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Selected works from 2013 to 2023

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Selected works from 2013 to 2023

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Oct. 2023

PORTFOLIO

Davide Caccia

Davide Caccia

27/09/1994 Italian Via Giovanni Cadolini, 4 - Milano (Italy) davide.caccia94@gmail.com +39 3397696936

The following portfolio was designed as a compendium of the most important experiences gained during my academic period and in these first years of work in architectural firms.

The intention was to include a few projects, but devoting the right number of pages to each one so as not to turn them into a succession of images, but allowing those who leaf through the pages to understand the process behind the project.

On the cover a photo of the Chiesa Madre in Gibellina, designed

by L. Quaroni

WORKS 05/2022 - on going

DIGITALS SKILLS PARK ASSOCIATI

Adobe

PHOTOSHOP ILLUSTRATOR INDESIGN

Autodesk

AUTODESK

3D

SKETCHUP RHINO

Render

ENSCAPE LUMION

Milano

05/2021 - 05/2022

RE NOVO studio Milano

02/2020 - 03/2020

BAUKUH architects

(intership)

Milano

04/2017 - 06/2017

C onsalez Rossi architetti

(intership)

associati

Milano

LANGUAGES ITALIAN

Mother language

ENGLISH

B2 (toeic)

PORTUGUESE

Good comprehension of spoken and written language

TEACHING 09/2023 - on going

POLITECNICO DI MILANO Course assistant for research seminar coordinated by Massimo Ferrari, Laura Montedoro

09/2022 - 02/2023

POLITECNICO DI MILANO Course assistant for research seminar coordinated by Massimo Ferrari, Laura Montedoro

09/2021 - 02/2022

POLITECNICO DI MILANO Course assistant for research seminar coordinated by Massimo Ferrari, Laura Montedoro

COMPETITIONS 2023

terraviva competitions

EDUCATION 09/2018 - 04/2021

WILDLIFE PAVILIONS

POLITECNICO DI MILANO M aster of science in “ architettura e disegno urbano ” 110L/110

2022

MILAN NAVIGLI CANAL CHALLENGE bee breeders

CHILDREN’S HOUSE IN AFRICA 08/2019 - 01/2020

2013 - 2017

2008 - 2013

ESCOLA DA CIDADE E xchange Sao Paulo, Brasil

2021

POLITECNICO DI MILANO Bachelor ’s deegree in “architettura ambientale ”

2020

Liceo artistico statale di Brera

kaira looro

MICROHOME bee breeders

CO2 ideasforward

2019

D iploma di maturità artistica

MOZAMBIQUE PRESCHOOL archstorming

2018

BAGHDAD DESIGN CENTRE the ritfat chadirji prize

Index ACCADEMICS

SOPRAELEVATA_2021_master’s thesis

ARCHIVIO_2019_design studio

COMPETITIONS

CANALE_2022_honorable mention

STUDIO WORKS

PORTO_2023_competititon

INTERSHIP

PALAZZO_2020_competititon

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n addition to the projects presented on the following pages, I have also been involved in the design process about projects at different scales during my internship and work experience.

buildings that required a volumetric reor- ge of design experience so as to be able ganisation and a redesign of the facades; to manage and be familiar with all phases of the project. larger-scale competitions in which the objectives were not strictly related to the scale of the building but in which we were asked to give a new meaning to the area by studying new functions that could be used for mending the relationship between the site and the consolidated city.

The main experience is related to the period at Park Associati, which is still ongoing, for which I was involved in projects My greater inclination towards a consuch as: text-related architecture, which uses references as a starting point for design, has the design of the extension of an important meant that so far I have focused mainly mixed-use headquarter; on competitions. That said, I am convinced that it is necessary, especially at the begincompetitions related to the reuse of office ning of one’s career, to collect a wide ran-

Sopraelevata

away from the windows of the surrounding houses. Over the years, its construction has led to a strong devaluation of the area, but when traffic is interrupted, it comes alive he city of São Paulo in Brazil is with a wide variety of activities. It becomes the most densely populated metropolitan an ideal place within the grey Brazilian city. area in the entire southern hemisphere.

