Architecture Portfolio 2021

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Revival of the Minor Sea: manifesto for La Manga, Murcia




CONTENTS

Curriculum Vitae

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01. Snails in the village

02. Antonio Machado centre

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02.1 Temporary cabin

03. Plaza Lavapiés

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I approach architecture from its social purpose, by tailoring the project to the environment in order to create both iconic and equal spaces for the people. Date of birth: 17th December 1995 Nationality: Italian Birth place: Bari, Italy Residence place: Madrid, Spain Phone number: +34 681120635 E-mail address: nico.ndm1995@gmail.com Interests

Photography, cinema, graphic design, soccer, jump rope, running.

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Nicola Di Maso | Curriculum Vitae

Open-minded and self-confident postgraduate architecture student dedicated to flexible and accessible architecture research, even passionate about photography and cinema.

EDUCATION

Open house Madrid | Asociación jóvenes guías de turismo de Madrid

// february 2022 - 2023

Master’s degree in Architecture at Polytechnic University of Madrid, Etsam.

// 2019 - january 2022

Tour guide.

AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture at Polytechnic University of Madrid, Etsam.

// 2021

Started Bachelor’s degree in Architecture at Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy.

// 2021

STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCE

// 2020

// 2014 - 2019

// 2018 - 2019

Erasmus mobility programme

// 2017 - 2018

Erasmus mobility programme

- Thesis (tfg): “Barragán en Marruecos. Un viaje pasado, presente y futuro”.

Estudio_entresitio | 6 months internship

- Created 3D models in Rhinoceros and Revit. Developed axonometric drawing in Autocad. Collaborated in designing and thinking process. Rendered images with Enscape.

// 2020 “Founded Architecture” | International Architectural Workshop | Etsam - Polimi - Investigated the Rafael Moneo’s Enlargement of the Prado Museum in Madrid.

// 2016 “Dwelling space and genius loci” | International Architectural Workshop | Poliba - Bilkent University of Ankara

30th Pladur competition | Finalist / First local prize Etsam

- Project “La Muralla” awarded as best architecture project of Etsam and reached the final step of the competition.

// 2019

29th Pladur competition | Finalist / First local prize Etsam

- Project “Caracoles en la aldea” awarded as best architecture project of Etsam and reached the final step of the competition.

WORK EXPERIENCE // 2021

With honors Etsam | Project design 8 Unit Aparicio

- Project “Plaza Lavapiés” awarded with honors.

Polytechnic University of Madrid, Etsam. Polytechnic University of Cartagena, Spain.

With honors Etsam | Bachelor degree thesis

LANGUAGES Italian

native

Spanish

full professional proficiency - 4 years linving in Spain.

English

advanced level - B2 Cambridge Assessment Certificate.

OTHER CERTIFICATES Zigurat BIM

A0 BIM introduction

Driving

European driving license B1

- Investigated a mediterranean dwelling space in the Apulia’s coast.

VOLUNTEERING // September 2021, 2020, 2019

DIGITAL SKILLS Advanced

Autocad, Revit, Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Lumion, Enscape, Office.

Intermediate

Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, Vray, Premiere, ArcGis, Cype.



01.SNAILS IN THE VILLAGE


01.SNAILS IN THE VILLAGE Location: Paradinha, Portugal Project year: 2019 Aknowledgements: 29th Pladur Competition: finalist/first local prize Madrid (Etsam) Software: Autocad, Photoshop, Cinema 4D + Vray

small plazas for the community life. Restaurant, offices, urban gardens, sports and fishing areas are included in the complex so that the village can be self-sustaining.

“Snails in the village” is a residential complex project designed for a huge range of families according to two main ideas of community life. The first idea consists of both connecting people with the surround and involving families in a vast close-knit community. In addiction the project aims to establish new sustainable ways of living, including food-self production and renewable energies. In other words, it expects to be the village of the future. Indeed, the project comes in response to the abandonment of several rural towns of Countries such as Spain and Portugal.

