SARA FONTANA ARCHITECT myPORTFOLIO 1
On the cover Jan Dibbets | ‘Four Courts, Dublin’ collage of colour copier prints and pencil on paper The artist’s research on space and light’s manipulation and perception, using mostly photography, has given an essential contribution to my work. Architectural elements come into perceptual tension with anamorphism, in photographic reproductions applied directly to walls, ceilings and floors, creating false perspectives. This reveales an extraordinary control of geometry and space perception.
SEP 2007 - JAN 2015 POLIMI IT B.ARCH Architecture of Construction SEP 2010 M.ARCH Interior Architecture APR 2014 SEP 2014 - JAN 2015
Academic Tutor JAN 2015
License to Practice - Part III equivalent
FEB 2015 - APR 2015 IKEA Italy - COM-IN department - Geova IT
Interior designer NOV 2015
RIBA + ARB Member
NOV 2015 - SEP 2017 Studio Seilern Architects - London UK
Architect
MAR 2018 - OCT 2018 Pattern Design - London UK
BIM Architect
NOV 2018 - Current BCL Timber Projects - Hurst UK
Specialist Designer
SARA FONTANA ARB BIM Architect
ABOUT ME After my master degree in Interior Architecture at Politecnico di Milano in April 2014, I carried on for two years the role of Academic Tutor in the Laboratory of Interior Design and Exhibition Design, for students enrolled in the last year of the Master degree of Interior Architecture at Politecnico di Milano. I had also worked as Interior designer in the COM&IN department at IKEA Italy, learning the principles of retail and home furnishing, and for some Architectural practices in Milan, Italy. In January 2015 I got the License for the profession (Part III equivalent) and at the end of the year 2015 I started a collaboration with SSA Studio Seilern Architects in London. During my studies I developed my design skills on different types and phases. I also got to
work with several different professionists, from the field of interior design to urban planning, which influenced my problem-solving and flexibility skills. My various working experiences help me to develop the ability to work both independently as well as in collaboration with teams of different nature and number. Thanks to several international competitios, I have developed great skills of time menaging, team organisazion and of meeting deadlines. My passion for architecture and interior design continuously leads me to work with enthusiasm and curiosity, and desire to grow in my ability and skills. My goal is to go through a professional career in the field of Interior Design, exercising my ability mostly on site, in a construction phase.
3
table of
CONTENT PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS 06
Al Rayyan Stadium // Doha Qatar for 2022 FIFA World Cup with Pattern Design 40K people capacity stadium built following FIFA requirements.
08
Village hall and Cricket pavilion // Oxfordshite UK with Gosling Architetcs
10
Wellington College PAC // Crowthorne UK with SSA Studio Seilern Architects New Performance and Arts Center for the Wellington College. The design introduced a round shape in the articulated complex of the campus, that guides the students flows to the new auditorium.
16
The Chapel // Wandsworth, London UK with SSA Studio Seilern Architects Conservation study and adaptive reuse of a gothic chapel in South London. The proposed design included a workshop and office space and private residential on top floor.
26 // [CASA]3
COMPETITIONS AND WORKSHOP 20
450 West 21st Street // New York City USA with SSA Studio Seilern Architects Proposal for a residential tower on the West side of Manhattan, along the river Hudson.
24
[CASA] 3 // ONE MAN LIVING Politecnico di Milano IT - Winner The pure cube has to be shaped to host a new function. The extrusion and extraction of smaller modules creates an articulated but simple domestic space.
ACADEMIC PROJECTS 26
Master Thesis: Art on the lake // Regoledo (Lecco) IT New landmark on the East cost of Como Lake. The terraces introduced series of pools and rooms to the existing thermal plant, hiding the new volumes in the landscape.
30
Villa Antonelli // Novara IT Conservation study of a 1700 Villa in the historic center of Novara, designed by Antonello Antonelli. The building shows the innovative character of the Architect.
