Giulia Casazza PORTFOLIO

2015-2019

PORTFOLIO

CG Giulia Casazza

GIULIA CASAZZA Building and Architectural Engineer

PORTFOLIO

2015-2019

giulia.casazza@icloud.com (+420) 605 955 952 (+39) 348 362 0346

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PORTFOLIO

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ABOUT ME Hi, I am Giulia, Italian Building and Architectural Engineer now based in Prague. Nice to meet you!

In February 2017 I earned the Bachelor Degree in Architectural Sciences and in October 2019 the Master Degree in Building and Architectural Engineering at Politecnico di Milano.

The first years of University education allowed me to develop my architectural vision while during the specialization I had the opportunity to deepen the most technological aspects related to it with a particular attention to sustainability in terms of energy consumption reduction during the whole life cycle of the building.

Working in groups and teams is heavily accentuated in these study courses therefore it allowed me to expand my perception and to experience all the aspects of the design process with a multi-disciplinary and multi-scalar approach.

I have lots of creative ideas and enthusiasm to learn and improve and I’m looking forward to work in an environment that would feed my ambitions, highlight my aptitudes and contribute further to my professional goals.

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EDUCATION Master MSc Building and Architectural Engineering, LM-24 Building Engineering track (Mar 2017 - Oct 2019)

Politecnico di Milano Exchange Architectural Technology, Erasmus+ Programme (Sep - Dec 2018)

Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland Bachelor BCs Architectural Sciences, L-17

(Sep 2013 - Feb 2017)

Politecnico di Milano High School Art High School, Architecture and Design track

(Sep 2007 - Jul 2012)

Liceo Artistico Lucio Fontana, Arese (MI) LANGUAGES Italian mother tongue English C1 Czech beginner

EXPERIENCE (Apr - Jul 2015)

Intership

SlashStudio of Arch. Alessandra Pantuso The internship has been stimulating and useful for my professional maturation as I was completely involved in a wide range of activities. In particular I was in touch with the suppliers and I actively contributed to the definition of the interior of some apartments, proposing customized furniture, accessories and realizing lighting studio. I also made several surveys of construction sites after which I developed plants of the building system distribution. This experience led me to personal growth at the organizational level and to the development of job relationships skills.

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TECHNICAL SKILLS Freehand drawing Office AutoCAD Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign Revit Rhinoceros V-Ray for Rhino IES VE Agisoft Photoscan WORKSHOP May 2019

Conflict Management in Teams held by Ingrid Hollweck May-Apr 2019

ACME seminar: Design for Maintainability.

Exchange course beween Politecnico Milano and the Technische Universität Graz 2017-2018

Revit, DigiSkills Feb - Mar 2016

BIM - I caratteri della metodologia di lavoro per la progettazione.

Tecniche avanzate di analisi e gestione dei progetti.

RECOGNITION Oct 2015

Ri-formare Milano area of the EX OFFICES OF THE NATIONAL BANK OF WORK @MI/ARCH 2015 International Architecture Festival, Spazio Mostre Guido Nardi (MI) Jul 2015

Ri-formare Milano area of the EX OFFICES OF THE NATIONAL BANK OF WORK @ Urban Center, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II 11/12, Milano 2017

B.Coppetti, C. Cozza, Ri-formare Milano. Progetti per aree ed edifici in stato di abbandono.

Milan: Mondadori Bruno, 2017

M.Bovati, Abitare il luogo. Spazio architettonico, forma urbana, contesto ambientale. Vol.1 Sperimentazioni progettuali. Milan: Maggioli Editore, 2017

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Beauty Connects People Italian Pavilion EXPO 2020, Dubai, UAE

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Wave CafĂŠ Dining cafĂŠ RGU campus, Aberdeen, Scotland Hilly Bridge Pedestrian bridge RGU campus, Aberdeen, Scotland

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Kawayan Forest Dynamic Shading System Manila, Phillippines

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Phaos Candle holder, Lourdes, France Temple Garden Landscape architecture Lourdes, France

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Residence Accursio Residential and public space, Ri-formare Milano Piazzale Accursio, Milan, Italy

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Stable Metric survey, image rectification Villa Arconati, Castellazzo, Italy

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Scanned with CamScanner

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An energy-driven proposal for the Italian Pavilion at Expo Dubai 01 2020 EXPO 2020, Dubai, UAE Project:

Italian Pavilion

Location: Plot 100, EXPO 2020, Dubai year:

2018-2019

Module: Tutor: Partner:

Master Thesis Gabriele Masera Saba Prekdiana Danusso

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Beauty Connects People EXPO 2020, Dubai, UAE

Because of the weight that the construction sector has on pollution and future climate change, for the Master Degree Thesis, we decided to design the Italian Pavilion for the most-sustainableever Universal Exposition: Expo Dubai 2020, Connecting Minds, Creating the Future.

