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MAR IAP IA

C O L ZAN I

mariapia.colzani@gmail.com mariapia.colzani@archiworldpec.it +39 3737460272

CONTENTS

p.

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p. 10

Personal + professional

informations

Curriculum vitae

SELECTED PROJECTS p. 18

collaboration with ceresaarchitetti (Como): Hendryk House

p. 24

(waiting for planning permission)

collaboration with ceresaarchitetti (Como): M a d s H o u s e (under construction)

p. 30

collaboration with ceresaarchitetti (Como): L a u r a H o u s e (under construction)

p. 36

2017 DIPLOMA project - USI AAM: atelier Mario Botta - Der Mirabell Schrannenmarkt

p. 46

Project + Performance - USI AAM: atelier Riccardo Blumer - Architettura del Paradiso

p. 54

huberstaudt architekten team (Berlin): P s y c h i a t r i c C e n t r e We i s s e n a u (competition)

p. 62

Atelier Project - USI AAM: atelier Angonese - Housing in Palermo

p. 72

Recommendation letter

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Professional Information

Name:

COLZANI Mariapia

Master ’s Degree:

Architetto

AAM-SIA

(Arch. Dipl. USI)

Degree awarded at:

Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio USI - Università della Svizzera Italiana, L a rg o Be rn a s c o n i 2 , 6 8 5 0 Me n d ri s i o , C H .

Degree Year:

2 0 1 7 .0 6 .2 4

Licencing at Pro f essio n al asso ciat io n : PERSONAL INFORMATION

OAPPC Monza e Brianza Ordine degli Architetti Pianificatori, Paesaggisti e Conservatori della Provincia di Monza e della Brianza.

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Born in

Nationality:

Italian

Sezione: A,

S. Giovanni R. (FG), Italy

Address:

Via Andrea Lissoni 5, 20900 Monza (MB), Italy

phone:

+39 3737460272

e-mail:

mariapia.colzani@gmail.com

Personal interests: Particularly interested into history of art, contemporary art, history of photography.

Passionated about drawing, graphic design, sports.

Serial number:

3762

Partiva

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Settore: Architettura

Address:

Via Andrea Lissoni 5, 20900 Monza (MB), Italy

Te l :

+39 3737460272

e-mail:

mariapia.colzani@gmail.com

pec-mail:

mariapia.colzani@archiworldpec.it

Skydive licence (500m, fvd), member of ANPd’I sezione Monza.

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CURRICULUM

VITAE

Degree Awarded: A r c h i t e c t A A M - S I A University:

(Arch. Dipl. USI)

Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio - Università della Svizzera Italiana, L a r g o Be r n a s c o ni 2, 6850 M endr is io, C H . ( Tr aining t im e: 2011- 2017 ). in fo .a r c @u s i.c h , w w w. ar c . us i. c h

Work experience 2017.09 currently

2018.04 2018.09 2013.09.16 2014.06.20

Personal Skills

Collaboration with Ceresa Architetti, Piazza Roma 21, 20100 Como, Italy

Languages:

Collaboration with Arch. Francesco Cazzaniga, Apeiron co-founder Viale Regina Margherita 150, 20846 Macherio (MB), Italy

Informatic

English (B2 level) German (basic, A1 level)

skills:

Internship at huber staudt architekten bda, Keithstraße 2-4, 10787 Berlin (DE). info@huberstaudtarchitekten.de

Education and training 2017. 06.24

Ma s t e r ’s De gr e e in S ci ence of A rchi t ect ure a t Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio - Università della Svizzera Italiana, L a r g o Be r n a s c o ni 2, 6850 M endr is io, C H .

2015.06

Ba c he lor De gr e e at A ccadem i a di A rchi t et t ura di M endri si o ( C H).

2 0 11 . 07.02

Diploma Gr a dua t e at t he ar t is t ic high s c hool Lic e o Ar t is t ic o Prez i osi ssi mo S angue, Via Pe s a d e l L in o 3, 20900 M onz a ( M B ) , I t aly.

