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icola Brasetti
INFO Nicola Brasetti 26 October 1992 Brescia BS | Italy Italian
ADDRESS Via Marengo 37 25032 BS Chiari Italy
CONTACTS Phone +39 3351470102 nicola.brasetti@gmail.com Skype: nicola-brasetti
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
Current:
2016
Master of Architecture - Architecture of Interiors
Design Assistant at “Noi Studio” Atelier
Politecnico di Milano
Milan | Italy
Milan | Italy
Main Architect: Marcello Corti
September 2016 - Current Exhibition: “Identità e Visioni: Montisola in Mostra”
www.montisolainmostra.it
Research, design and drawings the different com-
2018
petitions proposals. Design and care of the exhibition at Montisola
Archviz 6Days Full-immersion - 3D Render Course
(Italy) , during the “Floating Pears” structure of the
Cinema 4D + Vray
artist Christo.
Milan | Italy
Iseo (BS) | Italy
July 2018
February 2016 - July 2016
2015 2018 Exchange Program to Lusiada University in Lisbon for “Master in Architecture” Lisbon | Portugal September 2017 - July 2018
Internship at “Disstudio” Atelier Milan | Italy Main Architect: Sergio Sabbadini Research, Design assistance, graphic designer. Support architect and main graphic designer for the Facede of Marocco Pavilion of Milan Expo 2015. Milan | Italy March 2015 - August 2015
2016 Workshop Revit BIM, PoliDigiSkills Beginners Revit Course Milan | Italy March 2016 - June 2016
2010 Apprenticeship as Surveyor at “MFG” srl Darfo Boario Terme (BS) | Italy Ref: Aronne Bellinghieri Surveyor, Design assistance, Graphic Designer. February 2010 - July 2010
2016 Bachelor of Environment Architecture Politecnico di Milano Milan | Italy September 2012 - July 2016
2011 High School - ITCG Einaudi Chiari | Italy September 2007 - July 2011
LANGUAGES English Italian Portuguese
DESIGN SKILLS Autocad | Illustrator | Photoshop inDesign | Premiere | Lightroom | Rhino Archicad | Revit | Cinema4D V-ray Corona | Sketch | Physical Model | Photography Recording | Video Editing | Post Production
PROJECTS
2016-2018
ISTANBUL PARASITE Architecture of contamination: Bachelor Final Thesis
SSM Archive Interior Design Studio I
LIBRARY HOUSE Projecto III
ART PRISON Architectural Preservation Studio
CASSIOPEA Architectural and Urban Design Studio
PHOTOGRAPHY Personal Work
conceptual section collage
ISTANBUL PARASITE ISTANBUL , TURKEY
Overlapping
as city identity and re-design strategy
Cities have always been global nodes where people, cultures and goods intersect each other. More than any other city, Istanbul has served this function for several thousand years: a global “port” that connects civilizations and continents. Urban analysis focuses on different characters, define its identity, that is, the repetitions and signs of the territory that, over time, have merged with the geography of the places up to a process of total identification. In a metropolis like Istanbul where urban stratification, given by thousands years of history, is synonymous of identity; we want to shed light on the main characters and problems that define a city of millions of people, illustrating a design strategy suitable for a region in continuous growth, where the abuse of the territory has led to the expansion of the city’s borders.
PROJECT DATA: Politecnico di Milano: Final Bachelor Thesis Supervisors: Paolo Belloni Team: Nicola Brasetti Design: 2016 Size: 5.000 smq
strategy
project area
At a biological level, the parasite has a negative value, as it describes the organisms that live by exploiting the resources of the host bodies. In architecture the parasite implies an addiction, a mutual advantage where the grafting operation leads to the coexistence of old and new. The interference of the parasite, embraces the issue of intrusion that if on one hand puts important reflections on the identity of the host body, on the other it is able to stabilize its system making it evolve into a new configuration. The redefine of waste is also a way of densifying the existing, designing a model of “vertical� expansion in opposition to the spread of the horizontal city that continues to grow. This is a step towards the sustainable management of the territories, to try to overcome the problem of land use. The freedom of reinterpretation offered by the gap is highlighted through these experiences; the lack of a complete sense, recognized in the abandoned areas, the accumulation of several drawings, of multiple projects and strategies, means that these realities are read as neutral fields waiting for meaning.
