Architectural portfolio by Matteo Gullo

PORTFOLIO Matteo Gullo

Matteo Gullo born in Firenze (Italy) - January 13th, 1993

complete portfolio at issuu.com/matteo.gullo WORK EXPERIENCE june 16 nov 16

YellowOffice - Milano

june 14 sept 14

qart progetti - Firenze

jan 14 march 14

Six months full-time internship.. During this period I was focused in different competitions. I especially developed the project for Piazza Castello, Milano. During this experience I improved my graphic skills using Illustrator and Photoshop. Francesca Benedetto, Yellowoffice founder, is now professor at Harvard University in Boston. During the internship I was focused also in residential projects in Milano. www.yellowoffice.it Four months full-time internship. During this period I have been involved in different projects developed by the studio. I was focused in an accessible village set in Elba island called “Sassi Turchini”. During this experience I have improved my practical working skills and relationship with the construction site. The office is run by arch. Matteo Fioravanti, professor at Università degli studi di Firenze. The team was composed by five architects, one engineer and two intern. www.qart.it

Restart - Milano/Firenze/London Three months full-time internship until the end of March 2014. and I continued to collaborate until December 2014. During this period I developed and delivered the showroom projects in Milan and London, and the Eurocucina exhibition stand at the Salone del Mobile di Milano, 2014. www.restart.it

COMPETITIONS The Bench 2017 - First prize

Winning proposal for the Winnipeg Design Festival 2017. The five benches will be build and set in Winnipeg, Canada. Europan 14 - ongoing ongoing competition. the results will be published in december 2017. The areas are sets in the north of Europe. Periferie 2017 - ongoing the competition is about the italian suburbs areas. Our project is set in San Giovanni a Teduccio, peripheral area in Naples. Iceland Tekking Cabin Project focuses on landscape design. The competion is organised by Bee Breeders and is looking to construct a series of trekking cabins that could be located in various spots across some of Iceland’s most famous trekking paths. OWC Competition for a sports centre in Ohrid (Macedonia) sponsored by Archmedium: we analysed the contrast between landscape project and landmark. Lamborghini Road Monument Competition organised by YAC (Young Architect Competition) in collaboration with Automobili Lamborghini. The goal of the competition is to design a new monument for the famous company that will be built and located in the entrance of the headquorter.

EDUCATION Master in Architecture - Politecnico di Milano oct 2014 apr 2017

Master of Architecture (in English lenguage) at School of Architecture and Society, Politecnico di Milano. Thesis “Rebranding Scampia, the smart city beyond Gomorra” Relator: Arch. Stefano Boeri. MIAW - Workshop Project with Professor Yichen Lu (Studio Link-Arc) on a sport area in Milan. The workshop was focused in the design of a new fence that could host different activites. MOA - physical model workshop Workshop aubout the costruction of physical models using different materials as wood, cardboard, foam, plastic, steel, paper, gypsum, resins etc. During the workshop I lernt how to use particular machines useful to build physical models including the laser cutter, saw and pantograph.

sep 2011 sep 2014

Bachelor of Architecture - Politecnico di Milano Bachelor degree thesis “Prefabricated society: Modern society and new construction techniques” with Prof. M. Nastri. This thesis addressed the influences that society has on architecture and vice versa. Grade : 108/110 Responsive Morphologies Workshop Workshop on responsive morphologies in architecture and design with the use of Grasshopper and Arduino/Genuino with Prof. Attilio Nebuloni and Prof. Maximiliano Romero at Phy-co lab, Politecnico di Milano. Ri-Formare Milano A further project for RI-FORMARE Milano on the site of an old cinema (Piazzale Lodi, Milano) and the site of the planned last stop of M4, the Milan subway line.

sep 2006 jul 2011

Maturità Scientifica - LSS Piero Gobetti Secondary School Diploma with scientific orientation from Liceo Scientifico Piero Gobetti, Bagno a Ripoli, Florence. where I have been president of the student government. Over the five years I won a number of awards and enjoyed participating in school sports teams and the the theatrical company.

