PORTFOLIO ‘19 - ‘23
FLORENT BAJRAMI
Architecture and Urban Design Politecnico di Milano School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering
CONTENT 01.
INTERTEXTUAL COMPOSITION OF AN URBAN ENSEMBLE COMPLETING THE PALACE OF YOUTH AND SPORTS
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YAZD NEIGHBORHOOD LOW-RISE HIGH DENSITY
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FRAGMENTED UNITY ARCHITECTURE OF DIALOGUE
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EVERART FOREST BACK TO THE VILLAGE
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THE SUSTAINABLE CASTLE HOW TO LIVE AND WORK IN THE FUTURE?
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THE WALNUT APARTMENT WORKING ALONG THE EDGE
01. 2023
INTERTEXTUAL COMPOSITION OF AN URBAN ENSEMBLE COMPLETING THE PALACE OF YOUTH AND SPORTS Sports and Cultural Complex | Pristina, Kosovo The Palace of Youth and Sport in Pristina is a mega-
potential remains unfulfilled until its incompleteness
structure of sports, cultural and commercial spaces,
is resolved. Recognizing the infrastructural promise
designed in 1974 during a period of rapid development
of the original project, the proposal puts forward the
of the city under the Yugoslav government. Realized
idea of completing the ensemble as a solution to many
only partly, the buildings were part of a bigger
urban connectivity issues in the city center, while at
masterplan that included the whole urban block, but
the same time introducing several much-needed sports
which unfortunately was left incomplete due to the
facilities. Through a careful reading of its compositional
financial difficulties that the country found itself in.
and proportional rules, the original project stands as
Nontheless, from the beginning the ensemble became
an unquestionable relevant trace guiding a new design
an icon of the architectural scene of the city, through
capable of restoring the urban block to its functionality,
its central location, grandiose size and distinctive
while respecting the architectural heritage of the
style. Its future is now, however, endangered by the
existing.
poor state of some of the existing facilities, while its
MASTER THESIS Supervisors | Maurizio Meriggi, Luka Skansi Individual Project
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ORIGINAL PROJECT: PARTLY REALIZED
PROPORTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE ORIGINAL PROJECT
STRATEGY CONNECTING THE RAILWAY TO THE CITY BOULEVARD
CONTINUITY IN THE MASTERPLAN COMPOSITION
CONTINUITY IN SCALE AND PROPORTIONS
PROPOSAL MASTERPLAN
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REFLECTED NORTH SECTION
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
CONNECTING THE TWO PARTS OF THE CITY CENTER
CLEAR DIVISION OF VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
MAINTAINING THE IMAGE OF THE ORIGINAL PROJECT
ORGANIZATION OF THE VOLUMES ACCORDING TO THE ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONAL MEGA-GRID
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OLYMPIC SWIMMING POOL
ISOMETRIC VIEW OF THE PROPOSAL
SWIMMING POOL COURT
ENTRANCE TO THE COMPLEX
SPORTS CLUBS ANNEX
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02. 2021
YAZD NEIGHBORHOOD LOW-RISE HIGH DENSITY Mixed-use Social Housing | Yazd, Iran The site of the project is an extremely sensitive area
clusters and are organized inspired by the historical
just across the UNESCO protected Dowlat Abad Garden,
courtyard typologies of the Yazd architecture. The roofs
with the new underground highway running underneath
of these buildings are also used as communal platforms.
it at the northern most part. A low-rise, high-density
Anchoring the site at its most important entry points
neighborhood is designed such that it includes mixed
at the north and the south, respectively, and closely
uses of residential flats, temporary housing, commercial
related to the context are the two public buildings: the
spaces and public buildings. The residential buildings,
auditorium and the multi-functional long building.
composed of three interdependent types, are organized
Commercial spaces are located throughout the ground
in clusters or strips and provide apartments of different
floor of the main axes running east-west and north-south.
sizes and typologies. Half ground sunken temporary
Careful consideration is taken to the Yazd climate and the
housing buildings are located in the middle of these
city’s morphology in orienting living spaces.
