Luca Parlangeli - Architecture Portfolio

Architecture Portfolio Luca Parlangeli 2014 - 2018

Date of birth

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31 March 1995

Place of birth

luca.prl.95@live.it +39 3314040854

Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy

Address

Jacoba Van Beierenlaan 117, Delft

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 2014 - 2017 2018 -

Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy Bachelor’s Degree - Architecture TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands Master - Architecture

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Motivation Letter: Who I Am A Room With A View

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Milanese Grafting Resilience and Recovery

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A Room With A View

Picturing a Primitive Future for a “Noble Savage�

Location: // Type: Academic

Category: Interiors

Function: Residential

Individual Work Year: 2017, 2nd semester

Supervisor: Prof. Davide Fabio Colaci - davide.colaci@polimi.it

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INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT

The incipit was to design “A Room With a View” paying particular attention to the liaison between interior and exterior and contemplating the contemporary society and its lifestyles. Our society has raised excesses to rules and unless it finds a balance will eventually collapse. We live a totally immersive and pervasive urban life experience: as the native americans live the Amazon forest we live a dense and chaotic reality trying to go back to its pristine status. Hikikomori, Owling, Voguers, Parkourers are excessive lifestyles that do not value urban order or spatial hierarchies, they interpret them freely. This generation is revoking primitive experiences, to keep connection to its deep essence. According to this, the project will proceed following a case by case approach considering that the interior space must be active, albeit amorphous, to make everyone express its excess and find its own habitat, its own heterotopia. Every space is connected to the others, following a logic of suspension, neutralization or inversion of the urban relationship. In an amniotic and formless metropolis, where everything complies to specific quality standards, the possibility to be able to express are within. Assuming that in the future cities will be highly inhabited and ready to welcome individual expansion, personalization and comfort, we must design with no surrender to compromises between the different individualities. The city is the combination of idiosyncratic places: it is not about formal follies, but really human architectures.

The project refers to “Room for a Man” (F.Albini, 1936) and “Cabanon” (LeCorbusier, 1951) as its progenitors: it is a small private space for a Parkourer. The Parkour is a new spectacular way of moving which shatters the commonly accepted behavior in public. This implies a new way of conceiving of space, carried out by the new increased physical abilities. As well as Skateboarding or Graffitism, it’s not a vandalic action, it’s more about considering the environment as a challenge and its use as a creative act. Parkour is the sport of the future man, mentally and physically forged by obstacles.

The first step of the project is the anthropometric analysis. Starting from the Canon of Policleto, passing through the Vitruvian Man and the Modulor, I studied the proportions and projections of the human body in order to define a new “Modulor-Parkour”, which allows to measure the space. Starting from the static point of view of proportions, I moved on to the cinematic of the “Fundamental Acts” of Parkour, the basic movements of the discipline. Secondly, according to these measures, I proceeded with spatialization: I chose as the starting volume an empty cube 4,79 x 4,79 m, which is meant to be attached by substraction or addiction to an existing building, like a parasite. The room was then developed through variations of this basic cubic scheme, with a white steel structure and deck panels to achieve the maximum flexibility and mobility: the space can get different configurations and can be entirely moved and changed as it is dynamic as its owner. In an active and hybrid space like this the choice of the furniture is set on the characteristics of mobility and ductility. All the objects in the Abacus, are therefore resealable, hangable, foldable or wearable. The lack of vertical ceilings tries to reach the aim of breaking every architectural barrier and increasing the fluidity of the relationship between inside and outside. The final step was the material and tactile definition of the interior represented on 1:20 scale: the chosen surfaces and materials belong to urban, sporty, natural and domestic background. All the elements are prefabricated and available on the market in units, modules or panels, excepted for the graffiti, which is made by measure for the room.

