Rafael Marengoni - Portfolio 2017

PORTFOLIO

“Selected architecture and urbanism designs” Rafael Marengoni tel. +55 19 997 692 805 e.mail rafael.marengoni@gmail.com São Paulo, Brasil

Rafael Marengoni B. Arch Unicamp December 2017

INDEX Academic Work Sombra Voronoi Seu Museu Mixed Housing at Barra Funda An Expansion for Queen Victoria Market The Civic Reconversion of Largo da Batata

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SOMBRA VORONOI “a 1:1 digital fabrication exercise”

This 2 week intensive exercise looked into exploring computational algorithms applied to digital fabrication solutions. Each team was given 4 boards (2m x 1m) to use freely for their final model, which would be placed near the Science Museum on Unicamp’s main campus. Team Sombra Voronoi decided to create an instalation that could engage the children in the audience that attends museum.

Sombra Voronoi team: Rafael Marengoni, Aline Borba and Bruno Wesley Exercíse developed during a Visiting Professor discipline at Unicamp with Professor Gabriela Celani and Professor Affonso Ourcioli in 2016

digital model

rendering of the final design:

- a chair would be inserted within the instalation to engage and attract people to sit inside it;

- 2 faces of the polygon would be removed in order to allow more positions and uses of the structure.

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considering all the available material as a limiting input;

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a solid form was created based on the available surface area;

2 considerations of intended results: a shelter with an interesting shadow patterns and openings to ensure wind resistance

5 it was divided into its component faces;

6 ...and further subdivided using a voronoi algorithm to create an internal structure and the desired form;

3 possibilities for dividing the available material to reach intended results

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carved into a set of voronoi frames to assemble the instalation.

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1. initial conceptual model of the intended outcome: a shelter like structure with subdivisions creating geometrical shadows; 2. model for structural connection studies side A; 3. model for structural connection studies side B; 4. final model parts; 5. final model parts arranged in a geometrical projection; 6. final model assembled with chair insertion successfull;

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Each of the faces of the polygon would join at least three others. The solution for the joints was by inserting a bent metal sheet to accomodate each of the angles between faces the design had.

built model with chair positioned

SEU MUSEU “opportunities of using a residual areas as infill development for cultural ventures”

The brief of this exercise required designing a museum for Campinas that could explore different lighting strategies for expositions and common areas.

The selected site was a bank agency’s parking lot and the adjacent residual lots. The solution connected two streets using these residual areas.The architectural approach was to explore new forms by using a triangulated grid as a drawing guide, floor by floor, ultimately connecting all of these contours into one volume. This approach was motivated by the potential for creating new angles and openings for natural light within the building.

Seu Museu team: Rafael Marengoni and Felipe Tricoli, 2014 Design exercise developed witihin Projeto VI with Professor Paulo Scarazatto

an axonometric exploded view of the museum

TOP FLOOR - BALCONY AND OPEN AIR EVENTS

2ND FLOOR - GALLERIES AND CONFERENCE ROOM

1ST FLOOR - CAFÉ, LIBRARY, MEDIA EXPOSITION RO0M

The floors of the museum

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1. site perimeter and initial attraction points; 2. museum program influence areas assigned to the points; 3. insertion of additional subdivision points determined by program; 4. example of an area with subdivision count = 1; 5. example of an area with subdivision count = 5; 6. example of an area with subdivision count = 15; 7. mid-point grid generation based on obtained cell subdivisions; 8. triangulation of midpoints and final triangular grid generation; 9. form outcome from using the permutated triangular grid.

After defining a program for the museum and allocating to each of those the necessary amount of area, these programs became points on a map. The points would be set deliberately throughout the site according to the level of intimacy and seclusion they required. The number of subdivisions was decided based on the resulting perimeter that these would generate: environments that required more natural lighting would have more subdivisions, while environments that required more artificial lighting would have less subdivisions.

