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MARTINA MARIA TARONI
Landscape Architecture MA Landscape Architecture Leeds Beckett University
Architecture BA degree Architecture Politecnico di Milano
MARTINA MARIA TARONI EDUCATION
TECHNICAL SKILLS
LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY
September 2005- June 2010
AutoCAD Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop SketchUp Microsoft Suite GIS
OTHER ATTRIBUTES
INTEREST
Comfortable working with a team Reliable and punctual Enthusiastic about the subject Good social skills Adaptable and approachable Creative
Aside from Landscape Architecture, I have a number of other interests: skiing, climbing, swimming, photography, music, languages and travelling.
January 2014 - June 2015 Master in Landscape Architecture achieved with Merit
POLITECNICO DI MILANO September 2010- September 2013 First Class BA Degree in Environmental Architecture
SECOND LEVEL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
SPOKEN LANGUAGES Italian : Native speaker English : Semi fluent Spanish : Basic French : Basic German : Basic
EMPLOYMENT MARCO GHIELMETTI Architect, Como Architectural assistant April 2013 - July 2013 Technical drawing for private residences AL GIARDINO Restaurant, Como Waitress October 2010 - April 2011 Part time throughout the University POLETTI Patisserie, Cernobbio Waitress & Bar staff October 2009 - March 2010 Part time throughout the school
CONTACT t - 0039 3336307690 (I) 0044 7716753990 (UK) e - martina.taroni@hotmail.it
MARTINA MARIA TARONI BIOGRAPHY Growing up in a small village on Lake Como, I developed a strong interest in architecture since secondary school. Thanks to several family trips around Europe, I discovered the beauty of old and modern architecture in different cities. That is why I decided to start a course on Environmental Architecture, during which I understood that the field that interests me the most was the landscape one. I took a specific module led by passionate teacher, who encouraged me to undertake this new study experience. I am improving my graphic skills and I am becoming passionate about hand drawing, aside I feel quite clever and smart in conceiving and developing new ideas. I always create new ideas keeping in mind the potential users they would be addressed to. I am really convinced that in our profession a good view on the sociological side is important. All these reasons brought me to enroll to Leeds Beckett University. I had to work hard at the beginning to survive in a completely different country, with people with a different culture and in a place which was largely different from my home town. This experience has helped me broaden my views and knowledge both in my studies and everyday life.
LEEDS CPUL I was very passionate about this project, because the residents seemed to be playing an active role in something they would benefit from. Most of it was based on a research of principles, benefits and case studies on “urban agriculture� and all the forms in which it could be represented. This project was not based just on design principles but also on an accurate prior research on the surroundings and local people, as well as on any possible kinds of urban agriculture. I designed the playground of the local primary school. The main target behind this project was to redesign the school playground, so that the children would be in close contact with nature and benefit from it. The scope was also to attract the residents’ attention and to encourage them to take more care about their neighbourhood and gardens by being ground nicer for the children, but also for the residents, who will benefit from it and maybe be impressed by it, and start growing their own food in their gardens or in the community growing spaces. The areas provided in the school have different functions. There are bordering beds with perennial plants, edible beds, where the children can work, a chicken cage, a compost bin, some beehives and fruits trees.
PORT CITY - Amsterdam
REVITALIZATION OF YORK
The main aim of this project was to create a green infrastructure which could permeate also the urban environment. The area is completely surrounded by water which makes the scenario even more interesting. The main element of the design is a green island that aims at bringing all citizens closer to the green environment. Furthermore, a green stripe runs through the urban environment and tries to encourage the people to use the green spaces.
The York south city centre needed a regeneration, so this project was mainly about the creation of a urban space and a natural environment that would have added value to the historical environment. The other park was subjected to a more natural design, so the project included a big pond in the middle with paths all around, and two main tree- lined street conceived mainly for cyclists.
