Architecture Portfolio + CV by Simone Serra

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO SIMONE SERRA

Simone Serra simone.serra1986@gmail.com | +39 347 658 7596 Cagliari, ITALY

PROFILE Licensed Architect with working experience in Italy and abroad (Portugal and Canada) in the fields of Architectural Design, Sustainable Architecture, Interior design. Strong educational background in history of architecture, town planning and art history. 3d modeling and rendering expert, proficient in the use of Sketchup, Lumion and post production (Corel Photo Paint/Photoshop)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE DURANTE SPA. Milan - Italy. Architect  3D modeling and Architectural Rendering.  Design of meeting room, conference room and offices

[FEB / APR 2019]

VASS TECHNOLOGIES , Chieri – Italy. [NOV 2016 / OCT 2018] Architect  Design of wooden prefabricated residential buildings.[Messina House built in 2019 in Baldissero Torinese (TO)]  3D modeling, architectural rendering, post production. Use of Autocad, SketchUp, Lumion, Corel Suite. EDILIZIA PISANO srl., Quartucciu – Italy. [MAR / NOV 2016] Architectural Designer  Interior and Exterior Design. Expert in 3D modelling and architectural rendering. SketchUp, Lumion, Corel Suite.  Supporting and advising clients on architectural technology and sustainable architecture. .AJ TREGEBOV ARCHITECT, Vaughan – Canada. [JAN /MAR 2015] Intern Architect  Renovation of a medical clinic.Interior Design. Plans. Elevations. Sections. Details. Furniture selection.  Composition. 2D, 3D and renderings. Autocad, SketchUp, Lumion, Corel Suite. CONTACTO ATLÂNTICO ARQUITECTURA. Estoril - Portugal. [MAR / MAY 2014] Intern Architect  Responsible to design a museum complex in Budapest (International architectural competition).  Concept development. Shape. Composition. Diagrams. 2D, 3D and renderings. UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI CAGLIARI. Cagliari - Italy. [MAR / SEPT 2013] University Tutor  Provided student support for the correct composition of an architectural building, the relationship within context, the distributive characters and the systems. Didactic activity: Laboratory of Architectural Design 1.

EDUCATION UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI CAGLIARI. Cagliari - Italy. Architectural Engineering Qualifying Examination. University of Cagliari

[DEC 2015]

UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI CAGLIARI. School of Architecture. Cagliari - Italy. [SEPT 2005 / 2012] Bachelor's and Master's degree.(Laurea Specialistica a ciclo unico / Five-year Professional Degree in Architecture) APPRENTICESHIP AT SPARCH|IT STUDIO. Cagliari - Italy. [MAY / JULY 2012]  Assistant of clerk of works.  Active participation during the project variance analysis. Redraw and update some architectural details. HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. Liceo Scientifico Pitagora. Selargius, Italy.

[2005]

CERTIFICATES & ACTIVITIES AUTODESK SUSTAINABILITY WORKSHOP Online. Autodesk Building Performance Analysis (BPA) Certificate Online Program. IELTS (Academic Module) Overall Band Score 7. Listening 8.0 Reading 7.0 Writing 6.5 Speaking 6.5

[2014]

KAPLAN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE. Bournemouth - England. Intensive English Course. Certificate of Achievement. Advanced English. C1 level.

[2013]

FORMAZIONE SARDEGNA. Cagliari - Italy. Revit Training. 50 hour course.

[2013]

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)

SKILLS

COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE High proficiency of:  Windows ambient, Internet, Microsoft Office package programs  Cad drawing and rendering software: AutoCAD 2D, Google Sketchup, Lumion 3D  Graphic programs: Corel DRAW, Corel Photo Paint Moderate Proficiency of:  Autodesk Revit, Adobe Photoshop, LANGUAGE Italian: native language English: spoken, read and written at excellent level

SIMONE SERRA Contacts: email: simone.serra1986@gmail.com mobile: +39 347 6587596 (IT) skype: simone.serra86 portfolio: http://issuu.com/simoneserra/docs/portfolio_21x21 linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simoneserra7/en instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simoserra7/

TABLE

2 HOUSE ONE 2017 at VASS Technologies

VASS HOUSE

OFFICE BUILDING

2017at VASS Technologies

2017 at VASS Technologies

CLINIC 2015 at AJ Tregebov.

