ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Isthar Costa
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Who I am Always inclined to observe and experiment, I tackle all the challenges and opportunities presented to me with great passion, dedication and spirit of adventure. Whether I need to think about abstract concepts or apply ideas to something concrete I try to give my best, always welcoming and appreciating the contributions of others in group experiences with great interest. Moreover I adopt as much as possible a purposeful and creative spirit on every occasion, day after day.
Table of content Design project 5. Home of Generation in Lisbon, Francis Kéré
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Design project 3. Public building in Padova’s city center
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Atelier Heritage. Kintsugi: Ischia as fragment and union
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Urban Planning. Padova’s train station area development
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WS Urban Design. Peri-Urban design in Hong-Kong
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Design project 4. Mile-Ex double nature, Gilles Saucier
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Restoration studio. The limit: Rovigo’s Former Psichiatric Hospital
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WS Syria. The making of the future, Solano Benitez
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WS Living Venice, Manuel Aires Mateus
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WS OCOCOLOV, Community center in Aboduam, Ghana
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Artwork production, Artbus IP
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Internship, Bernard Dubois
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Extra
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Experiences Design
- WS OCOCOLOV. Aboduam, Ghana October 2021 with Emergency
- WS Peri-Urban design in HK
October 2018, CityU of Hong Kong
- WS Valentina Cristini September 2017
- WS Solano Benitez July 2017
- WS Leonard Grosh (Stusio LOIDL) July 2016
- WS Iñaqui Carnicero September 2015
- WS Manuel Aires Mateus July 2015 at Università Iuav di Venezia
Work - Architecture Internship
Bernard Dubois Architects March - September 2018
- Artworks production manager Artbus IP
February 2021 - March 2021
- University Engagment
Università Iuav di Venezia
January 2015 - January 2021 director and various creative roles
- Other work experiences since 2011 different fields and positions
- Itinerant seminar Villard. 18 November 2016 - July 2017
- Self Build WS. Evoking landscapes
Education
- Competition for arch. students Carpineto Mountain Refugee
- Master
October 2016 with Iuav Alumni
October 2015 - partecipation
Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy October 2018 - present
- Erasmus
TU München, Germany
October 2019 - September 2020
Achievements - Oskar von Miller Forum Scholarship for excellence
- Banca Prealpi and EBAV
Scholarships for academic results
- Villard 18 and OCOCOLOV First prize in competitions
McGill University, Canada January 2019 - May 2019
- Bachelor
Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy
October 2014 - July 2018 Graduation grade 108/110
- Erasmus
Université de Liège, Belgium February - June 2016
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Home of Generation Elderly housing in Lisbon The project is an opportunity to create a retreat for the elderly that live in the historic neighbourhood of São Vicente in Lisbon and that are affected by the dramatic increase in rental prices. Climate, light and context weave in a sitespecific design, engaging the community.
Design Studio, TUM. Prof. Francis Kéré
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Un caffè a padova Public building in Padova’s city center An architectural element conceived as a raw concrete sheet that folds and cuts itself; adapts to the context and the functional needs, find a contact with the three building that became as a result no more isolated entities but, instead, a unified organism.
Design Studio, Iuav. Prof. Serena Maffioletti, Dario Trabucco
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Ischia, fragment and union Revitalization of the Ischia Porto seaside The project operates via an analysis of the present city to find ways to improve people’s life without damaging the historical fabric. The former prison by the sea and the ancient cathedral in the castle complex are given central attention in the project thanks to public new functions.
Restoration Studio Iuav. Prof. M. Piana, F. De Maio, L. Berto
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Brains on Bike Resiliant urban regeneration in Padova The district between train/bus stations and the university center located on the bank of the Piovego canal was given new functions at the service of students. At the same time the planning strategy envisages founding actions those linked to climate change and urban resilience.