CONTENTS UNIVERSITY PROJECTS - Leeds Beckett University MAJOR DESIGN BETWEEN NATURE AND CITY.....................................................................................................................................................1 Regeneration of an old industrial site - Como (Italy) CITIES ALIVE: 01 - REDEVELOPMENT OF PORT-CITY - Amsterdam (Netherlands)...................................................9 02 - LEEDS CPUL...................................................................................................................................................................................15 GREEN PLACES IMPROVEMENT OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF YORK CITY CENTRE..............................................................21 UNIVERSITY PROJECTS - Politecnico di Milano FINAL PROJECT GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE - Fara Gera d’Adda and Truccazzano..........................................................25 RESTORATION OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AND DESIGN OF A NEW COMMON ROOM - Machaby, Arnad, Valle d’Aosta............................................................33 URBAN REGENERATION - San Giorgio su Legnano (MI)...................................................................................35 COMMON ROOM AND HOSTEL - Castel d’Ardona (CO).................................................................................37 WORKSHOP BUILDING WITH RAW EARTH - Granara..........................................................................................................................39 Earth process methods
Italy
Lombardy
Province of Como
Como
Making the site permeable
Connections layout
BETWEEN CITY AND NATURE: regeneration of an old industrial site - Como
SITE CHOICE This site was chosen due to its location - an urban area, linking the city centre with the suburbs and the regional park, which is the green lung of the city. Also because of its current state as a derelict site, wasted piece of land which can have a lot of opportunities and which can help this part of the city to raise up and have a new face.
FINAL PROJECT - Leeds Beckett University Major design Academic year 2014-2015 Tutor: Chris Royffe The site project was choosen first of all because it is in my hometown and because it is a derelict site, which can have great opportunity if the architects together with the city council and the residents will work together to give it a new life. My project started from an analysis regarding the city and try to understand what is working and what needs changes or improvement. Then I have reduced the scale and I have studied the project area and its surrounding, to try to relate as much as possible them together. The main weakness of the area is its location as it is outside the city centre and compressed between the urban fabric, the roads and the hill. This aspect can be transformed in a strenght, as it will be quite positive to make this site as a filter to connect the regional park, which is developed on the hill, with the urban environment. Indeed the main aim for this project is to create a multifunctional park, which means combine urban facilities and natural environmental, trying to satisfy the needs of a wide range of people from the children to the elders, which might have different backgrounds and cultures. The idea is to built as less as possible, trying to restore the existing buildings and give them mainly a cultural and artistic function. Related to the open spaces, it seems to be necessary to create hard surface space which can be used for different events and which can be as well adaptable for various situations. Then, there will be a lot of soft surfaces, which will be divided in different categories, which want to create a wide range of atmospheres and have the intention to bring the people closer to the nature, and give them the opporunity to explore it and to understand how it works.
For more information about this project ask for the specific reports.
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STRATEGY PLANS Road
Permability with the urban fabric
Access to the area
Building with architectural value
Underground road
Connection with the city centre
Physical connection
Building important for its function
Limited access road
Connection with the regional park
Visual connection
Project area
Pedestrian street
Project area
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MASTERPLAN BUILDING TEMPORARY STRUCTURE SHELTERED SITTING AREA SKATE AREA SPORT PITCH SQUARE WATER FEATURE
A
SITTING AREA PLAYGROUND TUNNEL ENTRANCE TREE LINED STREET WOODY AREA LAWN ALLOTMENT WILDFLOWER MEADOW FORMAL GARDEN CROPS HARD PAVEMENT
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C
SOFT PAVEMENT
D 0
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VISUALS A
B
C These visuals try to show some of the core area of the project. Highlighting the variety of spaces which can be found. It is as well quite interesting to compare the current situation with the scenario proposed in the project, to understand that this neighborhood will change completely its face.
