ARCHITECTURE EPFL, LAUSANNE
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N. 1 december 2015 ENGLISH EDITION
ANDREA BRICCOLA. ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
COVER STORY
Living Paris Swiss-Style
SPORTY!
stay fit in the heart of Paris
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a spiritual pavilion on the Lugano Lake photography, drawing, painting & sculpture
HUB BUILDING a contemporary social condensator
CURRICULUM VITAE
GRÜEZI! My name is Andrea, I am a Swiss architecture student. I was born in a tiny village in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland and I graduated in 2014 at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, also known as EPFL. I took a break from my studies to absolve the compulsory Military Service for the Swiss Confederation, and I’m currently looking for an internship to aquire some experience before starting my master. I traveled the world, but I have always had a personal attraction for Canada, and especially Québec. I visited the region a couple of times, immerged in the local culture, eated many delicious poutines, felt in love on the Mont-Royal and left a part of my hearth in the streets of Montreal. Now I want to be part of it! And I want to work for you!
GENERATIONS
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A NEW HEART
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MORE THAN A BUS HUB
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PORTRAIT D’ATELIER: A PHOTO ESSAY
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OTHER WORKS
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WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ME
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CURRICULUM VITAE INFO
EDUCATION
ANDREA BRICCOLA Born in Mendrisio, a small city in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, on 28th of June 1992, from Swiss mother and Italian father.
2011-2014 École Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland Bachelor of Science in Architecture EPFL 2013-2014 École Supérieure Nationale d’Architecture Paris-Belleville, France Erasmus 2007-2011 Mendrisio High School Mendrisio, Switzerland Scientific High School Diploma PERSONALITY
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CONTACT andrea.briccola@epfl.ch +41 76 534 93 01
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INTERESTS
TRAVELLING
ART
MUSIC
DESIGN
CINEMA
READING
FASHION
CARS
PHOTOGRAPHY
TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTER SKILLS GRAPHICS
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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 90% MAXWELL RENDER
60% AUTOCAD
90% MAC OS
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30% RHINOCEROS
90% MICROSOFT OFFICE 90%
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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR 80%
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WORKING EXPERIENCES 2015-2016 PFLEGEZENTRUM KÄFERBERG, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
Barista - civil service
Accomplishing my Civil Service for the Swiss Confederation, I worked for four months as a barista at the café of a rest home in Zurich.
2015 FERRARI ARCHITETTI SA, MENDRISIO, SWITZERLAND
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Extern for 3D graphics, rendering and visualisation for a public competition.
2015 ASS. EL VOLCAN, KATHMANDU, NEPAL
Extern, Project Supervisor - civil service
Collaboration with a local architect on the project of a new home for homeless children; Conception of the building, following of the construction site, and supervision on behalf of a Swiss NGO.
2014-2015 MUSÉE DE L’ÉLYSÉE, LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
Technical Team - civil service
Survey of the existing building; research and studies on the program and organisation for the new museum; conception of a pavillion for an exhibition at a music festival; contribution on the conception/installation of a photo exhibition.
2008-2011 MIB FASHION AG, LUZERN, SWITZERLAND 2010-2012 ASS. FRIENDS OF SKI, BALERNA, SWITZERLAND 2010 FERRARI ARCHITETTI SA, MENDRISIO, SWITZERLAND
Shop Assistant at Levi’s Snowboard Instructor Intern AB CV 5
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PUBLIC COMPETITION LOCATION: COLDRERIO, SWITZERLAND PROGRAM: REST HOME + ALZHEIMER RESEARCH CENTER + KINDERGARDEN + CAFÉ ARCHITECTS: FERRARI ARCHITETTI, MENDRISIO www.ferrariarchitetti.ch
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A PUBLIC PASSAGE WITH PRIVATE FACILITIES One of the main goals was to rely this street and Rue Casanova with a public pedestrian passage through the plot. Both buildings lift up from the ground to invite the pedestrians to come across, and let them discover an intimate inner court. A part of it is private and dedicated to the residents with a common garden relied to a common room for neighborhood parties; the other part is property of a school and shared with the public passage. SWISS STYLE A Laundry-CafĂŠ is also available on the ground floor, for both the public and the residents. It is inspired by the Swiss habit to share the laundry in the basement of every residential building to save space and energy in the apartments.
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LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT SCALE Situated in a small neighborhood in the suburbs of Paris, the project is composed by 30 apartments of different sizes and typologies, disposed in two different buildings which scale accords to their surroundings. The southern building, facing a public square, is much higher than the northern one which is part of a more intimate ecosystem, the Rue Haguette.
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SCHOOL PROJECT, BACHELOR 6, 2014 ENSA PARIS BELLEVILLE LOCATION: SAINT-DENIS, PARIS, FRANCE PROGRAM: HOUSING + PUBLIC SPACE PROFESSOR: EMMANUELLE COLBOC WITH: MARIE-PAULINE CRYONNET
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THE APARTMENTS The two wings of the project are significantly different. In the northern wing the apartments are diagonally conceived with views on every direction, and organized around an important transversal distributional space, which aims to be the
heart of the building and a social meeting point. In the southern wing, the apartments are all transversal and organized around private patios. They’re conceived more as metropolitan villas with their own privacy and big living spaces.
