FRANCESCO TRAVAGLINI PORTFOLIO 2017
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Contacts, about me, education, work experience, skills, certifications (p. 4).
Architecture:
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IN BETWEEN CITIES
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Research and urban requalification between Rimini and Riccione. Sustainability, biological preservation, green economy, landscape in movement (p. 6).
THE SACRED WELL
A sacred architecture for Tanaf, a village situated in Senegal. Sustainability, local material, recycling, self-build, low technology (p. 18).
Furnishing, photography:
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RECYCLED BED
Bed frame made of recycled pallets. Sustainability, recycling, green economy, self-build, low technology (p. 26).
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ULTIMA SPIAGGIA
A photobook about the area between Rimini and Riccione (p. 32). Landscape photography, territory documentation.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
CONTACTS
Name: Francesco Travaglini Adress: 7 Via Maroncelli, Riccione (RN), 47838, Italy Phone: +39 3462344791 E-mail: francesco.travaglini91@gmail.com
ABOUT ME
I’m a 26-years-old Italian graduate in architecture. I’m interested in a working experience abroad to improve my English and learn new ways to approach architectural design in other countries. In particular, I am interested in sustainable architecture.
EDUCATION
SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL A. VOLTA Riccione (RN), Italy, 2005 - 2010 Degree: (70/100) ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA - Architecture Cesena (FC), Italy, 2010 - 2016 Degree: Graduated (101/110)
CERTIFICATION
Official certificate McNeel Rhinoceros Milan, Italy, 2017
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WORK EXPERIENCE
- Secretary at Municipality of Riccione Riccione (RN), Italy, 2009 - Public relation at Narciso, Floop, Wave Music Boat Riccione (RN), Italy, 2012-2014 - Architect at Studio Lepri Architetti Associati Software: Autodesk AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop Riccione (RN), Italy, 2014 - Graphic designer and photographer at Flamingo Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom Riccione (RN), Italy, 2015-2017
SKILLS
Languages
- Italian (mother tongue) - English (B1)
Software
- Microsoft Office - Adobe Photoshop - Adobe InDesign - Adobe Lightroom - Autodesk AutoCAD - Autodesk Revit - SketchUp - Rhinoceros - Maxon Cinema 4D - V-Ray
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IN BETWEEN CITIES Final Thesys Laboratory “Figure di Spazi Urbani” 2015-2016 Landscape characters The project area is situated between the towns of Rimini and Riccione. “In between cities” is also the title of a photobook made by Guido Guidi, an internationally renowned Italian photographer of marginal places. The area borders the Adriatic Sea on one side, and the countryside on the other. Along the 22 km of Rimini district coastline, this area represents the last non-urbanized stretch of coast. The studies made by the italian biologist Loris Bagli showed that this situation has favored the preservation of psammophile vegetation (plants that live in sandy areas), which have disappeared in the rest of the coast. Hence, the choice to design an urban park, serving as a natural reserve for all the biological species, in line with the thought of the French biologist Gilles Clément. Furthermore, the project area is divided into several sections by roads and a railway which connect the cities. The purpose of the project is to restore the original continuity between the countryside and the sea. Urban requalification Referring to the English architects Alison and Peter Smithson, the approach to this project is the cluster. A system of cycle and pedestrian paths connects the parts in which the area is divided. It develops along a water system: it avoids the preexisting trees and redraws the municipal boundary of the two cities; a border that connects instead of dividing. Two aspects of this system have been studied: - Aggregation cluster: a place of aggregation near the largest lake, equipped with sittings distributed into small squares and views on the water system. It also presents a wooden pavilion. It’s a multi-functional structure, which has the possibility of changing its location and function throughout the project life. Therefore, this project can change its setting according to the needs of the moment. Evolving with the landscape, it recalls the “Landscape in movement”, also called “Third landscape”, theorized by Clément. - Overcoming barriers: at the points where the cycle and pedestrian system meet the road and the rail, some subways were designed to reconnect the different parts of the area. In particular, each passage is composed of two cycle and pedestrian subways and one biological subway. The latter element is inspired by Clément theories on communicating vacuoles. This creates a real biological continuity of the countryside with the sea. Cesena (FC), Italy, 2015-2016
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STEPS (p. 8)
- Landscape characters
- Urban requalification:
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- Views
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Psammophile vegetation (Pictures taken from the web)
