Architecture Portfolio Roberto Cattaneo
GENERAL INFORMATIONS NAME Roberto Cattaneo PERSONAL NUMBER 850712 - 1633 ADDRESS Birkagatan 19 416 - 56 Göteborg TELEPHONE +46 - (0)70 435 96 21 +36 - 348 79 36 777 E-MAIL roberto@chalmers.alumni.se EDUCATION SEP 2010 Sveriges Arkitekter's "Starta eget" course 2008-2010 Master program in Architecture at Chalmers Tekniska Högskola (Göteborg, Sweden) NOV 2009 Workshop in Leipzig (Germany) Suggestion for the reuse of an industrial building in Berlin 2007-2008 Erasmus student at Chalmers AUG 2005 Stuga Project Architecture workshop in Hällefors (Sweden) Costruction of a cottage 2004-2007 Bachelor program in Architecture at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) 1999-2004 Technical high school education at ITIS Magistri Cumacini (Como, Italy) JUL 2000 English summercourse in London
Curriculum Vitae
WORKING EXPERIENCES SEP 2010 Commission in Kode (Sweden) Extension of a summer house FEB 2010 Lecture about "Contemporary Theory of Conservation" at Chalmers SEP 2009-JAN 2010 Student assistant at Chalmers Course "Conservation and Transformation" Professor Inger-Lise Syversen APR-AUG 2009 Commission in Borås (Sweden) Transformation of an industrial building into apartments FEB-APR 2009 Student assistant at Chalmers Course "Conservation and Transformation" Professor Inger-Lise Syversen FEB 2007 Internship by Architect Leonardo Lucini (Cogliate, Italy) JUL 2003 Internship by Surveyor Carlo Lucini (Cogliate, Italy) LANGUAGE SKILLS ITALIAN Native ENGLISH Advanced TOEFL 98/120 SWEDISH Intermediate SAS course level A COMPUTER SKILLS OS Windows and Mac CAD AutoCAD 3D MODELLING Rhynoceros, Sketch-UP, Blender OTHERS Adobe Creative Suite
Relevant Projects
My Master Thesis project took place in the former company town of Rydboholm, outside the city of Bor책s. At that moment Rydboholm was an area under development and the municipality was working on the master plan which would decide the future of the village. In 1987 the area of Rydboholm was listed by Riksantikvarie채mbetet as one of the few industrial areas of national interest, which was another factor to consider. In our opinion the qualities of this area made it more suitable for housing and might actually be lost if instead the buildings were altered to fit the industrial requirements of today. Therefore we suggested a new general plan hypothesizing a densification of the area in a residential sense. Our main focus was a garage built in the 1920's, for which we proposed six apartments of three different layouts based on open plan solutions with living rooms extending towards private gardens.
Master Thesis Project 2010 - Rydboholm Work time: 9 months full time Coworker: Camille Havel
1 Low fruit trees planted to cover the view of the building material site. 2 Sunniest spot where we add a new apartment house with solar panels on the roof. 3 Green house attached to the new apartment house. 4 Common outdoor spaces, wooden decks on three levels following the slope connecting the two green houses.
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5 Common new green house built on top of existing foundation and cellar which can be used for winter storage of plants and vegeta bles.
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6 Existing office space. Should be kept and developed to keep a mixture of functions in the village. 16
7 Beautiful one floor stone house which can be used as art studio.
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8 Existing apartment house. 9 Existing apartment house.
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10 The Garage transformed into six new apart ments
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11 Existing building, The Blekeri which will have apartments on first floor and storage/laundry in the cellar.
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12 New row houses, accessed by a new road (13) connected to the existing one. On this height the view is not interrupted by the existing buildings below.
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10 20 30m 14 Office and storage space belonging to “Rydbo holms trävaror” (nr 16) 15 Existing one family house.
13 Existing building, new function New building Existing building, same function
16 Existing business “Rydboholms trävaror” sell ing building material.
Entrance
Living area Bathroom Kitchen
Dining area
Kitchen
Bathroom
Closet
Living area Bedroom
Entrance
Existing Ground Floor
New Ground Floor 1:100
Living area
Dining area
Kitchen
Entrance Bathroom
Bedroom
Living area
Bathroom
Bedroom
Existing First Floor
New First Floor 1:100
Closet
Bedroom
Bathroom
Terrace
Existing Northwest Facade
New Northwest Facade 1:100
Existing Section AA
Section AA 1:100
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View of one of the kitchens
View of one of the kitchens
View of one of the bedrooms
Batten roll Sheet metal roof covering Waterproof sheathing Timber boarding Rafter with ventilation gap Thermal insulation Purlin Vapor barrier Laminated board Plaster
Section AA
Tubolar snow guard with ice stop
Gutter Mesh screen Window frame support Window frame Triple glass
Transversal cut through the roof 1:10
Nail Eave beam
Mesh screen Clip Sheet metal roof covering Waterproof sheathing Timber boarding
Ventilation hood Clip Waterproof sheathing Timber boarding Hood support with ventilation gap Timber post
Batten roll Sheet metal roof covering Waterproof sheathing Timber boarding Rafter with ventilation gap Thermal insulation Purlin Vapor barrier Laminated board Plaster
Tubolar snow guard with ice stop
Ridge beam
Mesh screen Eave beam
Existing masonry wall Wooden support with air gap Thermal insulation Wooden support with air gap Laminated board Plaster
Gutter
Rainwater down pipe
During this project we dealt with the transformation of a church-daycare complex in Hammarkullen, a suburban area of Gรถteborg. The building, being built during the '70s, was young enough to require no restoration intervention, but yet needed a reorganization of the inner and outer spaces, accompanied by the addition of new elements. Since the church is part of a network in the area, we also had to briefly write a program about how this church would be inserted in such a network. In order to do so, part of our task was to interview the users of the building in order to suggest a proposal which would justify and even enhance such a role. In details, our intervention included a new main entrance, a new dining room and the rearrangement of bathrooms, kitchens, chapel, playroom and outer playground.
