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Livia Zaffalon

The Park/Art

Dessau International Architecture Graduate School

Berlin, Germany

2018 4 months

Master Thesis

Professors Joris Fach, Roger Bundschuh

This project is an attempt to deal with the lack of affordable living and working spaces for artists in the central areas of Berlin, through the usage of obsolete structures. The chosen structure is an abandoned multi storey car park in the neighborhood of Kreuzberg. It stands out as a long horizontal open structure among a collection of tall residential building blocks. The program combines atelier and housing for artists as the new intervention and public usages in the existing structure functioning as a gathering center for the community. The fisrt slab of the existing parking structure is removed in order to receive public functions such as exhibitions, markets, cafe and leisure. The circulation is done by ramps along the street, working as the continuation of the public street, only stacked. The new architectural intervention is inserted on the upper floors, composed by concrete beams, which act as a blank canvas.

Existing structure

Existing Surrounding Buildings

Placement Overlap

Park/Art

Park/Art

First floor

Elevation

Section

Perspective section

Cabana

George Mills Arquitetura

São Paulo, Brazil

2016

The project was a extension of a house into the wild garden with the attempt to disturb as little as possible the surrounding nature. Following that premise, the main material was timber and the construction was elevated from the ground.

Workshop

Berlin, Germany

LP3 - LP4 - LP5

The Sonneninsel Neukölln / Sonnenallee 221 project consists of four buildings: three new buildings (Loft, Workshop, Warehouse) and a renovation (Community Hall) of an existing structure. The “Workshop” is planned to host parts of a photograph school. The ground floor is planned to be a multi use space, where lectures, a gathering space and a cafe can simutaneously take place. First and second floor are organized to host classrooms and a library.

Realace GmbH

Groundfloor

View facade

ALNO

Duktus Studio Berlin, Germany

Nov 2022 - Jul 2023

LP4 - LP6

The project consists of a roof storey conversion of an existing pitched roof of an apartment building in Berlin Neukölln with the aim of creating additional, urgently needed dwelling space through redensification of the existing building. The owner, developer and landlord of the building is HOWOGE Wohnungsbaugesellschaft mbH.

Axo

Attic section

Gut Moos Villa

Duktus Studio Berlin, Germany

since 2022

LP4 - LP5

The project consists of a renovation and an attic conversion of a one family house into a multi family house in the city of Tettnang, Germany.

Wandspiegel Auf Maß

Wandleuchte Artemide - Dioscuri

Waschtischarmatur

Grohe Essence Einhand-Armatur

Geländer

Feuerverzinktes Blech

Estrichboden Beschichtung grau gemäß Bemusterung

Fensterlaibungen Bestand Abgeschliffen, grau gestrichen

Holzdielen Bestand Abgeschliffen, grau lasiert

Treppen Bestand Abgeschliffen, grau lasiert Eingangstür Eichenholz, grau lasiert

Staircase

Detail Floor Terrace

Attic

Mondrian and the Stijl Movement

George Mills Arquitetura/Artunlimited

Curator Pieter Tjabbes

CCBB São Paulo, Brazil

2016

The museology project was designed to create an experience based on the artistic principles of the painter Piet Mondrian and the artistic movement De Stijl in Holland. Most of the artworks displayed are from Mondrian, organised chronologically, intertwined with the works of architects and artists related to the De Stijl Movement, displaying not only paints but also, photos, facsimiles, furniture and models.

The exhibition took place in a building from the 18 century, not appropriate for exhibitions. To properly conduct a promenade between rooms and corridors, smalls pieces of the exhibition were placed and primary colours were added to the walls allowing the visitor’s sensory continuity. In addition, to highlight the exhibition, instalations were placed at the entrance hall, with games and interactive assemblies, which facilitates the visitor to get acquainted with the exhibition and stimulates them to go further and deeper.