ANTHROPOMETRY

5 Drawings: Parkour-Modulor

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DYNAMIC

Spazialization

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VIEW

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Divide: Functions, Views, Speeds

1. Excavation according to movements

2. Variation to optimize the stunts

Spatialize: Gradient of Movements

Fluidity: Modulor + Movements

Modeling

Trace: New Modulor

4. Final Volume

3. Steel Structure to bear every weight

4. Final Structure

3. Motion in and out of the cabin

4. Room

Structuring

3. Separation of dynamic and static area

2. Elevation of plans to allow movements

Furnishing

1. Explosion to create an urban interior

2. Random Distribution of the objects in the space

Antislip PVC - Freestanding - Automatic - Antitraumatic - Printable

Marble

Taraflex Sport Evo - Multidisciplinary - Versatility - Easy-Laying - Common

Ceramic

Ruvid

Smooth

Texturizing

1. Division of a small private booth

Polypropylene “Gripper� Geoplast - Multidisciplinary - Easy-Laying

Fiberglass - Very Resistant - Easy-Cleaning - Easy-Laying - Cheap

DoTile Fit - Modular, roll, joint - Grip - Easy-Cleaning - Easy-Laying

Handles - Wall - Predrilled - 3D modeled

Drawings: 2D Concept Schemes, 3D Concept Schemes, Texture Samples

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FUNDAMENTAL ACTS

JUMP

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JUMP + ROLL 1,00 m

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1,00 m 1,30 m

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WALL RUN

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SPEED VAULT

TIC TAC

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KONG VAULT

ROLL

PRECISION JUMP

CLIMB UP

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BODY MOBILITY

7 Drawings: Parkour: Movements Analysis and Diagrams

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Foldable

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1. Traveling Futon Onfuton

2. Yoga Carpet Milan Design Week, 2017 3. SOMMAR Pic-Nic Cloth IKEA, 2017 4. Folding Stool Atelier Oi, 2012 Louis Vuitton

Hangable

5. Sleeping Bag

1. Deckchairs “Future Primitives” F. Muller, H. Van Severen, 2011 2. Tangent Ida Linea Hildebrand, 2015 3. SKUBB “Store” IKEA, Re-edited, 2017

4. Mayday Konstantin Grcic, 2000 FLOS

Resealable/Movable

Wearable

5. Lampada 7005N Re-edited Stilnovo, 1950

1. Borealis Classic The North Face 2. Bathrobe and “Adilette” Slippers Adidas, 1972 3. Generic Sneakers 4. Parkour Outfit

5. Iphone 6 - Hero5 Apple - Gopro

1. Magic Box Milan Design Week, 2017 2. Military Meal Set

3. Mini Kitchen Joe Colombo, 1963 Boffi

4. Construction Site Net 5. “Babu” Nomadic Chair Jordi Ribaudí, 2015 Toru

OBJECTS MOBILITY

8 Drawings: Furniture: Movements Analysis and Diagrams

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Augmented Naturality

Exploring the Applications of a New Technology Location: Sulzano (BS), Lago d’Iseo, Italy 45°41′N 10°06′E Type: Academic

Function: Residential

Group Work: Luca Parlangeli, Luca Pastore, Tommaso Pacassoni Contribution: Concept, Design, Detail, Modeling, Renderings Year: 2016, 2nd semester

Supervisor: Prof. Ilaria Oberti - ilaria.oberti@polimi.it 11 Drawing: Rendering - Luca Parlangeli

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INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT

The project has been developed from the environmental analysis (1:2000 scale) to the architectural detail (1:10 scale), mostly concerning its practicability, as the technical constructive components contribute to the achievement of formal quality. The general theme was the design of a single-family housing type to build with X-LAM wooden system in an assigned extra-urban context. The identified area for the design simulation was located in Sulzano (BS), a site of sailing but also mountain tradition, recently known for the “Floating Piers” installation by Christo. At the starting point the project has evolved through given instructions which have driven the compositional, technological and functional choices. From the overall scale to the detailed design the legislative and environmental limits were significant tools to mold the architecture in a less arbitrary way.

Technical Constraints: • The user is a family of (at least) 4 people, chose by the students.

• Maximum GFA: 150 sqm.

• Maximum Height: 7.50 mt.

• Minimum 10 mt. of distance from other buildings, from the boundaries of the lot and from the road.

• Porches and lodges: up to 5 sqm of GFA / 100 cubic meters of the residential volume only.