Italian (mother tongue)

Te c h n i c S k i l l s :

Mac and Windows user (Microsoft Office pack included).

Autocad,Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign: Rhino, Maxwell Studio: Cinema 4D: Cura ( 3D model printer) :

BASIC BASIC BASIC

Good model making skills working with: cartboard, wood, gypsum, concrete, polystyrene, forex, others.

Able to use wood mascines, drill; Able to work with different scale of model and works; Capacity in hand drawing with several techniques, as a crilic, oil colour, gypsum color, charcoal, watercolour, sanguigna.

2 0 1 0 7 . 0 5 - 7 . 1 6 I n t e r n s h i p o f G r a p h i c D e s i g n a t F M - A L L E S T I M E N T I P U B B L I C I TA R I , Viale Europa 28, 20861 Brugherio (MB), Italy

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ADVANCED

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RELEVANT DESIGN STUDIOS

RELEVANT THEORETICAL COURSES

Master

MsC 2 2017

D I P L O M A P R O J E C T: a t e l i e r M A R I O B O T TA ( p . 3 4 )

design typology:

Tensile structure and urban requalification

structure typology:

S t e e l a n d P T F E ( Te f l o n ) f o r t e n s i l e s t r u c t u r e .

2016 (Autumn)

At e lie r AIRES M ATE U S

design typology:

water tank,

structure typology:

concrete and stone

2015-2016

place: Salzburg, Austria

place: Craco (MT), Italy

2015-2016

MsC 1 2016 (Spring)

At e lie r NUNES- G OM E S

design typology:

lansdcape requalification of the pilgrimage route with a new bridge

place:

Santiago de Compostela, Spain

structure typology:

steel (bridge’s roads and bridge’s element for the new walk)

2015 (Autumn)

At e lie r Pa olo Z E R M A N I

design typology:

Church complex,

structure typology:

concrete and bricks for the complex, stone for the church.

2015-2016

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Bachelor 2 0 11 - 2 0 1 4

BsC 3 At e lie r Rugge r o TR OP E A N O

design typology:

Requalification of an old mill’s site, new cooking school and beer factory

place:

La-Chaux-des-Fonds (NE), Switzerland

structure typology:

concrete for the complex (as the existent), steel for urban design.

2014 (Autumn)

At e lie r Ric c a r do B LU M E R ( p . 4 4 )

design typology:

Installation,light design, Ex-Macello restoring, performance

place:

Ex-Macello Building, Lugano (TI), Switzerland

structure typology:

Wooden structures for the luminaria, lightsbulbs installation.

BsC 2 2015 (Spring)

At e lie r Wa lt e r A N G ON E S E

design typology:

Housing,

structure typology:

concrete and stone

p l a c e : Palermo, Italy

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Humanistic Courses Spatial strategies and urban planning (prof. Alessandro Balducci) Restoration and Reuse of the 20th Century Heritage (prof. Roberta Grignolo) The Bauhaus: A Conceptual Model (prof. Annemarie Jaeggi) Postwar Architecture in Italy and Germany (prof. Sonja Hildebrand) Architecture in Photography: From Alinaris to Helen Binét. Lights and shadows’ tricks (prof. Daniela Mondini) - course + theoretical paper

Optional Courses - Scenography (prof. Margherita Rota Palli) - Design in Italy 1945-2015 (prof. Gabriele Neri) - French Architectures: trials and models (prof. Silvia Berselli)

place: Florence, Italy

2015 (Spring)

Scientific Courses Advanced Construction System and Materials (prof. Carlo Nozza) Structure in architecture (prof. Mario Monotti) Sustainable strategies (prof. Andrea Roscetti) X X C e n t u t y ’s C o n s t r u c t i v e S y s t e m ( p r o f . F r a n z G r a f ) S t r u c t u r e , M a t h a n d P h y s i c s i n d i a l o g u e ( p r o f . M a r i o M o n o t t i , p r o f . P a o l o Ve n z i )

2 0 11 - 2 0 1 4 BsC 3.

