Beatrice Armano ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
2020
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Index Curriculum vitae
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Upwell
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Carpenteria
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sLOwCANDA
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TerniLAB
18-21
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B E AT R I C E A R M A N O
Date of birth 15/05/1997
Profile
Current domicile Torino (IT)
I have always been fascinated by the world of art and my love for photography has contributed to the development of a critical and analytical observation of the world. My personal way of looking is especially influenced by contrasts and harmonies, which are the first things that catch my eye when I walk around. The curiosity towards things and phenomena that surround me was fed by my passion for travelling that allowed me to face multiple realities different from mine. I am really interested in the way architecture could have a positive social impact on the society we live in.
Language skills
Education
Italian Mothertongue
MSc program in Architecture for Sustainability Design Politecnico di Torino 09/2019-ongoing
E-mail armanobeatrice@gmail.com Phone +39 3283845518
English B2 level (FCE) French B2 level
Erasmus mobility MSc Architecture Kungliga Tekniska hรถgskolan 08/2020-01/2021
Spanish B1 level
BSc degree program in Architecture Politecnico di Torino 10/2016-07/2019
Software skills
Experience
Autodesk AutoCAD
Part time collaborator for the educational activity Politecnico di Torino
Adobe Illustrator
03/2019-06/2019 Architectural Drawing and Survey Laboratory, prof. Mauro Luca De Bernardi
Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Adobe Lightroom SketchUp Photoscan Office Suite
10/2019-01/2020 History of early modern architecture, prof. Silvia Beatramo Free-lance photographer Interior design photography Amateur photographer Architecture and landscape photography
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Upwell No Home. Turin Atelier Urban design C AY 2019/20 Teachers: Angelo Sampieri (Urban Planning) Silvia Crivello (Urban Sociology) Team work
This linear space north of the FIAT complex, the huge industrial area in the southern area of Turin, was born and it expanded as a part of the “public city” in support of the FIAT. With the dismantling of the most of the industrial activities from Torino, the “public city” does not fade with it, but it reinvent and strenghten itself, updating itself at the rythm of the changes that involve our society. The project of this “new” part of the city is oriented towards an increase in the quality and quantity of the living spaces, services, activities and environments that could positively influence locals and city users. It is the city of inclusion, which is welcoming and inviting towards the most fragile subjects. In its spaces, the integration process takes place through
the home, the workspace, the education and the social space. The “new” public city is the space where new ways of working, both individual and collective are experimented. Collective work is promoted inside spaces where people whose coming from different experiences and cultures can share knowledge and practical skills. What further aims to contribute to an improvement of the quality of life is the removal of the cars from the area, in favor of an expansion of the park inside the courtyards, which are rethinked and transformed from private spaces to a more public understanding. In this way the environmental quality is boosted, giving to the city users the chance to establish a more direct connection with nature. Turin southern area
university school culture healthcare religion public dormitory public housing temporary housing city centre public parks and gardens main urban routes bus/tram lines project metro 2 (underground) project metro 2 (outside) railway
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Project // urban scale
Change in the current viability restricted traffic area pedestrian street
parking lot/ car sharing
Removal of fencing and parking lots removed fencing
Expansion the the existing park
removed parking lots
multi-storey car park
Project // Architectural scale
Rethinking the ground floor of the existing buildings
Densification and raising of the exising buildings
Extension of the living space
Masterplan 5
Scarsellini housing complex / current state
The existing public housing dwellings are characterised by an energetic inefficiency and the presence of architectonical barriers. The apartments are small and the natural light and ventilation mediocre. Realities as a social cohabitation are starting to taking care and give new life of the whole complex and its inhabitants.
Masterplan detail /ground level plan
The ground floor of each building is emptied of its residential function and it becomes a flexible, versatile space that can be easily rearranged according to the users’ needs. They are mainly thought as spaces for workshop and coworking, healthcare assistance, community gathering and shared activities. The new permeability of these spaces makes them a sort of extension of the public space of the courtyard.
