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PATRICK ALEXANDER DE SIMONE
+55 11 997810315 patrick.simone@usp.br Rua Tavares Bastos, 68, Perdizes, São Paulo, BRAZIL
+47 947 25 934
Interests • • • • •
Wood working Working hands on in 1:1 scale Alternative construction techniques 3D modeling Production and post production of renders
Foreningsgaten,1 Bergen, NORWAY
25.09.1997 22 years
Education Humboldt German School Humboldt Schule
Elementary and High School (Class of 2014)
Architecture and Urbanism Bachelor Degree University of São Paulo FAUUSP
2016 - today (5th year)
Bergen Architecture School
Exchange Program in Norway BAS
August to December of 2019
Extra Courses Use and application of inorganic pigments in concrete FAUUSP + Lanxess
March of 2019
Traditional wood fitting techniques with the CNC router Sesc Pompéia
September until November of 2018
CURA Visual representation for Architecture using softwares January of 2018
Repurposing Cardboard FAUUSP 2017
Oficina Lab Woodwork techniques for chair design
July of 2016
Contests Projetar.org nr. 024 Project of a transportable shelter for homeless people January of 2018
CBCA nr. 11
With the liberty to choose the construction site, we were asked to project a set of Greenhouses using only steel August of 2018
Projetar.org nr. 029
A home for the remaining collection of the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, which caught fire in 2018. January of 2019
Languages Portuguese Native English Fluent German Advanced Spanish Intermediary Norsk Basic Autocad Fluent SketchUp + V-ray Fluent Fusion 360 Autodesk Advanced Adobe Indesign Advanced Adobe Photoshop Advanced Adobe Illustrator Intermediary Lumion Intermediary Rhino Intermediary Revit Intermediary Archicad Intermediary
Experiences Internship at Fortunen Fortunen Arkitektur AS
Designing; Rendering; 3D Modeling; Post-production of 3D images; Physical models; Technical drawings; Visiting construction sites January to August of 2020
Oslo Architecture Triennale Degrowth Workshops
One week of workshops thinking about the future of architecture with degrowth in its core
Intership at MFG Associated Marcos Ferreira Gavião Associados
Designing; Rendering; 3D Modeling; Legal procedures; Postproduction of 3D images February to July of 2019
Monitoring construction sites at REM Construction and Development Company
Visits to a number of construction sites accompanied by the team of engineers January of 2019
Professional experience at Three Mills Studio London - England One week as an assistant in the setting of the movie “Isle of Dogs” (stop-motion by Wes Anderson) January of 2018
2019
2019
2018
2018
2018
SCHOOL PROJECTS / BAS
P R O J E T A R / NATIONAL MUSEUM architecture contest
C B C A / METALIC GREENHOUSE architecture contest
P R O J E T A R / INFLATED SHELTER architecture contest
P R O J E T O 4 / CULTURE HOUSE school project
THE CONCRETE SHELL / BAS
school project
As part of the design process we made pop up events with temporary structures to test and show the potential of the shell. The events gave us insights on possible problems and qualities for the final design. Firstly was the gallery during the mid critic, which still had the old Painting Room structure but without all the trash and unusable things. Second was the barbecue, which was after the demolition of the old structure plus the hole we cut on the floor.
Third was the temporary sauna, to test the possibility. It started with an old steel oven we got for free. Then we built a new light wood structure around the hole created on the barbecue - with the oven positioned in the middle. To finish we covered the wood frame with a double layer of plastic.
Fourth was the cinema, also with a new structure but already testing the idea of a second floor.
All of them had qualities and problems that led us to our final design and showed how we should deal with the construction and usage in the safest way possible.
1. ORIGINAL BUILDING
2. GALLERY
3. BARBECUE
4. TEMPORARY SAUNA
5. CINEMA
1. ORIGINAL BUILDING
2. GALLERY
3. BARBECUE
4. TEMPORARY SAUNA
5. CINEMA
SAUNA / BAS
school project GUIDED BY MARCO CASAGRANDE
6. PERMANENT SAUNA
Learning from all of our different previous experiments with the concrete shell, we decided to get the best of all of the designs and create something permanent for the school and the Sandviken community: a Sauna. The design process wasn’t the most conventional one. First we had to gather free materials, then based on the materials we had we decided the design. It was the most efficient and instinctive way we found, leading to a great result in only two months,: the first one beign for gathering materials and preparing the construction site, and the second for designing and building the sauna. All the materials were completely free. Everything was either donated, or gathered, or exchanged. This guerilla type of design based on experimentation; scavenging material;following the instincts; trial and error; proved to be the best method we could ever ask for.
