PORTFOLIO Application for MSc Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences at TU Delft
Vittorio Romieri Piazza Indipendenza 31, 30027 San Donà di Piave, Venice, Italy vittorioromieri@yahoo.it 0039 3485614700 (IT)
Executive summary The three-years Bachelor in Construction and Conservation at IUAV University of Venice bases its multidisciplinary programme on the various subject of architecture like composition, conservation,
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ACADEMY Iuav University experience
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Build the Small City (2018-19)
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Habitar el Secano (2018-19)
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Exercise of Ri-composition (2017-18)
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A New Hope : W.A.VE w/ VMX Architects
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STUDIO
and types of interventions, from the theoretical to technical knowledge: every project I approached
What I found very engaging of the MSc Programme in Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences is the multidisciplinary way of project approaching from concrete (design practice, technology, and engineering) to conceptual thematics (physical and social sciences) to develop a personal academic curriculum based on the choices between the variety of subjects available.
in what concerns the transformation and preservation of the urban environment, with projects concerning both singular buildings and entire districts. In fact, with the perspective of attending this MSc Programme, the specialisations of Heritage and Architecture and Urban Architecture are an opportunity to deepen my interest in the urban and architectural redevelopment, intending to give the city new spaces responding to the evolving society requirements. The intervention on architectural heritage is one of the main themes in architecture today, developed especially in the northern countries like the Netherlands. Furthermore, the strong relation between Heritage and Architecture studio and Building Engineering studio increases my interest in this specialisation, to enrich my knowledge with to highlight their historical and cultural contribution, but also an added value in the perspective of sustainable, innovative and long-lasting architecture. I believe this MSc program will complete my professional formation as a future architect, providing me with an approach to architecture based on concreteness and mastery of the tools.
professional experiences Ceschia & Mentil associati (2018)
ACADEMY Iuav University experience
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BUILD THE SMALL CITY Massanzago, Padua Architecture and Urban Design Lab 3 3rd year, 1st/2nd semester, 2018/2019, carried out : 13/06/2019 1st phase: group project/ 2nd phase: individual Role: concept designer, drawer, model maker Contribution: session, I presented a project with improvements in the previous individual building and in the general masterplan: the design, the drawing of plans, elevations, sections, technical details, and the making of the models have been done and redeveloped by myself. Supervisor: prof. Francesco Cacciatore (fcacciatore@iuav.it) The Design Lab focuse on the size of a small Venetian city near Padua providing a program of architectural and urban redevelopment through open spaces, buildings for public use, commercial areas and residential blocks. Starting from the typical Venetian countryside urban conformation, the masterplan is inserted within a system of cardo and decumano that establish the position and relationship between parts: all the accesses to the buildings develop perpendicularly to the main distribution road, which crosses the entire site. The residential buildings and the market enclose in the central part the new city square meanwhile the cultural center is meant as an access portal to the entire intervention. (To conclude, an in-depth study of the architectural and construction scale of the social housing section is developed individually). PROJECT INFO
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The intervention inside the urban conformation (cardo and decumano), 1:1000 detail’s scale
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MASTERPLAN
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Residential block B, social housing, project concepts: 1
Interventions:
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Cultural centre (library, studio spaces auditorium and spaces
2 2.
Parking area
3.
Market and restaurant
3 4.
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Residential block A 6.
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Green and paved square
Residential block B (social housing) and common spaces for inhabitants (1m lower level)
MASTERPLAN and RESIDENTIAL BLOCK B
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North - south section
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South - north elevation
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South - north section
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RESIDENTIAL BLOCK B, 1:200 detail’s scale
The 9 housing units are divided into 3 groups of 3 houses (100 sqm each) arranged around a small distribution square, so as not to have an entrance and direct view on the front street. This square determines a different entrance position for each courtyard. To the east, a paved band is inserted in the entire area behind the houses at 1m lower level, so as not to allow those who pass through it to have a view inside the rooms. A green system of trees surround each group of housing units and passes through the the inhabitants’ common spaces. Unit’s technical plan, type 1
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(1:20 detail’s scale): _ structural foundation in reinforced concrete _ wood cement formwork insulated
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_ adjustable brise soleil 8
N RESIDENTIAL BLOCK B
HABITAR EL SECANO Mendoza, Argentina Landscape Design Lab (academic project) 3rd year, 2nd semester, 2018/2019, carried out : 3/06/2019 Group project (3 people) Role: concept designer, drawer, model maker Contribution: me and the other 2 members participated in the design, the drawing of plans, elevations, sections, views and technical
details,
and
the
making
of
models.