• It is forbidden to delete or modify orographical signs, slopes or terracings.

• It is forbidden to cut down or damage trees with wide environmental or scientific value (“Pinus pinaster”). It is possible to relocate the olive trees (“Olea europaea”). Every existing tree must be integrated in the design process.

• The building must be built on two floors above ground. The vertical perimeter walls cannot develop in continuity, it is instead mandatory to offset the plans in elevation.

• The lot must be served by a road that will represent the only pedestrian and driveway access to the house.

• The panoramic position and the relationship with the trees and the landscape is fundamental to the project.

• The project must not involve excavation operations exception made for those strictly necessary for the plant systems or the foundations.

The purpose of the project was to create an architecture that could somehow rocket the sense of immersion inside the nature. Starting from the environmental analysis, the building reached its final conformation through the technical restrictions and the adaption of the characteristics of every member of the client family. All along the process great attention was paid to the use of trees: as architectural devices, sunshade or wind-screen, or cultivated in a garden. As the X-lam technology it’s not common in Italy, every stratigraphy has been studied in a very detailed way being aware that this construction system is really beneficial for reaching certain standards of quality and sustainability. This construction dry system is made up to be really easy and fast to build. The building has been drawn till the 1:20 scale, but it’s the 1:10 scale model that really allowed us to acknowledge the technical and architectural quality of the villa as well as its constructability.

ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS LOCATION

SUNSHINE 30 days MONTISOLA

25 days 20 days FLOATING PIERS

15 days lago d’iseo

10 days PROJECT SITE sulzano

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MAX. AND MIN. TEMPERATURES

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WIND SPEED

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CONCEPT CLIENT PROFILES

Name: Royal Surname: Tenenbaum Role: Father Age: 45 Job: Lawyer Hobby: Sailing

Name: Margot Surname: Tenenbaum Role: Daughter Age: 16 Job: Student Hobby: Singing

Name: Etheline Surname: Tenenbaum Role: Mother Age: 46 Job: School Teacher Hobby: Hiking

Name: Chas Surname:Tenenbaum Role: Son Age: 12 Job: Student Hobby: Swimming

DESIGN EVOLUTION

Expansion: Max. Occupation Volume

Subtraction: Emptying of the Courtyards

Sculpting: Modeling of the Volume

Refining: Height Adjustment to the Sun

LIVING AREA

SLEEPING AREA

Empathy: Eye-contact with the Context

Privacy: Emancipation of Functions

Symbiosis: Emptying/Adaptation to Nature

Ventilation: Orientation to the Winds

ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN SOLUTIONS SUN

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Shading South Example 1: Trees Used as Sunshade

Shading South Example 2: Trees Used as Sunshade

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Planting: Trees Used as Wind’s Screen/Filter

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Ground Floor Living Area

First Floor Sleeping Area

Ground Floor Sleeping Area

Ground Floor Garden

Living Room Kitchen Serving Spaces

Bathroom 1

Bathroom 2 Room 2 Technical Room

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Thickness d

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Layer Thickness Thermal Resistance Air R sign with "x" if d the layer is an interspace mm kg/m³ m²∙K/W of air lato interno 0,130 x Gypsum-fibre Countertop 20 760 1 0,250 2 Insulation in Rockwool 80 1800 0,043 3 5 Layers X-Lam 160 175 3,750 Guaina bituminosa 2 2400 4 0,036 Insulation 120 140 5 2,703 in Rockwool 6 Waterproof Case 2 2400 0,060 Slope0,005 Screed 50 500 7 Non-woven 0,6 1,3 8 0,617 Fabric Gravel 70 x 2200 9 0,018 10 0,000 lato esterno x

Density ρ

1 - Crawl Space with “Iglù” (h. 350 mm) 2 - Cast and Welded Wire Mesh φ20 3 - Bituminous Waterproof Coating d. 4 mm 4 - Rockwool Insulation d. 100 mm 5 - Concrete Cast Substratum d. 60 mm 6 - EPS Panels for Technical Systems d. 60 mm 7 - Mortar Bed d. 30 mm 8 - Parquet Floor d. 30 mm Linear Thermal Transmittance U 0,13