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sections of the museum

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MIXED HOUSING AT BARRA FUNDA reinterpreting the permeable urban block structured by architectural design

The exercise proposed redesigning urban blocks in Barra Funda, a neighborhood in the city of SĂŁo Paulo. The objective was to imagine a more permeable city that could foster walking and social activities through design. The discipline also made a case for an alternate way of approaching city making and urged proposals to investigate these possibilities throughout the course.

Mixed Housing Team: Rafael Marengoni, 2015 Developed as part of discipline Projeto IX with Professor Gabriela Celani

rendering of the two buildings and the solutions for land use within the block

UNIVERSITY 9 DE JULHO

DEACTIVATED FACTORY

MEMORIAL DA AMÉRICA LATINA

rationale BLOCK RATIONALE

BUILDING RATIONALE DEACTIVATED FACTORY

to connect the neighbourhood to the Memorial da America Latina site and also create peripheral circulation were main drivers for the proposal.

vertical circulation concrete cores (staircases+elevetors)

an offset from the desired peripheral circulation towards the central axis was created

steel structure frames, slabs and beams

the building was proposed in three strips each, arranged in a “building-void-buidling” form.

This would ensure appropriate dimensions for the housing units and organize circulation, natural lighting and ventilation for all units.

PERIPHERAL LIMITS DEFINING THE PROPOSAL’S EDGES

vertical brise-soleils placed on critical sun exposure facades

ADJUSTED TOPOGRAPHY

housing units distributed across the redesigned topography - comercial spaces on street level to engage activities and create an inviting atmosphere.

the vertical circulation cores would divide the building creating internal courtyards that would be used for ventilation and lighting purposes.

BUIDLING CONTOUR AND CORE DISTRIBUTION

housing floorplan types

Housing types in the buildings reflected available data on housing composition for the city of SĂŁo Paulo: roughly, 50% of all housing demands in SĂŁo Paulo are for two-bedroom floorplans; about 25% of demands are for three-bedrooms; the remaining 25% would be for one-bedroom type floorplans.

rendering of the building within its urban context

AN EXPANSION FOR QUEEN VICTORIA MARKET mixing generative systems for allocating program with agent-based systems for user simulation

The brief for this exercise was to propose an expansion for Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market using both generative and agent-based systems as information modelling tools.

The agent-based system proposed was one that simulated users interacting with spatially distributed program witihin a site. The generative system allocated program parametrically throughout the site, creating iterations for the agent-based system to test. During the testing phase of this exercise over 25 iterations were generated and simulated. The final iteration simulation has been included as a video upload. In this video agents are seen emerging from the spots evaluated as most likely access points, and they are programmed to search the site for different types of program. The success criteria would be that agents would access most parts of the market.

New QVM Team: Rafael Marengoni, Lim Ping Chiuam, Manjit Patil, 2013 Developed as part of discipline Master’s of Architecture Studio C with Architect Linus Tan at the Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne

market expansion at the pedestrian’s level

rationale The Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne is composed of three parts: A. The original market; B. The expansion of sequenced sheds; C. A parking area to be used as a site for the design exercise.

The original market’s program includes: - meats and delicatessens; - restaurants; - organic foods.

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PROGRAM ALLOCATION STRATEGY:

A. + B. = C. the strategy chosen for the design of the market’s expansion was to find the strengths each of the existing parts have and bring them to the expansion.

B. the shedded area’s main program includes: - general merchandise; - cafés; - fruits and vegetables.

C. the site’s current activities are: - car parking lot; - pop-up activities.

rationale It was perceived that one of the key elements that made the market pleasant was its rythm and proportion throughout the shedded areas. The grid arrangement also allowed for programs to be organized in a way that facilitated wayfinding. The grid would also allow for the generative systems framework.

Even though the shedded areas were considered successfull, some alterations to the design were made: width and gaps of sheds were maintained, while the ceiling height varied.

This was done thinking about lighting, ventilation and variation.

Program types were defined by analysis of existing ones. They were divided into 3 categories: 1, 2 and 3. Each of these was assigned a possible position based on the grid: -1

represented small vendors and carts, these could be located freely.

