Lorenzo Esposito Architecture Portfolio
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Bio Curriculum vitae Food and wine center in a castle Hill of the arts Biennale di Pisa - Tempo d'Acqua Chapel on site Bookcase in Chiaia Interno Napoletano Casa C. Computational morphogenesis and digital simulation of the construction process of masonry domes built without centrings 38 School centre in Lauro 42 Napoli Est 46 Casette, variazioni sul tema
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Hi, I’m Lorenzo Esposito, a young architect from the south of Italy and this is my portfolio. I graduated in architecture with a thesis about centring-less masonry domes, where primitive construction techniques are translated into a digital environment with computational design tools; bringing together tradition and contemporaneity, both analogical and digital. I started my university studies with three friends, forming a research group focused on architecture and prototyping, and particularly on the concept of variation on a theme throughout architecture. By doing this, I deepened my knowledge about the architectural theories prominent in Italy in the 1960s and 70s, as well as my understanding about self-construction, wood-working and the use of digital fabrication tools. I strongly believe in a form of architecture that expresses spatialities close to life through constructive wisdom and truth, and genius loci. I look for authenticity, identity and consistency in every object that I observe and design. In addition to this, I like cooking for myself and the others and whilst doing this I find that the culinary processes are very similar to those within architecture. I love taking pictures of ordinary objects and people around me, especially with black and white film. My targets for the near and far future are: to gain experience, work hard, continue studying and carrying out my personal research, and finally, I would love to learn to surf. 3
Bio
Interests
Born in Italy on the 8.2.1992 Via Avellino 114, 83020 Moschiano (AV), Italy tel. +39 327-2227636 espositolorenzo92@gmail.com
Analog photography Music Cooking
Publications
https://issuu.com/espositolorenzo https://www.instagram.com/loresposito https://www.instagram.com/mlab_napoli
10.2019 IASS Barcelona Symposoim Journal 2019 ISBN 978-84-121101-0-4
Education
Computational morphogenesis and digital simulation of not centring domes.
6.10.2019 Qualified Architect in Italy, at the OACPP of Avellino n°.1602
Expositions 5.2017 Partecipation at Futuro Remoto [as Mlab]
6.2.2018 Master Degree in Architecture
Napoli (NA) Italy Research about "variations on a theme" and prototyping
at DiARC - 5UE UniversitĂ degli studi di Napoli Federico II 110/110 cum laude - right press
7.2017 Final exposition CollaLab [as Mlab] Vitulazio (CE) Italy Workshop of co-design in a primary school
Skills
11.2019 Tempo d'acqua - Biennale di Pisa [with Od'A]
Languages
Pisa (PI) Italy
Italian mothertongue English
Work experiences
Professional
Rhinoceros Grasshopper for Rhino Vray Autodesk Autocad Autodesk Revit Autodesk 3ds Max Adobe Creative Suite Lumion Keyshot
8.2020 Tutor and Architect VPM 2020
Acireale (CT) Italy tutoring in a workshop of autoconstruction of a wood shell for open air classical music perfomance www.vpmusica.com
1.2020-6.2020 Architect at Studio Rosanova Gullo
Napoli (NA) Italy Competitions about historical buildings in Naples
3d printing (fdm printers) Laser cutter Auto-construction Woodworking
12.2019 Architect at Ensamble Studio Madrid Spain autoconstruction and model making
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8.2019-2.2020 Photographer assistant with Cyrille Weiner/ LAN
9.2017 - 2.2018 Internship at CMMKM
Napoli (NA) Italy assistance for architecture photos in Naples for an up-coming work by LAN and C. Weiner
Napoli (NA) Italy architecture renovations, from conceptual studies to technological detail drawings, including presentations and visualizations
8.2019-12.2019 Architect at Od'A
4.2017 - 6.2017 CollaLab [Mlab + Colla]
Napoli (NA) Italy Proposal for Biennale di Pisa 2019 - Tempo d'Acqua directed by Alfonso Femia
Vitulazio (CE) Italy PON project supported by UE: course about co-design with students of primary school
4.2019- on going Architect at G. Nocerino Studio
9.2016 - 12.2016 Internship at Beniamino Servino Studio
