ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Selected works
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BUILD IN AN EMPTY SPACE BACHELOR DESIGN PROJECT 2015
A PERMANENT EXHIBITION IN CALTAGIRONE’S MUSEUM BACHELOR DESIGN PROJECT 2015-2016
INTERIOR RENOVATION IN A DUPLEX FLAT IN TURIN BACHELOR DESIGN PROJECT 2015-2016
A(I)RCHBNB RENTERPRETATION MASTER DESIGN PROJECT 2017
A NEW SCENERY FOR A VISIBLE AND RESILIENT CITY MASTER THESIS 2018
INTERIOR DESIGN HOLIDAY HOUSE REALIZED PROJECT 2017
SKETCHES, PHOTOGRAPHY, ILLUSTRATIONS BACHELOR DESIGN PROJECT 2015
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BUILD IN AN EMPTY SPACE Year: 2015 Professors: Daniele Campobenedetto, Orio de Paoli Collaboration: Erada Rrokaj Place: Parc de La Villette, Paris, France
A set of several elements: solid figures and voids that give shape to a hierarchy of dissimilar spaces. The vegetation surrounds the lot and covers it. Crossing a “green corridor” that runs along the first building, a students’s accomodation, we arrive at a thin and transparent structure: an external stairwell and an elevator that divided into two blocks the building. On the other hand, they create a unique and collective environment. From the analysis carried out on the district de la Villette, it was found how the way of living a city reflects the way people live. A district like the Villette, diversified and in continuous evolution, represented the starting point for the concept we proposed. Just as the city is not uniform, but fragmented, just as the individual
continually chooses places of fruition, similarly our project consists of the union of several blocks. Bars, residences, libraries, housing and art laboratories gather different experiences, making this lot a nodal point within the Place de Bitche. Observing the axonometry, it is possible to understand how the coating plays a fundamental role, the choice to compose the skins of the buildings in such a diversified way, arises from the need to represent inevitably different functions and ways of living. Crossing the lot, this idea is expressed according to the closing / opening ratio. If on the one hand the bar environment is completely open and transparent, in the housing part the opening towards the outside is controlled through the use of mobile screens that allow total privacy. This passage between the two environments is blurred by the perforated envelope of the residence. The trait-d’union between the two residential blocks is given by the external vertical circulation that shapes and regulates the full / empty union. This relationship is fundamental for understanding the idea of how to live. What happens in the vacuums created in the lot, actually represents the fullest part of sociality
and admixture. Our architecture wants to give the city versatile spaces. There is the idea that from the analysis of the building‘s façade we can understand how the environments are used. If the environment is for public use, as in the case of the Coffee, the form of architecture must be free, usable in a continuous way so as to make the internal / external space relationship imperceptible, effect made possible through the use of large glass walls. In the cohousing there is the union between the private part, typical of the dwelling, and the public part, aimed at the continuous social exchange. For this reason, a perforated facade has been chosen which guarantees the dosed passage of light, ventilation and visuals. The most private part is at the bottom of the lot and consists of the building of the families housing and the art laboratory on the ground floor. Moreover, a great attention was paid to the technological construction part of the elements such us the paving slab, the roofs, the gallery with a self-supporting steel perforated facade.
Axonometry 1 created with Revit Render 1 of the gallery, created with 3DMax
Front elevation with some technlogical details
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Coffee Library (ground level) Art Lab (ground level) Student’s Cohousing (3 floors)
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02 A PERMANENT EXHIBITION IN CALTAGIRONE’S MUSEUM Year: 2015-2016 Professors: Valeria Minucciani, Anna Pellegrino Collaboration: Giulia Rosso, Ilaria Scalzo Place: Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy
The challenge was to renovate the rooms of a museum, dating back to 1950 and located in Cartagirone. The museum’s requests concerned the creation of dynamic, educational and innovative spaces following a narrative thread for each room. The five rooms to be set up, had themes concerning the history of ceramics in Sicily and in Caltagirone; Prehistory, the Middle Ages, the space of the Garden as a decorative place and finally a bookshop that also had to do the temporary function of a conference room and a coffee that could eventually become a restaurant to receive a catering after the conferences.
