Architecture Portfolio 2023

BENYAMIN NEMATI

Hello,

This is me. A young architect with so many actual and potential skills. At this very moment, I’m searching for challenges that can help me to bring my ideas into reality.

Benyaminnemati986@gmail.com

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Born in 1996.08.09 Rasht, Iran

Currently based in Antwerp, Belgium

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Education:

Politecnico Di Milano Milan, Italy | 2019-2022

Master of Architecture Built Environment Grade 110/110

University of Guilan Rasht, Iran | 2014-2018

Bachelor of Architecture

Architectural Experiences:

Sciveres Guarini Associati Milan, Italy | Nov 2021 - Feb 2022

Intern Architect

Superspatial Milan, Italy | Apr - Jun 2021

Intern Architect

Tarh Va Afarinesh Tehran, Iran | Mar - Aug 2018

Assistant Architect

Non-Architectural Experiences:

Café Flordi Ghent, Belgium | Dec 2022

Volunteer Staff - Construction

Simone’s Kitchen Antwerp, Belgium | Oct - Nov 2022

Volunteer Staff - Cook

Tivedstorp STF Hostel Tivedstorp, Sweden | Sep 2022

Volunteer Staff - Administration

Agricampeggio Darwin Otranto, Italy | Agu 2022

Volunteer Staff - Administration

Honers and Awards: Il Nuovo Volto Del Lungomare Winner | 2021 Fano Water Front (with Superspatial)

World Architecture Community | Cycle 39 Winner |

The Urban Escapist

Iconic Design Award 2020 | Best of Best Winner | 2020 Jiroft Primary School

World Architecture Community | Cycle 32 Winner | 2019 Jiroft Primary School

2A Asia Award | Future Projects Finalist | 2018 Jiroft Primary School

PROJECTS

NON-STOP-STATION

Master Thesis Project - 2022

A New Proposal for East-Side Milan Railway Embankment

Supervisor: Andrea Tartaglia

Academic Project - Individual Milan, Italy

In this research project the presence of railways in cities and the inevitable consequences they bring to urban area has been critically rethought through the lens of architecture. Railway primarily is considered a mobility infrastructure and one of the most significant part of transportation system in modern cities. Nevertheless, their form and function is fundamentally based on technical codes for trains and mobility system. This coupled with essential constructive codes, make railways a series of generic objects bearing the same look all over the world. Therefore, irrespective of the urban area they are located, the spatial issues created by railways tend to fall into the same categories of problems. Hence this thesis tries to turn railway into a project of architecture initiating a critical analysis on the railway in East-Side Milan following by an alternative typology for railway embankment in city.

The main issue addressed by this project is the problem of typology in architecture combined with the most important aspects of mobility that create a basis by which a meta project is envisioned. This project which is conceived in a conceptual site creates the basis for the final project dealing with the railway in east-side Milan. In this proposal all the theories and hypothesis discussed in the primary analysis have been realized in two different zones of east-side Milan to understand how the new proposed typology is able to transform the real situation of the railway in a city like Milan.

For complete information on this project check my thesis booklet on:

https://issuu.com/benyaminnemati/docs/master_thesis_booklet_square_issue

Layout 1

Layout 1 - Axonometric Plan - Redefined Tunnel and Piazza

Image 1 - Pool in the Sky

Image 2 - New Facade for the New Piazza

Image 3 - Green Figurative Wall

THE-URBAN-ESCAPIST

Advanced Design Studio - 2021

Advanced School of Performing Art

Tutor: Arian Heidari Afshari

Academic Project - Collaborative Milan, Italy

In centre of Milan and in one of the most historic parts is located “The Urban Escapist”. This building endeavours to establish a new dialogue with the surrounding by means of contrasting itself and transcending the rigidity of the context. The question here is how a building can establish a new typology while strongly relate itself to the place?

Site of the project is located behind Piazza Sepolcro overlooking an important church “Cripta di san Sepolcro”. In the north, the site is adjacent to the police station which was formerly casa del fascio di Milano. The monumentality of the buildings in the northern side and the domesticity of the housing blocks in the south give the site a sense of complexity. The project tries to incorporate this factor to become a mediator, an object in between, being both monumental and domestic, a futurist which showcase itself by escaping the context. The project is designing a performing art school on an archaeological site. Due to lack of open space in the area and the presence of archaeological remaining, one of the very design principles is suspending the volume to create pilotis by which the discovered archaeological site is likely to be showcased to the public. In order to achieve the mentioned quality the program of the school is broken down into 3 different parts and embraced by separated masses.

