TOMMASO FRUGA
PORTFOLIO 2011 | 2019
WORKING EXPERIENCES
12 . 2017 - ongoing
MSA - Matthew Schnepf Architect 150 W 28th Street 10001 - New York, NY www.matthewschnepf.com phone: +1 (917) 574-1614 Junior Architect / Project Manager (19 Months) 205 W 57th Street Residence 10019 - New York 45 Gramercy Park North Residence 10010 - New York Bluprint Office, 234 W 21st Street 10004 - New York 12 E 12th Street Residence 10003 - New York 205 3rd Avenue Residence 10004 - New York
01 . 2017 - 12 . 2017
Studio Datei Nani Via Alcaini 12 24123 - Bergamo, Italy issuu.com/studiodateinani8 phone: +39 035 216032 Junior Architect (12 Months) Ristorante La Posta Via San Lazzaro - 24125 Bergamo Petronilla Hotel Viale V. Veneto - 24120 Bergamo
WORKING EXPERIENCES
09 . 2013 - 07 . 2014
Zvi Hecker Architect Berlin Fehrbelliner Str. 34 10119 - Berlin www. zvihecker. com phone: +49 (0)30 27 59 266 Internship (9 Months) Zvi Hecker presented Architecture: an act of magic (2014) G.A.O.S. Gallery in Ostrava, Czech Republic Assistent and coordinator editorial production Drawing Set, New Police Department Airport Campus Schiphol, Amsterdam (Netherlands, 2013 -14) Competition for the Hungarian Museum of Architecture Budapest (Hungary, 2014) Competition for the Hungarian Museum of Photography Budapest (Hungary, 2014) Competition for the Restoration of the National Photo Gallery Shkodraa (Albania, 2014) - II Price
07 . 2015 - 09 . 2015
Eric Lapierre Experience 168, rue Saint- Maur 75011 - Paris, France www. ericlapierre. com phone: +33 (0) 1 40 18 40 65 Internship (3 Months) Drawing set, Logements Bordeaux Euratlantique Bordeaux (France, 2015) Competition “Scala� on Mendrisio laboratories extension Campus Mendrisio, Switzerland
EDUCATION
Accademia di Architettura, Switzerland
06 . 2015 - 07 . 2017
Master degree in Science of Architecture UniversitĂ della Svizzera Italiana USI - AAM Mendrisio, Switzerland
02 . 2017 - 07 . 2017
Diploma Semester
09 . 2016 - 12 . 2016
Atelier 5 . 1
02 . 2016 - 06 . 2016
Atelier 4 . 2
09 . 2015 - 12 . 2015
Atelier 4 . 1
Prof. Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus Museum der Moderne, Salzburg Prof. Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus Architecture Over Time, Craco Prof. Valerio Olgiati A restaurant under a square, Paris Prof. Frederic Bonnet A train station on Arc River
02 . 2015 - 06 . 2015
Atelier 3 . 2
Prof. Martin Boesch / re-use Urban renovation , Maassilo in Rotterdam 09 . 2014 - 12 . 2014
Atelier 3 . 1
09 . 2012 - 06 . 2013
Atelier 2
09 . 2011 - 06 . 2012
Atelier 1
Made in / Prof. Francois Charbonnet and Patrick Heiz Traces, critical visions in architecture, Naples Prof. Marc Henri Collomb Study on Villa Palladiana, An embassador’s house Housing in Milan Prof. Mario Botta, Prof. Riccardo Blumer Landscapes designed by water Light installations
09 . 2006 - 07 . 2011
Certificate of Secondary Education Liceo Classico Paolo Sarpi, Bergamo, Italy
SKILLS
softwares
Operating Systems Windows | Mac 2D - 3D Vectorworks I Autocad | Revit | Rhinoceros | Sketchup I Cinema 4D Editing and Layout Adobe Photoshop | Illustrator | InDesign I Squarespace Rendering Vectorworks Cinema 4D V-Ray | Maxwell Studio Sketchup V-Ray | Mervelous Design
modeling
Maquettes Poliplat | Cardboard | Paper | Wood Plaster | Concrete | Wax | Stone Plexiglass | Polystyrene | Resin
LANGUAGES
Italian English French German Spanish
Mother Tongue Professional Professional Basic Knowledge Basic Knowledge
TRAINING ACTIVITIES
workshops & collaborations
06. 02 . 2019
Wassaic Project Winter Benefit 2019 Bingo Cards Design and Installation The Invisible Dog Art Center, 51 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
04. 02 . 2018
Wassaic Project Winter Benefit 2018 Bingo Cards Design and Installation The Invisible Dog Art Center, 51 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
03-09 . 09 . 2017
Archiviz 6Days Full-Immersion ‘17 Cinema 4D + V-Ray Intensive Workshop Lucydreams 3D Visualization & Digital Art Via Aosta, 4, 20155 Milano, Italy www.starflyt.com/angeloferretti
11-28 . 07 .2016
EASA ‘16 Training workshop European Architecture Students Assembly Nida, Lithuania www.easa.lt
07 . 2013 - 09 . 2013
Dimore & Design | Villa Terzi Opening Ceremony Casa dell’ Arciprete, 6, 20121 Milano, Italy T. +39.02.724341
04-09 . 09 . 2017
Porto Academy International Architectural Workshop Avenida dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra 307 2º, 4200-189 Porto, Portugal Telephone. +351223177078.