2018 at VASS Technologies

2014 at Contacto Atlantico. NEW VOLUMES IN A HISTORICAL

PRINCE EDWARD MEDICAL

PREFAB ARCHITECTURE

2012. Final Design Thesis.

3 HUNGARIAN COMPLEX MUSEUM

CONTENTS

THE SEA HOUSE

MESSINA HOUSE 2019 at VASS Technologies

DISTRICT 2008 University work.

THE MESSINA HOUSE I

Mechanical Room

designed this building in collaboration with the company Vass Technologies and it was built in 2019. It is placed in Baldissero Torinese, a little town close to the city of Torino, and it is located on the side of a hill in front of a forest valley.

When the project was started there was an old wooden cabin on the construction site, which the clients decided to demolish. The new building was inspired by the old house, it has the same shape characterized by a rectangular plan and a gable roof. The volume is increaed of the 25% compared to the old one, it is simple and monolithic with only a subtraction from the south-east corner where there is the entrance to the dwelling.

On the GF there is an open living space with a relaxed seating area, the kitchen and the dining room to create a large family space. Large windows provide light and create the perfect visual continuity between inside and outside. Moreover on the same floor there is a laundry room, a guest room, a bathroom and the stairs which connect ground to first floor. On this floor there is the night area with two bedrooms and a large bathroom. Moreover on the 1st floor there are two private bedrooms with bathroom and independent entrance intended to be used as Bed & Breakfast.

The structural system is mixed and combines prefab wooden walls with two concrete pillars and a iron beam

1F 0

South Elevation 02 Designed building. Same old shape with the addition of a new volume.

01 Demolished building. Simple volume with a rectangular plan and gable roof

03 New built building. Monolithic shape with a corner subtraction of volume

+ 3,15

+ 0,15

East Elevation

Section AA

North Elevation 0

The south elevation is characterized by the bow window. The other windows are all different and not aligned in order to contrast the semplicity of the building.

Daylight version of the living room

Night version of the living room

The bow-window creates continuity between inside and outside. Thanks to the transparent window glass you have a high visibility to the landscape outside. This area is designed to be a cozy reading spot.

HOUSE ONE This house is composed of two floors: the GF is 48 sqm, the 1st F is 105 sqm. According to the clients' requests the design is simple and modern. This house is designed to be prefabbricated with wood as construction material. The same material is also used outside as covering materials as well as in the inside in the slab and in the furnitures. Project fully developed by me.

Mechanical room

1F 0

External rendering

Daylight version of the living room

Night version of the living room

THE SEA HOUSE

In order to design a waterfront bungalow with a living area, a bedroom and a bathroom, the module was doubled and rotated.

This project was developed for a conceptual design competition called by VASS Technologies, with the goal to design a building starting from their prefab module.

The bungalow was ideally located at ÂŤPorto PinoÂť a stunning beach in the South West Coast of Sardinia, characterized by white dune sands and crystal water.

Tha main concept is to organize all the inner activities to be done in front of the sea, in order to enjoy the view during all day. The big and folding windows create a connection between the inside and the outside space. The exterior wall materials match the natural enviroment: white plaster like sand of the beach, wooden panels like bushes.

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Fin

Technical room

South Elevation

A 0

Section A-A

Internal Rendering

VASS HOUSE

I designed various sizes of dwellings which have common features in order to facilitate the executive planning and the prebabrication as well. The concept is clear and simple: the modules of the living area (facing South) and the main bedroom (facing West) don't change with the size of houses, which increase by adding other modules of bedrooms, bathrooms and utility rooms in the North side.

Mechanical Room

I developed this project in collaboration with the company VASS Technologies. The VASS House was designed to offer the clients a different range of choices for their future houses.

Type: size L. scale 1:100

These house types are all designed according to these goals: Ÿ

maximize efficiency

the

energy

make simple volume with skillion and lean-to roof

align bathrooms, laundry room, and mechanical room to facilitate the connection

reduce servant spaces

design served spaces with simple and regular shapes

Section 1:100

Bathroom/Laundry

Living/Kitchen

U lity Room

Porch

Storage/Technical r.

