PORTFOLIO 2022
EDUCATION
AUGUST 2021
ARCHITECT LICENSE (ITALY, SECTION A) Consiglio Nazionale Architetti Pianificatori Paesaggisti e Conservatori
20 OCTOBER 2020
MASTER’S DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE (LM-4) MEDITERRANEA UNIVERSITY OF REGGIO CALABRIA, ITALY Master’s thesis: “Converting unfinished architecture in Giarre, Sicily” 110/110 CUM LAUDE
FEBRUARY 2019
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP “MUDCHUTE SATELLITE” London Metropolitan University + Le Seppie + Orizzontale Belmonte Calabro (CS), Italy
OCTOBER 2018 WORKSHOP “RECYCLING UNFINISHED PUBLIC WORKS” CRAC + Incompiuto Siciliano Reggio Calabria, Italy
JUNE–JULY 2018
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL “VILLAGE BAMBOO SUMMER PROGRAM” Nanjing Tech University + Zhejiang University Nanjing/Zhejiang, China
2015—2016 ERASMUS+ STUDIO ESCUELA TÉCNICA SUPERIOR DE ARQUITECTURA Granada, Spain
2013 HIGH SCHOOL LEAVING QUALIFICATION IN SCIENTIFIC STUDIES LICEO SCIENTIFICO “LEONARDO DA VINCI” Reggio Calabria, Italy 100/100
EXPERIENCE
2022 – TODAY EXHIBITION STAND DESIGNER
La Gallina Matta s.r.l. Paris, France
2021— TODAY ARCHITECT
SarahPidatella Architetti Sant’Agata Li Battiati (CT), Italy
2021— TODAY ARCHITECT Marasco Santangelo Catania, Italy
2017—2019 CO-FOUNDER, ART DIRECTOR “OUI, QUI” Magazine
COMPETITIONS
2021 REMARKABLE PROJECT “V PREMIO TESI DI LAUREA IN PROGETTAZIONE” NIB New Italian Blood 2021 HONORABLE MENTION “PREMIO TESI DI LAUREA 2020/21” Rotary Club Reggio Calabria 2018 2ND PRIZE “BAMBOO#PAVILION”, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria + Nanjing Tech University
2017 HONORABLE MENTION “URBAN-PROMOGIOVANI” XIX Milan, Italy
LANGUAGES
SKILLS ARCHICAD AUTOCAD
ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE PRIMUS TWINMOTION
SITE VISITS EXPERIENCE ARCHITECTURAL ACCOUNTING
SOFT SKILLS ADAPTING TO MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS AND WORKING IN INTERNATIONAL TEAMS
CREATIVE TALENT STRONG ATTENTION TO DETAIL
GOOD TEAM PLAYER PRAGMATISM
STRONG SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY
STRONG CLIENT RELATIONSHIP PUBLIC SPEAKING
EXHIBITIONS
8–12 SEPTEMBER 2022
“Le Train” exhibition stand design for La Gallina Matta s.r.l. MAISON&OBJET Hall 7 “Signature” Parc Des Expositions Paris, France
1 MAY 2019
“OUI, QUI: A RETROSPECTIVE” MENO1 MAGGIO Fortini Poggio Pignatelli, Campo Calabro (RC), Italy
25—27 OCTOBER 2018 “LOS PAISAJES DEL OLIVAR: CASERÍAS Y ARQUITECTURA MINERO INDUSTRIAL - REUSO” Jaén, Spain
17 OCTOBER 2018 WELCOME DAY DARTE Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy
ITALIAN MOTHER TONGUE ENGLISH FLUENT SPANISH FLUENT
13 MAY 2016 “EXPO LAELE 2” Granada, Spain
+39 346 37 266 07 CLAUDGIORNO@GMAIL.COM LINKEDIN /CLAUDIAGIORNO
IRON, WOOD, PLANTS, AND NEUTRAL TONES. MASSIMILIANO PARRUCCHIERI IS A SPACE RECALLING THE SUSTAINABLE BEAUTY OF THE PRODUCTS SOLD IN THE SHOP.