D
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MODEL
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RANGE OF GREEN SPACES Tree lined street
Formal garden
Lawn and groundcovers
Crops
Meadows
Urban allotment
Woody area
Formal garden
Crops
Allotment
1:5000 N 6
betula pubescens
PLANTING PLAN: above the eye level fagus sylvatica
KEY
sorbus aria
Platanus platanus acerifolia x acerifolia
siliquastrum Cerciscercis siliquastrum
Populus populusnigra nigra ‘Italica’ italica
lirodendrontulipifera tulipifera Liriodendron
ulmus minor Ulmus minor
castanea Castanea sativasativa
cordata Tiliatiliacordata
Fraxinus excelsior fraxinus excelsior
morus nigra Morus nigra
quercus Quercus roburrobur
acer campestre Acer campestre
quercus coccinea Quercus coccinea
prunus cerasifera‘nigra’ nigra Prunus cerasifera
alnus glutinosa Alnus glutinosa
betula pubescens Betula pubescens
ginko biloba Ginko biloba
fagussylvatica sylvatica Fagus sorbus Sorbus ariaaria
fruit trees Fruit trees
tree growth over the years
cercis siliquastrum lirodendron tulipifera
Example of one of the woody areas. It is important to show the growth, to make understandable how the atmosphere in the park will change during the years. It has been choosen on purpose to plant young trees in order to make the park changes its face and shapes itself. It will be really important also for the users, which will be able to enter in contact with the cycle of nature.
castanea sativa fraxinus excelsior quercus robur quercus coccinea alnus glutinosa ginko biloba fruit trees
20 m 10 m 5 YEARS
20 m 10 m 15 YEARS
20 m 10 m 30 YEARS
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HARDSCAPE PLAN and construction details scale 1:35
KEY
Permeable paving
A-A’
Eco Hydropave Fusion
30 mm thick sand 15 mm Resin bound
150 mm sub-base (crushed stones)
15 mm thick sand asphalt
Permeable flag paving
Partially permeable subsoil
50 mm macadam 150mm sub-base (crushed stones) Partially permeable subsoil
Resin bound surface Concrete E
E’
Pavagen Hoggin
B’ Frost protection course
B
D
C F
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scale 1:25
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Concrete Permeable paving 30 mm thich sand 150 mm sub-base (crushes stones)
N
Partially permeable subsoil
scale 1:35
C-C’
E-E’
Concrete Permeable paving 30 mm thick sand 150 mm thick sand 150 mm sub-base (crushed stones)
Pavagen 30 mm thick sand 150 mm sub-base (crushed stones)
Partially permeable subsoil
Partially permeable subsoil
300 mm drainage channel with drainpipe
F-F’
D-D’ Concrete 30 mm thick sand 150 mm thick sand
15 mm Resin bound
150 mm sub-base (crushed stones)
15 mm thick sand asphalt 50 mm macadam 150mm sub-base (crushed stones) Partially permeable subsoil
partially permeable subsoil 300 mm drainage channel with drainpipe
Tiles 30 mm thick sand 150mm sub-base (crushed stones) Partially permeable subsoil
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AIMS
Built landscape
Athmosphere and
Connectivity
environment Building design
Building reuse
inspired by existing city’s layout
reuse old structures and adapt existing landscape for new uses
respecting the main city values
BLUE NETWORK
cyclist, pedestrian and green transport priority
routes for wildlife to migrate and travel through the city
creation of networks
enhance biodiversity
PORT-CITY REDEVELOPMENT Amsterdam - The Netherlands
Vital places
City parks
as public realm, streets and square
places to meet, relax and socialise
Green corridors
connection to public transport
design rooted in local context
attractive and healthy spaces
Slow mobility
Adaptable public spaces
Entertainment
UNIVERSITY PROJECT - Leeds Beckett University Cities Alive 01 Academic year 2014-2015 Tutor: Chris Royffe This project focuses on the landscape as a contributor to the planning and design new settlements. The project site will be part of the Western Harbour in Amsterdam. The site lies on the Ij to the north west of the city. A wide approach to the green infrastructure is required in conjunction with new mixed development.