ENTRANCE / CHANGING AREA
“HOBBIT” DOOR
INSIDE
OUTSIDE
P R O J E T A R / NATIONAL MUSEUM
architecture contest
We were asked to propose a temporary place to protect the National Museum’s collection in Rio de Janeiro - burned down in 2018 - while the city reconstructed the old National Museum. The Reexistence Gallery must necessarily be a tectonic synthesis of past-future dialectics; times that feed back. The future demands an environmentally sustainable and humanistic architecture. Ample illumination without oppressiveness, the simple naked of the severe, boldness together with the lessons of tradition. The proposed structural solution is based on the use of glued laminated wood bars, both for primary and secondary beams. It is a material proven to be fire safe. This constructive system, combined with the use of beams with variable section that support a pair of light gable roofs, as in the Gamboa Sheds (Rio de Janeiro), allows the creation of a free transversal space of 16m destined to the exhibition. The traditional gable roof is associated with the proposal of a sequence of skylights protected by a sequence of wooden Brise-Soleil, providing the interior with control over the natural lighting, always indirect, and low heat gain, reducing the intensity of use of the air conditioning system. The wood is present not only in the structure, but also in the internal walls as wood framing and in the Brise-Soleil of the façade. The dry construction provides the necessary temporariness for a careful intervention on the construction site. The intervention begins a new phase in the life of the Old Museum: this time as an open space.
CIRCULATION
12,4% 278 m2
EXHIBITION ADM. EDUCATION 6,25%
11%
760 m2 140 m2
33%
250 m2
COLLECTION W.C .
32%
3,5%
730 m2 80
m2
Land area: 14.815 m2 Building area: 3200 m2 Built area: 4511 m2 Occupation Rate: 30% 7 administrative rooms 10 classrooms for teaching 2 exhibition rooms 6 collection rooms 2 men’s toilets 2 female toilets 2 special needs toilets
Q. ESP. E
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NATIONAL MUSEUM
CAMPO DE
Q.ESP.
FUT.
RAMPA
RAMPA
0 10 25
50
100m
RO TA RY
AV .
The Reexistence Gallery is implanted in order to minimize the deforestation of the existing vegetation on the land, which is part of the public park of Quinta da Boa Vista. It does this without using multiple floors, a solution that would create problems related to the accessibility of people and large works.
There are two diametrically opposed accesses to the building: a public access located inside the park, next to a small square full of life, and a technical access through Rotary Avenue, which serves the rooms for indoor use and the archive. It is positioned in the center of the building, protected from direct sunlight, which damages the works.
The spaces were designed according to the modulation of 4.0 x 5.0 meters, resulting in a minimum standard footage of 20 m2 per environment. It provides rationalization of the construction process and programmatic integration.
0 1
2.5
5
CROSS SECTION
0 1
2.5
5
10 m
LENGTHWISE SECTION
TECHNICAL ACCESS
10 m
Structural connection between main beam and roof structure. The main beam holds spots for focused lighting. The roof structure is a mixed wood-steel beam; the bottom plate (double-L steel) receives two lamps for indirect lighting of environments. The arched skylights are supported by curved profiles of glued laminated wood. They always provide indirect light incidence. Internal walls in wood framing, with filling in PET wool for thermal insulation.
EXHIBITION AREA
FOYER
C B C A / METALlIC GREENHOUSE
architecture contest
The land chosen for the Biome Recovery Center project is located in a unique region of the city of São Paulo. It is a meeting point between the Tietê River Ecological Park and the dense urban network of São Paulo, in a region of high social vulnerability. To the east, a university campus is approaching. Between two railroads , the pedestrian access to the Nucleus is made by a walkway connected to the adjacent railway station. The project aims to reconcile scientific research on the biomes with the environmental education of visitors, sharing the same greenhouses at different levels of the tour. For those who are just passing through the region, the vision of a monument to the union between technology and nature, seen through the window of the train with origin or destination to the International Airport of Guarulhos, is memorable. The fundamental concept for the architectural conception corresponds to the mimicking of the transparency of a sheet: a translucent membrane suspended by an apparent steel structure, whose formal element in prominence is the curve. The organization of circulation between buildings prioritizes focal points and linear paths.
CERRADO GREENHOUSE
NUCLEUS BUILDING
ATLANTIC FOREST GREENHOUSE
USP LESTE UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO
TRAIN STATION LINE 12
TIETE ECOLOGICAL PARK TIETE RIVER
TRAIN STATION LINE 13
1: 5
1;75
P R O J E T A R / INFLATED SHELTER
architecture contest
When designing the shelter for a homeless, characteristics were conceived that would supply different issues of the urban context, ensuring the isolation, transportability and simple assembly process. With such aspects in mind, an organic shelter was designed and adaptable to the city, which is supported by an inflated structure made of polypropylene, a lightweight, resistant, waterproof material that has high resistance to punching. The shape and dimensions of the arch were designed taking into consideration the human scale and a comfortable stay inside the shelter, both lying and seated, still having space for belongings. The structural arches are connected to the hexagonal shaped mattress, which provides comfort and thermal insulation in relation to the floor due to the internal portion of air. Considering that the air condenses in a confined environment, six upper vents were projected for air outlet, and that guarantee the impermeability by advancing the fabric over the opening. Both the door and the window have two layers, a vent and a sealing weave, and have the zipper as opening mechanism. The total inflated volume is 230 liters. With a simple hand pump (0.8L/cycle), it is possible to fill it in approximately 3 and a half minutes, considering that one person does, on average, 90 cycles per minute. As a cover, we choose the nylon, also waterproof and which, together with the deflated structure, ensures that the shelter is folded and thus reduced to small dimensions.
