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ABOUT ME
I was born in January 25th, 1992, in Biella, a little city away about 90 kms from Turin. I am recently graduate with a Master in Architecture at Politechnich of Turin; meanwhile I’m working like a waiter and deputy cook in a small restaurant close to Biella, where I could improve my sense of responsability, work in a group, manage hard situations as well as my relationship with the customers. During the first period of University I felt in love with such things like sports, technology and photography, like architecture, too. It was in 2015 when I’ve bought my first camera with my pocket money savings, for a trip in Venice where I started to learn something. Not technical, but sensitive. I hope that you all, in these following pages, will feel the same sensation I’ve tried that day, at the moment of the first catch... Enjoy it! :)
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LUCA COSTANTINO education
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January 1992, 25th Via Milano, 66 13900, Biella, BI, Italy lucacostantino@hotmail.com - 334.3491128 H I G H - S C H O O L D I P L O M A in quantity-surveyor Istituto tecnico “I.T.G. Vaglio Rubens”, Biella, Italy marked with 92/100 B A C H E L O R D E G R E E in architecture Polytechnic of Turin, Italy from 2012 to 2015 marked with 95/110, July 2015 M A S T E R D E G R E E in architecture Polytechnic of Turin, Italy from 2015 to 2018 marked with 102/110, July 2018 A R C H I T E C T L I C E N S E _ Professional qualification Polytechnic of Turin, Italy WA I T I N G S T U F F Burcina’s Park, Natural Reserve, Pollone (BI). Italy June, 2012 - In course APPRENTICE De Ferrari Architetti Studio, Turin (TO), Italy March, 2015 - June, 2015 A S S I S TA N T P R O F E S S O R Polytechnic of Turin, Turin (TO), Italy September, 2016 - January, 2017 JUNIOR ARCHITECT Massimiliano Camoletto Architects, UdA,Turin (TO), Italy September, 2017 - October, 2017 A R C H I T E C T-T E C H N I C A L D E S I G N E R Fabio Fantolino,Turin (TO), Italy September, 2018 - May, 2019 A R C H I T E C T-T E C H N I C A L D E S I G N E R Grosso - Audisio Architetti,Turin (TO), Italy June, 2019 - July, 2019
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PHOTOGRAPIES
TORINO
W H AT Places and symbols WHERE Torino WHEN 2018 WHY City of university where I’ve studied
In Turin the great architectures of the past and present coexist. To the masterpieces of Baroque and Art Nouveau are added the structures designed by the great architects who have marked the transformation started in the nineties and accelerated by the XX Olympic Games in Turin 2006, which have made known to the world a city more beautiful, more modern, more welcoming, more equipped. For centuries it was part of the “chessboard” perimeter of Roman origin - which still distinguishes the city centre today - and Turin experienced a period of splendour from the seventeenth century onwards, thanks to the commitment of the Savoy family, who called the most important architects of the time to embellish their capital. Turin was thus visited by illustrious masters such as Ascanio Vitozzi, Carlo and Amedeo di Castellamonte, Guarino Guarini, Filippo Juvarra and Benedetto Alfieri. The architectural evolution of the city began in the seventies, laying the foundations of the current transformation: that of the new avant-garde infrastructures built for the Olympic event.
Parco della Mandria, Torino, 2018
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Castello del Valentino, Torino, 2018
Galleria S. Federico, Torino, 2018
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Campus Einaudi, mole Antoneliana, Torino, 2018
Piazza S. Carlo, Torino, 2018
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VERONA
W H AT Places and symbols WHERE Verona WHEN 2018 WHY Personal trip
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Verona is a city that has gone through more than two millennia of history as a protagonist and, also thanks to its strategic position, has never suffered serious devastation by conquerors who had more interest in occupying a city still well armed and in force rather than leaving behind a heap of steaming rubble. That’s why walking through the streets of the center of Verona you are immersed in an urban fabric full of significant examples of architecture of every era, from the first century BC to the present day. We start from the Roman era, with fundamental buildings such as the Arena, the Arco dei Gavi, Porta Borsari, Porta Leoni, with the most typical decorations of ancient architecture, then continue with the Romanesque, of which Verona, with the famous basilica of San Zeno, was the capital. Not to mention the Gothic, a period of great interest, with the famous Arche, the burials of the most important members of the lordship that ruled Verona in the 1300s, considered one of the most representative examples of this style in Italy. The Renaissance is also well represented, both in terms of painting and architecture, with the Loggia del Consiglio. Finally, the Baroque, certainly not the predominant style in Verona but that can be treated thanks to highly representative buildings such as Palazzo Maffei, Palazzo Carlotti, Palazzo Turchi and Palazzo Sansebastiani.