densely tree-covered
shade and weather protection
carbon sink
multifunctional design features
provide amenities for diverse range users
flexible uses for multiple functions
social interaction, community involvement and tourism
There is a pressing need to fully integrate landscape and natural processes in a sustainable manner and development in Port-City offers the opportunity to explore design concept for green infrastructure in association with a wide range of proposed uses including residential, recreational and industrial. These proposals will help inform planning and skateholder discussion taking place in Amsterdam.
meeting places, market and entertainment and education places
helping create healthier and liveable cities
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LOCATION
STRATEGY PLAN Green space Mixed use (office/companies/residential) Commercial Residential Existing buildings and use - area and buildings to be improved e.g. green roofs New development Railway Major road Underground road Secondary road Tram Cycle ways Pedestrian/cycle links and connections Free ferry route Free ferry stop Water links and connection Green edges and corridors
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Major green barrier from motorway Destination points/hubs of activity
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MASTERPLAN
KEY Water Buildings Hard materials pavement Soft materials pavement Hard waterfront Soft waterfront Parking Urban amphitheatre Tree lined street Grassland Wildflower meadow Urban green Woodland
N
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MASTERPLAN COMPONENTS CIRCULATION
BUILDING HEIGHTS
LAND USE
GREEN NETWORK
KEY
KEY pedestrian and cycle routes fast mobility routes tram route
commercial and retail residential mix used school sport centre museum/cultural centre
KEY 1-3 storey 4-5 storey 6-10 storey
KEY open green spaces planted areas
SECTIONS SECTION A-A’
SECTION B-B’
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LEEDS CPULs Leeds - England
Woodhouse: becoming an alive neighborhood
UNIVERSITY PROJECT - Leeds Beckett University Cities Alive 02 Academic year 2014-2015 Tutor: Tom Bliss This project looks at the city environment in Leeds and ways in which groups and communities are seeking to embrace the question for more sustainable and greening residential mixed-used areas. This study is focused on the idea of creating an alternative green corridor to the existing idea of the String o’ Breads, connecting Woodhouse Moor (Leeds Edible Campus) to Woodhouse Ridge. This idea comes after the observation of the lack of green spaces in the Woodhouse neighbourhood. This project will be focused in more then one area, trying to create a real green network. It will involve two public ground and the local primary school (Quarry Mount primary school) ground. The idea is to involve all the residents without distinction of genre, age, background. It will be used as a social connector, as health, environmental and economic benefit, but also as educational instrument to make the children aware about the food production and preparation and to give them more skills in term of the nature.
For more information about this project ask for the specific report.
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AIMS
String o’ Breads Leeds Edible Campus (LEC) Green spaces
GREEN SPACES TYPOLOGIES
General green Woodland Cemetery
Green spaces in the study area LEC green expansion
Semi green spaces
Proposed green corridor Site’s green spaces connection
Allotments Sport pitches
Connection with outside green
Farmland Buildings
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES Having a productive ground is important under different points of view. First of all it will increase the social benefits as it will help to create stronger friendship, to improve children behaviour inside and outside the school. Regards to health benefits it will help the children to have a healthier diet and to avoid the problem of oversize/obese children and to overtake the problem of deprivation which afflict many families.
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biodiversity
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LOCATION Leeds city centre
Leeds edible campus
Quarry mount primary school
SITE ANALYSIS
CONCEPT PLAN
Chicken cage Compost bin Sitting area
Car park
School buildings
School buildings
Grey playground
Grey playground
Car park
Abandoned green space
Edible beds
Pedestrian entrance
Herbs and perennials beds
Car entrance
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PHASES
DESIGN
Intentionally focused on the contact between children and nature. So the main aim is to bring softly the softscape in every corner of the school playground to make the children consciuos of the role which perform nature in everyday life. Chicken cage
Compost bin
KEY 1st phase (herbs and fruits’ trees) 2nd phase (vegetables)
4th phase (vegetables) 5th phase (chicken cage)
3rd phase (outdoor classrom area and compost bin)
6th phase (bee hives)
Fruits’ trees Basketball court
Vegetables growing space
Outdoor teaching space
Playground
Playground
Bee hives Car park
Playground
Vegetables growing space
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VISUALS Even if they are quite diagramatic, they help to understand how the school courtyard and open spaces can be modified and improved, to give more space to the green and make it interact directly with the other elements (ie play features) in order to make the children’s involvment much more easy and natural.