TODAY THE ONLY STREET FACADE IS A SHOWCASE THAT REVEALS THE ACTIVITY INSIDE, WITH THE BRAND LOGO IN EVIDENCE, THE RECEPTION, AND SHELVES WHERE TO SHOW HAIR PRODUCTS SOLD INSIDE.
BASIC GEOMETRIC SHAPES WERE USED TO CREATE LARGE VOIDS IN THE CEILING ILLUMINATING THE WHOLE SPACE. THE CUSTOM–MADE SHOP DOOR HANDLE REPRESENTS THE IRREGULAR PLAN OF THE STORE. EACH STYLING STATION IS DEFINED BY 5 DIFFERENT SHAPED CUSTOM MIRRORS.
PART OF THE FURNITURE HAS BEEN RECOVERED FROM THE PREVIOUS STUDIO, SUCH AS THE SEATS, THE WASH CHAIRS, AND THE COUNTER.
BUILT PROJECT
+ RUGGIERO GALATI CASMIRO
LOCATION VIA GIACOMO LEOPARDI, CATANIA, ITALY
SHOP DOOR HANDLE
SHOP FLOOR PLAN
BUILT PROJECT + RUGGIERO GALATI CASMIRO COMMISSIONED BY LA GALLINA MATTA S.R.L.
SHOWED AT 8–12 SEPTEMBER 2022
MAISON&OBJET HALL 7 “SIGNATURE” STAND B91 PARC DES EXPOSITION PARIS
VILLA LA MACCHIA IS A PRIVATE HOUSE TO BE BUILT IN NOTO COUNTRYSIDE, SITUATED ON A PANORAMIC TERRACED LANDSCAPE LOOKING BOTH TO THE SOUTHEASTERN POINT OF SICILY, CAPOPASSERO, AND BOTH TO THE SURROUNDING HILLS, WHERE THE SUN GOES DOWN.
THE HOUSE DESIGN FOLLOWS THE LANDSCAPE, IT IS LONG AND NARROW, IN A CONCATENATION OF SPACES. MAIN PERSPECTIVES ARE TOWARDS THE RURAL LANDSCAPE, ONE MORE INTIMATE TOWARDS THE SIDE OF THE HILL AND THE TYPICAL “MACCHIA MEDITERRANEA”, AND ANOTHER ONE TOWARDS THE HOMETOWN OF AVOLA AND THE SEA.
ONGOING PROJECT + MARASCOSANTANGELO + RUGGIERO GALATI CASMIRO
LOCATION NOTO (SR), SICILY, ITALY
MASTER BEDROOM FEATURES A BATHROOM WITH NATURAL ZENITHAL LIGHT AND A CYLINDER SHOWER
GUEST BEDROOM
“SALONE VERDE” IS A HYBRID HAIR SALON THAT DOUBLES AS A CREATIVE SPACE. IT IS ALSO A BAR, A CLOTHING SHOP AND A PLACE WHERE TO STUDY OR WORK ON YOUR IDEAS.
THE MAIN ENTRANCE FEATURES A STAIRCASE THAT OPERATES AS WAITING AREA, WHILE A DIAGONAL WALL IDENTIFIES THE HAIRCUT AREA.
ONGOING PROJECT
+ MARASCOSANTANGELO + RUGGIERO GALATI CASMIRO
LOCATION ACI CATENA (CT), SICILY, ITALY
YOUNG EUROPEAN ARISTOCRATS USED TO TRAVEL THROUGH EUROPE IN WHAT IS KNOWN AS “THE GRAND TOUR”, AND ITALY WAS THE MOST POPULAR DESTINATION.
