Me I was born and grew up in Nanto, a small village close to Vicenza, Italy. I started being interested in architecture since I was a child when I used to spend a lot of time at my father’s architectural firm. I decided then to get to know more of architecture myself and got a degree in surveying first. Later, I graduated at the Architecture School in Venice in October 2018. During my university career, I got the opportunity of travelling, studying and working abroad and I believe this strongly influenced my profile. When working, I always try to find a balance in the usually complex relationship between the contemporaneity and the context. I think the architect as such should be able to integrate his own vision of reality in the powerful possibilities given by architecture.
Overview Being able to recognise the main elements of a house: lights, shadows, walls and spaces. This was my main aim as a student of architecture. The understanding and full control of these should be a fundamental objective for an architect. The main character is the space, which, even if empty, is the background of our life. The architecture therefore is a balance between the form and the function of spaces, and the living man who inhabits them. The following pictures intend to represent my approach to this research, which was developped through academic works, workshops and personal experiences.
Sincerely, Marco Ciscato
INDEX Curriculum Vitae Academic work Sailing on Air - master thesis project -
Chatham - United Kingdom
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Timber Huts Chatham - United Kingdom 14 Canal du Cotonou Cotonou - Benin 18 Fabric Museum Valencia - Spain 22 Across San Basilio and Venice Venice - Italy 26
Work experience
Intership - Inbo Architecture
Amsterdam - Netherlands
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Intership - Grassi Pietre S.R.L
Vicenza - Italy
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Marghera - Venice
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Marghera - Venice
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Workshop W.A.Ve. 2014 - awared - Tutor: Barozzi Veiga W.A.Ve. 2013 Tutor: TAMassociati
Curriculum Vitae
Marco Ciscato Master of Arts in Architecture Design UniversitĂ IUAV di Venezia 08 may 1992 Vicenza - Italy Via S.Salvatore 41, Nanto 36024 Vicenza - Italy ciscatomarco@hotmail.it +39 392 0005104
Work experience June - August 2018 Inbo Amsterdam - Netherlands Before the end of my studies, I had the opportunity of getting to know a new reality, the Dutch architecture. I collaborated as an intern at the Inbo studio in Amsterdam, where I could work on the design process of different architectural projects. When working in the Inbo studio, I helped the project-architect in daily work. In particular, I collaborated with the team in the design phase, materialization, visualization, and assistance with a variety of tasks based on the needs of the designer. I also contributed to the design of projects through conceptual thinking.
October - December 2014 Grassi Pietre s.r.l Nanto, Vicenza - Italy I worked on the reshape of furniture products for interior and exterior, completely made of Vicenza stone - that is known as the stone used in Palladio - . I had different tasks: from the survey of the stone to the design of the final piece of furniture, passing through the composition of the tecnica file and the arrangement of the production itself.
Education 2016 - 2018 Master of Arts in Architecture Design - IUAV Università di Venezia Venice - Italy final mark: 110/110 Second year of study at Kent School of Architecture - Erasmus programme 2011 - 2015 Bachelor in Science of Architecture - IUAV Università di Venezia Venice - Italy final mark: 100/110 Third year of study at Universidad Politécnica de Valencia UPV - Erasmus programme 2007 - 2011 Earned baccalaureate - Istituto per Geometri “A.Canova” Vicenza - Italy final mark: 81/100
Workshop 2014 “The Large Scale, a collection” - W.A.VE IUAV Università di Venezia - tutor Studio Barozzi / Veiga W.A.VE award 2014 The workshop worked on the trasformation of arge and silent appearances in new centers for social life by giving shape to a new hypothetical city-costellation. the work topics focused on the issue of large-scale urban and architectural trasformation and urban regeneration 2013 “The Cities of the other” - W.A.VE IUAV Università di Venezia - tutor Studio TAMassociati The workshop “The city if the other” focused on the connection between urban life and production area for a redevelopment of the area. Marghera (Venice) was the project site taken. 2012 “A new centrality for Malomocco” - W.A.VE IUAV Università di Venezia - tutor BAK arquitectos Due to its central location, the Malamocco area on Lido island is the possible starting place of a new system of urban development around the city of Venice.
