ARCHITECTURE P O R T F O L I O Martina
La
Corte 2019
curricul um vitae Martin a La Corte
June, 1994. Palermo Milano, Italy martinalacorte@gmail.com +39 3333141203
www.linkedin.com/in/martinalacorte
education 2019
Graduated in Architectural Design master’s degree (110 cum laude) Dissertation topic: Las tres chimeneas_ Interactive playgrounds and architecture in Barcelona
2017 2016
Erasmus + program (10 months) at Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB, Barcelona)
2013
Enrolled in Architectural Design master’s degree at Università degli studi di Palermo (Italy) High school diploma in Foreign Language High School ‘Ninni Cassarà’ (PA)
work experience&workshop 2019
2018
Intern at B2B Arquitectos (Barcelona, Spain) (dec-feb) Collaboration for the organization of the International Biennial of Landscape Architecture in Barcelona, graphic representation and contents for the annual book. Intern at OFL Architecture (RM) (jan-jun) Collaboration for the architectural design, graphic representation, Technical drawing, 3D rendering for a new Church complex Tutor at Farm Cultural Park (AG) for SOU - School of archtecture for children (jen- sep) Organization and management of laboratories, events and ideas generation. 2D and 3D graphic representation, moodboards. Designer of “Message in a Pipe”, Interactive Installation for Petrosino (TR) Concept design and design development. Part of the curation, set-up and supervision of the Installation. Workshop in Barcelona (Spain) “Besos para besos: propuesta para las tres chimeneas”
2017
Workshop at Ischia (NA) Urban regeneration of Piazza Bagni for “Torri in festa Torri in luce”
2016
Student representative (3rd-4th year university) Collating information and aims of my peers to heads and faculty members in monthly meetings.
softwares Rhinoceros Autocad 2D/3D 3Ds Max (+ Vray) Cinema 4D (+ Corona) Sketch up (+ Vray) Keyshot QGIS Archicad Photoshop Indesign Illustrator Lightroom
languages Italian English Spanish French German
specialism& skills Architectural Design / Representation / Urban Analysis / Graphic Design/ Content Writer / Photography / 3D Printer / Volleyball player / Compulsive travel organizer /
Creative | Motivated | Fast Learner |
MASTER THESIS PROJECT The growth of cities during the twentieth century generated urban explosion processes that gave rise to large and vast metropolitan regions. That old distinction between city and territory breaks today to observe a discontinuous urbanized territory and an intermittent landscape that hybridizes urban uses with agricultural and natural pre-existences. On the Mediterranean coast, between Barcelona and Badalona lies the last kilometer of non-urbanized coast, within the urban continuum between Sitges and Mataró: Sant Adrià de Besòs, the residence of a unique and iconic building. The old thermo-electric power station, known as “Las tres chimeneas”, commissioned by General Franco in the early 70s. It represents the highest building in Catalonia (200 M) that insists on the banks of the Besòs delta, the current metropolitan green corridor. The harmony of the whole is visible from miles away and brings to the Adriatic coast an originality to highlight and enhance in all its aspects. The thesis project tests a method of design into a large project of regeneration in the area of the ex-thermal power plant as well as the surrounding industrial area, giving main focus to the re-development of the waterfront. How a preexisting abandon area can be transformed into a new architectural reference point, become a crucial element of potential urban connection, create an accesible landscape and a new network node.
ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO PROJECT Situated in one of the oldest part of Amman, Jordan: the new Park and Market are inspired by the dunes of the desert, inside and outside. This project aims to reinvent the market place, giving to the city a new civic heart. By offering an alternative to the globalised one-size-fits-all shopping mall it offers a distinctive modern interpretation of the relationship between light and dark, the traditional souk and the Petra’s siq. Like the traditional souk, these different experiences are brought together in an interior architecture of dappled sunlight, bright colours, with a changing rhythm of squares, courtyards and alley ways. The project comprises a combination of walls - forming a new public park outside - that divide the differents shops of the market, with an underground parking. The cluster of walls creates a striking new urban landmark, situated between Al Hussein Cultural Center and the Greater Amman Municipality. The underground market is an intimate sequence of streets and alleys, with flexible sliding roofs and walls to enable control of internal environments, to maximise potential for natural ventilation and to recreate the ambiance of the traditional souk. Moreover, the building density of Amman and its different topographical levels influence the project, which wants to guarantee a silent refuge, like an oasis in the chaos of the city.
COMMISSIONED PROJECT Message in a Pipe (MAP) is a playful interactive installation which will activate social, urban and cultural proce sses in the public space of Petrosino (TP). MAP is not just an object in a public square but, like a big urban game, something that can involve and bring together citizens of all ages.The design concept stems from the desire to propose a site-specific design solution capable of capturing the soul of many elements that characterize the public space in the small maritime town. The metaphor, as well as the driving force of the project, is the “Message in the bottle�, through which everyone can express himself, even anonymously. Our idea is to stimulate a moment for meeting and socialization, where boundaries are represented by feelings. To allow this to happen, the structure is composed by colored PVC pipes of differents lengths and diameters, that become seats, swings, mi-
crophones and stereos. The terminal elements, placed at different points of the widening, are the real protagonists of the interaction, able to turn citizens into players and actors capable of activate the public spaces. Speaking to them the sound and the message launched runs through the other side of the tubes. An additional digital interaction is made by luminous LEDs controlled by an Arduino system. These LEDs, placed inside the tubes, respond to the vocal stimulation and progressively light up when the sound wave pass through. The use of light allows the installation to have and one double life: by day it will be a large play-sound space; at night, instead, it will be clearly visible both from above and from the sea and it will show itself as a great lighthouse in the darkness activated by the citizens themselves, by their voice and their messages.
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