WHAT IF TODAY YOUNG PEOPLE CAME TO ITALY? THEY WOULD SEE THOUSANDS OF UNFINISHED CONCRETE SKELETONS ALL OVER THE HILLS. THIS “MILLENNIAL GRAND TOUR” STARTS FROM THE NEW ROME: GIARRE, A SMALL TOWN CLOSE TO CATANIA (SICILY), KNOWN AS THE “CAPITAL” OF INCOMPIUTO.
27.605 INHABITANTS AND 7 UNFINISHED PUBLIC WORKS.
DO WE STILL NEED THESE BUILDINGS? WHAT TO DO ABOUT THEM? WELL, WE HAVE IMAGINED AND COMPARED 5 POSSIBLE FUTURE SCENARIOS AND CHOSEN THE BEST ONE.
MASTER’S THESIS
+ RUGGIERO GALATI CASMIRO TUTOR PROF. FRANCESCO CARDULLO
PISCINA REGIONALE, COMPIUTA THE THERMAL BATHS
A MULTISENSORY DEVICE THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY INVOLVES SIGHT, HEARING, SMELL, AND TOUCH.
IT CONSISTS OF THREE ELEMENTS: THE BASE, THE “YIN” (WHITE BAMBOO) AND THE “YANG” MODULE (CARBONIZED BAMBOO), WHICH ARE CHARACTERIZED BY FOUR SUBMODULES EACH.
THE RESULT IS A VERY LIGHT STRUCTURE SINCE THE PAVILION STRUCTURE IS MADE OUT OF BAMBOO JOISTS CONNECTED USING CHIDORI JOINTS. ONCE “YIN” AND “YANG” ARE UNITED, THEY CREATE AN ETHEREAL MASS, ALMOST INCONSISTENT. A WORK THAT CHANGES WITH LIGHT AND TIME.
EXAMPLES OF MODULES ARRANGEMENTS
2
4
1 3
THE STRUCTURE, “CHIDORI” JOINTS
1
PLAYING THE PAVILION
ON SOME OF THESE JOISTS THERE ARE SOME DEEP CUTS THAT, IF BEATEN BY THE MAN OR CROSSED BY THE WIND, GENERATE HARMONIC SOUNDS
EARTHQUAKES DEVASTED MESSINA TWICE, IN 1783 AND 1908, LEAVING NO TRACE IN THE CITY.
THE IDEA IS THAT A MUSEUM IS NEEDED TO REMEMBER AND TO SHOW PEOPLE HOW MESSINA WAS BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKE, FOR ITS ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE HAS BEEN LOST DURING THE YEARS. MOREOVER MESSINA HAS AN HISTORICAL IDENTITY RELATED TO THE SEA, SINCE IT’S THE DOOR TO MAINLAND FOR TOURISTS COMING TO SICILY.
FOR THIS REASON, THE EARTHQUAKE MUSEUM SHOULD BE LOCATED NEAR “CORTINA DEL PORTO” (THE WATERFRONT DESIGNED BY THE SICILIAN ARCHITECT GIUSEPPE SAMONÀ) AND RIGHT IN FRONT OF HYDROFOLIS STATION, THE ARRIVAL POINT FROM THE PENINSULA.
IN THE NEARBY AREA, YOU CAN FIND THE CHURCH OF “SS. ANNUNZIATA DEI CATALANI” CHURCH WHICH IS PARTIALLY UNDERGROUND, BECAUSE ON THE SAME LEVEL AS THE CITY IN 1908.
IN THE SAME WAY, THE PROPER MUSEUM WOULD BE AT THIS LEVEL, RAISING THE QUESTION OF URBAN FABRIC ERASED FROM SUCH A CATASTROPHE.
