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Letizia Soncini
l e t i z i a Soncini contact Route de Suzini, Cayenne, French Guiana +39 349 3409226 soncini.letizia.92@gmail.com
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a b o u t I graduated magna cum laude in February 2017 after five years of studying between Ferrara and Curitiba. In Brasil I developed my master thesis in urban planning, with a project that propose urban redevelopment strategies for the neighborhoods of Rebouças. Prado Velho e Jardim Botãnico in the horizon 2030. Architecture includes many different fields and disciplines from wich I would like to learn as much as they can offer. And this is why in the last years I worked at ARA Architecture in French Guiana and I did internships with both brazilian, portuguese and italian firms, where I developed projetcs in different scales, from interior to urban design.
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Internship at Gres Panaria Portugal. Love Tiles Division. Portugal.2017
Competition project. ARA Architecture. Cayenne.2019
12 Innovative school of Sorbolo Collaboration at Ufficio Progetti Architti Associati. Reggio Emilia2018
14 Liga Mundial de Volley Collaboration at Luiz Volpato Arquiteto. Brasil.2017
44 Graphic projects 46 Castello del Gesso
48 Pò-Pulus
47 Accademia della Mandorla
49 Gruppo Marche
Wine label. Reggio Emilia.2017
Academy for the well being of the body and mind. Reggio Emilia.2017
Museo delle genti di Comacchi.Ferrara.2015 Competition of ideas for a firm’s logo. Ferrara.2015
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Urban regulatory plan. ARA Architecture. Cayenne 2019
15 Downtown area revitalization Master Plan IPPUC. Brasil 2016
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42 TorRE
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38 Palazzo Tassoni
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Ever green
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Brahma Cultural Centre
Pavapuri Guest House
Favela Vila Torre
Mediopadana Statio Reggio Emilia.2016
University of Architecture. Ferrara.2016 Trentino.2012
Rajasthan.2013
Pablo Neruda Houses Isla Negra.Chile.2012
Santa Croce District Reggio Emilia.2015
Zip.Padova.2014
These. Curitiba.Brasil.2017 Ferrara.2014
Curitiba.Brasil Bairro Rebouรงas.2016
Curitiba.Brasil Bairro Jardim Botanico.2016
Student Garten
A gree living experience Bologna.2013
content This portfolio is about my projects, my interests for space, green areas and sustainable architecture. It shows also my attitude for graphic design, which is essential to express whatever ideas. 5 Letizia Soncini portfolio
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I n t e r n and works projects This is a selection of the main works developed during the two years as project architect at ARA Architecture and internships I have done and in my working carrear.
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les melodies de morthium
ARA Architecture Aménagement. Cayenne. French Guiana location Matoury, French Guiana theme Urban regolatory plan team ARA, SECOTEM, BOTANIK PAYSAGE
The “Les mélodies de Morthium” subdivision project is being developed to establish the continuity of the village of Matoury within a rapidly expanding sector, located at the entrance to the city along the rn2. The operation is located on plot no. 132 of the AL section of the municipality’s cadastre. The subdivision of “Mélodies de Morthium” meets the significant need for housing , business premises and shops and offers a particularly attractive location near the center of Matoury. This operation will lead to the creation of approximately 61 dwellings promoting connections between the new reseditential area and the the municipality as well as providing a diversified habitat. The program provides a mix of uses : collective buildings, individual houses, offices and commercial premises. The plan includes: 1 commercial building of approximately 1000 m2, 3 office buildings and several business premises.
