SUSTAINABILITY PORTFOLIO “Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.”
M. van der Rohe
Massimiliano Ros
All drawings, diagrams and visualisations included in this portfolio are made by me.
INDEX
volga river - kazan waterfront
04
adelin river - concepciĂłn waterfront
08
cork - morrison’s island quays
12
quebec city - reinventing our rivers
14
tongyeong dockyard regeneration
18
sub saharan green belt
20
mediterranean fondaco
22
volga river - kazan waterfront boyarsky murphy architects Our proposal bring new life to the water’s edge and provide new ways for the city to experience, enjoy the Volga. The project bring the river to the city by creating a soft, green edge and by forming a flood retention lake. Biodiversity is encouraged by wildification and diversity of landscape conditions. The scheme includes wetlands, parklands, woods and areas for urban farming alongside sport, leisure and cultarl activities.
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e c o - s h o r e
masterplan
05
volga theatre
pier
peninsula
harbor
winter square
06
volga theatre
pier
harbor
winter square
harbor
07
andalien river - concepciรณn waterfront boyarsky murphy architects
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Focus of our vision is on the fluvial restoration: how a recalibration of the relationship between the ecologies of the river basin and human settlement and developments can lead to a mutually sustainable future in more conscious and interactive urban water landscapes. Our scheme shifts from the paradigm of the dialectic of the city and the river to a relational network of new layers and connectivities whereby waterscapes will be developed with new programmes, activities and ecological conditions.
REFORESTATION
basin strategy and diagrams
fluvial urban sections 08
RIVER RECONSTRUCTION
edge
linear park view
09
urban zone masterplan
10
linear park diagrams
normal condition
flooded condition
housing section
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morrison’s quays boyarsky murphy architects Our project propose an alternative solution to the Cork “Flood Relief Scheme” - a series of physical barriers between the city and the riverside; compromising an already weak relationship between the two realms. Our proposal takes form in a soft and adaptive flood barrier, fully integrated with the historical landscape and which enhances and improves the social interaction with the quays. The transition between the safe higher zone, (city activities) and the lower floodable zone (leisure realm) is characterised by contextualised and adaptable elements.
project axonometry
12
adaptive line
floodline
south-west view
south-east view
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quebec city - reinventing our rivers boyarsky murphy architects Our analysis has led us to understand how each river has a wider territory of communities, infrastructures and spheres of influence with unique constraints and opportunities. Our proposal addresses this wider social territory and suggests that the rivers become generators for the transformation of Quebec City by recalibrating its relationship with nature to create a more connected and interactive landscape and reset the balance between domestic life, leisure, work, and knowledge.
urban strategy | focus areas | criticalities
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4 r i v e r s
focus area - agriculture
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focus area - connections
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focus area - leisure
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tongyeong dockyard regeneration boyarsky murphy architects The Goliath crane is the remaining symbol of the former Tongyeong Dockland site. Displaced from the sliding docks and moved into the bay, the crane now forms a gateway and an evocative symbol for the wider area. The sliding docks are remodelled and reconfigured with mobile seating to facilitate a range of different activities. Above the docks, the new inhabited roof is a catalyst for the regeneration and a major attractor. It frames and allows open air events below and houses new major cultural, leisure and touristic activities.
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the lonely crane
evolution
urban landmark
scenarios
sections
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sub saharan green belt benno albrecht The descent of the Sahara desert and the population increase are the core elements and the starting point of this project. Our solution is a system of “green filaments� with low urbanization located along the main infrastructural networks, that will gradually grow in thickness and density. This element will initially solve the urgent food and housing needs, the final configuration will allow the organization of a structured and complete economic network. From local self-sufficiency to a supranational economy.
elements and hierarchy
aerial photomontage
20
a f r i c u l t u r e
prototype axonometric
elevation
The construction technology seeks an integration between low-tech and high-tech. The structure is a modular steel frame. This is the only element, at the beginning, sourced externally; in the further development this basic module will be produced in the settlements provided with this specificity. The building reach completion with local technologies such as straw and clay. These technologies, however, are re-elaborated allowing the realisation of preformed clay panels, cladding the structure and using the straw as insulation between the steel frames. The roof acts as a rainwater collector. This dry technology aims to be applicable and reproducible with basic tools such as a screwdriver or a welder.
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mediterranean fondaco r. albiero - g. mucelli - l. schibuola The project is based on two different structures: a permanent one, the gridshell assolving the main environmental tasks; and a temporary one, a flexible structure fulfilling temporary and variable needs. The fondaco (meaning in greek hotel and in arabic storehouse) was a building or a building compound widespread in the Mediterranean Sea which fulfilled the role of storehouse, hotel and even embassy for foreign traders. In the modern fondaco we trade culture; the project area is in Sicily, in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea.
concept
sections
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o p e n
r o o f
axonometric details
I H F G D G
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C B
A - market square B - garden square C - accommodations D - multipurpose centre E - piazza / event space F - garden theatre G - atelier / workshop H - exhibition centre I - leisure zone
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first floor plan
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visual elaboration “iconoclash� for F. dal Co
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