2. the genius is not enough.the opportunity makes it so.
genius is not enough ¦ opportunity makes it so
3. CONTENTS
ABOUT ME
RESUME
MY THEORY
ACADEMIC WORK
PROFESSIONAL WORK
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02
03
04
05
[p. 4]
[p. 6]
[p. 10]
[p. 12]
[p. 48]
COMPETITIONS
ABROAD WORK EXPERIENCE
ACTIVITIES
CONTACT ME
THANKS
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07
08
09
10
[p. 76]
[p. 88]
[p. 90]
[p. 100]
[p. 102]
This portfolio does not only include a sequence of projects and experiences,
but it exposes a concise and programmatic personal evolution throughout
the years: technical, design and interpretive skills of the architectural field
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4. 06
07
08
09
10
ABOUT ME
A decise person, sure of his own choices,
pragmatic and ambitious. With compositio-
nal and moral sincerity, brazen, confident
and dreamer almost like my desire to
change the world around us and its rules.
Determined to achieve my goals and ideals,
always ready to improve myself, to learn and
to seek for new and different solutions.
It is this passion that makes me to get up in
the morning and the only thing that
surrounds my whole way of living, thinking
and behaving. Unlike most of my colleagues
I have neither noble origins nor the econo-
mic opportunities to compensate them nor
I have the right people that can help in this
field. The reality of every days has given me
so many lessons, but despite this I insist to
dream something more... something more
for me and for my future. dfdrcdfcdfcrdgf
The 'not know things' is the greatest fortune
that you might have, because it is the only
spring that pushes us to face the future and
to excel in what we love to do. Every
architect wants to aspire to something
greater than himself, and that's what I'll do
too. And when people ask me what makes
me different from everyone else, my answer
is really simple: rdgdfgvdrgvdfgfdrgfcdfcdf
...I can not afford the luxury of fail!... giihj
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5. 09
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RESUME
Taron Mussoni Architect [MArch]
taron.mussoni@gmail.com
+39 331 750 3145
23.03.1988 Rimini, Italy
italian nationality
A. Einstein Scientific High School
Scientific High School Diploma
University of Bologna ‒ School of Engineering and Architecture
Bachelor and Master of Architecture
PROF2008 - 2014
EDUCATION
PROF2002 - 2007
Louis Peter Rivetti Technical Office, Rimini, Italy ¦ Junior Architect ¦ Occasionally
technical practices, assistance in construction site, technical collaboration
Valdoca Theater, Cesena, Italy ¦ Graphic Designer ¦ Occasionally
flyers, posters, theatrical sets, layouts and graphic processing
Sept. 2015 - Present
April 2014 - Present
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Erasmus Placement Programme
three months abroad work experience
University Student Scholarship provided by Regional Company of Emilia Romagna
SCHOLARSHIP AND
AWARDS
PUBLICATIONS
Raccolta di firme per l altro lungomare
Newspaper article, Co-author, 22.05.2016, p. N°1
2008 - 2013
2013
Spunta un altro progetto di lungomare
Newspaper article, Co-author, 22.05.2016, p. N°5
Renzi sfida il sindaco sul lungomare...
Newspaper article, Co-author, 22.05.2016, p. N°9
2016
2015
02
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University of Bologna ‒ School of Engineering and Architecture, Cesena, Italy ¦ Tutor ¦ Periodically
3D CG, rendering, visual effect, parametric modeling, IT assistance
Feb. 2011 - 2012 - 2013
GZ&A Engineering Office, Rimini, Italy ¦ Architect ¦ Part-time
freelance architect, architectural design, urban planning, architectural competition, assistance in construction site
Prati Architectural Office, Cesena, Italy ¦ Junior Architect/Designer ¦ Part-time
architectural design, urban planning, interior design, architectural competition, rendering and visual effect
Significant project: Pertini Building, Cesena, Italy [p. 72]
Objective:
seeking a position as
Junior Architect/Designer
Rimini. A new waterfront. Requalification of the waterfront and proposal for a multifunctional center
Master Thesis, Author, 2015, 309 pp.
June 2016 - Present
Arata Isozaki & Associates Espana, Barcelona, Spain ¦ Intern ¦ Full-time
design process, architectural competition, urban planning, team working, brainstorming, rendering, hand modeling
Significant project: Distrito 38, Barcelona, Spain [p. 50] ¦ National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Il Cairo, Egypt [p. 54] ¦
edfrgfdgferdfiiiiiiiii iiGrand Egyptian Museum Square and Entrance, Il Cairo, Egypt [p. 58] ¦ CityLife, Milano, Italy ¦
Shanghai Zendai Himalayas Art Center, Shanghai, China [p. 68]
June - Dec. 2013
Ex Asilo Santarelli: ideas for a possible restoration
Exhibition brochure, Co-author, 2014, 20 pp.
2014
2013 AIAE 2013. Arata Isozaki & Asociados Espana
Annual pubblication, Co-author, 2013, 96 pp.