Napoli (NA) Italy project of private residences and public spaces in south of italy, on site experience, architecture drawing and visualizations
Caserta (CE) Italy experimentation about architecture representation
1.2019- on going Architect at B. Parenti Studio
research group about architecture project, representation and prototyping
5.2013 - on going Mlab [co-founder]
Napoli (NA) Italy architecture renovations, interior design, on site experience, architecture and technological detail drawings
Competitions
1.2019-3.2019 Architect at Asa Studio
7.2020 Prix W 2020
Napoli (NA) Italy preliminary studies and project about a musealization of the Ariano Irpino (AV) Castle
organized by Wilmotte Foundation
6.2020 Hill of Arts
8.2018 Tutor and Architect at VPM 2018
organized by YAC finalist
Acireale (CT) Italy tutoring in a workshop of autoconstruction of a wood shell for open air classical music perfomance www.vpmusica.com
2.2019 Site Chapel on Passagueiro Island organized by arkxsite
3.2018 - 7.2018 Teaching Assistant
1.2019 Call for ideas 2019
Napoli (NA) Italy at DiARC, UniversitĂ degli studi Federico II di Napoli with Prof. Sergio Pone, course about building technologies, computational design and digital fabrication applied to shells and light structures
organized by Future Architecture Platform
11.2016 Contest Jazzi
organized by Jazzi Ass. Cilento finalist
3.2018 - 7.2018 Junior Architect at CMMKM
Napoli (NA) Italy architecture renovations, interior design, on site experience, architecture and technological detail drawings
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Food and wine center in a castle
2020
Location: La Tour-d'Aigues Type: Competition Organized by Fondation d'enterprise Wilmotte - Prix W 2020 Program: Education, Restaurants, Tourism Team: L. Esposito, G. Boccia
The building is made of two levels, on the ground floor, at the entrance, there is an open covered area designed to host food and wine markets and festival; a cooking and oenology school with offices, classrooms, kitchens and all the necessary accessory spaces and a coffee shop connected to the existing terrace. The second floor is characterized by a large terrace that covers all the perimeter of the castle designed to be an extension of the public space on the ground floor and a place where people can admire the surrounding landscape. There are three volumes placed on this floor: two of these host the library and the auditorium, which are connected to the school area downstairs; another one hosts a local products shop, which is connected to the coffee shop. The tower hosts a restaurant and has an internal structure, a crowning part and an external vertical connective volume: starting from the bottom we can find the foyer, the services for guests and staff, the kitchen and two dining rooms: the first inside the old tower and the second completely opened to the panorama. 6
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Kitchen
Coffee shop Ground floor
Touristic office
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Coffee shop Coffee shop Offices
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Market Market Restaurant
Offices Offices
Classrooms Classrooms
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Hill of the arts
2020
Location: Moncalieri (TO) Italy Type: Competition Organized by YAC Program: Artists residences, hotel, restaurants, spa Team: L. Esposito, G. Boccia Result: Finalist
The proposal aims at a clear and natural orga-
The proposal aims at a clear and natural organisation of spaces and functions. The project isfunctions. designed nisation of spaces and The projectto is mark the designed to mark the spatial qualities of existing spatial qualities of existing buildings, with small-scale interventions. The complex,buildings, structured on interventions. three terraces and surwith small-scale The complex, structured on three terraces and surrounded by nature, acquires more value thanks to the inclusion of new volumes with and roundedsinuous by nature, acquires moreorganic value thanks shapes, hidto the inclusion of new volumes with sinuous and den among the trees. At an altitude of 0,00 mt there is the main building, entirely organic dedicated the 3 Artist Apartments. shapes, hiddento among the trees. Each apartment occupies one floor of the villa and has a private sleeping area and a living / working area At an altitude of 0,00 mt there is the