Chiara Felice | Architecture Portfolio

Hi!

I’m Chiara Felice!

I’m an italian architect born and raised in Rome, Italy.

I am also a basketball player, a backpacker, and an avid reader

I do believe that architecture is the art of turning any given space into a “place”.

It means it is notonly answering a need but also giving it meaning, making it part of a story, thinking about the future life of its habitants. All that solely through the careful design of light, space, color, and movement.

Can there be a more challenging, yet exciting craft?

Curriculum vitae

Green Infrastructures | Thesis project (2022)

Umeda Tower| Fift year project (2021)

Church Restoration| Restoration project (2020)

Interreligious Space| Third year project (2018)

Qwanguamoon square: us and tomorrow International workshop (2020)

Belgrade in the Plural International workshop (2017) certificate for best work

Gaudì La Coma, artist’s residences Architecture contest (2023) shortlisted project

Arch de Ville Architecture contest (2020) “people’s choice award” winner

Photography

Rome, Italy

+39 334 772 3514

chiara.felice1996@gmail.com

Photography: flickr.com/photos/chiarafelice/

Extracurricular Internship 6 months (ongoing) Bank of Italy, Building Department Tutor arch. Salvatore Amaddeo

Professional licensure examination

Collaboration for over 50 Laser Scanner survays

Laser scanner BLK360 (Leica)

Tutor surveyor Gennaro Di Martino

Tourist guide (volontary)

FENDI Headquarters (Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana)

Open House Roma

University Tutor

Architecture Lab. I

La Sapienza University of Rome

Editor for the Art and Architecture section

“L’Arte del Coro” online periodical

Associazione Corale Benedetto Marcello, Roma

India Cultural Exchange

Rukmini Devi Public School, New Dehli (India)

2014

Master’s degree in Architecture La Sapienza University of Rome Summa cum laude (110/110L)

International Workshop: “Gwanghwamun square, us and tomorrow” (Seoul, South Korea)

Academic IELTS: Proficient User (CEFR Level C1)

International Workshop: “Belgrade in the Plural” (Belgrade, Serbia)

Certificate for the best work

Publication of the project “Lumière Futuriste”, awarded “People’s Choice” for the “Arch-de-Villa” contest (Team A.C. Ianniello, C. Felice, L.C. Vincelli) K. Sirigudi, Uni Design Explorer, series 3, volume 4, New Delhi, India, Editorial Department Uniegis Network Private Limited, 2021, pp. 22- 25

Publication of the project “Green Vessels”, awarded “Best work” for the “Belgrade in the Plural” International Workshop (Team L. Giannini, C. Felice, E. Raponi, S. Yamashida, Q. Gong, R. Dekedda, I. Radokovic) Z. Dukanovic, F. Giofrè, Belgrade in plural, Belgrado, Serbia, Public Urban Company Urban Institute of Belgrade, 2017, pp. 60 - 61

Publication of photos for the catalog of the “FantaCity” Exhibition, Rome

F. D’ Amico, M. Domenicucci, FantaCity, Roma, Italia, Palombi Editori, 2012, pp. 74 - 75

L.C. Manara High School of Rome (Italia)

ITALIAN

ENGLISH (proficient user - C1) (mother tongue)

Hand sketching

Autocad

Rhinoceros

Grasshopper

SAP2000

Vray (for Rhino)

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Indesign

Cloudworx (for Autocad)

Cyclone Register 360

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GREEN INFRASTRUCTURES

Master’s degree thesis

Location: Tuscolano neighborhood, Rome (IT)

Supervisor: prof. arch. Alessandra Capuano

Individual design

The project connects two parts of the city segregated by a railway. The location in currently a huge area filled with cars, fances and visual obstacles. The project converts roads into green paths and public spaces, with the exceptional frame of an ancient roman aqueduct. The ruins are a central part of the project: they gain new life in the confrontation with the new cultural center and railway station buildings. The designed complex plays with high and low elements, standing out from the city and blending in with the archeological landscape.

UMEDA TOWER

Fifth year project

Location: Umeda station, Osaka (JP)

Supervisor: prof. eng. Fabrizio Mollaioli

Individual project

The project designs a 200 mt high tower located in Osaka, from the general masterplan to the detailed solutions. It plays with undergound design for the public space, compared with a high tower element that reduces the plan size floor by floor. The tower hosts a public ground floor, offices, and hotel rooms as well as a restaurant and observation deck. The building uses a High Strength Concrete Core to absorb vertical stress and a Diagrid structure on the external perimeter to handle horizontal stress (wind and earthquake). The building has been modeled and checked for resistant sections through the software SAP2000.