PRATICAL SKILLS ICT skills: Autocad 2D, Rhinoceros, Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator, inDesign),

Grasshopper (base), Arduino/Genuino, V-Ray, KeyShot, Final Cut Pro. Maquettes: Very high experience in physical model. Practice in laser cutter use. Talent in the use of cartboard, wood, foam, gypsum. Able to work in differente scale of the model using different materials. Languages: Italian (native), English (fluent)

EXTRA

Volunteer and member of the council in Associazione Volontari Gruppo Elba Actor for Compagnia Venti Lucenti. Performed in Florence, Syracuse and Yerevan. Rugby player in Firenze 1936 during secondary school. Passionated by vintage cars and motorbikes +39 3403171844 gullomatteo@gmail.com matteo.gullo@mail.polimi.it via Pontaccio 2, Milano (IT) via de’ Pepi 44, Firenze (IT) issuu.com/matteo.gullo

CONTENTS I have included in this portfolio just a small selection of projects that I feel best embody my personal idea of architecture.

REBRANDNG SCAMPIA The smart city beyond Gomorrah. Strategy for a transformation of the neighborhood based on the existing social environment. Napoli, Italy 2017

LEARNING TO USE PUBLIC SPACE AGAIN! Winning proposal for the Winnipeg Design Festival 2017. The project is about five benches to be built during the year. Winnipeg, Canada 2017 INHABITED BUTTRESS The project link together the private path of the hostel with the public corridor to connect the new town to the old one Cagliari, Italy 2016 OHRID WATERSPORT CENTRE A contrast between landscape and landmark. The Ohrid watersports centre acts as a bridge out of the city. Ohrid, Macedonia 2015 SPACE ODDITY Bee Breeders competition. The goal was to create a new innovative design for trekking shelters. Iceland 2016

LOOP CONNECTION The structure is developed using Grassoppher and the shadow is guarantee by responsive elements tested using Arduino and Firefly Expo Dubai 2020 2016

EVER GROWING WATER CAMPUS The idea is to create a university campus that can change and grow day by day, keeping time with the rhythms of our fast-paced society. New York City, USA 2014

CONSONNO CULTURAL CENTRE An abandoned amusement park set in the mountains close to Lecco. The atmosphere inspired a new way of conceiving cultural platforms. Consonno, Italy 2013 THE ECO PATH Medau su Cramu is an abbandoned area betwen Cagliari e Quartu Santâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Elena in south Sardinia. This area is allready working as a connection. Medau Su Cramu, Italy 2015 MASEGRA ACTIVE PRESERVATION The aim of the project was to create new activities to preserve the castle, adapting its structure to receive a greater number of visitors. Sondrio, Italy 2015 SHOWROOMS A project undertaken for Restart. I was solely responsible for the design and restoration of the showroom in Milan and the new site in London. Milano, Italy / London, United Kingdom 2014

REBRANDING SCAMPIA Napoli, Italy 2017

The intervention is developed in many steps. Every step involves different actors, starting from the associations that are actually populating the district. The masterplan of the first intervention is schematically divided in four part: the square, the sport area, the research area and the space market that regards the sails and new constructions in program. The main strategy is to densify the area, the goal is to fill the voids that are now creating barriers between citizens. This strategy of densification is divided in different steps, starting from the area of the sails, the one with the worst connotation which will spread in all the district, according to its needs. The first actors are the associations, who can already populate the area: Arci Scampia, for example, is the second soccer school in Italy considering the number of subscribers; The Maddaloni gym is one of the best judo schools, today people

arrive from the whole country. So the associations could be the spark to the start of this project, but they must be helped by private and public investments. Starting from the sport area, we aim to densify the space close to university, in order to attract investors interested in medicine issues. The spaces inside the sails will be managed from the space market, located in the park.

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LEARNING TO USE PUBLIC SPACE AGAIN! (under construction), Winnipeg, Canada 2017

Our everyday life is becoming more digital and more disconnected from the physical space. In fact, the very existence of public space in the future can perhaps be questioned. Already, the extent to which one may “live” without really leaving one’s home and engaging the city has become quite large. The internet may in many ways replicate and therefore render obsolete the movements, interactions and emotional experiences heretofore found only in the physical urban realm. In 2011 Hillary Clinton declared that “internet will be the public space of the future”. Building a bench is an occasion to create public space and to make people conscious of the potential of living again the city. The proposal is to offer 5 examples of use of the public space: very ordinary collective activities that are are being forgotten. The idea is to create in a playful and simple way, 5 temporary

situations that people can live and than miss when they will be dismantled. The experience of the installation is both a social moment and an education to the use of the public space. Simple wooden frames are combined to create different objects. The installations will be a space (1) to play with swings, (2) to relax on a hammock, (3) to do some sport and to excercise, (4) to read and exchange books, (5) to have a pic-nic and gather around a table with other people. Through the use of the “benches” people will revalue the experience of living the public space and will understand its importance for the future.