The above with the aim of identifying and testing the most suitable construction strategies in a climate with severe heat and high humidity like the UAE (United Arab Emirates) one.

The theme proposed on the 5th March 2018 by the Italian General Commissariat, led by Paolo Glisenti, Beauty Connects People, has been interpreted with the proposal of the Italian Boroughs, the cradle of culture and attraction for people from all over the world.

After a preliminary phase of research and information about the vernacular and contemporary architecture present on the site, the identified strategies were applied in the design of the spaces of the Italian Pavilion. Subsequently the decision-making process was guided by the data collected from the energy simulations performed with the software IESVE (Integrated Environment Solutions Virtual Environment) that, combining passive and active strategies, allowed us to define the best configuration with an energy saving of 60%.

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An energy-driven proposal for the Italian Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020

Pavilion Concept anthropization Genius Loci/IT Š Savinova A.

natural landscape

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An energy-driven proposal for the Italian Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020

Morphological

-50% SR Orientation

Solar radiation

Cool roof

Technological

Envelope

Colors

Cool roof

Ventilated faรงade

Shading CO2

Roller blinders

O2

Vegetation

Fixed H/V shadings

Active >T

PV panels

STRATEGIES

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Dehumidification by cooling

Combination of vernacular-morphological strategies and of contemporary-technological ones.

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Cooling demand

-8%

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DELTA DUE TO OPTIMIZATION AND ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM PV PANELS

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0 OCT

NOV

DEC

JAN

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-0.5

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Window SR -1

-1.5

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PV energy

50%

of the energy consumption for the cooling demand can be carried out by the PV panels

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JAN 0 0 -1.5

-20 -2.5 -0.5

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-40

-2 -40

-3 -1

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-2.5 -60

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OPTIMIZATION 17

-1

DELTA DUE TO OPTIMIZATION

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The cooling demand reduction could seem a moderate percentage but we have to consider also that in the preliminary phase we used high-performance technologies and adopted morphological strategies typical of the location.

Cooling loads Cooling loads

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These results were detected during the Expo 2020 opening period and time: Opening period

Oct 2020-Apr 2021

Opening time weekdays 10.00 A.M-1.00 A.M week-end 10.00 A.M.-2.00 A.M.

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Electricity production Electricity production [kWh] from PV panel from PV panel

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North-East elevation

+24.50

+17.50

+14.50 Third Floor

+10.50 Second Floor

+7.00 First Floor

North-West elevation

+0.00 Ground Floor

+24.50

+17.50

+14.50 Third Floor

100% +10.50 Second Floor

+7.00 First Floor

+0.00 Ground Floor

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An energy-driven proposal for the Italian Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020

South-East elevation

+24.50

+17.50

+14.50 Third Floor

+10.50 Second Floor

+7.00 First Floor

South-West elevation

+0.00 Ground Floor

+24.50

+17.50

+14.50 Third Floor

+10.50 Second Floor

+7.00 First Floor

+0.00 Ground Floor

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An energy-driven proposal for the Italian Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020

3D view North-West view An energy-driven proposal for the Italian Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020

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Cafè 02 Wave RGU campus, Aberdeen, Scotland Project:

Dining: café

Location: RGU campus, Aberdeen, Scotland year:

2018

Module: Tutors:

Design Technology 2 Jonathan Scott, Theo Dounas

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Wave Cafè

RGU campus, Aberdeen, Scotland

The project site is located on the south side of the River Dee, owned by RGU. The location is a setting for old farmhouse and ancillary buildings, where a major development work is planned to convert these into housing, café and a physiotherapy/sport recuperation centre. The wider location around the buildings are to be converted into playing fields.

The main access is currently from the B9077 (South Deeside Road) which is a busy thoroughfare with a more direct link planned to connect the site to the main campus. The proposal is to develop the site of the old farmhouse (currently in a ruinous condition) into a café, which will require an extension to the north incorporating views of the river and the campus.