As in many global cities, the constant proUnderstanding the infrastructure’s potential cess of urbanisation leaves little space for as a public space leads one to think that a public areas. However, in the centre of São similar situation could be replicated in any Paulo, we are witnessing the phenomenon world metropolis. The most immediate arwhereby one of the main thoroughfares chitectural assonance, set in the Milanese (an elevated road) is transformed into a context, is that of the Serra-Monte Ceneri place of social life on weekends, becoming elevated road, designed by engineer Silvaa public space. no Zorzi in the 1960s.

The idea was to give the elevated road a The Minhocão squeezes through the new role, transforming it into a meeting streets of the centre just a few metres space for those living in the surroundings/

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The idea of reclaiming places that were (once) used exclusively by cars is becoming increasingly realistic and desirable.

On the next page the photo of a newsstand below the causeway Serra- Monte Ceneri.

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1. Volumes neighborhood plan and Minhocão path 2. People dance on the Minhocão during the weekend 3. Collage 4. Transversal section

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1. Volumes neighborhood plan and Serra Monteceneri causeway path 2. Causeway structures sections 3. Collage 4. Current situation

SOPRAELEVATA A L SOPRAELEVA L A OPRAELEVATA S L A OPRAELEVATA S L A OPRAELEVATA S TA 1.

L A OPRAELE V A S L A OPRAELEVATA S L A OPRAELEVATA S L A OPRAELEVATA S L A OPRAELEVATA S L A OPRAELEVATA S TA LA

SOPRAELEVATA A L SOPRAELEVA L A OPRAELEVATA S L A OPRAELEVATA S L A OPRAELEVATA S TA L A OPRAELE 2.

V A S L A OPRAELEVATA S L A OPRAELEVATA S L A OPRAELEVATA S L A OPRAELEVATA S L A OPRAELEVATA S TA LA INAUGURATION DAYS

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sopraelevata serra monteceneri / milan (access from Portello and Ponte della Ghisolfa)

Theatre 1. Transversal section 2. Longitudinal facade

teatro

pista ciclabile

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sezione longitudinale

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Art gallery 1. Transversal section 2. Longitudinal facade 3. Image of the exhibition space (on the next page)

vetrina

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Skatepark 1. Transversal section 2. Longitudinal facade

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impianto generale

Canteen and neighborhood market 1. Transversal section 2. Longitudinal facade 3. Image of the social canteen and the neighborhood market (on the next page)

mensa

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cucina

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designed to meet the needs of the various have no structural function and to stand out exhibits and to develop an autonomous within the context of the Parma hills, as do he expansion is designed to cre- route, but at same time linked to the Ca- the (poles of the) surrounding vineyards. ate new exhibition spaces for the huge scina’s museum itinerary. amount of objects collected by Ettore Guatelli throughout his life.

The various volumes are connected to each other by a long, fully glazed corridor, A long building that adapts to the terrain which allows visitors to be able to obserand relates to the former Cascina, the cur- ve the surrounding landscape as well as rent Guatelli Foundation, creating a boun- the large machines, once used for work in dary and a space to accompany the visitor the fields, positioned in open but covered towards the exit. areas between one exhibition volume and the next.

From the porta morta, a founding element of the typology of the Parma farmhouse Steel pillars and tie-rods are structural (cascina), the final point of the visit to the elements that distinguish the building’s museum, we proceed towards the Exten- silhouette, since by piercing the different the next page a photo of the interior spaces of Ettore Guatelsion which consists of a series of volumes, roofs they allow the exhibition volumes to On li’s farmhouse.

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1. Plan 2. Current situation 3. Axonometric exploded view showing the various parts of the building 4. View of the field in front of the Guatelli museum

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Canale

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he project is developed on two different scales, the larger one encompassing/covering the entire ring of the Navigli canals and the smaller one focusing on the lot of via San Marco in the Brera district.

Invest in tactical urban planning interventions to return spaces to the community.