exhibitions
09 . 2017 - 12 . 2017
Museum der Moderne Salzburg, in between memory and contemporaneity Mönchsberg 32, 5020 Salzburg, Austria T +43.(0)662.84 22 20-601
07 . 2013 - 09 . 2013
Basilica Palladiana La città dell’ architettura Piazza Dei Signori, 36100 Vicenza, Italy +39 0444 222811
03 . 2011 - 09 . 2011
Triennale di Milano Wondering as an exercise Viale Alemagna, 6, 20121 Milano, Italy T. +39.02.724341
publications & lectures
06 . 2017
Domus Italia | Atelier Aires Mateus Issue n. 1014 www.domusweb.it/issues T. +39.02.824721
07 . 2013 - 09 . 2013
Dimore & Design | Villa Terzi Opening Ceremony Casa dell’ Arciprete, 6, 20121 Milano, Italy T. +39.02.724341
INTERNSHIP
BACHELOR DEGREE
Zvi Hecker Architect
Accademia di Mendrisio
Berlin
AAM I
AAM II
Atelier M. Botta & R. Blumer Stone sculptures Reflections on Light
Triennale Milano Exhibition Wondering as an exercise
2011
2012
Universita della Svizzera Italiana
AAM II
AAM III
Atelier M. Collomb
Atelier M. Collomb
Competition II Price
Study on Palladio House for an embassador
Nine corner sites Housing in Milan
Exhibition space in Albania
Porto Academy
Exhibition in Vicenza
Vernissage in Berlin
Workshop
La cittĂ della architettura
Architecture An act of magic
2013
Atelier Made In Behavioural Traces Staging in Architecture
2014
AAM III
Atelier M. Boesch Industrial Re-use Rotterdam
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INTERNSHIP
Eric La Pierre Architect Paris
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AAM IV
Atelier F. Bonnet Agrocity Marseille Une gare sur l’Arc
AAM IV
JUNIOR ARCHITECT
JUNIOR ARCHITECT
Accademia di Mendrisio
Studio Datei Nani
Matthew Schnepf Architect
Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Bergamo
AAM V
Atelier V. Olgiati Motto: Restaurant Restaurant under a square
MASTER DEGREE
Atelier Aires Mateus Architecture over time A tower as a ruin
EASA Workshop Lituania
Domus Italia Publication
Living Boom Installation
Exhibition Craco Italia
2016
New York
PROJECT MANAGER
AAM V
Diploma Aires Mateus
TM Residence
Matthew Schnepf Architect
Museum der Moderne Salzburg
The Osbourne New York
New York
Salzburg Exhibition
Bluprint Office
GG Residence
Exhibition Museum der Moderne Salzburg
The Osbourne New York
12 E 12th St New York
2017
2018
2019
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TM RESIDENCE
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Junior Architect | MSA II
BLUPRINT OFFICE
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Junior Architect | MSA III
WPWB INSTALLATION
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Graphic Designer | MSA VI
MUSEUM DER MODERNE | DIPLOMA PROJECT
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Atelier Aires Mateus | AAM 2017 V
RESTAURANT UNDER A SQUARE
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Atelier Valerio Olgiati | AAM 2016 VI
TRAIN STATION ON ARC RIVER Atelier Frederic Bonnet | AAM 2015
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TM RESIDENCE Junior Architect at MSA The Osborne, New York City
MSA in collaboration with Selldorf Architects redesigned the refurbishment, the extension and the interiors of a magazine editor and gallerist’s family apartment located in Manhattan’s historic Osborne apartment building. Known for its richly embellished lobby and varicolored mosaic-tiled and marble walls and floors, the 1885 mid-rise provided inspiration for the design and allowed for an elegant balance between the building’s traditional style and modern sensibilities. Unique architectural elements in the apartment were restored to their original condition, including the parquet floors, leaded-glass windows, geometric transoms, intricately carved moldings, and the fireplaces. Vibrant hues extracted from the jewel-toned mosaic tiles of the original fireplaces inspired colors seen across the 14-ft ceiling living spaces, dining area and kitchen. Contemporary art throughout the entire apartment is in balance with the understated white walls that offer a backdrop to the art and furniture.
