Undergraduate Portfolio by Vincenzo Pisano

U N D E R G R A D U A T E Academic P O projects R T byFVincenzo O L Pisano IO

Introduction | CONTACT INFORMATIONS AND PROJECT INDEX

Contact: Vincenzo Pisano, Student at Università degli studi dell’Aquila (Italy) vincenzopisano90@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincenzo-pisano/

Undergraduate Portfolio | INFOS

INDEX

Undergraduate Portfolio | INDEX

PROJECT 01

PROJECT 02

A SMALL MUSEUM IN Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;AQUILA Page 04

FAMILY HOUSE + ATELIER Page 10

PROJECT 03

PROJECT 04

SOCIAL HOUSING COMPLEX Page 18

6 ROW HOUSES Page 27

2012 | Project 01 | A SMALL MUSEUM IN THE CENTER OF L’AQUILA

A SMALL MUSEUM IN THE CENTER OF L’AQUILA PROJECT OF A SHOWROOM IN THE CASTLE PARK The main Idea was to create something

al volume, made with concrete, which gives

that could dialogate with the historic city,

it a monolitic aspect, as it was an element

but also with the park.

generated from the ground.

The park, in fact host the city castle, a

Other than concrete, I decided to use

The project is a small museum in the city

cinquecentesco spanish fortress, and a

U-glass to make light enter the building, as

center of L’Aquila.

temporary auditorium, designed by Renzo

I think it’s extremely efficent for the needs

The area is located in the park surrounding

Piano aterlier.

of a museum (in terms of light control and

the city castle, and it’s surrounded by two

The language of both the castle and the

privacy) and it also gives the building more

streets for cars and a pedestrian route.

auditorium is based on strong elementary

of an abstract aura, almost as rock with a

The program of the project was to design a

shapes, such as extruded squares, trian-

crystal core exposed in the parts where it’s

museum with two showrooms, one tempo-

gles and other basic geometric elements.

cut.

rary and one permanent.

To interact with the semantics of the build-

A cafeteria functioning indipendently from

ings, but also to design something in har-

the museum and a bookshop also had to

mony with the nature of the park, I decided

be included in the design.

to create a very abstract, almost sculptore-

Subject: Architectural design 2 (3rd year) Professor: Francesco Giancola

2012 | Project 01 | A SMALL MUSEUM IN THE CENTER OF L’AQUILA

A small museum in the center of L’Aquila | PLANIMETRIC VIEWS

2012 | Project 01 | A SMALL MUSEUM IN THE CENTER OF Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;AQUILA

Step 1: The limits od the area are optimized in a triangular shape to optain a regular plan and extrude it vertically. The sides of the prism are parallel to the roads that confine the area of the project.

A small museum in the center of Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Aquila | DIAGRAMS

Step 2: at the projection of Via Zara, a road perpendicular to the area, a breakthrough of the volume occurs. The breakthrough, defines two recessed spaces, that become the two main accesses to the building.

Step 3: Using the same language as Step 2, the shape keeps being sculpted by subtraction, indentifing more negative spaces, that will be used as light sources optimized for the needs of expostion rooms.

Step 4: Final result. The extruded elements on the roof top, as opposed to the subtracted spaces on the facades, define a central core, that organize the space and makes the functional scheme of the museum work.

2012 | Project 01 | A SMALL MUSEUM IN THE CENTER OF L’AQUILA

A small museum in the center of L’Aquila | EXPLODED ISOMETRIC DIAGRAMS

2012 | Project 01 | A SMALL MUSEUM IN THE CENTER OF Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;AQUILA

2011 | Project 02 | FAMILY HOUSE + ATELIER

FAMILY HOUSE + ATELIER DESIGN OF A DETACHED HOUSE WITH AN INTEGRATED PROFESSIONAL STUDIO FOR THE OWNER

ent areas on the site, with different height.

cided to use, consists in the use of surfac-

On the first area, facing the street and at

es. Every area of the project is defined by

the same level as it, I designed the atelier,

surfaces. The main one, which I decided to

The aim of the project is to design a house

and the entrances to the house.

