MAR C O ZAC C AR I A
PO RTFO L I O 2018
MARCO ZACCARIA CONTACTS 07440205591 marco.zac@live.it
EDUCATION
AWARDS
2017 Diploma in Architecture - Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art 2016 Study Exchange at Bauhaus Universität Weimar - Germany 2013 - 2016 BSc Architectural Studies - University of Strathclyde
2016 2015 2015 2015 2014
RIBA Bronze Medal nomination by the University of Strathclyde Second Year Commendation - 2015 Glasgow Institute of Architects Student Awards Finalist in the Scottish Ecological Design Association KJ Award 2015 (a library in St. Andrews) Finalist in START - Rome Architecture and Cinema - with Veronika Desova (a cinematic museum for Rome) Best Student in First Year - 2014 Glasgow Institute of Architects Student Awards
EXPERIENCE
2016-2017 Architectural Assistant at Cove Burgess Architects (September 2016 - September 2017). I have worked on a range of projects at different development stages (RIBA 0-7). Responsibilities included making 2D drawings, 3D visualisations, conceptual diagrams, model making and compiling reports. Projects I have been working on include: - master plan for the regeneration of Stevenage town centre - 9 units newbuild residential scheme on the river Thames - refurbishment and extension of a 70s office block into modern studio space - multiple business park refurbishments - 80s facade remodel for a high street shopping centre - marketing tasks 2015 Architectural Assistant at McInnes Gardner Architects (July-August). I have worked on various residential projects and a competition entry. Responsibilities included: 2D/3D drafting, presentation drawings, interior design and Google Cardboard-based VR renderings. 2014 - 2015 Co-founder, organiser and resident speaker for a student club for weekly peer-to peer discussions on architecture-related themes. 2011 - 2013 National Trust for Italy (FAI) - Volunteer guide at fundraising events 2011 - 2013 High school - Production of promotional videos; some were recognized by the Ministry of Education and awarded the school entry to the Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2012 in Rome. 2011 “Omissis - Contemporary Performing Arts Festival� - Trainee video staff
LANGUAGES English (full proficiency) Italian (mother-tongue) German (intermediate)
REFERENCES
Available on request
LANGSIDE ART GALLERY G L AS G O W, S C O T L A N D year 4, semester 2 | 14 weeks Situated next to the southern edge of Queen’s Park, Langside Gallery is a proposal for an urban Exchange that gives a public function to an underutilised site. Currently occupied by a tyre fitting shop, the site is highly prominent, situated at the top of a hill terminating the views up Battlefield Road and Langside Road, as well as down from the entrance of the Queen’s Park Glass Houses. The building is structured as a series of four galleries of different sizes and proportions. The volumes of those come to define the external shape of the building, as a cluster of towers; the resulting fragmented volume addresses the number of different angles from which the gallery can be approached and seen. In sharp contraposition to the monolithic, introspective volumes of the art towers, the circulation spaces are transparent and bright, allowing views to the key buildings surrounding the site: Langside Hill Church (see image below), the Battlefield monument, Queens Park Glass Houses, each one at a different stage in the journey through the building. The shape and detailing of the curved glass roof itself pays homage to the glass houses of Queen’s Park, across the road.
above: perspective of the main stair leading to first floor with view of the Church on the Hill
above: perspective of Gallery 1
above: perspective of the main stair
looking through Gallery 2 towards the Sculpture Garden
leading to first floor
works shown by Martin Boyce, Toby Paterson, David Shrigley
with view of the Church on the Hill
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perspective of Gallery 3 looking towards the stair to gallery 4
perspective of exit route
works shown by Karla Black
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FIRST / SECOND FLOOR PLAN 1.
Gallery 3 (on first floor)
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Stair to Second floor
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opposite, below and top right: 1:100 model. cast jesmonite and laser cut tinted acrylic centre: 1:10 detail facade model; cast jesmonite and acrylic bottom right: 1:50 gallery space model; cast jesmonite
MUSIC CONSERVATORY SAN PIETRO A MAJELLA NAPL E S , ITA LY
year 3, semester 2 | 13 weeks | in collaboration with Malte Schmidt Study Exchange at the Bauhaus Universität Weimar - Germany Selected for the Bauhaus Summer show As a major extension of the Music Conservatory of the city of Naples, the project had to accommodate a variety of different building types into a coherent ensemble. It had to include two concert halls, a library, practice and teaching rooms, student accommodation and a small museum. The project is located in a 10’000 m2 vacant lot in the heart of Naples’ old town. The language adopted for the project is a reinterpretation of the monastery’s cloister, a predominant spatial typology in Naples. An enclosed exterior conceals generous internal spaces and an unexpected quietness that sharply contrasts with the chaos of the narrow streets. The proposal opens up the typology, extending the portico of the cloister into a loggia that reaches via dei Tribunali (perspective to the left) to invite visitors into the complex. Three clear masses emerge, their importance highlighted by their size: the cube of the concert hall, the practice rooms, the reading room of the library; they all share the same perimeter circulation principle, placing the functions at the core. Less important sections (student accommodation and the book stacks of the library) on the other hand are arranged in a linear manner.
below: wooden 1:500 site model (built in group) right: detail of the proposal in context, 1:500 opposite page: 1:200 cardboard model
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7 GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1:500 (original 1:200) CONCERT HALL 1 lower foyer 2 cafe 3 connecting tunnel 4 secondary concert hall
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TEACHING WING 5 entrance 6 lecture hall 7 offices MUSEUM 8 entrance 9 exhibition 10 underground tunnel 11 viewing tower STUDENT ACCOMMODATION 12 entrance 13 canteen 14 kitchen
previous page: perspective of the lower square looking towards the main concert hall
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LIBRARY 7 entrance 8 desk 9 staircase to the reading room 10 book stacks and study carrels 11 stairs down to the office level
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MUSEUM 12 viewing tower STUDENT ACCOMMODATION 13 open deck access 14 1 bed maisonette flat layout A 15 2 beds maisonette flat layout B
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1 FLOOR PLAN +12.00 1:500 (original 1:200) CONCERT HALL 1 stage 2 backstage (higher floor) 3 stair to the gallery TEACHING WING 4 practice rooms
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LIBRARY 5 stair from the entrance 6 reading room (lower part) 7 reading room (higher part) 8 stairs to the reading room terrace 9 book stacks and study carrels
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MUSEUM 10 viewing tower STUDENT ACCOMMODATION 11 open deck access 12 1 bed maisonette flat (top floor) 13 2 beds maisonette flat (top floor)
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section 1 through the student accommodation, concert hall and foyer, tunnel to the viewing tower
section 2 through the practice rooms, secondary concert hall (pre-existing baroque Church) and library
previous page: perspective of the main reading room
1:25 technical section through the student maisonette flats.
the section investigates the difference between the enclosed external facade (left) and the open courtyard with the deck access (right).
A LIBRARY
S T. ANDR EW S , S C O T L A N D year 2, semester 2 | 13 weeks KJ SEDA Award Finalist | Selected for the end of year Exhibition How to imagine a new library building in an ever-changing world? My answer takes the form of a flexible space which nonetheless possesses a distinctive character. The whole program (group reading area, single study carrels, informal reading area, PCs, book stacks...) is condensed into a single volume that flows on the site. The parametrically generated lamella roof emphasises the unity of the space. The project was nominated for the KJ Award from the Scottish Ecological Design Association. It was the overall winner for the University of Strathclyde and a finalist at the national level. It was exhibited, along with the other finalists, at the Lighthouse (Glasgow), Scotland’s Centre for Design and Architecture.
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RIGHT PAGE Section through the main reading room from the entrance to the reading room
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