“Although I make landscapes, there are always traces of people� Vincent Van Gogh
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F e d e r i c o
PORTFOLIO OF
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PERSONAL DATA
INTERESTS
Birth place
Carate Brianza (MB), Lombardia, Italia
Date of birth
27 January 1994
Nature, landscape, architecture, politicy, ecology, cinema, serie TV, sport, football.
Residence
Via Silone, n.1, Desio (MB)
Citizenship
Italian
SOFTWARE SKILLS Autocad Illustrator Indesign Photoshop Qgis / ArcGis Rhinoceros
CONTATTI
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English
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ACCADEMIC FORMATION 2018 - 2021
Master of degree in “Landscape Architecture. Land Landscape Heritage” Politecnico di Milano • School of "Architecture, urban planning, construction engineering" • "The territorial effects of damage to the economic sector in the event of floods. Georeferencing of damage data, analysis and mitigation proposals for the case study of the city of Lodi " • 101/110
2014 - 2018
Three-year degree in "Urban planning: city, environment and landscape" Politecnico di Milano • School of "Architecture, urban planning, construction engineering" • "The territorial effects of damage to the economic sector in the event of floods. Georeferencing of damage data, analysis and mitigation proposals for the case study of the city of Lodi " • 101/110
2008 - 2013
Scientific high school diploma Desio (MB), Ettore Majorana High School • 61/100
ESPERIENZE LAVORATIVE Jul. 2018Dec. 2018
Extracurricular internship at the Municipality of Milan During this experience I have actively participated in the revision of the PGT of the municipality of Milan, to the realization of the CMR (ie the website prepared for the consultation of the PGT and relative input of the observations).
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Academic studios
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Brissago islands: Connections
pag. 6 - 11
Vignale Monferrato: Land revelation
pag. 12 - 21
Milan: A new ecology for Rubattino
pag. 22 - 31
Carrara: Feel marblescape
pag. 32 - 43
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BRISSAGO ISLANDS Connections
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Locarno
Locarno Ronco sopra Ascona
Ronco sopra Ascona Maggiore lake
Brissago Islands BRISSAGO ISLANDS
SITE DESCRIPTION
Gambarogno
The Brissago Islands are two islands in the Swiss part of Lake Maggiore, about 2.5 km from Brissago and 3.5 km from Ascona, at 193.5 m s.l.m., a height corresponding to the lowest geographical point in Switzerland. The largest island is called San Pancrazio Island or even Isola Grande and is home to the Ticino Botanical Park. The other island of Sant'Apollinare also has several other names: it is called Isolino, Isola Piccola and Isola dei conigli, it is covered with spontaneous vegetation, kept in its natural state. The Brissago Islands are located in the northernmost part of the Insubric Alps in the Kinzigite area, so named by the kinzigitic gneis which constitute the rocky substratum and outcrop at numerous points, particularly along the shore of the minor island. For the rest the rock is covered with a thin morainic blanket. The Brissago Islands are the two peaks of a hill carved by erosion along the ancient watershed line of the Ticino and Maggia valleys.
European Plate Gambarogno
Maggiore lake
Brissago
African Plate
Brissago
THE IDEA The idea of the project comes from the analysis of the islands and its surroundings, in partciular the topography and geology. The general idea is to generate connections inside this area; physical connections but also non-physical connections related to different characteristic of the territory. Finally the aim is to create something unic that can't be placed elsewhere, because the linkages are strictly connected with this part of the wold.
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Corings line
Bridge
Belvedere
The project related for Brissago Islands, essentially, is a bridge linking the two islands allowing the passage of people between them. In the center of it, a brench extends towards est, followed by a double line of soil corings (representing the soil layers of the territory), ending in a belvedere. The belvedere is characterized by an engravings of the map of the surroundings giving some information to visitors. Finally the bridge is sustained by artificial outcrops of kinzigitic gneis, which can be taken from the surroundings). In this project connections means a real linkage, a connection with geology and a connection with the surroundings and topography. This is an example of a coring used for the double line that accompains visitors to the belvedere. It represents how and how many layers characterised the soil of that territory. Each coring has a height of 5 m, about 4 m above the water line.
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MATERIALS Kinzigit gneiss outcrops used to sustein the bridge.
Steel used to build the base structure of the bridge.
3m Grey stone used for the flooring of the bridge.
Black granit used for a part of the flooring of the bridge.
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12m
Black metal used for the railings of the bridge.
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Lines of corings are used to accompain the visitors to the belvedere focusing their attention to the belvedere itself; also these lines represent a strong connection with this land.
45m
6m 45m
The belvedere is put in place in which there is the possibility to have almost a 360 degree view. People can image to be in the center of the lake and look the surroundings with a different point of view. Belvedere has a diameter of 12 m.
45m
The bridge is formed by 3 brenches; two put in communication the islands, while the third is used to reach the belvedere. All the brenches have a length of 45 m.