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Thermal Conductivity λ

Specific Heat c

Density ρ

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Thermal Resistance Air R sign with "x" if the layer is an interspace m²∙K/W of air 0,130 x 0,100 x 2,424 1,231 0,005 3,333 0,005 0,313 0,003 0,058 0,000 0,040 x

1 - Draining Gravel 2 - Non-woven Fabric 3 - Slope Screed d. max 50 mm 4 - Bituminous Waterproof Coating d. 2 mm 5 - Insulation in Rockwool d. 120 mm 6 - X-lam 5 Layers d. 160 mm 7 - Rockwool Insulation Panel 8 - Gypsum-fibre Countertop d. 20 mm Linear Thermal Transmittance U 0,13

Periodic Thermal Transmittance |Yie | W/(m²∙K) 0,0045

Drawings: Section - Luca Pastore / Details Foundations, Roof, 1:20 Scale - Luca Parlangeli

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Models: General 1:50 Scale, Detail Wall 1:10 Scale - Luca Parlangeli + Luca Pastore + Tommaso Pacassoni

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Milanese Grafting

Recomposing the Urban Scheme through a New Hybrid Building Location: Via Zecca Vecchia, Milan, Italy 45°27′N 9°11′E Type: Academic

Function: Residential, Social Housing, Exhibition, Offices, Shops Group Work: Luca Parlangeli, Tommaso Pacassoni

Contribution: Concept, Design, Drawings, Renderings Year: 2016, 2nd semester

Supervisor: Prof. Pierfranco Galliani - pierfranco.galliani@polimi.it 19

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INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT

Among the degraded areas of “Re-forming Milan”, the chosen one is located in a neuralgic place: it’s in the city centre, close to the Duomo and the commercial via Torino. The debate on the site opened with the 1930 Master Plan, which suggested to build a huge vehicular axis at south of the lot. The project by architect Piero Portaluppi was developed according to this plan and its aim was to reconstitute the urban unity through two muscular volumes. To this day only the northern building has been actually raised and it’s now a police headquarter while the second U-shaped building has never been constructed.

Meanwhile the site has become a parking lot that represents a strong discontinuity in the historical urban grid, in terms of functionality and shape. The first step of the design was to recompose the urban heterogeneity from a practical and social point of view: the intervention would have to accomodate offices, social and student housings, exhibition spaces, shops and an underground car park. It was necessary to morphologically and technically incorporate the new buildings with the surroundings according to the material and chromatic aspects of the context: the architectural language should be contemporary yet linked to milanese tradition.

The project began with the urban study of the city of Milan taking into consideration the historical center and its systems of courts and streets. Some relevant urban qualities have been highlighted at this stage: footprints, directions, alignments, calibres, distances, volumes, heights, and the relevance of historic buildings. We used this language and these tools to craft a first volumetric draft of the architecture. In such an historical context the building’s morphological coherence and the structural project must anticipate the functional definition of the spaces. The structure has been expressed through a grid of proven practicability of the intervention. Later on the calculations, the structural verification and the sizing of the structural elements were carried out on the basis of the loads and the functions of the different spaces.

To this point we used the 1: 2000, 1: 1000 and 1: 500 scales.

The second step was the spatialization of the functions: it took place with particular attention to the structure and absolute respect of the constraints imposed by the legislation in force and it allowed to define the final shape of the building. The rules were respected in terms of heights and distances, safety exits, staircases, fire and sanitation regulations, parking lots, etc. The architecture was finally expressed through plans, elevations and sections in the 1: 200, 1: 100 and 1:50 scales. In the end the technological check through the drawing of a detail in 1:20 scale proved the architectural quality of the entire project as much as its feasibility and its congruence with the themes of environmental comfort and sustainability.

