Characterized by its twofold nature, the project integrates a single family house with a dental clinic.

Located within the very edge of the city, the building fabric completely absorbs the twofold system nature which was the request of the client himself: he intended to fuse the private living are with the working area, while still guaranteeing some independence to these two functions. This double character conferred a stimulating combination: a conceptual guideline that became the driving force of the project and filtered all its aspects. This “twofold nature” is underlined by the double exposure of the house; a perfect tension generated by a façade exposed to the north, with a view over the breath taking landscape, and the opposite façade exposed to the south, overlooking the main street that denotes the main access to Fermo’s city centre. The latter aspect linked with the different exposures influenced the choice of two different façade systems: a vertical louvered surface to the south, protecting the house from the main street and from direct solar radiation in summer, and the metal telescope like structure towards the north, in order to capture the best possible view and frame it like a painting.

The twofold nature, the different materials and shading devices, the underlining of two separate entrances and of two different levels of privacy mirror the surrounding landscape and, just like a reflective surface, the house captures the best aspects of the surroundings.

Location:  Fermo (IT)
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Description: design of a dentist clinic + private single family house
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Client: private
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Activities: architectural design and drawings, construction drawings,
artistic coordination
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Budget: 700.000 €
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Surface: 500 sq m
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Year: 2010/2011
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Status: under construction
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With: Arch. Loris Rossi, Arch. Giacomo Ortenzi
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Featured in: Manuale di Bioclimatica
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Related links:  newitalianblood
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Sezione Trasversale NO-SE – Situazione Estiva ed Invernale.

1. Alberature sempreverdi raffrescano l’aria e creano ombreggiamento nel periodo estivo. Durante l’inverno riparano dai venti freddi provenienti da nord e nord-est.
2. Per mezzo del processo evaporativo la Vegetazione contribuisce a raffrescare l’aria e a filtrare la luce.
3. Sistema di raccolta e riciclo delle acque meteoriche. L’acqua viene raccolta in una cisterna, filtrata e riutilizzata per l’irrigazione e per gli scarichi domestici.
4. Tetto ventilato composto da pannelli sandwich grecati per garantire la ventilazione del solaio di copertura e dei moduli fotovoltaici integrati.
5. Pannelli fotovoltaici CIS a film sottile su falda inclinata di 25°. Potenza istallata 7Kwp.
6. Rivestimento per mezzo di membrana riflettente che genera l’aumento dell’albedo riducendo la radiazione solare assorbita dalla copertura.
7. L’inclinazione dei raggi solari estivi viene intercettata dalle lamelle frangisole orizzontali e dagli aggetti che permettono di schermare la facciata esposta a sud dal sole nei mesi caldi senza impedire la vista verso l’esterno. Infissi a taglio termico con vetri selettivi riducono i guadagni termici.
8. Immissione di aria fresca negli ambienti per differenza di pressione. Generazione di ventilazione incrociata grazie alla presenza di finestre poste su fronti opposti.
9. Pannelli radianti a pavimento nella residenza al secondo piano.
10. Fancoil per la regolazione indipendente di ogni sala nello studio al piano terra.
11. impianto Geotermico con captazione verticale e Pompa di Calore con scambiatore per riscaldamento/raffrescamento e produzione di acqua calda sanitaria.
12. Permeabilità del suolo per garantire l’alimentazione delle falde acquifere sottostanti.
13. Immissione di aria fresca nell’intercapedine del piano interrato per garantire ottimali condizioni igrometriche.
14. Espulsione di aria calda viziata.
15. Alberi spoglianti. Durante il periodo estivo raffrescano l’aria e creano ombreggiamento. Durante il periodo invernale permettono alla luce del sole di filtrare attraverso i rami e al vento caldo proveniente da sud-ovest di accedere.
16. Estate: essendo l’aria proveniente dall’esterno più fredda dei corpi che incontra (calore corporeo degli utenti e corpi illuminanti) si riscalda e sale verso l’alto, dove viene poi espulsa dalle finestre. Inverno: l’aria degli ambienti confinati viene riscaldata anche dal calore corporeo degli utenti e dai corpi illuminanti.
17. L’inclinazione dei raggi solari invernali, più bassa, consente l’illuminazione naturale degli ambienti e garantisce il guadagno termico attivo per irraggiamento.
18. La parete esposta a Nord è quasi completamente opaca per limitare le dispersioni termiche ed è ventilata per evitare la formazione di condensa interstiziale.
19. Ambienti freschi caratterizzati da basse temperature durante l’estate.
20. Il lucernaio in copertura permette l’illuminazione diffusa degli ambienti.