Computer skills Adobe Suite (suite cs6: Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign) Autodesk Program (Autocad 2018, 3ds Studio Max 2018, Revit 2018) Sketchup PRO 2018 Microsoft 10 - Office Suite Search engines: Internet Explorer, Firefox Modzilla, Google Chrome
Language skills English (fluent) Italian (mother tongue) Spanish (fluent)
SAILING ON AIR - Enterprise physiotherapy center Chatham Historic Dockyard - United Kingdom Tutor: Massimo Rossetti - Luciano Cardellicchio IUAV UniversitĂ di Venezia - project thesis -
Tutor: Andrew De Carteret University of Kent - nominated project -
The design research addressed as a thesis work stems from a year-long compositional exercise at the University of Kent. The project building provides for multipurpose facilities aimed at creating a new popular place in the historical center of the Chatham Dockyard. The design process consists of a re-elaboration of the urban frame of the original 1800 dockyard, decommissioned for some decades, and further research of the original architectural forms of the same dockyard that led to the design of this Enterprise Physiotherapy Center. The main body of the intervention is developed for a total height of 8 m. from the ground and with a linear development of 125 m. The tower instead becomes the best viewpoint of the naval singer, reaching 40 m. of height. The intervention is articulated with both private and public spaces, physiotherapy laboratories and training spaces of the University of Kent.
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Chatham Historical Dockyard - Medway 8
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Dockyard axonometric view
School of physiotherapy and urban redevopment proposal of the Chatham Historic Dockyard
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Project process
I. Area of intervention
II. Reistantment south pond
The project area today clearly identifies the points of access and the flow of the dockyard; the conformation of it is mainly presented as an urban void today use as a car parking.
The first step taken was the recognition of the original design of the area. The reintroduction of the south pond recalls traditional spaces and elements of the nineteenth-century dockyard.
III. New connections
IV. Acrossing
The large spaces delineated by the two ponds create new possibilities for connection and urban cohesion. Footbridges, bridges, reconstruction of the pondside and the old route of the railway become new pathway and opportunities in the area around to the building.
The building itself blends with the surrounding structures. The laboratories that cut across the main direction of the architectural complex will be an element of physical and visual union for the two ponds. Unity of spaces within a large area of development become indispensable compositional elements.
V. In Between
VI. On Air
The space created in the center becomes the new fulcrum of the area. This develops with a square on the ground floor and with elements that reason through the idea of “in between�.
The new feature of the campus rediscovers the once lost spirit of the dockyard, preserving historical elements with modern technology. A large building will float in the middle of the dockyard hosting all the functions that require large spaces. The accent of the structure points towards the river, a new ship ready to sail.
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The main feature of the north elevation is the sequence of colored timber sheds. Boathouses are suspended on the pond and they will host some training spaces of the University of Kent. Boathouses fit into the main building body integrating the different volumes.
The south elevation is an example of the simplicity of volumes in the Enterprise Physiotherapy Centre. The large suspended body and the surrounding urban texture point at the river, and the verticality of the chimney characterizes the project. That same tower becomes an icon for the city itself.
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TIMBER HUTS - Multi-generational care facility Chatham Historic Dockyard - United Kingdom Tutor: Chloe Street Tarbatt
University of Kent - nominated project -
Given its historical function, the pre-existing volume represents a well-defined shape and area. Because of continuity, the presented project naturally uses some of the elements of its former predecessor. For instance, the timber hut consists of several single units; therefore the project aims to maintain the volume of the historical building by keeping the same shape. Nevertheless, as the original shape was too monotonous I have added some dynamics to the the original design. The historical importance of the respective building means that it is under the protection of the English heritage so the majority of the project shall focus on the extension of the existing structure without its redefinitio or demolition. The motto of the project is: through dismantling to expand. First of all, the project focused on the particular single unit of the original construction which was consequently reassembled, enlarged and moved, thus a new extension to Chatham’s timber hut, a multigenerational care facility, was born. Its main objective is to host all generations througout the age spectre, from the youngest to the oldest, within its space.