CONCEPT - DESIGN EVOLUTION

Historical Buildings and Courtyard System

Directions, Alignments, Calibres, Distances, Lyings

Grafting + Structure Grid

Architecture

COURTYARDS

BEFORE 1900

AFTER 1900

AROUND 1950

Drawings: Concept Design Schemes - Luca Parlangeli

TODAY

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN

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Office Building Structure Steel Frame + Vierendeel

STRUCTURE

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Drawings: Ground Floor Plan, Section, Structural Plan - Luca Parlangeli + Tommaso Pacassoni

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View - Office Building

View - Residential Building

Functions Private Housing

Student Housing Shops

Offices

Exhibition Space

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

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DETAIL ROOF - Inverted Warm Roof Systems: - Knauf Type Double Panel Countertop - Hollow Flooring Block (18 cm h.)

- Welded Wire Mesh - Sloping Screed - Double Layer Waterproof Sheath - Insulation (8 cm d.)

- Terrazzo Tiles (3 cm d.)

- Aluminium Flashing

LAST FLOOR - Window System: - Glass Parapet - Folding-sliding Aluminium Sunshade - Double Glass Wooden Window

MIDDLE FLOORS - Sunshade System: - Glass Parapet - Flag Aluminium Sunshade - Double Glass Wooden Window - Precast Concrete Architrave “Ytong” Type 25 x 30 cm

MIDDLE FLOORS - External Wall: - Double Panel Counter-Wall Knauf Type - GRC Panels Facade ( 1,5 cm d.)

- Air Gap - Anchoring Steel Profile for Panels - Precast Concrete Block “Ytong” Type 20 x 30 cm - Mortar Bed (2 cm d.)

- External Insulating Panel (8 cm d.)

MIDDLE FLOORS - Standard Stratigraphy (18 + 7 cm): - Concrete Cast for Piping System (8 cm d.)

- Underfloor Heating - Concrete Cast (4 cm d.)

- Mortar Bed (1 cm d.)

- Parquet Flooring (2 cm d.)

GROUND FLOOR - Predalles Type: - EPS Blocks - Welded Wire Mesh - Concrete Cast for Piping System (8 cm d.)

- Insulation (8 cm d.)

- Underfloor Heating - Mortar Bed (4 cm d.)

- Stone Flooring (3 cm d.)

- Stone Threshold - External Stone Tile Flooring - Metallic Wire

FOUNDATIONS: - Soil - Gravel - Lean Concrete - Ribbed Raft Foundation

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Resilience and Recovery

Possible Scenarios of an Absolute Architecture Location: Red Hook, New York, United States 40°40′N 74°52”O Type: Academic

Function: //

Group Work: Luca Parlangeli, Martijn Dahrs, Federica Caporrella, Claudia Capelli

Contribution: Concept, Design, Detail, Modeling, Graphics Year: 2017, 2nd semester

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INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT

Acknowledging the spatial and temporal traits of the Metropolis, the metropolitan project must start from an historical and geographical mapping dealing simultaneously with the large as well as the small scale. On the large scale, urban disciplines get a broader meaning by integrating the landscape as an element of the composition, while an “intermediate scale” emerges between the building and the city. Urban metabolism was the key theme of this project, whose aim was to explore, through the lens of public spaces and collective habits, the relational aspects of urban and metropolitan landscapes. These are often referred as overlapping, mixing and hybridizing relationships such as transport infrastructure, ecological networks and hydrological systems. We tried to promote the resilience of the place and to guide the transition processes and the urban growth by reimagining the social and spatial relationships of public spaces. We imagined new urban morphologies and typologies of buildings while rethinking the infrastructures, the natural ecosystems and the urban ecologies in a post-industrial environments.

Red Hook has changed over the years without losing its identity: abandoned in the last 50 years, it now lives a slow rebirth.