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Scientific Courses Steel Structure (prof. Andrea Bassetti) Glass Structure (prof. Andrea Bassetti) Wooden Structure (prof. Massimo Laffranchi) Concrete Structure (prof. Massimo Laffranchi) Building Physics (prof. Moreno Molina) Installations (Prof. Moreno Molina) Constructive Detail (Prof. Lorenzo Felder) Te c n o l o g y : C o n s t r u c t i o n a n d d e s i g n ( p r o f . C a r l o N o z z a ) System and Construction processes (prof. Franz Graf) Introduction to bearing structures, I & II, (Prof. Mario Monotti) Sustainable Design (prof. Muck Petzet)

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Humanistic Courses P r o t e c t i o n , r e u s e a n d r e s t o r a t i o n p r a c t i c e ( p r o f . R u g g e r o Tr o p e a n o ) Law and Legislation (Prof. Matteo Borghi, prof. Matea Pessina) Architectural Theory: from Vitruvius until now (prof. Sonja Hildebrand) Art and Architecture: Middle Ages (Prof. Daniela Mondini) Art and Architecture: Reinassance and Baroque (Prof. Carla Mazzarelli) Contemporary Architecture (Prof. Fulvio Irace) Art and Architecture: Medieval Time (Prof. Daniela Mondini) Te r r i t o r y C u l t u r e ( p r o f . J o s e p A c e b i l l o ) Architecture and Materials (Prof. Adolph Stiller) 13

SELECTED PROJECTS

HENDRYK

HOUSE

collaboration with:

Ceresa Architetti (Como)

2019 -

New construction

under construction

Nesso, Via Provinciale snc, 22020 Como, Italy

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D e m o l i ti o n o f a n o l d b u i l t a n d n e w c o n s tru c ti o n , H e n d ry k H o u s e i s a new fr efabr i cated w o o d e n h o u s e b a s e d i n N e s s o , (C o mo , Ita l y ). T h e w h o l e p ro j e c t i n c l udes a new par ki ng l o t o n th e p u b l i c s tre e t’s l e v e l , a p ri v a te e l e v a to r, th e u n i fa m i l i a r h o u se, a sw i m m i ngpool a n d a p ri v a te d o c k . N e w h o u s e ’s p o s i z i o n i s c h o s e n b y th e g ro u n d a s s e t and the ter r azzes w h i c h d e fi n e mo s t o f th e s u rro u n d i n g a re a .

Ma i n c h a ra c te r o f th e p ro j e c t i s th e w o o d : a g ri d s tru c tu re , m a d e b y ti mber beam s hanged b y p i l l a rs , g e n e ra te s a n d d e fi n e s i n n e r s p a c e a n d v i e w s w i th i ts g e o m etr y. Beam s and p i l l a rs s o l v e th e b ra c i n g ’s ro l e a n d h a n g th e h o u s e o n th e g ro u n d .

T h e c o v e r l a y i n g o n th e te rra c e b e h i n d a n d e n te rs i n th e g ro u n d , a s th e east si de. T he r oof i s c o v e re d b y g ra s s w i th Se d u m ti p o l o g y, w i th th e i d e a o f a n a tu ra l c o n n ecti on w i th gr ound.

C ro s s -s h a p e d p i l l a rs d e fi n e s th e ri th m o f fa c a d e s (a c o m b i n a ti o n o f w o od and gl ass) and l e ts c o m e l i g h t i n s i d e , o p e n i n g th e v i e w o n l a k e ’s l a n d s c a p e .

We s t E l e v a t i o n , scale 1:200. G r o u n d f l o o r. Scale 1:50 (here 1:100)

S e c t i o n A - A’ . S c a l e 1 : 2 0 0 .

