margherita gazzola Architecture & Graphic portfolio
Hello!
I’m Margherita Gazzola, architect and illustrator freshly graduated from Politecnico di Milano. My wandering brought me to REDDING (CA), MILAN, PARIS and CAMBRIDGE (MA) where I started designing scientific illustrations for HARVARD UNIVERSITY and MIT. And now? Well, I’m looking for an internship to pursue my love for architecture, but I’m also available for thrilling freelances! Please, have a look at my portfolio and if you’re interested, please, don’t hesitate to contact me. Thanks!
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+ eDUCATION
+ experience 2016
- Teaching Assistant during the “Ex MED Caprera” workshop regarding landscape architecture (october
2013 2016
MA with hons in architecture at Politecnico
2015
Four-months“Advanced Landscape Workshop”
di Milano (2013-2016)
2016) 2016
- co-founder of Needle, research group focused on
with professor Paolo Luther Burgi
urban regeneration www.needlecrowd.com 2015
- assistant architect at Studio Gazzola / on going
2013
- illustrator: collaborating with physicists and
2014 2015
Six-months exchange at ENSA Versailles
2014
“Transformers” workshop with professor
researchers from HARVARD, MIT (Boston, MA) and
(2014-2015)
Richard Scoffier
Nice University (France) in the context of scientific divulgation and visualization / on going 2015
2010 2013
BA in architecture at Politecnico di Milano
2009
Six-months exchange at Enterprise High
(2010-2013)
- 7 months traineeship at Arch. Aurelio Giacomo Storzini
School (Redding, California) where I have 2012
collaborating
with
an
online
architecture
magazine “Architettura Ecosostenibile” for few
obtained my honorary diploma (2009)articles regarding architectural sustainability
articles regarding architectural sustainability
+ recognitions & illustration published VIZZIES 2016- Finalist illustration international scientific divulgation contest organized by Popular Science and National Science Foundation (NSF)
PNAS “Gait and speed selection in slender inertial swimmers” - march 2015 NATURE PHYSICS “Scaling macroscopic aquatic locomotion”- october 2014
SCIENCE “Phototactic guidance of a tissueengineered soft-robotic ray” - july 2016
+ LANGUAGES
+ DESIGN SKILLS DRAWING: AutoCAD, ArchiCad, Revit GRAPHICS: Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, After Effetcs
Italian Illustrator,
English
3D: Rhino, SketchUp Rendering: Artlantis, Felix Render Web - UI/UX: Wordpress, Wix, Html, Css, Balsamiq, InVision
French Spanish
selection of works mountain cabin interior - professional work
scientific artworks illustrations
windflows architecture
reuse & reclamation urban design and architecture
amatrice furniture design
mansarde 2015 Professional work - interior design Our client wanted an open and flexible space where she could spend time to relax and eventually host her sons with their families. In order to do that, we first had to reinforce the existing roof structure, built in 1604; then we had to understand how to deal with the presence of three wood beams placed at different heights and interaxes that where interrupting the continuity of the space. The design proposed mantains the continuity of the garrett which, however has been structured in three different spaces: the sleeping area raised 1 meter above the floor, the living area and the bathroom.
Before
Design schemes
Longitudinal section
Picture of the interior Goal: the goal of the project was to obtain a highly versitile space that could become an additional bedroom, a playing area for the kids or simply a place where our client could relax.
Work in progress
After - outdoor view
After
Details & Materials
scientific artworks 2013 - on going Professional work - illustrations In 2013 I’ve started collaborating with physicists and researchers from Harvard University, MIT (Boston, MA) and Nice University (France) in the context of scientific divulgation and visualization : my goal is to make their researches easily understandable to everyone who’s curious about science through my illustrations and graphic design. Some of my sketches have been published on world leading jurnals such as NATURE PHYSICS, PNAS and SCIENCE. Moreover, one of my sketches has been selected as finalist illustration for the 2016 VIZZIES contest.
collaboration with Harvard University - Professor L. Mahadevan Published on PNAS
collaboration with Harvard University - Professor L. Mahadevan Published on Nature Physics
cyborg ray - published on science collaboration with Harvard University - Professor Kit Parker Illustration that explains the functioning of the cyborg ray, first cyborg animal ever
the 2016 vizzies contest - finalist illustration collaboration with MIT - Professor Michael Triantafyllou Illustration that explains the physics behing the c-start phenomena
conquering windflows 2014 Academic project - ENSA Versailles What if windflows, humidity and heat become a tool to shape future and adaptable architectures? Of course, metereological and climate conditions change from a place to another and this would mean linking architecture and territories in a way that hasn’t been done since the time of vernacular architecture. During this atelier we explored how meteorological phenomena could become a new aestethic reference for architectural design: each group worked on a specific french region and environmental condition developping possible links between these two. Our elements were WIND and BRETAGNE cultural background. After studying both of them, we designed a new building that was able to link history, tradition, marchÊ breton and windflows.