CLIENT REQUEST The client has particularly expressed two aspects as critically important in the development of the project: - This is a University development where new access to the site will be proposed to the east of the building Any new building should maintain the Universities policy of customer focus and universal access while being flexible (the building has a massive turn over on exhibits) and durable for future needs as well as being open to the wider public; - The University must maintain a strong emphasis on customer care and excel in its community wide focus

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Wave Cafè

site plan Wave Cafè

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cafè 90 m2 snug area 64 m2

open area 42 m2

service block 48m2: kitchen bathroom storage

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Wave Cafè

Wave Cafè

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ground floor

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Wave Cafè

rendered view: interior of the dining area

ATMOSPHERE & MATERIALS The site is obviously of a rural nature. Despite being a suburban setting, it is a peaceful, mostly quiet place. The design acts as quality example of contemporary Scottish architecture in the rural landscape and it treats context aspects with a sustainable approach. The construction, and the special requirements provide high quality catering to the campus and to a wider public in a cost effective manner.

The main structure of the new block is a light weight platform timber frame. Studs are simply connected through nails and screws. The structure is covered by OSB panels.

Zink cladding is realized with VM zink double lock standing seam (vertically disposed). This kind of installation (with sealing machines) significantly reduces the installation time. It is particularly suitable for structures located in regions with harsh climate often exposed to strong winds.

Wave Cafè

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Wave Cafè

sections Wave Cafè

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Wave Cafè

west elevation

east elevation

Wave Cafè

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north elevation

sud elevation

detail dowel for the mechanical anchoring of the insulating panel plasterboard gypsum fibreboard wooden warping OSB vapour barrier Rockwool Timberock panel 120 mm OSB Rockwool Ventirock panel 50 mm DPM wood bottom rail wood sole plate wood board anchor dowel

TSR concrete epoxy coating radiant heating Vapour barrier Rockwool 220 145mm DPM reinforced concrete slab 20 mm sand binding 75 mm hardcore 150 mm

skirting dowel for the mechanical anchoring thermal insulation in the skirting rusticated sheat for mechanical protection

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Wave Cafè

Wave Cafè

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elevation, materials

THE HILLY BRIDGE Design by: Giulia Casazza Angelica Marzoni Elena Volpi

THE HILLY BRIDGE Design by: Giulia Casazza Angelica Marzoni Elena Volpi

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Hilly Bridge

RGU campus, Aberdeen, Scotland Project:

Pedestrian bridge

Location: RGU campus, Aberdeen, Scotland year:

2018 (1 week contest-winning project)

Partners: Angelica Marzoni, Elena Volpi

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Hilly Bridge

RGU campus, Aberdeen, Scotland

The pedestrian bridge is meant as a walkway that connects the banks of the river Dee from the Robert Gordon University Campus to the south side where a major development work is planned to convert built spaces into housing, cafe and physiotherapy/ recuperation centre.

Very important in the design process is the study of the site section because to have a direct connection with the Campus, the access to the bridge is conceived at a higher level than the river banks; furthermore with this strategy the promenades along the river are kept uninterrupted. The bridge entrance and the exiting are disgregation points of minor connections to the buildings.

Those two areas in addition to have a redistribution function, they constitute stop spaces where users can gather.

The aesthetic of the bridge itself recalls the hilly skyline of Aberdeen thanks to the solid and void of the curtain â&#x20AC;&#x153;hillockâ&#x20AC;?. People walking throw 150 m bridge can experience different views by means of the alternation of shadow and light created by wood walls and curtain balustrade. The users that experience the stroll are surrounded by warm timber cladding.

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Hilly Bridge

view Hilly Bridge

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STUDENT VERSION BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION PRODUCED

PRODUCED BY AN AUT

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Hilly Bridge

section

TODESK STUDENT VERSION

Site section 1:500

Hilly Bridge

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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION BY AN AU PRODUCED

site plan

Site section 1:500

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Hilly Bridge

maquette Hilly Bridge

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Kawayan Forest Manila, Philippines Project:

Dynamic Shading System

Location: Manila, Phillippines year:

2018

Partners: Ric J. Caringal, Saba Danusso, Sibilla Ferroni Module: Tutors:

Building Envelope Design Marco Pesenti Alessio Costantino, Matteo Pedrana

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Kawayan Forest Manila, Philippines

The aim is to develop an architectural adaptive surface, from conceptual design to fabrication using advanced software and tools.