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VIGNALE MONFERRATO Land revelation
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SITE DESCRIPTION Vignale Monferrato is an Italian town of 958 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, Piedmont, located on the Monferrato hills at an altitude of 308 s.l.m. It is placed in the center of an area surrounded by some important cities like Casale Monferrato, Alessandria and Torino. The municipality is characterized by agricultural fields, in particular vineyards, while the road of the project presents different kind of problems, such as maintenance.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION The concept of the project deals with the analysis of the history and culure of the place. The guidelines of this concept starts from the presence of water in the area of Monferrato milions of years ago; then it takes into account the land revelation after the withdrawal of water. The concept revolves around the concept of land revelation, which brings some elements that define the identity of this place.
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VISUAL ANALYSIS
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Particularly important is the visual analysis along the road. Different kind of perceptions can be apprecieate during the walk, differences also captioned considering the walk direction
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WEAKNESSES
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POTENTIALITIES
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THE CHURCH MAIN PLAN The church is chosen to represent water of the previuos ocean. A part of the road is eliminated to allow the reconstruction of the hill and provide the extention of the pedestrian pathwaytill the area of sitting points, where cubes stone are located.
PAVING MATERIAL Dark blue resin bound
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MATERIALS OF CUBE STONES Mudstone
Marl
Sandstone
Gypsum
Calcareus marl
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BUS STOP MAIN PLAN Bus top is another part of the geological walk. In this case it is represented another era, where the water was less deep generating a lacustrine ecosystem. Here the bus stop is renovated producing a place to stay for people adding devices for different activities.
PAVING MATERIAL Light blue resin bound
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MILAN A new ecology for Rubattino BUILDINGS
AGRICULTURAL
BUILDINGS
HIDRIC ELEMEN
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L FIELDS
WOODLANDS
GREEN AREAS
PASTURES
NTS
HYDROLOGICAL COURSES
WATER BODIES
ARTIFICIAL RESERVOIR
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PATCHES AND CORRIDORS LEGEND Project area
PATCHES AGRICULTURE
Agricultural field NATURE
Green Area Dense vegetation School garden Abandoned area with cover vegetation URBAN
Abandoned building Commercial building Service building School building Parking area Sport forniture Under constraction
CORRIDORS Highway Road Canals Vegetated line
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GROUND LEVEL BORDERS LEGEND BORDERS Negative Positive The classification of the borders have been made according to an ecological point of view (continuity of natural patches). We also have taken into account the influence between patches.
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200m
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STRATEGY: WEAKNESSES AND POTENTIALITIES CONNECTIVITY
BARRIERS Inside the area the are some big barriers (roads) and smaller barriers (roads and canals.
Bycicle paths
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Canals X
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Vertical a nd Horizontal c onnection between patches are absent from an ecological point of view and from people movement.
CRITICAL AREAS
POTENTIAL POINTS
There are some critical elements in the area, like the commercial area, the abandoned area of cascina and the water tower.
Commercial area
At t he same time there are s ome potential points, which represents a future centralities forthe project.
School Cascina
Canals
Cascina
Water tower Abandoned area
Abandoned area
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION The project deals with the redesign of a portion of Rubattino block which main goal is to set up a better ecosystem from ecological point of view. The increasing of connectivity (green and soft grey), reduction of pollutants, the introduction of new coltures and better vegetation, the enhancement of historic places (farmhouse and water tower) will generate an hetorogeneous ecosystem able to provide benefits for the comunity.
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SECTION INSIDE SGRICULTURAL FIELDS One of the goal of the project is to generate a better agricultural heterogeneous ecosystem. In order to do that the fields were "fragmented" introducing strips of vegetation. In this case also the canal was redesign creating a more natural shape of it. Vegetation are distributed in bands, The ones atached to the canal are characterized by trees and they are separated by agricultural fields by ecotonal Shrubs bands. On one side of the canal a new cycle and pedestrian pathway is added to increase also soft infrastructural connectivity.
FLORA USED TREES - Populus nigra L. - Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. - Salix alba L. SHRUBS - Cornus sanguinea L. - Cornus mas L. - Solanum dulcamara L. HERBACEUS - Carex pendula Huds. - Juncus articulatus L. - Poa trivialis L
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FLORA USED TREES - Acer campestre L. - Ulmus minor L. - Populus alba L. - Ostrya carpinifolia Scop. - Carpinus betulus L. SHRUBS - Euonymus europaeus L. - Crataegus monogyna Jacq. - Rosa canina L. HERBACEUS - Urtica dioca L. - Salvia pratensis L. - Trigonella officinalis L. - Bromoxis Eerecta Ubs. - Cirsium arvense L.