Concrete volume in the south incorporate all the vertical and horizontal connections and it connects the ground floor to the school by means of bridges and corridors. The second part is the transparent volume in the north which embrace all the primary and private space of the school. This volume establishes a domestic and economical attribute and tries as much as possible connect to adjacent buildings. The third volume is the escaper, a function that is drifted apart from the primary volume of school and try to showcase itself to the surrounding. This freedom of movement is provided by registering a new ground floor levelling the skyline and roof tops of the surrounding buildings. The upper elevated volume is comprised of 2 auditorium and collective space which are directly connected to the ground floor and the school.

Ground Floor Plan in Context

Physical Model sc 1:200

6th Floor Plan - Performing Stages

5th Floor Plan - Bar / Relaxing Room

X-DOME-COMPLEX

Design And Construction Studio - 2020

Ice Hockey Arena

Tutors: Andrea Tartaglia - Giovanni Muciaccia

Academic Project - Collaborative

Santa Giulia, Milan, Italy

Milano Santa Giulia is located between the districts of Rogoredo and Taliedo, an area that was known for its industrial character since the late 19th Century. The new PalaItalia in the Santa Giulia area of Milan will be the main ice hockey arena for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games. The design underlying principle is to deny the monumentality and centrality of the sports complex, Therefore, a large suspended roof is considered to embrace the arena. This is mainly creating a strong connection between the arena and the surrounding. The Complex is comprised of two articulated parts, one is the canopy supported by free-standing columns and the other is the arena that is structurally autonomous and offers a capacity for 10000 spectators. Due to the flux of people during the Olympic period, functions as restaurants, cafeteria, and shops are considered in a close proximity to the arena while at the intersection of the complex the information box is located to distribute and guide the spectators. The arena can be approached by all sides and all the covered space is creating a so-called buffer zone for the spectators to bide their time before the competitions.

The future of the arena is always a big question for developers and government, especially a big arena such as Olympic games, as a result, they are seeking for a flexible building that can be used for different functions after the Olympic Games. we consider this in our design in two ways, firstly we separated other functions like restaurants, shops, gym from the main arena. So, the complex doesn’t need to work with the arena and the other buildings can work independently. Secondly, we made an arena flexible with different configurations for 5 kinds of sports or even entertainment activities such as concert.

Ice Hockey Arena

Ground Floor Plan Layout- Buffer Zone

Longitudinal Section Layout

THE-PRISONER

Thematic Design Studio - 2021

Cucine Popolare+Hostel

Tutor: Giancarlo Floridi

Academic Project - Collaborative Milan, Italy

In the intersection of via Giovanni Battista Sammartini and Raffaele Parravicini there exist the plot number 6. The site is adjacent to the elevated railway and it is facing the tunnels passing through the railway which is characterizing the district in a dominant way. The old, abandoned factory in front of the building and the bridge spanning via Giovanni Battista Sammartini altogether create an industrial cityscape. The plot is occupied with 2 volumes: a L-shaped roofless building and a 2 story volume with square base. The significant feature of the site is the existing wall wrapping the building and continue to cover the whole urban plot. The wall morphologically corresponds with the surrounding and it is in the same height with the railway. The connection of the buildings with the wall is tight and they seem to be covered with it instead of using it as an exterior facade.

In this project the building is dealing with the city in a delicate manner. By considering the urban morphology the existing roofless volume in the plot is converted to urban void. In doing so the proposed volume in the project is set back bearing the same width of the prior volume. It is indeed forming an embraced interior garden coming out of the urban morphology. The volume is consisted of 5 volumes stacked in stepped way. The ground floor is covered with the openings derived from the existing windows on the wall and they are creating a visual connection between the front yard and the back yard. The traces in the project overlooking to the urban void in the back side of the plot create a gradient in height to both correspond to the adjacent apartments and the railway.