BLUPRINT OFFICE Junior Architect at MSA Chelsea, New York City
Bluprint is an advertising and brand identity restyling company located in the heart of Chelsea. The challenge in this project was linked to the necessity of rearranging the existing 80’s office layout to a more contemporary , flexible and clean spatial environment. Our intervention has aimed to create an open space office arranged around an high cabinetry element that creates a hierarchy between the main working space, the staircase, the restrooms, the kitchen and the dining area. The meeting room situated towards the eastern wall has been designed in order to be visually continuous with the main space, but also acoustically insulated through the use of a detailed glass partition. The fresh and neat furniture, furnishing and fixtures reflect the office young and dynamic approach.
WPWB INSTALLATION Graphic Designer at MSA Winter 2018-2019
Year after year MSA has been asked to design and realize the tombola cards draft and installation at the Wassaic Project Winter Benefit. The event is a way to the Wassaic Project resident artists to exhibit and sell their art pieces. For the 2018 and 2019 I had a personal collaboration with the artist and organizers in the making of the bingo cards installation. A common graphic inspiration for both the editions came to me by the interest in generating an optical illusion in order to provide a 3D effect through a merely graphical way. The 2018 WPWB installation is a variation on the trompe l’oeil artifice, whose inspiration comes from the key displaying shelves in Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel. Every card is in fact the key to receive the actual artwork price. In the 2019 installation I explored the augmented 3D effect through the use of mirrored squared cards, precisely designed and etched by laser to obtain multiple reflections. As waves in the water, also the font wants to increase the effect, inspired by Lance Wyman’s Mexico ‘68 style.
MUSEUM DER MODERNE Diploma Studio: Aires Mateus Salzburg Monschsberg
Through a geometric and rational principle, already dear to the planning of the baroque garden, the project arises as an artificialelement that you stand as a horizontal line on the hilly topography of the site. If seen from the city’s historic center, situated at a height of more than 60 meters at the foot of the MÜnchsberg, it represents an ideal crowning to the anthropic and natural stratigraphy of the heights. The plate containing the exhibition spaces and the foyer of the museum is supported on the underlying topography, highlighting a suspended, monomateric and impenetrable facade from the outside which contrasts with the introspective character of the two inner courtyards. These voids represent the threshold between nature and artifice and give the building a visual permeability, valued by its horizontal character. A confident construction that presents the weight and density of its task which, in parallel, show the attraction of a void yet to inhabit. It is a building that in its isolation, opens itself to the world. The structure is articulated by a large beam-wall pattern containing service and display storage areas. The large spaces created by the structural texture are flexible and can therefore be further divided and reorganized in relation to the exhibitions from time to time provided.
RESTAURANT UNDER A SQUARE Design Studio: Valerio Olgiati Place du Palais Royal, Paris
Since the ancient times, the ritual of feeding on is strictly connected to other aspects that are not directly involved with the simple taste of food. In a restaurant, what is sold is more than simple food, it is an olistic performance. A restaurant is a stage. The duality of front and back scene, the sense of catharsis proper of theatrical art, synonym of restoration, and the influence of appearance are transforming the primitive ritual of collective eating. Famous restaurants are today similar to arenas in which we play a mise-en-scene of our lifestyles. The restaurant transforms the square into the gigantic foyer of a mysterious place, beneath it. The public link to the hidden restaurant is given by a ramp that runs through the dept of the ground to finally reach the underground space. Through a continuous slope in the ground, the guests experience a catharsis, losing their sense of orientation and perception of the underground space.
TRAIN STATION IN PROVENCE Design Studio: Frederic Bonnet Marseille Agrocity
The structure of the station has been designed in horizontal according to the lenght of the trains and the landscape issues. It is composed by two lines of pre-casted and post-assemblied on site concrete arches that contain functional facilities, such as ticket service and small cafeteria and a botanical garden. This garden runs through all the lenght of the station and is populated by local plants, such as nympheas and the typical Provence dry vegetation. The internal greenhouses contain then pluvial or desertic trees, taking light directly from the roof openings. These spaces are insulated from the noise and low temperature during winter. The attention towards designing not only a functional infrastructure, but also a public natural space answers to the necessity of not conceiving the infrastructure as a “non lieu�, but also as a protected spot to stay and relax, contemplating the landscape.
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thanks for your time merci pour votre temps vielen dank für ihre zeit gracias por tu tiempo grazie per il vostro tempo お時間をありがとう Dipl. Arch. Tommaso Fruga +1 (929) 405-5987 tommaso.fruga@gmail.com