main buil- also open ding, entirely dedicated to the 3 Artist Apartmento the public, consisting of the Atelier and the Exposition Room. The Cottage in front becomes the most ts. Each apartment occupies one floor of the villaaggregative Cross section A, 1:500 has a private sleeping area (04) and a living / part of the complex. The ground floor gives a room to the Workshop/Atelier and aand small Snack working area also open to theBar, public, while consisting on the upper of the Atelier (05) and the Exposition Room (06). floor there is the Theatre. At the same level (+0,00), the Art Gallery is organized in the hypogeal spacesalready existing The Cottage in front becomes the most aggregabelow the first terrace. On the upper terrace, at an altitude of +3 mt, thereis the new dedicated to tive partvolume of the complex.completely The ground floor gives a room to the Workshop/Atelier (01) and a small the 14 guests rooms. The only other new volumes are the Art Cabins, scattered over the entire surface of Snack Bar (02), while on the upper floor there is the park. the Theatre (03). At the same level (+0,00), the Art Gallery (17) is organized in the hypogeal spaces already existing below the first terrace.
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On the upper terrace, at an altitude of +3 mt, there is the new volume completely dedicated to the 14 Guest Rooms (16). The wooden building moves its
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GENERAL LAYOUT General layout, 1:500 General layout, 1:500
The proposal aims at a clear and natural organisation of spaces and functions. The project is designed to mark the spatial qualities of existing buildings, with small-scale interventions. The complex, structured on three terraces and surrounded by nature, acquires more value thanks to the inclusion of new volumes with sinuous and organic shapes, hidden among the trees. At an altitude of 0,00 mt there is the main building, entirely dedicated to the 3 Artist Apartments. apartment floor of theorgavilla TheEach proposal aims occupies at a clearone and natural and has aofprivate area (04)The andproject a livingis/ nisation spacessleeping and functions. working also the open to the public, of consisting designedarea to mark spatial qualities existing of the Atelier (05)small-scale and the Exposition Room (06). buildings, with interventions. The complex, structured on three terraces and surThe Cottage in frontacquires becomesmore the most rounded by nature, valueaggregathanks tive part of the complex. The ground floor gives to the inclusion of new volumes with sinuous and aorganic room to the Workshop/Atelier (01) and a small shapes, hidden among the trees. Snack Bar (02), while on the upper floor there is the Theatre At the the At an altitude(03). of 0,00 mtsame therelevel is the(+0,00), main builArt Gallery (17) is organized hypogeal spading, entirely dedicated to thein3the Artist Apartmences already existing occupies below theone firstfloor terrace. ts. Each apartment of the villa and has a private sleeping area (04) and a living / On the upper at an of +3consisting mt, there working areaterrace, also open toaltitude the public, is volume completely dedicated to the 14 of the the new Atelier (05) and the Exposition Room (06). Guest Rooms (16). The wooden building moves its sinuous shape the trees,the without The Cottage inamong front becomes most touching aggregathem. tive part of the complex. The ground floor gives a room to the Workshop/Atelier (01) and a small The only are the Artthere Cabins Snack Barother (02), new whilevolumes on the upper floor is (18), scattered overAtthe entire of the park. the Theatre (03). the samesurface level (+0,00), the Art Gallery (17) is organized in the hypogeal spaces already existing below the first terrace. On the upper terrace, at an altitude of +3 mt, there is the new volume completely dedicated to the 14 Guest Rooms (16). The wooden building moves its sinuous shape among the trees, without touching them. The only other new volumes are the Art Cabins (18), scattered over the entire surface of the park. The Restaurant is located at an altitude of -3mt. Once the outer walls have been demolished leaving only the structure, the main room becomes a spectacular promenade with a privileged view over the park and Turin. The exclusive space (07), which is accessed via the existing