Architecture
PORTFOLIO
2011-2013
Valentina Coppo
These working experiences, together with my international career in Italian and Dutch Universities, occurred to develop around me a stimulating atmosphere, I ‘m a young architect and urban planner.
which helped to create my personal and
Originally from Italy,
positive approach to architecture.
I am graduated
Master Degree in Architecture (Construc-
I ‘m a solar and efficient person, with a
tion) at Politecnico di Torino, Italy.
strong passion in travelling and an expres-
I completed my academic career in Febru-
sive desire to learn and improve my per-
ary 2012, with a Master Thesis developed
sonal skills.
at TUDelft University of Technology.
Thought my freelance activity, I practise
I believe that my Master course provided
daily my communication skills and I deal
me the necessary knowledge and archi-
with clients on regular basis.
tectural skills for my future and thereby, it
Until November 2013, I have been col-
provided me with an optimum background
laborating with the urban design firm -Ur-
to enter in this field and achieve a suc-
hahn Urban Design- as assistant designer
cessful career.
and architectural expert.
During the past two years I have been attending different internships
and col-
At the present,
I am
looking for new
laborations with Italian, Swiss and Dutch
opportunities to develop my professional
architecture firms.
career with joy, inspiration and passion.
CURRICULUM VITAE CONTACT DETAILS NAME Valentina Coppo DATE OF BIRTH 03/09/1985
ACHIEVEMENTS MASTER MA Faculty of Architecture DEGREE POLITECNICO DI TORINO
NATIONALITY Italian
Department of Architecture and
ADDRESS Gezeunkade 54/ 1056 KN Amsterdam
Construction 106/110 BACHELOR BA Faculty of Architecture DEGREE POLITECNICO DI TORINO
EMAIL valent.coppo@gmail.com
Department of Science of Architecture
CONTACT +31626428459
100/110
EDUCATION 2009 - 2012 Master of Architecture (Construction) Politecnico di Torino 2011-2012
Final project: “Renewal of the ex-industrial area Hammerstraat De Overkant, a new Hybrid building for Amsterdam North” Faculty of Architecture TUDelft
2009-2010
Erasmus programme at TU Delft
2004 - 2008 Bachelor of Science of Architecture Faculty of Architecture Politecnico di Torino
PREVIOUS POSITION URHAN URBAN DESIGN www.urhahnurbandesign.com
DATE 01/2013 - 11/ 2013 ROLE Urban Design assistant and graphical responsable LOCATION Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SOFTWARE SKILLS 2D/3D
AutoCad, Sketchup, Rhinoceros
I LOVE ARCHITECTURE www.ila.nl
ADOBE
Creative Suite
DATE 09/2012 - 11/2012
RENDER
V-Ray, Maxwell
ROLE Interior design assistant recreational/hospi-
MICROSOFT MISC
Office Suite Ecotec, Dialux (light planning)
tality/ residences for private clients LOCATION Amsterdam, The Netherlands AMBER+ www.amberplus.com DATE 05/2012 - 08/2012
LANGUAGE SKILLS
ROLE Urban design assistant and research LOCATION Milan, Italy
ITALIAN
Native
ENGLISH
Fluent
SPANISH
Fluent
DATE 01/2011 - Present
FRENCH
Basic
ROLE Freelance visualisations
DUTCH
Basic (level A2- currently studying)
ARCADIA ARREDAMENTI
LOCATION Turin, Italy
SLIK ARCHITEKTEN www.slik.ch DATE 09/2010 - 01/2011 ROLE Urban design/architecture assistant. LOCATION Zurich, Switzerland
SELECTED WORKS INDEX 01
‘HASSELT WATERPLAN’ “Blue Boulevard”
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Location ‘Hasselt , Belgium’
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‘AMSTELVEEN A9 SCENARIOS’
Location ‘Gdynia, Poland’
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Location ‘Amstelveen, The Netherlands’
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‘SPACE-S IN STRIJP-S’
‘MARRIOTT HOTEL DESIGN’
‘PASTA BEACH RESTAURANT’ Location ‘Newport , Rhode Island’
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Location ‘Eindhoven, The Netherlands’
‘HYBRID BUILDING :RENEWAL OF AN EX INDUSTRIAL AREA’ Master thesis Graduation project
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‘OOSTENBURG MASTERPLAN’
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Location ‘Amsterdam, The Netherlands’
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‘BARRY FARM MASTERPLAN’
Location ‘Andermaat , Switzerland’
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Location ‘Washington, USA’
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‘ZACHARIAS JANSENSTRAAT’ Location ‘Amsterdam, The Netherlands’
‘LUXURY TURISTIC COMPLEX ’
‘RIETVELD RETROFIT PROJECT’ Location ‘Utrecht, country’
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‘INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION WIPKINGERPLATZ’ Location ‘Zurich ,Switzerland’
HASSELT WATERPLAN in colaboration with URHAHN URBAN DESIGN
The city of Hasselt is the initiator of the
rounding developments enhanced by the
project “Blue Boulevard� for the devel-
use and design of the water.