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1 Market_950 mq 3 retail buildings 2 apartments complexes_two-storey
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The central square connects the existing urban fabric to the new project. Parts of the forest are preserved in the square (and used as large gardeners with benches to sit in the shade) in a game of full and empty spaces, in the same way that in the preserved forest are inserted mineralized spaces used as play areas. To unite the mineral space of the square and the vegetal space of the forest, like an Ariadne’s thread, a serpentine strip of coloured cement is drawn on the ground, along which the whole urban furniture is grouped. It acts as a guiding thread from the city to the natural space and extends along the Morthium crique. Sport activities can be enjoyed under trees’ shade, in particular outdoor bodybuilding and children’s games. The project was designed with the aim of densifying as much as possible (following the program and the needs of the client) the area next to the existing building. The project has allowed to preserve, on the other hand, a large area of forest made available, and therefore “alive” for recreational activities.
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la foncier logement
ARA Architecture Aménagement. Cayenne. French Guiana location Cayenne, French Guiana theme Apartment complex team ARA, SEFIBAT
The location of the 42-unit residence within a specific road and landscaping network in the city of Cayenne (Boulevard Mandela, Canal Laussat), at the entrance to the old center, makes it a very unique urban space. The organization of the entry axis of the “hyper center” city on which the project site is grafted, which is also a local artery of a new “center” district, will have to participate in the offer and the organization of rear quarters, mainly residential. The new composition of the project must therefore meet expectations of urban scales by dealing with the frontality on boulevard Mandela, but it must also announce the entrance to the neighborhood while maintaining porosities with the peripheral neighborhoods, both those located on the other side of the boulevard and those at the back in exclusively residential areas. Two main volumes meet the three urban requirements: frontality on Boulevard Mandela, support for East-West transversality and participation in the rear districts of the boulevard. A third lateral
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innovative school of Sorbolo
Internship at Ufficio Progetti Architetti Associati Bertani & Vezzali. R.E. Italy location Sorbolo, R.E. theme School complex tutor Francesca Vezzali
During my internship at the architects associates bertani & vezzali, I participated in the design and preparation of the material for various public competitions. These include the competition for the innovative school of Sorbolo. (second classified). The call for tenders required the creation of a first and second level school with an adjoining sports center. The studio’s proposal sought to go beyond the simple request to create a school building, we proposed a real “cultural center�, open not only to students but also to the whole community, outside of the purely class timetable. We therefore started with an urban proposal, through the creation of a large pedestrian and cycle path that connects the school with the neighborhoods. The sports center is open to the population for the most diverse disciplines. The school is organized on two levels: the common areas on the first floor and the classrooms on the second. The prefabricated wooden structure and the careful study of natural ventilation make this building environmentally sustainable.
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My house_executive apartment Internship Gres Panaria Portugal_Love Tiles Division location Aveiro Portugal theme Showroom project tutor Catarina Duarte
During the internship at the Gres Panaria Group, the Love Tiles division, I was involved, in collaboration with the Marketing Department, of the drafting of the project for the renovation of the Aveiro showroom. A first part consists in the creation of four environments in which the materials of the new Marble collection, inspired by marble, are proposed. The basic idea is to create spaces connected to each other by the concept of “home�, thus proposing an entrance, a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom. The second part, however, contains the proposal for a larger space where a small apartment was recreated, using the materials of the latest collections, Core, Arena, Tree and Marble again. The themes of these are cement and wood, major protagonists of interior design in the current scenario.
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liga mundial de vĂ´lei 2017 Collaboration Luiz Volpato Arquitetura
l oca ti on Curitiba Brasil them e Volley Arena
During the two months of training at Luiz Volpato Arquitetura, the main project was the world volleyball arena, held in Curitiba in July 2017. I dealt mainly with executive drawings regarding the disposition of entries and exits, both for the public and for the teams, TV and newspapers, and the same for the seats of the stands and for the specific technical rooms. Inside the technical rooms I have carried out the revision of lighting and ventilation systems adapted to the needs of the event. At the project level, I am mainly occupied by the restaurant, which is being built slowly, with the design of a green false ceiling and lighting system.
