Architecture Portfolio

ZDENKA DELIC

ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO

SELECTED WORKS2021-2023

RESUME

ZDENKA DELIC

Architecture and Urban Design Student Politecnico di Milano

Date of birth:

Residence:

06TH APR 2000

COMO, ITALY ITALIAN | native CROATIAN | native ENGLISH | fluent

Language: +39 392 553 1078

Contact:

Email:

zdenka.delic@mail.polimi.it

linkedin.com/in/zdenka-delic

EDUCATION

Degree/Master

Politecnico di Milano

AUD - Architecture and Urban Design 2022 - now

Degree/Bachelor

Politecnico di Milano

AUIC - Progettazione dell’Architettura 2019 - 2022

High School Diploma

Liceo Scientifico Galileo Galilei, Erba 2014 - 2019

WORK EXPERIENCE

Work experience (July 2022 - December 2023)

Valueconsult, Monza, Italy

On-site technical control, project validation and control of preservation projects. Health and safety on work place inspections in high-fashion stores in Europe.

SKILL SET

Drafting/Modelling

Autocad

Sketchup

Rhino

Revit

Qgis

Graphic Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Microsoft Office

3d Visualisation

Twinmotion

Unreal Engine

Ultramaker Cura

TRAINING COURSES

Language ( 2023)

ETS TOEIC Certificate B2

EAS Milano - Tecnitravel Italy

Health ( 2019)

DAE Certificate

CRI Croce Rossa Italiana

Language ( 2019)

FIRST Certificate B2 - Grade C

Internship (November 2021 - July 2022)

Valueconsult, Monza, Italy

Professional training in on-site technical control, project validation and control of preservation projects.

ACHIVEMENTS

Scholarship (2024-now)

Honous Programme "Urban Regeneration and large scale urban developments"

Politecnico di Milano

Winners (2019)

Premio Innovazione IDEAIMPRESA

Camera di Commercio di Como-Lecco

Collaboration (2016)

FAI Ville aperte in Brianza

Villa Amalia, Erba, Italy

University of Cambridge

Informatics (2016 - 2019)

ECDL Certificate

AICA, Associazione Italiana per l’Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico.

INTERESTS

Drawing and Painting

Instagram | Disturbiaart.zd

Travelling

Sustainable Architecture technologies

Photography

CONTENTS

One Health, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Architectural Design Project 2023-2024

Reviving Fogliano, Latina, Italy. Architectural Design Project 2021-2022

Social Housing in Bolzano, Italy. Architectural Design Project 2020-2021

New market in Maputo, Mozambique. Urban Design Project 2022-2023

Reuse project of Cusago Castle, Italy.

Preservation Project 2022-2023

Student Housing in Milan, Italy.

Sutatinable Construction Project 2022-2023

Personal Work 2021-2023

UNIVERSITY FACILITY

ONE HEALTH, POLITECNICO DI MILANO

Location: Città Studi, Milano, Italy. Year: 2023/2024

The project takes place in the city of Milan, more precisely in Città Studi This area is signed by the presence of two big universities: Politecnico di Milano and Università Statale di Milano. The aim is to develop a project in the area that nowadays is occupied by the Neurological Hospital Carlo Besta. The hospital facilities will be moved in a new structure, so the project aims to integrate this area in the Politecnico di Milano’s new masterplan. The public space has been designed with the aim of keeping a strong connection with the surrounding and to keep a public function The project itself represents a space not related to the teaching activities, which prevail in the other Politecnico Buildings. Instead, it offers a space where students can relax, study, eat, socialise, but also look for physical and psychological help

DIVISION

LANDMARK

GRID

Process of the volumetric composition through modules

Terrace

Psychological help

Physical Help

Library

Terrace

Silent Rooms

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Green House

Hobby Rooms

Yoga

Library

Canteen

Kitchen

Garden | Main Hall Entrance

Bar

Study Rooms

Garden | Main Hall Entrance

Library

Hobby Rooms

First Floor Plan

Library

Physical Help

Green House

Hobby Rooms

Terrace

Psychological Help

Green House

ELEVATION OF ELEMENTS

SUPERPOSITION

DIVISION OF THE FORM

South elevation

Process of the facade composition through modules

RULE OF PANELS

RITHM

Focus Section of the Green House

Focus Plan of the Green House - First Floor

Diagrams - System of the Green House

Architectural Design Projects

REVIVING PROJECT

REVIVING THE HISTORICAL COMPLEX IN FOGLIANO

Location: Fogliano, Lazio, Italy.

Year: 2021/2022

The project takes place in the city of Fogliano, in an area characterised by the presence of a relevant historical complex that is currently abandoned. The aim is to create a space that could bring back the inhabitants in the area, making it become a reference point for the community, a space for free time activities. A relevant public space has been designed with the aim of keeping a strong connection between society and the historical heritage.