horizontal expansion
autoparassite
ectoparasite
vertical expansion
endoparasite
parasitoid
design process
In an area as unstructured as that of Karakoy, a sector has been chosen within which experiment the functional restoration of some buildings through the strategy of contamination and “densification� which aims to overcome the problem of land consumption. The challenge is to maintain the identity of the urban fabric, through single interventions that have the goal of preserving the historical memory of those buildings that are no longer able to self-sustain. The area is characterized by many Byzantine, Ottoman and Genoese buildings, all used as shops, warehouses and hardware stores; activities that have been handed down for generations, but which alone do not have the strength to implement urban and social regeneration. The owners of these shops think that Karakoy should become a tourist center, able to reactivate the area and at the same time be able to maintain its characteristics. Starting from the waterfront, four different areas have been divided which define the functionality of the single intervention: touristic, cultural, commercial and residential. The new functions have the task of extending the receptivity of the area and at the same time preserving the culture of the place by recovering the buildings. The grafts have been confronted with buildings of different scales and functions, each with its own identity.
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ectoparasite
endoparasite autoparassite
endoparasite
ectoparasite
- office - co-working - conferences
- residential houses
- cultural center - green area - belvedere -bar - info-point - terrace - belvedere
- hotel - restaurant
physical model scale 1:50
SSM Archive MILAN | Conca dell’Incoronata , ITALY
smallest
Skyscraper Archive of Milan
Not far from Milan’s Piazza Garibaldi, there is a timeless place, where the history of the city meets the poetry of architecture. The SSM is an architectural archive that is inserted into the urban context, trying to respect the numerous levels of this magical place. The archive is built entirely of bricks with a steel and concrete structure. The intervention on several levels is actively related to the different functions. The creation of a new square and the multiple accesses to this new multi-functional center are aimed at reactivating and rediscovering a hidden corner of the city of Milan.
PROJECT DATA: Politecnico di Milano: Interior Design Studio I Supervisors: Jo Van Den Berghe, Leonardo Belladelli, R. Juarez Corso Team: Attilio Bonelli, Nicola Brasetti Design: 2017 Size: 2300 smq
axonometric view
new addiction
workshop
existing building
library
hall
“piazza” entrances flows
The propose is to keep and redefine the existing square and buildings, using a new program able to open up the public space. Three different entries guaranteed a multiple use of the structure, in order to make the different functions independent. The main entrance of the archive is reachable from the old canal, now disused. The same access brings to the bar, full related with the closest archive. The main historical building is connected to the new structure, passing through the hall we are able to reach the bookshop; first room of the new building that brings to the upper spaces defined by workshops, also reachable with the second staircase grafted on shoulders of the building. At the same level, inside the historical building is located a new public library. Two “bricks lines” come out from the square defining the different interventions and showing the new program of the area. Bricks are the main character of the design. All the new addictions are defined by it, in the way to creating a continue contrast between the old and the new.
