M.M.M. Portfolio

M A T T I A

M E R U S I

MANASSE

Info .......................................................................................pag.3 Architecture

Daje Forte..................................................................pag.7

New York_Urban Farm.........................................pag.15

Laboratorio Roma_Marconi................................pag.19

Re-(ho)using San Lorenzo...................................pag.27

Cut the Apple............................................................pag.37

Per via di Levare_Nardò........................................pag.43

Villa Blanc..................................................................pag.45 Art

Je (ne) suis (pas) Charlie.....................................pag.49 Altalene.......................................................................pag.51

Mamma Roma Addio............................................pag.53

Mattia Merusi Manasse date and place of birth: 20th March 1985 in Rome, Italy nationality: Italian email mattia.merusi@gmail.com mobile +39 340 3788020 address Via Ostiense 162, Roma 00154

About me My profession is my passion: pushed by a constant desire to challenge myself with new ideas and problems.

By nature, I possess an analytical approach together with a strong propensity to think outside the box and solve problems. Working mainly from the concept phase through to the final design phase, I give my all to group dynamics where one can have a frank and honest exchange of abilities and knowledge. Curiosity has always been my definitive trait, which has pushed me through my studies, and is the spring that propels me to explore new creative ambitions, from photography to sculpture, developing abilities that then feed back into working practice. I am sporty, as well as passionate about art and music.

Language skills Italian, mother tongue English, spoken / written C1 Spanish, spoken / written C1 Software skills AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, Sketchup, Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, V-Ray, Grasshopper, DIALux, Office Suite Personal skills Photography Carpentry Welding

Work Experience 2016 -Photographer for the referendum campaign: “SI PUOI DIRLO FORTE”

- Creation of drills for the exhibition: “Nettuno ti può giudicare” at Piazza del Popolo, Rome, created for the referendum on drilling near the coast.

2015

- Collaboration with the DPS designing and creating spaces located in the EX-DOGANA building in San Lorenzo, Rome.

- Collaboration with the Roman studio of Livia Tani, commissioned by Atelier Jean Nouvel, for the final design of a residential complex in Miami (Florida)

- Creation of the installation “Altalene (Swings)” in the space of the Rampa Prenestina in Rome

- Call for entries “New York Urban Farm” run by AWR (Architecture Workshop in Rome).

- Participation in call for entries “Forti” run by YAC (Young Architect Competition)

- Exhibition at Castel Sant’Angelo at the “Fringe Festival” event.

- First category award at the “Aracne Arts for the City” competition.

2014

- Collaboration with the 2tr architecture studio at the Rome Workshop, promoted by The City Of Rome, In/Arch Lazio and ACER on the Marconi transport hub.

- Call for entries “ARACNE Arts for the city” with the work “Riflessioni sulla città - Reflections on the city.”

- Call for entries invited by the municipality of Nardò (Puglia) for Piazza San Antonio, in collaboration with architects Luca Zevi, Maximiliano Pintore and Stefano Tonucci (Studio ApsT)

2012 - Collaboration with Studio Zevi for the Italian Pavilion at the13th Biennial of Architecture.

- Design and coordination of an apartment renovation in the Ostiense neighborhood in Rome.

Education 2014

-Diploma in 3D modelling and visualisation from Dualgraph

2013

-Masters degree in Architectural Planning with a final mark of 110/110. Thesis entitled “Re-(ho)using San Lorenzo”

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-Erasmus Scholarship from ETSAB University, Barcelona -Undergraduate degree in Architectural Science with a final mark of 110 with honours

2008 -Fall Semester from the University of Arkansas: Classes in sculpture, photography and design.

2004 -High school diploma from Avogadro Scientific High School with a mark of 80/100

Architecture

Daje Forte Project Type_Urban transformation Phase_Call for entries Location_Rome, Italy Year_2015 Role_Team Leader

The Portuense Fort, the subject of the project, gets freed from illegally constructed buildings so that it can become a park. Below it, in underground areas illuminated by circular courtyards, requested services are then realized following relocation due to the demolition work. The internal area of the Fort, subject to a building restriction, is transformed to host artisan activities and study spaces all overlooking the internal court; an ancient Place-of-arms.

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Residential + Urban Farm Phase_Call for entries Location_New York Year_2015 Role_Team Leader

The production of food in urban areas is a very current topic in the debate about the city, and the call for entries specified the design of a multifunctional building, capable of hosting an urban farm on a piece of land adjacent to the New York High Line. Through greenhouse cultivation, the continuous recycling of resources and the integration of renewable energy technologies, the project was given the form of a “neutral� modular structure, adaptable to various contexts and capable of hosting diffrent agricultural activities that requires structures similar to laboratories, but also residential and commercial.