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downtown area revitalization
Internship Institute for Research and Urban Planning of Curitiba (IPPUC) location Curitiba Brasil theme Urban planning tutor Cèlia Bim
The project we developed during my internship at IPPUC approaches the downtown area revitalization. It has a concept of rethinking the city design, in contrast with the homogeneus landscape. The area was related to a place of great pedestrian circulation, near the public transportation station at Rui Barbosa Square, the traditional XV of November Street, the Emiliano Perneta, Desembargador Westephalen and Voluntario da Patria Streets. These area has only small and low property value buildings with the exeption on the “Museum of Contemporary Art”. Using Master Plan tools, such as Consortium Urban Operation and/or Land Readjustment, we decided the demolition of all the old buildings, and the criation of a new pedestrian square. We recovered the lost surface with the demolitions by creating three new multi-purpose blocks. We also bring the artworks to the urban spaces.
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CURRICULAR PROJECT S In this first part there is a selection of projects developed at the University of Ferrara and at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paranรก. They are projects of different scale and complexity, united by the study of the insertion of the intervention in the urban context and attention to detail.
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TRAÇADOS VERDES location theme team
Curitiba. Brasil Urban Letizia Soncini Marianna Sgarbanti
Curitiba is the main city hall of the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba and capital of the state of Paraná, in the southeastern part of Brazil. In the 1971 the visionary engineer and architect Jamie Lerner becomes Curitiba’s major. His main goal was to build a city that growns and develops depending on its citizens. Curitiba today is worldwide known as the Susteinable City. But reality is very different from what propaganda proclaims. ‘Tracados Verdes’ is a regeneration that starts from the inter-built spaces, abandoned or underused areas, forgets of forgotten cities and pushes. Reorganization of empty buildings and the integration of missing services. New pedestrian and cycling routes, buses preferred for buses, neighborhood spaces, equipped parks, cultural and innovation poles and a greater impetus to local trade are some of the strategies for transforming public spaces, benefiting the neighborhoods in their entirety.
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TRAçADOS VERDES
LOCALIZATION
Regeneration strategies for Rebouças, Prado Velho and Jardim Botânico districts in the 2030s in Curitiba. The project starts from a multi-level analysis, investigating existing problems in mobility, open spaces and built-up areas of the selected area of the Paranaense capital. Plans and projects by ‘Prefeitura’ and private bodies become the basis for building a scenario in the 2030 horizon.
MUNICIPALITY OF CURITIBA
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URBAN LANDSCAPES AND PROBLEMS
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MOBILITY Fast roads no-human spaces pollution
BUILT SPACES
Commercial streats low pedestrian areas undifferentiated commerce
Structural axes lack of cycle spaces high number of incidents
electric bus
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transformation
green abandonments areas facilities transports integration
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OPEN SPACES
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Wide green areas lack of facilities unexploited potencial Traçados verdes
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LIVEABILITY
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Strategies MOBILITY
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AVENIDA SETE DE SETEMBRO
exclusive bike path and pedestrian path.
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creation of an exclusively cycling track; preferred road lane for buses.
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LINHA VERDE
two - lane reduction of the lateral roadways, inserting cycle paths and pedestrian.
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CONSOLIDATION OF THE FAVELA ALONG THE RIVER
AVENIDA MARECHAL FLORIANO PEIXOTO
works connected to the drainage network; placement of the banks; residential interventions.
eliminating a carriageway; insertion of a cycle-pedestrian track.
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AVENIDA PR. AFFONSO CAMARGO
RIGENERATED FAVELA
transforming empty areas into community spaces: urban gardens, play areas, meeting places;
eliminating a carriageway; insertion of a cycle-pedestrian track.
residential interventions.
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pedestrian and bicycle path integrated into the park and preferred lane for electric buses.
NEW USES FOR INDUSTRIAL SHEDS AND PARKS
creating event spaces and Community environment; re-introduction of green areas.
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FACTORIES TRANSFORMATION
valorization of historical importance; re-nationalization in spaces of culture and innovation. CREATION OF A CENTER OPEN TRADE
diversification of trade; extension of the cycle-pedestrian space. IMPROVEMENT OF THE RESIDENTIAL
incentives energy efficiency and the creation of private green spaces.
