FRANCESCA BUCCI VERNIZZI SELECTED WORKS
ISTANBUL WATER MUSEUM EAST HARLEM LIBRARY ADIRONDACK HOUSE DIA MUSEUM OFFICE ON DEMAND RED HOOK BROOKLYN RED HOOK HOUSES BORGO CONRNALESE OBA B3_PROTOTYPE HARMONY
ISTANBUL WATER MUSEUM
Istanbul Design Performing arts
Istanbul Modern
Museum Science Center Pool Sculpure Installation Park
Water Musuem
Moma PS1
Lawn
Night entrantainment (Bar/Club)
Restaurants/Cafe
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ISTANBUL WATER MUSEUM ACADEMIC ( A. MATLOCK) MASTERPLAN/MUSEUM ISTANBUL, TURKEY 50,000 SF INDIVIDUAL WORK ISTANBUL IDEA
The Istanbul Water Museum is a theoretical proposal on a once-thriving, but currently under-utilized site on the Bosphorus. An intensive investigation of the site revealed inherent forces that informed the concept of the proposal. Among them were a historic district and park, the elevated city overlooking the site begging for access, an industrial complex of existing modular architecture, and of course the water’s edge. These arteries of energy suggested a capillary action and reaction navigated by the Istanbul Water Museum as the key element necessary to unlock the potential of the site. This building proposal pulls the park through to the industrial center, the modularity to the organic space, and fosters a re-connection of the public to the water’s edge both physically and programmatically.
Outside market
Shopping Stalls
Sculture Intallation Park Food Stalls
Performing
Museum
SIstanbul
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Design Centre
Outside Screening
Commercial
Water Museum
MOMA PS1
Pool
Science Museum
Guggheneim LAB
Lawn
Restaurant Cafe’
Night entratainment (Bar/Club)
Istanbul Modern
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EAST HARLEM LIBRARY
portation and aggragation spaces
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EAST HARLEM LIBRARY ACADEMIC ( J. HONG) LIBRARY NEW YORK CITY 10,700 SF INDIVIDUAL WORK NY CITY IDEA
The East Harlem Library is a reaction to the role of the library in today’s culture while planning for its evolution in the foreseeable future. The library’s massing was the result of combining new ways of thinking about program with an extensive investigation of site. The building manifests itself as an interior street, whose repeated frame structure also created the bookshelves, wrapped with serpentining program both interior and exterior. The “street” condition hosts traditional analog library activity at its periphery while primarily creating space for spontaneous meeting and assembly. Around this active core are the supporting functions and places to read and study- a necessary counterpoint to the speed of the street. This wrapping program also provided the opportunity to retain the existing community garden in the form of a landscaped roof accessible from both the street and library interior.
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ADIRONDACK HOUSE
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ENCODING / STORAGE / RETRIEVAL ENCODING
STORAGE
WORK/ GARAGE KITCHEN
RETRIEVAL
EXHIBITION SPACE
ENCODING
EXHIBITION SPACE
STORAGE LIBRARY
RETRIEVAL
MEETING ROOM
ENCODING
MEETING ROOM
Winter
Summer
STORAGE LIBRARY
RETRIEVAL BEDROOM
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ADIRONDACK HOUSE ACADEMIC (PROF. FURGIUELE) RESIDENTIAL ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS 2,000 SF INDIVIDUAL WORK NY STATE IDEA
The Adirondack house is a live/ work space for an artist. The design is generated from notions of memory, manipulation, and discovery. The house is composed of four volumes each appearing similarly from a determined view point, but upon experiencing the space each volume reveals its own, unique qualities. This dual nature of each volume was achieved through a process of massing, photographing, and re-massing from the collapsed perspective of the photograph resulting in the distortion inherent in the translation from 3d to 2d and back again. Thusly the house becomes a catalogue of its own memory in the same way the artist’s work is a glimpse into his/her past thoughts. The Adirondack House also is designed to confront extreme environmental factors such as a steeply sloped site and the need to control natural light in both the winter and summer.
Summer
Winter
Work space
Kitchen
Living room
Meeting room
Library
Bedroom
Exibition space
DIA MUSEUM
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DIA MUSUEM ACADEMIC (PROF. BERMAN) MUSEUM WEST HARLEM,NYC 30,000 SF INDIVIDUAL WORK DIA IDEA
A common misunderstanding is that the Manhattan grid is aligned with true north. In actuality, the grid is rotated 29 degrees to the east and creates an interesting spatial overlay that this museum exploits. The museum grows out of a rectangular lot aligned with the Manhattan grid and is a slow, circular path of observation where connections are made through the use of ramps. This initial system is interrupted by an atrium and secondary system of circulation oriented toward true north and cutting slabs and galleries at a 29 degree angle. These diagonal fast paths serve as shortcuts between varying programs and pierce the exterior walls to become vantage points back to the city. Inside the museum the user becomes lost in a whirlwind of complex geometry and these vantage points allow him to become conscious of the dual geometric catalyst.
