south elevations (metricrectified photomerges), showing damage mapping hatches.

29. East and west elevations 30. Restorative mesaures

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31. Site-plan, aerial view.

32. Site-plan at floor level.

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LANDSCAPE DESIGN OF THE CONTEXT The project aims to re-establish access from the street level to the river, reorganizing a bank deeply layered by human modiďŹ cations and by the action of the river. At the same time we aim to foster the historical aquatic vocation of building in relation to water. At the same time, the project returns the readability of the urban palimpsest, through a process of simpliďŹ cation.

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33. Model (laser-cut), exterior views.

34. Site cross sections. From top to bottom: AA’, CC’, DD’, FF’

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35. In this page, cross sections and plans of the Guarnieri plant.

36. Model 37. Detail drawing of coating of the suspended volume 38. Detail drawing of the structural steel frame 37 35

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The reallocation of functions is put in relation to other construction projects for the revitalization of the city through the masterplan.

The choice was to create a wellness center with thermal baths. The project has a deliberately disruptive character, trying to curb the decline of the building itself, of the city’s economy and the loss of mountain traditions. The ethereal volume breaks through the building, to emerge on the roof terrace, strengthening the role of landamark towards the valley, reduced in recent decades to a question of dimensional presence.

39. internal view of the model with the recovered historic overhead crane 40. internal view of the model with the truss structure and polycarbonate coating.

41. The power plant by night, model view.

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The town’s industrial past has left large unused buildings, due to the inability of the site to compete with the new models of production. However, for its economic revitalization the city must rely on artisan traditions that are common to the entire valley. A cluster of industrial buildings has been chosen to become a center for vocational training. The complex will host: offices and workshops, warehouses, exhibitions, a hostel for the participants, a canteen.

The path leading to the various services traces the historical course of the canal that fed the power plant, representing an ideal link between the past and future production. Site ground floor plan: 42. Workshops 43. Exhibitions 44. Hostel/Offices/Canteen

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The hostel building make use of the tripartite preexistence designing an unified space that deals with the different ground levels.

45. Altimetry mapping 46. Perspective section, from the street to the river.

47. West elevation facing the river brenta 48. Building elevations and cross sections

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The workshops building is designed to provide maximum flexibility of use between different activities, adapting to the changing needs of space and light, and change it’s configuration according to the different stages of production or exhibition.

49. Matrix of aggregation of different uses, with the coloured patterns on the right side being the schematic representation of the floor plan.

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Farmstays near the MOSE’s inlet of Lido Punta Sabbioni (VE) - Italy

The academic work is part of a larger landscaping project on the system of dams and levees to protect the city of Venice, the MOSE. The huge project of hydraulic engineering is changing the landscape of the lagoon. Its presence is not limited to the bulkheads sunk in the sea, but consists of huge earthworks, drainage, reinforced concrete on the sides of the inlets, reservoirs, canals, and new roads. Some of the waterfronts have been compromised by large dams and barriers, such as the entry of Lido, near areas with strong tourist vocation, containing camping and accommodation.

These places must necessarily look for other possibilities to avoid the otherwise inevitable decline of tourist presence.

Fortunately, these are areas with an excellent agricultural tradition, characterized by a wide variety of vegetable crops, and a landscape dominated by the typical greenhouses. Given the particular diďŹƒculties of transport and communication, the Venice lagoon has a natural

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tendency to produce, sell and eat food locally, with a Km Zero - like approach. On the other hand, the agricultural landscape has a growing fragmentation and loss of land, with houses no longer linked to the management of the ďŹ elds, but also physically isolated from them through fences.

To promote tourism we have designed educational farms where vacationers can interact with farmers and learning how to grow their own foods, as well as eat local dishes. This will increase the presences regardless of the seasonality, ensuring a resilient and competitive economy.

1. Detail of the concept model, made by plexiglass layers.

2. Definition of the settlement criterion: infill development and degragmentation.

3. Earthworks balance.

4. Case studies, farms in via Shiller.

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5. Exploded view showing the technological concept.

6. Site cross sections

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7. Site Plan 8. Views of the project

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12 9. Solar access (Autodesk Ecotect analysis) 10. Building Shape, Surface Area to Volume Ratio, Summer 11. Building Shape, Surface Area to Volume Ratio, Winter 12. Cross ventilation design

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13. Direct solar gain 14. Indirect solar gain 15. Operable shading and insulation devices: south facade.

16. Operable shading and insulation devices.

Policarbonate glazing with fully automated louvers.

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17. Cutaway drawing, isometric projection.

18. Perspective section of the corridor 19. Cross section of the corridor 20. Isometric projection, detail of the wood frame, a mix of crosslaminated timberframe and baloonframe.

21. Technical detail, section from ground to roof

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22. Plumbing systems: rainwater harvesting and grey water phytodepuration.

In addiction, an horizontal geothermal heat pump could be implemented taking advantage of simultaneous earth works.

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