Masterplan of the project area

Ground floor plan of the project area

Process of the project’s volumetric composition

The project is located in a very green and agricultural area. The space has been abandoned for years, as it can be seen from the buildings surrounding the old fishermen’s harbour. The aim is to create an extension of the park, connecting to the central green area and creating a new elevated point from which visitors can have a broader view and new experiences. At the same time, a hidden Nymphaeum takes place underneath the new hill.

Ground floor plan

West elevation of the project

Roof plan of the project

Views towards the ninpheum from the outside

View towards the ninpheum from the inside

Architectural Design Projects

SOCIAL HOUSING

SOCIAL HOUSING IN BOLZANO

Location: Bolzano, Trentino Alto Adige, Italy. Year: 2020/2021

The project takes place in the city of Bolzano, in an area interested by an urban renovation project designed by David Chipperfield

The aim is to create a space that could host elderly people, but that could also become a reference point for the inhabitants of the city. Relevant public spaces and public functions have been integrated with the aim of keeping a strong connection between society and the older generations.

PROJECT AREA

URBAN CONTEXT

PUBLIC SPACE

PUBLIC SPACE LINKAGE LINKAGE

1. Dining area

Shared space

Double room

Single room

1. Public Gym

Public Library

Bar

Green House

First Floor Plan

Green Terrace

Shared space

Public Library

Single Room module

Double Room module

Canteen

Public Bar

Gym for Physical Help

Green Terrace

Green House

Plan focus | Single Room

The new residence for elderly people host both single and double rooms. The single ones have been designed taking as reference the Aires Mateus Project in Alcácer do Sal, Portugal. It consist of an entrance hall with bathroom and bedroom, with an access to a private balcony. The single rooms are distributed in the southern side of the building, in order to control the light inside the room through the balconies, which also have he function of giving light to the distribution space that connects the rooms.

North Elevation

South Elevation

Plan Focus | Double Room

The double rooms consist of an entrance hall, a small kitchen, living room with a bow-window (typical of the area), and a room with private bathroom. This typology is located along the northern side of the building, in order to catch more light through the bow-windows Both typologies alternate on the facades making them dynamic and responding to light and privacy necessities of the users.

FOOD SYSTEM

NEW MARKET IN MAPUTO

Location: Maputo, Mozambique.

Year: 2022/2023

The project takes place in the city of Maputo, the capital city of Mozambique. The aim is to intervene in an area well known for the presence of one of the biggest informal markets of the city. In the last years the market kept expanding, switching to a formal market on one side, and keeping the informal aspect along one of the main roads. The space has been designed in order to improve the transportation and the selling activities of the locals, but also to improve the space quality inside the market itself, allowing better working conditions for the sellers. The area is subjected to several climatic issues, hygiene and safety problems.

Informal markets in Maputo

1. Xiquelene Market

2. Mercado Xipamanine

3. Mercado do Fajardo

4. Mercado Mandela

5. Mercado Malanga

6. Mercado Estrela

7. Mercado 25 de Junho

8. Mercado 1 de Junho

Analysis of the urban area

Xiquelene Market is one of the biggest informal markets in the city. There is always an elevated number of sellers and visitors, due to the location, easy to reach, and the large space that the sellers can occupy. Nowadays, part of the market became a formal market, but part of it has been destroyed by the municipality, in order to create a new bus station ( ). Due to this choice, the locals decided to move and expand along the road that develops on the east side of the market.

Masterplan - State of Fact

Formal Market

Informal Market

Xiquelene Market

Pedestrian Roads

Access between buildings

Access with roads

Wall

Market

Boundary

Drainage dig

Stand with umbrellas

Stand with tends on wood Congestion area

This new market extension is very informal and characterised by different kinds of stands that take place without any rule. The sellers find it very difficult to move the items and to work in safe and hygienic work condition. In fact, the workers have no place to keep the products during the night, unless they owe a big stand that can be closed, there are no lightning system and no public toilets. In addition, another issue is due to the weather conditions, which can cause flooding during specific periods of the year, making the selling activities impossible.

EXISTING MASTERPLAN

EXISTING MASTERPLAN

EXISTING MASTERPLAN

Ground floor plan - focus

Masterplan of the project area

Corrugated roof structure with gutter

Ballonframe wooden roof structure

Flexible bamboo divider

Planks floor Balloonframe wooden floor structure

Wooden pillars

Prefabbricated cement filled car wheels with embedded angular metal profil

Proposed Stands’ structure

Section of the Bathroom | Storage house

1. Corrugated metal sheet

2. Bamboo rafter

3. Bamboo batten

4.Rammed earth wall

5. Waste collection

6. Clay compressed

7. Temped earth and gravel

8. Reinforced concrete

CASTLE REUSE

REUSE PROJECT OF CUSAGO CASTLE, ITALY

Location: Cusago, Italy. Year: 2022/2023

The project takes place in the periphery of the city of Milan, in the Lombardy region.