before
Open teaching spaces, with vegetables’ beds, chicken cage and compost bin.
after
before
before
after
after
Kindergarten play area between herbs’ beds and basketball court sourrounding by green beds on the background.
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induce
people
to
design easy and not busy access to the site
reduce impact of vehicles
use
public
transports
increase, create and promote a cycle and pedestrian network
SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY
design people
spaces can
where meet provide a combination of movement strategies and environmental health benefits
it may be a place for residents but also for tourist
design spaces where events could be organised
LIVEABLE PLACES
CITY CIVIC PARK NATURE IN THE CITY promote role of
the nature
combination of hard and soft landscape
work with different layers/levels
RIVERS
make the rivers more accessible and usable
IMPROVEMENT OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF YORK CITY CENTRE York - England UNIVERSITY PROJECT - Leeds Beckett University Green places Academic year 2013-2014 Tutor: Chris Royffe The site area is located in the south of York city centre between the river Ouse and the river Foss. The site is rich of history as it can be found Clifford’s Tower and York Museum Castle. It was a project inspired by the City Council Policy as they would like to remove the existing car parks and make the are greneer especially the rivers’ banks in the vision to create a strong connection between green and blue infrastructure. The aims for this project were to connect this part of the site with the historical city centre, to create a relation with the rivers and to design a wild park in an urban context. The area between Clifford tower and the Museum Castle is mainly divided in two part, one is a sitting area and the other one is an open square that leaves the views on the Museum and on the Tower free. The part facing the river Ouse is a urban garden with places to seat on the grass, benches and a big staircase which run from the road level to the river level. The wild park is mainly a wetland with a big pond on the middle and an informal path all around to permit to the people to experience this natural environment. On the edges along the riverbanks there are more formal paths, conceived mainly for cyclist and pedestrian with a further destination and lines of trees.
create active frontages: pathways, flooding areas, canals, platforms, pier
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ANALYSIS
CONCEPT
LAND USE
Green space Existing trees Pedestrian area Car park Building Road
CAR ROUTES AND ACCESS
SHARED SPACE
S SITTING AREA
SITTING AREA S SQUARE
CYCLE ROUTES AND ACCESS
SOFT FEATURES AREA
ACTIVE HARD WATERFRONT
GREEN SPACES AROUND THE CITY
FLOWER G GARDEN CAFE C CAFE
HARD FEATURES AREA PEDESTRIAN ROUTES AND ACCESS
T ACTIVE SOFT WATERFRONT
ACTIVE HARD WATERFRONT
WILD WETLAND
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MASTERPLAN
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VISUALS
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CREATE A GREEN CONNECTION
SOCIAL RELATIONS
Fara Gera d’Adda and Truccazzano FINAL PROJECT - Politecnico di Milano September 2013
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RECREATI
Tutor: Antonello Boatti
T R O P S
ONAL ACT
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IVITIES
ADVENTURE
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Group work: H. Ponzoni The main aim of this project was to reconnect these two villages through a green infrastructure which followed mainly the blue infrastructure lines. In this way our idea was to make the blue permeable by the green and viceversa. We were working mainly in an environment made by big countryside area and big intense urban and industrial area. The intention was to bring the people out from the urban area and make them discover another side of their land and make them move easily through the realization of a strong pedestrian and cycle network. The first park (Fara Gera d’Adda) was though as a semi-natural area, where activities for children could take place, as an adventure park to fell them more closer to the nature, an educational centre where they can learn more about the nature and experience it directly. Then we where think also to the disadvantage people and design an healing garden where all people, also the one with disabilities, could appreciate the beauty of the nature, At last we have provide a refreshment area which could be use by walkers and cyclists for pic-nic. The second park (Truccazzano) seems to be more a linear park thanks to the landform. It connects two hamlets of the same village so the idea was to make the area symmetrical, so the inhabitants of each suburbs can join the activities. Near the urban area we have provide a urban park with sitting places, relax areas and children playground. Walking to the middle there are two sport areas thought to be used mainly by teenager or adults. The heart of the park is made up with a natural area which remember the native flora of the countryside and the native flora of the canal’s bank.
