CarlaBrisottoPortfolio2021

Carla Brisotto . Portfolio 2021

Designing to TENDING THE LAND

About Me

I obtained an architectural degree from the University IUAV of Venice (Italy) and a Ph.D. in Design, Planning, and Construction (DCP) from the University of Florida ( United States) with a dissertation focused on agrarian urbanism and the analysis of its design process. I am currently a post-doctoral associate at the Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER). I believe that the foundational principle of cities development grounds on the way humans have tended and tend the land. Therefore, it is architects and urbanists responsibility to explore design strategies that help unfolding this relation by integrating ecological systems within the cities. In light of this understanding, my research focuses on the historical and contemporary practices of productive landscapes to inform resilient and equitable foodshed design. I expanded this research to study participatory planning and design to include communities’ inputs within the design process of equitable and resilient urban developments. I have authored and co-authored publications on urban agriculture and environmental design and taught seminars and courses on resilient urbanism and equitable design.

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Resilient Urbanism: Coastal Resilience, Island Adaptation, and Design DESIGN 8 Envision Resilience: Nantucket Challenge Graduate works supervision at FIBER (also a scholar work) Graduate Design Studio Master Thesis Environmental Design Seminar Graduate Design Abroad Studio Learning outreach program DESIGN/BUILD studios

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Dissertation, University of Florida, Re-Imaging Resilient Productive Landscapes. Co-Edited book by Springer

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Venice Biennale, Italian Pavilion. Resilient Communities Florida Resilient Cities, Port St. Joe, Florida Family House, Treviso-Italy Historical Preservation of a Farm. Treviso-Italy Historical Preservation of a Listed Watermill, Treviso-Italy

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Resilient Urbanism: Coastal Resilience, Island Adaptation, and Design Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar, University of Florida, Spring 2021, Con-Instructor with Jeff Carney

Selection of papers by students

Co-taught with Associate Professor Jeffrey Carney an interdisciplinary graduate seminar on resilient urbanism of coastal communities due to risks associated with climate change. The goal was to understand the broad scope of resilience-centered approaches transforming design, planning, policy, and practice in places facing dramatic and rapid change. The course was based on select readings and discussion, weekly lectures, and case study analysis. I carried the lecturing of case studies analysis and related research paper assignment..

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Envision Resilience: Nantucket Challenge Architecture Undergraduate Studio (design 8), University of Florida, Spring 2021, Assistant to Jeff Carney

Transect view group 1

Credits student’s work

This studio developed a series of tactical approaches to sea level rise adaptation on Nantucket through an exploratory design process based around responsive tectonics, remote site assessment, and design for uncertain futures. The studio is part of the Envision Resilience: Nantucket Challenge. Working alongside and in communication with students from the University of Miami, Harvard, Yale, and Northeastern, students consider this challenge through the lens of design practice at a truly transformative time for society and our profession.

Transect plan and view group 1 – student 1

Credits student’s work

In groups of four, they designed collectively a transect of the island in terms of planning and landscape. Individually, they designed a housing scheme through three generations of users. I supported students providing theoretical examples and design feedback

Transect Plan and Section group 2; Sections through three generations student 1

Credits student’s work

Transect View group 3

Credits student’s work

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Graduate Students Work Supervision – Resilient Jacksonville FIBER, University of Florida, Summer and Fall 2021,

Research Design Diagram

Data Review

Transect Analysis

Courses

Credits graphics Carla Brisotto

I supervised three graduate students from Architecture, Urban Planning, and Landscape Architecture involved in the research “Resilient Jacksonville:” The team at the University of Florida’s Florida Institutes for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER) partners with Groundwork, UF Health, LISC Jacksonville, and UF faculty researchers. The project’s focus is on vulnerable populations in the creek adjacent to neighborhoods within the 5 square mile Hogan’s and McCoy’s Creek Watersheds.. The research design is composed of three research steps illustrated above.

Data Review

GIS Mapping

Credits Eliza Breder

This project will engage watershed residents through data assimilation, intensive community engagement, and a series of specific design research projects at the intersection of housing, environment, and health (HEH). The project is currently in the first phase of data review. Along with the faculty involved, I am creating a socio-ecological model to identify research hypothesis.. Students created GIS mapping to understand the context and a literature review on watershed and vulnerabilities.

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Honey Badger Promenade, Food Sovereignty Co-op Graduate Design Studio, Morgan State University, Fall 2020, Mentor to a student

Front view of the Educational Center

Credits student’s work

The goal of this project was to provide a sustainable food alternative to the community of Harlem Square Park in Baltimore.. Students were tasked with “the exploratory research, leading to the proposal” of a new economic framework for strategizing how to strengthen current food systems in Baltimore. Specifically, this new typology will be designed for the community of Harlem Square Park on the wave of the existing and successful Honey Badger Promenade Garden.

