Carlotta Canino_Architecture Portfolio 2023

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Carlotta Canino | 2019-2023

Carlotta Canino

17.07.97

Catanzaro (CZ) Italy

cell: (+39) 3891288418

email: c.carlottacanino@gmail.com

linkedin: linkedin.com/in/carlotta-canino-

Hi! I'm Carlotta, a young architect from the warm south of Italy. From the very beginning of my academic career I always worked at the boundary between architecture, interior and product design. Handcrafting, spacemaking and creative thinking are the keywords in all my projects, whether it is a small cabin, a cake stand or an exposition module. Here is a selection of my works starting from the first academic years, through the degree thesis, up to the most recent personal projects.

CV.

EDUCATION

Dec 2022 Licensed Architect

Oct 2016

Mar 2022

Master Degree in Architecture

d'ArTe - Department of Architecture and Territory at Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria

Sep 2019

Jul 2020

Feb 2019

Erasmus + Studio

ETSAG, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura de Granada

Mudchute Satellite - International Workshop

Sir John Cass London Metropolitan University, La Rivoluzione delle Seppie, Orizzontale Architetti

Topic: Cooperation and self-construction

Oct 2017

Incompiuto, The birth of a style - workshop

Alterazioni video-Andrea Masu

Topic: Unfinished Architecture in Italy

Sep 2011

Jul 2016

WORK

May 2022

Present

2020

Present

Classical High School Diploma

Liceo Classico P. Galluppi, Catanzaro (CZ)

May 2019

Present

Intern architect

Arch. Raffaele Battaglia studio

Freelance designer

Designed furniture and decor elements and contributed to the realization of the "Urban Forest" opera by architect Valerio Morabito

M.A.D.E. CONCEPT Srl. Spin-off UNIRC

Project Designer and co-creator of the M.A.D.E. project

COMPETITIONS

Dec 2020

Cuicocha Mirador Quechua Architecture Competition

May 2019

LANGUAGES

Archa, Visions of cities - Exhibition selection participant UNIRC | ICARO - Participant

Italian (mother tongue)

Spanigh (advanced)

English (business level)

MAIN SKILLS

3D Printing | Model making | Wood working Rhinoceros | Autocad | Archicad

Lumion

Photoshop | Indesign | Illustrator | Lightroom

Casa V, 2020

Jungle, 2023

Elle, 2022

M.A.D.E. 01

PROJECT YEAR 2022

TYPE TUTORS

Master's degree thesis

TEAM

Carlotta Canino, Flavio Fameli

This work, born in the university Spin-off M.A.D.E. Concept and developed in collaboration with it, is currently under construction and is a research about temporary exhibition spaces, their benefits and their limits. The aim of the degree thesis was to propose a new marketing experience and overcome the classic concept of Temporary Shop.

M.A.D.E. is a modular, flexible, customizable and interactive temporary space, able to offer the consumer an engaging sensory experience. Assembled in a few minutes and reusable in every component, our temporary is perfect for promoting brands in every market: fashion, gastronomy, information and culture.

Prof. Alberto De Capua, Arch. Luciano Zingali

PREFABRICATION ASSEMBLY

Weight 1,5 t

Module dimensions: 2,30L x 2,30P x 2,90H m

TRANSPORT

Capacity Tir: 24 t

Modules number: 4

INSTALLATION

Forklift capacity: 1,6 - 2 t

CONNECTION

Time: 30sec

COMMUNICATION

Crossing: 1min / ∞

Assembly phases

M.A.D.E. was created to promote brands in different contexts and can therefore be installed in closed spaces such as shopping centers and airports or open spaces such as seafronts or squares. In the example below we simulated a C configuration to promote a brand in the gastronomy market and to also show how the space outside can become part of the installation. It consists of 9 modules and two ends for access that can be assembled in few hours and that are connected by a wooden platform with a shading system.

In our intentions M.A.D.E. is a flexible and easy to use module ready for the most different uses. The easy transport, its configuration flexibility and the integrated projection system make it deal not only for resale, but also for temporary cultural expositions, public activities and pop-up events.

The emerging Italian brand "Marturano - made in Italy" offered us the possibility to simulate a customization operation of our temporary spaces, so as to perfectly fit the style and image of the brand.

A 3D printed plexiglass and PLA box contains the proposed configuration and customization of M.A.D.E. for the client brand, carried out following the study of the same.

PROJECT YEAR 2021

Product design TYPE

Altea 02

With a simple and elegant design, Altea is a cake stand consisting of a wooden plate and a pleated foot of PLA, a material made from potato peels and used for 3D printing. The natural color of the wooden plate contrasts with the brighter color of the foot, angular but folded like a soft fabric. Altea is also made in different sizes and colors, perfect to decorate a corner of the house or enhancing any type of dish.

