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Index curriculum vitae architecture Khartoum, Sudan.

Sustainable Settlement for the production of resources from Jatropha

VeWa Center

Venice Water learning and research center

Togetherness. Formes dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;habitar Vivendas in Carrer de la Rutlla, Girona

graphic design Brand Identity, Hotel design

photography Places, people, food and design

phone +39 049 8070876 mobile +39 328 1896722 email elisa.brandi.c@gmail.com skype Elisa Didi Brandi date of birth 16/09/1986 address via Nazareth 51/A 35128 Padua, ITALY july 2012

Passed the Professional Exam to become a licensed Architect

[IUAV University - Venice]

studies 2008 2011

Master’s Degree in Sustainable Architecture final degree mark: 110/110 thesis title: “Khartoum: sustainable settlement for the production of resources from Jatropha” Keywords: ethical architecture, human sustainability, sustainable and passive building techniques, valorization of local resources and materials

feb-july 2009

LLP Erasmus - semester abroad Escola Politècnica Superior - Facultat de Arquitectura

2005 2008

Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture Sciences final degree mark: 110 cum laude/110 2006 Workhop “The changing Home”, Baretti & Carbonera Associates 2007 Workshop “Parallel Cities”, Felipe Assadi (with Francesca Pulido and Umberto Bonomo) 2008 Workshop “Limits and Boundaries”, Franz Prati

IUAV University Venice Universitat de Girona IUAV University Venice

working experiences feb - nov 2014

Collaboration with Th&Ma Architettura

The studio deals with architecture and restauration

june - dec 2013

Collaboration with Studio Archipolis

june - aug 2012

Trainee at GreenTrenDesign Factory, member of Progetto Manifattura

The studio deals with architecture, urbanism and restauration

The society deals with the developement of green projects, materials/products and initiatives in the fields of design, landscape planning, urbanism and architecture. I cooperated in graphics, editing of magazines, depliants and brochures. Events planning (workshops, conferences and projects presentations). Landscape planning and stall designs for fairs

july-sept mar-apr 2011 2012 Trainee at Tapiro Studio Design [Camplani and Pescolderung] The studio works with graphic art and communication, publishing, tipography, architecture. Collaboration in the following fields: typography, magazines and newspapers editing, catalogues and depliants, graphic objects for Hotel Design projects

may - june 2011

Trainee at Studio Arch. Alessandro Bonafè Architecture and acoustic planning

feb - june 2008

VENICE PADUA

Rovereto [TN]

VENICE PADUA

Trainee at Studio Muratori & Zanon The studio works in the fields of sustainable architecture and restauration I cooperated in the restauration plan for Villa dei Vescovi in Luvigliano di Torreglia (PD) and in the project for a sustainable residential complex

PADUA

other experiences aug 2013

Cooperation experience with Arquitectos Sin Fronteras España

Theoretical and practical building workshop with BTCs (compressed earth blocks), building site for the construction of a small boutique for local and handcrafted products, monitoring of built and funcioning projects, typological analysis of the area

Joal-Fadiouth (Dakar) SENEGAL

interests I’ve always had a spontaneous passion for creativity in general. I consistantly cultivate with curiosity and passion my interest in architecture, graphics, fashion, design, photography, always keeping my eyes wide opened towards the innovations and continuous updates in these fields. I have attended a photography class at Rossoprofili cultural centre (PD), in collaboration with Padova Fotografia and with the photographer Marco Monari. I have good manual skills, and in my free time I make jewellery and accessories from salvaged or economical materials; this hobby is actually being pretty satisfying. I also take care of the graphic appearance and of the packaging project for the final product. In architeture and graphic design, I like to revise the project up to the detail, the materials; this propensity, toghether with my university experience, brought me close to the design of interiors and to retail. I nourish a strong interest in cooperation projects in developing countries and in the valorization of local and traditional constructive techniques. I’m a passionate traveller and a creative cook

computer and software skills Good knowledge of CAD drawing softwares. I attended the “CAD drawing class. Scientifical methods for the interpretation and representation of architecture” (october - february 2007) and the “Autocad designer, 3D Modelling and Rendering” class (april 2013), both professional classes held by the FSE (European Social Fund) and a “Cinema 4D” course with Adatta Formazione. I achieved the ECDL European Computer Driving Licence Certificate. Great familiarity with the Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign). Great familiarity with Windows and Mac operating systems, Office suite and Internet and E-mail systems