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COMPARISONS BEFORE/AFTER BEFORE
16,4 ha
12,4 ha
29,1 ha
29,1 ha
19,6 (+7,2) ha
32,4 (+3,3) ha
32,4 (+3,3) ha
AFTER
12,7 (-3,7) ha
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CARRARA Feel marblescape
HISTORY
WATER POLLUTION
LAYER CAKE
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POLLUTION SORCES: RAVANETI
QUARRIES AND TOURISM One of the goal of the project is to generate a better agricultural heterogeneous ecosystem. In order to do that the fields were "fragmented" introducing strips of vegetation. In this case also the canal was redesign creating a more natural shape of it. Vegetation are distributed in bands, The ones atached to the canal are characterized by trees and they are separated by agricultural fields by ecotonal Shrubs bands. On one side of the canal a new cycle and pedestrian pathway is added to increase also soft infrastructural connectivity.
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CONCEPT OF THE PROJECT One of the goal of the project is to generate a better agricultural heterogeneous ecosystem. In order to do that the fields were "fragmented" introducing strips of vegetation. In this case also the canal was redesign creating a more natural shape of it. Vegetation are distributed in bands, The ones atached to the canal are characterized by trees and they are separated by agricultural fields by ecotonal Shrubs bands. On one side of the canal a new cycle and pedestrian pathway is added to increase also soft infrastructural connectivity.
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STARTING POINT
FIRST BELVEDERE
MAIN BASIN
PLAZA
SITTING POINT 1
SITTING POINT 2
SITTING POINT 3
SECONDARY BASIN
INFO POINT
SPACE FOR COMUNITY
MARBLE PILLARS
SECOND BELVEDERE
CLIMB ACTIVITY AREA
PATH TO OBSERVATORU
OBSERVATORY
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LAND OF MARBLE TALES PROJECT DESCRIPTION The abandoned quarry will represent the main area of the project where the goals of the strategy will be fullifilled. The area will be characterized by 6 points, strategically located, in which stories of marble will be told. These are connected by a pathway. Inside the area other elements are design, in particular areas for different activities (a space for comunity and an area for climbing marble), resting points and some water basins to collect stormwater and prevent water pollution and risks (landslides and debris flows). This will represent a new centrality for visitors to dive inside Carrara culture of marble.
MATERIALS
TOPOGRAPHICAL CHANGES
Grey coarse gravel for pathway paving from star-ting point to the designed quarry
Aluminium plates for pathway railings, rest areas and metal plates of info points
Marble for marble pillars
Grey stone for the path inside the main area
Ravaneti coarse texture for sitting and info points
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STORIES TOLD 1- Birth 2- Transport 3- Tales of Via Marmifera 4- Lizzatura 5- Curiosity 6- Abandon
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VIEW 1: MAIN WATER BASIN
VIEW 1: PLAZA AND REST AREA
VIEW 4: MARBLE PILLARS
VIEW 5: BELVEDERE
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VIEW 3: SECONDARY BASINS
VIEW 6: SPACE FOR COMUNITY
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OBSERVATORY PROJECT DESCRIPTION The observatory will represent a new landmark for the town, visible from Carrara sea. It is a parcially-closed structures with 3 main openins diverting the sight to 3 different directions (sea, upper ravaneto and the designed abandoned quarry. Finally at the top of the structure, a 360° view is offered to the visitors.
MATERIALS Aluminum for stairwell, for its pavings and observa-tory roof (metal grid)
Steel for the bearing structure of observatory
Aluminum plates as structure coating and pathway railings
Ravaneti fine texture for platform coverage
Ravaneti coarse texture for sitting points and entrance
Grey coarse gravel for pathway paving
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EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC
VISIBILITY MAP
Observation roof
Aluminium plates
Outdoor rest area
Entrance
Steel bearing structure
Stair weel
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VIEWS DIRECTIONS
Upper ravaneto
Land of marble tales
The sea
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Competitions
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Back to people
pag. 46 - 47
Tactical Urbanism Now Competition - TerraViva Competitions
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BACK TO PEOPLE
PROJECT DESCRIPTION Why “back to people�? We want to bring that place to the real users of it, people who act in various ways. We take the existing road, which main users are vehicles, and we fragment it to give a space for a double bicycle lane and, from parking lots, a dynamic space for people (there are some opening between sitting areas where people can do something during different events). The Plaza will obtain a new dress providing a multifunctional activity place for different users. Being a tactical urbanism intervention, economy is fundamental, so the design requires small interventions using paintings, recycled and temporary objects. Volunteering will be used for workforce, people from different ONLUS are welcome (They will received incentives like ticket restaurants or shopping vouchers). According to this project, the site in question could generate a better place to be experienced by people and to strengthen the sense of community, besides becoming a new centrality for the municipality and beyond. The use of this process in a small comunity, rather than big cities, can make Desio a forerunner for other small municipalities to follow this example and generate a system and not single spots.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Pedestrianized road for multifunctional and temporary activities
Existing sitting points restored with paintings
Addiction of temporary games
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EXISTING ROAD SECTION
VIEW TO THE PLAZA
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