ramp, has a few seats and has been connected to the rest of the volumes located on the floor by creating a small hidden connection from the Cloakroom (08), which then connects it to the Kitchen (09). The Kitchen is also connected to another room, dedicated to the cafeteria of the Wellness area (10). The Wellness area is located at The Restaurant is located at an altitude of -3mt. Once the walls been demoanouter altitude ofhave -6mt. From the lished leaving only the structure, the main room becomes a spectacular locker rooms (11) promenade is possible with a privileged view over the park and Turin. The to exclusive space (07), bath which is reach the Turkish (12) accessed via the existing ramp, has a few seats and hasand been to the rest of theconnected saunas (13) obtained the volumes located on the floor by creating a small hidden from thesmall Cloin theconnection already existing akroom (08), which then connects it to the Kitchen (09). rooms dug into the ground. At the end of the route there are The Kitchen is also connected to another room, dedicated the cafeteria of thepools Weltwo toindoor swimming lness area (10). (14) and the outdoor one (15) surrounded by trees. The Wellness area is located at an altitude of -6mt. From the locker rooms (11) is possible 11 to reach the Turkish bath (12)
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Spread throughout the park of Villa Altissimo, the 6 Art Cabins are hidden among the trees. Structures with evocative shapes, they become landmarks along the paths of the forest. 6 rooms without a ceiling, 6 “stanze incielate”, where to sit and look at the treetops and the stars. Each Art cabin offers a new and original view of the park and becomes an opportunity to meditate, to get in touch with nature through art.
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Biennale di Pisa - Tempo d'acqua
2019
Location: Pisa (PI) Italy Type: Exposition with O'dA - Naples, Italy
tempodacqua.com/thetimeofwater/
"Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days." Quohelet 11:1 Extracted from the Ecclesiastes, this verse expresses both the signification and the form proposed by the theme of the 3rd edition of the Biennale of Pisa. Imagine a time when water is memory and presence. Imagine its use and re-use. Invent buildings that give it its purity back. Let water go through districts but also houses and buildings. Show it on the verticality on towers. Tame it, love it, respect it. In a real place, the Republican Arsenal of Pisa, we imagined a space able to welcome a possible, feasible and coherent architecture, in which water becomes a matter of the project. We thought a continent, that became an island, the Pangaea, converted and convertible over time, metaphor of the city of Pisa, firstly skimmed by the sea and then crossed by the river. 14
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Chapel on site
2019
Location: Pessegueiro Island, Porto Covo, Portugal Type: Competition, organized by Arkxsite Team: L. Esposito, G. Boccia, A. Puorto, G. Nocerino Program: Chapel
Conquering the Philippine Fort at the hilltop of the island and get astonished by the roaring Atlantic. Suddenly in a bay northwest from the castle an object lies far. To reach it, adventurers will have to cut through the land and follow the pier that continues from one of the paths of the excavation north. At the end of it, slightly angled, a stereotomic prism lies black in its abstract shape, floating above the crashing waves of the Ocean. In its abstractness a sense of adequacy is given by measures. Measuring 5x5m, as it was subtracted by the same excavation of the Fort and transposed in the middle of the bay, it counters gravity, suspending the space out of time, thanks to two cantilevers hanging from a foundation wall based on a rock. The will of a tectonic space with stereotomic properties led us to continue working with subtraction digging a room for contemplation inside the prism, loosing it from the contingency of the outside. A narrow corridor with a rising section brings wonderers to the main space. A chimney of light puts the raw surfaces into tension while a wide window looking west allows visitors to scan the horizon. In correspondence of the pyramid, a large rectangle is dwelled into the floor, stressing the suspension of the space and gathering into an intimate dialogue the ocean. Protagonist of the space, the water floods the space when the tide is high and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reachable by a stair carved in counterbalance of the chimney. Who may come from the ocean at sunset may want to rest on the bench that leans from the wall in front of the grid where a brazier is set at night turning the chapel into not only a sanctuary but also