Letting ourselves be inspired by the vivid colors of Caltagirone ceramics, we decided to assign to each room a specific color that was somehow related. Thought use of material, lighting and the pushing and the pulling of the masses, the rooms were designed. We pay attentiont to every surface, walls, sbalbs and roof creating an integration of each space. People’s movement was always programmated thought barriers, impediments, point of interest and visuals. Lighting design is and essential point of the project because every object was extoled with an accurate study of the light beam. PRE-HISTORIC ROOM The cave and the clay were the inspiration for the exhibition. The stylization of these natural elements has created both vertical and horizontal displays and picture frames. The reference that inspired me is part of a set-up of a shop in Germany, designed by Goetz Schrader, a German architect and designer. THE GARDEN We chose green as it is a soothing and restful color for the eyes. Offers a sense of relaxation, harmony and renewal. It is deeply linked to nature, comforts and creates balance. You enter through a corridor-
filter that refers to the typical arcades where instead of the columns we find stylized branches and panels with images. After this space there is the actual room with a tree in the middle from which branches branch off at the top to create the plot of the false ceiling from which a suffused light filters. From the bottom, on the other hand, the roots (two-dimensional guides) on the floor that connect the cases to the tree are developed.
Middle-Age room’s render with by 3dMax
PREHISTORY’S ROOM
BOOKSHOP
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COFEE BAR
GARDEN’S ROOM
MIDDLE AGE’S ROOM
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PRE-HISTORIC ROOM
Concept and the shop set up by Goetz Schrader’s
Turis 1.0, Luce & Lights
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GARDEN ROOM
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The project that inspired me is the Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi, designed by Jean Nouvel. The dome refers to the weave of the interweaving of palm leaves, traditionally used as roofing material in the United Arab Emirates. In this setting we wanted to create an almost idyllic place, where stands out the green and the rich and lively decorations of the vases.
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Progetto 1 Redattore Telefono Fax e-Mail
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Deepening of glass case False color representation created with Dialux
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INTERIOR RENOVATION IN A DUPLEX FLAT IN TURIN
ce, immediately to the right you can find the studio. This is near the entrance to prevent customers interference in the private sphere of the family. The kitchen is separated from the dining area, just like the lady of the Year: 2015-2016 house wanted. The dining area is spacious and comfortable and Professors: suitable for friends and family. Valeria Minucciani, Anna The public area is defined by the Pellegrino same parquet, but arranged differently depending on the space: Collaboration: in the dining area the strips are Giulia Rosso, Ilaria Scalzo at 45°. to enhance the path, in the living Place: Turin, Piedmont, Italy room instead are arranged at 90° to emphasize the horizontal connection between the environments both inside and outThe goal is to satisfay the needs side. of an old couple. They wanted to totally renovate their home The lower floor is accessed and the distribution of the roby a library staircase that reoms paying attention to some sponds to the hobby of reareference standards and lights ding s throughout its length. design too. We have studied in Once you get to the lower floor you details every possible solution in access the living room, connected terms of interior design, energy to the guest room efficiency and light, using Dialux, thanks to a sliding wall. a software in which we have deThe idea was to create a versigned, calculated and visualized satile space that could be used lights. for any occasion. The guest room and the living room merIn the first phase, we fixed the ge into a single room in case wishes of the client, combithere are no guests. Otherning them harmoniously with wise, a sliding wall closes like a the constraints established by chest to create a private room the systems and the structure in which the poufs are transforand integrating them with the med into two comfortable beds. comfort that an home must have. The laundry, on the other hand, extends under the staiStarting from the entran-
rs to make the most of this space and to create the direct access to the terrace. The patronal bathroom consists of both a bathtub and a Walkin shower to meet every need.
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Duell, Modular lighting
Credo 50 jac, Delta light
Tolomeo Terra Mega, Artemide
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Longitudinal section with bright effects Plan with luminaires
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Entrance
Render 1: Entrance, created with 3DMax
Render 3: Office, created with 3DMax
Render 2: Dining area, created with 3DMax
Parquet in brushed oak wood placed at 45 °
White stoneware tiles used for the dining area
De Castelli black plate delabrè with corten effect
Grey paint used for the double height wall
Laminated kitchen top in grey porphyry Leroy Merlin
Grey tiles used as a splash protection coating Render 4: Kitchen, created with 3DMax
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Beluga Steel, Fabbian
Pantrac, Erco
Aplomb Mini, Foscarini
Cross section with bright effects
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Diagram of the living room, both open and closed
Render 5: Opened Living Room, created with 3DMax
Render 7: Bathroom, created with 3DMax
Render 6: Opened Living Room, created with 3DMax
Parquet in brushed oak wood placed at 90 °
Zeppelin stone used as outer cladding for the wall
CREATO CON LA VERSIONE DIDATTICA DI UN PRODOT Blue plaster used as a cladding for some walls and for the roof pitch
Raw wood used for bathroom furniture tops
Hexagonal porcelain stoneware tiles Ragno, Rewind collection
Oak wood chosen for the shelves of the living room and for the wall units of the dining room
Render 8: Bedroom, created with 3DMax
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A(I)RCHBNB RENTERPRETATION