GROUND FLOOR
1 HALL — 2 INFO AND TICKET OFFICE — 3 COATROOM — 4 MAIN ENTRANCE — 5 BOOKSHOP — 6 SECONDARY ENTRANCE — 7 CONFERENCE ROOM — 8 ADMINISTRATION OFFICE — 9 SQUARE — 10 MEMORIAL — 11 PARKING
UNDERGROUND
14 EXHIBITION AREA ENTRANCE — ARCHITECTURAL MODELS AREA 15 MESSINA 1783 AND MESSINA 1908 — 16 TEN BUILDINGS BEFORE EARTHQUAKES — 17 THE “TEATRO MARITTIMO” AND THE “PALAZZATA” — 18 VIDEO ROOM — 19 VINTAGE DOCUMENTS — 20 VINTAGE PHOTOS BEFORE EARTHQUAKES — 21 RUINS AND MOLDS — 22 EXIT & UTILITY ROOMS — 23 ARCHIVE — 24 BOILER ROOM — 25 STORAGE
EXHIBITION AREA, “MESSINA 1783, MESSINA 1908”
23 24 25 18 19 20 22
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14 15 21 16
THE COFFEE SHOP. A LOOK AT THE WATERFRONT, ENJOYING A GOOD COFFEE
“LA TORTILLA” FOUNDRY IS AN EARLY 1800S ABANDONED MINE SITE IN ANDALUSIA, SPAIN. THE PROJECT FOCUSED ON TURNING THE MINING HERITAGE OF THE DISTRICT INTO A REAL RESOURCE FOR SOCIAL REGENERATION AND AN ATTRACTION FOR VISITORS LOOKING FOR CULTURAL TOURISM. EXISTING BUILDINGS WOULD BE CONNECTED USING TWO PATHS: A NEW ONE LEADING TO THE MAIN SQUARE AND A SECOND ONE REPRESENTING THE OLD RAILWAY TRUCK.
IN PARTICULAR, THIS INTERVENTION INCLUDES THE OLD TOWER, “TORRE DE PERDIGONES”, AND THE AREA ONCE OCCUPIED BY A POWER STATION. THE IDEA IS TO CONNECT THEM THROUGH A LOW-RISE BUILDING (A LIBRARY), IN CONTRAST WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE TOWER.
THE NEW VOLUME WOULD CONTAIN A READING ROOM, WHILE THE TOWER A MULTIMEDIA LIBRARY AND AN AREA FOR ANCIENT BOOKS, WHICH IS ALSO A VIEWPOINT TO “LOS LORES” FOUNDRY. WHERE THERE WAS ONCE THE POWER STATION, THERE WOULD BE AN INTIMATE GARDEN WHERE TO READ AND RELAX.
ACADEMIC WORK
SHOWED AT 25—27TH OCTOBER 2018
“LOS PAISAJES DEL OLIVAR: CASERÍAS Y ARQUITECTURA MINERO INDUSTRIAL - REUSO”, II CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL SOBRE PATRIMONIO ARQUITECTÓNICO EN LA PROVINCIA DE JAÉN, SPAIN JAÉN, SPAIN
THE MULTIMEDIA LIBRARY (TORRE DE PERDIGONES), THE LIBRARY (ADDITION), AND A GARDEN (OLD POWER STATION AREA)
A LOOK TO MINING LANDSCAPE FROM THE TOP OF “TORRE DE PERDIGONES”
A LOOK TO THE FOREST NEXT TO THE LIBRARY
SOUTH MESSINA IS THAT PART OF THE SICILIAN CITY THAT GOES FROM THE RAILWAY STATION TO FIUMARA GAZZI, VERY CLOSE TO THE CITY CENTRE AND OVERLOOKING TO THE STRAIT OF MESSINA.
IT’S AN INDUSTRIAL AREA SINCE 1911 WHEN LUIGI BORZÌ WROTE GENERAL URBAN PLAN DEVELOPMENT (P.R.G.), WHICH INTENT WAS TO REDRAW THE CITY AFTER THE 1908 EARTHQUAKE. THIS DECISION ARRANGED TO CLOSE SOUTH MESSINA TO THAT PART OF THE COAST, A FORMERLY WEAK CONTACT DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF THE RAILWAY LINE BETWEEN MESSINA AND CATANIA.