PERSONAL PROJECT 32
www.reusearchitecture.com
06 // The Chapel
the architect
[ ] the team
()
12 // Wellington College PAC
22 // Master Thesis: Art on the lake
18 // 450 West 21st Street NYC
5
Al Rayyan Stadium // 2018 Location: Doha Qatar Scope: Sport venue Capacity: 40.000 Budget: n/a Completion Date: 2022 Client: Private Architect: Pattern Design
AL RAYYAN STADIUM 2022 FIFA DOHA QATAR
Design and consturciton of one of the FIFA 2022 Stadium in Doha, Qatar. The team was involved in the final revision of the GAs, General Arrangement drawings to be submitted to the contractor. The whole revision was done on the general Revit model, together with the revision of the families, schedules and fire safity measures.
Another important task was to revise the Door Schedule. double checking the number of doors, the properties and the performance of each opening. Nevertheless, I worked on the FIFA Report and Legacy Report and TQ’s responses.
7
Location: Oxfordshire, UK Scope: Sport and civil facility Area: 420 m² Budget: confidential Completion Date: -Client: City Hall Architect: Gosling Architects
HILL FIELD Village Hall and Cricket Pavilion
Proposal for a new design for a Town hall located on the edge of a Cricket pitch. This allows the building to function also as Cricket pavilion, with changing rooms and facilities for the clubs, together with visitors facilities, as a bar area, sitting area and toilets. The new design tries to use local material for the external cladding, such as stone briks and timber walls. The landscape design is also careful to mantain the extisting trees and levels, without destoring the current land.
9
WELLINGTON COLLEGE Performance Art Centre Page ¦ 2
on College:
ng Application Meeting ¦ 13_05_2015
SCAPE vISIoN Location: Berkshire, UK Landscape Concept:
Area: 250 m² our aim is to set the new Performance Arts Theatre within a heathland landscape, to strengthen the visual and physical connection between the Budget: new 15M building, the Cultural Quarter and the South Front of the College, and encourage pedestrian priority Completion Date: 2018 throughout this area.
Combermere
Stapleton
Music School
Chapel Gate
1
2
3
9
South Front
4 5 2
Queen’s Court
9
8
6 7 Main Entrance
egend to Plan: Strategic Long-Distance views Planted Earth mounds (3m ht) Existing Ride Retained Proposed meandering route (accessible) Arrival Square Proposed graded Access Entrance Plaza Upper Terrace Lower earth mounds (1.5m ht)
0. open views to South Woodland
Plan 1:1000
Scope: Educational
10
Spoil generated from theClient: building Wellington work will be College used – much in the manner it was used in the same landscape in the late c17th - to create a series of gentle Architect: Studio Seilern Architects undulations, or mounds, to direct movement and to accentuate views to and from the Performing Arts Theatre. The mounts will be covered with heaths, ferns Structural engineers: PBA and native grasses and their slopes will be planted with carefully placed and picturesquely shaped Scots, Mugo Contractors: Beard pines and Black pines. These trees and their canopies will frame views to and from the South Front and the New Performing Arts Centre, and will complement the victorian planting in the college grounds. Low cherry laurel hedges – like the clipped c19th hedges found in the Master’s Garden – will edge many of the paths. Additional swathes of bamboo planting are proposed to be planted close to the Mandarin Centre to better integrate it within the landscape. The main approach to the ‘Cultural Living Room’ and main entrance will be a broad gravel-bound path, which will sweep gently down to the Entrance Plaza. open in character, it will provide a clear perimeter to the ‘Drum’ of the proposed Performing Arts Theatre. In contrast to this, an alternative route winds through series of low planted mounds: this serpentine path has an intimate character and will provide framed views to the Performing Arts Theatre and the neighbouring landscape. A series of serpentine paths will also be formed to the Mandarin Centre to Queen’s Court, the Music School and the Performing Arts Theatre, to improve connections across the Cultural Quarter.
WELLINGTON COLLEGE Many institutes of learning now seek to educate through self-discovery, enabling students to discover what makes them who they are, so they may begin to take responsability for their own development. The design of Wellington College’s new
10(C) 09(C)
11(C)
12(C)
11(A)
12(A)
Cultural Quarter consists of a new Performance Art Centre and a ‘Cultural living room’, with the aim to provide a space where this approach to education can flourish, both through formal and spontaneous performances.