Located just 15 minutes from the financial district of Manhattan, Red Hook it’s not a place for commuters, it’s a quiet suburb, from which Manhattan can be seen but not heard. It can be seen almost as an island because of its inaccessibility: bounded by the sea on three sides and the highway on the fourth. Characterized by decades of decay and poverty, Red Hook is still largely the rude industrial district it was - the typical places are distilleries and chocolate factories - but with a great view of the Bay and the Manhattan Skyline. The Port has left an architectural heritage of bricks and concrete, cranes for containers, parking lots, pollution and few trees. Despite the hardships created by the Hurricane Katrina, the opportunities for the reconversion of the area are plentiful. Some premises for recovery are already there: the Ikea, the Erie Basin seafront and the Fairway Market, a converted former warehouse. From our analysis it emerged how Red Hook has today the chance to complete its evolution, firstly by creating spaces and infrastructures for green areas, culture, sport etc., secondly by planning the city it will be in a long term future. The outcome of the project is a huge-circular-city-above-water, which is able to manage the flooding and adapt to it. It’s an absolute city that intends to solve the urban contradictions with a gigantic unique architectural gesture. The outlines between the city and the infrastructure are here shaded as the two are braided in a new hybrid colossus. It could be the prelude of a brand new settlement. It’s impossible to deny the iconic and spectacular intentions in a place somebody called “delirious New York”.

Hydrological System

Geometry

Flooding/ Resilience

Green

Accessibility/ Transportation

Land Use

Flooding

Future Growth

Bay Flooding

Bay Green

Bay Connections

Urban Rhythm

Flooding Zones

Red Hook Grid

Flooding Zones

Existing Green

Local Transportation Urban Development

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METROPOLITAN SCALE

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METROPOLITAN SCALE - MAPPING

PLATEAU

New Waterfront

New Expansion

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Resilience System

Green Infrastructure

Drawings: Analysis Mapping - Martijn Dahrs + Claudia Capelli

New Nodes

New Housing

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HEALTH LIBRARY

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WATERFRONT ISSUES AND STRATEGY SUGGESTIONS

A DAY IN RED HOOK AFTERNOON

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RELIGION

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PIERS

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SPORTS

Landmarks

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IKEA

FAIRWAY MARKET

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SHOPS

Landmarks

EXHIBITION

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STRATEGY

CONCLUSIONS

WEEKEND

WEEKDAYS

Utopic view

RESTAURANTS/BARS

RESTAURANTS/BARS

OFFICES

OFFICES

DESIGN

Landmarks

HEALTH EDUCATION

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FAMILY

SEA LEVEL RISE FLOODING FRAGMENTATION

DELAY

STORES

RESIST

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MASTERPLAN

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PROJECT AREAS

CHARACTERISTIC BUILDINGS

CRANES

WATER PLAZA

OFFICE

DISPOSITION

Before

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ART LABS COURT STORESSWIMMING GALLERIES POOL BARS STORES

DESIGN

COAST GUARD OFFICE RESTAURANT

SHOWROOM

STORES COWORKING

NURSERY

FOOD

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AGRICULTURE

MARKET SCHOOL OFFICE

FISH FARMING

CINEMA

LIBRARY

FAMILY

HOTEL

CULTURE

HEALTH CHOCOLATE FACTORY

GREEN HOUSE CLUB

DISTILLERY

ARENA

CHURCH

BARS

RESTAURANT RESIDENCES BAR

TIME DIAGRAM

Parks’ atmospheres

Federica Caporrella

Accesses

Martijn Dahrs Parks’ atmospheres Luca Parlangeli

Martijn Dahrs Parks’ atmospheres Federica Caporrella Luca Parlangeli Martijn Dahrs Claudia Capelli Claudia Capelli