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Sept. 2014 - Present
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2014
COMPETITIONS
Caffè Culturale ¦ Design Competition
Arch20 Students Week 4 ¦ Student Competition
Blue Stone Awards Competition 2013 ¦ Student Competition
Armstrong Green Buildings Award ¦ Student Competition
IS ARCH Awards 3rd Edition ¦ Student Competition
Architetture residenziali per la sostenibilità ¦ Ideas Competititon
ArchMedium BAAR ¦ Student Competition
IS ARCH Awards 1st Edition ¦ Student Competition
2013
2012
2016
SKILLS
technical Windows OS
Microsoft Office
AutoCAD LT/3D
Sketchup
Revit
ArchiCAD
Allplan Bim
Cinema 4D
V-Ray
3ds Max
Rhino
Grasshopper
Photoshop
Illustrator
Indesign
After Effects
Hand modelling
Laser cutting
languages Italian native speaking and writing
English fluent speaking and writing with proficiency
German moderate speaking and writing
Spanish moderate speaking and writing
social Pragmatism, adaptability and multidisciplinary approach. Skill to grow and mature along with the relational and professional
situations. The will and passion in the continuous search of new opportunities for personal and mutual growth within multicultural
and evolving workgroups, ready to evolve along with job opportunities and interpersonal situations. nm ghjhnghjhnxrtedsxsxdfcgv
organisational
artistic
other
Initiative, proactivity and professional flexibility, predisposition to the organizational process management work, from the mana-
gement of human and material resources to the organization accurate and punctual in terms of time and results. Skill to plan the
design process with groups of several people, able to assign and coordinate different tasks. Flexibility and efficiency in finding
concrete and relevant solutions to unforeseen needs during the work.
Excellent ability to freehand drawing and sketching technique. High accuracy and technique in the construction of scale models of
various kinds (sailing ships, cars, architectural models, etc.). Deep interest in the visual arts,installations for theater sets and perfor-
mances, design of furnitures and daily life objects. nmn uhgjn ghvhnb hlkmikpoiuytredwestgtrik9pò0oèpoikjyguhgbv dffvcdcfvcv
Passion and excellent mnemonic skills for graphic/visual elements, music and cinematography. Travelling as the unique way to learn
and understand the real nature of architecture.kjyguhgb ert ryg jyhkyjhgvrtfgfvdrfgfvcrdffvrdfgvgfhbvgfcggrthbtgjhnbv dffvcdcf-
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references upon
request
_Toshiaki Tange Director at Arata Isozaki y Asociados ¦ E-mail: tange@arataisozaki.org
_Andrea Prati Architect ¦ E-mail: info@pratistudio.it
_etc.
2016
PUBLISHED WORK /
EXHIBITIONS
Il lungomare che vogliamo! ¦ Exhibition
Grand Egyptian Museum Square Proposal ¦ Exhibition
Ex Asilo Santarelli: idee per un possibile restauro ¦ Exhibition
Qui C entro ‒ Polo Sud ¦ Design Competition/Published Work
SAIE Selection: Riqualificare, rigenerare e valorizzare l ambiente costruito ¦ Student Competition/Published Work
2013
2012
7. MY THEORYMY THEORY
FUNCTION SOCIETY
ARCHITECTURE
20th century
ARCHITECTURE:
UNDERSTOOD BY FEW,
IRRELEVANT TO MANY
21th century
ARCHICULTURE:
UNDERSTOOD BY MANY,
IRRELEVANT TO FEW
A NEW WAY OF
THINKING
THE CITY RESTARTS
FROM ARCHITECTURE
step 1 step 2 step 3
The architecture does not stop there where lies a building. It is a process of social and moral awareness of the space around us, on
which we are going to operate and finally where we're going to live. An idea of architecture willing to come to terms with the
needs, tastes, opinions and trends of a society and a modern living, completely characterized by a social dynamism constantly
evolving. Architecture as a social and technical formalization of the spaces of modern life. A complex architecture but by the
simplicity of the contents, where the form and function are only some of the essential features of a building, equal to more or less
important concepts, such as for example sustainability, the site, size, or even the color. JGFYIUGYIGUTYUTUHTUUKJLK,HBJBHJBJ
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8. ACADEMIC WORK
Selected projects and works realized within the academic career uyhjg cjhngfhjghj
Cube Sweet Cube House
residential housing ¦ Bologna ¦ Italy ¦ 2010 [p. 14]
L.E.G.O. Complex
touristic complex ¦ Jesolo ¦ Italy ¦ 2011
Herbarium Building
natural science complex ¦ Cesena ¦ Italy ¦ 2012
Bologna New Opera Center
residential housing, music center, new opera house ¦ Bologna ¦ Italy ¦ 2013
Marina Center
waterfront, cultural and multifunctional center ¦ Rimini ¦ Italy ¦ 2015
Under the building... nothing
private library ¦ Cesena ¦ Italy ¦ 2011
Clothing Square
city center requalification ¦ Modena ¦ Italy ¦ 2014
MTR Forlì Museum
20th century building restoration ¦ Forlì ¦ Italy ¦ 2013
Flushing Mode
multifunctional building ¦ Cesena ¦ Italy ¦ 2013
[p. 20]
Across typological hybridisation
residential housing ¦ Bologna ¦ Italy ¦ 2011
New City District
residential housing ¦ Forlimpopoli ¦ Italy ¦ 2012
Crick Crock Complex
technological scientific center ¦ Cesena ¦ Italy ¦ 2012
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[p. 26]
[p. 34]
[p. 38]
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9. Cube Sweet Cube House
This is the first example of the initial approach to the
architectonic matter. Obvious are indeed some design
shortcomings, however, they demonstrate at the same
way some important compositional principles. The
building envelope comes to life from the manipulation
of three ingredients of our space: form, light and mate-
rial. From the formal point of view it was processed
through an operation of addition, subtraction and shift
of volumes that later would be reintegrated by creating
a formal and grammatic dynamic interacting with the
rest of the structure. In fact, both the perceptive space,
given by the interior volumes, and the aesthetic aspetc,
given by the main elevation, highlight how the alterna-
tion of this compositional scheme literally give life to
the facade, transmitting his strength even to interior
Description
Type_university project (1st year)
Location_Bologna, Italy
Program_residential housing
Year_2010
Size_200 m2
spaces. From the viewpoint of the light utilization in the
building, it was decided to give in the creative process
great space to what would be the light points of every
environments. For this purpose it is emphasized this
strength with large windows and double heights,
turning the light from a serious problem in a real
strength, becoming a major element and hub for all the
composition. Finally talking about materials of space, it
was decided to juxtapose the white of the plaster, the
purity and transparency of glass and the elegance of
many wooden inserts. Everything mixes together with
the atmosphere of nature and freshness offered by the
presence of an interior patio and the park behind it, in
order to create an engaging space, able to inspire a
feeling of integration between architecture and nature.