Walk-in closet

Bedroom

Corridor

Mechanical Room Type: size XL. GF scale 1:100

S-1

58 mq

S-2

58 mq

M-1

71 mq

M-2

71 mq

Type: size XL. 1stF scale 1:100

105 mq

L-2

78 mq

L-1

78 mq

External rendering. House size XL

External rendering. House size L

Rendering of the living room

OFFICE BUILDING This project aims to renovate an existing building to host offices. The limits of the projects were mainly two, to respect the existing volume, with a regular and simple shape covered by a mono-pitched roof and to insert windows only in the main facade. In order to design a modern building and to suggest the idea of a big volume with deep and wellproportioned holes, I respected a regular module to design the main elevation. The interior spaces were designed for maximun comfort and flexibility, and the natural daylight is maximized thanks to the big windows in the main elevation and Velux roof Windows. South Elevation. Scale 1:100

External Rendering

3 4

1 N

A 0

This open space is designed to be possibly divided into two different ofďŹ ces with independent entrance by adding a wall in the central exis, and a staircase on the west wall. The two doors would let enter the two ofďŹ ces withouth changing the main facade and the external walls.

1F 1. Work Spaces 2. Bathrooms 3. Archives 4. Meeting spaces

2,90

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Section A-A

Interior Rendering

HUNGARIAN COMPLEX MUSEUM This museum complex was designed to apply for the competition «Liget Budapest» which aimed to create two buildings, the Hungarian Museum of Architecture and the Foto-Muzeum, in Hungary, in the City Park.

The main concept is to create a tight relationship between the buildings and the context, particularly with the central square «Rondo» and the «Monument of 1956» in the centre. As the diagrams show, the concept is developed by using the central square, in order to emphasize the idea of the centrality of the Monument.

Concept

The two buildings are characterized by an alternation of empty and ﬁlled spaces to obtain visual axis from the back of the buildings to the central monument therefore the middle spaces are designed to be completely transparent. The architectural language and the shape is the same for both of the museums because the Rondo with the circular shape recalls the classical architecture, the simmetry and the proportions among parts of the buildings. In the construction area of the Foto Museum, due to the presence of trees to be preserved, the building'shape is adapted and part of the volume is subtracted therefore the museum is also perfectly inserted in the context.

Foto Museum 0

20m

Section AA. Scale 1:400

Monument of 1956

Museum of Architecture A

Perspective view from the main street (Dรณzsa Gyรถrgy Street)

Glass

North West Elevation. Scale 1:250

Sunscreen louvers Wood

Fiber cement (stone pattern).

The main goal of the project was to design two energy-efficient buildings, therefore both of the museums have a simple and compact shape, with 3 floors of height, in order to reduce the surface area. The volumetric heat transfer coefficient (A/V) is under the requested value 0.30. The museums present an alternation of filled and empty spaces, thhose correspond to different functions: the filled spaces host exhibitions area, offices, storage rooms and facilities; instead the empty spaces are designed to be area of transition and welcome, in fact they correspond to the entrance hall (ticketing, etc) and corridors. The empty spaces are completely glazed and the filled spaces are covered with fiber cement (with a stone pattern) and wooden brise soleil.

Foto-Museum. External View

PREFABRICATED WOODEN ARCHITECTURE SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBORHOOD The project is focused on the development of a residential area in accordance with environmental sustainability criteria. The main goal is to design sustainable buildings with a thermal performance close to being considered passive houses. The multi-storey buildings with four levels are composed of three volumes, the central includes stairs and elevators, in the side volumes there are retail stores on the GF and apartments on the upper levels.

The building material is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Xlam panelâ&#x20AC;? that consists of a minimum of three layers of boards in coniferous wood, mutually intersecting and glued which allows low values of thermal conductivity. The eco-friendly building material and the thermal efficiency in addition to prefabrication with simple connections allows to save money over the building life cycle. The project respects also other green criteria such as low shape factor (the surface area to volume (S/V) ratio), the efficient solar and wind exposure to receive the maximum solar radiation in winter and the lowest in summer, in addition to the right airflow.

