ARCH. GILBERTO GOLLA CV and Portfolio
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Curriculum Vitae
INFO
EDUCATION
Born in Turin, Italy, 12/08/1991
SEPTEMBER 2011_MARCH 2015 Bachelor in Building Architecture at Politecnico di Milano
Italian Nationality Current Address: Carrer Dr.Dou 4 - 08001 Barcelona - Spain Email address: golla.gilberto@gmail.com
SEPTEMBER 2012 _JUNE 2013 Erasmus Porgramme at CVUT, Czech Technical University of Prague
Phone Numbers: +39 340 3193737 (IT) +34 631 237630 (SP)
SEPTEMBER 2015_JULY 2017 Master Degree in Architecture and Sustainability at KU Leuven, Campus Sint-lucas, Gent, Belgium
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilbertogolla/
SKILLS
Portfolio and thesis: https://issuu.com/ gilbertogolla
Languages
EXPERIENCE MAY 2018_SEPTEMBER 2018 FREELANCER ARCHITECT AT UNICA, BARCELONA, SPAIN Concept design, final design and 3D modeling for Portofino Resort project in Dubai, UAE. Minor design and drawing tasks for Swiss Island and Floating Venice projects in Dubai, UAE. ________________ JANUARY 2018_MARCH2018 INTERNSHIP AT STUDIO BLAU, BARCELONA, SPAIN Preliminary design for the Masterplan of Amstetten 2020, Austria, urban research, models and visualizations. ________________ MAY 2015_JULY 2015 INTERNSHIP AT STUDIO LIBESKIND, MILAN, ITALY Sections, plans, visualisations and maquettes for the project of Tor di Valle, Rome.Executive drawings for the City Life skyscraper in Milan. ________________ SEPTEMBER 2014_NOVEMBER 2014 INTERNSHIP AT RECCHI ENGINEERING, TURIN, ITALY Design and building supervision for the restyling of an office building for Finmeccanica in Genoa. Preliminary design for the renovation of a building for Beni Stabili in Turin. Project Management/High Surveillance for two construction yards in Milan and Turin.
Italian English Spanish German
Softwares AutoCAD Revit 3DS Max SketchUp Photoshop In Design Flash Illustrator
Selected Works
To Work Under The Sun
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La Spezia, 3rd place design for competition. IT
Portofino Resort
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Dubai, Final design for UNICA. ES
The Frame, Flexible Architecture
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Gent, Thesis project. BE
The Stepping Village
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Gent, Design Studio project. BE
Roof Patch
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Gent, Design Studio project. BE
Grow-up LAB Gent, Zero Impact Building course project. BE
La Salvadera San Jose, Costa Rica, Atelier Sud project. BE
Hoboken Densification Antwerp, Design Studio project. BE
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To Work Under The Sun La Spezia, 3rd place design for competition. IT The competition brief challenged us with the renovation of a former cinema in the historical city of La Spezia to be converted into a co-working space. An important element for this project, contrary to the original essence of the building as a cinema, is the sun and its light. The sun is a feature that can also be seen in the sinuous shapes of the design such as the circular hollow and staircase above the stage, the filtration wall at the entrance and the custom-made tables. Nonetheless the main focus was to provide sufficient natural light inside the building and ithas been achieved mostly through the placement of several skylights on the existing roof and the removal of the physical barriers that blocked the light coming from the main street. The identity of the cinema is preserved by adapting both the stage and the platea to the new use and providing a certain degree of flexibility to the spaces. January 2019 6
Perspective sections
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Renders of the co-working space
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Portofino Resort Dubai, Final design for UNICA. ES One of the first resorts to be built on “The World” islands in Dubai for a larger Masterplan called “The Heart of Europe”, aimed to bring luxurious holiday destinations inspired by some of the most notable locations of Europe. This resort references the Italian city of Portofino with its colorful facades, its porches, its arches and an ovreall Mediterranean atmosphere. It offers a large marina, first-class restaurants, a panoramic Sky Lounge and a Spa for women only. My duties involved mostly the design and 3D modeling of the Presidential Suite on the 5th floor and the Sky Lounge between the 5th and 6th floor. What I am showing in the next pages are renders made by various external companies through the 3D models made by me.