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OPEN SPACES
RECOVERY OF ABBANDONED AREAS
creation of cycle-pedestrian paths; areas of refreshment and relaxation; care of green spaces and planting. INCREASE OF CONNECTIONS
replacement of bridges in bad conditions; introduction of new points of crossing. RIVITALIZZAZIONE DELLE SPONDE DEL FIUME
water reclamation; care of vegetation on the banks; creating paths.
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WATER FRONT
RECREATIONAL SPACES
FITODEPURATION IN ISLAND
reclamation of the area; creating neighborhood spaces for children and adults.
water purification upstream and downstream of the favela recovery of the riparian vegetation and its integration into the deforested areas
LINEAR PARK
URBAN GARDENS
sports facilities; improvement of cycle-pedestrian paths; leisure areas.
Recovery of the River of the favela Vila das Torres
CREATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD SPACES
SPARE PARTS
parking lots or creation of special spaces on multiple floors; introduction of activities for the inhabitants.
Spaces equipped for leisure
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FITODEPURATION ALONG THE BANKS
recovery of the riparian vegetation and its integration into the deforested areas
NORTH AREA SERVICES
Conversion of station sheds into community spaces
SPORT AREAS
The river becomes a means of developing sports activities.
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TERMINAL CHILE MARECHAL PAIOL THEATRE TECNOPARCO
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TERMINAL RODOFERROVIARIA
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REGENERATION AND INTEGRATION OF THE EXISTING TECNOPARCO: AMPLIFICATION OF CENTRAL CORE
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EXPANTION OF THE IFPR CAMPUS: ANCIENT FACTORY MATE REAL
NOVO REBOUÇAS CULTURAL AND MUSEAL CENTER: EX FACTORY BRAHMA 5 4 3 2 1
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Following a specific analysis of mobility macro-themes, open spaces and built spaces, we came to the elaboration of factual states that represented thecurrent situation of the study area. From these, intervention scenarios have been proposed over a period of about fifteen years. Each scenario corresponds to the intervention strategies applicable in the various situations highlighted in the project area.
For some particularly critical areas, their refunctionalism has been proposed. As a central point for this urban regeneration in becoming there is the creation of a green circuit. The triangle formed by the neighborhoods Rebouรงas Prado Velho and Jardim Botanico presents a variety of abandoned or underused open spaces, whose recovery from life to this new urban attraction.
We have selected as the model the linear park that is created by the closure of Rua Conselheiro Laurindo and alongside the Rua Joao Negrao, subjected also to the latter with modifications such as the introduction of a preferential lane for buses. Among other things, this polluted stretch shows the integration between reclaimed spaces and changes to the public transport system and to the mobile mobility.
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As shown in the schemes within the new green spaces, two paths have been created, a more linear sporting one, and one with more diversified entertainment. 1) For the sporting route we have thought of inserting a children’s playground, sports fields, soccer, basketball, volleyball and tennis; Skatepark for skating and skateboarding, and outdoor gyms. 2) The entertainment route includes rest areas, pie-inc spaces, small event spaces, and areas dedicated to temporary art exhibitions. Finally, the missing servicemen are introduced, such as bus stops integrated with bike-sharing, refreshments, a large sports center and biodiversity greenhouse linked to the river reclamation and regeneration process. The latter can be used as a space related to environmental education and river condition monitoring. The regeneration process of the park extends to the residential fabric by recovering empty spaces, introducing urban gardens and new community activities. In conclusion, we can say that Green Tracados is part of programs to encourage alternative mobility and environmental recovery. We are aware of the fact that today we need to begin to give strength to these policies and to make the population aware of the urgent need to change our way of life beyond the possibilities of plants. Our project is therefore an attempt to create a model within the city of Curitiba for its future sustainable development.