language skills I achieved the First Certificate of English level C1, issued by Cambridge University, with a final score of A. I spent 4 months in the United States during the year 2004-05 and another month in the summer of 2008. Through these experiences I have gained an excellent level of written and spoken English, which I keep cultivating with continuity due to my personal interest in the language and the frequent use in studying and working, as well as in my free time. In september, 2009 I attended a level B2 Spanish class, held by the University of Padova. During my Erasmus in Spain I also took a basic level Catalan Language and Culture exam offered by the Modern Languages Centre of Girona University with a result of 9/10. I am actually attending a French class I have a particular aptitude for esily and rapidly learning new languages

social and organizational skills Ability to work in equipes, acquired thanks to the various ‘planning laboratories’ taken during university. I can work with others with a critical and constructive attitude, especially flexible and opened to other’s ideas and points of view. I can easily relate to people from different countries and cultures thanks to the experiences matured abroad. I’m able to communicate in a clear and accurate way, answering to specific requests. I organize my work autonomously, even when collaborating in groups, defining priorities and taking responsibilities, abilities earned through several collective planning experiences made during my university career, where I was asked to manage autonomously the different activities while keeping to deadlines and established goals.

Architecture

Khartoum, Sudan sustainable settlement for the production of resources from Jatropha IUAV University, Venice graduation thesis supervisors: arch. Eleonora Mantese, eng. Francesco Steffinlongo The construction of the processing centre is in fact a chance for the rehabilitation of a quality social fabric through the architectonic design of the spaces, seen as gathering places for human interaction. The centre is supported by a housing complex and community services. The facility produces biodiesel, soap and mild medical substances, thus supporting the nearby “Salam” Emergency Hospital. Furthermore, what’s discarded from these main lavorations of the plant, is reintroduced in the manufacturing circle with the production of soap to be sold in the fair trade market, or biomass to help redevelop the traditional activity of brick making, and so on. The main aim is to create a quality working environment, which at the same time becomes a place to regain a sense of community and a relationship with one’s own land and traditions. What is in the end produced by the centre, besides helping the hospital, also gives the local community the chance to have a role in the whole process, and to gain some economical autonomy. Keywords: ethical architecture, human sustainability, sustainable and passive building techniques, valorization of local resources and materials

0 20 10

area di intervento

Jatropha plantation shared areas temporary lodges plants nursery covered garden processing centre

100m 50

location and context Nile

Omduraman

North Khartoum (Bahri)

Airport

KHARTOUM

Soba

White Nile

Blue Nile

plan

The site is occupied by preexisting buildings, mainly rural. The planning choice is to keep them, following the imprint of the complex and using it as a guide line. The project superimposes the existing forms. Where possible and functional, some parts of the buildings are rehabilitated and reused. These are then integrated with the new buildings.

sketches and ideas

lodging: the court

lodgings: shading

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plant nursery

a-aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; section

NW elevation

Being non-invasive and fit to a human scale, the settlement naturally suits the horizontal rhythm of the landscape. The one-storey height guarantees full accessibility and fluidity of movement in the area.

design process

The design process started out from a single, one storey block. This was excavated by a central courtyard which, as in the arab tradition, is not only the fulcrum of social interaction and of movements within the building, but also functions as a climatic control system. This happens thanks to passive building techniques, such as the presence of water pools and of green space. The initial volume is then further separated by thin-sized corridors which canalize the prevailing winds creating cross ventilation fluxes. The result of this successive subtractions is the composition of four single and self-sufficient boxes, linked by interstitions which function as connection spaces, at the same time assuming an active role in climate control. The boxes are opened as much as possible towards the court, while the external walls, more exposed, are almost completely windowless. This system is then protected from dust and mud by a step-high concrete platform, and from heat and sun by a common roofing and by an accurate shading design. The aim is to build quality working environments able to create nearness among people and space. a-a’ section

b-b’ section

c-c’ section

d-d’ section

plan

10 m

44.4 32.4

2.6

9.4

44.4

4.4

8.4

3.6

3 23 15

45.2

14 24.4

a’

8 12

c’

ENTRANCE AND ADMINISTRATION 1 working platform 2 WC 3 water pools 4 green area 5 covered relax area

36.4

6 7 8 9 10 11

waiting area wind tower porter’s lodge administration office analysis laboratory stock room