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simple wooden boxes, available to exchange and store books

wooden table and benches with waterproof textile cover

same structure for every installation

wooden gymnastics apparatus

textile hammocks and anchored pillows

fabric or rubber seats and ropes

(4) culture structure with public bookcases

(2) relax Structure with hammocks

(5) gathering structure with table and benches

(3) sport structure with gymnastics apparatus

(1) play structure with swings

THE ECO PATH Medau su Cramu, Italy 2015

Medau su Cramu is a huge area in the South of Sardinia, which is mostly part of a natural park. It belongs at the same time to two administrative zones: the one of the municipality of Cagliari and the other one to Quartu santâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Elena. Already in the current situation the area serves as connection. Nevertheless there have not been done anything seriously so far to tackle the regulation, design and development of it. The Eco Path project addresses the need for a linking infrastracture with respect to natural features of the park and enhances the promising, existing attivities that can unfold their potential via the improved accessibility. The project is based on profound studies which demonstrate that the locally found characteristics, both natural and antropoligic, are of national importance: The most famous example for that are the former salines that host a unique

ecosystems with flamingos and rare flower species. Latter led to the installation of various bird watching points that are currently not cross-linked among each other. However also the botanical garden represenets a place of rich biodiversity typical for the area.

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The Eco Path is a structure that never touches the ground to respect the given ecosystems. It is rather generating in section different configurations for various activities. The Eco Path is able, apart from connecting two heterogeneous areas, to create ties between zones that can be related to each other by their natural characteristics: the presence of water, of low vegetation as well as the one of high vegetation are hereby used as parameters. In those particular spots the structure is getting into a dialogue with the surroundings with more generous spaces required by the programme.

OHRID WATER SPORT CENTER Macedonia 2015

The concept for this project came from its location: encircled in the west by water and in the east by mountains, on the shores of Ohrid Lake. Although far from urban and still largely dominated by agriculture, it is the only viable site of expansion for the city of Ohrid. The city started as a fortress to the north of the lake, and expanded outwards over the centuries along the shoreline into the valley. The project is situated at the edge of this expansion, the point where urban services and rural systems overlap, and where the overwhelming sense is one of transition: between water and mountain, but also between city and nature. There was no other way to reflect this remarkable sensation than to design the project as a bridge between the different realms, connecting the elements. The challenge was to create a landscape that incorporated the watersports centre, but that was also undeniably connected to the city.

The project has three layers of privacy: the first is private, for facility and storage users with private access to the building; secondly, for visitors; and thirdly for the general public who will use the site as an urban passage to be developed not only on ground level but also along the top of the building.

team Sunay Altintepe Elena Casini Ghiath Al Jebawi Andrija Martinovic 20

On the left: collages explain some features of the project. OWC gives the sensation of a little venice working as a bridge. It connect the services areas to the lake directly by water. The last collage explain the importance of the direct connection between the project and the lake through the water I.n the middle: plan of the underground floor. Above: view of the covered square from West.

The materials for the project are illustrated below: OWC is built of the elements around it, uniting the water of the lake with the earth and rock of the mountains. The structure is conceived as a visual manifestation of this fusion, and designed to conceal itself among the slopes of the mountains. The image of the ground floor plan on the left, where the different paths are clearly illustrated, shows that the maximum impact of the site is focused on this central point. The heart of the project, this covered square connects the Olympic swimming pool building with the

structure containing the cafeteria and offices. It does more than this, however: it is a passageway between two zones, bridging the expansive waterscape and the rugged mountainside, it marks a point of transition between two sensations.