Site Plan (Project Area) 1:500

Model floor plan. Residential Building Type

Sunlight December 21

Section A-A (elevations)

Sunlight June 21

Thermal Transmittance: 0,19W/m2K

Floor to Wall joint Thermal Transmittance: 0,13W/m2K

Wall to Wall joint

Thermal Transmittance: 0,26W/m2K

Wall to Intermediate Floor to Wall joint

Thermal Transmittance: 0,32W/m2K Floor panels joint

DETAIL. BALCONY: 1. Ceramic Floor Tiles 10 mm 2. Glue 4 Mm 3. Waterproofing Membran 4 mm 4. Fiber Cement 15 Mm 5. Lath For Slope 1% 50 Mm 6. Cross Laminated Timber (Xlam)140 Mm, 600 mm

DETAIL. LOAD BEARING EXTERNAL WALLS: 1. Lime Plaster 17,5 mm 2. stone wool insulation 120 mm 3. Cross laminated timber (Xlam)120 mm 4. fiberglass insulation 60 mm 5. Gypsum fibreboard 12,5 mm 6. Bitumen-App waterproofing membran. 4+4 mm 7. Stainless Steel Angles (Hold Down) h 406 mm 8. XPS insulation 120 mm, H 600 mm 9. Insulation support metal DETAIL. BASE FLOOR: 10. Ceramic Floor Tiles 11. Lightweight concrete screed 90 mm 12. hydraulic tubing for radiant heating 16 mm 13. Crete-Heat insulated (eps) floor panel. 37 mm 14. Xps Insulation 70 mm 15.Lightweight concrete screed 50 mm 16. Concrete sub floor 100 mm + electrowelded net 17. IglĂš (recycled polypropylene formwork) 450 mm 18. Lightweight concrete 100 mm 19. Bitumen-App waterproofing membran. 4+4 mm 20. Continuous spread footing 21. Shaft for areation f 100 mm 22. Rubber acoustic roll insulation 4mm

7. Plaster Substrates With Fiberglass Insulation And Lightweight Concrete 8. Lime Plaster 17,5 Mm 9. Stainless Steel Parapet 10. Rubber Acoustic Roll Insulation 4mm 11. Self Drilling Screw 12. Stainless Steel Angles

External Perspective View

PRINCE EDWARD MEDICAL CLINIC This project is a renovation of an old three-story building in Toronto, built in the 50s. At the ground floor there are medical offices, at the 1st floor a medical clinic, at the 2nd a dentist office. The main changes were made in the East elevation and in a medical clinic in the 1st floor where the interior space was completed rennovated and to respect the client's request particular attention was paid in the design of the lobby. The proposed east facade appears more modern thanks to the use of the curtain wall and a big flat plane made of colorized metal panels. The new canopy is thinner and more lightweight and it creates a connection with the north facade to emphasize the main entrance. Metal Panel

Bricks

Curtain Wall Spandrel Panel Louvers

Frosted Glass

Perspective North East corner

Proposed Lobby 2nd Floor scale 1:75

NEW VOLUMES IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT TERRACED HOUSES The project of these terraced houses was designed to be placed in Villanova, a historic district in the city of Cagliari. The urban contest is high-density with many terraced houses, often interrupted by multi-functional buildings. Urban lots are long and narrow and the main elevations of houses face the street so they are closed with a few windows. Whereas the opposite facades of the houses face the back court or inner yard. The project area is on the top of a steep slope so one side is open to the East city view, the other side faces the Via San Saturnino, where it is closed by a wall. The concept aims to respect the main features of the contest (narrow and long lots) and the architectural profile line of the wall (its continuity and height) in order not to change the historic perception of this area and not to reduce the solar light. Concept no

ni Via San Satur

West Elevation

Est Elevation

-1 F

scale 1:100

House type

Detail A

Detail B

Section A-A anodized extruded aluminum mullion 50x50x242 mm

extruded aluminum mullion 100x50x305 mm wall

extruded aluminium brise soleil rhomboidal section 200x35 mm stainless steel mullion 5 mm Welded to the panel

Stainless Steel Perforated Metal Sheet (hole f 8 mm) 1280x3300x5 mm, RM Detail A

Detail B

Street view. West Elevation

East Elevation

On the cover: Kasimir Malevich, Dynamic Suprematism. 1916. Oil on Canvas

SIMONE SERRA email: simone.serra1986@gmail.com mobile: +39 347 6587596 (IT)

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