AXONOMETRIC VIEW
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO Critics | Marco Bovati, Arian Heidari Afshari Collaborators | Diane Maksuti, Austeja Mielkute
MASTERPLAN 7
STRATEGY
CONTEXT MAP
URBAN SECTION
AUDITORIUM
RESIDENTIAL CLUSTER
TEMPORARY HOUSING
MULTI-FUNCTIONAL
MASTERPLAN GROUND FLOOR 8
THIRD FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR
GROUND FLOOR
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING TYPES
TYPE A TYPE A’ TYPE B
IDEAL CLUSTER OF 10
IDEAL CLUSTER OF 50
SECTION/ELEVATION OF THE B TYPE 9
CLUSTER AXONOMETRIC SECTION
TEMPORARY HOUSES PLANS
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AUDITORIUM
A
B
B
A GROUND FLOOR PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECTION A-A
SECTION B-B
MULTI-FUNCTIONAL BUILDING
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
TRANSVERSAL AND LONGITUDINAL SECTIONS
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03. 2019
FRAGMENTED UNITY ARCHITECTURE OF DIALOGUE Parish Complex | Milan, Italy Designing a successful parish complex in such a mixed
between each-other through their complex relationships.
urban condition such as Città Studi means dealing with
Three volumes with different proportions are designed
paradoxic aims: inclusive but specific-user oriented,
to house all the program required. Their fragmented
distinguishable but not different, able to interact with
character tries to solve the paradoxic requirements of
the context but also function as a microorganism, able to
the parish. Symbolism is emphasized through strong
host a large number of people but also remain local and
materiality and careful articulation of light. The
personal. To be able to handle such task The Transcripts,
unification of space, movement, and event through
a tool used for the reading of the context, are used as
essential open spaces and mechanical devices brings
a direct design tool that reinterpret five essences in a
the project to a conclusion: a Fragmented Unity - an
liturgical architecture. The design process is a careful
oxymoron mirroring the reality of religion itself.
organization of distinguishable parts that correlate
ELEVATION OF THE CHURCH
FINAL DESIGN STUDIO Critics | Emilio Faroldi, Maria Pilar Vettori, Cecilia Rostagni Collaborators | Catalina Mutis, Oxana Lema, Salvatore Borrometi
MASTERPLAN OF THE PARISH
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CITTÀ STUDI TRANSCRIPTS Conceived as a work in progress rather than a
The analogous nature of The Transcripts is not only
project, Bernard Tschumi’s Manhattan Transcripts
helpful for an alternative reading of the city, but also
offer architectural stimulus through their nature of
offers an initial point of design. The introduction of a
representation. The Transcripts’ components of event,
new component to the transcripts (essence) through
space, and movement are represented by photographs,
an additional representation method (verbal) helps to
architectural drawings and diagrams in a broken
define the true essence of each of five case studies chosen
down manner that innately suggest the consequent
in Città Studi. These essences then are transformed to
constructing of these components to a whole. Tschumi
architecture through manipulation of movement, space
advocates for an architecture of disjunctions, where
and event to arrive at a desired liturgical reality. As such
form, use and social values are not interrelated but
the spirit of the site is retranslated in the parish complex
rather tangled in a new deconstructed reality.
itself.
THE TRANSCRIPTS: AN ALTERNATIVE READING OF CITTA STUDI
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC
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AXONOMETRIC SECTIONS OF DIFFERENT SPACES OF THE PARISH
EUCHARISTIC CHAPEL AND CHOIR
MAIN ALTAR AND CONTEMPLATION SPACE
COMMUNITY EATING HALL
RECEIVING HALL OF THE ANNEX BUILDING
STREET FRONT ELEVATION
TRANSVERSAL SECTION
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
LONGITUDINAL ELEVATION OF THE PARISH
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
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LONGITUDINAL SECTION THROUGH THE CHURCH
ELEVATION FROM THE BACKYARD
FLEXIBILITY OF THE CHURCH
WEEKDAY CHAPEL
FLEXIBLE ENTRANCE
BAPTISM
SUNDAY MASS
DETAIL SECTION OF THE CHURCH
SPECIAL CEREMONY
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04. 2020
EVERART FOREST BACK TO THE VILLAGE Urban Regeneration | Gromo, Italy The COVID-19 Pandemic did, among other things, put
strategy, that would see Gromo as a potential location
into question our urban environments and lifestyles.
for art residencies. Art events and festivals would enrich
Open spaces, nearby amenities and adequate social
the cultural offering, while in turn stimulate the local
distance became a necessity as people started to adjust to
economy that would in turn improve deteriorating
the new reality of remote work. Compelled by the lower
infrastructure and facilities. Reciprocity with neighboring
housing rates, the conditions were perfect for many to
big cities of Bergamo and Milan would be essential in the
move to rural areas and leave behind the urban chaos.
viability of the project. Gromo’s mountainous terrain is
However, to be able to attract permanent inhabitants
an attractive asset that can promote trekking coupled
beyond the lockdowns, villages and small towns need to
with landscape art. As part of the plan, special attention
offer much more economically, socially and culturally.
