PhD candidate Urban Planning Design and Policy, Politecnico di Milano
pronoun she/her beatrice.meloni.arch@gmail.com / beatriceolga.meloni@polimi.it +39 347 81 83 043
Inclusive Urbanism, Cities and Migrations
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, CH 2018 - 2019
MSC DEGREE PROGRAM IN ARCHITECTURE
CONSTRUCTION AND CITY
Architecture and Design (110+laude/110) Polytechnic University of Turin, IT 2010 - 2013
Architect and urban designer
Sept 2019 - Aug 2021
Cultural mediator
ASSOCIAZIONE ARTECO, TURIN (IT)
Nov 2017 - Jul 2018
Oct 2016 - Jul 2018
Architecture Istanbul Technical University, TR 2011 - 2012
Architecture and Civil Engineering (101/110) Polytechnic University of Turin, IT 2006 - 2009
Architect Architect intern
Feb - Aug 2016 | Mar - May 2010
Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Vectorworks 2D and 3D
Autodesk Cad 2D and 3D
Rhinoceros
Wordpress
MS Office and Teams
Italian (Mother Langauge)
English (C1: FIRST Certificate + TOEFL)
German (B1)
TOOLS
urban design, urban planning architectural design data infographics, city mapping model making academic research publications
Contributor of the Book
Angélil, M., Malterre-Barthes, C., Something Fantastic (2020). Migrant Marseille. Architectures of Social Segregation and Urban Inclusivity. Ruby Press.
Exhibition: 8 Questions sur des sujets urbains
May - Aug 2019, Marseilles
8x8 Workshop of Participatory Design March - May 2017, Turin
International Summer School in Urban Ethnography: Urban Invisibilities Sept 2014, Trento
Volunteer at MoRUS: Museum of Reclaimed Urban Spaces
March June 2014, New York
PLinto Collective: Organization of the International 24h Workshop: Beyond the City
Nov 2010, Turin, Beijing, Istanbul, Delft, Penn State
BÜRO KRUCKER ARCHITEKTEN, ZURICH (CH)
BASEL (CH)
Competition, 1st Price
Competition,
Competition, 2nd Price
Architekten
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Krucker Architekten
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Masterplan Study,
Price and Commission
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Masterplan Study, 1st Price and Commission
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Opposing the profit-driven instant urbanism of the ongoing Euroméd II masterplan, “Port of Entry” proposes an incremental counter-model of city making, aiming for a better Marseille - inclusive of both current residents and newcomers. Envisioning an urban-renewal scheme that will regulate speculation by targeting different categories of developers (...) plans a place where diversity of social classes, density, and building types will coexist. (...) In fact, the site next to the Marché aux Puces already offers everything that makes Marseille an arrival city: a primary housing shelter for migrants, immediate job opportunities at the market and the port, and cheap food and goods. “Port of Entry” capitalizes on and enhances these excellent existing conditions with new working spaces and affordable housing.
Beirut’s municipality does not have policies for affordable housing and consistently sells out public land. The amount of inhabitants facing evictions makes this absence of state blatant. Paradoxically, consolidated refugee camps are a resilient example of selfconstruction and provision. Based on occupation experiences and their self-sustaining tactics, the project introduces an architectural element – the staircase- that becomes a tool for urban inclusivity. Illuminating alternative ways of securing the right to the city, it aims to show how design can push the social agenda of affordable housing.
(LB)
1. MAKING ROOFS ACCESSIBLE
To give a plus to existing buildings
2. THE STAIRCASE AS INFRASTRUCTURE
To provide lacking resources and collective spaces
3. THE STAIRCASE AS BUILDING
A device for imediate occupation
The master thesis deals with the topic of informality with special emphasis on the link between urban informality and urban transformations in the past two decades in Istanbul. This research further argues that, on one hand informal practices highly determine Istanbul’s social and spatial forms, on the other those practices are constantly threatened by the recent urban renewal projects. The purpose is to question a diffused misunderstanding: that in contemporary cities urban informality is a marginal phenomenon.
In Istanbul this “marginality” perspective has been ruling the approach to urban transformation since the 90s leading to urban informality erasure. Opposite to this view, my goal is to delineate a low profile urban regeneration strategy, taking into account the spontaneous coexistence and hybridization between formal and informal practices.
Abu Dhabi
Ashgabat
Baku Beirut Bucharest
Kuwait Madrid Milan Sarajevo Athens Tel Aviv Tripoli Ercan Rome Amsterdam Dusseldorf Moskow Vienna Zurich Cairo London Paris
Theran Munich Frankfurt
(TR)
Karanfilköi Kazım Karabekir
Karadeniz / Black Sea
Küçükçekmece
Bezirganbahçe Sulukule Fener Balat Süleymaniye
Tarlabaşı
ğazı/Bosforus Taksim
İstanbulBo
Küçükbakalköy
Marmara Denizi / Marmara Sea
Başibüyük
Gülsuyu-Gülensu Kurtköy
Master Thesis Polytechnic University of Turin
ABANDONED BUILDINGS DIY DEPOS
DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS EMPTY APARTMENTS
EMPTY PLOTS
MAIN STREET
RE-BUILD + RE-USE
OCCUPY + ADD
URBAN VOIDS
CREATE PUBLIC SPACE
OCCUPY + RE-USE ADD SELF-BUILD or SEMI-PUB SPACES
WALL INFORMAL TRANSPORT OPEN THE SHORE
Master Thesis Polytechnic University of Turin
Sn. Antvan Katolik Kilisesi/Church
Galatasaray Lisesi/ High School
Tarihi Galatasaray Erkekler Hamamı/Hammam
Fransız Sokağı/ French Street
Yunanistan Başkonsolosluğu/ Greek Consulate
Çukurcuma Hamamı/Hammam
Rusya Federasyonu Başkonsolosluğu/ Russian Consulate
Fransız Sarayı/ French Palacs Institut Français Hacı Osman Çıkmazı Haritası/Museum
Tantom Kaptan Cami/Mosque
İtalya Konsolosluğu/ Italian Consulate
İtalyan Lisesi/ Italian High School
İbb Özürlüler Müd/ Health Center
Gülbaba Parkı/Park Otopark/ Parking Futbol Sahası/ Soccer field
Ekmekçibaba Aliağa Cami/Mosque
Kılıç Ali Paşa Mahallesi Muhtarlığı/ Neighbourhood Headmen
Firuzağa İöo/School
Hacı Piri Cami/Mosque
Bostaniçi Cami/Mosque
İtalyan Hastanesi/ Italian Hospital
Sanatkarlar Parkı/Park
Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi/University Kültür Ve Sanat Merkezi/Cultural Center
Karabaş Mustafaağa Cami/MosqueTophane So/ Emergency
Kılıç Ali Pasha Cami/Mosque
Kılıç Ali Pasha Hamamı/Hammam
Tophane Kasrı/Pavilion Istanbul Modern Sanat Müzesi/ Museum of Modern Art