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10. One of the biggest critic points of the design was the development of a same
drawing in the elevation that could reflect itself in plan and vice versa. In fact, the aim
was to create the same composition formalities between plan and elevation, so
planning in two dimensions simultaneously. In addition by moving the front way to
better characterize the building it was decided to use a wire mesh that recalls the
volume of the elevation and at the same time give the linearity to the street front.
main perspective
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12. L.E.G.O. Complex
The project was created from the objective of reorgani-
zing some lots in front of the beach of the city of Jesolo.
In fact the area is located within the masterplan drawn
by the architect and urban planner Kenzo Tange in 1998
when he had been commissioned to realize the plan.
The design program involves the construction of a
touristic complex within which to provide different
types of services. The compositional idea starts with the
subdivision of the lot in three different areas: one for
development in height, where to build a hotel, a part for
merely tourist development, consisting of one and two
bedrooms typology, and finally a last part for the
construction of cottages to be able to rent out throu-
ghout the year. These aims will materialize with even an
Description
Type_university project (2nd year)
Location_Jesolo, Italy
Program_touristic complex
Year_2011
Size_8 000 m2
altimetrical design of the ground, so as to obtain an area
exploitation of different levels. The main purpose was to
allow the crossing of the whole area creating a conti-
nuous series of architectural views that go gradually to
open more and more once you get closer to the beach
area. A system of visual cones that open gradually the
wonderful landscape of Jesolo s beach. The main
concept design was creating a composition based on
the concept of the shangai game, thereby taking
advantage of vertical development of the area. It is also
characterized the area with the use of primary colors of
another kind of game, that of Lego and its modular
schemes, where the realization of a scale model has
been fundamental to the evolution of the project.
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13. The joking use of two
completely different
games with each
other, together with
the common objecti-
ve of achieving a
youthful space, for
tourists and for a
totally different ex-
ploitation instead a
common urbaniza-
tion, all these factors
have pushed the
design with more
force in a direction
where the game, the
shapes, the colors
and the functions
could intertwining
reciprocally.
city waterfront
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14. Crucial importance was given to the
problem of introspection of the different
environments in a way that does not
create uncomfortable situations.
In fact all major glass fronts are directed
exclusively towards the sea front,
realizing for the other rooms of the
home shielded and small opening.
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directed
front,
of the
ng.
Starting from the modularity of the Lego brick it
has been able to create a model in scale of the
whole project. The base module provides in fact
for the possibility of creating modular apartmen-
ts according to need.
15. Herbarium Building
The project area is a long, narrow limit zone that runs
along the railway line Bologna-Ancona, so the nature of
the place, the possibility of not being able to build more
than two floors above ground, and the aim of creating a
collection and plant studies center, were the three
important challenges to be confronted with. So the
concept is born from the desire to have a unifying
element, which the storehouse, in an elevated position
so as to fulfill the same time, function of connector
between the parties and an architectural element of
impact from the point of view of formal approach. The
different orientation of the volumes on the ground floor
takes the role of granting a different solar radiation to
the different rooms of the ground floor. In addition to
Description
Type_university project (3rd year)
Location_Cesena, Italy
Program_natural science complex
Year_2012
Size_12 500 m2
this element creates a discontinuity in perfect compo-
sition with the volume above as the aesthetic contrast,
in terms of size, and especially in terms of relative orien-
tation, achieving in an optimal way the objective of
the design concept. In this way the plan appears as
a clear composition of elements off-axis between them.
The concept in fact on which is based the whole
composition is the presence of two different composi-
tional vocabularies: a discontinuous ground floor,
punctual and made up of several blocks in different
positions. The first floor takes the relationship with
the straightness of the railroad and the near train site,
stretching for the entire lot, going to support all
blocks and by joining them.