was paid to the upper Gromo, the area known as Boario
Everart Forest is the project that tries to solve this
Spiazzi, where a series of layered interventions would
issue for the small alpine town of Gromo. Shrinking
take place. Small, environmental-cautious, punctual
in population constantly for more than two decades,
interventions would be a great opportunity for local
Gromo is in need for an engine to start up a chain of
architects and artists to promote their work, as well as
reactions that would see it overcome the status of a
engage the local community to get together and improve
seasonal tourist’s town. A strategy and manifesto of
their town. Permanent and temporary structures would
actions attempts to lay down several principles that
condense and concentrate people, while the art path and
would see the town get a new identity alongside new
the funicular would provide two different methods of
type of inhabitants. The existing local festivals occurring
experiencing and accessing the area.
seasonally in Gromo were the starting point to the new
URBAN DESIGN STUDIO Critics | Stefano Boeri Collaborators | Ceyda Alkara, Karolina Pieniazek
AXONOMETRIC CLOSE-UP OF THE FESTIVAL AREA 16
GROMO LOCATION
INFORMATION ON GROMO
POPULATION DECLINE DURING THE YEARS
ART RESIDENCIES
ART INSTITUTIONS 17
STRATEGY OF ACTIONS
EXISTING PLAN
EXPLODED VIEW OF THE INTERVENTION LAYERS
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NEW CALENDAR OF EVENTS
FES
AMPHITHEATER PAVILIONS
PLAYFIELD CATWALK
PLAYGROUND GALLERY
ART PAVILION TREE HOUSES
POND
ARTISTS DORM
GOVER
CULTURAL HOUSE
CAMPING AREA
WORKSHOP SPACES
PATH IN THE FOREST
ART ASSOCIATION
LOCAL FOOD MARKET
HOSTEL
PLAN OF INTERVENTIONS
STIVAL BOARD GAME AND BROCHURE
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05. 2020
THE SUSTAINABLE CASTLE HOW TO LIVE AND WORK IN THE FUTURE? Urban Block | Nagoya, Japan Located in proximity to the historical Nagoya castle
only emphasized with play in forms, but also in terms of
and the Hori river, the project site is a 90x90 urban
construction, as a mix of reinforced concrete and cross-
block in the modern grid of the city. The project is an
laminated timber. Apartments varying in size are all cross
attempt to mix residential, commercial and co-working
ventilated and can be enlarged visually by the flexibility
spaces while ensuring climate control within the block
of the shutters facade, which is operated through a
and inside apartments. Different software were used to
narrow outer service balcony. The first floor terrace
acquire climate analysis data, including shading time,
connects office spaces while also creating a communal
energy efficiency and U-value calculation. In terms of
space that connects with the garden on the ground level.
composition, four separate residential volumes rest on
Privacy for the residents is provided through several
a common commercial platform, arranged in such a way
vertical circulation cores that are accessed from the street
to maximize solar gain. Layering of the functions is not
or the courtyard and are inaccessible from the offices.
CONSTRUCTION AND SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN STUDIO Critics | Luca Maria Francesco Fabris, Rajendra Singh Adhikari Collaborators | Antonios Daniil, Marija Kostadinova
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SHADING TIME ANALYSIS
SUMMER SOLSTICE
DESIGN PROCESS
SECTIONS
WINTER SOLSTICE
EQUINOX
AXONOMETRIC VIEW
ELEVATIONS
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CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM: RC AND CLT
CIRCULATION
FUNCTIONAL DISTRIBUTION
GROUND FLOOR | COMMERCIAL
FIRST FLOOR | OFFICES
SECOND FLOOR | CO-WORKING
TYPICAL FLOOR | RESIDENTIAL
DETAILED SECTION
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06. 2022
THE WALNUT APARTMENT WORKING ALONG THE EDGE Apartment Interior | Pristina, Kosovo The main challenge of the 75 sqm apartment located in
as wardrobes, storage spaces, the TV unit, the fireplace
Pristina was its odd floor plan with its many unfavorable
and a studying area. These elements were constructed in
corners. Furthermore, the entry corridor’s long and
neutral colored wood, such as they would not take away
narrow proportions, from the beginning suggested a
the focus of the walnut structure. Finally the bathrooms
long storage unit along its length. To regulate these
received special attention as both the finishing and other
pecularities, a strong element was introduced to unify the
components were of great importance. In the guest’s
space: the walnut stucture starts at the entry corridor as
bathroom case, the walnut door is flush with the rest of
a storage unit and wardrobe, to become the finishing of
the wall panels. Gray Venetian terrazzo was chosen as the
the guest’s bathroom’s wall, to then turn into a seating
finishing material, with a massive block of stone used as
corner and finally transform into the kitchen. In addition,
the vanity unit and a hanging spherical bulb as the only
several new volumes were added within the apartment,
light source, so that a warmer environment is created.
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION Individual Project Built work
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