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BETWEEN CITY, GREEN AND WATER A COASTAL DEFENSE PROJECT FOR IJMUIDEN (NL)
IJmuiden is a Northern Holland city as part of the municipality of Velsen. It is located at the estuary of the North Sea Channel, opened in mid-nineteenth century to allow ships to easily reach the port of Amsterdam and the IJsselmeer. IJmuiden is an interesting study case because of its clear connection with two key elements of the landscape: the green and the water. 8
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In the picture: Top view of the North Sea Channel. It is obvious the initial industrial vocation of the municipality of Velsen. 9
IJMUIDEN
AMSTERDAM
SCHEVENINGEN ROTTERDAM BIESBOSCH
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From whatever point you observe it, from North to South, from East to West, IJmuiden reveals a strong relationship with the sea, the waterway, the ZuidKennemerland National Park and the system of dunes parallel to the coast. Yet, despite its evidence, this connection is denied. Therefore, my project aims to make a stitching between the city and these components, by repeating and enhancing the typical Dutch landscape patterns, both rural and for defense, re-interpreting them such as public spaces.
EVOLUTION PHASES
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LAKE
PEAT
RIVER
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ORIGIN
River
Sea and IJsselmere
Ditch
Canal
Ring canal
Peat river
Lake
Dune
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The more distinctive element is the dune system, which allows us to understand the orientation of the project (N/S), interacting simultaneously with the sea front (W), in order to protect the city (E), with the waterway (N), generating the inlets lining the marina, the beach areas and the sport
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pavillion, and with the National Park (S), hosting public facilities such us the water gardens, the playground, ect.. Furthermore, the vegetation system, that flows from the canals to the city, helps to emphasize the whole design.
CONCEPT 1. Marina 2. Residence 3. Dune garden 4. Free climbing wall 5. Sport pavillion 6. Beach
DUNES
CANALS
VEGETATION
7. Water gardens 8. Play ground 9. Pic-nic area 10. Thematic gardens 11. Vegetable gardens
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BATHING AREA
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RESIDENCE
MARINA
DUNE GARDEN
CREEK
SPORT PAVILLION
INDUSTRIAL NEIGHBORHOOD
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PINUS MUGO
JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS
ECHIUM
ERICA ARBOREA
ULEX EUROPAEUS
HIPPOPHAE
TAMARIX
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1. Compact ground 2. Mixed grain size substrate 3. Geotextile fabric 4. Mortar 5. Stamped concrete floor 6. Concrete curb 7. Galvanized double traction mattres and stone fillin 8. Welded mesh 9. Concrete cast 10. Colored resin grip
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PHASE 2
PHASE 1
Because of it, in combination with the atmospheric agents, the appearence of the project may change over time, suggesting the progression from nature to artifice and gradually giving more rooms for public activities. An examples of this is the “dune garden� (Figure on the left page), to compose which have been selected shrub spe-
cies resistant not only to the wind and salinity, but also to the frequent frosts to which they could be subjected in the winter time. Moreover, some of them have the characteristic of changing color in the transition from a season to another. Than, on the opposite side of the next dune (as you can see in the section), a free climbing wall.
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YEAR 2020
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Above, View of the “Thematic gardens� and the space between the buildings of the industrial district; Next page, The water gardens as metaphor of the Dutch landscape and reference to the tradition of the European villa. 18
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PIXELS TACO’S URBAN PARK
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SANTA CRUZ , TENERIFE - CANARY ISLANDS (SP) The Taco Mount occupies a central position in the city. It is a costantly changing area used as a natural quarry for the extraction of “picon” (Canarian volcanic rock), but always claimed as a potential public space.
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The near neighborhood of San Matias resembles a puzzle of pixels or, better said, to “tetrominoes�.