13(C) 14(C) 13(A)
08(E) 07(E) 06(E)
09(A)
15(E) 16(E) 17(E)
14(A) 15(A)
08(A) 06(A)
05(D)
17(A)
18(B) 18(A)
05(A)
19(B)
04(D) 04(A)
19(A)
03(D)
20(B) 20(A)
03(A) 02(D)
X11
21(B)
X10
21(A)
02(A) 01(D)
22(B)
22(A)
X8
01(A) X6
X7
23(A) X4 43(A) X3 24(A)
41(A)
25(A) 25(S) 40(A) 39(A)
27(S) 28(A)
28(S)
38(A) 29(A) 37(A) 30(A) 36(A)
36
31 35(A)
Y1
Y2
31(A)
32(A)
34(A)
33(A) Y8
Y4
Y5
11
Section along the stage
THE AUDITORIUM The main auditorium’s circular shape is inspired by historic Grecian amphitheatres, creating a building with no angles: a form that sits softly within the forest landscape. Designed with high quality acoustics and efficient circulation in mind, this Performance Art Centre is the venue for students to showcase their creative talents in a formal setting. The balcony front has been designed as
Traditional method
an evolving surface that reflects and scatters the sound in order to maximize the theatrical experience. CULTURAL LIVING ROOM Attached to the auditorium is placed the new Cultural Living Room, a ‘public square’ between the campus with the existing theatre. This space is not limited by its four walls, rather it is a public space that is vibrant, open, filled with natural light and boasting a large
window overlooking the forest, inhabitated by students of the arts. When entering the CLR, the heart of the Cultural Quarter, students will be met with spontaneous exhibitions, performances or social gatherings all set against an inspiring forest backdrop. By allowing music, dance and theatrical rehearsal to be integrated within this Cultural Living Room, it truly becomes a space for artistic happenings, as well as a social hub for the creative community of Wellington College.
Round table
Balcony front
Site visit - April 2017
Site visit - May 2017
Completion 2018
13
External Timber Cladding
External circulation
Internal Lobby and Circulatio
g
75x25
75x25
1656
75x25
75x25
75x25
75x25
75x25
75x25
75x25
METAL HANDRAIL TYPE BT7 REFER TO (L30) BALUSTRADE AND HANDRAIL SCHEDULE
FLOOR TYPE FT4B03 REFER TO (M) FLOOR FINISHES SCHEDULE
+102.75m 75x25
105
18mm PLYWOOD ; CLASS 0 RATED (1 X THERMOGUARD FIRE VARNISH BASECOAT + 1 X THERMOGUARD FIRE VARNISH OVERCOAT MATT FINISH)
24MM + 18MM +18MM PLYWOOD WITH 100MM DEPTH TO BUILD UP THE EDGE DETAIL
FIXED TO DRYLINING STUD BY SCREW WITH COUNTERBORE HOLE FILLED WITH PLUG
100
FFL +102.350 m
18mm PLYWOOD ; CLASS 0 RATED (1 X THERMOGUARD FIRE VARNISH BASECOAT + 1 X THERMOGUARD FIRE VARNISH OVERCOAT MATT FINISH)
9
(seating omitted for clarity)
+102.000m FIRE BATT ABOVE DOOR
FIXED TO UNDERSIDE OF SLAB WITH TIMBER BATTENS BY SCREW WITH COUNTERBORE HOLE FILLED WITH PLUG
800
18 60
75x25
FIXED TO UNDERSIDE OF SLAB
+101.850m
18
1236
9mm +18mm PLYWOOD ; CLASS 0 RATED (1 X THERMOGUARD FIRE VARNISH BASECOAT + 1 X THERMOGUARD FIRE VARNISH OVERCOAT MATT FINISH)
100
60 FFL +101.550 m
FIXED TO SECONDARY STRUCTURE (UNDER DEVELOPMENT BY S.E.) BY SCREW WITH COUNTERBORE HOLE FILLED WITH PLUG
561
118 9mm PLYWOOD ; CLASS 0 RATED (1 X THERMOGUARD FIRE VARNISH BASECOAT + 1 X THERMOGUARD FIRE VARNISH OVERCOAT MATT FINISH)