archive bar
plans Floor 3 - Eco’s room: 60 sqm
Floor 2 - workshop: 13O sqm
Floor 1 - library: 16O sqm - workshop: 13O sqm
Ground floor - piazza: 57O sqm - hall: 16O sqm - bookshop : 13O sqm
Ground floor - piazza: 57O sqm - hall: 16O sqm - bookshop : 13O sqm
F
Eco’s room
Workshop
E
Workshop
D
C
Bookshop
Offices
B
A
project detail section
A underground lower slab: - concrete stabilization slab: t = 100 mm - crawl space: t = 20 mm - lightweight aggregate concrete - waterproof membrane: t = 2mm - thermal insulation x2 : t = 5mm - concrete stabilization slab: t = 100 mm - mortar: t = 10 mm - limestone tiles: t = 10mm
B external underground wall: - concrete existing wall: t = 400 mm - chamber of air: t = 15 mm - waterproof membrane: t = 2mm - thermal insulation x2 : t = 50mm - 2x red brick: t = 220 mm
C connection new and old building: - concrete existing wall: t = 400 mm - concrete beam : t =300 mm - waterproof membrane: t = 2mm - thermal insulation x2 : t = 50mm - HE 200 M steal beam: t = 220 mm
D external wall:
Library
- 1x red brick: t: 10 mm - waterproof membrane: t = 2mm - thermal insulation : t = 50mm - 2x red brick: t= 220 mm IPE columns as structural structure
E slab:
from lower to upper part
- HE 200 M steal beam: t = 220 mm - corrugated metal sheet: t= 100 mm - reinforced concrete - waterproof membrane: t = 2mm - thermal insulation : t = 75 mm - lean concrete: t= 100 mm - limestone tiles: t: 10mm
Hall
F roof:
from inside to outside
Exhibition
Archive
- HE 200 M steal beam: t = 220 mm - corrugated metal sheet: t = 100 mm - reinforced concrete - thermal insulation : t = 75 mm - waterproof membrane: t = 2mm - drywall: t= 100 mm - wooden joists tiles: t = 50x50 mm - cover steel sheet: t = 20 mm
conceptual collage
ACB Library House
LIBRARY HOUSE LISBON , PORTUGAL
Meditation place between books, music and nature Library house is located on the norther area of the city center of Lisbon, close to Prìncipe Real Garden. The goal was to create an urban house for an architect, trying to understand the different requests and creating a place able to guaranteed different spaces for live and work. The project is set on two different level that ensure to live the house according to the different necessity . The material palette and the design were kept intentionally simple: concrete, steel, wood, and plants are the main characters able to create an unique atmosphere.
PROJECT DATA: Lusiada University Lisbon: Projecto III Supervisors: Bernardo d’Orey Manoel, Helena Cristina Caeiro Botelho Fernando Manuel Domingues Hipólito Team: Nicola Brasetti Design: 2018 Size: 300 smq
functional scheme
洀 爀漀漀 搀 攀 愀挀攀 䈀 吀攀 爀 爀 搀椀漀 匀琀甀 爀 礀 椀瘀椀渀最 䰀 洀 椀䰀 戀 爀 愀 爀漀漀
爀 䈀攀搀
猀椀挀 甀 䴀 爀漀漀洀
Two leftover spaces are fill with new volume, able to maintain the privacy to the main roads thanks to the full concrete wall that create a filter to the private patio. The facade made of exposed concrete, go-back compare to the line of the street, is in contrast with nearest Portuguese houses made with several apertures. The intervention of the new concrete walls allows us to re-manipulate the layout and use a different language. The industrial window opens onto the double main patio ensuring full indoor lighting thanks to the southern exposure. The library is the heart of the house and it is also the vertical connection for all the different functions. The music room is a special place, separated from the main building, on a higher level.
漀漀洀
secondary building garden and music room
physical model
elevated road
main building terrace patio
main patio
entrance
main road
axonometric model
concept
Through the concept drawings we are able to understand how the design follows the idea to have a private patio/garden for each area of the project. The home combines elements such as a concrete ceiling and industrial window and also uses materials in their original, raw state: exposed concrete, iron and uncolored wood. Light is provided from the skylight on the top of the library area, creating an incredible atmosphere inside this room. The house’s furniture and light fixtures were also carefully chosen to complete the look and the atmosphere. They include sofas, carpets, tables and bookcases by leading designers such as Le Corbusier, Achille Castiglioni, Jean Nouvel; and others and from leading companies including Marazzi, Salvatori, Artemide,FLOS, Fantini.