OIL EXTRACTION 12 13 14 15 16

seeds extraction seeds storage shed for fruits drying oil pressing and filtering oil storage

d’

BIOMASS BRICKS PRODUCTION 17 furnace 18 biomass working area 19 biomass storage

BY-PRODUCTS

20 extraction of medical substances 21 medicinal storage 22 soap production 23 soap storage

b’

technology

The climatic regulation strategy is based on a â&#x20AC;&#x153;low-techâ&#x20AC;? approach which tends to use the same difficult climate conditions of Khartoum to plan a synergy of passive techniques and solutions, derived from local construction traditions. The choice is to mitigate the climate, instead of creating an artificial one. The use of traditional simple techniques also has a cultural value, as it allows the locals to mange themselves in both construction and maintenance without always depending on foreign expertise.

Passive techniques adopted: - thermal mass - chimney air suction - natural cross ventilation - wind tower

- shading - direct evaporative cooling - rainwater recovering

evaporative cooling thermal mass

shading ventilation

rainwater recovering

shading

wind tower

fresh air hot/foul air night flux

VeWa Venice Water learning and research center IUAV University, Venice supervisor: arch. Sergio Pascolo

The planning site offered a strong stimulus right from the start. It is a urban void, situated in a complex and discontinuous urban fabric characterized by a great heterogeneity in uses, forms, also deterioration and disuse. The area is a vital and difficult web of connections, relationships, and seizures with the territory. It is situated within an articulated urban system, where the city and the industrial and productive areas connect, and the dialogue between the different parts of the city is complicated and not always clear. It is where the human size of a residential settlement competes with the large scale of heavy transport. The design of a cultural and research center in this site, has the main aim of revitalizing the context, bringing new quality and reorganizing the existing networks, making the whole area more usable and giving new impulse to these forgotten and disused realities to become in fact part of the city. The heavy transportation system is re-planned, giving more space to urban scale traffic and to public transport. The settlement of a center with such a strong attraction power, a place for working, researching and for leisure, helps connecting the different parts of the city and in fact completes a complex system of areas of interest.

via dell’azoto

via delle macchine

via dell’elettricità

via f.lli Bandiera

Marghera skyline

site and connections

mestre train station

tessera airport forte marghera san giuliano vega districts hydrogen park metas, inca

bioethanol

greenwood

“green marghera” project site and accessory areas poles of interest

green oil biorefinery

algae energy venice blue flag

venice

vallone moranzani

production and combustion of garbage derived fuel

hydrogen plant fusina

ideas

The void is organized in two different parts, the main one facing the water on the dock and hosting the cultural centre. The northern part is designed as a wide green area. The directional and administrative buildings are integrated in the park, and are enclosed by green roofing. spaces and relations | ground floor

parking

pedestrian and bicycle paths

open squares

green

buildings and functions

analysis schemes

cross section

The center consists of a high glass building and a “basement”. In the glass building, the functional program is based on a central unit completely covered in wood, which hosts the main activities. This is encircled by the “glass box”, designed as a flexible place for meetings and encounters, and as an open space for circulation. It is expressly undefined in its function to provide adaptability. glass building a

level 3 + 17.6 m

level 2 + 13.0 m

b’ b

level 4 + 22.2 m

a’ a

b’ b

a’ bar terrace

restaurant

great hall (upper floor) great hall

conference room working space laboratories

a-a’ section

b’

level 5 + 26.8 m

b’

a’

b-b’ section

The floors of these two bodies are staggered, as to create an interesting relationship and spatial complexity. The basement hosts spaces for studying and research (conference rooms, study rooms, a library ...)especially focusing on water related issues. Articulated in two-stories, it connects the different heights and improves the dialogue between the different parts of the complex.

b’

a’

ground level + 1.7 m

level 1 + 8.4 m

1 entrance hall 2 library 3 space sharing 4 workshop area 5 conference room 6 studying room 7 study room 8 meeting area 9 exhibitions

b’

