Port Folio 2020
Vittorio Domanda Via Sebastiano Beato Valfrè, 4 10121 Torino TO
I am a motivated 21-years-old architecture student of the Young Talent Project of the Politecnico di Torino. I have always loved football and sports culture, rivalry and confrontation, challenge and victory. I am really keen on travels and unusual experiences and I have always liked to go beyond my limits and my possibilities, understanding my personality and my ideas.
Contacts
Languages
Phone number: +393342344284
Italian
Mother tongue
Email: vittoriodomanda@gmail.com
English
C2 - IELTS 8.0 / 9.0
Major skills Revit
Autocad
Photoshop
Illustrator
Enscape
3ds Max
Sketchup
InDesign
Office
V-Ray
Vuforia Unity
Experiences 2019 - present 2014 - 2017
Participation in Young Talent Project - Politecnico di Torino Volunteering for “Associazione di Volontariato Don Bosco 2000” at Valdocco Oratory
Education 2018 - present 2013 - 2018
Politecnico di Torino - Faculty of Architecture - Turin
Current average mark: 28.64/30
Liceo Classico Statale Massimo D’Azeglio - Turin
Graduation mark: 93/100
Course
CFU
Grade
Date
Atelier CittĂ e Territorio A
14
29
23/01/2020
Atelier Costruzione E
18
28
18/06/2020
Atelier Fondamenti di Progettazione B
6
27
18/06/2019
Comprendere l'ambiente e il clima - Talenti
3
Passed
21/01/2020
Cultura e fondamenti di Tecnologia dell'architettura
8
26
20/07/2019
Fisica tecnica ambientale
10
30
09/07/2020
Istituzioni di matematiche
8
30 cum laude
30/01/2019
Laboratorio di disegno e rilievo dell'architettura
12
28
26/06/2019
Laboratorio di geomatica per la modellazione dell'architettura
6
28
04/02/2020
Lingua inglese I livello
3
Passed (IELTS 8.0)
07/11/2020
Morfologia e concezione delle strutture
8
27
04/07/2019
Scienza e tecnologia dei materiali
6
30 cum laude
16/07/2020
Storia dell'architettura contemporanea
6
29
20/02/2019
Storia dell'architettura moderna
6
30
17/02/2020
Tecniche della rappresentazione digitale
6
30
26/06/2020
Urbanistica
8
30
25/06/2019
Index
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Memory Garden P. 6
Conceptual and graphic work that analyzes the design process of Centro BotĂŹn.
Germagnano 2.3 P. 10
Urban and architectural project which deals with the topic of requalification.
Octa-Home P. 18
Ideal design for a 60m2 flat with a temporary tourist residential function.
InValley P. 22
Architectural project set in the mountain environment of Sauze d’Oulx.
The Memory Garden is a conceptual and ideal work based on the analysis of one of Renzo Piano’s masterpieces, the Centro Botìn at Santander (Spain). The task of the work is a graphic description of the project using the famous mnemonic technique of the “memory palace”. In particular, it consists of an ancient method used to remember different parts of a speech, referring them to individual rooms of an imaginary building. In this case, the archetypal shape of the memory palace is a Chinese garden, the Humble Administrator’s Garden (Suzhou). The diagram is divided into six different and various “rooms” to achieve a complete description of Centro Botìn. The first two rooms show the transition from the ruined condition of the
pre-existence (room 1) to the beginning of the project (room 2), where the main pathway starts. Then, room 3 displays the strong relationship between the project and the water and the sunlight, key points of Renzo Piano’s design process. After that, rooms 4 and 5 show the interactions between the designers and Santander‘s community, which culminate firstly with a formative debate and secondly with a public contract. In the end, the Chinese temple in room 6 represents the completion of the complex. In addition to this, there are many unusual obstacles along the pathway, portrayed with their consequences too. All these obstacles represent real unexpected events which occurred during Renzo Piano’s design processes of Centro Botìn.
Memory Garden
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Pre-existence
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Requalification
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During the construction of the building, a mistake in the project’s measures causes the rise of a topographic problem.
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The structure is situated in a position displaced from the first project’s hypothesis.
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Sunlight and water
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The use of prototypes for the facade of the building requires structural checks and a detailed analysis of the stresses which affect the structure.
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Deadlines’ extension of the completion of the two architectures.
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Presence in the background of the site of some residential buildings which ruin the perspective view of the final project. Insertion of vegetation in the site which gets incorporated in the urban context, making a homogeneous background for the architecture.
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Debate
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The project cuts the continuity of the urban context connecting with the city centre.
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A contract is announced for the construction of a tunnel, which aims to create a link between the city and the new structure.