Plans, Site analysis and initial models, program study

Credits student’s work

I mentored a diverse student on a weekly basis providing theoretical feedback and design advises. I directed her to expand the educational program of her project. I also provided feedback regarding graphics and presentations..

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NeoAgriculture: Using Urban Agriculture As A Method To Combat Food Deserts And Improve Social Equity Across America Master Thesis, Drury University, Spring 2020 Mentor to a student

Sectional Perspective

Credits student’s work

This project aimed to design a food hub in a food desert in Los Angeles. The greater Los Angeles area has communities both afflicted by social injustice and limited access to affordable food. The project’s intention was to create a communal gathering place, that stands in opposition to austerity and acts a beacon and a source of pride for socially broken communities.

Site Analysis and Program

Credits student’s work

The program is composed as follow: communal garden (a central space flanking the building site, with traditional agricultural methods for both production and beautification), education center (a center enriching the local community with regular classes ranging from growing at home practices, the sciences behind growing, and lessons on how to cook and prepare fresh foods), large scale hydroponics plant (Indoor growing site), locally operated markets that bridge cultural, wealth, and social gaps between the different communities.

Program and Plans

Credits student’s work

I mentored the students providing feedback on design strategies for urban agriculture facilities and a better understanding of the social implication of farming the city.

Program, Plan, Section, Views

Credits student’s work

I mentored the students providing feedback on design strategies for urban agriculture facilities and a better understanding of the social implication of farming the city.

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The Urban Revolution Environmental design Seminar, University of Florida, Honors Program, Fall 2017, Instructor

Selected building on campus

This environmental design seminar sought to understand the multivalent facets of urbanization, unveiling its effect on buildings and grounding it in the theoretical framework of Henri Lefebvre. Students determined and identified the impact of urbanization on society and its built environment. The final project focused on a photo-elicitation exercise in which students interviewed people about a selected building in Campus to discover the design issues that affect minorities groups and to identify design questions.

Final project

Excerpt of the photo-elicitation exercise: interviews to the users of a UF building. Students were exposed to different demographics. This led to the development of design questions that encourage the achievement of spatial equity.

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Global Design, Local Italy Design studio abroad, Morgan State University, Summer 2019 Collaborator of Ass. Prof. Cristina Murphy

Workshop with local community and students, visit to Carlo Scarpa archive

Credits Cristina Murphy

Assisting ass. prof. Cristina Cassandra Murphy on the development of the studio agenda for graduate architecture and planning students. The studio focused on the socio-spatial integration of immigrants in the local built environment of the historical town of Treviso. I assisted the teaching of the design studio by participating to the workshops with the immigrants and reviewing the midterm and final project. I organized and led the visits to the local archive of Carlo Scarpa, the architectural firm C+S architects. invited guest-lecturer TAM associati.

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BUILDING OUR FUTURE - Service-Learning outreach program University of Florida, School of Architecture Fall 2017, spring 2018, Instructor and Organizer

Students during the workshop

Credits Carla Brisotto

Organization of an outreach program for the School of Architecture addressing the students in 4th grades of Alachua County public schools, especially in rural areas. This program introduced the discipline of architecture to a wide range of pupils and helps promoting this career among underserved communities. Volunteering for the outreach program provided architectural students with a possibility to practice what they learned in class, developing team working skills, and service the community

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Design/Build Studio: Carver Pavilion School of Architecture, University of Florida, Spring 2015 Teaching Assistant of Dr. Charlie Hailey

View of the pavilion

Courtesy of Charlie Hailey

The Architecture Design 8 Studio completed a design/build project for the town of White Springs, the Carver Pavilion. The pavilion now hosts musical performances, outdoor classes and serves as the centrepiece for the town’s annual Emancipation Day. The pavilion is adjacent to the now closed Carver School, which is a significant historic site for the African American community. To honour the school’s faculty, the students designed a memorial with teachers’ names placed within the pavilion’s wall that faces the Carver School site.

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Design/Build Studio: UF community farm lounge School of Architecture, University of Florida, Spring 2016 Teaching Assistant of Dr. Charlie Hailey

Model of the greenhouse and Construction

Courtesy of Charlie Hailey

This studio had the challenge to build a greenhouse for the UF community farm. I personally made the connection with the IFAS (Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences) during spring 2015. Some unexpected problem with campus regulation forced the studio to shift the subject of design, no longer a greenhouse, but a lounge outdoor area. I learned that teaching a studio means being able to address unforeseen problems. Sometimes, this means major changes to the organization of the studio in order to guarantee a fruitful pedagogical experience.

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City Of Agro-fragments: How Ecological Thinking Influences Architectural Processes In The Era Of Post-globalization Dissertation, University of Florida, Summer 2019

One of the case study of the dissertation: the floating greenhouse by Studiomobile and Pnat

Credits Studiomobile

My dissertation compared and explored the techniques, methods, and strategies used in European firms Studiomobile and GrávalosDiMonte Arquitectos. The first one developed urban agricultural projects without a specific geographical context, and the second one designed placebased projects. The analysis of the visual materials, implemented by ethnographic interviews, unfolded the ecological shift that blends local and global approaches to design in the era of post-globalization.