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Views of the living room and north-west facade (entrance). Photoeditings on wooden model, scale 1:20.

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MADS HOUSE collaboration with:

Ceresa Architetti (Como)

2019

Restoring of a house complex

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under construction Molina, Faggeto Lario Via Mario Prada 7, 22020 Como, Italy

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Raffronto Sezione D - D' Prospetto Nord - Est - Fronte lago

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rinforzo strutturare

A.U.I.

A.U.I.

S e c t i o nRaffronto D-D’ and Section C-C’, scale 1:100 (here 1:200).

Sezione C - C' Prospetto Nord - Est

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M a d s H o u s e i s a re s to ra ti o n o f a ‘ 9 0 0 s v i l l a , w h i c h i n c l u d e s a l ar ge g a rd e n re a l i s e d o n te rra c e s a n d g e n e ro u s v i e w to th e l a k e . A s cl i ent’s re q u e s t, th e re n o v a ti o n i n c l u d e s re a l i s a z i o n o f a s w i m m i n g p ool and a h i d d e n g a ra g e fo r th e p ro p e rty.

T h e m a i n v i l l a i s re n o v a te d m o s tl y i n th e i n n e r s p a c e b y g i v ing i t new o rg a n i s a ti o n o f th e ro o ms a n d re s to ra ti o n o f th e a tti c w i th a n e w dor m er o n l a k e v i e w. T h e d é p e n d a n c e u n d e r v i l l a ’s te rra c e i s re n e w ed gi vi ng s p a c e to th e s w i mm i n g p o o l w h i c h l o o k s to th e l a k e .

T h e s w i m m i n g p o o l , s i tu a te d o n th e m a i n te rra c e a n d c o mp o s e d w i th the d e p a n d a n c e , a l l o w s a l a rg e e n tra n c e w i th w i d e s te p s a n d a p l a ce for r est a n d s u n b a th . Bo tto m a n d w a l l s w i l l b e i n c o n c re te , m a d e o n s ite as w el l a s th e g a ra g e . T h e u p p e r p o o l b o u n d a ry, l i k e th e p l a tfo rm, w i l l be m ade b y d a rk mo l tra s i n a s to n e (ty p i c a l o f th e a re a a n d e x c tra c t fro m the cl oser c a v e ), o r a rd e s i a , to c o m p o s e a re q u i re d c o n tra s t w i th th e e xi sti ng ol d ta l e s o f th e te rra c e a n d i ts h o t ra n g e o f c o l o u rs .

Pubblica Via Via Mario Prada

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G r o u n d f l o o r, scale 1:50 (here 1:100).

Constructive Section D-D’, scale 1:20 (here 1:50).

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LAURA HOUSE collaboration with: 02.

2018

- (2019)

under construction

Ceresa Architetti (Como)

Restoring of a three store building

Blevio, Frazione Capovico 42, 22020 Como, Italy

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Ye l l o w - r e d d r a w i n g s o f N o r t h a n d E a s t E l e v a t i o n s ( o n r i g h t ) . S c a l e 1 : 1 0 0 ( h e r e 1 : 2 0 0 )

G r o u n d f l o o r. P r o j e c t p l a n a n d y e l l o w - r e d p l a n ( o n r i g h t ) . Scale 1:100 (here 1:200 and 1:500)

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F i r s t , s e c o n d a n d t h i r d f l o o r. P r o j e c t a n d y e l l o w - r e d p l a n s ( o n r i g h t ) . Scale 1:100 (here 1:200 and 1:500) 33

3D view of attic and third floor. Next page: 3D views of living room and attic space.

Renovat i on of a n o ld th r e e s to r e h o u se.

T he E nvi ronme n ta l r e s tr ic tio n d o e s n ’t let big ex t er nal c hanges in t he neighbor hood s o t h e proj ect act s e x te r n a lly o n ly o p e n in g o ld br ic k ed up w indow s or get t ing bigger t he ex is t in g ones, i n orde r to le t mo r e lig h t c o me s ins ide.

