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R i c c a r d o Po z z a l i M . A r c h
My name is Riccardo Pozzali and this is my Portfolio or rather a selection of works of mine. Architecture has always been my passion, and I consider the work of the architect as the conjunction of art and technology. Only the architect is in fact able to find the most innovative solutions to everyday problems and also to make them attractive and functional. The works in this portfolio are selected to represent my knowledge and the evolution of my design skills. For this reason, reading develops in chronological order starting with the most recent projects. Since the works submitted are just a small selection of all the activities carried out by me during the years of study and professional activity, they are only examples and do not reveal, perhaps, the actual amount of work that lies behind every project.
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01 Padiglione della Trucca
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02 2.0 Watt
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03 Ianus Bifrons
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04 Dairy Architecture
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05 Scanning a monument
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06 The corner house
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RICCARDO POZZALI Italian April 20th 1988 pozzali@aol.com +39 366 3049275 Via di San Francesco a Ripa 145, 00153 Roma, Italy http://issuu.com/rpozzali
EDUCATION October 2012 / September 2014
October 2009 / December 2012
Master Degree in Architecture (M.Arch) LM-4 Architecture and Construction Engineering Polytecnic University of Turin Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) Class-4 Science of Architecture and Construction Engineering Polytecnic University of Turin
WORK EXPERIENCE IN LAST 3 YEARS February 2018 / Present
September 2017 / Present
April 2017 / September 2017
Designer / Construction management Self-employed work Development of residential and commercial buildings, relations with the Public Administration, construction management Designer / On-site technical support Fanutza Costruzioni (Avigliana, IT) Designing housing solutions for new project and renovations, renderings, 3d modeling, cost analysis, construction management Project manager junior GSP Qualitas (Chivasso, IT) Facility management planning, provinding communications planes, databases and data entry
PUBLICATIONS 2015 - Publication Dairy Architecture: Design of an educational and experimental mountain pasture in Valle Varaita Architettura casearia: Progetto di un alpeggio didattico e sperimentale in Valle Varaita ARChALP n° 10 - December 2015 2
COMPETITIONS 2015 - Competition 2016 - Competition 2017 - Competition
San Juan Cruise Hub San Juan - Puerto Rico Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico 2.0 Watt Alzano Lombardo - Italia Municipality of Alzano Lombardo / Okam Studio Multifunctional pavillion Bergamo - Italia Municipality of Bergamo / Okam Studio
LANGUAGES 100 %
75 %
25 %
Italian First language English Listening C1 / Reading C1 Speaking B2 / Writing B2 IELTS Academic 6.5 (2012) Cambridge PET Pass (2007) Spanish Average level A1
INTERESTS
Photography
Music
Traveling / Hiking
SKILLS Autodesk Autocad Bentley Microstation
CAD Software
SketchUp Autodesk Autocad Rhinoceros
3D Modeling
Autodesk Revit
BIM Software
Autodesk 3DS Max V Ray Kerkythea
Rendering
Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign
Graphics
Microsoft Office Suite Apple iWork Suite
Productivity
Adobe Premiere Pro
Video editing
PriMus Acca
Constr. estimate
Quantum Gis
Cartography
Sport
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01 - Padiglione della trucca
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PADIGLIONE DELLA TRUCCA
M A I N D ATA
Project for a polyvalent pavillion in the park of Bergamo
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YEAR 2017 LOCATION Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy SCALE Large/Building INSTITUTION/STUDIO Municipality of Bergamo, Okam Studio
Padiglione della trucca - 01 The Cascina Trucca project develops from a main concept, the agricultural landscape, interpreted as an element of composition and subdivision of the public space. The scanning fields, paths, channels, turn into the green design and ramification of cycle and pedestrian streets. A regular network of paths has been structured to cross the lot in different directions and guide the user towards specific points.mThe aim is to promote sustainable mobility by ensuring a network of pedestrian and cycle paths. From an architectural point of view, all the elements of the park enter into relationship with the building of the competition, the Cascina Trucca Pavilion, which becomes the visual and symbolic reference to the context. The pavilion is in fact perceivable from different points inside and outside the park thanks to a casing made of an opaque coating in smooth red sheet metal in the north facade. Red is a very visible color, capable of attracting the user’s attention and inviting him to stop, sit and enjoy the surrounding landscape. The building thus becomes a recognizable, iconic architectural element, a real landmark of the park.
The pavilion consists of a single linear-shaped volume, a 30 x 10 meter building divided into three functional spaces. The two main functions are located at the two ends of the structure. The orientation influenced the definition of the building envelope that was designed to obtain maximum performance from a bioclimatic point of view. The pavilion is oriented along the north/south axis. The polyvalent space, located on the north side, is constituted by a red opaque casing with 4 frames per side, openable and transparent, located on the east and west sides. The space dedicated to the bar is located to the south and has a totally transparent casing which allows a great indoor thermal comfort and a greater permeability and transparency in order to strengthen the relationship between the interior of the pavilion and the Park. To meet the need for visual of the surrounding landscape has been studied a terrace above the toilet block, a real outdoor area, to allow the user to grasp especially the hills of Bergamo and so emphasize the relationship with the city.