75x25
100
50
25
CT2B 12.5mm WALLBOARD WITH CT7 30mm ACOBOARD + 5MM STILL LIVING ACOPLASTER DC1
75
FCL +101.114 m
66 14
ALIGN
B25
18
18
85
65
FCL +101.114 m
122
30
93
+101.200m
BELOW DASHED LINE FIXED TO STUD OF DRY LINING. ABOVE LINE FIXED TO 18MM PLYWOOD ON TIMBER FRAME/
SECONDARY STEEL STRUCTURE (S.E. UNDER DEVELOPMENT) ; BY SCREW WITH COUNTERBORE HOLE FILLED WITH PLUG
75x25
REFER TO K40 PACKAGE
CT3A LAYERS OF 15mm FIRELINE WITH 100mm INSULATION
DOOR FD60 WITH ARCHITRAVE DETAIL; CLASS 0 RATED (1 X THERMOGUARD FIRE VARNISH BASECOAT + 1 X THERMOGUARD FIRE VARNISH OVERCOAT MATT FINISH)
CURTAIN
VARIES
REFER TO K40 PACKAGE
2114 1300
FIXED TO TIMBER FRAME/ SECONDARY STEEL STRUCTURE (UNDER DEVELOPMENT S.E.) BY SCREW WITH COUNTERBORE HOLE FILLED WITH PLUG
75
912
912 FFL +99.300 m
912
2
916
D_11_05
CIRCULATION CORRIDOOR R-11-04
871
1100
L30_VW_02 912
DOOR HIEHGT 2035
750
9mm PLYWOOD FIXED TO 18MM PLYWOOD ; CLASS 0 RATED (1 X THERMOGUARD FIRE VARNISH BASECOAT + 1 X THERMOGUARD FIRE VARNISH OVERCOAT MATT FINISH)
2114
SIDE FIXED TO DRYLINING STUD
+975mm AFFL
916
1 FFL +99.000 m
FCL +98.825 m
CARPET FLOOR FLOOR TYPE FT4B01 REFER TO (M) FLOOR FINISHES SCHEDULE
9mm PLYWOOD ; CLASS 0 RATED (1 X THERMOGUARD FIRE VARNISH BASECOAT + 1 X THERMOGUARD FIRE VARNISH OVERCOAT MATT FINISH) FIXED TO DRYLINING STUD BY SCREW WITH COUNTERBORE HOLE FILLED WITH PLUG
METAL HANDRAIL TYPE HT4 REFER TO (L30) BALUSTRADE AND HANDRAIL SCHEDULE
FLOOR TYPE 4d03 REFER TO M PACKAGE
CARPET FLOOR FT4A04 REFER TO (M) FLOOR FINISHES SCHEDULE
9mm PLYWOOD ; CLASS 0 RATED (1 X THERMOGUARD FIRE VARNISH BASECOAT + 1 X THERMOGUARD FIRE VARNISH OVERCOAT MATT FINISH) FIXED TO DRYLINING STUD BY SCREW WITH COUNTERBORE HOLE FILLED WITH PLUG
RESIN FLOOR FLOOR TYPE FT2B REFER TO (M) FLOOR FINISHES SCHEDULE
FFL +98.550m
FCL +98.350 m FCL +98.220 m
FEMALE WC R-10-08
AUDITORIUM R-10-19
(seating omitted for clarity) FFL +96.300m FFL +96.150m FFL +96.000m
FFL +96.00m
FFL +96.00m SSL +95.880m
on
15
THE CHAPEL // 2017 Location: London, UK Scope: Office Area: 350 m² Budget: n/a Completion Date: 2018 Client: Private Architect: Studio Seilern Architects Structural engineers: EOC
theCHAPEL The Chapel is a listed building of character and historical interest. The proposed scheme adopts a heritage led approach to the building, which respects the significance of the existing listed building whilst successfully accommodating the character and style of the new owner. The design for the Chapel consists of a
2
3
4
complete renovation of the interior space and a restoration of the existing listed building. The aim is to provide a space for a private office divided in three floors, plus a new structure for a mezzanine. The building has been heavily altered in the past years, and little of the original
5
6
7
fabric remains. It is proposed to remove the insensitive modern interventions and seek to better reveal the original fabric of the building. It is not proposed to create an anaesthetised traditional exhibition space, but the building will be given a new identity.