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URBAN REQUALIFICATION
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MASTERPLAN Water system: a border that connects instead of dividing
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Aggregation cluster
Overcoming barrers
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SECTIONS
SEZIONE A-A'
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THE SACRED WELL Kaira Looro International Architecture Competition 2017 The purpose of that challenge is to project a sacred architecture, sustainable and culturally-driven for Tanaf, a village situated in Senegal. That place is poor of materials and high technology. The problem of saltwater intrusion of the river Casamance and the progressive advancement of the Sahel cause an increasing need for water. The purpose of the project is to maximize the usable area to collect much rain water as possible, that is concentrated in a few months a year. In a land characterized by a social, cultural and religious cuisinage, the work becomes a study about the Syncretism in architecture through a typologic and structural adaptation process: an hybrid system composed by an impluvium roof that comes from the tradition circular Casamance’s houses and an orthogonal settlement system that refers to the Islamic culture. The building is a place of worship, socialization experienced by the community. Hence the need to project a large space divided into juxtaposed modular units usable in case of necessity as emergency hospital rooms. The inner courtyard, as usual local living culture, becomes a collective space for worship, meeting and feasts. The project is studied in compatibility with the materials available on the local market and on the basis of the availability of manpower, linked to seasonal work. The local population’s natural predisposition to self-construction suggests, in respect of principle of simplicity and economic intervention, little changes in the traditional constructive system. The process is divided in two phases: shell and inner subdivision. Roof structure and vertical elements are made by widespread palm wood. Connections are made by tying with rope, inspired by roman knot Fibula. Last step is composed by the completion of building with the construction of wall according to traditional methods made by mud bricks finished by a clay based coat. The module ventilation is entrusted by a passive system made by reused waste as plastic bottles interposed between the bricks. The drying process takes place in the shady courtyard, before the laying of laterite paving. A building that grows from the ground that generates it. Pinarella (RA), Italy, 2017
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RECYCLED BED A friend who needs a bed This project is born by the need for a new bed frame by a friend of mine. Hence the decision to undertake a little sustainability and recycling experiment, self-building the product in a low technology way: a bed frame made of recycled pallets. The first step is to buy 9 used but structurally intact pallets (80x120 cm), and carry them with two cars from the seller to home. At this point pallets are subjected to sanding by using the sanding machine, then they are cleaned with compressed air and finally they are treated with a special spray for wood. The pallets are left to dry and then varnished. Subsequently they are left to dry and varnished for the second time, to increase their protection against external agents. The next step is the assembly of the pallets, which are assembled into two groups of 4 pieces each. It generates two bed bases, which are then superimposed. Horizontal assembly is carried out using screws and metal screeds, while the vertical one is performed by long nails. The remaining pallet is cut with a saw and assembled through screws and metal plates to the top of the bed, forming the headboard of the bed. Finally, LED stripes with different adjustable colors are fixed between the axes of the pallets to create attractive lighting effects. Riccione (RN), Italy, 2017
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ULTIMA SPIAGGIA A photobook about the area between Rimini and Riccione It’s a year-long work inspired by American landscape photographers, which has taken place from October 2015 to October 2016. This photographic project has been used as an investigative tool in the marginal area between the towns of Rimini and Riccione for the project In Between Cities (p. 6). The term “Ultima Spiaggia” is an Italian word-play that means literally “last beach”, but also “last chance”. In fact, this area represents the last beach escaped to urbanization, but at the same time it’s a planning chance, that can change the relationships between the cities. Urban planning takes inspiration from this work; walking through deserted roads, sandy clearings, abandoned buildings, looking for the soul of this melancholic nowhere territory. Riccione / Rimini (RN), Italy, 2015-2016
The entire collection is available on the websites: - https://issuu.com/francescotravaglini2/docs/album_12 - http://traviaetor.wixsite.com/francescotravaglini Below a selection of samples from the photobook.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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