PHOSPHORESCENT REFLECTOR
VENTILATION
DOOR
INFLATION VALVE
1,33 m
2,14 m
1,80 m 2,50 m
Step 1 - reduction of the deflated structure and fabric to a smaller hexagon
Step 2 - Reduction of the smaller hexagon to a rectangle
Final step - Considering the malleability of the materials, it is possible, in addition to rolling it up, to fold it into a rectangle of 47x40 cm, as represented above.
P R O J E T O 4 / CULTURE HOUSE
school project
GUIDED BY PROFESSOR ALEXANDRE DELIJAICOV
SERVICE BLOCK
TYPE ROOM
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
The Culture House can be a building of four or five floors, on a corner plot occupying the underutilized space of a gas station, with bars and bakeries on the other side of the street. The intersection of streets is the configuration of the place itself, they are called “cultural corners�: places that promote the meeting, the coexistence and the confidence of differences in each other. The purpose of these facilities is to provide spaces and facilities for collectives and cultural agents who have won programs and public calls for points of culture. The modulation should be flexible enough to be applied in the 96 districts of the city, functioning as a network of public facilities.
STRUCTURAL AXES AND MODULATION 9.00 m
9.00 m
9.00 m
15.00 m
Supported by 8 reinforced concrete pillars molded on the construction site, with a rectangular profile of 30 cm x 60 cm, distanced 9 m lengthwise and 15 m across, the Culture House building is structured with a system of slabs, beams and reinforced concrete pillars. The beams that span the largest span of 15 m have a rectangular profile of 30 cm x 60 cm, while the gap of 9 m is spanned by beams of 20 cm x 40 cm.
FLOOR SPACES TYPE ROOM
SERVICE BLOCK
All floors have in addition to a room that meets a specific use with 270 m2 (15.00 m x 18.00 m), a storage room and a coordination room with 18 m2, male, female and unisex toilets, and space for vertical circulation (elevators and stairs).
SERVICE BLOCK
vertical circulation
storage
+ =
toilets
coordination
+
These auxiliary spaces are part of server block (15.00m x 9.00m), since they serve all floors, including ground floor and coverage.
Supported by 8 reinforced concrete pillars molded on the construction site, with a rectangular profile of 30 cm x 60 cm, 9 m apart in the longitudinal and 15 m in the transversal, the House of Culture building is structured with a system of slabs, beams and pillars of reinforced concrete. The beams that span the largest span of 15 m have a rectangular profile of 30 cm x 60 cm, while the span of 9 m is spanned by beams of 20 cm x 40 cm. The steps have 17.8 cm of mirror and floor of 27.5 cm, forming 4 flights of 7 steps (28 steps that overcome the 4.95 m of unevenness from floor to floor). The elevator cabins have 1.4 m x 1.6 m, side opening door and counterweight at the bottom, holding up to 12 people and a load of 975 kg each. The slab on all floors is composed of pre-molded concrete slabs of prestressed hollow core slab 20.5 cm thick, 124.5 cm wide and 900 cm long, overcoming the smallest span. On the slab, a C25 reinforced concrete layer of 4.5 cm thickness is molded in loco, increasing the structural height and distributing the overload of 5kN/m2 in a more uniform manner. The walls are sealed by concrete masonry blocks of 19 cm x 39 cm x 19 cm. The frames follow the modulation of the halls of 3 m wide by 1.5 m high. In the rooms the windows are composed of two rotating sheets with vertical axis allowing an opening of 100% ventilation, if desired. The balcony of the halls is on the facade of greater insolation and in addition to working as a brise is turned to the dense vegetation of the lot to the side. The slabs are all 10 cm thick concrete with expansion joints every 2 m, except for the presentation room, which has a floor of wooden boards of malefemale fit supported on beams of 60 cm supported on resilient material, preventing the acoustic bridge.
TYPE FLOOR
SECTION DD
SECTION BB
ELEVATION D
ELEVATION B
LENGTHWISE SECTION AA
LENGTHWISE SECTION BB
CROSS SECTION CC
CROSS SECTION DD
LENGTHWISE SECTION DD
VOLUMETRIC MODEL
MADE OUT OF RESTS OF CARDBOARD
STRUCTURAL MODEL
MADE OUT OF RESTS OF STYROFOAM PAPER
2020