Despite being a residential complex, each dwelling house preserves the family privacy. The dwelling house, just like a snail, is covered by a low-rise reinforced-concrete shell capable of protecting the interior from the wind and the sun. Based on a square shape module of 2x2 meter size, each shell contains several possible combinations of drywall-made blocks so that having five different sizes, according to the family’s demands. The entrance is located on the east side. Each dwelling house has a terrace besides exploiting natural ventilation and solar energy. To conclude, sustainability, flexibility and comfort are the main criteria taken into account to think a new way of living.

Located close to the Paradinha Village, in Portugal, the project is designed as a detached and semi-detached dwelling house complex oriented east-west to exploit the solar energy and the evocative view of the Paiva river, on the west boundary of the site. Being the project site sloping towards the river the buildings tailor their shape to the ground and the landscape, establishing a multitude of sandstone paths capable of both connecting the dwellings with each other and creating


picturescque landscape


Legend Utility room [a] Tickets area [b] Road Car and bicycle parking Paved area Orchard and vegetable garden Sport area Children area Senior area

site plan

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Ground floor

mueble cocina

Ground floor

mueble cocina

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[a] kitchen cabinet [b] studio [c] single bedroom [d] bathroom [e] double bedroom patio panoramic terrace

First floor

[a] kitchen cabinet [b] studio [c] single bedroom [d] bathroom [e] double bedroom patio panoramic terrace light well and ventilation

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[A] Trombe wall [B] Photovoltaic panel [C] heat exchanger [a] kitchen cabinet [b] studio [c] single bedroom [d] bathroom [e] double bedroom patio panoramic terrace light well and ventilation


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Pladur drywall system

1_Cladding Einargy Isopop+

2_Partition wall - dual chamber indipendent structure

3_Partition internal wall - simple structure and multiple panels

4_Distribution wall - simple structure

1. Gypsum panel Pladur Omnia 2. Einargy Isopop + 3. Support 4. Plaster 5. Clearance 20> and 10< Mm

7. Polyurethane foam 8. Skirting board 10. Adhesive mortar 11. Mortar sill 12. Paving

13. Pladur aluminium profile 14. Pladur PM screw 15. Mineral wool padded 16. Gypsum panel Pladur Fonic 17. Gypsumm panel Pladur H1

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view from the terrace


01.SNAILS IN THE VILLAGE

view from the plaza

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02.ANTONIO MACHADO CENTRE


02.ANTONIO MACHADO CENTRE Location: Soria, Spain Project year: 2019 University: Polytechnic University of Madrid - ETSAM, architecture design 6 Software: Autocad, Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator, Cinema 4D + Vray

“The Docks” is a public and residential buildings complex designed for scientists, librarians and visitors, located in Soria, close to the Duero river’s shores. Thought as a continuous path through the nature, the “Docks” have different ways to approach the surroundings as the name of the project suggests. Moreover, the project is expected to be a tribute to Antonio Machado, one of the most important Spanish poets, having been lived part of his life in Soria. The project site is bounded by the ancient rest of the history Soria’s wall to the east, whereas the northern and western sides of the area are bounded by medium and low-rise residential buildings. Being the ground ascent toward the south, the project site is actually abandoned and full of native vegetation. Located in the northern side of the site, the first three Docks constitute a library and study-centre with investigation rooms, archives and common

areas. A suspended path starts from the study-centre and cross the entire project site, connecting the cultural buildings to the residential ones. A medium-rise tower stands to the south and acts as a visual spot of the city. Finally, the residential Docks are located in the opposite side of the area, in a small island in the middle of the river. Inspired from the temporary shelter “the window toward the river”, they are temporary dwelling houses for the study-centre employees, connected to the rest of buildings by the suspended path. According to their different ways of facing the surroundings, the Docks present a different treatment of materials, so that respecting the terrific landscape of Soria. Indeed, the cultural Docks are made of steel columns supporting a frame of steel beams and joists. Their cladding of corrugated sheet-metal remembers the ship’s containers and the sea’s condition. Instead the tower has a reinforced concrete structure with huge “pedestrian” beams which act as a paths to overlooking the surroundings. Finally, the residential Docks facing the Duero river, are made of a timber modular structure. In other words, “Docks” offer a complete experience of the Soria’s landscape and memory.


