Architect Renzo Piano has selected 24 students from the Polytechnic of Milan to participate in his six-month course held between Milan and Genoa. The course was structured as a design workshop in which the students must, in groups, reinvent and contemporize the architect’s designs in relation to the new challenges of tomorrow.
Master’s degree in “Building Architecture”
2021-2023
Politecnico di Milano, Milan
The theme of the course of study is architectural design in relation to the ancient. It is based on the teaching of multiple disciplines coordinated with each other: architectural and urban composition, conservation of existing heritage, sizing of structures, technologies and systems. All disciplines collaborate in order to address the necessary complexity of architectural design.
Bachelor’s degree in Architecture
2018-2021
Politecnico di Milano, Milan
Summer program in Architecture
06.2017 - 08.2018
Cooper Union University, New York
Internships
Michele De Lucchi Architetto
12.2022 - 02.2023
Full-time internship, Milan
Over the course of this internship i have worked alongside three different teams on projects that are distinct in design phase and size of intervention, working on ongoing projects, competitions, and early conceptual bids.
Asti Architetti
10.2020 - 12.2020
Full-time internship, Milan
During this two-month internship I had the opportunity to follow projects under construction and visit different project sites, participating with different groups in bidding and development of final designs.
The building section
The residential project for a sculptor unfolds on the slopes of the Italian Alps in an ancient rural village. The 5-story building connects the two ancient streets of the village. The structure of the building is incorporated within
a consolidated stone ruin with a Xlam framework. The spaces develop from the most private downwards to the most public, with access from the street to the double-height space to view the artworks by walking around.
Main softwares: Autocad, Photoshop, Blender, SketchUp, ReCap
Reuse and valorisation
The reuse project of the stone ruin involves its consolidation on the first and second floors, and a structure that rises two additional floors solely supported by the new structures. The language of the new construction is closely tied to the traditional local architecture, and the spaces on the upper floors enjoy a 180-degree view of the surrounding valley thanks to glass walls inspired by hay drying barns of the village.
Cellar in Pompei
About the project
The winery project in Pompeii is located north of the archaeological site, a 5-minute walk away. To avoid disturbing the wonderful rural landscape of the Pompeian suburb, the building is entirely semi-subterranean The above-ground structures are made of
rammed earth while the green roof rests on a lattice of laminated beams. The wine storage spaces are underground to keep them cool and are accessible via a spiral staircase that utilizes a pre-existing groundwater well
Office in Milan
2023 - Group work _
The Building facade
This office building is located in the historic center of Milan, and the design of its facades is directly influenced by the city’s twentieth-century architecture. The steel and cross-laminated timber frame is covered by local stone slabs at the base and prefabricated white concrete panels . The entire building is topped with a usable green roof designed as office relax area.
Camilla Calderoni
Nord elevation and lighting project
Museum in Ercolano
Archeological cover
The cover built to protect the archaeological remains of the roman villa is entirely constructed over a span of 40 meters without intermediate supports, which would have compromised artifacts integrity.
The newly constructed museum spaces are situated in front of the ancient terrace overlooking the Gulf of Naples and are positioned beneath a sloped wall. This wall not only supports the roof but also reflects the play of light evoking the ancient sea view from the pool below onto its inclined surface.
Section of exposition pool
Compression stresses in the slanted wall
Relationship whit the villa
The roof, made of double-height cellular beams measuring almost 2 meters, has been meticulously designed and sized to ensure it can be entirely walkable and a green roof. This way, visitors arriving on foot from the countryside do not realize they are walking on the remains of the villa until they come across the numerous glazed openings aligned with the underlying walls of the villa. This design recreates the spatial layout of the covered villa on the rooftop lawn
Roof structure deformation
The context
The roof is constructed at ground level to be not only fully integrated with the magnificent Vesuvius landscape but also easily accessible for both visits and green maintenance. The rainwater collection system feeds the underlying tanks, while two parallel rows of walkable photovoltaic panels power the museum’s nighttime lighting.
RPBW Laboratory
2024 - Group work + individual _ Mihail sugarev, Marco
Setaro, Laura Sartori
During Professor Piano’s course, the selected students had the opportunity to work on five projects selected by the architect. Each group had the chance to delve into, examining the drawings of the original projects, every detail of the architectures.
