Luca Melis architecture portfolio
2013 - 2020
Luca Melis Via Putzu 1, 09047 Selargius, CA, Italy Currently based in Amsterdam +39 340 537 3120 luca94melis@gmail.com Sex: Male Born: 29/04/1994 Nationality: Italian
About I’m from Sardinia, Italy, and I recently graduated in Politecnico di Milano, in the Master Course Building Architecture. After a 6 months au-pair experience in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK, I decided to join the Politecnico di Milano because the technological component of the architecture is one of the field that interests me the most. In Politecnico I developed interest in the parametric approach, because of its flexibility during the design phase, and also in building with low carbon footprint, as essential elements in the our cities of the future. Currently I’m based in Amsterdam, doing an internship in NOAHH Network Oriented Architecture. Next to architecture, an important role in my life is represented by photography and books.
Formation Jan 2020 - in progress Jun 2018 - Jul 2018 Oct 2017 - Dec 2019 Aug 2017 - Sept 2017 Oct 2013 - Nov 2016 Jul 2016 May 2015 Sept 2008 - Oct 2013
- Internship, NOAHH, Amsterdam - Internship, Degli Esposti Architetti, Milano - Master Course in Building Architecture, Politecnico di Milano - ILS Scientific School, Alghero, DADU - Science of Architecture, Cagliari (Teshis about coastal architecture) - Workshop MSL 2016, Monastir (Design and Construction of a Reversible structure) - Workshop Ladiri, Nurachi (Construction of a small building in raw bricks) - Scientific High School, Selargius
Software skills Technical drawing, freehand or with cad support Autocad 2D Rhinoceros + Grasshopper + Vray Photoshop Camera Raw Indesign SketchUp Revit Office BIM sofwares: Tekla, Synchro, Ladybug, Velux
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Community and infrastructure center Imizamo Yethu, Cape Town, South Africa
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Train station Sesto San Giovanni, Lombardy, Italy
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Multipurpose building Fagnano Olona, Lombardy, Italy
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Wine and food promotion center Las Plassas castle, Sardinia, Italy
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“Casa a corte�, 4 villas complex Medau su Cramu, Sardinia, Italy
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Photography selection
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Community and infrastructure center Imizamo Yethu, Cape Town, South Africa Located in a super dense township in Cape Town, Imizamo Yethu, this integrated center represents a useful tool for the wellness of the area, trying to solve a series of social and cultural problems. The infrastructural part of the project, represented by the tower, collects water from rain and from fog, produce agriculture and guarantee a panoramic terrace on the top. The social part, more integrated in the landscape and submerged into the context, surrounded by the houses, provides education, alimentation and sanitation.
The community centre is the central element of a larger intervention, where the introduction of pedestrian and vehicular roads (through to the relocation of houses on top of platforms) allows to increase safety and accessibility of the area. In the crossing points of this road network, additional intervention with smaller towers are created to provide potable water, public space and gathering areas.
Agriculture
Education
Craftmanship
Playground
Public space
Electricity
Water collection
Workshop
The project aims to improve the conditions of the area through the implementation of both social and infrastructural elements. The submerged building provides flexible spaces where several activities can be run, changing its configuration and its usability according to the time of the day. The tower provides the basic framework to answer technological needs, becoming a landmark not only from a visual point of view.
Wooden structure
Wooden slabs + education spaces
Fog collectors Agriculture
Exploded axonometry of the tower infrastructural elements
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Train station Sesto San Giovanni, Lombardy, Italy The second semester of the first year in Politecnico di Milano was based on Complex Architectures. The site, in Sesto San Giovanni, is a train station located between the old part of the city (north) and the masterplan proposed by Renzo Piano (south). The general idea behind this project was to create a crossing system for the railways to connect these two sides of the city without any limitation. The project aims to guarantee the pedestrian and the bicycle crossing, avoiding the strong cut in the city operated by the transition of the railways.
Structural axonometry
Exploded axonometry (assembling process)
The biggest challenge of this suspended train station is represented by the structure, which basically is formed by two curved trusses on the two sides, connected in the upper part and to which the bridge is hanged. This laboratory in particular had a huge focus on the interoperability in BIM environment. Several softwares have been used during the semester to verify and improve the choices of the whole design process: Grasshopper, Tekla, Ladybug, Velux, Synchro, Solibri.