- 2 represented stands and stores that had to use a larger area to display and arrange their products; these would be allocated to a linear configuration along the grid.

- 3 represented the programs that used more area, energy and water facilities, such as delis, butchers, restaurants and cafĂŠs.These would be allocated to grid line intersections where plumbing and power outputs would be as well.

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old sheds’ roof profile

old sheds

new sheds’ roof profile

new sheds

site plan and section

under the hood

THE CIVIC RECONVERSION OF LARGO DA BATATA approaching a problematic public square as an opportunity for urban design and architecture in a central area.

This design task investigates the role architecture and urban design play in a changing urban environment. The idea that motivated this work was mainly that of a perception of the unexplored opportuinities the site had. Largo da Batata has become a very dynamic area in the past years, and still the sites’ potential remains greatly unexplored. The project was to consider the multiple layers of possible interventions to create a truly civic space.

Civic Reconversion of Largo da Batata, a Thesis project by Rafael Marengoni, 2017 Developed as a Final Thesis project witihin Unicamp.

Advisory given by PhD. Rafael Urano Franjdlich

site and surroundings previous to the proposal

OCCUPATION SURROUNDING LARGO DA BATATA

site analysis

1A. THE CHURCH’S SQUARE

2A. THE MIDDLE SQUARE

3A. THE MARKET’S SQUARE

Being the oldest of all three subdivisions of Largo da Batata, the church’s square presents a denser tree coverage, which creates a more intimate scale. It is equiped with outdoor gym equipment and a small playground. The church hold regular activities on the public space area, such as tradiitioal festivities.

Known for its’recent apropriation, the Middle Square is the stage for many public events. From large city concerts and Carnaval gatherings to small encounters along the day, the Middle Square is undoubtledly the liveliest of all three squares of Largo da Batata. Activities here include skating, bars and cafés, city hall events, public concerts and more.

Formerly the site for the Agricultural Coop of Cotia, this part of Largo da Batata is scarred by an immense deactivated construction site. The presence of people here, despite the Pinheiros Market, is mainly due to the transport infrastructure (bus and metro) of the area and also due to the commercial activites of Teodoro Sampaio Street.

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Among the three squares, it is the least in need of interventions - it has frequent uses, urban furniture, equipment and a estabilished relationship with the building of the Church.

The Middle Square has strong recent ownership and a visible connection with Largo da Igreja. However, its relationship with the Market Square is disconnected, the exit of the subway turns its back on the Largo instead of integrating to it and the commercial façades of bars and botecos that turn to him do not instigate the stay in the place outside these establishments.

Being the most critical of the whole, the Market Square is in a privileged position: it has a large empty area that can be reconverted into usable spaces with public interest programs; As it is, it does not create a relation with the axis of the building of the Market of Pinheiros; and does not have spaces that stimulate its use and permanence, even for pedestrians who only pass through it

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LEGEND 1. PAVILLION 1 2. PAVILLION 2 3. PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE PROJECTION 4. RIBBON PERGOLA 5. LOWERED SQUARE AND METRO ACCESS 6. MARQUISE PROJECTION AND METRO ACCESS 7. LOWERED SQUARE AND CULTURAL CENTER ACCESS 8. PINHEIROS CITY MARKET 9. EXISTING PLAYGROUND 11. CARDEAL ARCOVERDE PROMENADE 12. PROPOSED FREE SPACE 13. EXISTING CONCERT AREA 14. CHURCH SQUARE 15. NOSSA SENHORA DO MONTE SERRATE CHURCH EXISTING VEGETATION

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the intervention at the underground level