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Bookcase and glass window in Chiaia 2019
Location: Napoli (NA) Italy Type: Private project, interiors Team: L. Esposito, B. Parenti
The intervention consists of two objects: a bookcase and a metal and glass window that divides the living room from the kitchen. The bookcase presents a system already studied and built previously, characterized by a metal grid and a series of boxes hanging from it, which can be moved and reconfigured whenever you want. The bookcase at the base has a basement with a metal structure and wooden panels, intended for storage of objects and to host on it some electronic devices. The window is made of metal and glass, three-quarters of it are fixed and the last part can be opened with a slide. Both objects were handcrafted by local artisans and every single detail was designed. 22
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L'infisso interno è composto da tre moduli fissi ed uno -Tutte le saldature devono essere meno visibili possibili, quindi spazzolate e brunite scorrevole. I moduli fissi sono caratterizzati da campo di ancoraggio, sostituibile inferiore opaco (multistrato con lamiera a vista) e staffa -Tutte le viti utilizzate devono essere a testa piatta con foro svasato con uno scatolare, misure da campo superiore composto da una unica lastra di definire sul posto -Tutte le misure vanno verificate in cantiere vetro. Il modulo scorrevole invece presenta la lastra di -L'eventuale dislivello fra pavimento e trave superiore può essere vetro in entrambi i campi. La finitura dell'infissosistema è dialutop 140 wurth recuperato scatolare inferiore dell'infisso e la trave superiore ferro grezzo, saldature spazzolate e brunite, verniciato -Il binario ipotizzato è ALUTOP 140 Wurth scatolare 100x60 scatolare 30x30 con trasparente opaco. -Il vetro utilizzato è stratificato 6-7 20/10 veletta in lamiera sp. 15/10 -Finitura dell'infisso: vernice trasparente opaca (sezione smontabile)
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Interno Napoletano
2018
as junior architect with CMMKM Studio Location: Napoli (NA), Italy Type: interior and exterior furniture Status: completed Team: B. Parenti, L. Esposito, G. Boccia
Interno Napoletano is a design objects store located in the heart of the ancient center of Naples, on the ground floor of a historic building in one of the characteristic alleys of the city. The project consists of the interior and exterior furnishings of the store. Inside we designed a modular wall made of a structural metal grid and boxes of different sizes to hang on the grid, the modular and editable cofiguration makes the small shop unique and attractive and it allows the owner to change the layout according to his needs. Outside we designed a signboard, a lamp and a handle in a minimalist way, in order to impact the less on the old surfaces of the building, without sacrificing recognition and identity of the new store. The font used for the signboard was designed too. The materials used are wood, metal profiles and sheet metal. 26
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Casa C.
2018
as junior architect with B. Parenti Studio Location: Falcone (ME), Sicily, Italy Type: renovation and construction Status: on going Team: B. Parenti, L. Esposito
Casa C. is located in Falcone, a little town in Sicily; it is a old house made of two units; the proposal is based on the renovation of the existing house and the construction of a new space, the two part are hold together by a patio covered by a pergola. The main act is the connection of the two older units: vertically by the creation of an inner patio and a a staircase that connect the four levels; horizzontally were created two holes in the wall in order to improve the usability of the spaces. In the the main building there are the kitchen, three bedroom, three bathroom and some storage areas; while the new building host the living room connected to the patio and the garden surrounding.