Piazza Bra, Verona, 2018
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Detail, Arena di Verona, Verona, 2018
Torre dei Lamberti’s view, Verona, 2018
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Torre dei Lamberti, Verona, 2018
Castelvecchio, 2018
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MILANO_EXPO 2015 W H AT Pavillions WHERE Milano WHEN 2015 WHY Personal trip
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Considered as one of the biggest exhibitions of recent years, EXPO Milano 2015 consists of a huge theme park, spread over different spaces and installations. The theme was “Feeding the planet, energy for life”, so food but not only: each country set itself the goal of dealing with the theme in its own way, creating an attraction for visitors. A huge theme with many possible facets - from international eating habits to lack of food, from the responsible use of resources to the future built on experience, from the symbolic importance of food for the Holy See to discussions on GMOs. All participating countries have shown the best of their technologies and resources related to this theme, as well as a more “interactive” part that gives visitors the opportunity to taste the typical dishes of the various places, to discover the flavors, tastes and culinary traditions.
Albero della Vita, Expo 2015, Milano
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Vanke Pavillion, Expo 2015, Milano
Japan Pavillion, Expo 2015, Milano
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Italia Pavillion, Expo 2015, Milano
China Pavillion, Expo 2015, Milano
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OLANDA
W H AT Contemporary architecture WHERE Olanda WHEN 2016 WHY Personal trip
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Architecture as a consumer good. This is perhaps the definition that best describes the profusion of architecture that has affected the Netherlands in the last two decades. Every city has had and still has its own “Grand Projects”, regardless of its size and/or importance. Each more or less public institution has felt the need to profile itself and assert its status (also) through architecture. Private subjects have always been looking for visibility and publicity and not always just for profit. This production has been flanked by another one, perhaps even more extensive, of monographs. It can be said that every architect now active at a certain level in Holland has enjoyed the attention of his own critic, almost always well disposed. After all, architecture, as well as other more or less artistic disciplines, needs to produce credibility as a driving force behind advertising and the very reason for its existence. This is a mechanism that works everywhere, so it is “socially” shared. Both the client and the architect need this visibility in order to be able to compete in the (let’s say global) market of the 21st century. The flourishing of architectural tourism has a positive impact on the economy, too.
Eindhoven, 2016
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Rotterdam Centraal, Rotterdam, 2016
Rotterdam, 2016
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Rotterdam, 2016
de Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 2016
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BARCELLONA
W H AT Architecture WHERE Barcellona WHEN 2016 WHY Personal trip
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Bold, colourful, original, harmonious, varied and unique are just a few adjectives that come to mind when describing the architecture of Barcelona. In this city architecture is not limited to Gaudi: although its influence is not immediately visible in the modern architectural style, it is often visible in the use of color and imagination. It often seems that architects, when designing for Barcelona, are ready to take more risks and use much more vivid colors than they would use in other cities. It is as if GaudĂ and the other modernist architects had managed to get out a brave vein even from the most conservative of architects. GaudĂ was particularly influenced by natural forms. Most of his buildings are inspired by organic forms that exist in nature. At the Sagrada Familia Museum you can learn how he used natural forms to create the basis of his architecture. Barcelona has successfully mixed old and new in a way that makes this city simply beautiful. There is nothing more pleasant than strolling through the streets of Barcelona and absorbing the atmosphere emanating from the architecture. Traditional Catalan Gothic architecture like that of the Iglesia de Pi church has a reserved and historical air, but walking five minutes you can admire the Barcelona Cathedral with its beautiful arches and facade. A short metro ride takes you to the Sagrada Familia basilica, which rises to the sky and has a different architectural style on each of its four sides.
MACBA, Barcellona, 2016
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Sagrada Familia, Barcellona, 2016
Centre de Cultura i Memòria, Barcellona, 2016
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MACBA, Barcellona, 2016
Barcellona, 2016
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