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01 - Padiglione della trucca
Section AA / South prospect
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Padiglione della trucca - 01
Main plan
Section BB / North prospect
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01 - Padiglione della trucca
Axonometric construction scheme 8
Padiglione della trucca - 01
Section of the building envelope
View of the bar/restaurant area 9
01 - 2.0 Watt
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2.0 WATT
M A I N D ATA
Riqualification of the Zerowatt main plant
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YEAR 2016 LOCATION Alzano Lombardo, Lombardy, Italy SCALE Large/Building INSTITUTION/STUDIO Municipality of Alzano Lombardo, Okam Studio
2.0 Watt - 01 Factory and the city: these are the main elements to be considered in order to recompose the urban fabric of the area and finally give back to the citizens the space occupied by the plant of Zerowatt, heart of Alzano Lombardo for many years. The operation is complex because of the memory factor, another element that is revealed through the factory, which has become over the years part of the landscape, so as to fit perfectly in the mind citizens, like a garden or a war memorial of some distant war. It is crucial for the whole project retrieving the status of places but not only in the physicality of the buildings: it is essential to retrieve them as places of memory. The new area is composed by three main elements which house the functions expressed during the collective consultation of citizens. The first building, in the center, is the hub of the entire complex and is home to the artistic and craft workshops structured as a duplex, with floor above intended for accommodation. Within the same environment, almost a promenade, is also housed the dining area connected to external tables. The upper level is structured as an indoor gym and
an unbreakable glass wall divide the two squash courts from the multipurpose area. The south building is the seat of cultural and musical activities and work: here there is a theater, a library with study rooms and an exhibition space which acts as a connection between the latter ones. On the lower floor of the same building there are spaces for the co-working activities for small businesses and for citizens’ associations. The last building is indistinctly intended for sports and leisure and host a skate area with pools, boxes and rails, a full structured field for paintball battles and walls in communication between indoor and outdoor for bouldering and sport climbing. The second most important design challenge is represented by the union of the three structures, obtained by a coverage which has the dual function of solar shading and rainwater harvesting. This coverage system is divided into geometric faces and is meant to keep the unity of the building, bearing in mind the objective of keeping free the outdoor spaces that blend with the green areas surrounding the entire complex .
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01 - 2.0 Watt
Detail of the water harvesting
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Axonometric schemes
2.0 Watt - 01
Rendered section
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02 - Ianus Bifrons
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IANUS BIFRONS Modern waterfront YEAR 2015 LOCATION San Juan, Puerto Rico SCALE Large/Building INSTITUTION/STUDIO Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico
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Ianus Bifrons - 02 Ianus bifrons (from Latin, literally Ianus two-faced) was a Roman god, guardian of doorways. It was said that he could simultaneously see inward and outward and with one of his faces could look back to the past, with the other toward the future. As a modern Janus, a new hub for cruises should meet the needs of ship passengers, but should also become a benchmark for the inhabitants of San Juan. Starting from this premise, has been designed a structure that has two distinct faces that interpenetrate each other and both look whether the city center whether the sea and the ships. The historic center of Old San Juan is the main element with which the project seeks to connect; to this end the project comes as an urban park, in order to represent a third green area that completely surrounds the city center. The design of the sloping area was taken up by the natural curve of the ground at the ramparts that form the defense of the walled city to the open sea. The main functions, serving the community and the cruise passengers, are housed below the garden roof, and the main entrance of the complex is located in the area of contact with the city to create a new square which gradually turns into park. The new hub, by virtue of the double-sided, makes
uniform the waterfront on the facade facing the bay, but, at the same time, has the advantage of minimizing impacts on the city and of avoiding the rupture between the urban pattern and the waterfront. The glass facade provides a privileged viewpoint from the interior environment and reduces the overall energy consumption of the building thanks to the great amount of light coming from the transparency of the glass structure. The entire building has been divided into three levels: the highest of them is reserved exclusively to the terminal, the second is mainly dedicated to the community and the lower is the service space in which are located the warehouses for the embarkation and disembarkation of goods and luggage. In the first level it is also situated the underground access road lined by parking stalls and loading and unloading passengers for buses, cars and taxis, in order to eliminate the traffic from the surface and allow direct access to the park from all points of the city. The floors are not divided within the whole building. The environment results lively thanks to the continuous intersection between levels; moreover, the use of walkways, escalators and elevators that facilitate the flows of people, makes the place airy and scenographic.