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16. 25 50
It 'is clear that as the metal frame of the ground floor with primary
colors is in stark contrast with the first floor material. Where it was
chosen to use a double skin along which to grow climbing plants,
just to accentuate what is contained inside the building.
Space, form, function and material constantly linked together in
every part of project.
axonometric viewaxonomesite plan
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100m
18. 50 100
STRUCTURAL SYSTEM
Ground floor main structure
Ground floor secondary structure
Joint element between the two
ST
1st floor main structure
ST
1st floor secondary structure
2- Main ground floor structure consists of
steel box-section beam
3- Double skin consisting of panels of perfo-
rated stainless steel plate fixed to the
substructure by means of spacers, layer of
humus for vegetative growth of ivy, water-
proof membrane, OSB, thermal insulation
50 mm, main structure consists of IPE
beams, thermal insulation 120 mm, acoustic
insulation 40 mm, 120 mm thermal insula-
tion, vapor barrier, finishing resin
4- Resin flooring, acoustic insulation, screed
systems, corrugated sheet, first floor main
structure formed by beams IPE lightened by
drilling cylindrical, truss as a connecting
joint between the structure of the first floor
and that of the ground floor, main structure
of the ground floor consists of box-section
beam, ceiling fixed by steel profiles, resin
finish
DETAIL:
DOUBLE-SKIN FACADE
1- Panels coated steel plate fixed to the substructure by means of
spacers, waterproof membrane, OSB, thermal insulation 50 mm,
secondary structure formed by beams IPE lightened by drilling
cylindrical, 120 mm thermal insulation, acoustic insulation 40 mm,
20 mm thermal insulation, vapor barrier, false ceiling fixed by steel
profiles, resin finish
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steel bo
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19. Bologna New Opera Center
This important project for the city of Bologna is part of a
very specific geographical and historical context. It is in
fact an area belonging to a antique military barracks in
the early 800'. The issues addressed in addition to the
main auditorium design were numerous: the theme of
the restoration, the re-use of existing buildings, the
empty urban space problem, the reconnection of a
neighborhood to the rest of the city, all studied and
deepened themes during the process. Regarding the
real project the study started from the theme of the
towers. Bologna is in fact one of the most characteristic
italian cities, where since the Middle Ages the most
powerful lords of the city manifested their strength by
building the tallest towers. This fact pushed the design
Description
Type_university project (4th year)
Location_Bologna, Italy
Program_residential housing, music center, new opera house
Year_2013
Size_130 000 m2
in a very interesting direction and then the idea of
minerals and their gemmation, fused to the concept of
the towers, has given rise to a series of compositional
proposals of different type. The aim became therefore
to hold an artificial hill of architectural sculptures, prisms
and solid, which all go together to form not only the
Auditorium and its main spaces but also an entire
campus dedicated exclusively to music. The fascinating
part of the design was the constant crossing of the
border between architecture and function, space and
art, between social and aesthetic. A very careful and
deep path on architectural research topics of new forms
of living and live the architecture in order to achieve a
perfect coexistence between form and function.
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20. As the historic urban form
will influence the future of
architecture.
Naturalistic ideas that go intertwined with social
and compositional themes in an architecture where
the only beneficiaries are the people.
ground floor concectual trials
concectual trials
5 20m10
To finally get to the formal proposal that can
arouse emotions and new ways of living the
space around us. Architecture as a direction to
follow to create better places, sites on a human
scale and a better future for all people.
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21. Marina Center
The project for the waterfront of Rimini and its new
skyline is undoubtedly the biggest design challenge
matured in last years. The first approach to the project is
obviously born of a mere pragmatic need for order,
control and development, from which was born the
new waterfront design and the cultural and polyfun-
ctional center. The building has four main functions: a
large covered square and multipurpose space, a perfor-
ming arts center including two auditorium, a shopping
gallery and two museum structures. The simple
concept of multipurpose building has been broke up
by the desire to create four different containers, where
in the next stage they worked between them, on the
one hand through compenetration of the volumes and
Description
Type_master thesis
Location_Rimini, Italy
Program_waterfront, cultural and multifunctional center
Year_2015
Size_650 000 m2
the other with the use of a curve element in plan that it
joins them from the ground floor to the last floor.
I explored so the conceptualization idea of two different
architectural forms, that curve and the geometric,
which are intended to chase themselves throughout
the entire project until to the point of merging in a
formal balance of two worlds. The main idea was there-
fore to have a public shopping gallery that connected
both internally and externally these functions, a public
section, an auditorium, a museum and a multipurpose
space. The four large blocks have slowly begun their
process of composition adapting, contracting and
stretching in the most appropriate way to resolve issues
as: functional, conceptual, geometric and structural.
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22. The continuous tension of balance
between the different components of the
composition process is the true power of
the architecture.
The architectural impact in the realization
of piers and the new system of platforms,
which from one side requires a minimal
impact on the seabed and the other
solves a problem of management of
functions in a sinuous and appealing way.
The movement as the true actor of the
whole design, the movement that is
perceived, the tensional forces of the
structures, the asymmetric impulse, are
the elements that characterize the strong
formalism expressed by this building and
the entire project of the waterfront.