The course was based on the request to reinterpret the architect’s works in light of contemporary events, such as in terms of sustainability, accessibility, or even at the direct suggestion of Professor Piano, intervening on aspects that he himself, looking back over the years, would have done differently.
With my group, we worked on reinterpreting the IBM exhibition pavilion in light of the recent devastating earthquake in Turkey. We imagined that the pavilion’s dismantlable and transportable structure could be repurposed as an emergency school to be sent to disaster-stricken areas.
Main tasks: Autocad, Photoshop, Blender, Rhino, MidasGen
The workshop
The work carried out during the months of the course under the supervision of Professor Piano was immediately characterized by maximum Techical-economic feasibility and constructive awareness as well as the profound meaning and social role of this architecture designed to relate to contexts afflicted by cataclysms or disasters.
IBM pavillion reinterpretation
We studied the entire structure of the building so that it followed the same principles of dismantling and easy transportability of the structural elements as well as the cladding. Having the need to send it to disaster-stricken areas, we had to do
a great deal of work to reduce the weights and dimensions of the elements to the minimum possible. The three-hinged arch structure and the floor are made of wood, while the cladding is a mix of layers of poly-cotton and PET-based insulation with an interposed three-dimensional fabric to ensure the effectiveness of the closure package in as many climates as possible. All construction phases were designed to be carried out by unskilled labor, such as civilians.
2024 - Group work Mihail sugarev, Marco Setaro, Laura Sartori
Building process of the structure on site
Professor Piano reviewing the project during pin-up
Kansay airport FEM analysis
2024 - Individual work
Thanks to the possibility of having complete access to construction details and structural drawings, I was able to develop a study that delved into the functioning of Kensay Airport’s steel structure through modeling first on Rhino and then importing and characterizing it on MIDAS for FEM analysis.
The opportunity to delve into such a complex structure has allowed me to test not only my knowledge of structural modeling and simulation but also to understand how the various parts of this highly complex structure interact to ensure the overall functioning of the building. It’s as articulate as it is fascinating for the peculiarities and design features adopted
Executive phase project
The project I have had the opportunity to work on since I started working in 2023 at Lombardini22 is a university research center in Pisa, Tuscany. The complex includes a total of 7 buildings 4 of which will be constructed first and will host laboratories, classrooms, auditoriums, offices, and meeting rooms. All the buildings are constructed with a reinforced concrete structure and clad in facade panels made of pre-
fabricated concrete sandwich panels, to which is attached a skin made with a perforated metal mesh that allows visibility and passage of light. Collaborating with the team, we have developed the drawings for the execution phase of the first four buildings, scheduled to go to the construction site in 2024 for the project’s realization. I had in those months the opportunity to oversee various design aspects of each building.
Collaboration with BIM 360
A fundamental aspect of the design was coordinating with various design disciplines. Thanks to our work on BIM 360 we were able to efficiently coordinate structural, mechanical, electrical, and architectural disciplines.
Thanks to the shared platform among the offices of various consultants, we were able to communicate and receive feedback continuously updated during all phases of work. Specifically, I was responsible for coordinating and plan the floors and walls layers stratification, the staircases and elevator shafts, and the daylighting assessments of the premises, as well as the shading systems. During this work experience, I had the opportunity to greatly enhance my knowledge of the BIM environment, initially acquired in 2022 through a course taught by Werner Stefano Villa, author of Autodesk Italy manuals. I worked on creating parametric families, parameterizing and cataloging all dimensions of prefabricated panels used in the facade, and worked on computing all project materials via schedules for the executive metric calculation.
In order to speed up some mechanical steps of the design to better concentrate on the architectural project, I have also developed some Dynamo scripts capable of relieving us from the most repetitive calculations.
Dynamo script wrote for automatic calculation of air-lighting ratios
BIM 360 clash detection between MEP and architecture
Axonometric section of the building “04”
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To whom it may concern
Dear Sirs,
Milan, February 27th 2023
Filippo Amman was selected to undertake a work stage at AMDL CIRCLE in Milan as part of his educational and professional experiences. He always partecipates to the work with enthusiasm and I really appreciated his qualities for relationships, his adaptability to different situations and his organizing ability.
It was a great pleasure to meet him and having his contribution.
