Selected Work - Gianluca Sanzone by GianlucaSanzone

Selected Works

Gianluca Sanzone

Assoc. AIA

Work Experience

Architect I - Hickok Cole - Washington, DC

October 2024 - Present

717-885-7079

sanzone_gianluca@comcast.net

@Gianluca Sanzone

Joined Hickok Cole as an architectural staﬀ member in their multifamily studio. In my role at the ﬁrm I have: helped drive the design of unit types; document those units and other exterior and interior conditions around the project; and collaborate with interior and exterior project team members to drive the design forward and meet important project milestones.

Architecture Associate - Niles Bolton Associates - Alexandria, VA

July 2022 - September 2024

At Niles Bolton, I had become invested in various multifamily, active adult, commercial, and conceptual projects and studies. In order to build my bank of well-rounded knowledge, I strove to take lead of various tasks and responsibilities through all phases design. During my time at the ﬁrm I helped lead design eﬀorts, coordination between project teams, and the execution of project work while also collaborating with coworkers and other project members to see through the proper documentation needed for delivery.

Architectural Intern - SAA Architects - York, PA

Summer 2021

At SAA I was tasked with spearheading and developing CD sets, and design concepts for existing and prospective commercial and residential projects. As well as communicating with clients regarding design decisions, and visiting job sites to review and measure ongoing and future projects.

Architectural Intern - Mula Design - York, PA

Summer 2019

I took charge of preparing various drawings types for ongoing commercial projects. I helped the team prepare and produce CD sets, details, and design drawings in order to meet project deliverables and deadlines. Alongside

Involvement

Penn State Architecture Alumni Mentoring Program

2018-Present

Participated as a student and now as an Alumni. Connecting with students and mentoring them about the ins and outs of being an architectural professional while also lending a hand to current students by any means.

AIAS Penn State Chapter - Former President & Member

2017 - 2022

Served as member and President of AIAS-PSU Chapter in order to help develop and maintain professional connections, and coordinate networking events for architecture students.

AIAS Beneﬁtting THON - Former Head Chair, THON Dancer, & Member

2018 - 2022

Former head chair, member, and dancer to help fundraise money for an annual 46-hour dance marathon aiming to ﬁght pediatric cancer.

Education

Pennsylvania State University - Bachelor of Architecture - Spanish Minor - 3.5 GPA -Class of 2022

Pantheon Institute - Rome, Italy -Fall 2021 Study Abroad -Focus on Urban Design

Languages

English Italian Spanish

Skills / Tools

Revit AutoCAD Sketch-up Rhino3D Grasshopper Adobe Suite Lumion

TonicDM Procore

TestFit

VRay Enscape

Revu Bluebeam

Microsoft Suite

Competitions

Premio Piranesi Competition - 2021 - Rome, Italy - 1st Place

References

Walter Ploskon (Niles Bolton / Principal) - wploskon@nilesbolton.com

Haley DeNardo (Niles Bolton / Project Architect) - hdenardo@nilesbolton.com

Danika Dallam (SAA / Vice President)ddallam@saaarchitect.com

Professional Work Grey to Green Media City Antiquarium Thermal Baths Community Kitchen

Professional Work

Multifamily / Commercial/ Studies

From 1 - 6 Months

Revit

AutoCAD

Sketchup

Enscape

NOVU - FIU

-Sweetwater, FL

-Student Housing, 21 Stories, 280 units, 800 beds, 676,500 sq. ft.

Discovery Daytona Beach

-Daytona Beach, FL

-Active Adult Housing, 3 Buildings, 4-5 Stories, 316 units, 92,000 avg, sq. ft.

RockSpot Climbing

-New Haven, Ct

-Commercial Fit Out, 5k sq. ft.

Farmingdale Republic Airport RFP

-Farmingdale, Long Island, NY

-Market Rate Housing, 4 Buildings, 18 Townhomes, 4 Stories, 440 Units, 502,500 sq. ft

Discovery Daytona Beach

Site Render - Done by rendering consultant

Exterior floor / ceiling condition detail

Farmingdale Republic Airport RFP

Typical Bldg. Plans FARMINGDALE -REPUBLIC AIRPORT

View of Townhomes and Community park from Dog Run - Rendering done by Rendering Consultant

View of Site Entry, Building 1 & 4 - Rendering done by Rendering Consultant

Grey to Green

Undergraduate Thesis

16 Weeks

Manhattan, NY

Research / Cultural / Urban Design

Rhino

Illustrator

Photoshop

Enscape

An undergraduate thesis research & design project to culminate 5 years of architecture school. Grey to Green combines my two passions of design and sports. The aim of the research was to discover why there is a scarcity of playing spaces and opportunities within dense urban areas. The research led to unfolding the underbelly of American sports being driven by a pay-to-play system. The system prioritizes high-income families and communities and disfavors low-income players. This in turn pushes playing spaces out towards suburbs and away from urban areas. The design intent is to provide a solution to this issue and reclaim the urban realm in order to provide spacial equity to urban residents and players through a new street scape.