The huge cantilevers and sharp edges of
the four main blocks make, despite the
rigidity and strong geometry of the form,
an elevation from the undeniable
dynamism and vitality characteristics.
actor of the
ent that is
rces of the
mpulse, are
e the strong
building and
waterfront.
site plan
200m50 100
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24. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM
multifunctional space auditorium
ST
public area
ST
museum
10 40m20
3rd floor
auditorium section 5 20m10 1 4m2
FACADE
artificial stone cladding_1
waterproof membrane_2
thermal acoustic insulation panel _3
steel beam IPE 500_4
thermal acoustic insulation panel_5
aluminum joists U 60_6
aluminum lightened joists U 60_7
ceiling and plugging in plasterboard panels_8 with
support in aluminum joists
detail
1 4m2
3rd floor3rd floor
auditorium sectauditorium sectmain elevation
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26. PROFESSIONAL WORK
Selected projects and works realized during the work experience hgjkjhnyjhgghjnbghh
Plaça Gaudì requalification
urban requalification ¦ Barcelona ¦ Spain ¦ 2013
White Shadows
individual house ¦ Rome ¦ Italy ¦ 2015
What makes us human
artistic and cultural entertainment ¦ Cesena ¦ Italy ¦ 2014
05
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CityLife
offices and residential ¦ Milano ¦ Italy ¦ 2013
Shanghai Zendai Himalayas Art Center
art museum, hotel, commercial, offices ¦ Shanghai ¦ China ¦ 2013
Homemade Simplicity
interior design ¦ Rimini ¦ Italy ¦ 2015
[p. 68]
[p. 58]
Line&Volume
volumetric integration ¦ Cesena ¦ Italy ¦ 2016
Grand Egyptian Museum Square
museum square and entrance ¦ Il Cairo ¦ Egypt ¦ 2013
[p. 54]
Distrito 38
office complex ¦ Barcelona ¦ Spain ¦ 2013 [p. 50]
National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
interior exhibition ¦ Il Cairo ¦ Egypt ¦ 2013
Pertini Building
office and residential complex ¦ Cesena ¦ Italy ¦ 2016 [p. 72]
Apple is not an apple
urban furniture ¦ Cesena ¦ Italy ¦ 2016
27. Distrito 38
DISTRITO 38 is an office-park project of 70,000 square
meters developed on a 35,000 square meter lot, which
is to be built in three phases according to a master plan
produced in collaboration with FOA. The area can be
found at the foot of Montjuïc hill, to the west of Barcelo-
na, in a zone abounding in office projects currently
under development, thus converting the area into an
important tertiary centre located close to the airport
and the seaport. There exists great diversity in office
spaces at present, and since the final use and necessi-
ties of these offices are still unknown, an open system
that allows for posterior reorganisation according to
new and developing requirements was chosen. The lot
faces a representative part of the Paseo de Zona Franca.
Description
Using this as a reference point, a 7.5 x 7.5 meter grid
defined by a structural mesh has been deployed, from
which point the parking area as well as the six
planned buildings will be developed. Building 1 has
been conceived as a parallelepiped, measuring 46.5
meters height, and featuring a central core from
which parts will be subtracted perimetrically from the
volume. This subtraction game leads to better
location adaptation, a hierarchy in the different
façades, and easier adaptability in the creation of office
settings, ideal in this highly fluctuating market. The
office floors are available in two distinctive types: the
L and the C shape, and the interior of each may be
organised into and sold as one, two or three units.o-
dulted series of
display cases carefully and orderly placed so as to
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Type_completed
Location_Barcelona, Spain
Program_office complex
Year_2013
Size_70 000 m2
29. National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
The NMEC will fundamentally be a museum of scientific
diffusion, thus the scientific-didactic role constitutes
the main preoccupation of the project and the most
important objective of its exhibition structure. There are
three basic principals that have guided us in the organi-
zation of the exhibition contents and structure: Beyond
objects, the story behind each piece; Dynamism, to give
a dynamic character to the exhibition structure; Free
Flux for free viewers. The general idea of the overall
exhibition design consists in diversifying each exhibi-
tion area, so that visitors clearly identify the theme of
the exhibition content. This philosophy has been the
design base of all the four areas of this first phase. The
Core Exhibition Space plays the role of a lobby, a large
Description
buildings lobby which also houses quite representative
objects. In addition to its position as a main hall this area
functions as a distributor to the following areas Royal
Mummy Gallery, Mummy Museum, Thematic Gallery or
Top Panorama. The organization of the objects follows
careful and intensive studies based on indications and
scenarios delivered by the Supreme Council of Antiqui-
ties of Egypt. The display of this exhibition flows in a
chronological line, with a counterclockwise direction
following the path of Arabic writing. The Core Exhibition
Space is designed with ample space and abundant
zenithal lighting and clear white marble perimeter walls,
in order to achieve a space qualified to represent and
symbolically characterize a country as Egypt. Apart from
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Type_proposal
Location_Il Cairo, Egypt
Program_interior exhibition
Year_2013
Size_26 000 m2
30. 56 57
site plan
25 50 100m
The Nile Gallery that is one of the six modules, which form the Thema-
tic Gallery. This is a virtual theatre as a whole, with exception for the
display case and diorama areas integrated with the architecture. It is
quite a large room, with a perfectly controlled luminance level, for the
best presentation of projections. The area of display cases and diora-
mas is located under the mezzanine in order to achieve the perfect
conditions of no lighting invasion or noise excess. frogfffm
the representative large-scale objects the Core presents modulated
series of