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LEGEND 1. PAVILLION 1 UNDERGROUND 2. PAVILLION 2 UNDERGROUND 3. LOWERED SQUARE AND METRO ACCESS 4. METRO ACCESS AND CULTURAL CENTER ACCESS 5. CULTURAL CENTER UNDERGROUND LEVEL 6. CULTURAL CENTER - PAVILLION 1 TUNNEL 7. PAVILLION 1 - PAVILLION 2 TUNNEL 8. METRO - PAVILLION 2 TUNNEL 9. METRO - CULTURAL CENTER TUNNEL 10. DEEPER UNDERGROUND METRO STATION LINES

aereal view of the intervention and site section

TRANSVERSAL SECTION

PAVILLION 1

CULTURAL CENTER

undergound spaces and connections

Pavillion 1

Pavillion 2

Cultural Center

Metro Access

Lowered square/Metro Access

pedestrian level views of the proposal

VIew from the Middle Square looking towards the ribbon pergola and pedestrian bridge

View towards the cultural center and pavillions within the Market Square

View of the Cardeal Arcoverde Promenade - Pavillions and pedestrian bridge

defining the cultural center

OVERVIEW

The Cultural Center would play a central role in the solution for Largo da Batata. It would act as a bridge towards the center of the Market Square at street level, and a celebrated civic space with cultural activities on the underground level. The program is composed of a Library, a cafĂŠ, and music and dance studios - intended for community use and recreational classes.

INTERIOR LIBRARY VIEW

INTERIOR COURTYARD VIEW

CULTURAL CENTER ENTRANCE VIEW

AXONOMETRIC VIEW

layers of the pavillion 1

OVERVIEW

As a part of the solution, two pavillions are proposed. Pavillion 1 is the larger of the two and is a space for meetings and small events. It has a Café/Bar, and an amphitheater area. Both here and in Pavillion 2, could be used as small performance venues for the Cultural Center’s activities. It is connected to Pavillion 2 and the Cultural Center via underground tunnel-galeries - linear exposition spaces to exhibit art from the Metro sponsored program.

AXONOMETRIC VIEW

PAVIMENTO SUBSOLO ESCALA 1:200

PAVILLION AMPHITHEATER INTERIOR VIEW

PAVIMENTO TÉRREO ESCALA 1:200

PAVIMENTO SUBSOLO ESCALA 1:200

MEETING AREA VIEW

CORTE TRANSVERSAL ESCALA 1:200

TRANSVERSAL SECTION

CORTE LONGITUDINAL ESCALA 1:200

LONGITUDINAL SECTION

CORTE TRANSVERSAL ESCALA 1:200

layers of the pavillion 2

OVERVIEW

As a part of the solution, two pavillions are proposed. Pavillion 2 is the smaller of the set and is also a space for meetings and small events. It has a two Café/Bars, and an amphitheater area. It is connected to Pavillion 1 and the Main metro accevia underground tunnel-galeries - linear exposition spaces to exhibit art from the Metro sponsored program.

AXONOMETRIC VIEW

PAVIMENTO SUBSOLO ESCALA 1:200

PAVILLION ANFITHEATRE INTERIOR VIEW

PAVIMENTO TÉRREO ESCALA 1:200

PAVIMENTO SUBSOLO ESCALA 1:200

CAFÉ-BAR INTERIOR VIEW

CORTE TRANSVERSAL ESCALA 1:200

LONGITUDINAL SECTION

CORTE LONGITUDINAL ESCALA 1:200

TRANSVERSAL SECTION

CORTE TRANSVERSAL ESCALA 1:200

a look at the pedestrian bridge

OVERVIEW

The transposition of Faria Lima Avenue is also a part of this proposal. By creating a bridge that connects the Middle Square to the Market Square, Largo da Batata can function as one continuos multi-layered civic space. The bridge marks the intervention an also presents itself as a statement: people over automobiles. t the same time, it creates an elevated belvedere from which the city of SĂŁo Paulo can be gazed at.

PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE VIEW FROM THE MIDDLE SQUARE

PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE SECTIONS AND PLANS

PORTFOLIO

“Selected architecture and urbanism designs” Rafael Marengoni tel. +55 19 997 692 805 e.mail rafael.marengoni@gmail.com São Paulo, Brasil

Rafael Marengoni B. Arch Unicamp December 2017