made with stones, to give it more emphasis

in the suburbs of L’Aquila (Italy) for four

On the second area, which is elevated by

and make it easily distinguished from other

people, with an atelier integrated in the

0.5m from the street level, there is the

elements of the design, divide the private

design for the professional activity of the

living area, which is connected to a private

spaces from the public ones, and also acts

house owner. The area of the project is

patio. On the last area, +3.5m from the

as perimeter wall, and opens to indicate

located on a slightly sloped terrain facing

street level, there’s the sleeping area, with

the accessibilty to the house.

east, and it’s surrounded by irregular and

one master bedroom and two double bed-

The secondary surfaces, made with a more

thin urban texture. The only acces to the

rooms. The sleeping area also have an out-

abstract white plane texture, define the

house is from a road on the east side,

door space, which is elevated from the liv-

parts of the house. the difference in mate-

which provides also some outdoor parking

ing area patio and offers more privacy and

rial use gives them a hyerarchy, other than

places for owners and guests.

a better view of the mountains surrounding

making them more abstract and aethereal.

The design consists of creating three differ-

the city. The architectonic language I de-

Subject: Architectural design 1 (2nd year) Professor: Aldo Benedetti

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2011 | Project 02 | FAMILY HOUSE + ATELIER

Family house + atelier | ISOMETRIC VIEW

2011 | Project 02 | FAMILY HOUSE + ATELIER

First Subdivision of the project site in zones to create strategic areas

Family house + atelier | DIAGRAMS

Section operation: Definition of 3 different heights for 3 different destinations

Plan operation: Creation of the main surface that wraps the whole design and separates public from private

Creation of secondary surfaces to define sub-areas

2011 | Project 02 | FAMILY HOUSE + ATELIER

Level 3 (+6.5 m) Roof top

Level 2 (+3.5 m) Sleeping area Double bedroom Double bedroom Master bedroom with private bathroom Bathroom

Level 1 (+0.5 m) Living area Entrance Living room Dining room Kitchen Guestroom with private bathroom Bathroom Level 0 (+0.0 m) Atelier 14

Family house + atelier | EXPLODED DIAGRAM

2011 | Project 02 | FAMILY HOUSE + ATELIER

Family house + atelier | 3D SECTION

2016 | Project 03 | SOCIAL HOUSING COMPLEX

SOCIAL HOUSING COMPLEX A RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX OF THREE STORIES TERRACED HOUSES IN L’AQUILA

Subject: Architectural design 3 (4th year)

Other than residential buildings, there is

White paint was used to define the main

Professor: Sergio Rotondi

a medieval church nearby the site, which

volume of the project, which contains the

I chose to emphatize and respect by not

flats.

placing any building in front of it, and locat-

Wood was used to define public spaces,

The aim of the project is to design a resi-

ing the public park in a way that gives the

going from surfaces of restaurant and

dential complex which also contains a nurs-

church’s main facade more importance.

shops, to benches and other urban furni-

ery, a restaurant, shops, an underground

There are 25 flats, all of them has a CANTI-

ture.

parking area and a small public park for the

NA and a private parking spot.

The stairs volume are made with concrete

neighbourhood.

There are several apartment typologies,

to make it easier to understand the space

The area is in the first suburbs of L’Aquila

that go from a 28 m2 one person apart-

and to guess where the main entrance to

close to the city center, to the train station

ment, to a 100 m2 apartment for 6 people.

the houses are.

and to the highway.

Flats designed for people on wheelchair

It’s surrounded by an irregular but almost

are also included.

saturated texture of residential buildings

I decided to use three materials for the

and it has a slightly slope facing south.

project.