Thesis
Three elements drawn for observing an existing LA site inspired the project:
1. the presence of an additional dwelling unit on top of the existing fabric (parasite),
2. the anomalies in the articulation of circulation and common space,
3. the presence of overgrown vegetation in the common open spaces.
The project attempts to re-enact Los Angeles housing as new possibilities within existing footprints.

Design Strategy
The units are interlocked with one another and an extra volume containing the staircase is added on top of each unit. The void space serves as a collector of folding circulation patterns and it becomes a cohesive factor. The hierarchy of open spaces is articulated through private decks, decks shared between two units (hybrid degree of privacy) and semi-public areas shaded by trellis structures covered with vegetation.
The volumetric articulation defines three elements:
1. Living_Houses,
2. Stair_Houses,
3. Garden_Houses

Awards:   -
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Year:  fall 2007
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Course:  M.Arch II, UCLA – Advanced Topic Studio:
Tokyo Now – Towards a Void Metabolism
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Location: Los Angeles (CA) and  Tokyo (JP)
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Description: Firs phase (LA): analysis of residential case studies.
Second Phase (Tokyo): research on Core Metabolism of the 1960’s and
contemporary Void Metabolism.
Third Phase (LA): project for new housing typologies within existing
footprints in LA.
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Instructor:  Prof. Mark Lee and Prof. Yoshiharu Tsukamoto
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Students:  Laura Pedata
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Activities:  design; drawings; 3d model+rendering; research on
Core Metabolism and contemporary Void Metabolism
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Hierarchy of spaces diagram

 Unit interlocking diagram

 Urban renewal timeline

 Garden house in spring

 Garden house in autumn

Cross section and ground floor plan

 View from a terrace towards the common courtyard

The Eropan 9 – Geneva project purpose was to establish a deep relation between nature and housing.

In order to do so we chose to emphasize the contact with the natural elements (water and vegetation) and to use it as a connection between the new and the existing constructions.

The mediocre quality area object of the competition is still strongly characterized by an important presence of natural elements such as rivers and green shores. This has created an hybrid/transitional space where residences, offices, industries and nature have been randomly mixed.

Since the intention was to maintain a multifunctional use of the area, a harmonic distribution of the required urban functions (residential, commercial, cultural, tertiary) was planned, while emphasizing the creation of a valuable natural environment. The main strategy was aimed at creating a high quality urbanity that may become a positive reference for the city itself, while meeting the city’s need for high density housing complexes.

The residential buildings rise from a green slab that protects the residences from traffic, pollution and noise thanks to the fact that the slab is set 4 meters above the street level.

Awards:   3rd Prize – Young Italian Architects 2010
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Location:  Geneva (Switzerland)
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Description: park;  housing; artist studios; cultural centre
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Client: Jurg Capol / Karl Steiner
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Role: design team leader
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Budget: step 1 -1.500.000 € / step 2 – 37.000 €
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Surface: step 1 / 18.300 m2 , step 2 / 18.500 m2
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Year: June 2007
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With: Loris Rossi, Gabriele Misso, Ivan Tabbo, Carola Vannini.
Collaborators: Lamberto Nicoletti, Francesca Sergenti,
Stylianos Rousakis, Cristina Lopera.
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Featured in: -
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Related links: europaconcorsi
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