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Cover city life location theme team
Reggio Emilia. Italy Urban rigeneration Letizia Soncini Lisa Pellati Gloria Smecca
The project area is located in the neighborhood of Santa Croce, north of Reggio Emilia. The project area is behind the central station of the city, but it is isolated and poorly connected to the center of this city. This isolation, linked to lack of services and public spaces, has made the neighborhood a fate of “ghetto�. The intervention takes place on four different themes: 1.The road as the fulcrum of retraining was firstly put to the service of pedestrians, going to delimit a 30km zone that would turn it into a big square; 2. The residential front integrated with commercial services 3. the creation of a great compassion that brings together new social services 4. redesigning public green.
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CONTEXT
OBJECTIVE
STRATEGIEs
The presence of different monofunctional tissues and an isolated and closed area to the rest of the neighborhood.
Revitalization of the “Viale Ramazzini� and of the blocks facing it.
Re-use of industrial sheeds for the creation of new commercial and entertainment spaces; 30 km/h area
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PRE-EXISTENCE Presence of an industry partly abandoned and partly for single-use use.
The focus of all the action is the creation of a large solar panel coverage that brings together new services and creates a meeting space and socialization needed to create a new community of neighborhoods; Green becomes the connector element of the project by colonizing the new squares generated by the intervention.
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FUNCTIONS Creating a variety of services differentiated by type and range of users.
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tobacconist’s artisan workshop other SITE PLAN
bar restaurant canteen
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grocery store minimarket Local produce shop
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shoe store / clothing store shop of objects bookstore / stationery
ice-cream shop bakery confectionery
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pub winebar nightclub
florist greenhouse nursery
bed&breakfast tobacconist’s public baths artisan hair dresser workshop other
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STUDY CASE PLANT
SECTION A-A
ELEVATIONS
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Y-CONNECTION WALLS location theme team
Padova. Italy Urban rigeneration Letizia Soncini Lisa Pellati Gloria Smecca
The teme of the intervention is the design of a campus of innovation in the context of the industrial area of Padova. Not only does work functions come up as startup and coworking areas, but also various types of recreational services and areas. The area is also connected with a new park, designed to the side, in irder to allow more leisure for workers, who are offered the opportunity to live within the campus. The walls are the chosen elements for giving uniformity to the intervention. They are not just dead surfaces, but they become the connection between the varios buildings. Theu get up, deform, open, doubled to get in touch with each other and with the worker.
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CONNECTION WALLS
people
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Within the intervention area there are two housing units. These offer studios, two-room apartments and family apartments. There are also rooms for temporary rent and a hotel service.
connections
Two cloisters are dedicated to two towers. Inside there are not only working rooms, but also conference rooms and dining areas. The walls act as entrance to these buildings and support for the suspended path that binds all the built.
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Buildings intended for the business incubator occupy the largest area of the entire building and are articulated around the major square in the area of intervention. The adjacent walls have their services inside and support the external staircase. These are connected to the new park via a suspended bridge.
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The services provided to the workers are a meals, bars and restaurants day and night, a museum for exhibiting start-up products and a park equipped with various sports fields and relaxation areas.
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GROUND FLOOR
not only walls walls as.... Structural walls
Servicies walls
Picnic walls
Stairs walls
Climbing walls
Playgroun walls
Benches walls
Entrance walls
The project stems from the desire to explore the concept of “wall�.A wall is not only what sustains the building, but for us it has become an element of play and composition. Our walls have become support for stairs and entrances, they are lowered to become benches, they are open to become tables or equipped with elements to become climbing walls or small playgrounds.
