Portfolio Natalia Giacomino

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO _NATALIA GIACOMINO

INDEX ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES

Thesis_Water Museum Page 4

AMNIOSYA TEAM COMPETITIONS

Lab V _Library Page 12

Museographie Page 17

S t a d i u m Page 19

Exhibition Pavilion Page 21

Skyscraper Page 23

Enflatable Pavilion Page 25

The House of War Page 28

The House of Oxymorons Page 30

P h e l a n Page 27

INDIVIDUAL COMPETITIONS

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Master degree in Architecture University Of Florence Magistral Architecture

_THESIS : THE HOUSE OF WATER FOR ABU DHABI_ C

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announced by Icarch Gallery of Los Angeles. architecture that to express the power of water in the context (spatial and temporal) of the arabe world

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Supervisor : Prof.Marino Moretti Prof.Giacomo Tempesta Arch.Samuele Sordi 3

C o n t e t u a l i z a t i o n _ Studied Area : -The Macro Analyzed Like Urban Micro-Synthesis And Site Zoning_Detection Of Internal Connections To Three Areas _Overlap Of Internal Connections To Three Areas

saadiyat is natural island that is part of abu dhabi,in the uae,covering 27 square miles and will be completed in 2020. it is divided into seven districts : the marina discritct, the cultural district,villas and apartaments,hotels, the reserve and lagoons. the chosen place is in the middle of the island,the real central ring and the only part still not designed, between the marina and the district of culture . the guggheneim designed by frank ghery,the louvre designed by jean nouvel, the art centre designed by zaha hadid and the maritime museum designed by tadao ando will be built in the cultural district. the masterplan of the islandhas been conceived as a set of drawings to reduce the impact of the island habitat. the principles of waste hierarchy has been used for the management of waste(re duce,reuse,recycle,recover). saadiyat island means : island of happiness. It is far 500 meters from the coast of abu dhabi and it will become the cultural center of the country,according to the governement of abu dhabi.

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From one volume, t h r e e s i z e s are gene r at e d . the simu l at i o n of water c r e at e s a smooth t r a n sition.

The Mus e u m Itineraries Are T h r e e and Vert i c a l ly Develo p e d .

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Facilities Are In the Central Volume, That Is the main aerea; Fo t o g r a p h y exhibitions are In The Lowest and The Research aerea Is In The Intermediate Volume.

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Water is a resource that has being studied for a long time as a potential of sustainable energy, as element of well-being. Indeed, there are a lot of scientists and artists that have done of this element their reason of life and work.

The result of the final project is the idea of a stone that is broken and has been smoothed thanks to the power of water. Ideally, the water created a passage through the rock, smoothing it with its persistence of its constant flow. I simulated the power of water with a jet that sweeps away all it finds in its passage. The shape of the three volumes came out here. One volume creates the others; each one is different from the other one.

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_External View

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The three volumes are subdivided in the following way: one for installations, one dedicated to photography and the last one to technological research. The final result is a sort of Canyon: three rocks that skim themselves. Among them a dialectic confrontation exists : a radical, immediate and continuous confrontation that highlights different forms and heights. Every single element has a peculiar strong identity, and the passage through the different elements creates gradual shades and perspectives.

The visit of the museum was studied in order to give from any point you arrive the idea of continuous flow. The sense of the visit is up to the visitor: thematic or multidisciplinary. There is continuity between the spaces of the museum and the open spaces through external connections that link the three volumes that gives the impression of a change in visual relations between the interior and the external.

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_West Elevation

_Internal View The covering of the volumes is in stone. The main structure is a steel mesh and the main plot is in steel beam HEB 500 that follows with a distance of 3-5m, according to the shape of the volume. The external shell is a double skin of stone that covers the structure. The paneling of stone is a geometrical disposition of stone that reminds the hexagonal Arabian 10

_Structural Concept The thickness of the stone is reduced to the minimum in order to shrink the heaviness of the panels that measure 1,2 mm. This simple form allows us create hexagonal compositions. Some stones have been removed to create crack/ fissures. The triangulate tesseras/dominos create a play of full and empty spaces between external and interior that becomes spectacular with the nocturnal illumination.

The construction: when the assembling of the steel structure and panels of stone is finished, the empty spaces are filled up with polystyrene forms. Afterwards, the structure is sprinkled with rough cement to confer continuity to the stone and hide the flights/escapes.

After that, the polystyrene will be replaced by glass.

shapes. In order to maintain the geometrical order, I chose to use a triangular shape for the three volumes.

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_LIBRARY OF ARCHITECTURE

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_LAB OF ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING SPECIALISTIC _External

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University Teacher : Ulisse Tramonti

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NAME: BIRTH DATE: ADDRESS: NATIONALITY:

Perspective Plans And Ramps

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View From Above Without Coverage

Internal View

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Concept of Bearing Structural

The Outer Shell Is made of both Tempered and opaque Glass, The Structure Is Made Of Steel Pillars.

The Cover Glass Is Characterized By Draining Water Collected by pillars.

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Advanced Techniques Of Representation Students : Natalia Giacomino Lucia Lunghi 17

Prof. Sergio Di Tondo

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Laboratory Technology Design And Environmental Students : Natalia Giacomino Lucia Lunghi Caterina Morabito Professors: Marco Masera Gianfranco Cellai 19

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Covering The Roof Is Covered With Marquee Etfe Sheets And Covers Three Sides Of The Stadium Designed By Pier Luigi Nervi.

The Cover Is Supported By Two Large Reticular Arches.