display cases carefully and orderly placed so as to facilitate the circula-
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31. Grand Egyptian Museum Square
The proposal for the square and the entrance to the
new Egyptian museum in Il Cairo was a real important
opportunity to enter into a planning process so signifi-
cant and international level in the world of work. In fact
it was during the work experience at the studio Arata
Isosaki Associated in Barcelona, during which I was able
to produce a further project proposal in addition to the
three already present in the study. The competition for
the design of the new Egyptian Museum in Il Cairo was
won by an Irish study and then outfitting and realization
of of the atrium and the entrance was the subject of the
design as part of the office of Isozaki. ggdgehgdrgfh
The aim was to give importance and principalities to
the main building, without creating an entrance that
primarily not overshadow the importance of the
museum building and at the same time the possibility
Description
Type_proposal
Location_Il Cairo, Egypt
Program_museum square and entrance
Year_2013
Size_30 000 m2
to sew up the compositional characteristics of the
winner project. So I moved in this direction, where the
simplicity of the forms, the use of closely related
geometries at the geographical and cultural context of
the country and the solemnity of the spaces could
blend in the architecture of the site. The large triangle
identifies the central part, which divides the entrance to
the left from the exit to the right. In this way visitors will
never go to converge to the same path so as not to
create disorder. Within this triangle it has been inserted
the solar boat and its museum portion together with an
area destined to shopping. Finally at the exit of the
museum was located a park, always with the same
geometry and compositional characteristics. This green
area and rest is optimal when it reserves the possibility
of a short stop at the end of a long visit.
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Heneghan Peng Architecture won the Grand Egyptian Museum architecture competition in January
2002 presenting a site specific museum with an intriguing façade. It is necessary to understand the
building in order to approach the exhibition design review. We have fully revised the documentation
provided for the competition, and noticed that this project has developed and changed since its origins.
site plan
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site plan
36. Shanghai Zendai Himalayas Art Center
The Shanghai Zendai Himalaya Art Center is located in
the Shanghai district of Pudong. The total area of the
complex is 155 000 m2. The program consists of five
main functions: hotel, offices, museum, commercial
and public square. To meet the challenge of incorpora-
ting all these activities in a single building, the design
concept is based on the creation of a rational
architectural composition, giving prominence to each
of the parties, and allowing a strong interconnection
both horizontally and vertically. The largest volume of
this complex is the Hotel. With 100m high, is located at
the northern part of the complex to prevent its shadow
projected onto the adjacent residential area in the west.
Between these two large volumes, the Art Center forms
Description
the core of the complex. The whole is divided into two
parts by a horizontal platform. In south block, the offices
are above this platform, and the shops below. In the
central block, the public indoor garden is at level of the
platform, while the museum and the public square are
below. Therefore, this represents a three-dimensional
central zone public space, on several levels. Finally, the
volume of the north, the guest rooms are grouped
above and other facilities, including the multipurpose
room, the banquet hall and conference room, in the
down part, all linked to the great convention center.
This north block is a cube of side 60 meters, it will
become a milestone with views all around and specifi-
cally in the direction of public housing landscape.
the representative large-scale objects the Core presents
modulated series of
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Type_completed
Location_Shanghai, China
Program_art museum, hotel, commercial, offices
Year_2013
Size_140 000 m2
38. Pertini Building
The project currently executing is a renovation of a
building in the historic center of a small town in the
countryside near Cesena. The conceptual idea comes
from the objective of merging graphic essentiality and
architectural essentiality. In fact, to make the first
sketches and drafts the thought was to restart from
simplicity of the graphic representation of an axonome-
tric view of this building. To get to its design it has made
a total formal simplification of its parts, comparing the
original historic building with modern design and the
rational historic essentialism in architecture. Once
terminated this formal exploration and arrived to a
completeness as regards its design and function, at the
time of its graphic representation in axonometric and
perspective, it was born the idea of leaving intact the
Description
Type_under construction
Location_Cesena, Italy
Program_office and residential complex
Year_2016
Size_300 m2
aesthetic result obtained. The simplicity of the repre-
sentation on paper of the project so coincided perfectly
with the idea of concreteness that was sought. The
identification of realized project, real, and the project on
paper, seemed to really bring together the formal
rationalism and functionalism of modern architecture
to a purely aesthetic stylization of its representation
itself. Thus avoiding any kind of invasive procedure on
the existent building it has opted for the integration of
volumes such as the balconies where only the iron
railings were previously present. Simplification of
shapes and volumes, combined with the use of black
aluminum profiles to further emphasize the lines and its
parts, creating an aesthetic effect of a simple architectu-
ral representation on paper.