SPACE ODDITY Iceland excursion module 2016

There is a curious similarity between Iceland and lunar surface. The dark rocks, the flat topography, the lava fields and sometime the absence of people give the impression of being not on the earth, somewhere else. For this reason in 1967 Iceland was used as a test surface for Moon landing Apollo missions. The proposal is to explore this similarity and use this historical fact as an opportunity to create a new innovative design for trekking shelters. The ideas of essentiality, lightness, minimum dimensions and weights, self mainteinance and adaptation, proper of a spaceship are perfect for Iceland, where nothing is banal and has to be designed.

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VOLUMES COMBINATION AND SHAPE DEFINITION

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SELF MANTEINANCE TECHNOLOGY

wind turbine

comunication antenna

solar cells (march-september 3kWh/ day)

rain water depuration system water deposit / 2 x50l electrical heap pump batteries - 7kWh efficency 92%

mechanical leg adaptation to soil morphology

wastewater tratment system

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The design of the first lunar modules is an ispiration to create a design based on minimum living spaces, a strange volume combination, a space oddity with adaptable legs for different soils. The shelter is almost a spaceship, its lightness lets this space oddity to fly and to land on the icelandic surface. The moon landing concept can become a interesting branding and merchandising solution to present Iceland to new possible tourists. The relation between Moon and Iceland is a funny and provocative sentence for new hikers and visitors.

The branding line is comprehensive of advertisements, website graphics, a new magazine and a package where is possible to find all the necessaries for the trekking excursions. According with the idea of minimal waste of resources, the project include also a new app for smartphone that allow the users to reserve a cabin, or to know the level of energy and the presence of water. Using this app, the users can reserve a bed, but they can also leave in the cabins foods that other people will use later. The materials used are related to the tipical architecture of iceland.

The wood structure give to the cabins particulars performances in terms of weight. The alluminium cover is one of the most used material in residencial architecture in Iceland and is useful to keep the cabins waterproof. The four legs give also the possibility to adapt this structure on different type of soil during different condition.

Wind turbine Satellite antenna

Wooden structure Solar cells

Thermo insulation 40 mm Thermo insulation 80 mm Alluminium cover Rain collector water system

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Openable window

Polycarbonate wall

Small fixed window Aluminium kitchen

Waterproof membrane LEM mechanical legs Water deposit and Electrical heat pump

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INHABITED BUTTRESS Cagliari, Italy 2016

The project is located in Cagliari (Sardinia), in a outmost interesting spot of the city where the historical reminiscences with the Castle encouters the new developments of the contemporary city. The setting is characterised by many challenges especially in terms of morphology and existing urban fabric. In general there are three distinguishable layers: The first layer is represented by buildings of more recent date orginating from an urban development project of the 90s, which are mainly facing streets and the new part of Cagliari. Further up the slope, there is the second one, radically different, with neoclassical facades fronting a historical residential building mainly featuring stonework and masonry. In between the two there is the third, the most interesting layer, which plays an intermediary role between the two realms: An almost regularily shaped ribbon of base walls. It is composed out of manifold

elements that create a patchwork of different styles and materials in which arch constructions anchor the Palazzo Viceregio with the beer rock. In this vast caos of elements the inhabited buttress implements a new system of order, using one of the last remained voids left behind after the bombardments of the Allies.

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STRATEGY Strategy

maintain the hole in the city elevation

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It was an important decision to keep the piazza as last backdrop of the city and create a system which is able to link the two mentioned layer together featuring a hostel and other public functions like a cinema, co-working spaces and a restaurant inside. The project plays with two juxtoposing principles: the first is the one of the reinforced concrete buttresses that rest upon the historical city and forge a bridge to the arches on the left side. The other priciple is embodied by a lightweight construction made of sheet metal that create by its cling to the pure material the envelope for the spaces and the public activities. The interacting intermediary element, which has a primarily public character, plays a crucial role: It breaks the regularity of the Buttresses and invades intrusively into the interior of the privat spaces to generate spots where the guests of the hostel encounter the citizen of Cagliari. Morpholo41

gically the project is strongly associated with the hill in an intimate way: some dorm rooms face directly the rock while the concrete structure is obstructing the view to the city â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all together contributing to a very reserved atmosphere. Some other dorm rooms face the sea, but also unveil surprising views transversally to the hillside.The entrance of the square is enhanced by the seemingly natural movement of the composition which features a bridge that gives even new perspectives to the square.

