Lorenzo Bono | Portfolio 2023

PORTFOLIO LORENZO BONO

LORENZO BONO

ContaCts

loribono1999@gmail.com

+39 338 2646170

Caramagna

Piemonte (CN), Italy

about me

Through my personal and academic experience, I acquired different abilities such as teamwork, communication, architectural and urban design and technological systems. I can adapt to different work contexts and teammates.

Sustainability, new technological solutions, people’s comfort and quality of life are my most relevant topics of interest to develop and enrich my future professional career. I consider myself a very meticulous person at work, willing to help others and with good leadership skills. My interests and curiosity push me to discover, to meet and to get inspired by new cultures and people.

Languages

Italian Mother language

English B2 | IELTS

eduCation

2021 - Current Politecnico di Torino | Turin, Italy

Master’s degree in Architecture for Sustainability

2018 - 2021

Politecnico di Torino | Turin, Italy

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture

2013 - 2018

I.I.S. Arimondi-Eula | Racconigi, Italy

Technical High School Diploma in Costruction, Environment and Territory

Work experienCe

Jul - Sept 2021

Archistudio 14 | Bra, Italy

Occasional professional services

Oct 2020 - Jul 2021

Archistudio 14 | Bra, Italy

Intern

Jul 2017

Jun - Jul 2016

skiLLs

Studio tecnico Giovanni Geom. Bussi | Cavallermaggiore, Italy

Intern

AutoCAD, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Office

Adobe InDesign, Primus, Echo, Agisoft Metashape

Revit, PointCab, Cloud Compare

Adobe Photoshop, QGIS, Enscape, Twinmotion

Rhino, Grasshopper, DIALux, Lumion

The refunctionalization project of an ex-industrial complex is located in L’Argentière-la-Bessée, in the French Alps near the Italian border. The design objective is the creation of a new Univesity Campus for the woodwork and the study and use of the forests. The project idea is to maintain only the building of the ex-hydroelectric power station and the structure of the central building of the complex, composed of steel pillars and trusses. Within the truss structure is created a new green and blue axis, which all other functions will be connected to.

The possibility to have public space inside the campus, the use of local materials, the use of dry technologies for the construction to simplify and facilitate future disassembly and reuse, the indoor and outdoor comfort are all the main themes focused on the development of the project, to achieve an energy and social sustainability.

CANAL VERT CAMPUS Sustainable and inclusive living project

axonometry

Impermeable surface

Drainage surface

Water canal

Green area

Greenery in pots

Low greenery

High greenery

perspeCtive seCtion

Polycarbonate windows to ensure lighting and privacy

Drainage surface for the flooding

Water canal

Structure in wood and steel

projeCt LiFe CyCLe

The project is located in Ostana, a little town in the Po Valley in the Piedmont Alps.

Hostana is a social housing complex composed of three single-space apartments, two apartments for little families and a common area with a kitchen, a living room, a study room and a co-working area. The intervention follows the municipal program for the reintegration of young families and the repopulation of the medial areas and mountainous areas, which have seen rapid abandonment since the post-war period. The village concept lets an easy connection between the residential apartments and the common area, at the same time it lets less heat loss during the winter season. The sustainability aspects are the main focus of the design: materials (use of local materials like stone and wood), technologies (the buildings are with a dry construction system to simplify and facilitate a future disassembly and reuse of the materials, an example is gabion stone system for the external wall finishing) and social level (there is an outdoor common space on the rooftop of the common area).

HOSTANA Green building design

axonometry

territoriaL FrameWork

Prevailing wind drection

Winter solar path

Summer solar path

south eLevation

seCond LeveL pLan

THE DECAY OF AYITI Architecture, society and territory

Since the colonial period, Haiti has been strongly deforested and agriculture has exploded. It is a high risk territory that is constantly affected by natural disasters. The previous events led to the degradation of the territory, causing soil erosion, flooding and biodiversity loss. In a possible future scenario in which the rise of the sea level will divide Haiti into two different islands, sets up strategies to decrease the risks and let the population live and not only exist are essentials. Human and nature cohabitation is a fundamental element for the rewilderness process and for the construction of new villages in nature. In this scenario, a return of biodiversity, trees and animals, is also important to allow a new relationship between humans and nature.