The aim is to intervene in an area well known for the presence of one of the Visconti family’s castles. Nowadays the castle is abandoned and in bad conditions. Some projects are being developed by the municipality, so the following project takes into consideration just a portion of it. The surrounding space has been designed in order to transform the nowadays abandoned area, in a place that is a reference to the society, offering something new that can attract people outside the city. A simple touristic path is designed around the castle, linking the famous Milan’s “Cascine” . Following a deep analysis of the castle condition and history, two different functions have been integrated in the project: A temporary exhibition space that highlights the history of the place , and a permanent space for virtual reality exhibitions or games.

Secondary route

Bus Line

Canals

Parking

Bus Station

Corn Field

Cereals

Trees Field

Sunflower

Miadows and pisturus

Rice

Others

Mix used

Our site

Historical centre

Main public centre

Leisure Equipment

Mainly residential areas

Industrial

Artificial water body

Masterplan of the Project

Ground floor Plan

The concept of the project consists in creating a “volume in the volume”. On the ground floor, some simple activities related to temporary historical exhibition take place. The main activities instead, take place in suspended white cubes connected through a suspended path. This secondary suspended structure recreates the old first floor of the castle.From this floor is possible to observe better the historic building features.

SUSTAINABLE HOUSING

STUDENT HOUSING IN MILAN, ITALY

Location: Chiaravalle, Milan, Italy.

Year: 2022/2023

The project takes place in the city of Milan, in a peripheral area of the city, well known for its natural and agricultural surroundings. The aim is to create a small student housing for the students of Terzo Paesaggio.The area taken in consideration covers the abandoned green space behind the existing building and part of one of these buildings, where a new floor has been added. The activity that takes place mainly relates to the bakery workshop in which the students are involved. Relevance has been given to the involvement of the citizens in the activities, that so, the space has been designed in order to merge public and private

Chicken coop

ADDITION TO EXISTING

Addition of another floor (first floor) on the roof of the existing one. Integration of a residential unit for n°6 students and n°2 professors

Untouched Existing Building

ACCESS

Main entrance for students, in order to reach the residential unit without mixing with external people.

Concept for the new proposal located behind the existing building

Overview of the project and concept

PRESERVATION OF GREEN

Preservation of some of the trees and green areas already existing

Greenhouse

PROJECT PROPOSAL

Exhibition space

Classrooms

Library Workshop area

Greenhouse Service spaces

NEW PATH

Directiona route for people to reach the public area of the new proposal

ACCESS

Main entrance for external people, in order to divide the flows, allowing the students to have their privacy

Concept for the addition of the new floor for residential modules

Ground Floor Plan of the project

Section CC

Section DD

Elevation North-West

Masterplan

Green Roof

Wooden structure as shading and loadbearing system

CLASSROOM WITH MOVABLE WALLS

Small library

Bathroom

Reception

RAIN GARDEN

Internal court-yard with a system for collecting rain water, which could be used for agriculture or non-potable activities

EXHIBITION SPACE

An area dedicated for cultural events or exhibitions that could be used by the inhabitants of the structure, but also by an external company or socity

Green Roof

Building Integrated Photovoltaics

Wooden structure as shading and loadbearing system

BAKERY

Workshop area for cooking and learning, directly connected with the movable containers and the greenhouse from which students have access to the food.

Storage and bathroom

Containers

SELF-PRODUCTION OF FOOD

Greenhouse for the production of fruit and vegetables that could be consumed by the students and for social events.

SPACE FOR EVENTS

Area available for events, in order to improve the connection between the differen generations of the city, but also to allow a relationship between the student and the inhabitantes

Two classrooms divided by a wall made with movable panels, in order to adapt the dimention of the room to the needs of the students

Corten Steel Covering

Wooden Substructure

Bituminous Waterproofing

Reinforced Lime Ring Beam

Lime Coating

Drainage System

Soil for green roof

OBS Board

Insulation

Rammed earth facade

Wooden slab

Wooden Frame

Clay Board and finishing

Lime check

Clay Plaster

Tiles for international paving

Mortar

Insulation

Plinth

Corten Steel Covering

Rammed Earth Facade

Wooden shading structure

Wooden shading structure

Rammed Earth Facade

The structure of the project is done with rammed earth. The aim is to reuse the earth from the excavation for the construction site, and create a structure with significant thermal and acoustic performance.

Clay Plaster

Tenebris

Oil on canvas, 35x100cm 2023

Personal Work

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