interior view of the “docks”


The river and the city

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02.ANTONIO MACHADO CENTRE Site plan

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DOCKS Construction - axonometry


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DOCKS Section - study centre

DOCKS Section - river cabins


02.ANTONIO MACHADO CENTRE

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02.1TEMPORARY CABIN


02.1TEMPORARY CABIN Location: Soria, Spain Project year: 2019 University: Polytechnic University of Madrid - ETSAM, architecture design 6 Software: Revit, Autocad, Cinema 4D + Vray, Photoshop

The temporary cabin is a small modular shelter overlooking a river, conceived as a “window towards the river”. The building is pretended to guarantee the full aspects of the living a house, from eating to sleeping, from working to spend time with the family. The shelter is located in a sloping site in Soria (Spain) overlooking the Duero river and is takes part of a three shelter complex around the San Saturio church, each one with a different relation to the close surround. Indeed, the “window toward the river” aims to be a window to contemplate the river and take inspiration from it so that being a shelter for living and imagination. Based on a modular timber structure, the shelter contains the strictly necessary furnishings to live for a short time. The entire structure is designed to be disassembled and re-built in another place, respecting the surroundings.


view from the cabin toward the river


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02.1 TEMPORARY CABIN construction axonometry

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03.PLAZA LAVAPIÉS


03.PLAZA LAVAPIÉS Location: Madrid, Spain Project year: 2020 University: Polytechnic University of Madrid - ETSAM, architecture design 8 Acknowledgements: project aworded with Honors Software: Revit, Autocad, Photoshop, Premiere

Population and density increase and the 2020 pandemic highlight the obsolescence and poor sanitation conditions of traditional housing. This is the case of Lavapiés neighbourhood in Madrid, which fell into decline after the Francisco Franco’s regime and currently full of unsanitary houses and high-rise shacks. “Plaza Lavapiés” is the manifesto that aims to improve the habitability and intensity of the neighborhood, by preserving the same density and those values like a multicultural society and architectural identity, reactivating the patios as historic places of celebrations and neighborhood activities of the 18th century and returning to its social fabric its dignity, threatened by current gentrification. The first operation of appropriation of the private space of the neighborhood is a 100 m3 shelter-house, inhabited by myself and inserted in one of the patios of Lavapiés. The shelter seeks to be part of a system capable of reactivating the pa-

tios and providing equipment and common spaces for the neighbors. It is designed as a fragmented organism according to the different uses and unconventional, with access from the street through a ladder and a walkway on the roof that distributes the whole project. Finally, after a critical investigation of one of the Lavapiés blocks and their variables such as density, health, age and accessibility problems, an urban surgery transformation is proposed, consisting of a vocabulary of four joint operations: accessibility to block courtyards, through demolition, ground floor liberation or renovation of existing buildings located between patio and street. Consolidation and enlargement of the patios. Reconstruction and porosity of the dividing walls. Last but not least, transformation of the roofs and construction above the roof. The operations are carried out jointly respecting the protected elements. The result is a block transformed by a punctual and controlled intervention, partially or fully operable. The houses are more accessible thanks to terraces that reinterpret the “corralas” and new elevators. The porous middle walls with floor-to-ceiling holes make the home gain in luminosity and ventilation and establish a new formal order of the block. The


roofs become either high-rise gardens for leisure and conversation between neighbors, or new one or two floors houses. The internal organization of the houses changes, the day area faces the street or a larger patio. All rooms have ventilation. Thus a new daily life is established. In addition, some buildings become public places for residents, such as the “Plaza Lavapiés museum”. The brick facades with reinforced concrete supports provide a material appearance that homogenizes the intervention and makes it more powerful. The roofed houses maintain the same materiality in the east-west orientation, while large windows open to the south. The identity of the neighborhood remains, the atmosphere changes. The interior of each block is once again a place for chatting and partying. The neighborhood lives again in its square. “Plaza Lavapiés”.