Federica Caporrella

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Luca Parlangeli

Claudia Capelli

Martijn Dahrs

Federica Caporrella

Luca Parlangeli

STUDIOS RESIDENCES MENSA

TIME DIAGRAM

Accesses

Parks’ atmospheres Claudia Capelli

OFFICE

Panel 2 Accesses Analysis/Process

Panel 2 Accesses Analysis/Process

Panel 2

Analysis/Process Panel 2 Analysis/Process

Drawings: Schemes - Luca Parlangeli

GROCERIES/MARKET RESIDENTIAL SPORTS

STORES

PUBLIC SPACE

INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE

STORES LEISURE

DANGER

INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE

HOTELS RELIGION OFFICES OFFICES

GROCERIES/MARKET

NIGHT

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 RELIGION

GROCERIES/MARKET

MUSEUMS

SYNTHESIS

MORNING

SPORTS PLAYGROUND RESTAURANTS/BARS

OFFICES RESTAURANTS/BARS

CULTURE

GREY

STORES

PRODUCTION

FOOD

M

LO LO OW W SLOW SL WS SLOW SL SLOW L SLOW SL S SLOWS

GRID

200%

CLUSTERS

HEALTH LIBRARY MUSEUMS SPORTS HOTELS RELIGION EDUCATION

A TFFFA ST ST AS FFA

FA F AS A ST S T FAST T Short FA F AST A S FAST T term FA AST AS AW A STSFAST T LOW L OW O W FAST FA AS AST SL S LO L OWSL OW OW SL LOW LO OWSLOW LO OW WSLOW W LO OWSLOW W OWSLOW O W WS SLOW LOW OW O W WO SW INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE WS OW OW O W SL OW S O SL S LO OW W LO OW W SL LO OW WS SL LOW L LO OW O WS SL L LO OW O WS SLOW SL LO L OW O WS LO OW W SL SL LO OW O W SLO OW WS SLOW SLO SL LOW L LO O OW W SL LO OW O WS SLO LO O WSLOW W SL S LOW SL LO OWSLOW OW W OW WS SLOW OW WSLO LOW OW SL S LOWSLOW LOW LO L OW O W SLO LOWSLO OW SL S WS S

TF T FA ST S TF T FA F A AST AS A ST F FA A FA F AST AS A ST F AS

PERCENTAGE

Long term

T AS FFA

SLO OW WS SL L SLOW S WS SL L SLOW S SLOW SL SLO LO SLOW S SL LO SLOW WS SLOW S

SYNTHESIS

Short AS A STterm S FAST FA AST S FAST Short FAST term FA F AST A FA F AST A STF FAST AST AS A ST Short term FA F AST A TF T FA F AFFAS AS ST T FAST AS A ST S T FA F AST AS A ST S TF TFA FA AST ST FAST T

FAST F AS A ST S T A T FA AST FAST FA A T FA AST AS A TF FAST ST FAS AST AS A ST S TF FAST FA AST AS A ST AST AS A SOT F LST LO

T FA AST AS A ST ST ST FAS AST FAST TF T FA FA AST T FAST F FAST F AS ST TF FAS FA F AS AS AST FAST FAST AS ASTF AST A TF FA AST AS ST AS A ST TF FAST FAS FAST ST TF T FA F AST AST ST F FA A AST TF FAST FAS FA ST FA S FAS AS A ST TF TF A AST A STF TF FAS FASTF FAST ST T FAS FAS FA AST A STF TF A AST AS A ST FASTF ST FAS FA F FAST STF FA ASTF AS TF FA AST F AS AS ST S T FAS FA AST TF FA F AST AS ST F AST A ST S FA AST F AST FA A TLAND F USE FAST F FA FAS FASTFAS AST ASTF STF T FAS TF FA AS A ST AS FA A FA FA FAS AST AS ST S TF FAST FA AS ST TF T FA F A AST AS A ST F FAS FA FAST F AST AS A S ST ST TF FA AST AS T FA FAST FAS FAST AS A ST S T AS A ST S TF T FAS STF S ST TFAS TF T FA FAS F AS A S AS AST A ST F ST FAST FAS FA AST TFA TF T FA F A AST AS A ST FAST ST FAS FA AS A ST S T FAS FA F AS A STF ST S T FA FA FAS F ASTFA A AS ST ST TFA FA F A AS ST F ST AST AS ST FAST FAS ST TF T FA F AST A ST ST AS STF ST S TF TF FA A FAS AST ST S T FAST A T AST AS TF FA F A F FAS AS TFA T FAST FA F AST A TFA T FA AST A AS ST S T FA FAS F AS A S AS AST A ST TFA FA F AS A ST S T FA F A T FA AS S FA FA FAS FA AS AS FA F AS A ST FA FA AST AS S ST T FA FA AS AST S ST T FA F AS AST A ST S TF T F FAS FA F AS A S F FA

ST

SLOW SLOW MAPPING - OVERLAPPING SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW

SLOWSLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOWSLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOWSLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOWSLOW SLOW SLOW SLOWSLOW SLOW SLOWSLOW SLOW SLOWSLOW SLOW SLOWSLOW SLOW SLOWSLOW SLOW SLOWSLOW SLOWSLOW