celling: exposed concrete terrace
main bedroom
external wall: exposed concrete
skylight
internal wall: micro-concrete
library
external wall: exposed concrete
steel structure
micro-concrete
main entrance
micro-concrete
bedroom
gress tiles
wooden pavement
project detail section
D
A underground lower slab: - concrete stabilization slab: t = 100 mm - crawl space: t = 20 mm - lightweight aggregate concrete - waterproof membrane: t = 2mm - thermal insulation x2 : t = 5mm - concrete stabilization slab: t= 100 mm - mortar: t: 10 mm - wooden tiles: t: 10mm
B external wall: - concrete wall: t = 300 mm - waterproof membrane: t = 2mm - thermal insulation x2 : t = 50mm - steel net - internal wall: exposed concrete
C slab:
from lower to upper part
E
- lightweight r. concrete: t = 200 mm - thermal insulation : t = 60 mm - lean concrete: t= 100 mm - wooden tiles: t: 10mm
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atelier
B 2
elements detail
bookshelf 40
92
27
living room
D axonometric section of staircase
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7.5
17.5
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17.5
7.5
E axonometric details and prospect of steps
7.5
living room
B
micro-concrete
B
A
1: steel structure 2: wooden step 3: supports
atmosphere Interior render _ Living room
facade detail
axonometric view
industrial window composition
The internal facade is defined by a steel industrial windows. A concrete wall on the left hide the more intimate library and the vertical connection. The drawings of the windows is related to the internal bookshelves that have a discontinuous composition in a way to create a more dynamic view. The structural part is made by IPE and HE system, instead the frames are made of a small T steel profile design to include two glasses and a argon section. connection stell profile: - T profile - paste - glass - separation element - glass - paste double glass: - 6mm glass - 12mm Argon - 6mm Glass
frame details
exterior view
internal view
view from the courtyard
ART PRISON BERGAMO - CittĂ Alta , ITALY
Adaptive
reuse of the former Sant’Agata prison in Bergamo
The remains of former prisons constitute a difficult and neglected heritage, often forgotten or invisible, but that bears unexploited historical, social, architectural and cultural values. The project proposal is creating an intersection of city and people, providing a public space (workshop, bar, co-working, caffe letterario) for local citizens. In this way the building also acts as a junction between work and leisure, tradition and innovation. General design approach is to keep building as organic as possible through maintaining the identity of the historic fabric through a flowing language. In order to enhance the sense of spatial continuity, different functional areas; bar, workshop, open source, co-working and courtyard can be unified through the design concept that is following the frames. In each space, different elements such as glass, tube structured furnitures, transparent frames, significantly strengthened the peoples perspectives in the spaces.
PROJECT DATA: Politecnico di Milano: Architectural Preservation Studio Supervisors: Rajendra Singh Adhikari, Francesca Lanz, Fernando Vegas Team: Nicola Brasetti, Roberta Cardazzi, Dragana Mikavica, Muge Yuruten Design: 2017 Size: 700 smq
the program: main functions co-working level +1 area: 72 sqm typology: private space max capacity: 10 people
open source area level 0 area: 97 sqm typology: public space max capacity: 30 people
workshop level 0 area: 329 sqm typology: public space max capacity: 150 people frame 3 in the space
cafe letterario level -1 area: 178 sqm typology: private space max capacity: 50 people
workshop: axonometric collage workshop
frame 1: first visual connection
frame 2: second visual connection
frame 3: in the space
building section
co-working space
workshop
study area technological space
bar: “caffè letterario” relax area
“Cafè Letterario”: design
frame 1: first visual connection
frame 2: in the space
furnitures design
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265
25 4 25
90
35
80
26
47
47
47
47
30 4
80
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chapel: analysis and restoration
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F/2 X
F/2 sin x
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C E
As a preservation project, our proposal is to blend together old and new features through creating unique features for each space. This has been proposed by identifying causes of decay such and removing those threats. In the case of Chapel, all the original details such as old frescoes and plasterwork are preserved intentionally in order to keep the particular identity of the space. Moreover, in the courtyard, while preserving the main feature through enlarging the windows on the internal facade, the project also infused the building with more natural light and warmth to create live-able and connected spaces. A Restoration of cracks with mortar injection
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B Structural reinforcements of foundations C Strengthening of walls by containing using tie roads D Consolidation technique for arches and vaults : the “ New Clamp�
B
E Window restoration
chapel design collage
The design approach is to keep building as organic as possible through maintaining the identity of the historic fabric. New element of the space which is the flexible light structure creates diverse spatial variation that gives different rhythm to existing layouts.
tie roads
scaffolding pipe
conceptual physical model
CASSIOPEA PADERNO DUGNANO (MI), ITALY
flexible urban tissue for the city and people In contrast to the vision of a superimposed urban program to an environment, Cassiopea “real utopia” argues a distinction between the so called urban development and the patterns in which people inhabit space. The proposal argues individual initiative as a support for the creation of ambients: relationships and participation are the tools to manipulate the environment, the buildings and the voids in between, where there are no functions except for the capacity they have in terms of what can fit in it by users. By defining at different scales the concept of “supports” and “infills” the project design firstly the possibilities of multiple urban tissues, and secondly, highly flexible building models that can be adapted as required. By setting rules and hierarchies between the supports variation is allowed and lead to individual freedom within a collective frame.