Maquette of the project
Le terroir breton
Considering the acidity of the soil, the agricultural economy is based on fishing and cattle. Thus, we linked the new building with the traditional “MarchĂŠ bretonâ€? and products.
Wind resistance & shapes
Wind in architecture considering that you can’t use wind speed for comfort reason, we decided to work on the convection flow: for each activity and product there’s the specific comfort temperature and ventilation. To mantain the heat gradient the design has to be as smooth as possible in order to have almost no turbolences
Masterplan - Loriènt
Plans
Axonometries
Longitudinal section
Faรงade
Photomontages
Faรงade and square
Salle de fumage
Cross section and construction detail
reuse & reclamation 2014 Academic project - Politecnico di Milano The title explains the goal of this project: reclaim a space that used to be an industrial site (Olcese Cotton Mill) to reuse it as a new development area for the city of Novara, Piedmont. The site has some characteristic features: the old cotton mill is located in the most multiethnic and industrialized area of the city and it borders the historical city and the countryside. Due to its particular location, we thought that it could become a mediation element among the histrical city, the industrial suburb and the countryside. To connect this variety of situations, we focused on the Quintino Sella canal, used for agricultural purposes, as our main project axis that is able to reconnect fragmented spaces and realities.
Olcese cotton mill
H i stor ical center
Countryside Satellitar view
Picture of the abandoned industrial site Olcese cotton mill
MASTERPLAN CONCEPTS The Quintino Sella canal connects the city to the countryside and it becomes the main axis for our project. We want our intervenion to be a mediation among the historical city, the industrial site and the countryside.
UNITY
CONTINUITY
DIVERSITY
given by the cana
given by nature
system of fragments
VISUAL ACCESSIBILITY The more you proceed into the project, the more your sight will embrace the landscape, until you reach the Quintino Sella canal that connects the city to the countryside: there you have no more visual obstacles and the park opens up in front of you
ZONE 1 residential
ZONE 2 community gardens
ZONE 3 the park
NEW & EXISTING VOLUMES Existing New
Housing
Research Center Reuse Social Housing
PROJECT ZONES
PUBLIC SPACE
INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE RESIDENTIAL AREA
ACCESSIBILITY PUBLIC SPACE
accessible to everyone without any limit -PARK AND COMMUNITY GARDENS
SEMI PRIVATE SPACE
inner courtyard where private and public functions are provided in order to “keep an eye” 24/7 on the space
DIFFERENCES IN HEIGHT
Soil movements
Raised courtyard
Gallery
MASTERPLAN
N
HOUSING
TYPES OF APARTMENTS
STUDENT AND REASEARCHERS HOUSING
CROSS SECTION Olcese cotton mill converted into a creative hub and media library
FAÇADE
Community gardens
MODULE APARTMENT TYPE
Student housing
Public path with shops
Parking
Public access road
HORTUS CONCLUSUS Community garden and industrial heritage - Landscape detail Greenhouse plan
Greenhouse cross section
Collage commuity garden and greenhouses
amatrice 2016 Furniture design - volounteer work Fondazione “Aiutiamoli a vivere” You may know about the terrible 6.2 magnitudo earthquake occured on the 24th of August: it struck in the middle of the night hitting Central Italy, destroying Amatrice, Accumuli and Arcuata del Tronto and killing over 290 people. So when I was asked to design a camp bookcase to support people affected by the earthquake, I was very happy to help and to give my contribution. The design is very simple and functional : I had to structure it in joinable modules easy to transport and to assemble. Moreover, the bookcase had to be slightly raised from the ground because humidity and water are one of the main problem in emergency makeshift camp. Then, I imagined how we could assemble two bookcase modules in order to have bigger and stable bookcases. The foundation “Aiutiamoli a vivere” is now preparing some prototypes that will be send as soon as possible.
Opuscolo assemblaggio
thank you for your time! Please visit my website to see more projects
www.margheritagazzola.com