opment of housing, business promises
The waterfront being interpretated as ad-
and inspiring public space
diction to the distinctive living environ-
around the
Kanaalkom which surrounds the city.
ments, bringing lively program with a fo-
The city of Hasselt defined, togheter
cus on summer and winter use, a program
with Urhahn Urban Design, the principal
really part of the city life .
for the design and the ambitions for the
The Blue Boulevard has being eleborated
public space layout and the water plan:
in three areas with a distinctive character:
working towards an attractive and varied
the head of the harbor and the both banks
touristic area which will contributes to the
. In all three cases the water comes to
local economy and the appearance of ur-
rest freely and becomes part of the public
ban framework.
space.
A Waterfront which reacts to the new city, not only do the features and spaces on each other, also to the qualities of the sur-
location: HASSELT (BELGIUM) design role: VISUALIZATION responsable year: 2013
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AMSTELVEEN A9 SCENARIOS OF DEVELOPMENT in colaboration with URHAHN URBAN DESIGN
Image published on
THE VOLKSKRANT
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The municipality of Amstelveen and
With these scenarios the municipal-
Rijkswaterstaat (Ministry of Infra-
ity aims made important choices for
structure and Environment) works
the urban development (traditional or
since the summer of 2012 for an alter-
metropolitan, spread out or concen-
native design to the Amstelveen trace
trated).
portion of the Highway Schiphol- Am-
been commissioned to work on the
sterdam- Almere ( A9 ).The A9 high-
integral area vision for the A9 zone:
way will be transformed into an tun-
keys assumptions for this design al-
nel, thereby opening up the unique
ternative are a substantial attention to
chance tob ring the two parts of the
the environment and a meeting con-
city of Amstelveen together. Urhahn
nection for the fragmentated urban
Urban Design had drawn up various
layout.
scenarios for the development of this central zone.
Urhahn Urban Design has
The design process involves three areas where the integration of the A9 to the urban frame will bring the biggest change leads to the adjacent: as a link between neighborhoods, as new conquestpublic space, as a provision for sports, education and entertainment and last but not least, as a contribution to a better environment .
location: AMSTELVEEN (NETHERLANDS) design role: 2D drawings, 3D modelling, VISUALIZATION responsable year: 2013
DESIGN PRINCIPLES
Across the block,route for pedestrians
Courts views to Strijp-S.
Variety of outdoor areas: green,stone, play and relax.
Entrances as more than functional access
In the facade line no dense wall arises.
Basicfloor with fixed riser and flexible layout based on a grid of 3.9 meters
Arises Clearly different in the tradi-
The building height varies from 64
Public/ private ground floor dialectic
tion of industrial buildings
Hierarchy of public spaces
Ground floor circulation for visitors
Ground floor programma retail/ residential
SPACE-S IN STRIJP-S EINDHOVEN in colaboration with URHAHN URBAN DESIGN
The way to make a plan is still rela-
to develope its future community. It
tively unexplored?
appears more and more an important
Residents can still make no urban
catch : through joint design sessions
plan? Maybe they don’t have
a di-
and a lively Facebook page, the plan-
dactical background, but they know
ning process shares ideas between
very well what they expect from their
experts and future residents.
environment, because everyone lived
Suddently it becomes clear which
somewhere and know what works or
ideas are worn by many people, and
not.
which are less important.