LOOP CONNECTION Expo Dubai 2020 2016

The concept of the project is based on the idea of Yin (black) and Yang (white). In the Japanese philosophy Yin and Yang are describing like opposite or contrary forces, actually complementary and interconnected in the natural world. Physical manifestations of the duality symbolized by Yin and Yang are represented in many tangible dualities such as fire and water, or as in our project: light and dark. The design is developing starting from these ideas and it came out with not just in a shape, but, once, with spaces that are giving different sensations. The project is designed to be ideally divided in two part: the first one, set on the South is the Yin, presenting a dark covering: without any kind of permeability the spaces are closed in a whole giving a really deep sensation. On the other hand, on the North, we have the Yang, with a transparent covering protected by a system of responsive elements that are overshadowing the glass behind according to the quantity of direct irradiation. The structural system creates two different layer, one behind and one over it; in the case of the yin part the

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first layer is made by a sandwich panel in wood isolated, while the second one is made by photovoltaic panels (the gap between the two layers is 20 centimeters); in the yang part, set on North, the first layer is made by glass while, sometimes, the second one is a responsive element. The structure is developed in a parametric way using grasshopper, while the responsive element is still in test using Arduino and Firefly. The given project has been developed during the course of building technology which provided the opportunity to go deeper into structural design and constructive principles.

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ves the decision about which kind of experience they prefer to have for first.

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Politecnico di Milano Faculty of Architecture and Society Bachelor in Architectural Sciences

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Academic Year 2015/2016 Professors: Ingrid Paoletti, Elena Mola, Claudio Del Pero

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glulam arch (section from 80x30cm to 50x30 cm)

photovoltaic module

timber beam (10x10cm)

steel plate

sandwich panel, osb (2cm

sandwich panel, extruded polyestyrene insulation (6cm)

aluminium frame

electric piston

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glulam arch (section from 80x30cm to 50x30 cm)

responsive element, teak (t=2.5cm)

directable aluminium frame (h=8cm, b=5.4cm)

timber beam (10x10cm)

steel plate

triplex glass (3nx2mm)

aluminium rail

electric motor

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glulam arch (section from 80x30cm to 50x30 cm)

responsive element, teak (t=2.5cm)

directable aluminium frame (h=8cm, b=5.4cm)

timber beam (10x10cm)

steel plate

triplex glass (3nx2mm)

aluminium rail

electric motor

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Apart from the spaces created by the structures for Yin and Yang there is a third one located right in the centre of the project. At this point Yin and Yang merge into a space where the visitor ascends to cafeteria and book shop on a higher level. Underneath all technical facilities have been integrated into the nucleus of the central structure. The whole project has been developed to take into consideration technical aspects like the pathway of conduits and well as considerations about the overall energy consumption. In this way it was possible to achieve a plus energy balance with 70% additional energy above covering the standard energy demand.

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extruded polyestyrene insulation (8cm) aluminium frame

stone flooring (2,5cm)

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Legend 1-Glulam arch (section from 80x30cm to 50x30cm) 2- Steel plate 3- Steel Hinge 4- Reinforced concrete base 5- Iron bar 6. Oak wood flooring (h=2cm) 7- Floating radiant floor system “Eurotherm”, radiant pipes 8- Floating radiant floor system “Eurotherm”, floating structure 9- Air duct 10- Air emission grille 11- Extruded olyestyrene insulation (8cm) 12- Alluminium frame 13- Stone Flooring (2,5cm) 14- Waterproofing membrane (0,2cm) 15- levelling screed 16- Drainage 17- Concrete screed

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EVER GROWING WATER CAMPUS New York, USA 2014

This project started out as a bit of fun, but was quickly transformed into an architectural study grounded in social research. The location is Navy Yard, New York. A few metres south of Williamsburg Bridge, looking across the East River to the East Side of Manhattan, the area has always been strictly industrial but is now under rapid regeneration. The unique waterfront location made this a very exciting opportunity. We were obliged to develop a new design method, adopting different visions and goals. The idea was to transform the site’s industrial character, converting it into a university campus. Basing our research on socio-anthropological studies by Zigmunt Bauman, we were inspired by the utopic architecture of Archizoom and Superstudio, but also interested in some of Le Corbusier’s projects, such as the Museum of Unlimited Growth. In order to reflect its location, we concluded that our chosen sy-

stem must be one of continual evolution, light on its feet, able to respond rapidly to society’s unfolding challenges. The key element is a rail that holds up the different capsules that will contain classrooms, facilities or dormitories. The rail is also a distributing element for the different buildings, and enables the capsules to be relocated or dismantled.

