INDEX
Living school..................................................................................... 4
Nest................................................................................................. 12
Mountain box................................................................................... 20
Portal.............................................................................................. 28
Snake.............................................................................................. 36
WORKSHOP BAM: Berlin Architecture Museum............................................................... 44 Next........................................................................................................... 46 Concrete through the age............................................................................ 48 Frame......................................................................................................... 50
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Master thesis
Living School Leipzig, Germany Living School is a redevelopment project of an existing school located in Leipzig, in the east of Germany. The building is located in the Grunau district, a residential complex planned in the 70s-80s by the former DDR, created to respond to the strong demographic increase of the period. After the fall of the Berlin wall, Grunau had a strong decline of its population that left many buildings, including several schools, abandoned. The school redevelopment project is therefore part of a recovery plan that the city of Leipzig is implementing for the repopulation of Grunau. To create a modern educational architecture, the spaces and functions of the school had to be completely rethought, also in anticipation of an increase of students, so it was decided, first of all, to empty the existing building of its accessory functions, because it was inadequate to contain them for shape and size. Therefore, the spaces with good lighting have been redesigned to be used exclusively for the classes, designed to be flexible and able to adapt to the different needs of teaching, with specially designed furniture to create various configurations. The light within each class is managed independently through the use of vertical brise-soleils that filter light. While in the south facade, volumes containing all the play and service areas have been added. The ground floor, instead, becomes a filter space between the school and the community, a transformable exhibition space for children’s exhibitions and neighborhood events. Spaces have been studied to support the classical didactic activity, which follow the philosophy of pedagogical activism, divided into thematic areas: technological, scientific, humanistic, IT and standard. In addition to these creative ateliers, multi-purpose sports areas have been added, which can also be transformed into an auditorium, library and media library, a canteen and play and relax areas. Individually designed, the various volumes, suitable for containing the different functions, are reorganized together around a central distribution core forming a single architectural entity distributed on different levels. The organization of these volumes is designed in such a way as to create different heights, where necessary, allowing natural light to enter. The new building also occupies the entire area belonging to the school, so the roof has been designed to accommodate green areas such as educational gardens and outdoor play areas.
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The existing building retains the function of the study classes. Futhermore an additional floor is expanded.
Adding volumes for service spaces. The extra-curricular functions are reorganized in the external area of ​​the school.
Organization and union of individual functions in a single building.
The space occupied by the new building is not lost, in fact the roof becomes a space for educational and play areas.
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Plan - 1,50 m
Section B - B’
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Plan + 6,00 m
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Structural design atelier
Nest
Camerino, Italy
After the earthquake of the October 2016 in the middle of Italy, the town of Camerino has suffered serious damages and among many interested buildings, the university area has become unusable as well, so it was necessary a project for the new university. The site is between the existent university campus and the historical centre of the city, in a steep area and that has a high slope. To make the area usable it has been made terraces that have into them green areas to support the project. Into one of these terraces it was insert the new university ‘s building. A study was carry out for the volume, dimensions and the optimal orientation to have a lot of advantages for the building. The main volume it has been divided in three more smaller volume to divide and define functions, in fact in one of these there are different laboratories (technicalscientific and for the research) and meeting rooms; in the second volume there are administrative functions and in the third volume there are an atrium and a buffer space that helps to reduce thermal dispersions. These volumes are inside an outer casing that is the “skin� of the building and the main structure of the project, and especially that will resist to the earthquake forces. The final part of the project consists of the definition of openings that will donate natural light in the areas and will shadow other of them. In the outside of the project there are vertical wind turbines that are the main source of energy for the entire building.
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First floor
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West elevation
Section A-A’
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Roofing deck: Surface finish,gravel, 16 mm; Water proofing membrane, 20 mm; Slope screed, cls, 70 mm; Vapor barrier, non-woven fabric; Thermal insulation, rock-wool, density 148 Kg/mc, 100mm; Structural slab, corrugated sheet with collaboration concrete,120 mm; Main beam, HE340A.
closing vertical element: 2 Transparent Transparent vertical closing element, fixed with double glazing thermal insulation in electrochromic glass, low-emission with argon gas and pvb, 8/16/8 mm, with integrated blinds. 2
slab: 3 Intermediate Floor, porcelain tile, 10 mm; Laying screed in cls, 50 mm; Underfloor heating, polyethylene pipes embedded in the screed, 30 mm; Thermal insulation , rock-wool, density 148 Kg/mc, 30 mm; Vapor barrier, non-woven fabric; Structural slab, corrugated sheet with collaboration concrete,120 mm; Main beam, HE340A; Countertop, sound absorbing galvanized steel sheet on support frame in C-shaped steel profiles, 340 mm.