A new terrace to walk A new terrace to live

“Plaza Lavapiés” Museum


CHAPTER 1.Shelter In Lavapiés

Shelter on the roof


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Axonometry

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Site: before the intervention

Site: after the intervention


CHAPTER 2.Analysis of a typical block of Lavapiés Axonometry of the selected block

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Site plan

BLOCK DATA - Raw plot occupation: 10798 m2 - Plot occupation without patios: 8386,14 m2 - Occupation floor/patios: 8957,9/2411,8 m2 - Total volume of patios: 26665,78 m2 - Total built area: 50906 m2 - Balcony area: 326,99 m2 - Total built volume: 130808,3 m3 - Max/min in height: 8/3 (floor) - Flat number per floor: between 2 y 16 - Ground floor program: residential, commercial, storage - Upper floor program: residentia, hostelry

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DICTIONARY OF THE INTERVENTION


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Site plan: after the intervention

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Axonometry: after the intervention

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Construction floor detail

Refurbished floor of timber joists and ceramic filler blocks with 7 cm concrete compressive deck layer.

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Focus: floor plan

Preservation of the protected facades leaning out to the street.

New exhibition area “Plaza Lavapiés Museum”

New facade with accessibility improvements, by installing additional lifts, and public facilities

The intervention includes the demolition of abandoned buildings, in order to create new plazas and connect the main street to the block, facilitating the accessibility of the users.

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Preservation of the protected cores and lift installation

Better facade “porosity” of the patio

The suspended walkway allows the communication between the buildings. Moreover, it could be a new place to stroll through and converse

Neighborhood social life improvement by creating new rooftops capable of being both leisure area and viewpoint toward the patio, establishing a visual connection with the rest of the users.

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04.GALERÍA 2.0


04.GALERÍA 2.0 Location: Murcia, Spain Project year: 2021 University: Polytechnic University of Madrid - ETSAM, Infrastructure and Construction systems design Software: Revit, Autocad, Cype, Photoshop

The “Galería 2.0” is a cultural and administrative center, conceived as a place of stimulation, ideas exchange, new job offers, leisure and better social connections. The building is located in Murcia and takes the place of an abandoned sports pavilion. The intervention includes the demolition of the pavilion and the construction of a space capable of connecting the north-south axis of the city, and opening new public squares and new walkways in the block. The condition of the surroundings is affected by a six or seven-storey residential building. The project is divided in two separate spaces above ground level. The south side area “Building A” includes two floors of offices and one of archives on the first three levels, and two floors of temporary housing for workers and researchers of the center. The north side area “Building B” will be the main core of the “gallery”. It hosts leisure areas on the ground floor, classrooms, investigation rooms and a conference hall

on the upper floors. The last floor is dedicated to temporary exhibitions of different artists. The structure of the building is made of HA-25 reinforced concrete and is based on the repetition of structural reinforced concrete load-bearing walls and beams with a 5 meters of modulation south-north way. The unidirectional hollow-core slabs with in-situ ribs complete the structural frame. Moreover, the modulation allows to create light voids capable of increasing the spatial quality and natural lighting. The urban character of the project is highlighted by the architectural concrete materiality, both on the interior and exterior. Building A cladding is composed of a prefabrecated architectural concrete panels, with a 5.00 x 3.80 meter modulation. These panels have different textures: a fractured striated finish for the panels on the north side and a porous texture of different density for the panels on the south side. The rest of the building is made of in situ reinforced concrete. Finally, the interior partition walls are made of Pladur gypsum board, as well as the false ceiling.


Existing pavillion

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Emplacement and accessibility

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AREA D - EXHIBITION AREA B - HOUSING

AREA A - ARCHIVE AND OFFICE

AREA C - STATE-OWNED CONCURRENCE


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