2016 | Project 03 | SOCIAL HOUSING COMPLEX

Social housing complex | ISOMETRIC VIEW

2016 | Project 03 | SOCIAL HOUSING COMPLEX

Step 1: THE SIDE SCENES The first idea is to create two continuous facade on the two main streets that wrap the area, in a logic of opposition to the urban disorder of the surrounding buildings

Social housing complex | DIAGRAMS

Step 2: THE CUT The two volumes get cut to give emphasis to the main facade of the Santâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Antonio church creating an empty space in front of it, which makes it more visible

Step 2: THE ADDICTIONS The two volumes obtained it step 2 get connected to create a whole building, which separates three different outdoor areas, and also create an urban continuity with the two residential buildings nearby

Step 2: THE PASS The volume gets pierced to create a passage that connects the three area previously defined (1,2,3) and create a promenade that finish in a natural landscape view of Roio mountain

Step 2: THE BREAK The continuity of the volume gets interrupted in a position where the ground height of the building meets the height of the street. The interruption also marks the entrance to a pedestrian path.

2016 | Project 03 | SOCIAL HOUSING COMPLEX

Level 3 (+10.0 m) Roof top

Level 2 (+7.0 m) Residential floor 1

Level 1 (+4.0 m) Residential floor 1

Level 0 (+0.0 m) Restaurant/Shops

Level -1 (-3.0 m) Parking

Level -2 (-4.0 m) Nursery 22

Social housing complex | ISOMETRIC VIEW

2016 | Project 01 | SOCIAL HOUSING COMPLEX

Social housing complex | DIAGRAMS

2016 | Project 03 | SOCIAL HOUSING COMPLEX

Residential Nursery Nursery Parking Residential/Public Parking Shops and Restaurant loading zone

2016 | Project 01 | SOCIAL HOUSING COMPLEX

Social housing complex | 3D DIAGRAM

2012 | Project 04 | 6 HOUSES ROW

6 HOUSES ROW A RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX OF THREE STORIES TERRACED HOUSES IN L’AQUILA

levels:

tional areas.

The first level, at street height, has the

For the basament of the complex, there’s

main entrance, a garage for one car (on

a brick texture, which is also used for the

the backside) a storage room and a guest

Fences. For the volume that contains bath-

The aim of the project is to design a row

room. The second floor is dedicated to the

rooms and stairs, there’s a plain white ma-

of terraced houses, without assigning an

living area, with a kitchen, a living room and

terial, while for the living and night spaces I

actual real area to the project.

a big balcony as an extention of the former.

used a wooden slabs texture.

Every house, has a small private courtyard,

The third floor, the night area, has one

The aim of the design was to create some-

on the side of the main entrance, and a

double bedroom and a master bedroom.

thing which could easily be understood

private terrace on top of the building.

Every floor has a bathroom.

even by non-experts. As by observing the

The acceses to the complex are on the two

The architectonical language I decided to

houses, one could guess the different

roads that go bye the long sides.

use for the project plays a lot with differ-

volumes have different functions.

One for the main (pedestrian) access, one

ences and contrasts.

Also, I tried to maximise outdoor spaces,

for the secondary access (garage).

The houses are covered with three differ-

creating as much outdoor walkable surface

The houses are distrubuited on three

ent materials, which define different func-

as possible, for every level of the houses.

Subject: Technical Architecture 1 (3rd year) Professor: Renato Morganti

2012 | Project 04 | 6 HOUSES ROW

6 Houses Row | ISOMETRIC VIEW

2012 | Project 04 | 6 HOUSES ROW

space

6 Houses Row | DIAGRAMS

2012 | Project 02 | 6 HOUSES ROW

Level 3 (+9.0 m) Roof top

Level 2 (+6.0 m) Sleeping area Master bedroom Double bedroom Bathroom

Level 1 (+3.0 m) Living area Living room /dining Kitchen Bathroom

Level 0 (+0.0 m) Entrance Garage Storage Guestroom Bathroom

6 Houses Row | EXPLODED ISOMETRIC VIEW

2012 | Project 04 | 6 HOUSES ROW

2012 | Project 04 | SIX HOUSES ROW

6 Houses Row | PLANS AND SECTIONS

2012 | Project 04 | 6 HOUSES ROW

6 Houses Row | SECTION DETAIL