I embarked on my studies in Architecture motivated by great interest and passion. I approached this path with thoughtfulness that led me to discover many aspects of the subject. I strongly believe in the virtues of listening and dialogue. I had the opportunity to work in groups, in which I discovered and exercised leadership skills. Dedication allowed me to develop a design method and a critical sense in the insatiable search for product quality. Moved by my interest in history and technology, I decided to continue my studies by pursuing a master’s degree in Heritage Architecture. This allowed me to concretely approach intervention strategies, without ever neglecting that aleatory flavour that architectural design needs.
Education
2021 /2024
Master’s degree in Architecture for Heritage Polytechnic University of Turin
Final grade: 110/110 Cum Laude and Mention | Level 7 EQF Turin, Italy
Thesis project: Rethinking the Ordinary: Design Explorations for the Repurposing of Post-WWII Decommissioned School Building Stock in Italy
08-2022 /01-2023
2018 /2021
2017 /2018
2012 /2017
Erasmus+ | École nationale supérieure d’architecture de ParisBelleville
Paris, France
Bachelor’s degree in Architecture
Polytechnic University of Turin
Final grade: 110/110 Cum Laude | Level 6 EQF Turin, Italy
Bachelor’s degree program in Civil Engineering Polytechnic University of Turin
Turin, Italy
Scientific High School | Liceo Scientifico Statale G.C. Vanini
Final grade: 90/100 | Level 4 EQF
Turin, Italy
10-2023
/01-2024
09-2023 /10-2023
02-2023 /04-2023
Languages
Italian | Native Language
English | B2
French | B1
Softwares
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Experiences
Teaching Assistant | Polytechnic University of Turin Course: Atelier Città e Territorio | Professor: Antonio De Rossi
Short-term project | Studio Reinerio Architetti Turin, Italy
Internship | MASA Architects / MADMA urbanism+landscape Rotterdam, Netherlands
Recognitions
2022
2019
Mention in a teacher’s book: Armando, A., Barioglio C., Campobenedetto, D. & Todella E. Che mestiere fa(ra)nno gli architetti?. (2022). In A. Di Renzo, E. Giaccone, S. Gribling & C. Lucarini (Eds.), Praticare la teoria. Riflessioni sulla pedagogia della progettazione architettonica (pp. 127-141). Torino: Accademia University Press, pp. 133, 136, 140.
Mention in a teacher’s book: Davico, P. (2019). Il disegno per conoscere e raccontare l’architettura e l’ambiente. Roma: Writeup Site, p. 172.
INDEX
RETHINKING THE ORDINARY
Rethinking the Ordinary: Design Explorations for the Repurposing of Post-WWII Decommissioned School Building Stock in Italy
Link to the thesis: https://webthesis.biblio.polito.it/30160/
The research seeks to investigate the current state of public-school heritage. Cities like Rome, Milan and Turin inherited an infrastructure from a previous era that no longer aligns with the needs of contemporary society. Some of this building stock is currently unused or underused due to depopulation and demographic decline. Snapshots of the three cities were captured to potentially highlight issues and emerging needs, aiming to build reactivation perspectives. A particular need that emerges is the shortage of accomodation for out-of-town students. Expanding the service with new student accomodations by converting old schools makes it possible to reuse the existing building stock without affecting land usage. The research explores design proposals for a specific case study: the school situated at Via Bologna 153 in northern Turin. The building transformation hypothesis considers the design process and its timing. The project is conceived as an incremental pathway on alternative stages which may remain unimplemented. The project provides the possibility of coexistence between the housing programme and associative activities located on the ground floor and extended into the large public park. This work encompasses a compendium of reflections on the transformation of the ‘ordinary’ built heritage transcending the specificity of the individual intervention.
An international competition to revitalise the Budva Bay waterfront in Montenegro
Year: 2023
Location: Budva, Montenegro
Office: MADMA urbanism+landscape
Team: H. Matsuura, T. Obase, S. Baroni, A. Azizova, C. Cheng, A. Yang, S. de Cuniac, G. Lisi, V. Fkatsara
MADMA urbanism+lanscape office faced the challenge set by City of Budva administration through an invitation-only competition. The project selected in the six finalists managed to reach the second stage. The office embarks on the revitalization of the mesmerizing waterfront of Budva, driven by sustainability, environmental stewardship, and functional innovation, ensuring an exceptional experience for all. The project embraces a human-centric approach, the design seamlessly integrates into the natural beauty of Budva. The revamped Budva Beach Boulevard beckons visitors of all ages throughout the year, inviting them to indulge in a delightful array of parks, enriching museums, and versatile event halls. Widening and enhancing connectivity, the once narrow Lungomare transforms into a generously pedestrian-friendly boulevard, optimizing urban squares, fostering comfort, and forging stronger city connections. Through thoughtful architecture and public space proposals, diverse facets encourage vibrant community interactions and meaningful connections.
Kids Paradise Park
Budva Cinema Museum
AMMARÈA BED &BREAKFAST
The transformation of a Mediterranean villa into a bed & breakfast. From renovation to furniture design
Year: 2021
Location: Torre San Giovanni, Ugento (Le), Italy
Designer: Gianmarco Lisi
The entrepreneurial project Ammaréa Bed&Breakfast was born in 2019 from a family passion in the tourist hospitality sector. The building, located in the centre of Torre San Giovanni, close to the Natural Park Litorale di Ugento, was acquired in a state of total decay. The villa was originally a summer family residence with a covered area of about 200 square metres and a rigid layout dictated by the load-bearing masonry structure. The main challenge in the functional conversion was the introduction of the five volumes of new bathrooms. The project then tackled the adaptation of the accessibility of the common areas for serving breakfast to customers and the inclusion of relaxation areas in the garden. Last but not least, the integral design of the furnishings. This had to take into account functional aspects related to flexible bed configurations, ease of maintenance and cleaning, as well as intrinsic aesthetic aspects.