Ground floor plan // open space design 6
Masterplan detail /The extented aparments and the new dwellings
The ground floor of each building is emptied of its residential function and it becomes a flexible, versatile space that can be easily rearranged according to the users’ needs. They are mainly thought as spaces for workshop and coworking, healthcare assistance, community gathering and shared activities. The new permeability of these spaces makes them a sort of extension of the public space of the courtyard.
Dwellings extension 7
Carpenteria Alagna Valsesia resort Atelier “ The architectural sustainable design D ” AY 2019/20 Teachers: Antonio De Rossi (Architectural and urban design ), Anna Pellegrino (Building physics ), Orio De Paoli (Environmental Technological Design) Team work
Kreas is a site in the western italian Alps that was exploited until the half of 20th century for its gold mines. After the collapse of the mining company, the site was abandoned and then almost totally destroyed by a landslide. The aim of the project is to give a new life to this place positioned in the middle of two very steep slopes. Thinking of new kinds of slow tourism that are developing a lot in the last years, a small hotel is designed in this place which is felt as ethereal and harsh at the same time. The concept is based on three simple volumes recalling the geometry and orientation of the “Fabbrica di San Lorenzo”, an old building of the 18th century that is the only survivor of the mining complex called “the neighboorhood of gold” that once occupied the site. The three buildings are placed following the terrain topography and they are slightly staggered in order not to shade on each other. The new volumes also follow an aligment with the preexisting stone walls that defined the edges of the mining complex. Two glazed corridors connect the buildings at different levels, working at the same time as spaces of contemplation of the surrouding landscape. The positioning of the three building gives rise to different open spaces that, in spring and summer, could be an extesion of the interior space. Site topography
Fabbrica di Sal Lorenzo
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SCHEMI PROGETTUALI CONCEPT
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SCHEMI PROGETTUALI
Pre-existence
Stato di fatto
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rudere
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SCHEMI PROGETTUALI
Alignment Allineamenti of the three new blocks with the ruins
Corridoi
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Internal conection SCHEMI PROGETTUALIStato di fatto
Allineamenti
Corridoi
Viste
Rapporto tra l’e spazi interni ape
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Stato di fatto
Allineamenti
Corridoi
Relation Rapportobetween tra l’esternothe e glipublic spazi interni aperti al pubblico spaces (inside/outside) Viste
Site plan
Ruins
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of the Fabbrica di San Lorenzo. Some of the machinery for the gold cleansing is still inside. The municipality wants the buliding to become an eco-museum
high wall has to be built in order to prevent the site from the landslide
Ruins of the walls of the mining complex. The three walls are a strong mark on the site
Viste
The river Sesia here is still a stream
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R O O M S 360 m2
C A M E R E 3 6 0 m q
BENESSERE 1 4 5 m q
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SHARED SPACES 200 m2 Hall Common livings
second floor SPAZIPUBBLICI 3 0 1 m q
SPAZICOMUNI 2 0 0 m q
S E R V I Z I 8 4 m q
WELLBEING 145 m2
PUBLIC SPACES 301 m2 restaurant cafe museum shop
B L O C C O A
B L O C C O B
B L O C C O C
SERVICES 84 m2 DISTRIBUTION
120 m2
ROOMS
first floor
small
duplex
ground floor
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suite
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BUILDING APPROACH
Duplex room
The choice of a dry construction, more specifically a steel structure, is given by the ambition of making a reversible structure, which could be ideally dismantled as it was built. An environmental sustainability approach is showed by the choice of using a local larch wood as a cladding material. Due to the topography, which determines a limited amount of time where the site can get good sun exposure, expecially on winter, the south facing facades were the ones where most of the big windows were designed, in order to let as much natural light as possible to get inside the building.