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Multipurpose building Fagnano Olona, Lombardy, Italy The first semester project in Politecnico di Milano was focused on the technical part of the architecture. The interested location is an area managed by a company that organise events to revitalize the area. The aim of the course was to develop a closed building to be used for different functions and with a particular focus on the technology. The result is a building with a polyhedral roof, made by triangles with different shapes and angles. The structure is made of concrete columns, wooden beams and metal joints.
Structural plan
Section
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Wine and food promotion center Las Plassas castle, Sardinia, Italy The Las Plassas castle is a fortress of the XI century, located in the region of Marmilla.Nowadays, the project expresses the castle new service to the land, the promotion of wine and food production. The ruins of the castle helped us understand “what, how and where” to build: where we founded the most serious failings, are added boxlike shapes in white concrete that recalls the original shape of the castle; where the historical walls are founded in good condition, we designed places of standstill and viewing, made by steel and wood. The promotion of the land is made by the kitchen with the tasting of the typical products and the 360° view.
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Dettaglio blocco sopra la soglia - scala 1:20 Lab. Int. Prog. Costr. 3
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Edgardo Maxia Luca Melis Luigi Pirina Federico Serventi Franco Spettu
Mod_Composizione Prof. Carlo Atzeni Aurora Perra TAVOLA N. 3
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STRATIGRAFIE a - copertura Del blocco soglia 1. copertina Di coronamento in pietra 5cm 2. copertura piana in quaDrotti Di cemento 5cm 3. intercapeDine aerata 4. guaina impermeabilizzante 0.3cm 5. massetto Delle penDenze 6. coibente termico 5cm 7. solaio biDirezionale holeDeck® 45cm 8. controsoffitto knauf-D11® 5cm 9. finitura liscia microtopping® 0.3cm
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H b - solaio intermeDio Del blocco soglia 1 1. finitura liscia microtopping® 0.3cm 2 2. malta cementizia autolivellante 53cm 4 cm 3. solaio biDirezionale holeDeck® 45 4. controsoffitto knauf-D11® 5cm 5. finitura liscia microtopping® 0.3cm 6. involucro ligneo vibrato 9cm
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Dettaglio blocco sopra la soglia - scala 1:20
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spaccato assonometrico Del blocco suD - scala l -sploso vetro telescopico metalglas v-4100® 1. telaio fisso 2. telai mobili 3. vetro fisso Dettaglio appoggio sul muro storico Del blocco suD - scala 1:20 4. vetro scorrevole
g - cella panoramica 1. vetro 2. fermavetro acciaio brunito 3. piastra legno lamellare 4. fissaggio a vite nascosta
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Mod_Composizione 2. nucleo in elastomero armato SEZIONI DI DETTAGLIO Carlo Atzeni 3. piastra inferiore in acciaio Prof. SCALA 1:20 Aurora Perra
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m - struttura Della scala Della torre 1. Edgardo profilati perimetrale in acciaio brunito Maxia Melis esagonale 2. Luca viti a testa Pirina 3. Luigi piastra asolata in acciaio Federico Serventi 4. Franco peData +Spettu parapetto in legno 5. corrimano in acciaio fissato tramite resina n - fonDazione Della torre 1. plinto in calcestruzzo armato7 2. tirafonDi 3. bulloni regolabili 4. DesoliDarizzante
a - copertura Del blocco soglia 1. copertina Di coronamento in pietra 5cm 2. copertura piana in quaDrotti Di cemento 5cm 3. intercapeDine aerata 4. guaina impermeabilizzante 0.3cm 5. massetto Delle penDenze 6. coibente termico 5cm 7. solaio biDirezionale holeDeck® 45cm 8. controsoffitto knauf-D11® 5cm 9. finitura liscia microtopping® 0.3cm
c - copertura Del blocco suD 1. copertina Di coronamento in pietra 5cm 2. copertura piana in quaDrotti Di cemento 5cm 3. intercapeDine aerata 4. guaina impermeabilizzante 0.3cm 5. massetto Delle penDenze 6. solaio biDirezionale holeDeck® 45cm 7. coibente termico 5cm 8. barriera al vapore 0.3cm 9. controsoffitto knauf-D11® 5cm 10. finitura liscia microtopping® 0.3cm
