SUBTRACTION

/səbˈtrækʃ(ə)n/

“Enlargement of MALI, Museo de Arte de Lima; construction of a new contemporary underground wing“

Professors:

Pierfranco Galliani

Christian Gasparini

- Polytechnic University of Milan

Location:

Lima, Perù

Project theme:

Enlargement

Function:

Museum

Year: 2020-21

Exam: Design Lab 4

Group components:

Balsimelli Tommaso

Crocchini Francesco

The intervention involves the underground expansion of the art museum of Lima, Peru, to accommodate the new collection of contemporary and modern art within a new structure. The excavation, the generating element of the entire system, is defined around two main resolutions: The first, to maximize the aero-illuminating contribution of the underground spaces, all facing a single large central courtyard; The second, to connect the intervention to the new subway station, also underground, with an underground connection below the wide and busy roadway.

The intervention is divided into two sectors divided by function: inside the museum block we find a series of public services such as the library, the cafe and the gift shop, gathered around the main entrance to the south. The secondary entrance to the north serves instead the museum warehouse and the educational sector, which includes classrooms, reception and related services. The proposal also exploits accessibility and security constraints to set up a series of circular and continuous paths between the street level, the courtyard and the interior of the new complex. The underground public connection extends the use of the pathway to the entire community.

Freight elevators

Emergency Exit

Reception classrooms WC

90mq classrooms

Emergency Exit

50mq classrooms

School Warehouse

Warehouse Offices

Warehouse museale

Laboratories

Lunch Room

6. Exploded: Functional axonometry

Projection Room Museum WC

Warehouse Tool room

Professor:

Fabio Fabbrizzi

- University of Florence

Location:

Orbetello, Tuscany

Project theme: New intervention

Function: Parish complex

Year: 2018-19

Exam: Design Lab 3

Group components:

Balsimelli Tommaso

Crocchini Francesco

The design inserts the new structure in the portion of the lot not occupied by the existing pine forest, volumes and paths follow the geometry of the lot, ensuring permeability and accessibility. Among the various bodies of the intervention stands out that of the church, ethereal, mechanical, suspended above the stone base. Attached to the liturgical hall we find the rooms of the baptismal font, of the weekday and mortuary chapel.

To the right of the altar, a path unravels from the hall towards the residences of the parish priest and the parish vicars; the rectilinear connection also guarantees an access to the garden of olive trees.

Close to the road axis the didactic block, containing seminar and catechetical rooms, inflexes and with it also the wide staircase that from the pinewood goes up to the churchyard.

The fulcrum of the volumetric composition is the square courtyard, a place for resting and sharing; surrounded by a portico, it houses the fountain in the center. On the north side, facing the pine forest, there are the auditorium and the bar, placed below the level of the churchyard.

The design of the architectural bodies is accompanied by that of the sacred furnishings: from the benches, to the baptismal font, to the altar, each element refers to a formal and compositional unity.