Urhahn urban Design togheter with Woonbedrijf ,set up a process in which residents had on the design a huge influence. A complex that has been developed with the residents is closer to the residential demand, and during the design, the complex is able
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location: EINDHOVEN (NETHERLANDS) design role: concept, 3D modelling, VISUALIZATION responsable year: 2013
OOSTENBURG MASTERPLAN in colaboration with URHAHN URBAN DESIGN
The Amsterdam inner city has a ratio
strongly and constructively intend to
of living-working of about 1:1, which
make use of the entrepreneurial back-
results to be a proven combination
ground of the site.
that leads to urbanity, vitality and a
In this developing process every-
beloved city. The Oostenburg area, a
one who wished to take part in the
former ex-harbour area of the East In-
“building up� of a new metropolitan
die Company until recently been used
area, waswelcome and interpretated
by industrial companies as Stork, is lo-
as new potential entrepreneur. Both
cated in the inner core of the city of
residents and companies were invited
Amsterdam.
to realize their dreams in this unique
The future of this working area will
- and non yet used- part of the city
soon be opened up to a more urban
centre. The plan provides for small
and mixed use profile.
grain plots and gradual development,
Urhahn Urban Design made up a plan
thus giving shape to the principles of
for the owner of the area (Dutch hous-
the spontaneous city.
ing
association
Stadgenoot)which
wat heerlijk wonen hier!
zaken afspreken
veilig spelen op de autovrije kade
fietsen naar werk
vanuit het hotel je bent zo op Schiphol Ons bedrijf past hier perfect eindelijk een kantoorruimte die past bij onze manier van werken
jazz on the docks
werken aan de Werf
mijn nieuwe appartement met fenomenaal uitzicht!
lekker geborreld aan de Bontiusplein
makkelijk laden en lossen en parkeren
buurtbarbecue in gemeenschappelijke tuin
leuk met de kinderen te gaan wandelen
winklen in de vangendt hallen ik loop elke dag een rondje Oostenburg
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mijn laatste artikel gaat over de stadswerf kantoor aan huis
location: Oostelijke Eilanden AMSTERDAM (NETHERLANDS) design role: concept, 2D drawings, FSI calculation, VISUALIZATION and MAQUETTE responsable year: 2013
BARRY FARM WASHINGTON COMPETITION in colaboration with URHAHN URBAN DESIGN GO DUTCH CONSORTIUM
The GoDutch consortium is a multi-
GoDutch has produced its first com-
disciplinary partnership consists of 7
prehensive project design for the
different Dutch companies specialized
neighbourhood of ‘Barry Farm‘ in
in urban design, architecture, urban
Washington DC.
landscape and social interventions, which includes also Urhahn Urban De-
Commissioned by ‘The Community
sign.
Builders’, a large organisation in social housing development and in close collaboration with a local partner, GoDutch handed in a RFP entry for approximately 1200 units and different amenities for ‘Barry Farm’. Sustainability has been
the central
theme of the physical, social- cultural and economical aspects of the design with which the plan meets the high ambitions of the city for a sustainable future.
location: WASHINGTON DC (USA) design role: concept desing, 2D drawings, 3D modelling, graphic and VISUALIZATION responsable year: 2013
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ZACHARIAS JANSESTRAAT INTERIOR DESIGN in colaboration with ILA ILOVEARCHITECTURE
In order to meet
the demands of
ing the possibility of opening or clos-
the client, the main programme for
ing the singular spaces with a system
this interior renovation project for a
of sliding wood doors incorporated in
private apartment in Amsterdam was
the existing storage core.
“meer ruimte, meer licht”, “ more
The new materials and the new furni-
space, more light”.
ture has been chosen to give a fresh
The client requested a brighter and
and new impression of the apartment,
more open space whith extra-storage
without bluring the cozy atmosphere
space without addition of new furni-
created by the family.
ture. To solve this requirements, we manage to open the ground floor and
location: AMSTERDAM (NETHERLANDS) design role: CONCEPT design, 2D drawings, 3D modelling, VISUALIZATION responsable year: 2012
create a light ambient of a kitchen, a living room and a study room, offer-
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MARRIOTT HOTELS DESIGN GDYNIA in colaboration with ILA ILOVEARCHITECTURE
With I Love architecture studio we
with the design principles carried on
developed a series of interior pro-
by the hotel chains.
posal for the new construction hotels
The design was actually still in devel-
planned by Marriott Chain in Amster-
opment, figuring out as a result of
dam Atlas Arena (Netherland) and in
combination between the standars re-
Gdynia (Poland).
quested by the client, and the “dutch
The projects focus on a new luxury
touch� implemented by the ila archi-
interior design for the lobby area, bar
tectural firm.
area and restaurant puclic area linked location: GDYNIA (POLAND) design role: CONCEPT design, 2D drawings, 3D modelling, VISUALIZATION responsable year: 2012
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PASTA BEACH RESTAURANT INTERIOR DESIGN in colaboration with ARCADIA Arredamenti
The project “ Pasta Beach” is related
Rhode Island, United States.
to my freelancer activity as graphic
The project for the second restaurant
visualizer wich take place since 2011.
of the chain, took place in Newport
Pasta Beach is a brand new restau-
and required the reconversion and
rant chain which is developing and
the renovation of an old residential
growing its potential in the state of
building. The project included the realization of an extension “ box” for the future lounge bar area linked with the restaurant activity. The concept for the design requested a cosy and intimate atmospehere in contrast with the dynamics present in the main facade towards the restaurant activity. This drawings have been provided and approved by the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission.