Tomaskyrkan 2008 - Gรถteborg Work time: 3 months full time Coworker: Camille Havel
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Existing plan showing the inner distribution of the spaces
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1. Main entrance 2. Vestibule 3. Bathroom 4. Accessible bathroom 5. Roof window 6. Blockv채gg 7. Dining room 8. Bathroom 9. Church kitchen 10. Preschool kitchen 11. Staff room 12. Storage
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View of the new entrance
sport field
sandbox
playground
N Garden plan
Bredfj채llsgatan
wooden platforms
View of the playground
This is the task that more than the others can be recorded under the name of "conservation" in a narrow sense. The object of our intervention was a Renaissance residential palace placed in the historical centre of the city of Como, northern Italy. Our task was to draw up a preservation plan for the building. During the early stages of the project we have been occupied with a deep research in the municipal archives looking for documents attesting the history of the palace. Afterwards we focused our efforts on measuring and redrawing the building, which had to be done with extreme accuracy since the drawings were to be used for the preservation plan. The main part of the exercise was to analyze drawings and photographs in order to identify the different decay phenomena and therefore suggest the suitable interventions for such decays.
Palazzo Odescalchi Pedraglio 2006 - Como Work time: 8 months part time Coworkers: Achille Gianni, Elisabetta Pozzi, Vera Bertoncini, Federica Leoni
TRILATERATION OF THE GROUND FLOOR
DECAY PHENOMENA
CONSERVATIVE INTERVENTION
The aim of this project was to design an atelier-house for a photographer in a former industrial building in Milano. As shown in the section, the apartment develops on two floors following a L-shape. The main element of the design is the steel structure running along the double-height wall which accommodates some of the installations of the apartment, an exposition space and the inner staircase. The purpose-built apartment develops on the second floor and is linked to the "scaffold" through two footbridges: one open air which connects to the entrance, and the other one, closed by wooden panels, which serves also as visual separator between the bedroom area and the rest of the flat. For this project we were not allowed to use any computer software, therefore here are presented few scanned hand-made technical drawings and a photograph of the physical model.
Casa del Fotografo 2005 - Milano Work time: 4 months part time Individual work
Other Projects
dressing vent storage
green room
dressing
dressing
stage
dressing kitchen rehearsal
boulevard
Main floor
bar
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Barad Nim (theatre + office) 2008 - Fictional location Work time: 1 month full time Coworker: Gaetano Di Napoli
The aim of this project was to design an office-library complex in the area called Gamle Stan, in Göteborg. The site presents an existing C-shape building next to the project lot, a feature that cannot be ignored but, on the other hand, not so strong to exert a real influence to the new building. According to that, the designed building is made by two sticks that continue the arms of the C-shape building, but using different lenghts and highs following the functions that they will receive. The building is thought as a representative office of a big company, that needs an elegant edifice with a strong character. The chosen material for the facades is ardesia, which has the feature to answer to these needs. The facades of the main blocks express their different behaviours: the office building is “open” to the high-traffic street Artillerigatan, but the library, needing to be more quiet, is introverse towards the square.
Inte Lagom 2008 - Göteborg Work time: 3 months full time Individual work
GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1:250
SOUTH ELEVATION 1:250
EAST ELEVATION 1:250
FACADE DETAIL 1:20
Waiting Room 2007 - Gรถteborg Work time: 1 week full time Individual work
Bus Stop Shelter 2007 - Fictional location Work time: 1 week full time Individual work
Multi-storey Parking Lot 2007 - Milano Work time: 3 months part time Coworkers: Claudia Dubini, Roberta Giani
Structural Node Detail
Example of Structural Analysis
Aim of this project was to design an Architecture faculty in Como, northern Italy, in corrispondence of the block called Cortesella. The idea behind the project is a reinterpretation of Filarete's Ospedale Maggiore, in Milano, which nowadays hosts the Università Statale. Reflecting upon the actual destination of the Ospedale, we thought that such implant could have been suggested in an other, similar context. The projects comprises two separate blocks, linked by a bridge. The first building accommodates the residential units for the students and several open-air exposition spaces. The main building hosts the university spaces and it is so subdivided: at the ground floor cafè, computer room and bookshop; at the first and second floor all the lecture rooms; at the third floor library and departments.
Università delle Alpi 2006 - Como Work time: 6 months part time Coworker: Achille Gianni
GROUND FLOOR SCALE 1:1000
FIRST FLOOR - SCALE 1:1000
LONGITUDINAL SECTION - SCALE 1:1000