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A NEW HEART FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD Situated on the Canal de l’Ourcq, in the 19th arrondissement, the project is a public equipment which aims to become the new hearth of the neighborhood. It comprehends a sport center with multi sports facilities, a basket court and a gym hall for public competitions; a club house for a local association, connected to a shop; a book shop and a café. REHABILITATION OF THE OLD VIADUCT The big plot is crossed diagonally by an old
viaduct, once part of the public transportation system, which is converted to house the association’s facilities, the shops and the café. All the public spaces are integrated in the existent archs, while the meeting rooms, the storages and the
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SCHOOL PROJECT, BACHELOR 5, 2013 ENSA PARIS BELLEVILLE LOCATION: CANAL DE L’OURQ, 20ème, PARIS PROGRAM: SPORT CENTER + ASSOCIATION CLUBHOUSE + SHOPS + CAFÉ PROFESSOR: GALIANO + PHAM
technical equipment are dug underneath it. To bring light to the underground level, and to light up the beautiful viaduct at night, a double lightening system is conceived in a glass crack along the entire viaduct.
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A MONOLITHIC BUILDING The sport facilities are integrated in a monolithic glass building, floating at the level of the viaduct thanks to a huge cantilever trussed structure which surrounds the main entrance of the building reposing in a concrete basement. From the public square, a descending ramp brings the visitor to a double height hall surrounding the basket court, from where, through a double circulation system - clean/dirty - the athletes can access the wardrobe floor and then the sport courts, and the public can proceed directly to the bleachers.
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ZEN: FLOWER PAVILLION
10 IMAGES FOR LUGANO: PART 1 10 Images pour Lugano was a theme lasting two semesters, in which we had to design 10 different projects in 10 strategic points of the beautiful lake-side city. In the first part, we designed 5 pavilions for the Ciani Park, the park of a 19th century villa facing the lake, which is now the public park of the city. THE SECRET GARDEN One of the 5 proposed themes was the Flower Pavilion. Inspired by an Haiku poem of the 17th century and an antique Japanese drawing, Zen is a place of calm and contemplation dedicated to a Sakura, the Japanese cherry blossom tree. The visitor is invited to climb on the top of the pavilion to discover a secret garden, regulated by the rules of traditional Japanese gardening, spiritual home of the Sakura.
SCHOOL PROJECT, BACHELOR 3, 2013 EPFL LAUSANNE LOCATION: PARCO CIANI, LUGANO, SWITZERLAND PROGRAM: PAVILLION + SHOP PROFESSORS: DURISCH+NOLLI
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MORE THAN A BUS HUB
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10 IMAGES FOR LUGANO: PART 2 In the second part of the exercise 10 Images pour Lugano, we had to design 5 multifunctional buildings in 5 strategic points of the city. MORE THAN A BUS HUB Due to a high number of daily commuters who come to the city from the entire region, public transportations have a big importance in Ticino and
its green politic. Thousands of people transit every day through Lugano train station which is dislocated from the city center, therefore it needs an accessible commercial area linked to the numerous transportation lines to which it’s connected. In addition, the project houses offices and a new schooling center for the Federal Railway System.
A LIGHTHOUSE FOR LUGANO The building is an extrusion of the entire plot, excavated with an internal court to bring light and circulation to the bus hub on the ground floor. The facade is covered with mat glazed elements which serve as sun screens during the day and illuminate at night transforming the building into a veritable lighthouse for the city and its lake. SHIFTING CIRCULATIONS The commercial area is located on the first floor of the building, directly and easily accessible from the bus platforms through two public escalators. On this public floor, horizontal circulations are placed at the exterior of the building, leaving the visitors some visual connections to the city and the lake through the openings in the facade. The upper floors have dedicated lifts which connect directly the school
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and the offices to the bus hub and the underground parkings. On the private floors, horizontal circulations shift to the interior of the building, leaving space for terraces and views on the facade and creating visual connections between the two programs through the court. The schooling center and the offices are separated on every floor by common terraces and a cafĂŠ to allow exchanges between the two programs.
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A PHOTO ESSAY
Hervéportrait Chastel d’atelier
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OTHER WORKS
drawing
caribou
drawing
croquis de voyage
study of a framework
Warsaw
painting
study of a capital of the Lausanne Cathedral Bachelor 3, EPFL, Lausanne
painting
une promenade Ă Paris Bachelor 5, ENSAPB, Paris
sculpture
sculpture of a voussoir for the construction of an arch Bachelor 4, EPFL, Lausanne
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WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ME... EMMANUELLE COLBOC PROFESSOR ENSA PARIS BELLEVILLE PARIS
TATJANA FRANK DIRECTOR MUSÉE DE L’ELYSÉE LAUSANNE
“I’ll tell you one thing my professor told me when I was your age: Try to do what you can’t do”
Andrea’s work gave us always a great satisfaction. He proved himself very responsible, reliable and autonomous, showing a remarkable sense of initiative and execution speed. He contributed significantly to many projects at the museum and gave us a considerable support during the different tasks within the technical team. Motivated and creative, he has been very organized and accurate, from the conception to the final execution of every project. Sensitive and reactive to the needs of the team, thanks to his commitment and his interpersonal skills, he was a very appreciated coworker by everyone. We recommend him implicitly to every employer.
Andrea has the ability to understand a problem very quickly, and as quickly bring a very good solution. What he creates is excellent, and he produces it with almost no effort, he should push even more!
emmanuelle-colboc.com
elysee.ch
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