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location: NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND (USA) design role: VISUALIZATION responsable year: 2012
HYBRID BUILDING RENEWAL OF INDUSTRIAL AREA DE OVERKANT MASTER THESIS PROJECT AT POLITECNICO DI TORINO/TUDELFT The Master thesis project developes
DESIGN PRINCIPLES
the idea of an new hybrid platform on the north shore of the Ij river in
PLAN: voxeled disposition of stripes
Amsterdam. The new addition of public functions is seen as a catalyst of urban renewal and the starting point for the realisation of a new urban waterfront.
SECTION: folding action with control
The modelling of the new functional
points based on a 3D grid
stripes is dued to a lecture the actual PULL UP densification/ hybrid
morphology of the site and his connection fluxes. The result is a hybrid platform, open
DIAGONAL FOLD
presence of flux
to the existing neighborood, in which is developed the function of a new
PULL DOWN
public primary school.
presence of water
The result is a hybrid platform, open to the existing neighborood, in which
ENCLOSE
is developed the function of a new public primary school.
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multiple presence of fluxes
harbour + parking
education + facilities
education + library
storages
auditorium + market hall
leisure +sport facilities
location: AMSTERDAM NORTH (NETHERLANDS) Master THESIS PROJECT year: 2012
LUXURY TURISTIC COMPLEX IN ANDERMAAT in colaboration with SLIK ARCHITEKTEN
The project of the Egyptian investor Samih Sawiris for a new tourist resort in Andermatt is an opportunity to upgrade a stagnant Alpine region in central Switzerland sustained by new tourism uses. All houses are characterized by a specific interpretation of contemporary alpine housing typologies and combine traditional materialization modern building technology and flexible floor plans high standard. The relatively high density and small distances between buildings, required an organization of housing which allows a good exposure while protecting the privacy of residents. These requirements have been worn by different measures in the plan and placement of openings bill. location: ANDERMAAT Kanton URI (SWITZERLAND) design role: 3D modelling, VISUALIZATION responsable year: 2011
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‘RIETVELD RETROFIT PROJECT’ RENOVATION in colaboration with SLIK ARCHITEKTEN URBAN THINK TANK
The Robijnhof complex located in the
plug in to the existing housing units:
area of Hoograven, Utrecht, was de-
new building systems and spaces
signed in the 50’s by Gerrit Rietveld.
were then inserted into each apart-
Recently, many of the buildings in the
ment from these units - building in-
district of Hoograven, including the
frastructure, kitchen unit, bathroom,
Robijnhof, have been declared unfit
expanded living space, and expanded
for continued use.
bedroom space.
The goal of the Rietveld Retrofit
Each unit was attached to new ex-
project was to address the immediate problems facing the physical structure of the buildings while preserving
terior circulation, providing simpler
the social fabric and revitalizing the
access to each unit. This process of
neighborhood with additional living
minimal change for maximum impact
space, public amenities, and program.
would have allowed each family to
The project took the form of a series
remain in their apartment for the ma-
of prefabricated prototype units that
jority of the renovation.
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location: UTRECHT (NETHERLANDS) design role: DESIGN CONCEPT, 2D drawing, 3D modelling, site check,graphic and VISUALIZATION responsable year: 2011
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION RESIDENTIAL AND OFFICE BUILDING in colaboration with SLIK ARCHITEKTEN
The site on Wipkingen Platz is located
The projected building line up along
in a very exposed situation: the urban
the Hรถnggerstrasse and comes out
planning that has dominated here in
with a distinctive head volume insur-
recent decades was mainly concen-
ance, with a uniform, transparent and
trated in transport infrastructure.
high quality glass facade.
The new development aim is a high
The programme of the intervention
level of urban spatial presence which
differs from the office function to the
should define the Wipkingerplatz and
residential functions.
link it to the south/east towards urban location: ZURICH (SWITZERLAND) design role: DESIGN CONCEPT, 2D drawing, 3D modelling, site check, graphic and VISUALIZATION responsable year: 2011
site.
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CONTACTS valent.coppo@gmail.com +31626428459