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1. Indoor parking 2. Bus station 3. Indoor market 4. Outdoor market 5. Facilities 6. Outdoor parking 7. Playground 8. Pool hall and rental equipment 9. Rider’s park 10. Arena 24
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MASTERPLAN
The project seeks to enhance the area first using a system of tree-lined paths that allow to climb the slopes of the mountain, making it and its main activities (indoor and outdoor market, bmx park, playground, etc.) entirely accessible and enjoyable; than, the overhanging “plate”, a path that embraces the mountain and stretches itself to form the main square of the urban park, gives vitality to the area even at night with a “pixels system” that, depending on needs, acts as lights, seats, rows of trees, fountains and buildings, and a “light blade” which restores the visibility of a mountain that, despite being at the center of the city, is invisible to the eyes of most.
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MODERN CITY GARDEN CITY NEW RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT FOR THE CITY OF MESSINA (SICILY, ITALY)
Since the earthquake of 1908, Messina has undergone drastic and often conflicting processes of reconstruction. First it was redesigned according to the modern urban planning principles, supporting the “garden city” model, and than evolved as one of the main centers of Rationalist architecture in Sicily. That’s why its urban structure appears as an orthogonal grid which, extending from the slopes of the Peloritans mountains to the sea, is sometimes interrupted by arboreal episodes and garden villas. 26
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PROJECT AREA
Landlocked town by green
Main automotive road (Viale Giostra)
This is the case of the site on which stands the “L. Mandalari� psychiatric hospital, the biggest mental hospital in the nineteenth-century Sicily, built in the late nineteenth century and which safely overcame to the tragic earthquake of 1908. The project area is located in the middle among this fragment of a garden city and the most recent residential buildings. The design of a multifunctional complex, that extends for the entire length of the lot and is lifted from the ground, has the purpose of establishing a rejoining between the two different tracks of the city , clearly separating them, but leaving that they interpenetrate, by alternating vegetation and public spaces. 28
CONCEPT
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1. Public square 2. Restaurant 3. Shops 4. Gallery 5. Houses 6. Gymnasium 7. Administrative offices
FUNCTIONAL PROGRAM
9. EXISTING BUILDING
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5. HOUSES
8. TERRACE
4. GALLERY
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6. GYMNASIUM
THIRD FLOOR
2. RESTAURANT
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Because of the lenght of the building, the idea is to devided it in two blocks (both for residential and administrative functions) by an additional and pivoting one (containing the gymnasium). Furthermore, the attention turnes on the north and south facades: the first, covering the bedrooms and giving
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them a view on the garden, is part of a windowed skin that continues on the roof; the second, facing the public square, consists of a perforated sheet that allows the permeation of the sun, but, at the same time, protects and hides walkways and connecting stairs.
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PETTINISSA
THE LONG GREEN LINE
A3 HIGHWAY, REGGIO CALABRIA (RC) - ITALY
The A3-SS 106 is an urban ring road parallel to the coast producing not only an effect of degradation in all the areas it passes through, but also a very serious fracture between sea and mountain. It’s an important axle for the urban traffic where are ongoing improvement projects for several millions of euros. 35
Pettinissa is an high sustainability green ridge that runs along the highway from the port of Villa S. Giovanni to the airport of Reggio Calabria and along the rivers that, from it, run into the sea. One of these is the Calopinace. The strategy aims to create a dialogue between elements (tertiary buildings, farmlands, orchards, etc.) that, despite their proximity, are very different. The glue is the new public spaces, such as playgrounds, bike sharing points, agritourisms, urban gardens and product sales at 0 Km, pleasantly immersed in an open-air museum of local tree species (bergamot, bouganville, magnolia grandiflora, laurus nobilis, jasminum, ficus repens, acacia dealbata, etc.) and accessible both by car and walking, but especially by bike thanks to the bike path, which is linked to the more general system of Pettinissa.
Centrality No public spaces Inaccessibility Bergamots
Vegetables gardens Infrastructure Cemented river
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The cycling path, that cross the entire park, runs along the Calopinace’s banks, acting as a filter for the various activities that take place here and giving to the southern entrance of the city of Reggio Calabria the dignity not only of a high speed viable place but also to be enjoyed at human speed.