Urban Design Studio, Iuav. Prof. Francesco Musco
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Peri-Urban design in Hong-Kong Land recycling as design and planning strategy for healthy cities The strategy has the single person at its core. Shifting from a number based design principle to a human needs attention. The assumption that moves and forges our strategy is that no city can be healthy if the people that live in it are not considered as such.
Workshop, Hong-Kong. present population increase future estate surplus risk
7,3mln
2016
8,2mln
2038
2047
age composition change living and services tipology change
7,7mln
2066
16%
65+
34%
73%
15-64
58%
11%
0-14
8%
2016
2038
2047
2066
competence related migration increase living standard and reduce costs
44,8k
inflow
43,1k
22,8k
outflow
13,9k
2016
2038
2047
2066
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Mile-Ex double nature Artificial Intelligence Research & Art Production Center in Montreal The project aims to bring together the two forces that describes Mile-ex. This is on of the most fast changing neighborhood in Montreal. The tension between the underground art scene and the emerging high-tech AI industry meet in the perfectly balanced half underground, half beneath the ground building.
Design Studio, McGill. Prof. Gilles Saucier
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The Limit Restoration of the Rovigo’s Former Psichiatric Hospital Thirty spokes share the wheel’s hub; It is the center hole that makes it useful. Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room; It is the holes which make it useful. Therefore profit comes from what is there; Usefulness from what is not there. Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu Restoration Studio, Iuav. Prof. Emanuela Sorbo
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Syria. The making of the future Rebuilding villages: Nahlaya Out of 1,000 houses, over 50% have been partially damaged, many severely damaged, a few buildings totally destroyed and 50 houses completely burned to the ground. The majority of the buildings are used by families, even the severely damaged ones as shelters.
WAVe, Iuav. Arch. Solano Benitez
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Living Venice Building a house with 5 spaces Spaces: a place for water, the bath a place to rest, the bedroom a place to study, the library a place to cook and eat, kitchen, dining room a place to share, the living room.
WAVe, Iuav. Arch Manuel Aires Mateus
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Bio-Loop Community centre in Aboduam, Ghana Bio loop is a project based on the concept of circularity in terms of life cycle and geometry. The layout of the buildings in the area creates views and public landscapes that allow you to enjoy the space in complete freedom. Bio-loop therefore aims to build, together with architecture, an informed and participatory community in continuous growth. Workshop, ASF Veneto. Prof. Flavia Vaccher
WATER STORAGE
CLAY
PROCESSING
BRICKS
PROCESSING
BAMBOO RODS
BAMBOO
RAIN WATER
BUILDINGS
MICRO WIND AIR
DRINKING WATER
FILTERING
AGRICOLTURE
VENTILATION
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Artwork production managment Project manager Artbus is an art production and consultancy company which specialises in commissioned works of art. It deals with all stages of production, from the design to the final product. Innovative technologies and techniques are used to shape art from various materials such as metals, marbles, wood, glass and plastic.
Job position. Artbus IP
Process
artist idea Nicolas Party
3D scanning, 3D modeling, materiality study, feasability research, production-ready adaptation
craftspeople and workshops research and dialogue, process verification, quality checks
artwork design
artwork production
Finok
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Alicja Kwade
artworks handling outline, transportation packaging design and production, compliance coordination
artwork shipment
Alicja Kwade
artwork assemply, surface treatment, further manipulation and intervention, staging
artist intervention
final artwork
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Materiality and lightness Architecture intern Experimenting interiors composition, the furniture design and the conception of minimal pavillion. A meting between architecture, fashion and photography looking for a material lightness capable of being inspired by historical model to be future proof.
Internship. Bernard Dubois Architects
Icicle, Paris
HIT radio, Rabat
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Aesop, Brussels
PNY - FSA, Paris
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Extra Hobbies and more During the years at university I dedicated timo to other passion, some closly connected to architecture, other complitly disconnected. Among them: - Model making - Wood construction - Exhibition design - Publication editor - Videomaking - Volunteering
Model making
Construction
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Videomaking
Exhibition design
Publication editor
Isthar Costa arch@istharcosta.com +39 329 1083495