T he renovat io n in c lu d e s a n e w r o o f w it h a dor m er, t he at t ic r es t or at ion w hic h bec om es a mezzani ne f lo o r a n d a n e w a s s e tt fo r all t he inner s pac e.

T he st ai rcase is mo v e d in th e c e n tr e of t he plan t o hav e a bet t er dis t r ibut ion of t he s pac e s .

I n t he f i rst t w o flo o r s it’s d e s ig n e d th e night ar ea, w it h laundr y, bedr oom s and bat hr oom s .

T he t hi rd and fo u r th flo o r - me z z a n in e - is t hought as an open s pac e w hic h hos t s t he liv in g area, ki t chen a n d liv in g r o o m. Th e me z z anine f loor is an ec lec t ic plac e; it c ould be a s m a l l l i brary, a t i ny s tu d io o r ju s t a s e c o n d par t of t he liv ing r oom , w her e t he new dor m er w ill giv e a part i cul ar a tmo s p h e r e to th e r o o m.

T he si t e work s ta r te d o n d e c e mb e r 2 0 18 and it ’s alm ous t f inis hed.

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DIPLOMA PROJECT 02-06.

2017

atelier

MARIO BOTTA

Salzburg In between memory and contemporaneity

Site 02: Mirabellplatz

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Der Mirabell-Schrannenmarkt The market square.

Constructive section of the tensile structure, photoediting on dwg drawing.

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New asset for Mirabellplatz, Masterplan. Scale 1:200 (here 1:800)

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L o n g i t u d i n a l s e c t i o n A - A’ , S c a l e 1 : 1 0 0 ( h e r e 1 : 4 0 0 )

A new layout for Mirabellplatz: urban and social requalification on the square to give it an identity which

The light covering developed grows up with a precise geometry which comes from the grid of the pillars

is missing in the exhisting situation (today used as parking lot). This goal is acts in tree directions:

of the parking downstairs. The design concept lets the lower bearing structure continue over the ground

1. give an order to the existing weekly market, the Schrannenmarkt.

level becoming the main structure of the new built. Also the pavementation follows the geometry of the

2. re-descover the identity of the market-platz by re-establish a public space, as symbol of it.

pillars’ grid.

3. create a visual connection with the Mirabell Gardens and expand this contact in all the platz as place

As light structure, the membrane is made by four hyper surfaces (hyperbolic paraboloid) which connect

close to the historical centre.

the two divided tissued roads and watchs into the Gardens.

Besides the social topic, the tensil structure helps also to riorganize the weekly market, divided in two

The tensile structure has less bearing supports that it can have, infact each struts solve the role of two,

parts, a permanent one, situated in a glass paviolion, and a weekly side as before.

fixed in the bisector of the tens directions which come from the surface.

A floating roof as symbol of public space and connection to the market (visual and mental connection).

The membrane’s surface is tought to be almoust totally transparent, in order to become a filter between two different spaces, the street and the square.

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Constr u c tiv e d e ta il: m em b ran e, s c al e 1: 20 ( her e 1: 8 0 ) ; c onc r e t e ba s e m e nt , sca l e 1 :1 0 ( h e r e 1 :4 0 )

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Constructive detail: struth and tensio road sys tem ,

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S cal e 1: 20 (here 1: 80)

BsC 3 09-12.

2014

atelier

RICCARDO

BLUMER

A R C H I T E T T U R A D E L PA R A D I S O Paradise architetcure Design studio + performance Site: Ex-Macello Building Lugano (TI), CH

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Canto VIII, Paradiso E come in fiamma favilla si vede, e come in voce voce si discerne, quand’una è ferma e altra va e rìede,

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vid’io in essa luce altre lucerne muoversi in giro più e men correnti, al modo, credo, di lor viste interne,

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The terzine verses chosen for the project’s realization.

