LUISA LEME SIMONI PORTFOLIO
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF SANTOS (UNISANTOS) 2009 - 2014
PAPERBOARD FURNITURE school: Catholic University of Santos professor: Frédéric Lebois course: Object Design I semester: 1st year: 2009
Furniture design using paperboard from specific size sheets.
ART GALLERY
school: Catholic University of Santos professor: Cláudio Paneque, Frédéric Lebois course: Architectural Design II semester: 2nd year: 2009
The Art Gallery proposal was to create a space for permanent or temporary exhibitions with administrative offices and a small collection. The Gallery is a closed box supported by two pillars. The raised box creates a ground-level rest area which can be used for open-air exhibitions.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
school: Catholic University of Santos professor: JosĂŠ Maria Macedo, Gino Caldatto course: Architectural Design III semester: 3rd year:2010
Elementary school in the city of Santos. The proposal includes 12 classrooms, space for coordinators, social services and cafeteria in addition to a recreation area. All classrooms face SW to avoid direct incidence of sunlight and facilitate ventilation. This faรงade is enclosed by glass in structures which open individually. Dividers on the facing wall open fully to permit cross-ventilation.
STUDENT HOUSING
school: Catholic University of Santos professor: JosĂŠ Maria Macedo, Gino Caldatto course: Architectural Design IV semester: 4th year: 2010
The objective was to create a student housing complex to accommodate students of various universities in Santos. The proposal was for 200 apartments: 100 with 25m2 (for 2 students) and 100 with 40m2 (for 4 students), laundry, collective kitchen, library and dining hall, in addition to parking and recreation areas.
PUBLIC HOUSING
school: Catholic University of Santos professor: Angelo Filardo, JosÊ Marques Carriço course: Urbanism III site: Santos, Brasil semester: 4th year: 2010
Design for Public Housing in Santos Design of two- and three-bedroom apartments with parking and recreation areas. Studies included: areas for commerce, sports, health center, water supply/sewage systems and power supply.
INTERVENTION IN THE ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL school: Catholic University of santos professor: Apoena Amaral, Marcos Piffer course: Visual Arts VI semester: 6th year: 2011
Students were asked to make a temporary intervention in the school of architecture. The work group decided on an intervention that would alter the daily lives of students and professors. Yellow panels in the main circulation area made students change their usual path to classes. The panels reproduced passages from composer/singer Chico Buarque’s song “Cotidiano” (Daily Life) in addition to a panel with photos of everyday life.
Sﾃグ PAULO BOAT SHOW
school: Catholic University of Santos professor: Roberto Soutello course: Architectural Design V semester: 5th year: 2011
The Sﾃ｣o Paulo Boat Show is a major center for exhibitions and sales of boats and boating equipment. The proposal was for indoor and outdoor exhibition areas and marina in addition to parking, restaurant and stores. The project features a covered freestanding structure which allows pedestrians to move freely between indoor and outdoor ambiences.
PUBLIC LIBRARY school: Catholic Univerity of Santos professor: Roberto Soutello course: Architectural Design VI semester: 6th year: 2011
Students were asked to design a public library for downtown Santos, which has been revitalized with new projects for public use. On the building site, two walls in ruins are to be preserved – this being accomplished by incorporating them as sculptures in a garden between the street and the library. Balconies in the library function as belvederes overlooking the port of Santos and the downtown area. The auditorium, enclosed by glass, overlooks the garden and the ruins. The main collection is on the top floor which is enclosed by perforated aluminum sheets which filter the sunlight.