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PROXIMITY DIVERSITY
SAN SPERATO QUARTER
arboretums orchards vegetables gardens cycling and pedestrian path
cycling and pedestrian path vegetables gardens orchards arboretums
vegetables gardens socializing spaces urban green
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COTTON MILL
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REFURBISHMENT STUDENT HOUSING TO REASSES A DISTRICT OF CATANIA (CT) - ITALY
The project involves a redevelopment, without adding volume, such as the student’s home, of a former agricultural consortium, rationalist complex built around the thirties by Francesco Fiducia in Catania. The new volumes are created by remodeling the existing accretions.
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LONGITUDINAL SECTION
6. VISITORS’ ACCOMMODATION
5. CAFE
4. LIBRARY
3. MENSA
2. STUDENTS’ APARTMENTS
1. CAR PARKING
SECOND FLOOR
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In the main building, characterized by a futurist “architectural nudism”, are a mensa, a library and study rooms. From here, it’s possible to have access to an new structure that constitutes the contemporary facade of the pavilion and puts it in relation to the different areas of the fence: the visitors’ accommodation, the garden and the public square (related with underground car parking). On the other hand, the student housing, spreading over two towers, behind which opens a terrace overlooking the sea (for the exclusive use of the apartments’ users) enjoys a functional and perspective autonomy.
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On the left page: “Lights”, Pencil on cardboard, 2007 On this page: “Mother city_#1 Tokyo”, Chalk on black cardboard, 2013
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From the left: “Beds”, Ink on paper, 2011 “Red”, Ink on paper, 2011 “Walking Towers”, Ink on paper, 2012 “By sea to see”, Ink on paper, 2012
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“Sometimes it’s enough a glimpse that opens in the middle of an incongruous landscape, a surfacing of lights in the fog, the dialogue two passersby who meet in the comings and goings, to think that starting from there I will put together piece by piece the perfect city, made of fragments
mixed with the rest, of instants separated by intervals, of signals that one sends and doesn’t know who picks them up.” Italo Calvino, “Invisible cities”, 1972
“Walkway in the fog”, Venice Biennale, 2010
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“Fischermen”, Reggio Calabria, 2010
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“Waiting for the sun”, Messina, 2010
“The intruder”, Milazzo, 2010
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“Spain skillet”, Andalucia, 2013
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MARZIA FARANDA marziafaranda89@gmail.com +39 329 858511 [IT] Via J. F. Kennedy, 66 98051 Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto [ME], Italy
PROFILE date and place of birth
26.03.1989 Milazzo [ME], Italy
nationality
Italian
EDUCATION university
“Mediterranea” University of Reggio Calabria - Reggio Calabria [RC], Italy [2007 - 2013] Master’s degree thesis: BETWEEN CITY, GREEN AND WATER - A coastal defence project for IJmuiden [Velsen, NL]
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language skills
English [Excellent] / Italian [Mother tongue]
computer skills
AutoCAD / Rhinoceros/ 3Ds Max + VRay / Artlantis / Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign / After Effects
WORKSHOPS / COMPETITION / SEMINARS’ ORGANIZATION 2013
COMPETITION - Functional reorganization and outfitting of the museum area next to the cathedral of Naples
2013
SELINUNTE SUMMER SCHOOL - Sustainability Workshop [Tutor: Urban Future Organization] / Selinunte [I]
2012
SMANFUL - Erasmus Intensive Programme / Jade Hochshule, Oldenburg [D]
2012
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE WORKSHOP - Taco’s Urban Park / Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife [E]
2011
PAESAGGIO 150 - Landscape convention / “Mediterranea” University, Reggio Calabria [I]
2011
ARCHITECTURE CAFE - Conversation on contemporary architecture [+ Pubblication]/ B’art Lounge Cafe, Reggio Calabria [I]
2011
PETTINISSA - Landscape Workshop / “Mediterranea” University, Reggio Calabria [I]
2011
XXI ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN CULTURE’S SEMINAR AND COMPETITION / Palazzo ducale, Camerino [I]
2011
LUDOVICO QUARONI - Memory devices [Seminars] / Itinerant [I]
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On the cover: “Black polder”, Ink on paper, 2013.
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