Physical Model sc 1:200

Physical Model sc 1:200

Urban Ground Floor Plan in Context

Image 1 - Cucine Popolare Dining Room View

2nd Floor Plan - Hostel

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VERTICAL-SHIFT

Architecture of Interiors Design Studio - 2020 Social Housing Renovation

Tutors: Marta Averna - Roberto Bellone

Academic Project - Collaborative

Milan, Italy

The design site is located in the corner of a residential block in westside Milan. Although all the surrounding buildings are similar in terms of morphology, the project building is rather different. Firstly, the building is not aligned with the other residential blocks. In being so, it looks like a leftover part of the urban facade. This movement creates at the backside of the building a unique cosy extension of the courtyard which can be considered as a semi-private space. The skyline of the project is the other issue emphasizing the fact that the building is uniquely shaped. By which the height of the building gradually increases from west to east side. It starts with a 2 story building on the left side and finishes with a 4 story building on the right. Overall the building seems to be sandwiched by 5 story buildings on both sides. This is the primary idea by which the project is shaped, “The GRADIENT”. The question is, how to incorporate the gradient in the building for better intervention? And how this principle can modify the interior of the building? The main idea is to register a kind of functional gradient in the building both horizontally and vertically. The function and the serviceability of the building change both vertically and horizontally. This was mainly possible due to the intrinsic composition of the building. It can be divided into 3 blocks, one 2-story block and two 4 story blocks that are divided with the main staircase. Block A is the most public body of the building as it consisted of a cafeteria on the ground floor and a co-working space on the first floor. Block B is more like a mediator, which is consisted of the more public and semi-private spaces. Such as the reception, bicycle parking, the staircase, and the elevator on the ground floor and study area and cokitchen and dining on the other floors. Block C is the most private body of the building and is all residential. In this block, the interior space is challenged by the vertical gradient considered through the floors. It starts with studio or 2-bedroom apartments on the ground floor and finishes with co-living property on the last Floor.

Courtyard Facade - Vertical Garden

[UP] West Side Elevation - [DN] East Side Elevation

[UP] North Side Elevation - [DN] South Side Elevation

1st Floor Plan - Shared Apartments / Co-Working / Study Room

Layout 1 - Single House Unit

Layout 1 - Axonometric Plan - Redefined Tunnel and Piazza

Layout 2

Layout 2 - Co-living Apartament - Bed Boxes

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EXPLODED-MUSEUM

Architectural Design Studio 1 - 2019

Pavilion - Museum Extention

Tutors: Marco Navarra - Francesca Zanotto - Chiara Nifosi

Academic Project - Collaborative Santo Pietro, Sicily, Italy

Bosco di Santo Pietro is an oriented natural reserve in Sicily which is one of the significant sites in the territory in terms of botany. At the very corner of the site “Museo Naturalistico Bosco di Santo Pietro” is located. Exploded Museum is an architectonic intervention on the site in order to reactivate the village and to enhance the performance of the museum in a much more significant and collaborative way. The design principle is to construct pavilions on site to optimize the museum and also to invite the local to more participate in the construction phases.

The design is consisted of three cubic wooden towers which site on empty space between the trees. These small towers are mainly extended functions of the museum which have penetrated the forest. They are interconnected through wooden promenade connecting the main platforms beneath the pavilions. They function mainly as exhibition space but due to the arrangement of these towers and the trajectory established by the promenade the visitors can simultaneously enjoy and observe the naturalistic features of the site.

The design task is to reactivate an area in borgo santo pietro (sicily) which includes an existing and active naturalistic museum and an abandoned trapshooting.

The project consists in the extension of the museum with the introduction in the forest and adding in the building a zoology lab, a botany lab and an anti-desertification lab. The extension is provided by the use of wood pavilions in the forest. The position of the pavilions follows a study of the voids present in the forest in order to simultaneously take advantage and preserve the environment as much as possible.

For the abandoned trapshooting area, it is expected the development of a medical plants lab, a plant nursery and a reforestation lab. Two greenhouses and an open field are added to be used from the labs. There is also a rammed earth pavilion as market with the products created by these labs and another one used as a cafeteria.

Master Plan - Existing Meusum Extention

Axonometrix View - Wooden Pavilion