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Around the four squares, many times named, we find different types of buildings: the glazed towers of offices, coworking and business incubators, and lower buildings, with an external courtyard in Corten, which house restaurants, bars, services and houses. All buildings are connected by a raised path that allows a second way of entry to these. The park is a fundamental element of this new project, connected to the part built by means of several pedestrian crossings and a bridge. This is organized in sports and relaxation areas via a large cycle-pedestrian path. 4
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palazzo tassoni location theme team
Ferrara. Italy Restoration Letizia Soncini Lisa Pellati Gloria Smecca
Palazzo Tassoni is a Reinassence palace in Ferrara, built in the middle XV century and Tassoni’s family house until 1858. Since that day many activities took place in this building and damaged its historical heritage. Palazzo Tassoni was acquired by Ferrara University in the late ‘90s. Part of the building was restores and now is the Design department but the other part is still abandoned and spoilt. Our Restoration tryed to theoretically complete this restoration in order to think about the future integration with the university. The process of restoration of the complex starts with an in-depth historical analysis, continues with the study of the degradation affecting the building and concludes with the proposal of solutions to these criticalities and with a new project of re-vitalization. The proposal for the “Galleria delle Muse“ is the criation of a library for student and the entire population of Ferrara.
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Reggio Emilia. Italy Construction design Letizia Soncini Lisa Pellati
The project of the multifunctional tower is located north of Reggio Emilia, along the A1 motorway (Autostrada del sole). On the opposite side of the project area, since 2008, the high-speed station, Mediopadana, has been built by the architect Santiago Calatrava. The station is characterized by a sense of movement achieved through a sequence of vertical elements that develop along a sinusoidal line parallel to the motorway. The project tower becomes a dynamic, distinctive element, that does not go against the Santiago Calatrava station, but enters into a silent dialogue with it and denounces the presence of the city on the horizon. This monolithic element becomes a point of reference for motorists and travelers.
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FUNCTIONALE SCHEME
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The tower is intended to provide not only basic services to travelers, but also to show the beautiful scenery and culinary cities of Reggio Emilia, which can be seen on the horizon.Thus it presents a central body with stairs, elevator, room facilities and bathrooms, while on the various floors there are diversified services. On the ground floor an info point with train times and connections to the city center, going up, there are rooms for food and wine tasting, a meeting room, and a belvedere.
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The tower wants to be a timely but captivating element whose interest and dynamism are obtained through the creation of an outer skin that grows upwards by wrapping the central part functional core. This is equipped with a system of roller shutters that allows during the day to create completely free bands and thus allow the visitor to be able to constantly admire the landscape; At night, instead, the skin becomes a compact and closed element that reflects the perception of a monolithic and luminous structure, almost a lighthouse in the middle of the highway.
FUNCTIONALE SCHEME
SECTION B-B’
Pilaster HEB200 Beam IPE220 L of connection of the upright with the beam Mullions Schuco UCC65-SG
Transoms Schuco UCC6 Composite panel consisting of two aluminum alloy sheets of 3/10 mm thickness, and a core of EPS heat insulating material, with closing panel, thickness 3/10 mm Angle L-welded to the closing beam, thickness 3/10 mm Tubular steel profile for fabric support
Glass fiber fabric PTFE silicone coated, printed at the back, weight 180 g / m2 Aluminum profile with circular section with roll-up system
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Through this skin it has been attempted to reach the goal of recalling the passerby, occasionally or not, and clearly denouncing that there is something behind it: Reggio Emilia, with its flavors and its exceptional products. The structure is composed of HEB 200 pillars and IPE 220 or IPE 160 beams, connected by welded and bolted steel plates. The structure is stiffened by inserting internal braces in the lift shaft and in the plant compartment. Subsequently, the upper sail was also stiffened, again by means of bracing, to maintain its rigidity. Finally, the structure has a stairway in the south part, also with a steel structure.
structure with steel internal bracing beams and pillars
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external bracing
ledder
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E - h o u s e location theme team
Bolzano. Italy Timber Structures Letizia Soncini
Due to a big fire, this mountain was partially destroyd, its groundfloor rock walls are the only things left. We thought about a new building that could integrate with the ancient walls and at the same time be energetically efficient and isulated with natural materials, to be albe to save up 90% of the energy. The design idea is basically based on three themes: memory, protection and visions. These are realized through the striking stone wall recalling the material of which pre-existence is composed; The evocative slope of the roof covering protection from cold winds coming from the north; The tall south facing windows framing the mountain landscape. The lightweight, newly constructed wooden structure is based on stone pre-existence, with it being engraved, supported, played, in order to create compositional harmony and an interesting combination of materials that insert this building into the Trentino landscape .