The Sheets In Efte Are Attached To Tubes That Surround The Two Arches. Everything Rests On Underlying Steel Pillars.

It Is A System Of Collecting Rainwater That Reuses It For The Irrigation Of Fields And Air Conditioning Systems.

Thanks To The Slopes Of The Sails, The Water Is Conveyed To The Tubulars.

Tanks And Filters Are Located Under The Soil.

The Coverage Exploits The Natural Ventilation : Cold Air Enters From The Bottom And Goes Out Warm, To Create Air Circulation.

Wind Diagram

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Top View

Concept

Exhibition

Pavilion

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Lab. of Structural Planning Prof.

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Students : Natalia Giacomino Lucia Lunghi

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_Concept

“Exhibition Hall Of Art� of : Architecture, Sculpture, Fashion, Design, Painting. A Tangle Of Disciplines Creates A Single Universal Element Symbolically Enclosed In A Ball Where These Interlaces Mingle With Each Others.

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2012 SKYSCRAPER COMPETITION_January E-VOLO

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Evolo Competition

A m n i o s y a T e a m :

MArino Moretti Marco Carratelli Natalia Giacomino Lucia Lunghi Elvira Perfetto Lorenzo Pianigian Leonardo Pilati

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Nocturnal view

C o n c e p t An Organism living in a state of symbiosis.

The Mycelium is the threadlike hypha which absorbs the nourishing elements. The Symbiont skyscraper undertakes an equitable exchange with the other buildings,with favourable conditions for the entire area.This creates a win-win situation : The Symbiont Skyscraper absorbs the waste of other buildings(e.g. wastewater,paper,organic wastewater,paper,organic waste etc)it transforms them in usable goods and then it gives wastewater,paper,organic waste etc.),it transforms them in usable goods and then it gives them back by way of food products,green areas and open-air spaces. Waste goes across the piping and is stored in warehouses where it is purified of microbial populations,this is the case of herbal purification of water which,once filtered,are redistributed. to reduce imports and environmental pollution,we decided to adopt a symbiotic solution. The project has been designed as a local market system for agricultural products. The local market has at least four benefits: environmental advantages,economic benefits for producers,economic benefits for consumers and qualitative aspects. It offers a market without sales people that uses biological techniques for the cultivation of products and the possibility to sell them locally. But it also represents a social space that is used by the people for their pleasure. The Symbiont Skyscraper will house it,always keeping its morphology and genealogy.

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_CITIVISION_

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PAVILION

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PFFF MArino Moretti Marco Carratelli Natalia Giacomino Lucia Lunghi Elvira Perfetto Lorenzo Pianigian Leonardo Pilati

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Second Prize http://www.cityvision-competition.com/pfff/results/ Publicated in :CityVision magazine /May 2012 AREA 121/competition result 25

Agrigento

COMPETITION

PFF pavilion: The idea came up from a study on the main functions associated with research for a dynamic organism. The structure developed across a regular shape, a rectangle that from a transversal deformation ideally gives back a parallelogram. This form is self-organized and is altered in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional way, following a symmetrical order.

The project generated is both complex and fluid, it’s a continuous element that refers formally to bone structure. This structure is pivotal point of the whole project, partially characterized by “skins” stretched out between the different forms, determining the spaces and hierarchy of its functions

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Icarch Gallery of Los Angeles Project of Distinction http://www.icarch.us/war/natalia_giacomino

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WAR_ path where man can see how the war changes.the thought of Heraclitus and turned his words into architecture. three simple elements of departure: three parallelepipeds that during the race change, evolve and deform. the thought of Heraclitus: “War is the father and king of all: some he has made gods, and some men; some slaves and some free, “ “ harmony between these forces, war, fight, Lord of all things, because everything in the world is the result of opposite forces”, “opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony”.

Thus, there is a succession in the reality of the opposites, for which an opposite may not prevail on the other eternally but must leave the step to the other “,” to the succession of the opposites, each opposite must give the path to another one according to a certain order, each opposite even turns into the other “,” Each of these opposed elements tend to move to, to join and to draw the other one”.

“On the one hand, the creation of the world is a lack, on the other hand, it is opposition, in the succession of the of the unity, for this dynamic succession things become just one thing.

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There is a unity even more profound in the succession of the posites there is the fullness of a constructive attraction�. “Opposition tends to solve its consistency in the constitution of the unity, for this dynamic succession things become just one thing. There is a unity even more profound in the succession of the opposites: the world is composed of opposites that melt into a unity�.

It is for this reason that these three elements can look like: two men fighting (two points and one is the result), or two nations in war (the first element symbolizing the stronger nation and the other one the weaker, the third element is destruction).

I believe that the thought of Heraclitus is right and I would have liked to make a path of experience, observation, of people achieving awareness, a variable path where each element also changes into three simple elements, which are in relation between them according to a deflection, a shift, a distance or a closeness. These elements are elliptical paths that cross each other as well as changing.

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Icarch Gallery of Los Angeles with this project I can partecipate in all icarch’s competitions http://www.icarch.us/oxymorons/natalia_giacomino

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Starting point is Ordered Khaos.

Kahos is a greek word meaning “ mouth wide open”,it refers to a huge chasm before the creation of the world. there is a route that could give the idea of a chasm where eight spaces represent contradictory elements : Youthful senility_irrationa rationality_unpredictable routine_orderly chaos_imaginative reality_sweet cruelty_ turbolent serenity_complex simplicity Architecture is by definition firm but opposed it to a sense of instability,thus the house of oxymorons as a strong duality in which others to develop.

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CONTACTS

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Cell.:

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E-mail:

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