Daylight parameters have been used to find envelopes able to cope with energy performance, users requirements and architectural integration. â&#x20AC;&#x153;... to dominate the environment [and achieve] the exact conditions they likeâ&#x20AC;?

(Jozef Hoffmann)

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Kawayan Forest

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

bamboo fiber composite material: light fragmentation

bamboo concept

Bamboo (typical material of the Philippines) is above the inspiration process of the wings concept.

Below a graphical schematization of the concept development: from an initial geometrical consideration about the wing shape, to the combination with the bamboo fiber composite material.

Kawayan Forest

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mechanism 49

1. Upper and lower support

2. pipes

3. shading in semiopen configuration

4. shading in open configuration

Kawayan Forest

strategies Kawayan Forest

movement A - wings opening

movement B - orbit motion

For the opening and closure of the wings, we choose to use electric actuators. They offer the highest precision-control positioning.

The movement is quiet, smooth and repeatable. The diagnosi and maintenance can be immediate.

For the orbit motion, three pistons (hydraulic actuated) are connected to the hingelike sphere which contains the pipe at the bottom. They can stretch out and go back allowing the revolution movement of the pipe along the track.

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J A N U A R Y

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F E B R A R Y

30째

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Kawayan Forest

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N O V E M B E R

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D E C E M B E R

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movement A - daily schedule (east facade)

A U G U U S T

movement B - monthly schedule (east facade)

M A Y

S E P T E M B E R

Kawayan Forest

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USERS CONFIGURATION Kawayan Forest is an automated shading system. Even though its functioning allows the optimization of energy consumption it could also bring some users to suffer of techno stress. Furthermore to make buildings truly adaptable we have to take into account the environmental belief as well the personal one and the users activities.

According to that the automated shading system is integrated with an internal user control; This tool enables Kawayan shading to meet range of occupants subjective desires and objective performance requirements combining the goals of cost-energy savings and occupant satisfaction.

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Kawayan Forest

Kawayan Forest

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users configuration

open configuration

closed configuration

technical drawing: blow up

+18.00m

+14.00m

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Kawayan Forest

elevation Kawayan Forest

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3D view east, morning

CLOSED

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Kawayan Forest

3D view east, afternoon

OPEN

Kawayan Forest

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Kawayan Forest

3D view Kawayan Forest

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Phaos

Lourdes, France Project:

Candle holder

Location: Lourdes, France year:

2016

Partners: Lorenzo Castaldini, Claudia Monici Module: Tutors:

Architectural Design Studio 3 (Bachelor) Pier Paolo Tamburelli Guido Tesio, Petro Salamone

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Phaos

Lourdes, France

PROJECT OF HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURE “Configured as an ambitious project of collection, survey and re-design of contemporary “ritualistic landscapes”, Project of a Historical Architecture is an attempt to look back at Fischer’s Entwurff and try to imagine a realistic, collective and comparative approach to contemporary architecture”.

(Pier Paolo Tamburelli) Project of a Historical Architecture is an ongoing project curated

by Pier Paolo Tamburelli. The first episode (Wonders of the Modern World: Fatima) was developed in 2013 at the Porto Academy, the second episode (Wonders of the Modern World: America) was developed in 2014/2015 at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the third episode (Wonders of the Modern World: Lourdes) was developed in 2015/16 at Politecnico di Milano.

During the workshop my team was assigned with the design of the candelabra positioned nearby the cave: the morphology of the architecture proposes the volumetric monumentality of the Ardeatine pits through the overlap of two 50 * 5m volumes covered by travertine panels.

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Phaos

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siteplan

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Phaos

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section A-A

east-west elevation

B C D

C D

Phaos

Phaos

sec D-D

sec C-C

section B-B

north-south elevation

B

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1

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2

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section d-d

section c-c

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1 candle lighting 2 wax draining 3 water tank 4 coins collection 5 candles storage

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Phaos

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1

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elevation

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Phaos

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Phaos

gesture, from the stop motion video

Phaos

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axonometric views

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Temple Garden Lourdes, France Project:

Landscape architecture

Location: Lourdes, France year:

2016

Partner:

Claudia Monici

Module: Tutors:

Architectural Design Studio 3 (Bachelor) Maria M. Reggio

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Temple Garden Lourdes, France

The Temple Garden is a natural Architecture lay on a raised basement covered with a mantle of Zoysia japonica and defined by a local basaltic stone paving. A mirror of clear water is in the center and reflects the circular oculus, quote of the Roman Pantheon, which opens at the top of the cupola of Salix viminalis.