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40. COMPETITIONS
[p. 82]
MAB Museum
restoration project ¦ Ravenna ¦ Italy ¦ 2012
Verucchio 2.0
proposal on the territory ¦ Rimini ¦ Italy ¦ 2011
[p. 78]
MIGA Soccer Training Center
sport center ¦ Buenos Aires ¦ Argentina ¦ 2012
Herbarium Building
natural science complex ¦ Cesena ¦ Italy ¦ 2012
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Selected concepts and design ideas aimed at architectural competitions
AFPG Mode
course proposal ¦ Cesena ¦ Italy ¦ 2013
RELC 50 House
renovation housing ¦ Rimini ¦ Italy ¦ 2012
41. MIGA Soccer Training Center
The project is developed from a basic concept: the
game of soccer. The goal: o goal in a broad sense as the
main objective of the game of soccer. yheryruyrrtyrt
It represents the objective achieved in an excellent way
by the people in the Argentina to export as a person
and as a team, their personality all over the world,
especially as a personal achievement of one of the
nations most prosperous of all South America. Analy-
sing the development of the city of Buenos Aires, consi-
dered the Paris of the South, I wanted to recreate that
quadrangular mesh so precise and compact, matrix of
its expansion, using it as a unifying element and cover at
the same time. An unifying element for the city that
becomes a factor of union and fusion of territory and of
a sport so important that represents the country so well.
Description
Type_student competition
Location_Buenos Aires, Argentina
Program_sport center
Year_2012
Size_100 000 m2
This quadrangular mesh becomes at the same time a
net, net that collects and in this case it combines the
magic of what the journalist and chronicler Luis Omar
Tapia likes to call "deporte más hermoso del mundo,"
(the most beautiful game in the world) represented in
the concept by a sphere (pelota) that enclose inside the
auditorium of the complex. The main theme addressed
was to describe a space completely public that can be
enjoyed by the entire city as previously it was a place of
meeting and the links between population, not only for
sports. The project has searched a solution that would
represent the best compositional traditions of Argenti-
na s architecture respecting maximum clarity in the
relationship between space, structure and shell main-
taining a dialogue with the rest of Julio A. Roca Park.
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42. 1. reception
2. auditorium 250 people
3. multipurpose room
4. bar/restaurant
5. administration
6. shop
7. sports Center
8. gym
9. changing room
10. nursing
11. classrooms
12. teachers room
13. double rooms
14. leisure rooms
15. kitchen
16. dining room
17. event zone
18. parking
The complex is has a structure as a campus,
creating different areas where to place the
different activities related primarily to the
allocation of the new Soccer Training Center.
At the same time it offers multi-functional
services so that it can give birth to a real pool
of assets that can holds not only the sport but
many other events for the people of Buenos
Aires. The theme of vitality was integrated by
creating places completely flexible and modi-
fiable depending on the size and importance
of all kinds of events, from concerts, dance
classes, schools for children up to debates and
sporting events.
The attention to the topography of the site has resulted in a reinterpretation of the concept of pampas and green prairies of Argentina
that are an essential feature. Feature in fact reproposed so as to avoid overground buildings and recreating a new kind of hilly system in
which visitors can walk and experience in the best way this huge lawn from which it emerges only the spherical building of the audito-
rium. In addition, this green expanse is cut only by paths covered with a white finish to bring to mind the lines of the playing fields.
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43. RELC 50 House
The project born from the necessity to link four basic
principles: economy of construction, energy requalifica-
tion, new function spaces and the use of a current
compositional language near traditional materials. It
began with the analysis of the problems of the current
situation. The building, built in the mid-50s, has a strong
thermal dispersion, as well as serious and manifest
examples of obsolescence as the hydraulic system,
electrical, heating facilities not to mention problems of
penetration of rainwater due to coverage now in decay.
There are also requalification s motivations because on
the ground floor there was a single housing unit and a
garage and on the first floor also a single unit. The
internal partitions of the ground floor were completely
reused simply by dividing the unit in two parts, creating
Description
Type_student competition
Location_Rimini, Italy
Program_renovation housing
Year_2012
Size_215 m2
two little apartments of approximately 50 mq; for the
coverage it was decided to make the attic space
habitable working on a complete revision of the
roof. The floor space was made in such a way as to
make the unit at first floor living area and using the plan
created as a sleeping area of the house.
In addition this was also changed the garage on the
ground floor, transforming it into a little apartments of
about 40 mq. Doing this it has changed from two apart-
ments to four apartments in total, so that you can make
use of the ground floor rooms such as keeping a tourist
rental saw the seaside in which you are located. In the
project of restructuring it has decided not to affect the
structure of the original building, thus providing a
significant cost savings.
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44. The main idea of the customer concerned a main
objective: the cost. The higher costs are identified in the
replacement of the roofs, in the insulation and the
installation of the new facilities, which at first will be
definitely a substantial economic cost, but over time
will be revealed an excellent investment for consump-
tion for comfort housing. On this basis it was choose to
leave the structure of the preexistence completely
unchanged because the N-E wall was structurally
supporting. Instead the wall that delimits the aisles
adjacent to the wall confined is composed by three
pillars positioned more precisely two at the ends of the
building and one centrally.