BELENO BARRACKS
A urban project on the area of the former Beleno Barracks in Venaria Reale
Subject: Heritage redevelopment and enhancement project
In this laboratory, we worked on a intervention on an urban scale, inserting residences, commercial spaces, accommodation facilities and educational services in the quantities indicated by the legislation. The area of the project includes the former Beleno Barracks in Venaria Reale, not far from the Reggia di Venaria, a Savoy residence. In the project, the commercial area is arranged in large blocks suitably split to ensure their permeability. The residential buildings are grafted on top of the commercial blocks. The school complex is located near a tower which contains areas for the tertiary sector, as well as the archive-museum of the Centro del Restauro. The accommodation facilities were located in the non-demolished buildings of the former Beleno Barracks. These buildings from the 1920s present remarkable architectural qualities. The park and public spaces connect these buildings and offer meeting places.
Beleno Barracks
Above: school complex plan
Below: residential and commercial plan
Beleno Barracks
CIPRIANO CEI’S PICTURE GALLERY
The setting up of Cipriano Cei’s picture gallery in the maids of honour’s appartments
Team: Gianmarco Lisi, C. Chiambretto, F. De Cola, F. Mura
This laboratory explores the discipline of architectural restoration. The project site is the Agliè Castle, a Savoy residence. We were called to work on the servants’ apartments. In the first part of the work, we carefully studied the history of the castle and the servants’ flats. We gained an awareness of the place and its weaknesses and potentials. After that, we moved on to the material study of the spaces to be restored. We mapped the decay and worked out solutions to restore it in accordance with cultural heritage regulations. In those spaces we had to set up an exhibition of the 19th century painter Cipriano Cei. Compositional solutions were searched to establish a dialogue with the preexistence, without disdaining contemporary design. This was accompanied by the technical study of lighting, heating and ventilation systems.
Concept of the exhibition spaces
Concept of the exhibition elements
Analysys of material degradation
Restoration and exhibition
Study of the lighting of paintings and spaces
Lighting checks made with DIALux EVO
VILLINO CAPRIFOGLIO
Villino Caprifoglio
Metric survey and parametric modeling of Villino Caprifoglio in the Valentino Park
Subject: Points Cloud and HBIM
Academic year: 2021/2022
Professors: Massimiliano Lo Turco, Fulvio Rinaudo
Team: Gianmarco Lisi, Fabio Mura
The object of the workshop was the Villino Caprifoglio, a small 19th century building in the Valentino Park in Turin. The survey and remodelling work started from a complete point cloud of the interior and exterior. BIM Revit software was used for modelling, which allowed us to work with parametric architectural elements as families of objects. We modeled families such as: doors, windows, vaults, beam systems, decorative system, railings and false ceilings. We also modeled the vaults in Rhino and then we imported them through the Rhino lnside plug-in. We used FARO’s As-Built plug-in for the construction of walls and roofs. In this way, the relief is as accurate as possible. At the end of the modelling process, we carried out a complete verification phase. Using the As-Built plug-in, a check was made between the facades and the point cloud and between the plans and the point cloud. The last check was done with CloudCompare to compare the point cloud of the vaults with those modeled in Rhino.
Parametric modeling based on the point cloud
deviation analysis made with As-Built plugin
Facade
Not adaptive but more accurate vault made with Rhino
1000 VOLTI, LE SCULTURE DI VILLA ADRIANA
The installation of a reversible pavilion for a temporary exhibition in the Sala dei Filosofi at Villa Adriana in Tivoli
Subject: Atelier Design-Build
Academic year: 2020/2021
Professors: P.F.M. Caliari, F. Leoni, A. Levra Levron, W. Ceretto
Team: Gianmarco Lisi, Stefano Marzo, Fabio Mura
The topic of the Atelier Design-Build was the installation of a reversible exhibition pavilion inside an archaeological ruin of enormous historical, cultural and architectural value. The site is Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli, built by the Emperor Hadrian in the second century AD. The challenge was to design an intervention that would be able to dialogue with the existing building in terms of volumes, lines and materials. The composition is based on the reconstructive hypothesis, from which the proportions and architectural elements that characterise our pavilion are derived. The two shadow cuts of the portals are located where the columns were, the permeability of the façade is based on the ancient trabeation, the design of the ceiling take up the “cassettonato” ceiling.
Genesis of the composition in relation to the reconstructive hypothesis
Graphics concept and mockup
View of the exhibition
Constructive details of the pavillon - S:
EX-FIRSAT PARK RESIDENCE
A multifunctional intervention on the former Firsat area along the banks of the Sangone stream
The area of intervention is the site of the former Firsat industrial area. It is located in Piedmont, on the municipal borders of Moncalieri and surrounded by the Sangone stream. It forms a junction between the stream, the municipal border, the railway line and part of the community facilities. The aim of the project action is to design a new piece of the city, where there are now mainly abandoned industrial ruins. The project does not take this pre-existence into account since it is irrelevant. A multifunctional intervention was conceived, which includes mainly residential, but also commercial and recreational spaces. Not the least, the aim is to make nature the focus of the project. The vegetation can permeate undisturbed under the building blocks, which are elevated about seven metres above the public park. The project also dealt with the technology and constructive aspects.