THE STOREFRONT
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OFFICE OF DEMAND OFFICE ACADEMIC (PROF. STIGSGAARD) BY DAY OFFICES STOREFRONT STUDIO SPACE TERRACE SOHO, NYC TERRACE 20,000 SF STOREFRONT SITTING (Zev Horowitz_Mike Warshaw) TEAMWORK AREA NEW YORK CITY IDEA ROOF
STUDIO SPACE
CAFE LOUNGE
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CAFE LOUNGE
STUDIO SPACE
TERRACE
OFFICE BY DAY
STOREFRONT
TERRACE
STOREFRONT
SITTING AREA
“The Storefront” is a proposed six-story building located on Lafayette street between Great Jones and Bond Streets that will be outfitted with approximately 20,000 square feet of medium- to long-term offices or works-spaces that cater specifically to the professional design trades (ie: architects, interior designers, graphic designers, etc). The driving organizational strategy of the design is the extension of the sidewalk into and through the building, creating a “storefront” condition at many of the offices. Through a series of amenities spaces, including a café, gym, and landscaped terraces, the public will be drawn along this path where they will discover these small businesses. Additionally, those renting the offices will utilize the path as a circulation route to reach the amenities and by doing so, experience chance encounters and foster collaborative work environment.
RED HOOK BROOKLYN
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RED HOOK HOUSES ACADEMIC (PROF. CHENG) PUBLIC HOUSING BROOKLYN, NYC MASTERPLAN TEAMWORK (Zev Horowitz) NY CITY IDEA
Red Hook, a post-industrial neighborhood in Brooklyn, is a programmatically stratified place rich in potential, but still a ghost of its former self. The challenge for this project was to unify multiply aspects of the urban fabric by reorganizing the master plan around two hookshaped arteries which overlap in the neighborhood’s center. One artery is the extension of the green way which begins to the north at Brooklyn Bridge Park and the other is an extension of the commercial district- simultaneously a remnant of Red Hook’s past and key to its future. Eventually the two arteries overlap and pull back from the water’s edge deeper into the neighborhood creating a new, invigorated center. The new center is also intersected by smaller, rezoned bands of program, namely, commercial, institutional and industrial zones, which connect the Red Hook Houses, a low income housing project, to the new center. Previously, the Red Hook Houses were both programmatically and geographically isolated and highly problematic.
RED HOOK HOUSES
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RED HOOK HOUSES ACADEMIC (PROF. CHENG) PUBLIC HOUSING BROOKLYN, NYC MASTERPLAN TEAMWORK ( Zev Horowitz) 180,000 SF IDEA
Re-in visioning the Red Hook Houses was a continuation of the initial investigation and response to the master planning of the neighborhood. Previously isolated, the Red Hook Houses were redesigned to combat existing social, economic and programmatic problems. First the nine blocks of housing were reprogrammed in a way to produce subtle differentiation in order to address the stark homogeneity of before. Each individual block was then re-landscaped to produce a softer, more environmentally friendly structure. Finally, the interiors of the Red Hook Houses were re-conceptualized with a greater range of apartments seeking to attract a more economically diverse clientele. The tightly packed arrangement was then interrupted by new circulation paths that pushed, pulled and ultimately transformed the face of the houses. As a result, the Red Hook Houses would become a more diverse, more pleasant place to live and would play a pivotal role in the success of the proposed master plan simultaneously developed.
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PROGRAM BAR
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BORGO CORNALESE ACADEMIC (PROF. PALMA/OCCELLI) CO-HOUSING BORGO CORNALESE, TORINO, ITALY 45,000 SF TEAMWORK (S.Battezzati_D.Campobenedetto) TOWN OF TORINO IDEA
Borgo Cornalese Prof. Chiara Occelli-Riccardo Palma
This project is located in Borgo Cornalese, a suburb of This project takes place in Borgo Cornalese, in the Hamlet province of Turin. The purpose of the design is for the buildings to become a new centre of interest for the community of the area. The Farmstead of Borgo Turin,abandoned Italy. The purpose ofthe parks the design is fortothis transform Cornalese is supposed to become the “door” for all of present around it. The design work can be characterized by an urban style in which the students of architecture started to study the surrounding territory and abandoned into aWithin new cultural center forthatthe from studying this buildings land, the idea of the project was born. the park there are many lakes that are near paths lead to and connect each of the lakes. The circularity of the paths around the lakes contributed to the overall idea for the work and the aim became toFarmstead try to unify all of the buildings a long balcony that runsto alongside the two as a community. This iswithintended serve featured court yards. Also, on the same level it is important to note that the main two paths inside the two farmsteads become the paths of the design for the park. Every building is modified and at the same time protected. After an gateway to the surrounding nature preserve. Analysis accurate study of the structure, sometimes it was possible to use the same facade and it was added to the buildings’ few new shapes and structures. Instead in the other building of the farmstead the exterior shape is kept only for revealed in function the ispark there arestylemany whose appearance that and the structural totally committed to a new interior that includeslakes steel with a panel of glass. All of these buildings and designs have been confirmed by calculus and structural graphs in order to guarantee borders connect areas open green space. The circuthat the project is completely feasible from anof engineering standpoint. Borgo Cornalese larity of the paths around the lakes inspirited the