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FAST MOBILITY
SLOW MOBILITY Cycle path
Major road Secondary road Local road Proposed motorway Existing motorway
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Proposed cycle path Main river Secondary river
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Station
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SS
Boundary of the municipalities where the project takes place
SP 1 04
Construction site Railway line
Greenway Muzza canal Greenway Martesana canal Cycleway of the lakes
Main river Secondary river
SP 184 BIS
Boundary of the municipalities SS 11 1 where the project takes place
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CASSANO D’ADDA
FARA GERA D’ADDA
FARA GERA D’ADDA
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MOBILITY CRITICAL NODES ANO
Agricultural land Woody area Tree line Hydrography Natural park Regional park Significant vegetation SIC (Site with Community Interest) PLIS (Local park with wider interest) Place with natural relevance Protected natural area Main road Proposed main road 1 Cycle way
Main road Busiest road
2
Proposed motorway Motorway Cycle path Proposed cycle path Railway Cycle path running near major roads, which can be an element of visual and acoustic interference
1
Cycle path crossing major roads where there are notappropriate crossing signal
2
Cycle path running along major roads which can be really dangerous
FARA GERA D’ADDA
Boundary of the municipalities where the project takes place
CASSANO D’ADDA
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Boundary of the municipalities where the project takes place
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OVERALL VISION
PARKS’ MASTERPLAN BREMBATE
NATURALISTIC CYCLE WAY
PARK 1
Concesa
This cycle way want to complete the existing network, which is well know as it pass by the main naturalistic sites and sites important for their heritage value. The intention is to value the territory allowing the inhabitants to discover and live it through the slow mobility. This network want to be connected with the urban one, in order to make the cycle flow be continuous and incourage the users to use it.
Martesana canal cycleway
VAPRIO D’ADDA
Educational path
CANONICA D’ADDA
Adventure park
Martesana canal cycleway
Groppello Badalasco
Green typology
FARA GERA D’ADDA
woodland agricultural
Terapeutic garden
Refreshment area CASSANO D’ADDA
weekly/monthly weekly
urban green
Cascine s. Pietro Albignano
sport pitches
URBAN PARK
wild green
Green typology
Incugnate
daily weekly
Cavaione
Corneliano Bertario
SPORT PARK
weekly/monthly
Use typology
Muzza canal cycleway
TRUCCAZZANO
NATURAL PARK
Lavagna
URBAN CYCLE WAY
COMAZZO
The intention is to create a complete cycle network which will all the urban areas, included the smaller residential neighborhoods. The intention is to create a network which will be able to satisfy the needs of the users wich usually drive on short distances as an alternative to the car.
URBAN PARK
PARK 2
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ACTIVITIES’ TYPOLOGIES PARK 1
EXCURSIONISTIC ACTIVITIES
PARK 2
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RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES TRAIL IN THE WOOD ADVENTURE PARK
REFRESHMENT AREA
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GREEN TYPOLOGIES
PARK 1
THINNING Thinning of the weeds to create an open area at the centre of the park, characterize by space and light
SHAPING Shape the vegetation to follow the streams inside the park, to allow the people to get closer to the water
RESTORATION Restoration and mainteinance of the dense existing vegetation and uprooting of the invasive exotic species, as Black locust
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GREEN TYPOLOGIES
PARK 2
VISUALISATION OF THE CORE AREAS
PATH CANALIZATION The vegetation guide the users and accompany them along the journey, creating a sequence of wings, which can open or close the views, depending on what it want to be shown. The vegetation give a sense of security and at the same time it create some shelter areas, where people can stop during the hottest day.