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CONSONNO CULTURAL CENTER Consonno, Italy 2013

Consonno is an incredibly exciting location to envision new projects. A small town near Lecco (Italy), Consonno was bought up and converted into a theme park, and then abandoned in the seventies. However, its location on the alpine slopes of the Valsassina valley is beautiful. Its unusual atmosphere inspired in us the idea of a landslide covering the abandoned structures, creating new spaces and points of view, and even new cultural platforms for music, art or cinema.

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MASEGRA ACTIVE PRESERVATION Italy 2015

Masegra Castle perches on a hill overlooking Sondrio (Italy), one of Valtellinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s major cities. Throughout its history, the castle has been through war, transfer of ownership, structural changes and long periods of abandonment. Its latest challenge was finding a new project to attract visitors and fund its conservation. The aim of the project was to identify activities and find the best solution for integrating them with the structure. One of the main issues was enhancing accessibility: the existing pathways were very narrow with steep stairways, unfit for large numbers of people. In light of its status as a historical monument, the project was conceived in such a way as to preserve and maintain the structure of the castle in its entirety. Consequently, the enhancements are designed to be disassembled leaving no impact on the original structure. The first step was to identify key land use in the area, namely wine production 60

and livestock. The design process took into consideration who uses the land and when, with a view to designing spaces for different kinds of people at different times of the day, not only in winter but throughout the entire year. We therefore planned for spaces that could accommodate food culture activities including conferences, product promotion and school visits, as well as restaurants and hospitality ventures. team Mateusz Bialek Giulio Bassanello Luca Breseghello Anastasia Khech 61

history of the castle

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The accessibility solution had to take account of the decision to preserve the structure. The aim was to connect the areas implicated in the overall design, across different levels, by reconstructing an old defensive wall that had been destroyed in the XIV century. There had been a passageway through the wall that offered a beautiful view over the Valtellina valley. The main thrust of the design was to restore this path, opening up the vantage point to visitors and creating an attraction for the town. This accessibility solution not only served its intended distributive purpose, but, more interestingly, created a space people could engage with.

SHOWROOMS IT/UK 2014

Both projects were run in collaboration with Restart, who entrusted me with managing them. The first was a Milan furniture showroom, concluded in October 2014. The project was located near Corso Manzoni in the heart of the “quadrilatero della moda”, Milan’s top-end shopping district for fashion, design and furniture. The showroom was designed to display luxury, high-end furniture and interior design, and this standard needed to be reflected in its design. The space is 180 cm below street level, but boasts nine large windows opening onto two of Milan’s major streets (Via Fatebenefratelli and Via dei Giardini). The first design decision was born from an in-depth understanding of the company. Top quality, locally-sourced material is a central feature of its brand, and so the design process began with selecting materials. Starting with a choice of walnut travertine for the floor, extracted in Tuscany and sourced by the company for some of their products, metal structures were then selected to partition the space and create the exhibition structures. We called in experts in different 64

areas to work on site. This project was developed with the furniture layout in mind, and in such a way to enable future improvements without the need for structural work. The same values underpinned the showroom project on London, Chelsea, for Christmas 2014. The scope of the project was to design a space, in a similar vein to Milan’s, that would represent the company brand. Inspiration was drawn from the location and we began by enhancing the space, ever influenced by the character of the Italian products it would be housing. Again, the key to the project lay in the materials, the majority of which were imported from Italy. This particular project posed the additional challenge of coordinating tradesmen from different countries to deliver in time for Christmas. The Milan/London projects were the focus of a personal interview published in the furniture magazine Edge Levant, (April/May 2015 issue). The projects’ format was replicated in New York for the company’s showroom there, and will also be used in Eurocucina at the Salone del Mobile di Milano.

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