My
contribution was mainly the concept design, the realization realization of the models in cardboard, wood and sand.
Supervisor: prof. Marcela Brkljacic prof. Esther Giani (giani@iuav.it) The project consists in the virtuous revitalization of the desert area of Los Altos Limpios in Mendoza, Argentina. The
intervention
proposes
design
solutions
aimed
at
impoverishment of the site, identifying a place where to combine sustainable tourism and the inhabitants’ life, through common spaces for the rest, circulation and observation of the landscape. Two “belvedere” are inserted respectively in the uppest (black dune) and in the lowest (white depression) point of the desert. The new structures have to adapt to the diversity of the plans and provide necessary shadow sectors.
PROJECT INFO
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Landscape conformation of Los Altos Limpios, 1:1000 detail’s scale N
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MASTERPLAN N
PORTAL (HITO), 1: 100 detail’s scale The access portal to the intervention is the symbol of these habitat’s resilience: Tightly in relation with the main road that crosses the desert, this portal (hito) is a system of wooden pilasters holding a curtain, providing necessary shadow sectors. The rythim of the pilasters continues regularly through all the circulation path and spaces, also made with different materials. Furthermore, this structure is inserted within of adapting to season’s changes (in-depth
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PORTAL (HITO)
SERVICES AREA
Services area, 1:100 detail’s scale
The central part of the intervention is the services area for the visitors, a circular paved space with an information point, toilets and warehouses for the maintenance of the place. The curtains system is repeated only as rooms’ coverage, the remaining structure of pilasters and rods is free, to let people observe the landscape. The surrounding ground of this area is cultivated with aromatic local shrubs, watered by a system of ducts linked to a rainwater collector, inserted as crossroads between the two observation points.
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Technical section, 1:20 detail’s scale 13
RAISED CIRCULATION SYSTEM
BELVEDERE The two spaces for the landscape
obeservation
are
positioned in two opposite to move like the sand does with the wind blowing. The only structure able to adapt to this event is the raised
circulation
which
connects
system the
two
observatories.
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BELVEDERE, spaces for landscape observation
EXERCISES OF RI-COMPOSITION Poveglia, Venetian lagoon Architectural Design Lab 2 (academic project) 2nd year, 2nd semester, 2018/2019, carried out : 3/06/2019 Group project (2 people) Role: concept designer, drawer Contribution: both me and other member participated in the design. In this project, I focused mainly on the technological solutions, especially the relationship between the supporting structure and the architectural shapes we wanted to obtain. All the drawings of plans, elevations, sections, views and technical details have been done by me and my teammate. Supervisor: prof. Esther Giani (giani@iuav.it)
ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS’ HOUSING.
The masterplan assigned allows the student to project a new artifact, mirroring the long sleeve pivoting on the bell tower, entire side of the island. The square projection of the bell tower is used as a starting point for the rhythm of the steel pillars and beams. The various structure, like the gears of a machine.
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mirror
structure rythim
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OLD AND NEW BUILDING
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Masterplan, 1: 300 detail’s scale N 17
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OLD AND NEW BUILDING
North - South section, 1:100 detail’s scale N
Each room is distributed along a walkway (ballatoio) that crosses longitudinally the entire new building, creating a long double height where the staircases are located. Each staircase is a free element consisting of three ramps and two landings, supported by the main structure through a system of tie rods and secondary beams. The entire north-facing facade is glazed to allow a view towards the park the new building a space illuminated by outer light during the day and a reference lantern at night. A spacious loggia facing south allows a constant supply of light to every room. N 18
NEW BUILDING
South elevation, 1: 100 detail’s scale N
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NEW BUILDING
A NEW HOPE Al-Mezzeh, Damascus, Syria Academic workshop W.A.VE 2017 IUAV, VMX Archietcts 1st year, 2nd semester, 26 Giugno - 14 Luglio 2017 group project (7 people) Role: concept designer, drawer, model maker Contribution: I and two other members mainly focused on the initial concept for the wall and the buffer zone through sketches, schemes (green belt diagrams), and researches (selected works represented in this portfolio). of the work of all the members of the group (assembly line). Supervisor:
Damascus, Darayya.