ROAD MITIGATION In this area the vegetation has multiple roles/ On one side it is the barrier against the noise and the pollution, on the other side it protects the users from a congested and high speed road. For this reasons the vegetation in this area is really dense.
TREE LINED The trees lined along the canal guarantee the fitodepuration and they help to accentuate the canal and its flows and often they help to create a filter between the water and the other environments.
URBAN FABRIC MITIGATION The vegetation’s function in this area is to reduce the impact of the urban area on the park. The creation of green wings permit to create easily a sense of nature.
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CYCLEWAYS SECTIONS The greenway is crossing different areas and environments. For this reason a variety of cycleways have been designed, in order to satisfy the requirements of every place and to try to be suitable and to fit as better as possible with the place itself. So in the urban environment will be more common to find cycle lanes or cycle way on footpath which share the space with the pedestrian, Outside the centre of the villages will be common to have a cycleway outside the road, which can allow the cyclists to drive faster and in the countryside the cycleway will find its place on the existing rural paths, which will be restored, in order to be safe for cycling.
CYCLE LANE
CYCLE WAY ON THE FOOTPATH
ONE WAY
150
350
CYCLE WAY OUTSIDE THE ROAD
ON ONE SIDE
300
200
700
150
300
100
700
100
ON BOTH SIDES TWO WAYS
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RESTORATION OF EXISTING RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AND DESIGN OF A NEW COMMON ROOM Machaby - Arnad (Valle d’Aosta) UNIVERSITY PROJECT - Politecnico di Milano Architectural design 3 Academic year 2012-2013 Tutors: Darko Pandakovic, Patrizia Buzzi, Alessandro Verga Individual work The site area is located in a mountain context. It handles of a small mountain village left entirely deserted now made exception for few sporadic and careless restoration works; but since 2011 the old military station has been transformed in an hostel: hopefully this is just the beginning of a process of restoration. I took care of the redevelopment of an existing building and the planning of a complete new one. To redevelop the existing building it was necessary to analyzed its status and work carefully on the reconstruction design. I decided to requalify the barn and make it as a residence: the darkest part of the barn becomes the sleeping area while the portion of the porch opened in front of the valley becomes the living area in order to keep the original structure and to keep the same balance with the nature all around as well as with the other buildings. Referring to the new building the main request was to design a common room for the community. Therefore it has been situated on mountain slopes down to the lawn in order for the building to receive deep breath thanks to the open space in front of it. The respect for the nature and the relationship between nature and existing buildings was one of the main characteristic of the project, therfore I have been extremely careful to the vegetation and the topography of the mountain as well as the original structure of the existing houses.
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COMMON ROOM
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South - west side view
Plan of the common room
West side view
Cross section
South side view
Plan of the restored building
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URBAN ANALYSIS
URBAN REGENERATION San Giorgio su Legnano - Varese UNIVERSITY PROJECT - Politecnico di Milano Urban design Academic year 2011-2012 Tutors: Antonello Boatti, Laura Ferrari Working team: E. Mazza, S. Mazza, H. Ponzoni, M. Taroni, T. Valenti, I. Villa The project has been developed in different phases: firstly we did an analysis of the village considering infrastructures, history, enviroment and landscape. This was necessary to understand what was missing in the municipality and what could be design and improve in its area. The existing document that regulates operations in the territory (PGT) was a good start point to create a new document highlighting the needs resulted from our previous analysis We had identyfied 2 different areas: + industrial + residential, with commercial windows and green spaces in additions and design the project for their redevelopment. In the industrial area we tried to design functional buildings but which can have at the same time an aesthetic value to improve the general quality and we added green spaces at some of them. In the residential area as well we imagined new buildings similar to the existing ones but we did not renounce to any modern and ecological technology that a new construction needs to up to date; the commercial windows expecially have been thought to have a way in and out to the green areas in front of them.