Next pages: Drawing with the walls-grid and red marks, and picture of wood model (made by laser cut) with the steel installation, scale 1:100 (here 1:200).

T he proj e c t wa s b o r n fr o m a n id e a of t he t eac her, R ic c ar do B lum er, w ho t hought about rep r e s e n tin g th e Th ir d Ca n tic a of t he D iv ina C om m edia by D ant e A lighier i, The P aradi se , with lig h ts in ta lla tio n s . E ac h s t udent of t he at elier has t o c hos e a t er z ina whi ch he /s h e wa n t to r e p r e s e n t, a t f ir s t in a 3D w ood m odel of t he E x - M ac ello building i n 1: 100 s c a le , a n d la te r in a 2 D s h ape m ade by a 2x 4 m et er s w ood’s m odel, in s c ale 1: 1 t hi s time .

T he E x-M a c e llo b u ild in g is th e p lac e w her e t he at elier play ed a per f or m anc e in t he 18t h of d e c e mb e r 2 0 1 4 with th e ir 2 5 lum inar ie ( t he light s int allat ions ) .

T he t erzin e c h o s e n c o me s fr o m th e V I I I P ar adis e’s S ong in w hic h D ant e ar r iv ed in t he Venere c ir c le o f th e Pa r a d is e ( s h o w ed abov e) . This par t of t he poem is r epr es ent ed i n a t able c o mp o s e d b y two wa lls and t he f loor of t he E x - M ac ello s pac e: a gr id composed fr o m th e lin e s ’ n u me r s v er t ic ally and f r om t he s y llable div is ion or iz z ont ally.

I n red are ma r k e d th e s tr o n g o n e s w hic h r epr es ent als o a f eeling of light or s ound.

I i magi ned it a s a s te e l in s ta lla tion of s t r aight lines t hat c r eat e a m ov em ent of ascensi o n to th e h ig h fr o m th e b e g inning, t he ent r anc e, t o t he end of t he s pac e.

T hen t he 3 D id e a wa s c a r r ie d o n a 2D m odel s c ale 1: 1 : a 2x 4 m et er s w ood s t r uc t ur e i n whi ch it wa s mo v e d th e p r e v io us lines and c om pos ed t he f inal lum inar ia.

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Picture of the performance, with all the luminarie hanged and switched on.

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Above: The assemblation on my luminaria.

Oh the left: Picture during the performance, 18th december 2014, at 6 p.m.

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internship 02-06.

2014

huber staudt architekten team

Psychiatric Centre in Weißenau Restoration and new design of a clinic complex.

Weißenau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Th e c o mp e t i t i o n a ske d to re sto re p art of t he e x h i s t i n g h o spital a n d to d e sign a new urb a n p l a n n e r fo r We ißen a u Pa rk which could conn e c t a l l t h e exhistin g bu ild in g s a s p art of t he n e w c l i n i c cen tre.

Af te r a l o n g f a s e of the co mple x’s de sign trials (i t w a s p r o d u c e d mo re th a n

1 5 pro p os als

f or t h e n e w arran g men t, includ e s re lative st u d y i n g mo d els), th e fina l cho sen w as a bala n c e d c o mp ro mise b e twe e n closed spaces and p r i v a t e g a r d e n s for th e pa tien ces.

I t ’s c h o s e n t o m a in tein an old win g ad res tore a co n n e c t e d b u ild in g wh ich be come th e foyer and p u b l i c s p a ce .

Th e n e w c o n s t ru ctio n rep re sen t the he art of t he c l i n i c , t h e pa tien ces’ roo ms a n d h o spital serv i c e s .

Eac h p a t i e n c e ’s ro o m ha s a p rivate a ccess to t he g a r d e n , d i vid e d in to sma ll p a rts a s m uch as t h e r o o ms b y ve g e tal ele men ts.

