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Stefano Cassano Architect
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01 Piazza Risorgimento Turin
Existing building blocks are transformed and new shape is given, based on walking paths and side views. The aim is to enhance porosity through the buildings among the nearby streets and plaza, thus creating connections.
Public space is re-shaped along with residential and office zones.
Facade in front of the Piazza is restored with Polycarbonate sliding panels to improve thermal conditions indoor and give new identity to the building.
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Project is conceived as urban catalyst
Isometric view before design proposal
Isometric view after design proposal. New connections are defined
Nord view of design proposal. Void acts as urban catalyst
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Picture of Maquette. Detail of Nord slanted Facade
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Chapel proposal Rwanda
After a dark past, what Rwanda needs today is Unity.
The Chapel proposal reflects a building not just imagined as a place for worship, but mainly as a refuge and home for the people. It does represent indeed fragments of tradition, capable of reviving the community and give people strength and hope.Thus, suspended panels portraying local “Imigongo Art”, reproduce the cover part of the “Agaseke” basket, one of the most traditional objects of the Country and symbol of Peace.
The building is wrapped by diaphanous facade made of wicket panels, that enhances dialogue between inside and outside.
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Sketch of typical Project section with curved “Agaseke” profile
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Typical “Agaseke” Basket Section plane Overall Result
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Emergency Center Sub Saharan Africa
The facility is generated by modular repetition. Each module and the assembly are both represented by a pivotal centre, 4 posts and the courtyard. Sliding panels in-between the structure posts can either separate one space from the other, according to different functions, or be removed to link them. The concept of the centre recalls the spiritual value that some African vernacular villages conveyed. This is reproduced by gathering the modules around a central court where planted trees claim rebirth from crisis.
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Concept of Project Plan
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Main Concept diagram and where the overall shape comes from
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Exploded Axo View of one module (left) and different module configurations according to functions (right)
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H-IEQ Laboratory Turin
This work consists in running Building Performance Simulations on an experimental facility under construction by department of “DENERG” by Politecnico di Torino. Main objective is to assess principal indoor quality aspects according to both thermal and visual comfort. Different solutions on building facade are compared in order to improve discomfort caused by over-heating and excessive daylight.
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Sketch of Laboratory
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of test facility
axo view
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Shading mask with obstruction alone - south orientation
Shading mask with installed shading - south orientation
Shading mask with obstruction alone - east orientation
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Shading mask with installed shading - east orientation
Axo view of laboratory with designed Fixed shading
Deltas °C from Comfort Zone - baseline scenario
Deltas °C from Comfort Zone - fixed shading
Combination of Thermal, daylight and glare for specific point in space - baseline
Combination of Thermal, daylight and glare for specific point in space - fixed shading
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Variation of thermal and daylight ranges according to different case scenarios
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Baseline
Fixed shading
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