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Centro Botìn
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Germagnano 2.3
Germagnano 2.3 is an urban and architectural project based on the requalification of a large industrial production plant. It takes place at Germagnano, one of the most popular and attractive towns located in the Lanzo Valley, a very unusual rural area which has recently entered the National Strategy for the “Aree Interne�. The ex Germagnano’s paper mill represents a remarkable preexistence for this work, a fundamental icon for the valley itself and for its productive activities, which have always given work to all the community. The maintenance and the re-functionalization of the whole complex were two essential and significant themes of the project, looking for the conversion of it from the industrial and productive function to the coliving and coworking dimension.
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Lot 2
The project site, represented by the ex Germagnano’s paper mill, is the fulcrum of a new forward-thinking masterplan. It includes a modern secondary school, a parking area, a health centre, a multifunctional structure, a wide apartment block right on the right of the main street of the city and a coworking area. In particular, the project focuses on the coworking and coliving structures, which are called respectively “lot 2” and “lot 3” in memory of the territorial subdivision of the pre-existence. These two architectures are related to each other thanks to a large square which let people enter this designed context directly from the street. Both structures are characterized by two floors and by a variety of different spaces. Also, they have got multiple common areas on the ground floor, reserving individual locals and productive/housing functions on the upper floor.
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Lot 3
Ground floor
First floor
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In the end, the Lot 3 process of modelling ends with the physical connection between the pre-existing wooden roof and the new modern walls. The
wonderful roof is preserved for its very interesting structure, which reminds the inhabitants of the apartments of the historicity of the place.
After the first extrusion, the second negative extrusion shapes the useful common spaces, also delimiting the position of the stairs and the
lift. Secondly, this process allows identifying the location of the apartments, which are all turned towards the south and the beautiful landscape.
The first design process positive extrusion from bottom to the top of building. This action the maximum height of
is a the the sets the
architecture and the maximum volume occupied by it. Also, it highlights the importance of the concrete pillars, which are at the centre of the structure.
The Lot 3 project rises on a not really valuable pre-existence. However, it preserves two fundamental elements of the previous construction, which
are the medium-sized pillars and the roof. In this modern architecture, the ancient pillars are used as key points of the new compositional order.
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The impressive concrete roofing plays a crucial role in these architectures, giving a sense of vitality and dynamism to the square right at the centre of the basement.
Thanks to some different operations, the complex adapts itself to the sunlight coming from the south, giving excellent exposure to individual and common spaces.
The first process of extrusion allows identifying the two main buildings and the wide elevated square between them, meeting place for workers and students coming from the library.
The Lot 2 project is based on a pre-existing concrete basement. It is linked with the square’s floor with two different types of stairs, both modelled from the basement itself.
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The Octa-Home project is the result of an individual ideal design experience about the topic of housing. This work reflects the importance of homes and private spaces, especially during the pandemic situation. In this particular case, the house is a flat that represents a temporary tourist residence, which could be used in every type of environment and in repetition with modules of the same size, geometry and orientation. Its compositional order is obtained through the combination of 2+2 octagons, which differ only in one direction. In fact, the octagon is the fundamental elementary geometric shape on which the different spaces are arranged. The project is based on some essential rules, which aim to create a tiny home that would
host 4 people. In fact, there are two individual rooms inside the apartment, each one equipped with a private bathroom. The flat itself does not exceed 60 square meters of surface (excluding balconies) and provides a large common space which cuts diagonally the entire apartment and surrounds the two rooms. Also, the flat is equipped with two balconies and a kitchen, enabling the guests to have breakfast, lunch and even dinner at home. The diagonal allows identifying the compositional fulcrum as a path, which leads the guests from the entrance to the balcony (supposed to be on the west, facing the sunset). However, the diagonal is connected to the two balconies, going from one side of the flat to the other.
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The common area, represented by the diagonal, is a single open space and contains two different rooms: the kitchen and the living room. The first one is supposed to face the north, in order to get the maximum exposure to sunlight during the morning. On the other hand, the living room is supposed to
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face the south, so that people can enjoy a beautiful view of the sunset both inside or on the balcony. Also, the living room is placed at a lower level than the other parts of the flat, feature of the house which accentuates the role of the diagonal and persuades people to go to that particular area.
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InValley
In Valley is a medium-scale project which is set in Sauze d’Oulx, a popular touristic mountain city. The project site is a rectangle, sloping from the major street of the city to the valley below. The valley itself is a significant theme of the work, which aims to reproduce an urban valley bordered by three buildings. Two of the architectures are intended for tourism purposes, while the third structure houses a restaurant. An excavated space is placed in the centre of the valley, a sort of unusual pool which imitates a valley’s river. The complex is modelled in relation to exposure to sunlight: the roofs of the building are characterized by a slope which goes from north to south, allowing the entry of light into the square and the construction of terraces on the top floors. At the ground floor, a system of revolving windows makes the three architectures permeable.
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