break it down into its parts as a cube that relates to others thanks to the interstitial places that came to form from the cubes themselves. Year: 2017 The house is not conceived as a closed and limited space and Professors: inside and outside, rooms and Manfredo di Robilant, Fabrizio Paone, Elena Montacchini, garden become a continuum. Chiara Lucchini This idea of variegated and fragmented spaces that totally deCollaboration: viate from our traditional home Alejandro Fleitas, Marina concept has inspired our project. Mendoza, Carlos Martin It aims to build spaces where every room, common living Place: Turin, Piemonte, Italy room or kitchen becomes a box to itself and from the movement The aim of the project was to and aggregation of these, are create a new concept of living in born places that reinterpret the the heart of Turin (Italy), inside an usual linear distribution space. abandoned and rigid barracks They are places full of perspecticalled De Sonnaz. ve escapes, inhabited by terraces Inspired by the concept of AirB- and greenery, the in-between nB but moving away from what assumes in this project a declitoday this system provokes (emp- nation that opens to thoughts on ty cities and termporally inha- relationships, between our idea bited by tourists, see the case of external and internal, between of Venice), we have designed the rigid movements of a body an attractive space for students like that of De Sonnaz and the with monthly / annual contracts, fluid movements linked to the a hostel, a library and a coffee hierarchy of openings and interon three floors, a long museum connections. on what was once the corridor In these areas there are trees, seof the old barracks and a large ats, double-height spaces, chimsemi-public space inside the cen- neys of light and ventilation that tral courtyard. contribute to improving the environment and the quality of life of Inspired by the concept of Fuji- those who live there. moto of the “house before house” project, we decided to rein- The study of the urban principles terpret the traditional house to of the project by Rafael Moneao
of the municio Murcia, led us to treat the facade of the southern part of the building as an urban fifth, a scenic front that has not only a formal but also a functional character. We paid attention to maintain the primordial and rational character of the building, soften it, give it a technological and contemporary function, connect it to the city. The main entrances of the barracks, in line with these thoughts, have been placed on the sides of the block and allow users to follow the facade looking at it from all points of view but without crossing it. Another fundamental element is the sensation of passing time; the facade projects shadows that give the perception of day and hours for those who stay a few days inside the barracks. The green facade gives the perception of the seasons for those who live there for a longer time.
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Deepening of the residential module with the light points
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Axonometry of the single bed room with the light points and the illuminance studied with Dialux
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A NEW SCENERY FOR A VISIBLE AND RESILIENT CITY Master thesis Year: 2018 Coordinators: Stefano Anzellini, Paolo Mellano, Alessandro Mazzotta Collaboration: Erada Rrokaj Place: Bogotá, Colombia The thesis’s work is devided into two main parts: the first one is focused on a deep analysis of Bogotá and its neighborhoods while the second one is centred on the architecture proposal. We devided the study of our project’s place in a several scales such us: games and interviews with the community, interviews with the responsible for urban planning in Bogotá, architectural reliefs, photographys, reading of the legislative framework of the area; The location of the study is a slum located in the suburbs of the city called “La Cecilia”, near the mountains that surround it. The district has an informal origin, that means that it has been
occupied 30 years ago by the population in an illegal way (this happened when the State was not able to manage the migratory flows and to fulfill the demand for housing). Everybody, in fact, built his own house as best as he could, but there is a strong lack of basic services, such as light and water, and internal comfort. Despite this, we realized, through the analysis conducted, that the people of the neighborhood feel proud of the place where they live, of the house built with years of sacrifice and the neighborhood with which they have close relationships. Inside the district flows a river that could cause, also due to the steep slope of the territory and the precariousness of the buildings, a process of laminar erosion and flooding. Following some geological studies, the government establishes that the risk that these people run could be mitigated through the construction of mitigation works. However, since there is nobody that takes care of building an alternative plan that allows the community to continue to live in the neighborhood and being safer to move it somewhere else, the government decrees that some families exposed to the risk must leave their home and settle down somewhere else. The aim of the project is therefore to allow the local community to continue to live in the nei-
ghborhood. What was clear to us from the participatory analysis carried out was not only the importance that had to be given to the joint action lines between aspects such as the mitigation of the territory, the union with the public and private space, but that to achieve any result we had to start from a shared future. THE RISK’S MITIGATION The design of the environmental infrastructure has been conceived as a subdivision of the territory into macro-areas that have the function of managing the water in different ways (lamination boxes, rainwater receiving channels, phytodepuration tanks), making this element natural no longer a risk, but an opportunity to characterize the space that unites the various areas of the district of La Cecilia and acts as a trait d’union with the other interventions, the social infrastructure and the residential. This program responds to the definition of an environmental infrastructure, i.e. a space capable of responding to the need to create areas for environmental performance and hydraulic resilience, and which is at the same time the social and structuring link between relationships and meetings. I developed the technical part of the park by solving the hydrogeological risk.
LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Risk mitigation
Expansion of water in the first tank (surface purification) Expansion of water in the second tank Expansion of water in the third tank River
Water’s exit
Stormwater monitoring
Terraces that absorb and drain rainwater
Park stairs designed to direct rainwater towards the canal
Volumetric schemes of water management
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Schemes on the functioning of the tanks: 1. Low rainfall, 2.High rainfall, 3.
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HOUSING PROTOTYPES
Families to be moved in empty lots within the neighbourhood
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The lamination and water management project seeks to create a resilient territory that will allow the permanence of 61 lots otherwise endangered within the district. The main objective of the project is therefore to relocate the houses in empty lots located in safe areas of the same district. In districts like these, time is the great regulator of artificial space and the restrictions given by the rigidity of the building generate a clash between the needs and the quality of living. The only way to create spaces that promote development in the individual is to carefully design the empty space. In addition, the choice to leave square meters unbuilt has a threefold function: lowering initial construction costs, exploiting low-cost labour in the future and leaving decisions to the owner over time, according to needs and requirements. So an high level of customization, security and economic viability is associated with a progressive growth “programmed� previously in the voids left intentionally by the architects. Government is promoting the use of sustainable building structures with eco-efficient materials. Starting from these premises and the desire to create a modular construction system, considering wood as the most suitable material to achieve these goals. This material is very widespread in Colombia, in fact about 46% of the national surface is covered by tropical forests.
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4 inhabitants, 102 m2 inhabited
8 inhabitants, 129,4 m2 inhabited
10 inhabitants, 151 m2 inhabited
10 inhabitants, 180 m2 inhabited
16 inhabitants, 349,2 m2 inhabited
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Insulating 7,5 cm Countertop Coating Cement
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Wooden pillar 20x20 cm Steel pillar stand Cyclopean cement
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SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURES
Exhibition/ commercial pavilion Childcare centre
Each of these four buildings (exhibition and commercial pavilion, kindergarten, study room and panoramic point/ control tower) has been conceived as an architectural object that allows social exchanges that can respond temporarily and dynamically to the needs of the community. Moreover, it is built in a sustainable way, favouring a cheap and easily available material within the Colombian territory, such as guadua (bamboo). The main objective of social infrastructure is, therefore, to provide the inhabitants of the community with accessibility and services, bringing some of the values of the infrastructure present in the consolidated city. Thus initiating a process of “reunification� of the city, not as an organism, but as a fragmented experience of social life.
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THE RECTANGLE We propose the creation of a space that has a double function: on the one hand, a “personal” closed space and, on the other, open to the surrounding environment. This building allows to respond simultaneously to the problems of security and control of the territory (as it was pointed out by the same inhabitants during the participative analysis) and, on the other hand, offers individual spaces capable of giving an experience to the citizen between the public space, the street, the activities and uses that grant the other pavilions and the private one of the individual housings. Therefore, the fourth ephemeral pavilion, to respond to these functional requirements, acquires a triangular shape to increase the view over the territory and at the same time to build small individual ‘niches’ arranged at different levels.
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INTERIOR DESIGN HOLIDAY HOUSE Year: 2017 Realized project Place: San Lorenzo, Sicily, Italy
The restoration of the holiday home belonging to my family was an experience that allowed me to deal with a real project. The structural part of the building was renovated, as the concrete reinforcement was deeply corroded by the high level of humidity of the sea side air. Water penetration had damaged both the shell and the structure. My task was to choose the materials of the outer coating, taking into account the porosity and characteristics of each of those. The lighting elements were also chosen with attention to lighting, colour rendering rendering index, index, energy enerperformance gy performance andand the the relationrelaship withwith tionship the textures. the textures. In addition, another apartment has been added to the complex taking advantage of the extensive renovation work. I combined materials, textures, furniture and and colors colorswith withthe the light light points, points, always always taking takinginto into account the financial aspect. The sea has undoubtedly been the source of inspiration: blue is the dominant colour, always surrounded by additional natural colours.
Gate decoration designed by me
07 SKETCHES, PHOTOGRAPHY, ILLUSTRATIONS
Sketches books
Rotterdam
Turin, Italy
San Francisco, California
San Andres, Colombia
Bogotรก, Colombia
Berlin, Germany