1. The meadow hill in via Palmanova
Why is living in Milan so exhausting ? | via Palmanova, Milan, Italy Politecnico di Milano | Architectural Design Studio | 2022 in association with Agnieszka Kilian and Weronika Kozak professors: Caterina Anna Bassoli, Alessandro Carrera, Stefano Tropea
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Our design proposal is focused on the minor alterations to the built issue of the existing neighbourhood and major one to the landscape - currently concrete, abandoned courtyard.
In the centre, between the buildings, we would like to add a layer that breathes and which could constitute as a new identity of the place - nature. A common space that grows, changes, exactly as the inhabitants do.
We feel that with some adjustments this estate could grow to be a home for many, both humans and other species. We would like to propose various new typologies of living and sharing, which could invite new types of users into the estate. For this reason, we add small volumes and change interior layouts of buildings surrounding the meadow to make the space diversified. We play with the idea of sharing and intimacy, visual contact; relation to the surrounding. The apartments have spaces completely private, but also common ones, ones with access to the new shared areas like kitchens or loggias with gardens. Now windows are overlooking not the abandoned, grey courtyard but the new public space where inhabitants and Milan’s residents could meet and play biglie by the chimney.
the centre of the plot is narrow, cold and unoccupied
elevating the central space as a meadow and making it a public place
building site overlooking the meadow is more shared, the other one is more intimate overlooking the meadow shared spaces are located: green loggias, galleries or kitchens
site location
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masterplan model
6 rooftop extension new main entrance entrance inclination of the meadow hill greenery of the meadow communal kitchen creative area retrofitted apartments entrance entrance work area front gardens shared spaces shared loggias apartment in the infill shared gallery shared kitchen retrofitted apartment existing chimney inhabitants gardens
for the events
room library ateliers first floor plan of infill and retrofitted building masterplan
space
common
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perspective section through the meadow
elevation with the section through the meadow
retrofitted building changed interior and kept existing structure (staircase core, bearing walls and the half of the storey floor)
infill
the new structure is built independently next to the existing neighbours
space typology hierarchy:
the retrofitted building the side of the flat by the meadow is shared; the space in-between is occupied by circulation and the opposite side is intimate the shared space between flats is either a kitchen and the gallery or a green loggia
space typology hierarchy: the infill
the flats share a green space in-between in the flat the further one moves away from the shared core, more privacy one gains
core in the middle provides chance for visual contact throughout the entire floor.
Inhabitants can close the door to the room and be alone, or sit on the bed with the doors open to contact with others;
the introvert side looks inward, while the extrovert –outside to provide different views and atmospheres inside, the windows are placed on diverse heights and vary in dimensions
retrofitted building by the meadow - second floor plan
retrofitted building by the meadow - third floor plan
infill - option with 4 flats
infill - option with 2 flats
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first level of the retrofitted apartment
part of the elevation of the retrofitted building
second level of the retrofitted apartment model of the retrofitted apartment
10 C D Concrete floor finishing 2cm Ytong blocks 35x35 cm Glass Wool ISOVER insulation cm Concrete slab Filigran gr. 20cm Concrete floor finishing 2cm Glass Wool ISOVER insulation cm Concrete slap Filigran, gr. 20cm Glass wool ISOVER insulation cm B Ponding depth Gravel layer Extensive planting with variety of seeds and plants, herbs and grasses Drainage system with rocks Corrugated slotted subsurface pipes Concrete screed with underfloor heating 5cm Concrete slop Filigran 20 cm Interior finishing plaster cm structural section fragment of elevation: materials and colours
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2. Rethinking student’s living space in Collegio di Milano
Retrofitting project for the Collegio di Milano | Collegio di Milano, Milan, Italy Politecnico di Milano | Construction and Sustainability Studio | 2021 in association with Ja Yoon Lee and Pamela Nicole Matamoros Cedillo professors: Leonardo Bellaldelli and Maria Teresa Blazquez de Pineda
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The Collegio di Milano is a meritbased inter-university campus nestled in a park, based in a historical building designed by the architect Marco Zanuso.
The complex was built between 1971 and 1974 to originally house the Center for Financial Assistance to African Countries.
After the years building deteriorated. The adaptation project was aimed to extend lifespan of the Collegio through improving the living conditions.