Risk negative map of the previous map with the altimetry of the territory

sCenario deveLopment sCheme

Urban area

Flooding risk

Landslide risk

Rewilderness intervention

Crops Forest

Urban area

Flooding risk

Landslide risk

Protected forest

Green charcoal production

Corn crops

Fruit trees

Sugar cane plantation

Urban area

Principal road

Secondary road

Sugar cane plantation

Rice crops

Bean crops

Corn crops

Coffee tree plantation

sCenario deveLopment seCtion

Mangroves

Urban area

New settlement

Flooding risk

Landslide risk

Actual forest

Rewilderness intervention

Nature connection infrastructure

Mangroves

The consequences of the Belice earthquake of 1968 are still visible today. The historical centre of the town of Salemi, located in the province of Trapani, has been almost completely abandoned since this event due to the significant damage of the buildings, leading to the creation of a new urban area for the inhabitants in the peripheries.

The project aims to reactivate these urban voids to attract the community again and develop new social and economic activities.

The “Giardini del Carmine” area is transformed into a small university campus, thanks to the proximity of the town to the archaeological sites of western Sicily. At the same time, there are established shops and residence areas for cultural, food and wine tourism.

The historical memory of the site is maintained by preserving the ruins of the pre-existing walls: these elements characterise the urban design defining streets, green areas and private areas of the residential buildings.

First LeveL pLan

Tourist’s residential area

Bar Conference room

Restaurant

Carmine theatre

Shops

Student’s residential area

Library

Student’s residential area

Research rooms

Botanic garden

south eLevation

seCtion

Facade and roof cladding made in “campanella” stone, a local material used in the buildings before the earthquake

Ventilated facade used to reduce the heat from outside in the summer period

Sunscreen elements are used to block direct solar radiation, but allow natural light in the indoor spaces

Large south-facing windows allow natural light to enter in the school rooms

Traditional structure in reinforced concrete

MACROLOTTO 0 - PRATO Atelier city and territory

The “Macrolotto 0” is a district of Prato, Italy, economically based on the textile industry, but since the 90’s the district has been almost completely occupied by a Chinese community. The strong presence of their own culture has developed a city inside the city, a Chinese neighbourhood rarely frequented by the other inhabitants of the city. The city’s objective is to attract again the entire population to this area by intervening in abandoned buildings and areas of the district. The project aims to connect the municipal project already under construction and the Prato Borgonuovo train station with a larger pedestrian area. To this street are attached public squares used for community space or commercial areas and social activities.

axonometry

territoriaL FrameWork

Pedestrian project area

Industrial area

Public area

Existing pedestrian street

Municipal project area

Green area

urban projeCt map

Prato Borgonuovo train station

Secondary pedestrian street

Architectural project area

Pedestrian project area

Industrial driveway

Public squares used for the community or commercial areas and restaurants

arChiteCturaL projeCt axonometry

Roof windows allow natural light to enter in the indoor area

Sport center with a futsal field, a basketball court and two volleyball court

Square linked to the pedestrian street and all the indoor project areas

Extension elements are made of steel and glass; in this way the new interventions are recognisable from the traditional structure in concrete and bricks

The footbridge links the areas on the second floor and it is made of a structure composed of reinforced concrete pillars and steel tie rods

Gym Bar

Pedestrian project street

Restaurant

First FLoor pLan

seCond FLoor pLan

THE ROYAL PALACE Restoration and integrated conservation

The restoration project needs a change of approach instead of the traditional design. The detailed attention and the importance of the historical aspects are fundamental to preserving the value of the building. The fourth floor of the Royal Palace of Turin is used as a storage room, but it shows the potential to be part of the museum already existing on the other floors and to be used for new interactive activities, like painting, drawing and modelling, to extend the cultural proposal available in the palace.

Other rooms can be dedicated to ateliers and workshops used by the universities: in this way, the Royal Palace will become a new research centre about the restoration, the history and the properties of the Savoy family.

projeCt axonometry

territoriaL FrameWork

seCtion ConstruCtion sCheme

Wooden plank

Secondary orditure of beams

Main beam structure

Detachment of the plaster

Detachment of the paper wall

Presence of cracks and spare holes in the surface

Brick tiles pavement

Concrete slab

Wooden plank

Main beam structure

Elements that are not part of the original design

Fourth floor

Third floor

Office

Second floor

Vertical connection (lift)

Deposit

Museum

Technical room

Service

First floor

Ground floor

Vertical connection (stair)

Restoration and integrated conservation - The Royal Palace