Principle of economic respected avoiding the most of
the punching of new windows in the supporting wall
and trying to best use those already present in the
building. About the positioning of the internal
partitions, where possible, it used the original layout, if
relocated, however, it was in full compliance with the
building structure. Instead the accommodation on the
upper floor, the positioning of the new set of stairs,
connecting the first floor with the new second floor, it
was choose the best position in relation to the existing
warping of the floors and respecting the position of the
punching of the original connection system of the attic
area before it makeover.
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45. north-west elevation
north-east elevation
As terminals of heating throughout the building
it was choose to use radiant floor panels at low
temperatures for an optimal reduction of main-
tenance costs as regards the winter consump-
tion and an optimal spread of heat inside the
environments.
For the summer phase it was choose a system of
water-air cooling with air vents inserted in the
false ceiling of the entire building and then using
a principle of controlled mechanical ventilation
for a better comfort internal. As for the southern
part where the big living room s windows illumi-
nate part of the living accommodation of the
first floor, it was decided to use a horizontal
pergola in order to shield the sunlight during the
hottest hours of the day.
Speaking of reuse of rainwater it is found as a
solution the insertion of a storage tank of rainwa-
ter inside the garden pertaining the house for
reuse of the water. Passing to the remaking fully
of the cover has been used wood as a funda-
mental matter in order to weigh as little as possi-
ble on the existing structure and at the same
time a better ecological impact on the materiali-
ty of the intervention.
Finally it is introduced for the coverage of the
little apartment of 40 mq, the solution of the roof
garden in such a way to serve as real disengage-
ment green entrance, positioned above it, for
accommodation on the first floor.
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About the thermal dispersion it was
choose to use materials particularly
performing as the technical solution
of the coat: doing so you could literally
lean to the existing walls a new layer in
the same way solve the problem of
thermal and composition. Solution
which in terms of technique it is the
most common used for a classical
insulation of a preexistence, but in this
case remodeled and reconfigured in a
way to assume particular importance
in the field of aesthetic design.
As technologies of maintenance of
the building, in order to arrive at
solutions 'zero emission' it was
decided to position a heat pump in a
protected position but still outside, so
as to allow the right cooling and
heating throughout the arc of years
powered by photovoltaic solar
trackers and assisted in small part by a
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intervention as possible on the
original structure with regard to the
repositioning of the new facilities, it
has been the choice of incorporating
within external vertical elements the
new pipes, electrical cables and so on.
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46. Abroad work experience
The abroad work experience took place between Spain and Japan in the international study
Arata Isozaki & Associates. I lived in Barcelona and I had the opportunity to visit Japan
together with the Director of the Office, thanks to whom I had the honor to meet Arata
Isozaki himself and the staff of the office in Tokyo. vbjhn jjjjkhjkgh dxsgtfjyvgfgvfdc h
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47. ACTIVITIES
Activities and experiences developed over the years in the professional and personal field
[p. 96]
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Arch.io
Interior design
Other experience
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48. Arch.io
Arch.io is a fully open multimedia platform, a new initiative aimed almost exclusively to
who of "Architecture" never speaks. The aim is in fact to pursue two different addresses
constantly in symbiosis with each other: one is professional practice, addressed to those
who already feels to put trust in our company and in our potential; the second is mainly
linked to the nature of this social platform for exchange and personal enrichment, aimed at
those who are not close to this matter and to this field of ideas: the architecture way.
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This our challenge in
which we firmly believe,
will be only the beginning
of what we think will be a
series of changes both
social and professional,
hoping it could spread and
have wide following in
engaging people and
fields of every kind. In this
way will realize the princi-
ple of commonality of
ideas and reciprocal
growth, where the opinion
of one can become the
suggestion for the other,
thus creating a communi-
ty in which it is possible to
express and compare the
own experiences and
opinions. All this in order to
become aware of the
world in which we live and
in which we are forced to
live: a world of architectu-
re, historic and contempo-
rary, around us and of
which our society and
moral can not do without.
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50. Sketches and models
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free sketch_1
Neutra Kaufmann House_2
Rimini Waterfront model_3
GEM Museum model_4
Marina Center building model_5
Housing Complex_6
GEM main entrance proposal_7
Shanghai urban planning proposal_8
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Other practical experiences: summer
work seasons as Bartender and waiter.
Rimini. A new waterfront. Requalification of the waterfront
and proposal for a multifunctional center . Publication of the
project proposal for the urban and architectural regeneration
of Rimini s waterfront. Press conference and public presentation
of the project during the period of the municipal elections for
the city. Event entitled "The waterfront we want!", for which I
promoted to citizens the characteristics of the project.
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Archaeological excavation car-
ried out during the period at
Faculty of Cultural Heritage.
Collaboration as a gra-
phic designer in the
theatrical field: creation
and setting up of
scenographies and
layouts, realization of
flyers and posters.rd
Experience as a manual worker
and helper in a construction site
where I did the job personally.
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THANKS
to the people who during all these years have contributed to my growth as a person and as a professional.
If required, available references to following contacts: Toshiaki Tange Director at Arata Isozaki y Asocia-
dos, Andrea Prati Architect, Vittorio Degli Esposti Architect, Jose Paolo Dos Santos Architect, Cesare
Ronconi Director, Louis Peter Rivetti Geometra, Andres Martinez Medina Professor at Alicante University.
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