Darayya. It means “home”and is the most damaged site of Damascus, immediately below the Military Airport of Al-Mezzeh. The north part of the city was bombed in 2012, in order to create a no man’s zone near the military site. The south part was evacuated by the inhabitants cause of the heavy bombardments. This situation ends with the spontaneous creation of a ghost town, abandoned as it was and is the same still today. Our goal is to relive this ghost town and how we could reuse this buffer zone, that will become a vaste piece of nature
start to rebuilt not only buildings, but a whole community...”
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Part of the project has been focused on building a divisional wall between the living area and the buffer zone. The wall will be made of a biodegradable material with a helping the ground remediation of the site, with the insertion development of the city to the north, where the insertion of the old plus new facilities and public services will attract previous citizens to come back to their “land” and new workers to invest in the city, in order to rebuilt the community.
The wall that divides the future city and the buffer zone
2020
2025
2030 21
2035 A NEW HOPE
Before
The wall that divides the future city and the buffer zone
After 22
A NEW HOPE
STUDIO professional experiences Ceschia&Mentil architetti associati At the end of the second year of Bachelor, I undertook a 3-month internship in this Venetian studio, having got to know the owner during a critique at W.A.VE 2018 workshop. The main activity assigned to me was the development of a of a rural property located in the upper Cret Neri valley, Udine, with the purpose of a new tourist reception activity, subsequently carried out at the end of the year 2019. and collaboration between us trainees and the two architects. The internship aimed to understand the need for multidisciplinary work in the design process of a building, especially in the relationship with the architectural and landscape heritage. It has been a long time spent discussing theory applied to the concrete and analysis of historical cases to be transported in the contemporary.
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il CRET NERI dal MOSCJART Cret Neri, Moscjart, Friuli V.G., Italia Professional project for a private client curricular internship at Ceschia&Mentil architetti associati july / sep 2018, carried out: 2019 individual project (barn regeneration) inside a group intervention role: concept designer, drawer contribution: I had the opportunity to individually develop supervision of the architects, within an intervention that included other buildings. The design and the drawing of the barn
The project of the tents is is an integral part of the main project, developed by all the members of the studio. Supervisor: Mentil Federico (f.mentil@libero.it), Vignaga Nicola Collaborators: Michieletto Mattia, Rocco Francesca, Romieri Vittorio The project proposal is spread over a rural, wooded and cultivated area between two mountain sides. An abandoned barn in ruins and the remains of a building, are objects of revaluation, maintaining the original agricultural vocation to be implemented in tourist functions, with the proposal to transform the old barn and the dilapidated buildinginto a unit used for guests accommodation. The project wants to leave these environment untouched by invasive anthropic elements. The concept of hospitality proposed represents an original way of “welcoming”, making need to reclaim the spaces of wild nature. PROJECT INFO
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Rio P au lar
Case Moscardo
Madonna in cima al Moscardo
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CARNIA
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THE CONTEXT N
The barn: base “base”, will be the container of common activities such as
There will be a common kitchen and spaces for meals’ consumption. Large windows allow the tourist to observe the surrounding landscape.
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caretaker’s house South elevation N belvedere common spaces toilet kitchen dining room
sauna
East - west section N
meeting room locker room technical room
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North - south section N 26
West elevation N
BARN REGENERATION, 1:100 detail’s scale
The tents: satellites
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Seven small satellite “tents” will be joined as points for overnight stays, inserted as part of the built agricultural landscape, as their shape recalls the characteristic buildings used for the winter storage of hay. The large section of the roof slopes hide the place of stay for travellers with a bed and small space allows the storage of hay which makes it a protective space for the ungulates which can be observed at close range.
East - West section N
West elevation N
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SATELLITES, 1:100 detail’s scale
new structural
1.
5.
new structural
fondation in reinforced
composed by a wood
fondation in reinforced
concrete, polistyrene
bearing structure, tiles
concrete, polistyrene
insulation, and wood
covering and wood
insulation, and wood
decking laid
countertop
decking laid
horizontal partition:
2.
new coverage,
3.
previous stone wall,
4.
6.
bearing structure in
reinforced with a
for vapor barrier and
wood beams, wood
concrete bearing
an insulation in rock
countertop and
structure, adding a
wool supported the
decking laid
new insulating layer
bearing structure in reinforced concrete
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4
6
2
5
1
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