THIS PART OF THE WATERFRONT IS 2 KILOMETRES LONG AND THE DECAY OF INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES IS EVIDENT AND FEW ARE ACTIVE NOWADAYS. SOUTH MESSINA IS NOT ONLY AN INACCESSIBLE AREA BUT ALSO DEAD.
THE SEA
4 NEW ROAD AXIS CREATING A WIDE PERSPECTIVE
THE BEACH
DEMOLISHING ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTIONS OCCUPYING THE BEACH NOWADAYS + CONNECTING THE AREA THROUGH CROSSWALKS AND EXISTING DRIVEWAYS
FORGOTTEN ARCHITECTURE
TRANSFORMING AND INTEGRATING OLD, ABANDONED BUILDINGS: THE RAILWAYMEN DISTRICT (RIONE FERROVIERI), DISUSED RAILWAY BUILDINGS, AND A SLAUGHTERHOUSE
PUBLIC SPACES
INCLUDING ABANDONED RAILROADS IN A LINEAR PARK. DISUSED RAILWAY BUILDINGS AND AN OLD SLAUGHTERHOUSE ON THE BEACH OVERLOOKING TWO NEW SQUARES
THE TRAFFIC ACTIVATING A NEW TRAMWAY LINE GOING FROM THE RAILWAY STATION AND CROSSING THE WHOLE PROJECT AREA
HOUSING BLOCKS, MODULES
EACH BLOCK IS A SYSTEM OF 3 MODULES ARRANGED IN MULTIPLE WAYS
A LOOK FROM THE TERRACE, MESSINA HILLS
HOUSING BLOCKS, TOWERS
STAIRCASE TOWERS CONNECT A MODULE TO ANOTHER, ALLOWING ROOFTOP TERRACE ACCESS
A LOOK FROM THE TERRACE, THE STRAIT OF MESSINA
“OUI, QUI”. “YES, HERE”. WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE, IN SOUTHERN ITALY? WHAT’S NOT HAPPENING? CAN YOU SEE WHAT’S HERE?
“OUI, QUI” WAS A MAGAZINE ABOUT ARCHITECTURE AND VISUAL ARTS, THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED FOR FREE WITHIN THE MEDITERRANEA UNIVERSITY OF REGGIO CALABRIA IN TWO CONSECUTIVE ACADEMIC YEARS AND AVAILABLE ONLINE IN ITALIAN, ENGLISH, AND SPANISH.
EACH FANZINE WAS COMPOSED OF A 98 X 21 CM PAPER FOLDED 7 TIMES, CONTAINING ARTICLES RELATED TO THE MAIN THEME (THE “SACRED”, THE “UNFINISHED” AND THE “FUTURE”), TAKING INSPIRATION FROM AN ARCHITECTURE OR A PROJECT RELATED TO SOUTH OF ITALY.
WE HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT PABLO ARBOLEDA AND INCOMPIUTO SICILIANO, JORGE LUIS BORGES, ITALO CALVINO, MARCELLO GUIDO, IGOR MITORAJ, NIA, DIEGO SOTTILOTTA, PAOLO ZERMANI, PENSANDO MERIDIANO, ELON MUSK, AND SPACEX.
EDITORIAL PROJECT
EDITOR—IN—CHIEF MARIO IDONE PUBLISHER RUGGIERO GALATI CASMIRO, LORENZO ARLIA + ARIANNA ISOLA TRANSLATIONS LUÍS GUIJARRO BERGERÓN
SHOWED AT
1ST MAY 2019
“OUI, QUI: A RETROSPECTIVE” MENO1 MAGGIO FORTINI POGGIO PIGNATELLI, CAMPO CALABRO (RC), ITALY
17TH OCTOBER, 2018 WELCOME DAY DARTE MEDITERRANEA UNIVERSITY OF REGGIO CALABRIA, ITALY
2017
“CAN YOU SEE WHAT’S HERE?” OUI, QUI MAGAZINE 1 PROMOTIONAL POSTER
THANK YOU.