The segmental arch, on which the dome is developed, has the skew-back 1.75 m in height. The garden thus structured acts as a meditation enclosure creating a gathering space for the users.

The envelope is entirely designed with living elements, therefore it will have an interesting development and different configurations during its entire life cycle. An inspirational reference was the Auerwold Palace in Germany.

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Temple Garden

Temple Garden

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spring plan

winter plan

Salix Viminalis

spring elevation

winter elevation

Zoysia Japonica

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Temple Garden

Temple Garden

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Residence Accursio Milan, Italy Project:

Residential and public space, Ri-formare Milano

Location: Piazzale Accursio, Milan, Italy year:

2015

Partner:

Lorenzo Castaldini, Matteo Colosio

Module: Tutors:

Architectural Design Studio 2 (Bachelor) Barbara Coppetti

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Residence Accursio Milan, Italy

A NEW URBAN CENTER, CONNECTION BETWEEN CITY AND SUBURBS The intent is to turn a forgotten area, which abandonment is marked by the ex Agip gas station (Arch. M. Bacciocchi), into an urban centre and to give new life to the adjacent neighborhoods.

The project concept comes from a thorough study of urban morphology, history and conformation of neighborhoods adjacent to the project area of Piazzale Accursio.

At the center of this research a fundamental role has been assumed by the main axes, all those that connect our project area to the relation spaces of the other districts (the most important: Portello and Mac Mahon). These spaces assumed a central role in the design phase. The project offers, through elements that interpenetrate each other, different functions (public, expositive and residential). The building is presented as a unitary body in which the base is the most important element that joints both private and public functions.

The study of this area highlighted that Milan west is a rapidly expanding area subjected to a significant demographic increase.

Therefore, in a future perspective, this project will play a link role between the centre of Milan and the suburbs.

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Residence Accursio

Residence Accursio

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Milan, abandoned places, ex Agip gas station Š archivio storico ENI

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Residence Accursio

Residence Accursio

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first floor

ground floor

section c-c

residence expositive space public space parking

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Residence Accursio

maquette Residence Accursio

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Stable, Villa Arconati Castellazzo, Italy Project:

Metric survey, image rectification

Location: Villa Arconati, Castellazzo, Italy year:

2016

Partner:

Saba Danusso

Module: Tutors:

Architectural Preservation Studio (Bachelor) Daniela Oreni

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Villa Arconati Castellazzo, Italy

Defined by many the â&#x20AC;&#x153;little Versaillesâ&#x20AC;?, for the expenditure with which it was built and for its size (9000 m2 of noble part and a garden of 140000 m2), Villa Arconati belongs to a microsystem of excellence that has come to us intact: a wooded agricultural patrimony of 200 hectars, an agricultural village, the hamlet of Castellazzo in the town of Bollate (MI) with its community, villa and park.

SURVEY To obtain an adequate knowledge of the characteristics of the structural elements, of the materials and of their state of conservation, the geometric-structural survey of the south wing of the complex (the Stable wing) was carried out.

During the first phase, we produced sketches and we performed a photographic survey. We later worked on these materials to draft the architectural survey project. For the longimetric survey the use of the concatenated trilateration was selected. The instruments used are the laser distance meter, the ribbon and the water pipe.

A laser spacer was used for the altimetric survey. To define the elevation survey project we concatenated it to the plan level of the longimetric survey. The plan has been divided vertically into several points at a distance of 30 cm, variable in significant points (angles, windows..). Then we made the measurements from the points to the ground plane and to the top one. We performed the exteriors measurements using some stands as reference points.

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Stable, Villa Arconati

Stable, Villa Arconati

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Villa Arconati Š archivio di Stato di Milano

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Stable, Villa Arconati Rilievo geometrico - Scala 1:50 - Piano 0

survey ground floor

Stable, Villa Arconati

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vaults photopiano, realized with photoscan

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Stable, Villa Arconati

photopiano, realized with photoscan

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Fotoraddrizzamento prospetto SUD-OVEST. SCALA 1:50

Stable, Villa Arconati

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Thank you for your time Giulia

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giulia.casazza@icloud.com (+420) 605 955 952 (+39) 348 362 0346

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