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Renders of the Presidential Suite (rendering made by external company)
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Renders of the Master Bedroom and the Shisha Bar (rendering made by external company)
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Renders of the Spa on the 6th floor (rendering made by external company)
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The Frame, Flexible Architecture Gent, Thesis project. BE In the context of Gantopia, a new sustainable neighbourhood in the area of Dampoort, Gent, we have collectively researched, developed and questioned the key elements for its creation. My personal design focuses on the research and application of flexibility concepts in different layers according to their relation with the public environment. It is a multi-functional adaptable building, where the ground floor, due to the highest exposure to urban, social and economical changes, is not enclosed by walls but open to host temporary activities of all sorts. The first floor is proportioned to host industrial/ exhibition functions with a high level of adaptability due to modular dry-constructed elements adjustable on a fine grid. The upper layers are an ever changing system of housing. July 2017 14
Detailed perspective section
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Courtyard view Weather visualisation
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ASSEMBLAGE SEQUENCE
HANGING MEZZANINE
ASSEMBLAGE SEQUENCE
HANGING MEZZANINE
floor tiles servant modules flooring supports insulation facade modules
guides’ connections steel guides
prefabricated fixture
Interior view Constructive axonometry
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TERRACES
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MODULES ASSEMBLAGE
TOWERS
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ROOF VILLAGE
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CONTINUOUS FLOW
INDEPENDENT BOXES
CLUSTERS
FULL DEVELOPMENT
SPONTANEOUS BOXES
FREE FLOW/EVENTS
FIXED TO STRUCTURE/SEMI-PERMANENT
HYBRID SYSTEM
Masterplan Variation schemes
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Model pictures
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The Stepping Village Gent, Design Studio project. BE Through the analysis of a case study: Asnago and Vender’s multifunctional building in Milan and deep researches on the topics of stacking, modularity and flows, I came to the design of the Stepping Village. Facing the challenge of bringing industry inside the city borders and merging it with residential activities, I opted for a terraced main block on top of which small row-houses-like dwellings spread within a pre-determined grid but with large development options. The idea is to recreate the environment of a small town where the hilly terrain is given by the industrial layer underneath while on top of it a more slow-paced and silent atmosphere takes place. Diagonal lifts and windy stairways create pedestrian axis above while a gallery on the ground level gives access to small cargo-trains for the delivery of materials.
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Detailed perspective sections
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Stacking experiments Housing modules Atmosphere sketches
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Section Facades View and model picture
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Detailed facade and section
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Roof Patch Gent, Design Studio project. BE Within the structure of an abandoned industrial building along the former harbour of Gent I have created a design with a large number of functions and activities. The main element is the allocation of three large greenhouses lifted up beneath the former roof, acting both as a productive centre of edible vegetables and as a skylight, bringing diffused light to the level below. On the ground floor the building is divided in two: on one side rigid borders define the spaces for a food market, canteen, common kitchen and coworking space with a gallery crossing through; on the other side greenery merges with clusters of modular shelters and common areas for the temporary residence of refugees, travellers and the re-integration of homeless people.
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Perspective section
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Interior view Axonometric section
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Masterplan insertion Zoom-in plans
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Grow-up LAB Gent, Zero Impact Building course project. BE For this course we had to design a passive building, possibly with more outputs than inputs as results of our design choices. This proposal is an educational greenhouse, meaning that the greenhouse is joint with research facilities allowing for the experimentation of indoor farming techniques (such as hydroponics, aeroponics... etc) and showcasing them to the local population and students. A careful study for the passive heating and cooling of the building has been made, using the flows of hot air, the water harvested from the nearby canal and the thermal mass properties of the concrete slabs to manage the temperature and humidity of the greenhouse and the research facility, which have very different requirements.
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Functional scheme Climate sections
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Interior view
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Variation interior views
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La Salvadera San Jose, Costa Rica, Atelier Sud project. BE Small intervention in a public garden in Costa Rica’s capital, the aim is to provide shade and cover during rainy days. It is modular and designed with local timber, the sandbox in the middle is both a playground and a filter for the rainwater which can then be pumped manually.
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Section View
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Functional section Instructions
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Hoboken Densification Antwerp, Design Studio project. BE With the rapid growth of the population of Antwerp a densification of the residential outskirts of the city is required. My design starts with the re-qualification of one of the main infrastructural axis that lead to the city centre through the intensification of public transportation over cars and the expansion of green areas in favour of a more welcoming urban environment. On the crossing of two main roads I have designed a new dense residential area made of three buildings in two different typologies: two line buildings with open ground floor, apartments on three levels and a lowered green square beneath them; one tower building standing from a structural core with a public rampart and a solar-powered roof for markets and temporary events.
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Night view Masterplan
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Street sketch Facades Section
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Interior views Apartment plans External view
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Detailed sections
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Extra
The Frame
Reflection paper for my thesis:
2017
https://issuu.com/gilbertogolla/docs/ reflection_paper_compressed
Participation to IFAC 2017 (Internation festival of art and construction):
2017
https://drive.google.com/file/ d/0B8FsBp9wZU5ITEdvOWJYeEZuanc/view
Videos Faking Knowledge, Satirical act on Architectural education: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=xp3gDJt_9T4&t=111s It’s time, 2D animation on the history of architecture: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=5BhhUDT5g84 Prague Ribbon Project, 3D conceptual animation: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=pRi8VEh0WCg
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2016
2014
2013
E-mail: golla.gilberto@gmail.com Skype: Gilberto Golla Tel: +39 340 3193737 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilberto-golla/
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