circuProf. Chiara Occelli-Riccardo Palma lation inside the courtyard of our new community cenThis project takes place in Borgo Cornalese, in the Hamlet province of Turin. The purpose of the design is for the ter. The two primary paths of the preserve become the abandoned buildings to become a new centre of interest for the community of the area. The Farmstead of Borgo Cornalese is supposed to become the “door” for all of the parks present around it. The design for this work can be Cornalese circulation inof architecture the building creating a series of balconies characterized by an urban style in which the students started toBorgo study the surrounding territory and from studying this land, the idea of the project was born. Within the park there are many lakes that are near paths that lead to and connect eachand of the lakes. The circularity of the that paths around the lakes contributedall to the of overallthe idea for varying programs corridors connect the work and the aim became to try to unify all of the buildings with a long balcony that runs alongside the two featured court yards. Also, on the same level it is important to note After that the main two paths intensive inside the two farmsteadsstructural study it and courtyards. an Prof. Chiara Occelli-Riccardo Palma become the paths of the design for the park. Every building is modified and at the same time protected. After an accurate study of the structure, sometimes it was possible to use the same facade and it was added to the buildings’ was possible to re-design all the spaces and to merge few new shapes and structures. Instead in the other building of the farmstead the exterior shape is kept only for appearance and the structural function is totally committed to a new interior style that includes steel with a panel of a andmodern architecture with historical heritage of glass. All of these buildings designs have been confirmed by calculus and structural graphs inthe order to guarantee This project takes place in Borgo Cornalese, in the Ham that the project is completely feasible from an engineering standpoint. the site. abandoned buildings to become a new centre of interes
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OBA
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OBA OBSERVATORY COMPETITION HOSPITALITY ROVENIEMI, FINLAND 8,500 SF TIMOTHY MIRON ARCHMEDIUM IDEA
Charged with designing an observatory for the aurora borealis in Roveniemi, Finland, we sought to maximize the human experience with a minimal environmental impact. The proposed observatory complex latches on to an existing biking trail, which informs the shape of the building. The observatory is detaches and positioned at the trail’s terminus as a modern day temple to nature. Visitors can choose to travel straight to the observatory, by passing the oasis or take advantage of its many functions include a sauna and social area, a planetarium dedicated to understand the science of the aurora borealis, a restaurant and rooftop overlook offering sweeping views of the natural landscape and the city of Rovaniemi. The observatory is a simple structure with no function other than sheltering patrons from the arctic weather.
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B3_PROTOTYPE
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B3_PROTOTYPE COMMISSION FORNITURE NEW YORK CITY / SFDS / BUILT
This bookshelf was an exploration of digital joinery as it assembles without glue or fasteners. This was achieved by implementing a CNC specific version of a traditional dovetail joint. It was designed in such a way that the cross brace created a void large enough for a seated person to fit inside while maintaining structural integrity. The material used was one sheet of 3/4� birch plywood.
HARMONY
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B
This installation sought to highlight the fundamental properties of light with modern digital fabrication techniques. Using Maya a tree-like form was developed that began at separate light fixtures, each branch having its own pattern, and cascaded toward the floor where the patterns overlapped creating a more opaque skin. The patterns were customized using Rhinoceros with the Grasshopper plug-in to minimize the necessary manual assembly time. PANEL A
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HARMONY ACADEMIC (PROF. M. SZIVOS) INSTALLATION NEW YORK CITY / TEAMWORK (Zev Horowitz) / BUILT
PANEL B
PANEL A + PANEL B
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About_ I am a designer in New York City with a Master’s degree in Architecture. International work and study combined with personal design experimentation have informed and deepened my fascination in architecture and its potential to create sensibilities unique to site and situation. I have studied, worked and lived in different countries each giving me new experiences and tools. Italy taught to me the importance of site considerations, attention to the community, and the re-use of existing buildings. In Spain I developed the capacity to be innovative and experimental through drawing and abstract exercises. The United States extended my knowledge in new technologies, advanced computing techniques, and the relationship between architecture and related fields such as art, philosophy and engineering. Beyond scholastic endeavors, I have travelled widely including time spent in Europe, Asia, Africa and the United States learning about different cultures and ways to approach architecture. These experiences have helped me develop a diverse understanding of design approaches and informed the way that I think about architecture. I believe that each site has a uniqueness that must be enhanced by architecture and at the same time, architecture has a need to create uniqueness in the site though innovation and experimentation.
Francesca Bucci Vernizzi Architectural Designer francescabuccivernizzi@gmail.com Online Portfolio http://issuu.com/francesca_bucci_vernizzi/docs/portfolio_2013 Website http://francescabucciverniz.wix.com/fran-buccivernizzi