b - solaio intermeDio Del blocco soglia 1. finitura liscia microtopping® 0.3cm 2. malta cementizia autolivellante 5cm 3. solaio biDirezionale holeDeck® 45cm 4. controsoffitto knauf-D11® 5cm 5. finitura liscia microtopping® 0.3cm 6. involucro ligneo vibrato 9cm
D - solaio intermeDio Del blocco suD 1. finitura liscia microtopping® 0.3cm 2. massetto Di ripartizione 5cm 3. barriera al vapore 0.3cm 4. coibente termico xps 5cm 5. solaio biDirezionale holeDeck® 45cm 6. controsoffitto knauf-D11® 5cm 7. finitura liscia microtopping® 0.3cm 8. involucro ligneo vibrato 9cm f - muro perimetrale blocco suD 1. setto calcestruzzo 20cm 2. coibente termico 5cm 3. barriera al vapore 0.3cm 4. pannellatura in cartongesso 5cm 5. finitura liscia microtopping® 0.3cm
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DETTAGLI g - cella panoramica 1. vetro 2. fermavetro acciaio brunito 3. piastra legno lamellare ettaglio stratigrafia blocco sopra la soglia - scalaDel 1:20 Dettaglio muro perimetrale blocco suD4.- fissaggio scala 1:20 a vite nascosta
Dettaglio blocco soprasul la muro sogliastorico - scalaDel 1:20 Dettaglio appoggio blocco suD - scala 1:20
Construction detail Building over the entrance
D - solaio intermeDio Del blocco suD 1. finitura liscia microtopping® 0.3cm 2. massetto Di ripartizione 5cm 3. barriera al vapore 0.3cm 4. coibente termico xps 5cm 5. solaio biDirezionale holeDeck® 45cm 6. controsoffitto knauf-D11® 5cm 7. finitura liscia microtopping® 0.3cm 8. involucro ligneo vibrato 9cm f - muro perimetrale blocco suD 1. setto calcestruzzo 20cm 2. coibente termico 5cm 3. barriera al vapore 0.3cm 4. pannellatura in cartongesso 5cm 5. finitura liscia microtopping® 0.3cm
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Exploded axonometryD - complete intervention
Dettaglio cella estrusa Della torre norD - scala 1:20
c - copertura Del blocco suD 1. copertina Di coronamento in pietra 5cm 2. copertura piana in quaDrotti Di cemento 5cm 3. intercapeDine aerata 4. guaina impermeabilizzante 0.3cm 5. massetto Delle penDenze 6. solaio biDirezionale holeDeck® 45cm 7. coibente termico 5cm 8. barriera al vapore 0.3cm 9. controsoffitto knauf-D11® 5cm 10. finitura liscia microtopping® 0.3cm
Construction detail Kitchen C
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h - appoggio al muro storico elastofip® 1. perno Di ancoraggio 2. nucleo in elastomero armato 3. piastra inferiore in acciaio 4. zanca Di ancoraggio i - sostegno Dei volumi attrezzati 1. profilati scatolari in acciaio 2. ancoraggio a cerniera 3. giunto centrale a croce 4. barra filettata
l - vetro telescopico metalglas v-4100® 1. telaio fisso 2. telai mobili 3. vetro fisso 4. vetro scorrevole Dettaglio cella estrusa Della torre norD - scala 1:20 m - struttura Della scala Della torre 1. profilati perimetrale in acciaio brunito 2. viti a testa esagonale 3. piastra asolata in acciaio 4. peData + parapetto in legno 5. corrimano in acciaio fissato tramite resina
Construction detail Panoramic tower
n - fonDazione Della torre 1. plinto in calcestruzzo armato7 2. tirafonDi 3. bulloni regolabili 4. DesoliDarizzante
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“Casa a corte”, 4 villas complex Medau su cramu, Sardinia, Italy Orthogonality and pure shapes, those are the base concept of this project. The “Courtyard House” is one of the typical mediterranean housing architecture: introversion and research of the light. How explained in the scheme of the design process on the right, orthogonality is enriched by translation that brings together the 4 houses. On the ground floor we have the day room, opened towards both patios; upstairs, the sleeping quarters is flanked by a terrace that mades possible look out over the landscape, the sea looking south, the pond looking north, above the boundary wall. The white of the building is enriched by the wood used for the details.
Furnished plan
Ground floor plan
Dimensions plans
First floor plan
Mass plan
Photography
Teatro la Scala, Mario Botta, Milan
Duomo, Milan
Bosco Verticale, Stefano Boeri, Milan
Cruise Terminal, Cagliari
MIHL, Lugo, Spain
JFSC, St Helier, Jersey
Zamora Office Building, Campo Baeza, Spain
MAXXI, Zaha Hadid, Rome