PROJECT DATA: Politecnico di Milano: Architectural and Urban design studio Supervisors: Luis Basabe, Claudia Parenti Team: Nicola Brasetti, Paolo Osti, Mattia Pasinelli Design: 2016 Size: 21.500 smq
relations
scenarios
ONLY RESIDENTIAL
+584.121
Kg
Kwh
-1.320.000
CASSIOPEA -156.599
Kg
Kwh
+96.000
GREEN PROJECT -197.079
Kg
Kwh
+202.000
data analysis earn each year
consume each year
Kg
SOCIAL HOUSING
Kwh
44
132
+61.600
-132.000
M
24
72
+33.600
-72.000
S
10
30
+14.000
-30.000
L
FOTOVOLTAIC PANNELS
dimension (mq)
L
400
-40.000
+80.000
M
300
-30.000
+60.000
200
-20.000
+40.000
S
earn each year
consume each year
Kg
CO-HOUSING
L
S
Kwh
12
36
+16.800
-36.000
10
30
+14.000
-30.000
TEC - HUB CO-WORKING
L
40
-880
M
30
-660
20
-440
dimension (mq)
400
earn each year trees
dimension (mq)
40
URBAN FARM
PRIVATE GREEN AREA
Kwh
Kg
Kg
Kwh
-4.000
+8.000
Kg
-880
Kg earn each year
LANDMARKS
cistern S
dimension (mq)
Kg
Kwh
solar pannels
incinerator waste
180.000
-180.000
+360.000
house instructions
instructions
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support
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2
3
2
restu
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3
4
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1
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3
structural skin facilities vertical connection
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3
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social housing facilities vertical connection
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social housing facilities
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single 1 building social housing
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voids social housing facilities vertical connection
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voids social housing facilities vertical connection
vertical connection
The first step to create the social housing is to put the SUPPORT piece near the square to create all the facilities needed.
structural and functional skin
M/L S
minimum 2 vertical connection for the social housing M,L at least 1 vertical connection for the social housing S
a structural and functional skin must be added to guarantee the future apartments all the services needed. In this way each floor has free plan.
structural composition
apartment block
single high open space
double high open space
residential building structure
apartments scenarios
S
65 mq
x 28
M
75 mq
x 28
L
95 mq
x 32
XL
125 mq
x 40
1m
timeline section
WEEK 1
YEAR匀 2
YEAR匀 3
YEAR匀 7
YEAR匀 9
YEAR匀 12
WEEK 1
functionals supports supported elements
supports wall
WOOD CURTAIN WALL
IPE 220
BASE
WOOD CURTAIN WALL
scenarios
IPE 220
BASE
bathroom design area MANDATORY BINARY FOR THE BATHROOM
AREA USED FOR THE BATHROOM
PL
UM
BS
PHOTOGRAPHY
Lisbon | 38°43’43’’N 9°11’5’’W
Personal Work
MAAT_ Lisboa | Portugal
Here few of my shoots taken during travel. The composition is always made considering the contrast between architecture and landscape, the “Rule of Thirds”, the colors and patterns typesetting. I love experiment long exposition to catch movements and light. Most of the pictures are taken using a 35mm lens. On the Instagram and Stampsy account are available many more pictures. All photos can be purchased on the site “AdobeStock” .
25th April Bridge _ Lisbon | Portugal
MAAT_ Lisboa | Portugal
Paris | 48°51’24’’N 2°21’03’’E
Tour Eiffel_ Paris | France
Centre Pompidou _ Paris | France
Notre-Dame _ Paris | France
Biennale di Architettura _ Venice | Italy
Venice | 45°26’23’’N 12°19’55’’E
Piazza San Marco _ Venice | Italy
Fondazione Prada _ Milan | Italy
Milan | 45°27’50.98’’N 9°11’25.21’’E
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