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02 - Ianus Bifrons
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Ianus Bifrons - 02
Axonometric view
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02 - Ianus Bifrons
Schemes of the main areas 18
Ianus Bifrons - 02
View of exterior plaza and main entrance
View of interior public area 19
03 - Dairy Architecture
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DAIRY ARCHITECTURE Design of an educational and experimental mountain pasture YEAR 2014 LOCATION Valle Varaita, Piedmont, Italy SCALE Large/Building/Detail INSTITUTION/STUDIO SlowFood, Agenform, Polytechnic University of Turin
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Dairy Architecture - 03 The main intent of the thesis is to demonstrate how it is possible to reconcile the tradition of an ancient craft as that of the shepherd with techniques, materials and modern manufacturing systems, while paying particular attention to the current sanitary regulations, implemented according to the rules drawn up by the European community. The decision to focus the design work on the subject educational comes from the desire to encourage the transmission of the dairy traditions and to help the assertion of an environmental culture linked to the mountain area, which was once transmitted from father to son through the tradition, but the mind of globalized man has removed. Through the eyes of the architect, these proposals can be implemented with the study of historical buildings as a base to a recovery intervention, by relating to structures often considered provisional, but instead come from a feature closely related to
the activity of transhumance. The pasture may be defined as a strategic element for the economic development of the Alps, especially for his role in the safeguard and in the defense of the mountain territory. Behind the project there is the belief that the restoration of a building wise should also be accompanied by the return of the original use, to preserve at least a part of the Alpine heritage. The choice of the recovery is also the solution more in line with the environment and territory, and it offers the ability to transform an inactive system of huts while keeping the purposes for which it was originally appointed. The limitations due to the location at high altitude does not allow the connection to the main energy sources normally available. For this reason, the purpose was to provide a self-supporting structure, characterized by a significantly reduced environmental impact.
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03 - Dairy Architecture
Elevation
Main plan
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Dairy Architecture - 03
Detailed view
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View of the main building
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Dairy Architecture - 03
View of the ospitality facilities
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04 - Scanning a monument
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SCANNING A MONUMENT Laser 3D survey of the altar and apse of Sant’Uberto YEAR 2014 LOCATION Palace of Venaria Reale, Piedmont, Italy SCALE Detail/Building INSTITUTION/STUDIO Polytechnic University of Turin
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Scanning a monument - 04
Documenting a piece of art or architecture is the first step to a more conscious use of the cultural heritage of a nation. For this reason, every year the Polytechnic University of Turin promotes workshops focused on survey and on the enhancement of the architecture on the landscaping of the territory of the Piedmont Region. The work site was the Sant’Uberto Chapel in the complex of the Palace of Venaria Reale, dating back to the early 700 and designed by architect Filippo Juvarrra. In particular, the major activities focused on the altar and apse. The purpose was to provide a detailed analysis of the monument through the use of traditional instruments such as the photographic survey but also using the new technology of laser scanning to build a model as faithful as possible to the truth that will be used for future restoration works. starting from the data obtained from the three-dimensional model, it was also possible to create two-dimensional projections of the altar and apse in order to achieve a precise technical drawing of the artifacts.
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04 - Scanning a monument
Section and elevation - 3D scan vs drafting
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Scanning a monument - 04
Model with outline of plans
Plan of the altar 29
06 - The corner house
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THE CORNER HOUSE Design of a residential block YEAR 2012 LOCATION Turin, Italy SCALE Building/Detail INSTITUTION/STUDIO Polytechnic University of Turin
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The corner house - 06 Design a whole block is a challenge for an architect, in particular way during the years of learning, because you have to consider the building not only as a single entity but as an organic whole that must work properly to ensure the highest standards of living possible. Like any successful project, this entity must necessarily relate to the surrounding buildings without being invasive and at the same time trying to improve the quality of life of the neighborhood. The building appears as a closed court characterized by two distinct identity, the first towards the inner side and the second towards the external side. The inner courtyard is evidenced by the presence of wide balconies that provide housing units to an high enjoyment of open spaces and ensure a perfect lighting environments. The outer facade,
on the contrary, is monolithic and is characterized by high, narrow windows, such as cuts that scratch the surface of the stone. The choice of material is not accidental and contributes to the image of the building on the public side. During the project it has been given great importance at the corner of southwest which is also the most visible element looking from the square on which the building overlooks. in this section it is also placed the main entrance of the building. The columns on the facade create spaces of irregular dimensions and increasingly reduced from the bottom upwards and increase the actual height of the block thanks to an optical effect. The entire ground floor is designed to accommodate commercial activities necessary to the establishment of new families in the district and the numerous gardens present both inside and outside the court were designed to promote social relationships among residents. For the final presentation of the papers were also carried out static calculations for the verification of the the bearing structure made of reinforced concrete.
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06 - The corner house
Plan of the first floor
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The corner house - 06
Main section
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06 - The corner house
View of the inner garden
Bird’s eye view from NE
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The corner house - 06
Bird’s eye view from SE
Bird’s eye view from SW
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Riccardo Pozzali M.Arch pozzali@aol.com +39 366 3049275 http://issuu.com/rpozzali