CHURCH RESTORATION

Restoration project

Location: “S. Maria in Cappella” church, Rome (IT)

Supervisor: prof. arch. Maurizio Caperna

Team: M. Di Giorgio, C. Felice, L. Maggini

The project gives new life to an XII c. old church as an exposition space. Great care is taken into reconstructing the history and evolution of the building, from paintings, engravings, and written descriptions. Similarly, it conducts a study on the constructive and structural issues of the building; then it proposes a strategy to solve the degradation of the facades and flooring. The architectural design wants to communicate the historical process of the building. It follows Cesare Brandi’s principles for restoration: recognizable of old and new, complete reversibility, and minimal intervention.

Engraving by Giuseppe Vasi, 1754

INTERRELIGIOUS SPACE

Third year project

Location: Capena, Rome (IT)

Supervisor: prof. arch. Guendalina Salimei

Individual project

The project is located on a high hill in the countryside, where it locates a church, mosque, and synagogue as well as houses and an auditorium. The project investigates the concept of standing out vs hiding in the landscape: some elements are dug in the ground, gently laying down on the terrain. On the other hand, the religious buildings are designed to stand out as man-made landmarks in the countryside. These are designed with the same twisted-cubic shape (symbolizing the equality of all confessions), while still maintaining an architectural identity through the window shapes.

K- TURN FOR GWANGHWAMUN

Urban design International workshop

Location: Gwanghwamun square, Seoul (SK)

University: Myongji College, Seoul (SK)

Team: Kim H.Y., A. Sujin, A. Viscardi, F. Millesoli, C.Felice, D. Paniccia

The project proposes a new configuration for the majestic Gwanghwamun square, to make it completely accessible and permeable to pedestrians. From a composition point of view, the idea is to “break” the steadiness of the fixed-vertical shape of the square, proposing a dynamic, fragmented axis, and a fun, enjoyable way of moving through that space. Great care is taken into forcing selected prospects through trees and short vegetation. What do we want people to see? What do we want to hide? Glimpses to the Royal Palace, mountain Bukhansan and the surrounding city are the real protagonists of the design.

GREEN VESSELS

Urban design International workshop

Location: Block 18, Belgrade (SRB)

University: University of Belgrade, Belgrade (SRB)

Team: L. Giannini, C. Felice, E. Raponi, S. Yamashida, Q. Gong, R. Dekedda, I. Radokovic

Certificate for the best work

The project aims to redesign the poorly developed Block 18 through small, surgical actions. The idea is to convert the many abandoned houses into small public spaces: from ruin to square. This will create a net of green and public spaces that will revitalize the neighborhood while connecting it to the surrounding city of Belgrade.

ROMPECABEZAS

Shortlisted project

Architecture contest

Location: Huesca, Aragona (ES)

Team: C. Felice, A.C. Ianniello, P. Mezzadri, L.C. Vincelli

The aim is to design sustainable artists’ residences and education complex. “Rompecabeza” is configured as a series of sloping colored terraces placed on a steep area. The volumes of the small buildings emerge from the terraces, defining a pattern on the terrain reminiscent of mosaic tiles, and a Gaudì-like color palette. Working with the existing space is a goal of the project: the design is built around mantainig the existing olive and almond trees. Another key factor of the project is the possibility to expand over time through a modular masterplan, creating a village within a village.

LUMIERE FUTURISTE

“People’s choice award” winner

Architecture contest

Location: Ville Savoye, Poissy (FR)

Team: C. Felice, A.C. Ianniello, L.C. Vincelli

The design idea is to use light (essential for Le Corbusier) and move its XX century architectural concept into the modern days, without affecting its original elements. Ville Savoye will work as an ever-changing museum, representative of our contemporary digital age. Thanks to Augmented Reality the inside space will remain (almost) untouched while still hosting new functions. The design operations are surgical: only a slightly raised boardwalk is added inside the building. Exploring it as they would walk among an archeological site may let people realize the true value of this modern masterpiece.

extended photo selection: flickr.com/photos/chiarafelice/

PHOTOGRAPHY

Photography has been my first approach to composition, long before taking an interest in architecture.

I’ve always carried my camera with me throughout every travel, as a powerful tool to interpret the world.

A photo can also be a valuable testament of places that are no longer here.

This is the case of the small village of Amatrice (RI), my family’s hometown, destroyed by an earthquake in 2016.

As an architect, I hope to put my skills into play and help re-imagine the village of my childhood.

Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli ITALY | 2014

Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli ITALY | 2014

Gyeongbok Palace, Seoul SOUTH KOREA | 2020