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Re-Imaging Resilient Productive Landscapes: Perspectives form Planning History Co-edited with Dr. Fabiano Lemes de Oliveira, Springer, Spring 2022

Cover of the book and Biennale book presentation banner

Credits Carla Brisotto and Fabiano Lemes de Oliveira

Carla’s dissertation compares and explores the techniques, methods, and strategies used in European firms Studiomobile and GrávalosDiMonte Arquitectos. The first one develops urban agricultural projects without a specific geographical context, and the second one designs place-based projects. The analysis of the visual materials, implemented by ethnographic interviews, unfolded the ecological shift from local to global approaches to design in the era of

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Resilient Communities Venice Biennale, Italian Pavilion, 2020-2021

Disappearing productive landscape

Venice lagoon and its polycentric food system

Persisting productive landscape

Credits Carla Brisotto

I was part of the steering committee for the Italian Pavilion “Resilient Communities” at the 17th Biennale of Architecture of Venice. My contribution was about polycentrism of food system drawing from historical cases

Venice lagoon and its polycentric food system

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FIBER - Resilient Communities Venice Biennale, Italian Pavilion, 2020-2021

Excerpt of the video for the Biennale

Credits FIBER

I curated the creation of a video exhibited at the 17th Biennale of Architecture of Venice in the Italian Pavilion. The video narrates the design and research approach of the Florida Institute for the Built Environment Resilience.

Excerpt of the video for the Biennale

Credits FIBER

The video connected stories of local people affected by climate change in Florida to reflections from FIBER and DCP faculty. In this light, we claimed the necessity to bridge local knowledge to scientific and academic knowledge.

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Extended Exhibition In Port St. Joe for the Florida Resilient Cities Program Curator for the Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience, Spring - Fall 2021

View of gallery plan and tone of the exhibited panels

Credits Eliza Breder, Emilee Aguereberre, Carla Brisotto

The Florida Resilient Cities led by Jeff Carney intended to report two years of research in Port St. Joe, Florida, through an extended exhibition in October 2021. The exhibition wanted to be the opportunity to evaluate the research result and to collect new ethnographic data in regards of future research development. Unfortunately, due to the global pandemic of COVID-19, the exhibition became a digital exhibition published in late November 2021.. The exhibition is funded by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere.

Visualization of the walking experiences on the distressed North Port St. Joe. A series of signs are planted along the route asking questions to the participants.

Answers are collected through QR code and paper questionnaires

Credits Eliza Breder, Emilee Aguereberre, Carla Brisotto

The exhibition aimed to engage the public and residents of Port St. Joe in and outside the gallery. By including the landscape in the narration of the issues of Port St. Joe, we wanted to help people perceiving the place in new and diverse ways sparkling conversation and discussion on social, cultural, and economic opportunities. Above an excerpt of the booklet that described the indoor exhibition and outdoor walking experiences.. Link to digital exhibition: https://ufl.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=f97f0d3ca436415ba2066080cb3da857

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Family House, New Construction Architect, Treviso, Italy, 2016

View after completion

Credits Carla Brisotto

Passive family house in Oderzo (Treviso-Italy), budget of € 500,000. The house is built using CLT structure(crossed-laminated timber), an innovative construction wooden system. The house has a radiant floor system, high-performance furnace, and solar panels. This project has been published in the magazine Cose di Casa in May 2018. In collaboration with Alberto Cescon architetto.

From left to right: Ground Floor, First Floor

Credits Carla Brisotto

View after completion and South-East Elevation

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Historical Preservation Of A Farm From The XIX Century Architect, Treviso, Italy, 2011

View after completion, Ground Floor, First Floor,

Credits Carla Brisotto

Historical preservation of a farmhouse from the XIX century in Oderzo (Treviso-Italy). The project was challenging since the original building was protected under special historical regulation. It was also located in a protected natural area that implied the respect of special regulation.

The construction used only natural and traditional materials.

From upper left corner clockwise: Section A:A’, South elevation, interior view of the kitchen, interior view of the stairs, view of the front entrance, North elevation, section C:C’

Credits Carla Brisotto

Map of the sewing system ,

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Historical Preservation Of A Listed Watermill XVI Century Treviso- Italy- 2003-2006

Views of the original interiors

Credits Diego Fabris

Historical preservation of a watermill from the XVI century. The agenda required to convert a historical and protected watermill into two residential units, one for the client and the other for his eldest parents. The design had to be accessible since the client was disabled.

Designed at DLL Tecnostudio. .

From upper left corner clockwise: view of west façade of the existing building, Internal view of existing building, view of the completed building, view of the west elevation of the completed building, view of the west elevation of the existing building

Credits Carla Brisotto

Ground floor, first floor

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Detail of the foundation calculation and the structure reinforcement

Credits Diego fabris