Emma Cavigliasso Architecture Portfolio

ARCHI TEC TURE

2010

EMMA CAVIGLIASSO //portfolio//

EMMA CAVIGLIASSO //architect// via Angelo Mo, 20 bis 10090 Villarbasse (TO) - ITALY +39 328 175 85 74 emma.cavigliasso@gmail.com skype: emma.cavigliasso

October 2010

// PERSONAL INFORMATIONS born in Torino, 10th October 1984 italian // EDUCATION National licensing examination for Architects Torino, 3rd March 2010 Master’s Degree in Architecture Politecnico di Torino - A.A. 2008/2009 110/110 cum laude Thesis in Architectural Design: “FROM EARTHENWARE TO RAW CLAY. Designing the Prehistoric Technology Museum for the Experimental Archaeology Centre in Turin” Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture and Design Politecnico di Torino, A.A. 2006/2007 108/110 Thesis in Technological Innovation: “SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS IN CHINA”

// WORK EXPERIENCES November 2009 – present La Foca Group Wooden Architecture: balloon frame and blockhaus.

Architectural design and working plans in close contact with the manufacture, study of stratigraphies and details, research, drawing, 3D modeling, rendering.

September 2009 – November 2009 Etaquadro Renewable energy.

Architectural integration of systems, research, drawing, 3D modeling, rendering.

March 2008 – January 2009 A&A – Architetti e Associati Architectural design, museum exhibitions, restorations.

Architectural design and working plans, surveys, diagnosis of decay, research, drawing, 3D modeling, rendering.

// LANGUAGE SKILLS Italian mothertongue English fluent IELTS band score 7/9 (2009) French good Spanish good

// AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS Workshop Bois Lab - June 2010 “1, 2, 3ois... et voilà le tronc à surprise” II prize

// IT Skills Microsoft Office.

Autocad, 3d Studio Max, Rhino, Sketch Up. Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator.

ProCasaClima, Retscreen, Wood Engine.

// PERSONAL QUALITIES Adaptable and flexible; inclined to learn quickly; used to work in team; skilled in communicate, coordinate, organise work and time, set priorities and achieve targets. Enthusiastic and spontaneous.

// HOBBIES AND INTERESTS Travels, art, cinema, music, books, and photography.

Writer in a blog.

Yoga, swimming.

Blood donor.

Villarbasse,TO > 2009

// CAST from earthenware to raw clay Designing the Museum of Prehistoric Technology for the Experimental Archaeology Centre Torino.

The Museum of Prehistoric Technology rise from the desire of the Center for Experimental Archaeology Torino to have a place to discuss results and products of the research, and to consolidate education and popularization. The idea of matching a Guest House and a Museum shoot for the strengthening the role of the Park in the wide network of cultural tourism related to archaeology, and in the strategies for local development.

The use of raw clay and wood structure is the result of the encounter between the different demands of form and function: actually, this technology is a suggestion of ancient building techniques, improved by innovation and integrated by renewable energy supply devices.

>> Master’s Degree thesis

what’s experimental archaeology?

Experimental archaeology is a science that combines historical and scientific subjects to verify the assumptions made by prehistory scholars through physical test.

It’s a practical discipline that studies and duplicates in a controlled manner materials found in archaeological excavations; so it supports and complements traditional archaeology, making the method for verifying the theories about the socio-economic organization of the past.

1. paleolithic dwelling 2. artificial pond to storage the pirogue 3. neolithic hut 4. stones laboratory 5. kilns for ceramics firing 6. weaving and carpentry laboratory 7. rock carving laboratory 8. kilns for metals melting

the Museum

exhibition: 1. stone weapons and tools 2. bone processing 3. rock carving 4. ceramics 5. metals processing 6. frames and fabrics

passive strategies for thermal control

envelope compressed raw clay blocks

the Guest House

passive strategies for thermal control

envelope straw and raw clay compressed in a wooden frame

Torino > 2007/2008

// via Millio, 42 password > sustainability Junior High School.

The design of the new school comes from a strict definition of environmental units, virtual space elements, relations between them and the input and output system. This is superimposed on the bioclimatic matrix, the result of a consideration on shadows created by the surrounding buildings at different times of the year and on wind trails.

After defining climate resources, existing limits and design requirements, it’s possible to identify those active and passive strategies for thermal control.

>> architecture and technology workshop

Susa,TO > 2007/2008

// ex-ASSA urban renovation Social housing project.

The work renovates this area by creating a new pole of attraction and the restauration of the old power station.

The project includes a range of subsidized housing estate in matched with other services to ensure life at every hour: commercial and office buildings, a kindergarten, a sports center / palahockey and a cultural center / cinema / theater. Green areas and paths are linked strategically; moreover the new area is linked with the surrounding tissue, and with the historical city centre with a pedestrian riverfront promenade.

>> architectural design workshop

© Olivo Barbieri - Site Specific

Torino > 2006/2007

// Cabiria torino film centre Renovation of Palazzo del Lavoro area.

The basic idea is to create a space for activities related to cinema. The creation of a new focus of interest in the Italy ‘61 area completes business, music, exhibitions and trade fairs at Lingotto and sport shows at Oval and at Palavela.

The project’s fil rouge is a new pedestrian walkway: it passes through the building and connects the park, the river Po, the ferry station and the garden in corso Maroncelli. The big park is maintained and redesigned on a square grid, that draws pedestrian paths; this grid originates from Palazzo del Lavoro’s roof. The space inside Pier Luigi Nervi’s building was reorganized around a covered square; it contains several activities: the Torino Film Festival base, a branch of the Museum of Cinema, the Film Restoration Laboratory, the Teatro Nuovo high school, an hotel.

A central one-storey core hosts three cinemas and a raised multifunctional plaza, that is equipped with two projection screens used during festivals.

>> architectural and urban design workshop

Torino > June 2010

// 1, 2, 3ois et voilà le tronc à surprise Wooden mobil home.

Developed by the design team Les Rongeurs.

The mobil home is a container made entirely of wood. You can load it onto a truck and move it where you want; by a simple reversal of the four lateral openings before the exclamation «et voila!», the module opens and invites you to discover les surprises contained in its cavity tree.

The tronc lends itself to innovatate and replace some objects (metal containers, plastic modules, emergency tents, bungalows) putting them on the market in a sustainable version, characterized by a reduced environmental impact and more comfort for users. http://lesrongeurs.wordpress.com

>> workshop Bois Lab - II prize

Roma > 2008

// The Carolingian Bible Exposition of the Carolingian Bible in the renovated new herbalist shop in San Paolo Fuori le Mura Abbey.

>> Studio A&A

Alba,TO > 2008

// Music High School Reutilization of the sports hall in Santa Maria Maddalena Monastery and relocation of the music high school.

>> Studio A&A

Villarbasse,TO > 2010

// New commercial catalogue Realization of construction details.

>> La Foca Group

EMMA CAVIGLIASSO //architect// emma.cavigliasso@gmail.com