5 a’

building and technology detail vertical section

a-aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; section

type floor plan coffered cieling wooden cladding angular towers

analysis schemes

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december 21

june 21 december 21 E-W

june 21 N december 21

Togetherness. Formes d’habitar vivendas in Carrer de la Rutlla, Girona Escola Politècnica Superior - Facultat de Arquitectura, Girona supervisors: arch. Jordi Hidalgo i Tanè, arch. Yolanda Ortega Sanz

planivolumetric

Togetherness is a word describing the ability of being with the others, of living together, of sharing one’s own space. This term belongs to the field of sociology, but it is also consistent with Architecture and Urbanism, as it concernes the capacity of creating environments able to answer social necessities as well as the relation with the surroundings, thus creating the concept of “city”. Social Housing is a fundamental element of construction in our dense and congested cities, as the project’s aim is to respond to that ideal of harmony and balance between private life and the one with our community, creating at the same time a dialogue among natural environment and architectonic artifice. This project’s aim was to plan over the existing urban fabric, and to experiment over different residential unit aggregation. The site is located in Girona, facing the river Onyar with one of the long sides and the inside of the city texture with the other. On the short sides it is enclosed by other residential buildings. This situation brought to two main aspects to resolve carefully: the private space of the single residential unit, and the connection with the city through public spaces and services. The functional program of the project requested the composition of 24 units for young people, of which the 80% for 1 or 2 people (35-40 m2) and the remaining 20% for 2 or 2 people (45-50 m2). Among these, 1 or 2 had to be accessible for the handicapped.

the Onyar river | photomontage

terrace

parking

ground level

The planning process takes account of the special position of the site, in between the openness of the river view and the closed facade towards calle Rutlla. The composition is characterized by full height patios, which define the design of the units and of the interiors. The aim was to give the building a double character: even though introverted and with few openings towards the river and the calle, the patios guarantee lighting and ventilation, as well as a visual dialogue with the surroundings through the elaboration of selected points of view. Each unit has its own terrace to enjoy the outside space, protected by the exterior wall. As for the interiors, the choice was to locate all of the service areas (bathrooms, kitchens, storage rooms, ...) in a central strip, concentrating all of the plumbing and other technical installations and keeping at the same time an open central space. The ground floor is conceived as a wide covered square, hosting public and common services and functioning in fact as the link between the city and the river.

GROUND FLOOR

a bar b storage c facility room d ramp e bike parking f covered square

TERRACE

g terrace h corridor i public bathroom l common laundry m ventilation patios n storage

PARKING

o ramp p facility room

maquette

structure

second floor

axonometric scheme central strip of services and utilities

third floor

fourth floor

west elevation

units aggregation | first floor

a-aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; section

type A1 60 mq

typologies | plant distribution type A2 52 mq

type A3 68 mq

type B1 65 mq

type B2 57 mq

type B3 47 mq

type B4 63 mq type C1 45 mq type C2 37 mq type C3 43 mq type D1 45 mq

type D2 36 mq

typologies | section distribution

duplex LOWER FLOOR a kitchen b WC c living room d terrace

5.4 3 22 9.2 mq

UPPER FLOOR e bedroom f bedroom g WC

12 6 4 mq

construction details

1 IMPRACTICABLE FLAT ROOFING 1 gravel 2 water resistant tar film 3 EPS insulation 4 vapor barrier 5 lightened concrete slope 6 concrete-brick floor 7 plaster

2 INTERMEDIATE FLOOR

1 parquet finish 2 completion cast 3 electrowelded net 4 radiant heating floor 5 concrete-brick floor 6 plaster

3 TERRACE

1 gres tiles 400x400 2 plastic support for raised access floor 3 nonwoven fabric 4 EPS insulation 5 water resistant layer 6 completion cast 7 concrete-brick floor 8 plaster

4 EXTERIOR WALL 1 plaster 2 poroton blocks wall 3 EPS insulation 4 steel retaining structure 5 attach 6 stone slab 7 wooden brise-soleil

5 INTERIOR WALL 1 2 3 4

plasterboard panel thermo-acoustic insulation U profile C profile

I came in contact with the world of graphic design through university. The continuous interwaving with the architecture field has ever since been a great creative stimulus: the need of communicating and passing on the meaning of a project, the ability of displaying information and ideas in an effective and aesthetically captivating way. Fascinated by this world, I decided to deepen my knowledge on its contents and possibilities through post-laurea internships and a continuous personal learning path. My attitude, precise and detail oriented, found in graphics and visual communication a stimulating field of experimentation. I have dealt with typography, magazines editing and publishing, corporate image, catalogues and depliants, graphical objects for hotel design projects, infographics and archigraphy.

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