8
G
1
A
B
H
C
D E
K
F
A
I
N Masterplan
30.34
28.47
27.35
27.50
26.40
26.40
26.03
24.71
24.14
23.77
23.80
Section A
17
THE CHAPEL The proposal seeks to comprehensively restore and refurbish the existing building to accomodate its use as the studio and workshop of the Client. A heritage led approach has been taken to the proposed alterations to ensure that the work enhances and better reveals the significance of this building.
LISTED TIMBER BALCONY: The design proposal suggests to move the balustrade in front of the existing columns. The relocation of the timber balcony would allow an overall view of the original feature no longer interrupted by the columns.
LISTED TIMBER SCREEN: The proposed design keeps the timber screen in its original location and doesn’t modify any part of the heritage feature. A lighting strategy would enhance every part of the timber screen such as the curved ceiling, the rhythm of the decorations and the frosted glass.
WINDOWS AND STONE CONSERVATION WORKS: - clean the brickwork and stonework - fully refurbish or replace the existing windows. - remove all fixed glazing on site and replace with new traditional leaded lights and perimeter seal.
Three mullion windows. Type A, B and C
roof tiles soft battens 10
insulation
0
10
Porposed new conservation skylight flushed with the roof slates to minimise the impact.
plasterboard l ra tu uc str ing ar en cle op
be er ar
0 10
g in
en op
e
bl
wa
vie 0
10
50
Typical conservation skylight
19
© Win Man_ IAmJustAModelMaker
540 21st street NYC Location: New York Area: 16.107 m² Budget: n/a Scope: Mixed use 21st street 20th street
Architect: Studio Seilern Architects Building Codes: Consultants Jack Callahan Zoning Analysus: Michael Parley
landscape section
AA 21st street 20th street
landscape section
BB
THE ISLE OF MANHATTAN
EXPANDING TOWARDS THE SKY
The boundaries are not ex-
The amount of land is fixed. Manhattan starts thinking of growing vertically.
pandable because of the water and the grid originates a fixed number of blocks.
2.028 BLOCKS
Manhattan island & grid
1909 theorem: The Skyscraper as utopian device for production od unlimited numbers of virgin sites on a single metropolitan location.
0’< H < 90’
90’< H < 135’
A
135’< H < 260’
NEW DEVELOPMENT
B
West 21st Street is a concept developed for a new skyscraper project in New York City. The site is located at the riverfront of the Hudson River and offers two strong views: to the South West, facing towards the river and Hoboken with spectacular sunsets; and to the East, facing towards the Empire State Building and the exiting Manhattan rooftops. The 16.107m2 project (24 floors) includes a mixed use scheme, with residential units located at the upper levels in the tower, and commercial units in the plinth at the lower levels. The commercial units are occupied by an art gallery. “The site being in the art quarter is something that should be capitalised on. The nature of the “near corner” site mean we can offer the gallery a unique dual aspect and sculpture count, as private and jewel like as the one in the Moma” said Christina Seilern, principal of SSA.
A
B
21
Acoustic diagram
THE SCULPTURE GARDEN Inspired by the sculpture court at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the plinth is reduced to form a sculpture garden for both the gallery and the residential reception. The multiple corner formation and the emphasis on the two great views, informed the flexible floor plans, which
can easily be adapted in response to fluctuating market conditions. The most valuable units are the apartments located at the top of the tower, while the least valuable are the commarcial units at the ground floor level and therefore maximising the residential element became a key
driven for the design. Glass is employed as a material in a variety of qualities and textures in consideration of the need for light, the desire to take advantage of the exceptional views, the need for acoustic protection and for security.
