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Baunéi
Sardegna, Italia
Border's condition of the small, rural settlement, was the subject of the thesis' studio. The term border meant not only the physical conditions at the edge of the village, but also a situation of decay, where the links between nature and urban areas, which always characterize these settlements, were lost.
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The village of Baunei is characterized by a strong and particular identity, which roots in the steep slope where the village settles on. Poverty, recent crisis' condition, land exploitation, are common ingredients in the region of Sardinia, that lead to bad residential, and urban development . With the project I aimed to propose an architectonic, and urban re-interpretation of the original texture, that would embed a social and economical renewal as well. The qualities of the vernacular features are mixed to the contemporary needs for an economic redevelopment.
The picture is taken from the top of the ridge, the position of the settlement allows natural enlightenment, proximity to water sources and hunting areas, and control over the underlying crops.
Photography was the starting point, the incredible bond between the powerful, and wide natural context, I thought should be the backbone of the design solution. The steep conditions mean a complex network system, e.g. the roads parallel to the slope are the main vehicular axes, whereas the tiny and perpendicular alleys, are the perpendicular connection made in steps.
This create an organism where the public realm become private spontaneously, and where astonishing glimpses pop up in between a dense, and constructed layout. The masses control the land through alternated terraces, steps, and characteristic plan's solutions.
My design had to be related to the existing structure, in order to emphasize the amazing features, that nature gave as a gift.
Altitude
700 mt 0 mt 100mt
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I l l u s t r a t o r
Genesis of "Corte comune"
The historical research conrmed that Baunei expanded inwards compared to , due to the ground complexity, its original boundaries resulting in an overlaying of different historical textures. The spontaneous "sedimentation" of layers, has generated the particular feature, called the , a public Common Courtyard ( Corte Comune) space that neighboring dwellings perceive as their own, and therefore they gradually enclose it via small modications of the existing structure through time. The project aims to reinterpret the precious feature, and thus give the same quality of space.
Communal interest of a relevant public space. a.
b. Spontanous densification intended to "privatize" a public area.
Viewpoints and flows
Nature, compactness, , and courtyards, were marvelous sights all together the ingredients for the rst sketches. The existing context at the edge of the settlement was a mix of casualness, exploitation, and cheap solutions, carelessy designed during the high demand of the 70', and the 80'.
Among the senseless typologies that characterize the edge of Baunei, my concern was to design a strong, iconic intervention, a cohesive project, that demonstrates the possibility to combine the nature and the intervention today, as it was normal at the village's origin.
The program should therefore ts the contemporary needs. The inclination of the project's roofs, contrasts the atness of the newly constructed masses, and above all it deals with the irregularity of the rocky plateau behind.
The program, considering the increasing call for a seasonal tourism, combines the need for dwellings for youngs, with the possibility to host guests (B&B type), also the presence of workshops and labs would allow artisans and farmers to nalize their products, towards a market which involves tourism too.
Chart of typologies
Case study 2
Ground Lv plan 5 mt
Residential Duplex
Workhops, expos, social
[wood beams + glass] facade
Case study 2
First Lv plan 5 mt
Residential Duplex Workhops, expos, social
[wood beams + glass] facade
Case study 2
Upper Lv plan 5 mt
Residential Duplex
Workhops, expos, social
[wood beams + glass] facade
Team work project. The project's area can be an important urban bypass, and a solution of continuity for the important architectonic tissue.
Autocad
Corel Designer | Ai
AllPlan
Cinema4D+VRay
Photoshop
2008|2009
Architectural Composition lab IV
Laboratorio di composizione dell'Architettura IV
The aim of the studio was to embed dwells, ofces, and commercial, within an historical context that nowadays is weak. The morphology of the territory has not been modied, and its architectonic types often don't match their original style, giving as result a lack of consistency, that we planned to solve with The is very important to the area, but our intervention north|south ow because of the old urban texture, that usually generate troublesome car lines, and difculties for the local pedestrians, giving also a noisy and polluted environment. Our goal was to generate a design that matches the original types, together with the more recent one, and to create a social gathering in the shape of a giant, intimate, public courtyard. The decisions were based on the re-interpretation of the existing courtyards, the proportions between masses and voids, the private areas and the public ones. We also wanted to revitalize the quality of the urban form, based on the old-but-good intimacy between courtyard and street, thus private and public. Eventually the north|south ow passes across the lot through a series of terraces and paths that recall the original sizes, while car and heavier trafc are left to other areas. The kitchen garden, a characteristic of the district, has being reinterpreted with semi-public gardens on the ground level, and a semi-private glasshouse below the roof of the southern building.
Urban concept
Project area.
No match with the historic texture.
Proper historic texture. Consistency with the historic texture.
Team work project. Redene voids within the historic tissue of Cagliari, Italy. Autocad
Corel Designer Photoshop
Process of patter's identification. Development of a new pattern.
From the types to the model.
Courtyards
The historic district of Marina, in Cagliari is a dense and compact urban texture with a mixed program; artisans, street food, bars and restaurant, together with the high demand of dwelling from the youth, created the project's program. We developed small, and flexible living units, suitable for cuples and small families, and smaller units for students. The weak illumination of such compact types, has been solved through the design of backyards on shifted levels, whereas we broke the heterogeneity of the lot's elevation via designing an external skin of brisoleil that allows the modulation of light.