TF AS T FA FAS T FA AS TFFA ST FAS TFFA ST AST TFFA FAST

NSPORT

URBAN SCALE STRATEGY

T ST FAS

PHY

URBAN SCALE ANALYSIS

METROPOLITAN

LOW S SLOW LO L OW O W OW SLO SL LO L O AS AS OW W LLO SL S LWWSSSL SLO SL LO F FAS A SL S LO L OW O W SLWO AS SLOW SLO S LO L OW O W SL AS AS AS SLO LO

ST FA

INDUSTRY

SLOWSLOW SLOW SLOWSLOW SLOWSLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOWSLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOWSLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW

FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST

ST FA

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SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOWSLOW

T FA FAS

SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW SOUND & SPEED

SEA LEVEL RISE

RESIDENTIAL SPORTS OFFICES STORES RESTAURANTS/BARS

XL

0 m

100

200

500

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XL

LANDSCAPE DESIGN

IN: Local Services OUT: Connection

IN: Family Facilities OUT: Entertainment

IN: Leisure OUT: Entertainment

IN: Soul Care Area OUT: Skate Park

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m

Drawings: Landscape Sections - Claudia Capelli / Views - Luca Parlangeli

0 20

50

100

200

XL

POSTCARDS FROM RED HOOK

BUILDING SCALE ABACUS Dimension XS -4m

Height Low

Facade Open

S Transparent

SPACES

- 8 x 10 m

1 Storey

M

- 2,4 m/4 m

- 16 x 10 m

L XL

2 Storey

XXL - 40 x 10 m

3 Storey

L XS S

Windows

Toilets

M

Closed

Security

M

- 2,4 m/4 m

Stairs VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION

Reception

M

Tram Station

- 2,4 m/4 m

- 32 x 10 m

Leisure Areas

Translucent - 2,4 m/4 m

- 24 x 10 m

Facilities

Escalator/Elevator

S -2m

M - 3 x 12 m

M - 3 x 12 m

L - 5 x 12 m

2 Storeys

L - 5 x 12 m

XL- 10 x 12 m

3 Storeys

Drawings: Abacus, Postcards - Luca Parlangeli

1 Storey

- 2 x 1,6 x 10 m

- 2 x 1,6 x 20 m

-2x3x3m

30

XL

150%

First Floor

Second Floor 0 1 m

31

0 m

Drawings: Plans - Federica Caporrella / Section - Claudia Capelli

5

5

10

10

15

20

20

30

XL

150%

0 m

1

2

5

10

Drawing: Perspective Section Detail - Luca Parlangeli + Martijn Dahrs

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«The destructive character knows only one watchword: make room.

And only one activity: clearing away. [...] The destructive character is young and cheerful. For destroying rejuvenate, because it clears away the traces of our own age; it cheers, because everything cleared away means to the destroyer a complete reduction, indeed a rooting out, out of his own condition […]

This is the great bond embracing and unifying all that exists. It is a sight that affords the destructive character a spectacle of deepest harmony. The destructive character is always blithely at work. It is Nature that dictates his tempo, indirectly at least, for he must forestall her. Otherwise she will take over the destruction herself.

The destructive character […] has few needs, and the least of them is to know what will replace what has been destroyed. […] Some people pass things down to posterity, by making them untouchable and thus conserving them; others pass on situations, by making them practicable and thus liquidating them. The latter are called the destructive. The destructive character has the consciousness of historical man, whose deepest emotion is an insuperable mistrust of the course of things and a readiness at all times to recognize that everything can go wrong. Therefore, the destructive character is reliability itself. The destructive character sees nothing permanent.

But for this very reason he sees ways everywhere.

Where others encounter walls or mountains, there, too, he sees a way. But because he sees a way everywhere, he has to clear things from it everywhere. Not always by brute force; sometimes by the most refined […] No moment can know what the next will bring.

What exists he reduces to rubble – not for the sake of rubble, but for that of the way leading through it...».

(Walter Benjamin, 1931)

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