The desire to incorporate a cycle track within embankment of the Naviglio, so as to allow greater protection for cyclists and a better cycle flow without interference between cars and bicycles;

the decision to have a continuous row of The (larger) project stems from a series of trees running alongside the Naviglio, so as points/issues/ideas/thoughts that influence to emphasise the presence of the canal both the small and large scale: thanks to the height of the tree crowns and to increase the amount of greenery in the possibility of extending useful urban the city. strategies for the city beyond the limit of the canal (green areas to reduce the effect The smaller project re-proposes the openof the heat island); ing of a water basin extending over the

entire surface of the central part of via San Marco.

The project/intervention transforming Piazza San Marco - which stands in front of the 13th-century parish church of the same name - aims to connect the street level with that of the reopened Naviglio.

On the next page a photo of the water basin in via San Marco, in the center of the Brera district.

A GREEN REOPENING

A PUBLIC REOPENING

A MOBILITY REOPENING

The reopening of Milan’s Navigli (canals) is an opportunity to connect two types of green ecosystems within the municipal territory: a wider and more agricultural land on the outer edges and a more delimited and equipped greenery towards the centre. The reopening contribute to densifying the ecological network.

(Via Conca del Naviglio)

The reopening of Milan’s Navigli is an opportunity to reorganise some of the city’s neighbourhoods, integrating public spaces into the urban design through the main artery, which will be a road for gentle mobility. The improvement of squares and parks can also derive from small-scale interventions, through tactical urbanism projects.

(Via Fatebenefrtelli)

The reopening of Milan’s Navigli creates a new surface connection that can accommodate a cycle path connecting the city’s outskirts to its centre. , The route of the canal and the cycle path that runs along it fit synergistically into the existing network, reinforcing the interchange nodes between the various modes of transport.

(Via Melchiorre Gioia)

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REFRESHMENT POINT

WATER BASIN + DOCKS PUBLIC SPACE + ART

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surrounding landscape, the existing mo- The land/water boundary becomes a bility network, combining port functionality, space of osmosis, a new model of interacattractiveness, flow management and mi- tion between man, water and land. croclimate mitigation.

he redevelopment of the port area of Chioggia will be an opportunity to define An implementation in phases and a devela new one recognisability, improving the opment according to different scenarios. entrance to the city and the views on the flexible, from an economic, social and lagoon and the historic centre. environmental sustainability perspective through the identification of sequences of A dense green canopy, a light infrastrucactions aimed at maximising the public and ture and a set of events will be the driving private benefits induced by the project. elements, between land and water, of a new attractive vitality both for tourists and A vision capable of giving a new identity visitors, directly connected to the lively through new uses, new architectural and dock area and the historic city. landscape landmarks and a rediscovery of the lagoon.

Starting from the values of Cloden, the

On the next page a photo taken from the residential city towards the industrial port area.

HEATH ISLAND NEW VIEW OF NUOVO AFFACCIO

The design strategies used for solving the heat island effect will be related to:

ALLA LAGUNA VENETA VENETIAN LAGOON

-designing a green canopy; -create a permeable soil renaturalise the harbour quay.

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CRUISING ACTIVITIES RICOLLEGAMENTO CICLABILE ALLA CYCLE CONNECTION VIA DEL SALE E DELLO ZUCCHERO

To resolve the lack of reference points on the current quay, we want to design a large canopy that can distribute the flows of the different users who will use the port, and become the new landmark of the area.

EQUIPPED PARKING

AREA ATTREZZATA

DI SOSTA AREA

NEW IDENTITY FOR PORT AREA CHARACTERIZATION

CARATTERIZZAZIONE

STRADA NOVAROAD OF THE NEW

NUOVA VISIBILITÀ NEW VISIBILITY

Today the port area of Chioggia possess an industrial identity. By modifying the relationship with water, connecting the port area with the historic centre and introducing new activities, we plan to create a new identity.