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closing vertical element: 4 Opaque External finish, 10 mm cement-based mix shaving, 10 mm; Dry padding, outdoor aquapanel slab consisting of inert and Portland cement, 14 mm; Steam brake, in 0.35 mm non-woven breathable fabric; Thermal insulation, rock wool, density 148 Kg / mc, 100 mm; Dry padding, gypsum fiber slab, 10 mm; Thermal insulation, rock wool 148 Kg / mc, 30 mm; Steam brake, in 0.35 mm non-woven breathable fabric; Dry padding, gypsum fiber slab, 10 mm; Internal finish, cement-based blend shaving, 10 mm. slab: 5 Foundation Floor, porcelain tile, 10 mm; Laying screed in cls, 50 mm; Underfloor heating, polyethylene pipes embedded in the screed, 30 mm; Steam brake, in 0.35 mm non-woven breathable fabric; Plastic crowl space with completion cast in cls, 400 mm Lean concrete, lean concrete cast, 250 mm. route: 6 External Tread floor, painted cls, 100 mm; Lean concrete, 100 mm; Reinforced concrete slab, 140 mm.
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K1
3D Details
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Buffer system Summer
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Winter
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Design atelier
Mountain box Ivrea, Italy Ivrea is one of the most important industrial cities of the 20th century, because it’s an excellent example of a community where there was work spaces, homes and facilities that Adriano Olivetti gave to him workers, to make their life better. Moreover the architecture and the urbanism was very important for mr. Olivetti so he called many important architects to design him factory, houses and all facilities. For these themes on the 1st July 2018, Ivrea has become the 54th italian Unesco heritage. After the nomination a requalification project has been planned for the entire area, to improve the visit of this open-air museum. A part of this project is a library, because for Adriano Olivetti was very important the culture of his workers. Run-down building has been demolished and a design area has been chosen in the back side of “Mattoni Rossi”, (the first building of the whole complex), so the new building can interact with the old one. In the next phase the new building has become an important element to overcome a difference in level, that is on the back of the area. Inside of this building there are some volumes that contain facilities for the library (meeting rooms, private study rooms, café, secretariat, ecc…). The library is connected with the Mattoni Rossi that contains, inside of its, the Olivetti’s historical archive. The new building has a rhombus shape in plan, totally free, with just 9 cross-shape pylons, that sustain the big walkable roof. In the outside there are wide and bright windows, what have a brick-texture to remember the “Mattoni Rossi”.
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Plan - 3,00 m
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Environmental design atelier
Portal Rome, Italy
The Aurelian Walls are one of the few symbols still intact and that haven’t been destoyed or modified in the years. Some parts of the wall are walkable, but many parts not, denying the possibility of using this important urban element. The main aim of the project is that to give to the Aurelian walls, the importance they should have, through the realization of a bicycle and pedestrian path, sustainable and safe, that allow to visitors to enjoy one of the biggest and most important monuments of the city. The project area is that between Porta Maggiore and Porta San Giovanni, that have serious problems about bicycle and pedestrian paths (inadequate or inexistent), a bad exposure, that makes difficult to use the area in the hot summer days or in the winter. Also it’s an area with too much traffic, that makes pollution. First of all a link was made to connect the near areas, with a bicycle and pedestrian path, which is initially located on the side of the wall, then goes on and at last goes on the other side of the wall. There’s a temperature mitigation system, that occurs through pool of water and vegetation, inside a “building” made by portals, where there is a climbing vegetation, above of these, which in the summer screen, and with adaptive blades, deviate sun rays. Inside the building there are facilities, as exposition gallery, multifunction squares, sensorial park and mediateca, to make the area interesting for the tourists and citizens. Above the roof of the building there are photovoltaic panels to capture the necessary energy for the entire building. The materials used in the project have been studied to produce environmental benefits, ad bioclimatic concrete for the portal, so they can reduce the pollution in the air, or the trees, chose among many, that can reduce PM10 particles, produced, by the pollution.
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Ground floor - West area
Ground floor - East area
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Section west area
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Section east area
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Sections of the environmental study - ENVIMET
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Design atelier
Snake
Senigallia, Italy
Senigallia is a city in the Marche (a district of the Italy) on the Adriatic Sea, which has a lot of tourism for its beaches and old town. On the seafront there are the Hotel Marche and the Ex Iat (information and tourist reception), which have been abandoned, for a few years, so they, and the block around them, need a requalification. Another attraction of this city in the fortress (Rocca Roveresca), that is in the old town. These two areas are divided by the railway, that doesn’t allow an easy crossing, because there isn’t a path. The first action made is the realization of the passage between the bathing area and the historical one. Then the existent buildings are together connected by a new volume, which goes inside the hotel and leans on the other, and after it connects with the new passage, through a walkable roof. The new project seems like a big snake which lies down and hosts inside of its, temporary artist residences, work spaces for them and an expositive area to show their works. The residences located inside present three configuration (based on the numbers of occupants) and the type of housing is the duplex, which remembers the Italian and European ancient concept that had the shop under the own home. Beyond the duplexes in the building there are common areas, such as kitchens, dining rooms, laundries, ecc.., to promote the co-housing activities and the collaboration. The walkable roof leads to the viewpoint on the sea. In the existent buildings, instead, there are facilities, such as restaurants, shops, library, ecc.., which are attractive magnets for the entire area. The elevations are characterized by an huge use of glass, that permit the light to enter inside, and reticular beams, that are structure and decoration.