Altea's idea was born from a personal need during the pandemic lockdown. The firm points from which to start were the desire to design an object with modern lines and which could be made with the means available: a wooden plate and a 3D printer.

The first step was to simplify the foot of a classically styled cake stand into a truncated cone. Subsequently this was "folded" in plisset. Made the 3D model, with the preparation of the holes for fixing the foot to the wooden plate, it was printed in PLA and spray painted.

The three different sizes adapt to every need and also allow compositions of several cake stand in different colours.

The processing of the 3D printing of Altea's PLA foot. It takes about 6, 10 and 13 hours for the three different sizes.

Bottom view of Altea with the system of coupling between the two parts and the closing cap.

PROJECT YEAR

2022

TYPE

Product design (private project)

Ellipse 03

Carlotta Canino, Flavio Fameli

TEAM PLACE

Catanzaro (CZ), Italy

Ellipse is born from the meeting of iron and solid wood, a sculptural design furniture that goes beyond the concept of a conventional dining table. Customers wanted a large table for large family dinners that with its design could give character to their open space. The extendable ash top, from 190 to 290 cm long, follows the soft and sinuous shapes of the two elliptical iron feet.The result is not just a central element in the space, but a real meeting point.

Once the solid wood boards have been selected and glued, the top has been made by hand and shaped with the aid of a milling machine.

The choice of ash wood guarantees the durability and resistance of the product, as well as an enveloping beauty thanks to the grain and the warm color of its essence. The curved shape, which wants to match that of the monolithic feet, enhances its beauty and seems to envelop the diners in a warm embrace.

The two sculptural iron feet were modeled by a local craftsman and subsequently treated and painted. They are two identical pieces, but their different inclination offers a perspective of the ellipses that is always different from every point of view, giving the table great dynamism. Functionally it gives stability to the wooden top, which floats as if suspended above. The color chosen, however particular, is a very neutral tint that goes perfectly with the space which Ellipse was designed for.

PROJECT YEAR

2022

TYPE

Product design (private project)

TEAM

Carlotta Canino, Flavio Fameli

PLACE

Siena (SI), Italy

Elle is a mobile unit designed for Elastique by Holiday, an Italian company in the hair removal market. The comfortable and functional size allow to house the equipment and products necessary to provide a smooth and professional service. The soft and sinuous shapes are inspired by those of the female body and the brand logo engraved prominently on the carriage legs makes the customized product unique and recognizable.

Elle 04

LENGTH: 70cm

DEPTH: 42cm

HEIGHT: 90cm

All the components of the Elle trolley are cut with the CNC which also prepares the holes for the final assembly. They are then finished by sanding and varnishing.

The whole structural part is made of ash blockboard, the shelves are made of white bilaminate plywood and the logo and the containment shoulders are made of plexiglass.

PROJECT YEAR

2023

TYPE

Product design (private project)

Jungle 05

Carlotta Canino

TEAM PLACE

Venturina Terme (LI), Italy

Jungle is a collection of furniture for beauty salons designed on commission by the Beauty in Progress s.r.l. group, a company in the beauty sector in northern Italy. The tropical theme, which is the leitmotif of the entire line of furnishings, aims to recreate an environment of relaxation and well-being. The fresh and refined design combines with the practicality and functionality of the furnishings which, like installations, complete and decorate the beauty salons by bringing greenery into their spaces.

To satisfy the different spatial and stylistic needs of beauty salons, the Jungle Luxury collection was born, where the material quality of solid wood becomes the protagonist and combines with the clean geometries of the furnishings, and the Jungle Beauty collection, where the versatility and durability of high-end melamine allows you to create a line characterized by the same geometries but with a leaner and more linear appearance.

Therefore, the materials and colors used to make the various accessories reflect the theme of Nature: wood, with its veined surface and warm tones, and green, used for painting the sheet metal.

The sheet metal is perforated with motifs of abstract leaves and the artificial tropical leaves, through the opaque glass combined with a play of diffused light, form the background for some accessories, thus bringing green inside the beauty centres.

PROJECT YEAR

2020

TYPE

Interior design (private project)

TEAM

Casa V 06

PLACE

Palmi (RC), Italy

Located in the south of Italy, Casa V is an independent property, with convenient access and a large garden, in which to enjoy the mild Calabrian climate and the warmth of sunlight in the golden hour. The modern entrance, still under construction, with suspended steps in lava stone and a large canopy in chestnut wood, herald the style of the interior spaces, which are characterized by the quality and beauty of the materials chosen. The theme of green is recurrent, from that of open spaces, clearly visible from the inside thanks to large glass surfaces, and that used in the furnishings, such as the lichen panels of the entrance furniture, designed and made to measure, and the tiles in the tropical style of the minor bathroom.

Carlotta Canino, Flavio Fameli