Based on that we decided to recreate organization of the rooms with providing semi-private, shared room with kitchenette in-between two bedrooms. To improve the climatic conditions shared balconies were transformed into winter gardens. In order to re-equilibrate the amount of the rooms, new, duplex apartments have been suspended on the building as the parasites.
Additionally, ecologically sustainable solutions have been introduced: such as a new water distribution and retention system, green roof, insulation of the building with local cork. The surrounding park has been redeveloped with the addition of a pavilion for coworking and workshops.
unorganised space in the garden
not used greenery
lack of kitchens for cooking own food
lack of various services in the neighbourhood
community community
limited and tiny space bedrooms
lightness of the structure
isometric view of current state site site
bad conditions of the balconies
lack of a space for co-living with other students
site location
building
water management issues shared semi-private spaceobtaining better living conditions
re-equilibrate the amount of the rooms
lack of sustainable construction solutions
main defined issued
new typology
building
a suitable intervention to preserve the heritage
new cultural place
building retrofitting
make the most of the building shapes and peculiarities for a low emission solutions use the garden by creating spaces there for students
design intent
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isometric
shared workshop | studying | recreational pavilion in the garden development of green areas and the introduction of coordinated paths
14 GRID OF THE STRUCTURE OF COLLEGIO PAVILION DESIGNED ON THE WITH TRANSTIONS INBETWEEN SHARED WORKSHOP | STUDYING RECREATIONAL PAVILION IN DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN AREAS INTRODUCTION OF COORDINATED MASTER PLAN SCALE 1:250
grid of the structure of collegio di milano
pavilion view master plan
designed on the basis of a grid with transtions inbetween
shared living rooms with winter garden
parasites
pavillion
0 5 10 20m
elevation with parasites before after
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3,78 2,70 5,22 2,54 4,37 4,76 2,48 2,70 + 10,47 m + 6,01 m + 3,00 m + 0,00 m + 9,48 m + 5,54 m + 2,54 m + 0,00 m R03 R01 W03 S02 N02 N04 N03 0 8 0 1 2 80 0 1 2 80 210 80 210 80 210 80210 80210 80210 7,30 m 4,39 4,39 2,16 2,56 0,83 2,10 1,19 2,26 2,91 3,04 1,35 0,90 0,90 0,83 3,88 7,30 1,70 1,45 2 3 1 Corridor Bedroom Bathroom 1 2 3 +3,00 m 0,00 m
0 1 2m
section - parasite
fragment of the first floor plan - parasite corridor 2. bedroom 3. bathroom
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elevation with winter gardens before after
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2,70 2,70 2,70 2,70 0,65 2,80 1,02 2,10 2,10 2,10 0,65 0,65 2,50 1,13 + 0,00 m + 10,31 m + 0,17 m + 3,17 m + 6,00 m + 7,30 m + 6,23 m + 9,18 m 80210 21080 21080 70210 70210 21080 21080 21080 10095 2,75 201 2,74 2,74 2,91 2,74 2,70 1,98 1,28 2,05 1,60 1,60 2,40 2,40 2,40 2,40 2,40 1,60 1,60 2,00 2,30 3,03 1,49 3,03 1,49 2,30 2,02 3,73 204,2 2,40 5 6 4 1 Bedroom Winter garden space Balcony 2 5 4 3 6 2 3 1 Corridor Living room Bathroom +3,00 m +3,17 m 0 1 2m fragment of
floor plan
shared living room and winter 1. corridor 2. living room 3. bathroom 4. bedroom 5. winter garden 6. balcony section
the first
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- winter garden
3. Women’s house
Women’s House | Baghere Senegal Kaira Looro Competition | 2021 in association with Martyna Kędrzyńska, Marta Zapaśnik, Aleksandra Pendrasik
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Women’s life runs in cycles - same as days, years or rainy and dry seasons.
That idea was introduced to creat an emotionally flexible house with various types of spaces that will resonate with the inner needs of the users. Circular form creates a democratic space where each room can be used for different purpose. Moreover, it becomes a distinct element in the village’s urban plan, emphasizing the importance of women in community.
The permanent element of the Women’s House is an endless earth wall which defines flexible areas. It waves, changes, closes and opens, leading the user around the building. Following its shape, we pass by the rooms for meeting, administration or commercial activities, to finally enter the courtyard with larger spaces for conducting labs, seminars and exhibitions. The form of the building opens onto the village and interwines with it through its mobile outer skin made of lightweight bamboo shutters.