Th e i n n e r p l a n is co mpo sed by lon g co rridor i l l umi n a t e d

by

n a tura l

ligh t;

roo ms

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serv i c e s a r e p l ace d ortho g o n a lly to co rridor.

M a s t e r p l a n , ( f r om dwg d ra wing to fina l photoedit ) , l a y o u t o f th e tab le s, d ia g ra ms and pho t o - e d i t i n g s o f the se ctio n s were part of t he j o b .

C o m p e t i t i o n ’ s TA B L E 0 1 : M a s t e r p l a n a n d south section, scale 1:500 (here scale 1:1250).

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Competition’s TABLE 03: Groundfloor, south elevation and south-section 1, scale 1:200 (here scale 1:800).

Competition’s TABLE 02: Detail of a patience’s room. Plan, section and elevat i on, scale 1:50 (here scale 1:125).

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C o m p e t i t i o n ’ s TA B L E 0 4 : S e c o n d f l o o r p l a n , w e s t a n d n o r t h e l e v a t i o n s ,

Plaster model of the WeiĂ&#x;enau

scale 1:200 (here scale 1:800).

of the park, scale 1:500.

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new Psychiatric Centre with the urban arrangment

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Bac2 02-06.

2013

atelier

WALTER

ANGONESE

S PA C E O F U S E / N O U S E Housing in Palermo

Site 3: Piazza della Kalsa Palermo, Italy

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Shinohara’s concept of “space of use/no use ” has been proposed in a residential building in Palermo, Sicily.

The space of no use is the heart of the building, a total high inner court which receive calibrated light from a fenditura long and thight split on the rooftop, around which it’s developed the walkways that connect the elevators to the apartments.

The building consists of four floors, three of them cantilevered. The apartments are mainly duplex, some simplex and, at the top floor, two triplex. A system of private lodges brings more light in the living area of the apartments.

As main material it’s been chosen white concrete to sign a continuity to the closer buildings’ idea and to fix a gap to the future in the same times.

The inner space of the court, which create the private space of no use, as well as the basement are made in stone. In the first case the stone is used to create an intimate and atemporal atmosphere, in the second it’s been chosen for umidity and conservative issues.

The inner court’s space of no use; photomontage on a model’s picture.

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North-west elevation, scale 1:200, (here scale 1:750).

Masterplan, scale 1:200 (here scale 1:500).

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First, second and third floor plans, scale 1:200, (here scale 1:750).

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The relationship between space of use/ no use; model of a section of the building. Scale 1:20.

Left: Constructive detail, elevation and section; photoshop collage on dwg files. Scale 1:20 (here scale 1:150).

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RECOMMENDATION

LETTER

(English translation) “Mendrisio, 26.07.2017 I present the architect Mariapia Colzani (09.11.1992), who graduated with me at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Università della Svizzera Italiana, in date 24th June 2017.

As degree’s professor and member of the Commission’s Examinations I have found that throughout her course of the studies, Mariapia has demonstrated abilities and attitudes to the study of architecture, combined with interest and attention to the urban aspect of an interdisciplinary relationship. She has deepened the structural and landscape aspects of the architectural set of her project. Mariapia has always been open to discussions, attentive, diligent, very thoughtful and with good conceptual reasoning and project settings, rigorous towards the teaching instructions.

Concerning the degree’s work “Salzburg, In between memory and contemporaneity”, the project she propose is configured by the design of a lightweight steel structure supporting a hooked tent, which extends along the deeper side of the square, enclosing a space for market and services. Mariapia was always available for comparison, she showed her knowledge and interest in architecture and considered the topic as the art of a larger body that involved the whole void of the area in relation to the city.

Structural choice, spatial research, technological aspect in using solutions suited to her project are interesting.

I recommend the architect Colzani as reliable person, capable and organised, inclined to good collaborations.

Best Regards, Mario Botta”

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