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Laboratorio Marconi Project Type_Park and ride + Student residence + Commercial Year_2014 Phase_Preliminary study Location_Rome,Italy Role_Junior Architect

The workshop, promoted by the former city administration under mayor Marino, together with Inarch and ACER, aimed to upgrade some of the degraded areas of the city through a joint public and private effort. One of the interventions focused on the “Marconi� metro station, ideally destined to become a park-and-ride transport hub. In the proposal from 2tr Studio, abandoned space would be reclaimed in front of the station, where ground level car parks would be created, on top of a level of covered car parking. On the top level, on a newly created square, new buildings would be created in order to finance the project, being valued highly for their location close to the river Tiber.

Re-(ho)using San Lorenzo Project Type_Residential + Services Year_2014 Location_Rome,Italy Degree Thesis

The project involves the reclamation of some urban spaces in the San Lorenzo district of Rome, containing buildings hit by the bombing of Rome in 1943. They were not rebuilt due to stability and property fragmentation issues. The area is now subjected to conflicts surrounding the public space wich is increasingly vulnerable to private interests. The project aims at mediating between private and public through the use of the “building compensation�, an urban planning tool that allows the construction of new volumes in return for the implementation of some services for the community at the sole expense of the private sector. The first building reinterprets a style that is typical of the neighborhood, implementing a raised courtyard inside with an opening on the south corner that favours the light entrance and the ventilation. On the north facade, a surviving wall of the old building supporting the adjacent one is kept as the only evidence of the old bombed building is kept to honour the historical memory of the bombardment.

The other two buildings are instead destined for neighborhood services with a Co-working area, senior citizens centre and a time bank.

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Skyscraper project in Manhattan on a plot crossed by the Highline and overlooking the Hudson River.

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The site is crossed by the High Line and close to the river Hudson.

By raising the volume, a square is created to serve the High Line, creating extra space and allowing the view of the river.

The cut of the volume, in addition to highlighting the passage of the High Line, allows better natural lighting of interior spaces and opens up new visuals.

The two structures are linked by bridges hosting restaurants, conference rooms and terraces with roof gardens. The sloping square allows for views over both the High Line and the Hudson River.

Per via di levare Project type_Urban space Phase_Call for entries Year_2014 Studio Zevi + APsT Role_Junior Architect Location_Nardò, Puglia

Design competition for the renovation of Piazza S.Antonio and main neighbouring streets in Nardò, Puglia. The project reclaims the space in front of the baroque church, currently used for parking, creating a sloping square that connects to the entry level of the museum and echos the form of the ancient convent. The fountain is relocated and a lighting system with a strong figurative impact is introduced.

Villa Blanc Project type_University building Anno_2014 Studio Zevi Role_Architect

A proposal from Studio Zevi for the renovation of one of the internal buildings at Villa Blanc.

Because of the advanced deterioration of the ancient building, the aim is to consolidate the surviving part and to rebuild the collapsed part with a contemporary feel, adding the impression of the fixtures and facades from the destroyed part.

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JE (ne) SUIS (pas) CHARLIE Project type_Installation Year_2015

Made following the tragic events of Charlie Hebdo, the work appears as a bathroom cabinet covered in newspaper pages from that day.

There is a rip into the pages that allow the observer to make eye contact with his own reflection, surrounded by the writing “Je suis Charlie Hebdo” that was pretty much everywhere in the days after. However, opening the side door reveals the phrase in its entirety: “Je ne suis pas Charlie”. On the inside of the opened door, now visible, the World Press Freedom Index appears, highlighting the weaknesses of Italian democracy.

2014 World Press Freedom Index

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Country Australia

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Italy

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Belize Portugal Suriname Lithuania United Kingdom Slovenia Spain OECS Latvia El Salvador France Samoa Botswana South Africa Trinidad e Tobago Papua New Guinea Romania United States Haiti Niger

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2013 World Press Freedom Index

Swings Project type_Installation Year_2016

Interactive installation for an evening of electronic music in the Rampa Prenestina spaces.

The inner courtyard, crushed by the looming spiral of massive concrete walls, houses huge swings that oppose the heaviness with the lightness of the game. The seats, painted with fluorescent paint, design bright commas on which people swing, hanging on the only slice of visible sky.

Mamma Roma ADDIO Project Type_Installation Anno_2016

A square meter of cobbles in which an elementary school chair is set. At its base rolls a sponge football. They are fragments of childhood, which is countered by the audio text that is heard in the headphones, in which Remo Remotti tells us about when he left Rome. The increasingly violent crescendo of disparaging adjectives represents the push to abandon the nest, the roots, the most beloved place.