ARTIST STUDIO
school: Catholic University of Santos professor: Fernando Cabral course: Architectural Design VII semester: 7th year: 2012
IMAGE AND SOUND MUSEUM
school: Catholic University of Santos professor: Fernando Cabral course: Architectural Design VII site: Europa Ave., S達o Paulo, Brasil semester: 7th year: 2012
The project was to design the Image and Sound Museum in the same site as the award-wining Sculpture Museum from Paulo Mendes da Rocha in the city of S達o Paulo. The project creates a great plaza in the entrance integrating both museums. Accessed by a ramp, the library, workshops and auditorium are located under the plaza and in the level of Bucarest St.
school: Catholic University of Santos professor: Roberto Soutello course: Industrialized Building Design I semester: 7th year: 2012
CUBE
Students had to work with a Cube and develop the design in 3 phases. - 1st phase: design an object by the subtraction from the cube - 2nd phase design an urban furniture, which was designed an sales stand - 3rd phase design a building, which was considered a residential complex
DESIGNING AS ARCHITECTURE STYLES school: Catholic University of Santos professor: Ney Caldatto course: Architecture Theory V semester: 7th year: 2012
students should design the facades in the Historic Downtown of Santos, according to the diffenrent styles. - Le Corbusier - Frank Lloyd Wright - Bauhaus - De Stjil - Russian Constructivism
DESIGN/THINKING AS LE CORBUSIER school: Catholic University of Santos professor: Ney Caldatto course: Architecture Theory V semester: 7th year: 2012
With a real site in the city of Santos, the student should design a house for a contemporary family with the concepts of Le Corbusier.
INFRASCAPE
school: Washington University in St Louis professor: Gia Daskalakis course: Architectural Design III site: Laclede’s Landing, St Louis semester: 8th year: 2012
The goal of this project was to remove the existing Flood Wall in the city of St Louis, just south from the Gateway Arch. Revitalizing the area with a park that would help in the flood mitigation and bring people from the Arch. The concept of the project is to connect the site to the Arch grounds and the river to the city. The idea of having a roof park, with a collection of prairie grasses, between the level of the street and the Arch grounds, with accessible ramps connecting both projects. On the river side of the project a mound with wetlands and decks brings people close to the river. On the city side, under the roof park, a space for galleries, amphitheatres and restaurants.
36x24in 1/2000
section AA
1/250 m
Flood wall Flood 1993 Street level
Summer average
Winter average
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section BB 1/250 m
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plan 1
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CORNERED exhibition
school: Washington University in St Louis professor: Stephen Leet course: Architectural Design IV site: Kemper Art Museum semester: 9th year: 2013
exercise in the Kemper Art Museum to work as curators and design the exhibition with selected works about the theme.
plan with artworks
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plan
axo 1
section BB
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axo 2
MAIN PERSPECTIVES
Pacific Judson Murphy
Richard Serra (United States b. 1939) 1978
Blue Red
Ellsworth Kelly (United States b. 1933) 1966
Composition of Red and White:
Nom 1/Composition No. 4 with red and blue Piet Mondrian (Holland 1872–1944) 1938–42
PAIRED | MIRRORED | DOUBLED | CUT exhibition school: Washington University in St Louis professor: Stephen Leet course: Architectural Design IV site: Kemper Art Museum semester: 9th year:2013
exercise in the Kemper Art Museum to work as curators and design the exhibition with selected works about the theme.
plan with artworks
B
A
A
B
plan
axo 1
section AA
section BB
axo 2
MAIN PERSPECTIVES
Double Elvis
Andy Warhol (United States 1928–1987) 1963
Mile long drawing Mojave Desert Walter de Maria (United States b. 1935) 1968
Las Meninas
Diego Velázquez (Spain 1599 – 1660) 1656
BAMAKO DESIGN RESEARCH CENTER
school: Washington University in St Louis professor: Zeuler Lima course: Architectural Design IV site: Bamako semester: 9th year: 2013 group: Luisa Simoni, Kelsey Alex, Lucas Rodrigues
The project consists of the proposal for a Research Design Center in Bamako, Mali. For a couple who runs a store of African cultural elements in Barcelona and owns a site located close to the Niger River. The principles of this project were to use most of local material and labor and make it possible to be built in phases. The Center is designed in hammed earth walls and wood roof, referring to the traditional architecture of Mali. The building works as a sequence of exhibitions and workshops spaces, where you can see the pieces produced and also the production process. Each workshop has the own meeting/classroom and a common kitchen and restrooms. The workshops are focused on fabrics/texture and jewelry, music instruments and pottery. On the back of site there’s a great common outdoors area for cultural and musical presentations.
First Phase Second Phase
Third Phase