SYSTEMS DIAGRAM

SUSTAINABLE MEASURES

- Green Spaces reduce heat island effect

- Filters the air through greenery

GREEN SCARCITY

VALUES OF THE CITY

- Public Space must be reliably available and free to use and a right to every being in the city

- Green Space is imperative to the health of the urban landscape and its inhabitats

- Most playing elds found in suburbs

- Most elds require reserving if elds not already occupied by adults

- Other available playing spaces are either rent-able, far, expensive, or require a team / league

- Green Space in US metropolitan cities severly underprovide for their residences

- Gives the area and community an identity

- Encourages outdoor recreation

PHYSICAL &

MENTAL

HEALTH

- Most people in cities crave open space for recreation

- Physical activity is a stress relieving activity

- Allows for an oasis / escape from everyday stress

SPORTS ISSUE IN AMERICA

- Proximity of playing spaces hinders opportunities

- Pay to play dominates sports

- With increase participation, the demographics become unbalanced due to wealth.

RECLAIMING RECREATION IN THE CITY

- Public space has now turned private

- Streets are the only public space left in the city where we can cross borders of gender, race, income, ethnicity, etc.

- Setting up a system that utilizes elements of existing streets to generate different programs along the urban fabric

- Play, Culture, Cuisine, Relaxation, and Commerce can thrive on pre-existing, free, public land without generating privitization. Allows for dynamic program of the residential street to freely continue serving the community and create better neighborhoods.

Green Street Systems Diagram

Typical

TurfScapes Functions

TurfScapes Sections and Usage diagram

Green Street Signage Elevation

CULTURAL STREETS MARKET

Green Street view corridor

Green Street - sport street activities

Media City

3rd Year Project

24 Weeks

Harlem, NY

Cultural / Makerspace

Rhino

Illustrator

Photoshop

Lumion

Media City is designed to attract creatives around the neighborhood and city in order reflect the artistic energy and culture of Harlem back into it’s urban atmosphere. In order to achieve this idea, the use of a double-skin, ETFE facade was critical as it functions not only as an envelope, but allows for a unique semi-transparency and affords a glow to the building. Along with the conceptual side of this project, the building is designed to be as systematically efficient and sustainable as possible. Thermal integrations such as: a double-skin facade, radiant heating, solar panels, and sustainable material use, all contribute to make this building as efficient as possible.

Facade Wall Section

125th St. Elevation

5th Ave. Elevation

Building Overview Day

Building Overview Night

Thermal Baths

5th Year Project

2 Weeks

Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy

Thermal Bath House

AutoCad Rhino

Illustrator

Photoshop

Part of a group design competition for the Premio Piranesi Prix di Roma. The competition brief called for an intervention to an ancient antiquarium on Villa Adriana. The brief’s only requirement was to significantly incorporate water into the design submission. Adjacent to the proposed site are the ancient bath houses on the villa used by the emperor Hadrian, and the conopo which is a large reflecting pool. We proposed an addition to the existing antiquarium by adding a new upper floor serving as the welcome center and hospitality area for the bath house, and a new lower level serving as gallery space for artifacts. Along with the additions, we renovated the original baths that would incorporate a water feature springing from the elevated level of the site, flowing through the various programs down to the baths to create a sensorial connection throughout all levels of the building.

Addition Axon Diagram - By C. Knapp

Water Flow Axon Diagram - by C. Knapp

Aerial view from Canopo - by D. Lopatka

Mezzanine

Section B

Section C

Section D

View from the Relaxation Area out towards Canopo

4th Year Project

16 Weeks

State College, PA

Kitchen / Cafe / Lab

Rhino

Illustrator Photoshop

Designated as a Design-Research-Studio, De-Zone was focused on rethinking how our communities, towns, and cities are structured and designed. My focus was on our food ecosystem in the US and how fresh, readily available food is far too expensive for the average consumer and hard to come by as our grocery stores are stocked with processed, preserved, and modified foods. Our bodies need the nutrition from natural, holistic, and fresh sources. The community kitchen is an architectural response to this problem. Pushing back against existing zoning and building codes, the project rewrites these in order to produce fresh food, feed the adjacent community, and educate people about healthy dietary practices and methods. Allowing humans, their food, and livestock to coexist in a sustainable environment. Packaging farm yards, kitchens, dining spaces, greenhouses, and classrooms into one typology.