Arch. Eva Cocco
Personal Information Arch. Eva Cocco ASLA RA email evacocco@gmail.com
“ ...We have the obligation of giving even our most ordinary actions in forms and beauty measure so that our works will stand equal in quality to the older ones they are called to replace ...� Aris Konstantinidis 1967, Architektonica themata
Selection of Works C&C Architects Ruinas Nuragic village restoration project 2008 / 2009 The project was developed in tight collaboration with a team of Geologists and Archeologists for raising up the tower of a prehistorical village in Sardegna. C&C Architects Renovation Project in Urzulei 2009/2010 Santa Elena is the main church of a ghost town still important referral point for the locals. The project was preceded by an extensive historical research in terms of the traditional technics used in the construction accompanied with modern restorations methods such as injections of carbon fiber. Thesis Project M.A.B. Park for Sardegna 2011 The project speculates on the importance of land preservation with the study of a specific Master plan able to preserve and create a more sustainable economy for the region of Sardegna. The Park is characterized by a matrix of botanical gardens able to reactivate the endemic species.
RESTORATION
PROJECT THE 1999
PERDALIANA
The inner region of Sardegna Italy is called “ Il Supramonte ” that in the local language it means “on the peak”. Its ancestral plateaus develops into a series of unique mountain of granite limestone and karstic rocks that sign the island until down to the sea. “ Perdaliana ” is one of those natu ral formations that contributes to the landscape. This impressive rocky tower is visible everywhere on the is land. It is dated back to the Jurassic age and it is has been an indisputable symbol of Architecture for the first inhabitants of this land were the Nuraghi were built.
NURAGHE -
2003
SARDEGNA
RUINAS ITALY
PEAK
“Nuraghe” is the ancient megalithic tower that is found only in Sardegna. Nuraghes were built between the middle of the Bronze age ( 18th - 15th centuries B.C.) continuously used from their erection until the Roman era. The “Ruinas” Nuraghe and its surroundi n g v i l l a g e i s s i t u a t e d at 1 , 2 0 0 m ( 3 9 3 ’ ) above the sea level and this settlement is the most high located human colony of I t a l y. T h e s i t e w a s a b a n d o n e d i n t h e 1 , 4 0 0 because of a plague, after then it was destroyed by the severe climate condition on the mountain and robbers who have d a m a g e d t h e v i l l a g e w i t h i m p u n i t y.
RUINAS
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RESTORATION
PROJECT SANTA
ELENA
CHURCH
2010 - 2011 GAIRO VECCHIA SARDEGNA ITALY
THE OLD AND THE NEW GAIRO
Old Gairo is a tiny village of the 1 2 0 0 A . D . p e r c h e d o n t h e R i o P a rd u v a l l e y. T h e p r e c a r i o u s h y d r o logical asset of the area made the old Gairo a ghost town. Various devastating alluvial events, created by several issues such as the erosion of the ground no longer protected by its vegetation which has become rare or even disappeared due to the intense work of deforestation and the unpunished arson, forced its population to abandon the site moving on an upper area w e r e t h e n e w G a i r o e x i s t t o d a y. The inhabitant of the ghost town still feel a strong attachment to the abandoned place and their old life and often they visit it using their abandoned homes as animals shelters.
The church of Santa Elena was built in 1920 on a forgotten ceme t e r y. I t s a u s t e r e p r e s e n c e w a s conceived from local craftsmen with traditional techniques handed from father to son that even today in spite of its major deterioration, the church is still testifying the very traditional old-fashioned work that endures over time. T h i s c h u r c h r e p r e s e n t a n i m p o rtant reference point for the inhabitant of the villages of old and new Gairo not able to use it anymore because of its compromised structure. This restoration has been executed with the traditional methods of construction. With this restoration it is hoped that the population of Gairo can regain some of its lost history.
SANTA ELENA CHURCH
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presbitery I 1.0 422.6 sqf altar I 2.0 20.5 ’ chapel I 3.0 r 6.69 ’ entrance I 4.0 8.85 ’ nave a I 5.0 16.8 ’ nave b I 6.0 16.8 ’ nave c I 7.0 18.3 ’ apse I 8.0 16.79 thickness walls I 9.0 2.36 ’ facade I 10 45 ’ 0
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h central nave I 1.1 16.63 ’ cornice I 2.1 15.45 ’ chapel I 3.1 10.85 ’ entrance presbytery I 8.72 ’
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seam of the keystone with armed injection I 1.2 consolidation arches with steal chains I 2.2 consolidation of the masonry I 3.2
INTERVENTION
CRACKS AT THE KEYSTONES
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cracks large 0.98”
cracks large 1.37”
cracks large 1.37”
cracks to multiple branches 1.18”
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sewing with steel bars I 1.3 injection nozzle I 2.3 grouted with hydraulic mortar I 3.3
anchor stud wall I 1.4 round hole hammer drilling I 2.4 steel bar I 3.4 special fasteners I 4.4
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steel frame window I 1.5
window frame I 1.6
LANDSCAPE DESIGN BOTANICAL 2011
The Botanical farm for the territory of Urzulei in Sardegna is based on developing the concept of “terroir” promoted by one of the UNESCO program. The definition for such place is based on its delineated geographical characteristics but also on how human community engaged with the land along history, creating a certain distinctive and unique cultural asset. This interaction between the natural environment and human factors can be defined as a biocultural heritage that is promoted by the project of the Botanical garden. This concept develops the possibility of reengaging with what is lost about an ancient culture and its peculiar way of cultivating the land,through the creation of specific equipped spaces for artisan activities and for the reactivation of the land cultivating endemic species once part of locals’ life and diet.
FARM
URZULEI SARDEGNA ITALY MLA THESIS PROJECT
MASTERPLAN
n a m e Olea Europaea s i z e up40’ l i f e 2000 years c u l t i v a t i o n olive oil fine wood olive fruits
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z o n e 1 Quercus Suber z o n e 2 Olea Europaea z o n e 3 Myrtus Comunis z o n e 4 Malva sylvestris z o n e 5 Arum Pictum
n a m e Quercus Suber s i z e up66’ l i f e 250 years c u l t i v a t i o n soil builder production of cork insecticidal proprieties
n a m e Myrtus Comunis s i z e up16’ l i f e 250 years c u l t i v a t i o n ulcer cure phytochemical use rhinosinusitis cure production of liquor
n a m e Malva Sylvestris d i s t r i b u t i o n endemic c u l t i v a t i o n healing propriety : for demulcent diuretic and emolient use
n a m e Arum Pictum d i s t r i b u t i o n endemic c u l t i v a t i o n healing prorpiety ornamental use
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A I 0.1 irrigation pond I 0.2 kitchen I 0.3 restaurant I 0.4 information center I 0.5 bathrooms B I 1.1 irrigation pond I 1.2 conference room I 1.3 bathrooms C I 2.1 irrigation pond I 2.2 museum I 2.3 bathrooms D - E I 3.1 irrigation pond I 3.2 room + bathroom I 3.3 living room
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