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E-house
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CONCEPT
E historical heritage
E-h wind protection
exploit solar radiation
E-house
ground floor
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E-house
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2012
Section b-b’
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E-house
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graphics projects This selection of graphic projects has been created for competitions or commissioned by individuals. They show my desire to approach multiple themes, through the search for different and always innovative languages. 51 Letizia Soncini portfolio
CASTELLO DEL GESSO Wine label
location Reggio Emilia theme Commission tutor Francesca Vezzali The “Castello del Gesso”, of which only the ruins remain, is part of the Castle of Matilde di Canossa circuit, and is close to it that are the vineyards from which this wine originates. The owner’s request had been the creation of a modern style label that recalled the geography of the Emilia territory. This label was born with a square shape, strongly marked by the sinuous white lines that are a clear reference to the hills worked by man. The result is an elegant and delicate graphic, but that, with its play of full and empty, draws the attention of the buyer and remains in his memory.
Castello del Gesso
Castello del Gesso
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Castello del Gesso
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2017
Accademia della mandorla Academy for the well being of the body and mind l oc at io n Reggio Emilia theme Commission tu t o r Francesca Vezzali
This project starts with the creation of the logo for an Academy of wellness of body and spirit, which includes courses in yoga, qi gong and meditation. The oriental derivation of these practices has led us first to choose the name of “Academy of Almond�, while the almond is a symbol of birth and resurrection. Starting from the shape of the almond we have created a mandala, also belonging to oriental symbolism, which recall, in its contrast of black and white colors, the yin and yang. We then dealt with the marketing and diffusion of the courses of this academy, of which the brochure below, is nothing but an example.
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Accademia della Mandorla
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2017
pò-pulus
Museo delle Genti di Comacchio location Comacchio theme Competition team Letizia Soncini Lisa Pellati
Il Comune di Comacchio ha indetto nel 2015 un concorso di idee per l’ideazione del nome e del logo del nuovo museo nel Settecentesco “Ospedale degli Infermi” di Comacchio. Il logo doveva poter essere utilizzato in bianco e nero o a colori, su differenti supporti: locandine e manifesti, segnaletiche e cartelloni, sito del Comune e del Museo, gadget, carta intestata, inviti, etc. Il logo elaborato vuole rappresentare le tre epoche presenti nella collezione del museo: 1) L’età romana rappresentata dalla nave di “Valle Ponto”, 2) l’età arcaica e classica simboleggiate da un anfora, 3)l’età post-antica richiamata dalla chiesa dell’ultimo quadrato. I colori dei tre quadrati richiama terra, mare e cielo. La scelta del nome “Pò-Pulus” è un riferimento inequivocabile al fiume Pò, che ha reso possibile il prosperare delle genti che per secoli si sono succedute sulle sue sponde.
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Pò-Pulus
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2015
Gruppo marche
Competition of idea for a firm’s logo
location Marche theme Competition team Letizia Soncini
Lisa Pellati
The competition was organized by the Marche Group for the realization of the logo for their architecture, systems and structures firm. The idea of ​​the logo stems from the desire to create a simple and attractive image. We therefore started from the shape of the trinagulum, symbol par excellence of harmony and balance. The request, moreover, to be able to decline it in different fields has led to the development of what is the final result: three triangles of different colors that overlap, create a game of transparencies. This can be easily declined in the three areas: green for architecture, yellow for plant engineering and red for structures. In the digital versione the three colors also identify in wich section you are: if you are in the architectural pages the red trinagolo will be lit and the other two will be gray and so for the other sections.
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Grupo Marche
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