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Project process
timber hut
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repetition
move
adapt & extend
It’s about learning through generations and caring about each other. This kind of thing can change the community. Judith Ish-Horowicz
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West elevation
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Here is another succession of timber sheds, whose shapes and sizes of the facade let to discover the different interior spaces. The new design recalls the pre-existing building, but it also adds the movement given by the different directions of roof layers. The main material used is wood and its conditions of use mirror local traditions in the building.
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CITY AND LANDSCAPE ATELIER: CANAL DU COTONOU - Urban regeneration center Cotonou - Benin Tutor: Patrizia Montini
Università IUAV di Venezia Teamwork: Luca Rizzo - Davide Castegnaro
The object of compositional architectural development was a “center of urban regeneration”, that is a complex of spaces for the community related to artisan laboratories and a school - training complex, thus promoting the combination of training and work. The dimensionally larger block will host the training part, with related services; the school complex maintains a more private profile than the rest of the laboratory plan, which, instead, through spaces - connections, comes into direct contact with the water and the city.
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Project process
Coastline
School
Workshop space
Final connection
Create a culture of recycling; a virtuous process that allows for the collection and reuse of domestic waste.
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The lighthouse, commonly known by the definition of light signaling system that serves as a reference to night boats, becomes an iconic object in this project. Located at the end of the main pier, it is a new point of reference for this urban redevelopment project to the north of the city of Cotonou.
A new architecture settles along the main Cotonou canal, a series of structured palafitte houses become a new center in the lake landscape on the canal’s coast. Public squares, piers and artisan workshops alternate creating a new project system that connects on one
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FABRIC MUSEUM - Museo para una “PEQUEÑA” ciudad Valencia - Spain Tutor: Sergi Castelló
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
My Erasmus experience in Spain in the UPV of Valencia was an essential experience for the course of my studies. The planning course I attended was about the development of a museum centre in the inner city. Designing in an old town is always interesting a sit involves the relationship between the new built and the existing urban. The location was small and we also had to respect historical center restrictions, so we finally design a building connected with the surrounding urban texture in the ground floor and the resulting elevation of the museum space. The construction, the use and the relationship with the surrounding are the main object for this “Museo de la Tela”, the research of strong architectural elements always sends back to these connextions. The main element is the “Harmonic Motion” - work of Toshiko Horiuchi, Rome 2014 - located on the ground floor. It becomes a point of attraction / interactive point of the museum, the inner square and the historical center of Valencia. The structure is then being composed of the volumes of service that act as a support for the museum spaces above.
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Project process
Maximum volume available
Square space
Vertical connections
Underground floor
Exhibition space
Terrace - Point of view
The small empty urban space becomes the vibrant link between Plaza Virgen and Plaza de la Reina, allowing for the development of a meeting and exchange place.
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South elevation
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Here is an urban void in the old town of Valencia in the shadow of the Miguelete Tower. The project goal is creating a small museum for the city with an open ground floor, a new square in the junction between Plaza de la Virgen and Plaza de la Reina. Moreover, an interactive playground becomes an attraction in the new square. The above volume houses the “Museo de la Tela” (“Fabric Museum”) and the external threads in its main façade recall the subject of the dame museum. On the side, vertical communications stand out thanks to their brick fabric. The material is both form and substance.
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ACROSS ST. BASILIO AND VENICE - Residential housing Venice - Italy Tutor: Franca Pittaluga
Università IUAV di Venezia
The project is developed around the idea of the venetian courtyard, “campo”, where the external space becomes internal in relation with the new volumes of the buildings that surround it. Therefore, this space is born from the design of the urban context of Venice in which architecture meets the element of water The proposal was to plan a series of commercial and residential spaces between the old docks of St.Basilio and Venice, for a total of 15,000 cubic meters. The area of the project suggests a series of interesting to follow such as the relationship built - channel and the relationship with the urban fabric of the city of Venice.
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Project process
Project area
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Water relationship
Block connections
Here you can see some Classical Venetian architectural features for a residential block; a new modern design is born between S.Basilio and the city of Venice.