NEW DOCK LA NUOVA DARSENA

CRUISE LANDMARK LANDMARK CROCIERISTICO

PLATFORM ON THE WATER PIATTAFORMA SULL’ACQUA

MULTIFUNCTIONAL EVENTS AREA PARTERRE EVENTI MULTIFUNZIONALE

PINE FOREST LA PINETA

NEW BRIDGE CONNESSIONE CON CENTRO STORICO

BALCONY OVER THE LAGOON BALCONE SULLA LAGUNA

GREEN CORRIDOR CORRIDOIO VERDE POLIFUNZIONALE

FISHING INDUSTRY IDENTITY MANIFESTO IDENTITÀ ITTICA

INTERMODAL EXCHANGE POINT PUNTO DI SCAMBIO INTERMODALE

LIVED PONTE BRIDGE VISSUTO

Palazzo

staircases connects the various spaces, which follow the orography and are therefore at different heights; a clear planimetric distribution helps all users find their way he building is conceived as a around the building. single organism that accommodates all the functions required by the university.

Like the regular courtyards of the University of Pavia This choice allows the creating a building and the large urban spaces of Trinity Colthat gives it the city in a recognisable way, lege, Cambridge, the public spaces of the claiming its own importance within the urUniversity of Pavia ban fabric. of Cambridge, the public spaces of the new University of St. Gallen belong to both The internal layout corresponds the followthe school and the city. ing urban planning strategy:

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Students and teaching staff mingle with the a passageway runs through the interior citizens of St. Gallen: meetings, exchangof the building; a sequence of ramps and es and dialogues take place. It is precisely

for this reason that the entrances to the passage and the garden are located at the edge of the building and are visible from outside, from the city.

On the next page a view of the walled city of St. Gallen, drawn

by M. Merian around 1640.

old town

Altstadt

university campus

Campus HSG Rosemberg

HSG platztor

museum quarter

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expansion university

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1. Scheme of urban connections 2. Perspective view of the building in the context

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Expansion HSG

NEUBAU CAMPUS PLATZTOR _ PALAZZO

Unterführung Parkeingang

Eingang

Eingang

5.18 Ruhefläche Anlieferung 350m2

1. Ground floor plan

5.17 / 5.19 Lagerfläche Anlieferung und Zirkulations 350m2 2.01 Eingangsschleuse 30m2

+ 663.0

Unterführung Ausgang 2

10.04 Fahrradabstellplätze 80m2

2. Transversal section

2.02 Begegnungsraum 80m2

1.18 Repro-Zentrale 50m2

3. Image of one of the two main entrances (on the next page)

5.15 Entsorgungsraum 110m2

5.02 60m2

5.16 Presscontainer 160m2

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1.10.1 Lehrraum 100 150m2

1.08 Vorbereitungsraum Aula 60m2 5.02 15m2 + 664.5

5.14.3 Lager Möblierung 170m2

5.02 15m2

1.07 Aula 400 400m2

1.10.2 Lehrraum 100 150m2

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1.02 Foyer 500m2

2.11.1-2 Lager, Archiv 100m2

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2.05.1 Lehrraum 100 150m2

1.19.1 Lager, Archiv Lehrräume 150m2

4.03/13 Restaurant 650m2

2.05.2 Lehrraum 100 150m2

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1.03 Infodesk

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4.18 15m2 5.02 60m2

1.04 HSG Shop 60m2 4.20-21 Kontrolle Anlieferung/Lager Mull 50m2

5.03.1 Sanitäts / Stillraum 30 m2

5.14.2 Lager Möblierung 50m2

5.05 6m2

5.06 Reinigungsdepot 35m2

1.06 Garderoben/ Schliessfächer 74m2

5.14.1 Lager Möblierung 215m2

+ 666.00

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Erdgeschoss 1:200

+ 662.50 m ü. M. + 0.00 m

JOSEF ALBERS

12 September 2025- 25 Oktober 2025

Kunstmuseum St. Gallen Museumstrasse 32, 9000 St. Gallen

12 September 2025- 25 Oktober 2025

Kunstmuseum St. Gallen Museumstrasse 32, 9000 St. Gallen

12 September 2025- 25 Oktober 2025

Kunstmuseum St. Gallen Museumstrasse 32, 9000 St. Gallen

University of St. Gallen

10.04 Fahrradabstellplätze 50m2

4.14/17 Coffee Shop 200m2

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1.01 - 2.01 Eingangsschleuse 80m2

+ 664.0

1.05 Securitas 32m2

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