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site location
day month season
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ground
floor plan legend: 1. main entrance; 2. circular platform; 3. courtyard 5. exhibition space; 6. dialogue room 7. warehouse; 8. administration; 9. toilets
VI. covering straw
V. roof substructure: bamboo bars
IV. outer skin: bamboo shutters
III. roof construction: bamboo frames
II. wall: baked clay bricks
II. floor: earth and broken tiles
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cornice of bamboo structure panels: pressed wild bamboo alnately interwoven around a steel ties
thatched roof covered with straw
bamboo roof substruture
bamboo frame (main column+truss) bound with a raten rope
stairs to the central courtyard glass bottle openwork for ventilation
recycled concrete soread footing entrance stairs
single-layer adobe brick wall finished with white earth plaster recycled ooncrete continous footing
earthen flooring covered with recycled red broken tiles
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4- bamboo column
4. Rua da igreja | streetspace
Public space in Maputo | Rua da Igreja, Maputo, Mozambique Politecnico di Milano | Urban Design Studio | 2021 in association with Mona Islami, Noora Alhashimi, Emily Marie Shiga, Melina Varbanova professors: Corinna del Bianco, Maria Chiara Pastore, Nilva Karenina Aramburu Guevara
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AGRICULTURE
Upon investigating all the issues and targeting areas within the chosen site in Maputo, it was concluded that three of the nodes highlighted as potential areas of intervention could be linked to form a sequence of places.
With the brief set out to design a public space the importance to include the beach became fundamental as this remains as one of the only public spaces that are accessible to everyone. Due to the threat of the beach becoming privatised to suit the needs and demands of the rapidly growing tourism industry as well as the middle and upper class communities it is hoped that this will highlight the importance of this space that can be enjoyed by all.
The East-West spine interrupted by a sequence of public spaces is hoped to connect not just the people of the neighbourhoods in the siteW Wbut also create a ‘corridor’ of opportunity for people from other neighbourhoods to also have a stronger access to the coast.
ecology: flooding and deforestation
social segragation: planned and unplanned settlements
agriculture mangroves
beach
connectivity: periphelical public transport focus within the sites
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5 min 10 min 15 min
igreja
paving for pedestrains and vehicles
agricultural and community focus 2
public facility
widening the public space of the street
final destination
access to beach
additional greenery
3 avenuemarginal
beachprotective groyne
coastalerosion
legend:
focus sites axonometry
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main street focus areas - public sites
urban fabric
Site 1. agricultural
Site 2. mangrove
Site 3 beach
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rua da bufferzonetoprotect mangroves
agriculture land golf
main street focus areas connections with the site forest boundary public space within street master plan
flexible
bamboo roof
secondary bamboo structure
primary bamboo structure
timber and reed panels
easily assembled permeability achieved from an open structure with movable panels
sustainable
affordable inclusive
the module section and panels typology
bamboo gutter
timber deck
timber floor structure
attached timber structure
concrete pier foundation
the module axonometry
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4 5.6 12.5 °
Storm water management planters
Solar-powered lamp posts
Permeable paving for drainage
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agricultural center
community kitchen
informal market pavilion
toilets 5 workshop / storage 4 1 A A 3 5 2 agricultural site masterplan agricultural site section A-A
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2 lecture hall
4 toilets
1 market kiosks
2 utilities
3 sport field
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beach site masterplan
mangrove forest site masterplan
1 educational center
3 informal shaded pavillion
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SITE 3 / BEACH
5. Camposaz 31:31 in Garniga
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View point | Garniga, Trento, Italy Camposaz | Self-construction workshop | 2022 in association with other participants tutors: Massimiliano Piffer, Andrea Simon,
Location of this self-construction workshop took place in Belvedere - Garniga view point.
First element - the tower is a real observatory, capable of establishing a new dialogue with the landscape in which it is inserted: the Adige Valley. The development is vertical and is conceived as an invitation to curiosity. The discovery of the landscape takes place through this lookout element and is stratified, made up of static situations and others that are more dynamic and less tangible.
The second element of the project develops horizontally to offer a protected resting corner where you can lie down in the shade of the surrounding foliage. The horizontality of the platform breaks up creating an inclined plane that raises the observer’s point of view, who can then choose their view: the branches of the trees framing a glimpse of the sky or the profiles of the mountain ranges, standing out on the horizon.
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