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OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES
Landscape analysis in which are considered all the different types of landscape which can be found.
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cycle path ininprogetto project pista ciclabile
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valorizzazione accessi al territorio development of the accesscomunale to the city
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creazione di nuove attivita’ commerciali di piccole dimensioni new shops of little dimensions
new shops of medium dimensions
creazione di nuove attività commerciali di medie dimensioni
defense of the historicalstorico heritage valorizzazione del patrimonio P
contenimento delle aree industriali
protection from the industrial areas
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parcheggi in progetto
parking in project
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aree di interesse a livello sovracomunale
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valorizzazione del verde sportivo
improvment of sports center
collegamento territorio agricolo - tessuto urbanizzato
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connection between city and country side
greenway
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greenway
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mitigation
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connection between puclic facilities and public green spaces
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Environmental analysis which show the main ecological corridors, the areas relevant for the biodiversity and all the different green spaces.
Plan of a mix used area (residential, commercial and green spaces)
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View of the area with the section of the commercial buildings and the view of the residential ones on the background
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CASTEL D’ARDONA - Plan of the site area
COMMON ROOM AND HOSTEL Castel d’Ardona - Como UNIVERSITY PROJECT - Politecnico di Milano Architectural design 2 Academic year 2011-2012 Tutors: ANgelo Dal Sasso, Piero Mazzolo, Virgilio Piatti Individual project The project had the scope to recover this abandoned place with new buildings taking in high consideration the requested needs, such as: + Common room to be used as dining-room and as meetings room + Hostel with 4 bedrooms The building sizes are relative small to be better hidden by the woodland all around. It is indeed very important to be extremely careful to the nature as it is a pre-alpine context, where flora and fauna play as leader. This is the value I tried not to forget working on the project. Looking at this purpose, I have designed the porches and the arcades all along the buildings in order to create a kind of continuity from inside to outside and viceversa; functionality of the buildings should be the result of a good balance between inside rooms and outside space. Moreover the nature should have space to whisper to the people living there to open their minds and just see the beauty around; a kind of strong relationship between human being and nature. To recognise instead the fauna existing, a cleaning in the forest has been provided as a stand point to deepen the relationship of the man with the animals.
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COMMON ROOM
HOSTEL
Common room plan
Plan of the hostel
Hostel east side
Common room south-east side Common room
Section of the model showing the common room and the hostel
Hostel
Axonometric view of the hostel showing the connection between the buildng and the outer space created by the bower
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WORKSHOP: “BUILDING WITH RAW EARTH” Granara (Emilia Romagna) UNIVERSITY PROJECT - Politecnico di Milano Technological architecture studio Academic year 2011-2012 Tutors: Sergio Sabbadini, Gianni Scudo, Gianluca Ruggieri This workshop was a 2 days practical demostration about the raw earth techniques. First we have been teached about the different kind of earths, how we can recognise them, their characteristics and the different uses related to a specific type of earth. Then we have been teached about the mixture like earth and straw and about the plasters, which we have soon after prepared ourselves. With the mixtures we prepared, we have been asked as a consequence to make bricks type “adobe” manually; once dried in the sun we proceeded with the building up. We then prepared wooden structures, like formworks and structures with “cannicette” or bamboo related in order for our mixtures to be used grasping the supporting structure. We exercised as well the tecniques “torchis” and “pisè”, which are normally reserved to explain a more refined and elaborated artistic taste . At last we have been teached about plaster finishing and the different techniques we could adopt to realize them.
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