21th street
gallery entrance
residential entrance
residential lobby
gallery
gallery
t 11 h
n av e ue
Ground floor plan
Sculpture garden view from the reception
Glass wall to define and protect the garden
Section of the garden
23
ONE MAN LIVING [CASA]3 [CASA3] // 2008 School: Politecnico di Milano, Italy Location: Bovisa Campus, Milan, Italy Scope: Micro Housing Team: Francesca Brioschi // WINNER PROJECT
Academic competition organized by the Interior Design Laboratory on the design research about the micro-units for living. The idea was to experiment the modelling of the small volume given, to find new ways to identify the functions in the home space. Unexpected "rooms" are coexisting in the same micro-unit.
25
MASTER THESIS: ART ON THE LAKE The Master thesis project was born from the desire to give an architectural sign in the territory of the eastern coast of Como lake, that is almost completely wild. The project area is located in the hillside, on the eastern front of the lake, in the middle of the famous Path of the Wanderer, which runs along the entire lake. The project develops with the study and
widening of an old building, that was an heliotherapies plant, built in the 19th Century. It has a particular infrastructure, a funicular, that allowed the vertical connection with the lakeshore. The research develops with the direct dialogue between the natural and artificial morphologies of the territory, through the type of terracing.
MASTER THESIS // April 2014 School: Politecnico di Milano, Italy Location: Regoledo (Lecco), Italy Scope: Thermal Plant, hotel and exibition space
THE TERRACE CONCEPT The area of â&#x20AC;&#x2039;â&#x20AC;&#x2039;the project is
approaches that can be addressed,
characterized by a terrace morphology, typical of the eastern coast of the lake. This allows the exploitation of the soil, despite the steep slope and the possibility of various crops. The morphological characteristic of the territory of Lecchese, consisting of large and large terraces, led to a deeper and varied study of the declination of this type of intervention. In order to allow a thorough and in-depth study of the Settlement Act, formal references and formal examples of architectural interventions in a totally natural environment, which is openly compared to soil morphology, with curvature height jumps on the ground in the area. They have been fundamental in verifying the various formal
for example by searching for flows, or by managing land shares or ultimately a purely compositional and aesthetic goal. It is therefore important to study the origins and the architectural rules of the interventions studied to fully understand the obtained formal result. The project is directly tackled with the presence of the context, especially that of the morphology of the territory, in part artificial for the intervention of man in the cultivations, with interventions on the shares of terraced terrain. In addition, the presence of the elotiotrophic plant forces the hotel directly to dial with the large tall building. For this reason the intervention strategies are explained by the terrain morphology for the new hotel and the high morphology of the existing building.
The lake of Como - Site Location
27
Prospective Plan of one Hotel Suit
Hotel suits plan: 1. structure 2. plaster coating 3. aluminum spacer 4. mobile frame 5. wooden sliding shutter 6. glazed door 7. movable frame 8. external stone pavement
The intervention includes three large terraces that constitute a single large building. The various functions, all linked to the ancient thermal building, are therefore an expansion
9. external wooden decking 10. steel handrail
of this. The building also contains the funicular station and a museum space. The terraces roof is practicable as a belvedere trail with some strategic panoramic points of view.
E xternal panoramic path
Hotel
Thermal plant
The lake museum
Funicular station
Hotel suits 29
Student work on the refurbishment of Villa Antonelli in Novara. The first part of the semester was focus on site dimension and survey, together with survey of the decadiment and photographic survey. The second part was related to a new desgn and use of the spaces, mainly focused on lighting design and exhibition layout, using the existing spaces.
VILLA ANTONELLI NOVARA IT
31
ScreenShot of the Instagram page of reusearchitecture
Reusearchitecture is a personal research based on the analysis and archive of projects of reuse and conservation. The idea is to collect a wide range of examples that can demostrate the positive aspect of reusing an existing building instead of demolition and new costruction.
Not just on an aestetic point of view, but also on an economic and environmental side of the costruction industry. The projects are now an Istagram page, where you can find all the projects with pictures and description, and also a website www.reusearchitetcure.com
The High Line in New York City by Diller Scofidio + renfo
the new museum of war renovated by
Daniel Libeskid in 2011
the new museum of war renovated by
Daniel Libeskid in 2011
33
THANK YOU feel free to contact me sfontana6@gmail.com