Existing courtyards
The interiors, bright, and seemingly simples, are characterized by the use of steel and brushed alluminium, combined to a resin oors, which exible properties well t the dwell program. On the exteriors, the wood is juxtaposed to the rusted metal ( COR-ten) of the , in order to create a desired warm|cold contrast. facade's skin
St. steel eshing 5mm 1
2
Waterproong membrane 4+4 mm
Polyurethane panels 40mm
Vapour barrier 5mm
Light concrete screed slope (4%) max. 45mm
Concrete slab with mesh 40mm
EPS insole 200mm
Plaster 10mm
Alluminium frame, double glass 3
PVC manhole 100mm 4
5
Decking in beech
Light concrete slope (4%) max. 45mm
Waterproof membrane 4+4mm
Concrete slab with mesh 40mm
EPS insole 200mm
Plaster 10mm
Partition "Ecosism" 100mm 6
Concrete sleed 100mm 7
Epoxy resin, coating 25mm (white)
Vertical Garden
9 Metal eshing, and drip irrigation unit
10
8 Existing wall
Hollow metal frame 40mm
Vapor barrier 4+4mm
Florafelt© vertical garden planter
11 Gutter frame edge: galvanized, drain into pt.4
Team work project. The city of Marghera si divided by the duality carachterized by its industrial, polluted port, and its residential side.
Autocad
Corel Designer | Ai
GIS arcmap
Photoshop
A bottom up approach.
Marghera, created as industrial expansion of Venice, nowadays its urbanity is sharply . sliced in two parts Conceived to be the place of work on the port area, and the workers' dwellings on the other side, today the two sides don't comunicate as before. A wide network of abandoned rails, dismissed and polluted industrial zones, and proximity to waters, offer alltogether a potential to invest in the area, and activate a new relationship based on contemporary needs.
The city of Marghera is designed according to the " G a r d e n c i t i e s " i d e a , a n d t o d a y i t s m u l t i c u l t u r a l evironment aska for recreative spaces, workshops, and startups, and of course the connection with the water Finally the division between the port and the city, characterized by the road Fratelli Bandiera, is badly renowned for its criminal life.
Team work project
New scenarios for the Dutch Delta areas
Corel Designer | Ai | Id
GIS arcmap
Photoshop
2013
Delta Landscape
EMU postgraduate master | 2° semester studio
Historical steps
Strijen Oud-Beijerland
The settlements start above, and behind the main dyke. The religious architecture lays protected in the back.
Initial expansion, on the left along and above the dyke, on the right towards inland, following the pattern of the crops.
Expansion still follows the same pattern, on the left it continues until saturation. On the right the new industrial area is placed outside the dyke.
The construction of bigger dams in the region, allows to expand the settlements in areas outside the original dykes.
Problems&opportunities
Strategic typologies
Make
Typical dyke’s settlement
Relation
The study of the historical cartography allowed to understand the dynamics of the settlements in the region of South Holland, and Zeeland, that is strongly inuenced by the presence of the delta. Numerous oods eventually let the Dutch develop the Delta Project, consisting in a system of dams, and dykes, that would protect the region from high tides, storms, and therefore oods. The studio explores different scenarios regarding the future of the area, and how those places could be adapted if there would not be dams anymore. The strategy we pursued with my team, called "back to the nature", foreseen that the big dams on the ocean's side would be re-open again, allowing salty water to ow towards the river
Reconnect
Within the team, my project focused as rst on the study of the local settlements, and how they could be adapted to deal with the water, e.g. with amphibious housing, water-proof ground levels, new dykes' systems. More in detail, the project I developed focused on the bigger scale of the rural area, and how to deal with the presence of salt in the water that would ow inland. The idea was to frame specic areas to store the exceeding water, as in the "room for the water" program, and then to develop a sandy dam, which would separate the brackish water from the fresh one. This dam would embed a program focused on the economical redevelopment of the area through a leisure area, and a botanical park which would have the rare characteristic to show brackish water plants, in front of fresh water ones, in a natural way
Biodiversity
Amphibious
Flood
It gives the age of the polder according to their subsidence, and where water would aim in case of flood.
Within the team, my project focused as rst on the study of the local settlements, and how they could be adapted to deal with the water, e.g. with amphibious housing, water-proof ground levels, new dykes' systems. More in detail, the project I developed focused on the bigger scale of the rural area, and how to deal with the presence of salt in the water that would ow inland. The idea was to frame specic areas to store the exceeding water, as in the "room for the water" program, and then to develop a sandy dam, which would separate the brackish water from the fresh one. This dam would embed a program focused on the economical redevelopment of the area through a leisure area, and a botanical park which would have the rare characteristic to show brackish water plants, in front of fresh water ones, in a natural way
Analysis of existing layers
III Occupation: Oud-Beijerland actual urban morphology
II Infrastructure: System of main dykes, and secondary dykes with roads.
I Ground: recognition of different depth levels.