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Computational morphogenesis and digital simulation of the construction process of masonry domes built without centrings 2018
Master Thesis in Architecture Technology Supervisor: Prof. Sergio Pone Team: L. Esposito, G. Boccia, A. Luporino Task: computational design, historic researches, structural analysis Publicated at IASS Barcelona - Symposoim Journal 2019 ISBN 978-84-121101-0-4
This study presents a computational framework for the design and construction of masonry domes built without the use of centrings. In particular, it focuses on those built using a ‘compass’, i.e. an erection device which simplify the building operations and guarantee the accuracy of the bricklaying process. The foundation of this research project can be found in the work of Fabrizio Carola (1931- 2019), who, since the 70s’, had built dozens domes without centrings in North Africa. The technique adopted by Carola is derived from the ‘Nubian vault tecnique’, a traditional construction process which was unearthed by Hassan Fathy during the construction of the village of New Gourna. The design and construction processes described by Carola have been analyzed with the aim of defining a sequence of operations and build a parametric model upon them. The construction process was simulated by means of recursive algorithms in order to control the laying of each brick and avoid the overlap of the mortar joints between successive courses. Then, the study moved to the implementation of two bespoke designed erection devices which can be used to build non-spherical domes. These are characterized by more degrees of freedom than their predecessor and can be used at the design stage to generate new shapes without exacerbating the complexity of their construction. The result of this study is a computational tool which can be used to design masonry domes and simulate their building process; the introduction of new building devices has demonstrated to greatly increase the range of geometric possibilities of this technology. 34
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School centre in Lauro
2015
Location: Lauro (AV) Italy Type: Academic project Supervisor: Prof. Pasquale Miano Program: Education
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The project area is located in Lauro, a small town in Campania, which has 3500 inhabitants, 192 meters above sea level and with an area of 11.2 square km. The project deals with the theme of education in its various degrees and this approach is declined by arranging three narrow and long but not straight blocks that cross the project area by tracing some territorial signs and setting as primary goal to get the area a public space. Each block has two levels, in which a functional division is made between served spaces and serving spaces interspersed with a third, osmotic space, which has the task of distributing the users but above all to be a collective indoor space of each building. At the ground level there are the classrooms while at the upper level there are laboratories and training spaces; the same logic of collective space is replicated on the upper floor with a modification of the section to create some full-height areas. The roofs of the buildings is sloping pitches whose positions have variations in height along the length of the body, moreover it presents a series of skylights whose layout is dictated by the different uses of the spaces below. 38
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Napoli Est - Ex area icmi
2015
Type: Academic project Supervisor: Prof. Michelangelo Russo Team: L. Esposito, G. Boccia, A. Luporino, A. Baldo Program: Masterplan
The project is a part of a larger scale intervention involving a big portion of the eastern area of Naples, formerly occupied by the ICMI company. This area is connected to the great urban greenways, which take a portion of land out “rarefied cities’ pattern”. Therefore, the project propose a development program based on functional mixitè including residential building and spaces for education, commerce and production. All these functions are linked to each other around an empty space occupied by a large park. This big connection then branches off in thinner paths into the green. The internal roads are not drivable; roads for cars are on the limits of the area where the section, from the outside to the inside, is organized as follow: driveway, green filter, bike path. The project is deeply focused on the upper boundary of the selected area, which is the most critical part. The space is characterized by the presence of a large elevated road, which becames a design inspiration and it’s integrated in the urban park. Residential 17000m2, Education 9500 m2, Shopping center 16000 m2, Factory 18000m2, Urban park 165000 m2. 42
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Casette, variazioni sul tema
2013 - on going
Tiny Houses, variations on a theme
as co-founder of Mlab Type: research Team: A. Baldo, A. Luporino, L. Esposito, G. Boccia Status: on going
We started from the house, from its archetype. A simple and instinctive choice, as a recognizable sign, cultural gesture, anthropological necessity. We reasoned on its possible variations. How much the shape could be manipulated without losing its image? An experience has been concretized as personal exercise and collective research about architectural culture and material knowledge. First goal is the creation of 120 houses of 450 mm2, built on a 1: 1 scale usinga 3D printer. 46
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Lorenzo Esposito +39 3272227636 espositolorenzo92@gmail.com