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sLOwCANDA A resting place for the slow travellers Atelier “Compatibility and sustainability of architectural restoration A” AY 2019/20 Teachers: Carla Bartolozzi (Restoration), Marco Roggero (New technologies for survey and drawing) Team work
Stupinigi’s Palazzina di Caccia was thought and designed by the architect Filippo Juvarra together with a quasi symmetrical system of farmsteads. The whole system is called Stupinigi’s Concentrico. Together with a natural park of 1611 ha -which once was a royal hunting ground and now it is mainly dedicated to agriculture- extended all around the architectural complex. it is part of the Residences of the Royal House of Savoy system, which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in 1997.
LOCANDA CASTELVECCHIO The Locanda was built in 1793 by the architect Tommaso Prunotto. Originally the building function was to host the gardeners and officials who were working at the Stupinigi Royal Residence. From the beginning until the end of 20th century it became an small inn and restaurant. It is a c-shaped building with a big garden that was a orchard until the beginning of the 19th century. Nowadays the building is in a state of abandon, needing some restoration work both on the interiors and on the facades. 14
SLOW TOURISM IN PIEDMONT
SLOW TOURISM IN STUPINIGI NATURAL PARK
sLOwCANDA: PROGRAMME
Locanda Castelvecchio overnight stop
bike rental
immersion in nature
A new approach to tourism
Cycling and hiking tours
Cycling and hiking paths within the park
restaurant with local grown products
accessibility
Cycling and hiking paths within the park
The sLOwCANDA’s garden
Bike rental & bike parking
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Private parking
Vegetable garden
Small pavillon
The garden is going to keep a wild and rural look and it will be a space to relax and contemplate nature. The ancient function of vegetable garden is proposed again but with a more simple and functional design. This vegetable garden will provide some locally grown products that could be tasted in the sLOwCANDA kitchen and also directly sold to the visitors. 15
Current entrances/distribution Main staircase External walkway Service entrance Main entrance
First floor plan
Architectural barrier
Rebuilding the staircase & insertion of a lift
Bike rental Reception hall Room Restaurant Kitchen
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sLOwCANDA’s left wing: the bike rental and the apartment
Since the previous interior organization was inadequate to the current normatives and requirements, it had to be completely rearranged in the project. The goal was to choose functions which were compatible with the internal spaces without altering them too much. In order to make the building accessible for the most part, the choice was to demolish the old staircase and to insert a new, steel structure staircase and a small lift.
One of the most relevant transformations involved the barn, located in the left wing first floor. It was linked with the rest of the building, since previously was unreachable, and rearranged as a small apartment with an independent-structure loft. The interior receives light from a new big window that takes the shape of the existing arch opening.
sLOwCANDA’s interior life
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Terni Lab Urban fragments inside the inner city: permeability, continuity and new connections Atelier “Architectural design and restoration� AY 2018/19 Teachers: Silvia Gron (Architectural and urban design), Emanuele Morezzi (Restoration) Team work
Amphitheatrum Faustus
Terni inner city is an heterogeneous context deeply rich in stratifications. Here we find one of the eldest historical evidences of the city’s past: Amphitheatrum Faustus, built in the Ist century AD, which is now mainly used as a performance space in the summertime. The ancient building is seldom opened to the public for tours. A promenade in the inner city
At a urban scale, the project aims to improve the connection between the site and the rest of Terni city centre through the identification of a pedestrian city tour.
The re-thinking of this area that is characterised by the presence of both visual and physical barriers is based on two key ideas: permeability and continuity. Through a change in viability and the choice of a uniform external pavement the elements around the amphiteatre are connected in a sort of system. A new polyfunctional centre physically connected to the amphiteatre is designed and supports its new museal funciton. It represents the starting point of the visit and, together with the ancient building, the new central hub of the area. 18
A new museum
Opus reticulatum
section c-c’
section b-b’
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Exhibition tour: the new polyfuntional centre as a starting point
study room 119 m2 cafe 160 m2 ticket office+bookshop 228 m2 pedagogical atelier 179 m2
The connection between the new building and the amphiteatre
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elevation of the building towards the amphiteatre
ground level plan
The north-west ambulacrum
section of the north-west ambulacrum
The viewpoint
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