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Canal of Giudecca elevation
Plant type - residential floor
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The project recalls the existing urban texture and it is proposed as a Venetian court open on the Giudecca Canal. The existing ratio between urban empties and built areas reproduces the urban density of the old town.
west - east view
Despite the essentiality of the composition, the project is made up of glimpses, paths, waterways and covered paths which are typical Venetian features.
east - west view
In the middle of the project, there is a “campo� (Venetian square) surrounded by trees overlooking the lagoon. The typical Venetian relationship with water is thus restored.
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Internship Amsterdam | Netherlands june - august 2018 Inbo Before the end of my studies, I had the opportunity of getting to know a new reality, the Dutch architecture. I collaborated as an intern at the Inbo studio in Amsterdam, where I could work on the design process of different architectural projects. The Netherlands has always stood out for its brilliance and ability to develop innovation, especially in the field of architecture. Thanks to its cultural tradition, the Netherlands is nowadays considered one of the world’s leading design and architecture schools. The different working approach and the different references adopted during the creative process enriched my personal experience. My main task was being able to explore new concepts and ideas of architecture, both through design and scale models.
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The pavilion should possess something of the cloeness, density and intricacy of things urban that it should in fact be city-like, in the sense that people and artifacts meet, converge and clash there inevitably. A. van Eyck
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Aldo Van Eyck Sonsbeek Pavilion
Bike storage - Amsterdam Here there are three different solutions for the entrance of a bicycle storage in the congested Amsterdam. The architectural object is in relation with a tram subway and an open space and a new L-shaped elevation with a corner included. The three solutions are a solution of continuity, a recognition of the corner with its raising part and the predominance of one side on the other. Solution 1
Solution 2
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Project process
Extension car parking - Nijkerk The Nijkerk community needed new car parking spaces close to the old town. After identifying an empty area on the side of the existing car park, the two spaces were physically connected. Despite being linked, the two areas maintained their own identity.
Today
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Internship Nanto | Vicenza october - december 2014 Grassi Pietre s.r.l Practical experience is essential for being an architect, the internship in the company “Grassi Pietre� gave me the chance to explore a parallel field of architecture: the one of sculpture and design. In particular, the stone employment as a working material. My main task was designing furniture products for interior and exterior, and composing a technical file for all of them.It was an opportunity to see the complete production process of these artifacts, from the block of raw stone to the finished product, passing through the design and study of the piece.
Stone quarry - Vicenza
Stone block storage - Grassi Pietra s.r.l
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Stratum wall equipped wall for spa and baths - modular and customizable weight : 130 kg/mq material: ”Vicenza Bianco Avorio” stone designer: Setsu e Shinobu Ito
“V” wall with V elements 202x35 cm H274 cm weight : 530 material: “Vicenza Bianco Avorio” stone designer: Patricia Urquiola
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W.A.VE. 2014 The Large Scale a collection Marghera - Venice Tutor: Studio Barozzi / Veiga Disused industrial architecture of the XX century, is it possible to convert it into a urban space? Will it be possible to generate an urban recovery by creating new communities? Porto Marghera is a place of big unused industrial artefacts. The workshop “The large scale” wondered if the reuse of these modern buildings on a large-scale is possible. We were given “the large-scale” concept, so we tried to design an industrial work of 30000 square metres. We had to work on the existing building and keep its size. We designed a large perforated plate which becomes part of the structure and metaphore of a new urban society: full-empty/ public-private relationships are essential on the “large-scale”.
Masterplan Terminal intermodal Venice, Port Marghera
photomontage
courtyards and roof
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final composition
W.A.VE. 2013 The Cities of the other Marghera - Venice Tutor: TAMassociati Can an architectural design precede, accompany or follow a socio-productive transformation in Porto Marghera? How is it possible to interpret the new product innovation and social processes? The workshop “The city if the other� focused on the connection between urban life and production area for a redevelopment of the area. Marghera (Venice) was the project site taken. The subject matter was about creating a functional accessible socio-productive nucleus in Porto Marghera by multifunctional and reversible design processes, in respect of the historical centre and the residential city of Mestre.
Masterplan Azoto street Venice, Port Marghera
interior views
project area
modeling areas
vertical development
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intersection volumes