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Masterplan
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Plan + 7,00 m
South elevation
Section A-A’
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Workshop
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BAM: Berlin Architecture Museum Architecture Competition
Berlin,Germany
Since the beginning, the activity of the architect has been characterized by the birth of his ideas and sketches on paper, from which the project takes effectively shape. And this is the most important element in the building: even in this museum, everything starts on sheets of paper, represented by a white fabric cover, which in addition being a façade cladding, also have the function of filtering the sunlight coming through in the museum. The entrance is located towards the Neue Nationalgalerie, from Mies Van Der Rohe, and it leads to the lobby, from where starts a path, identified by a ramp, that represents a time-line of the architecture’s history, where the exhibitions of the various architectural periods are identified with the different floors connected during the journey. At the start of this historical excursus there is also a space dedicated to the temporary exhibition, so the visitor has the freedom to see the entire exhibition or a part of it. At the end of the entire architectural story, the biggest space of the exhibition, “Architecture of the world”, can be found and it represents the end exhibition. Moreover, at the top there is a restaurant with a great panoramic view. In addition to the exhibition areas, this museum also hosts study and work spaces for architecture students, who can access to the spaces for modelling, in the ground floor, with the gift shop can be found. Furthermore, in the basement, a library and an archive are available to the public, who can also learn more about the exhibition. Thanks to its sloping conformation, the space dedicated to the study can also be used as an auditorium to host lectures.
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Next Urban and landscape design
Lousanne, Swiss
The municipality of Lausanne annually announces a competition, called “Lausanne Jardins”, in which some areas are defined as empty or to be redeveloped, with the aim to redefine the landscape. The chose area for the competition “Lausanne Jardins 2019” is near the Church Saint Francoise, that is an important part of the city for its shops and offices. Until the 80s, there was a street, where the market was occasionally made. After that period, five oaks were planted in the square, and they were appreciated by the people because it’s a rest area where they can sit in the hot days. However these trees are sick so they must be killed. Other important elements in this area are two subways, that allow to cross the huge road, what are a space without quality because they’re a passage space. After having analysed all factors it was clear that some of these must be kept (green and rest areas), but at the same time the quality of the area must be improved, subways included. A connection was made between the subways with a ground treatment, that across the square. Where there were sick trees it has been put new artificial trees, that are transformed according the season, giving always different landscape. They contain some appliance that help to get a comfortable area. On the new way there are the supports, that divide the space where artists can made different kind of performances; also these supports can sustain exhibitions or events, and especially are elements where people can seat and relax. The element, but without seats, it was used in the subways. A natural barrier has been created, that divide the road from the square to function as a filter for the traffic noise and pollution. In this green area there’s a bicycle lane, that connects with the existing ones in the city. Arboreal essences have been studied to create different scene, smells and sensations based in the moment of the year. Around the church it has been realised a reflecting pool to underline the greatness and create a respect area to preserve the state too.
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Concrete through the age Carbon concrete
Leipzig, Germany
The Technical university of Dresden, is researching about the use of the carbon as reinforce for the concrete. The value of the carbon is that it has thin thickness but high strength, and thanks to the lowering costs of the material, it’s possible use it in the buildings. Then, the carbon concrete allows to make thinner element than the classic reinforced concrete, because it’s more resistant than steel. Moreover being a performing material, can be used as reinforcing material, avoiding excessive overloading of the structure, even on curved surfaces. Because of these great skills, the aim of the workshop is to design a pavilion that shows these characteristics. So what has been done in the project is to propose the history of concrete through the age, making it current with the use of carbon concrete. The building is presented with a volume that could ideally be divided into 3 areas: that of the load-bearing walls, that of the pillars that become support for the walls, and that of the pillars that instead become roofing. In the first area we find a space that hosts the experimental rooms and a space for work, meetings and a small kitchenette. In the second we find the space dedicated to services, for which bathrooms and a distribution area, while the third one includes an exhibition area that aims to show and showcase the potential of this innovative material.
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Frame Exhibition design
Ascoli Piceno, Italy
The “Malaspina Foundation” is a foundation that promotes contemporary photography, will host an exhibition about the cult of the imagine through kid’s books. In the exhibition there will be books with inside them graphics elements, photos and little texts, which all together help babies to improve their visual perception. Many of these books, written in the 60s and 70s are very valuable, in fact, in the exhibition there will be a distinction between books that can be consultable and book that not. The books that cannot be consultable, will be in cases to protect them. Beyond books, in the exhibition, will be photos and images. The support for the exhibition consists in a modular steel element, that it changes in different 3 shapes. These constructions organise the rooms, to create other new micro-rooms, with other new routes. In the first room there is the photographic exhibition, taken by not consultable books, and they are exhibited on vertical supports. In the second room there are the page’s reproductions of the not consultable books, and they are printed on inclined forex panel to permit an optimal view of them. In the third and last room there are books that can be read and not consultable books, which are protected by a glass case.
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