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Politecnico di Torino | M.Arch. October 2011_December 2013Politecnico di Torino | BS.Arch. September 2008_December 2011

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2014 Exam for chartered architect. Italian chartered architect

2011 - 2013 Master of Science in Architecture for Sustainable Design. Politecnico of Torino. Avarage mark: 29..6/30 | Degree: 110 Cum Laude

2013 Master thesis abroad period. Danish Technical University | Copenaghen. The thesis attempts to understand how human behaviour influences energy consumption in relation to a building and its systems. It focuses on lighting system.

2011 - 20132011 - 2013 Alta Scuola Politecnica Diploma in Innovation and Management. Multidisciplinary project developed: community-based policies for natural resources and sustainable development. Definition and application of a decision making strategy to indtroduce a solution for renewable thermal energy management in Alps’villages.

2013 ASP Double degree in Architecture. Politecnico of Milano.

2012 Erasmus program. Royal Institute of Technology | Stockholm. Master's programme in Sustainable Urban Planning and Design

2008 - 20112008 - 2011 Bachelor of Science in Architecture. Politecnico of Torino. Avarage mark: 29..5/30 | Degree: 110 Cum Laude

2014 Energy Department Politecnico of Torino. Research scholarship | Torino. Junior analyst of buildings’ energy performances and uses for TELECOM ITALIA Collaboration in the research project DEFI with ENTPE Lyon. Co-developer of 2 research projects funded by Piedmont Region for the application of Internet of Data. Contacts: Stefano Paolo Corgnati | Mohamed El Mankibi | Fabio Bellifemine

2013 IZMO. Internship | Torino. Partecipation in the Open competition EPAUS: Public space for urban art and sound. Contacts: Alessandro Grella | Giulia Carlone

2012 Camerana and Partners. Internship | Torino. Partecipation in the competition for urban regeneration of the railway station area in Messina. Contacs: Benedetto Camerana | Vincent Jeanson

2011 Architectural studio Bachiorrini. Internship | Saluzzo. Proposal of energy-retrofit and restoration for a large manor house

ADVANCE Autocad | Sketch up | Photoshop | Illustrator | Indesign | IDA ICE | Daysim | MS Office | R softwareINTERMEDIATE Revit | Ecotect | Dialux

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Izmo InetrnshipEpaus competitionSOCIETY and ARCHITECTURE: pubilc space for Urban Art and Sound

Time : March 2013 | May 2013Location: Turin Tutor: Cultural Association Izmo | Alessandro Grella | Giulia CarloneTeam: Vittoria Camisassi | Chen KaiEpaus public space for Urban Art and Sound Description: design of a semi-public space for young free time and education

West of Turin

Turin was one of the most important italian in-dustrial cities and in the digital era is facing as most european cities problems related to abandoned industrial areas. The so called “brown areas” that costitute urban voids or areas occupied by huge decoissioned build-ing which present difficulties for thei reuse.OGR represent one of these areas of the city.

Information and services

Street centre

Photography centreCo-working

Innovative design

Outdoor plaza

Street art, opposed to vandalism, can be considered as a re-markable means of education. This is the reason why the im-portance of the interaction between street artists and young people is stressed with the organization of workshops, lectures and competitions. The design of the building also wants to tra-smit a basic idea related to this argument: It represents how graphic arts and cultural heritage preservation can live together without spoiling each other.

Street artists are so called since they operate in a public space and their principal aim is to communicate with people. Actually the OGR building is not a public space, but a private space open to the public. The idea is to create an environment that does not represent just a container but communicates with the people and represents the headquarter from which Turin street artists can evolve and practice in order to apply their crafts in otother public spaces.

EDUCATIONCOMMUNICATION

This building was selected as location for its proximity to the Politecnico of Torino and other schools, as well as, for its strategic position with respect public transports.

BROWN AREA | CULTURAL CENTRE

STREET ART vs VANDALISM

Self-sustainable centre. There are 4 sub-systems (as shown in the image on the right) society, economy, environment and management.The branch of “society” study the social network between groups of people, according to their interests and resources.TThe “economy” is to exam if the centre is able to support itself, and how the cash flow works at different stages.The “environment” studies innovative technologies for using energy and materials.The “management” at the centre is a simulated administration structure in order to run the centre.

360° SUSTAINABILITY

There is an important difference between art made in street and in traditional indoor spaces: street artists are mobile and they do art with less things!Street artists require flexible, easy-to-move tools since they work around the city and they choose and afterwards need to adopt to the specific site. For example, to paint a large area of graffitti, street artists prefer using spray paint which is more portable than traditional materials. This point results an essential concept of the project: we DO NOT “ institutionalize” street artists by providing them fixed working studios for each art.

ADAPTABILITY IN STREET Visual Arts Dance Music

Tradition

Street

Internal view of the artist center, holding a street music concert

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Fixed functions

Stairs with storages

Moving vault

Graffitti

The old factory owns an important architecutural value for its form and con-struction materials. There is the necessity of a correct integration between the new function that will revitalized the building and the preservation of its memories and values. Moving vaults were designed in order to achieve the previuos aim: they allow to maintan the original features and create flexible work spaces for the artists since they are mobile dividing wall.

Steel guides

Steel frames

FLEXIBILITY IN ARCHITECTURE

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1activities spaces 1.auditorium 2.

sound recording room 3.bar & restaurant 4.relaxing area 5.art shop 6.ooffices 7.

8. dressing rooms 9. toilets10. storage11. bike repair centre & parking 12. skatepark13. vegetable garden 114. outdoor plaza

Design workshopUrban & Architecture OFFICES AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

Time : October 2011|February 2012Location: TurinTutor : Franco Lattes | Gabriella Peretti | Carlo MiconoProject team : Vittoria Camisassi | Giulia Di Marco | Kai ChenDescription : The masterplan was design by 8 students and Description : The masterplan was design by 8 students and requires a mixed functional areas. Then the project team focused on office buildings and their construction details.

South of Turin

Lingotto

Oval

Train station

Regional council skyscraper

The project was set in a strategic part of the city. It was already characterized by different renovation during olympic games in 2006 with the construction of the olympic village on the train station side, as well as, of the Oval Lingotto for the ice track races.InIn the meanwhile the Lingotto represents al-ready an important pole for the city. It is a commercial centre, university campus and location for exposition and events.Furthermore the project area is also charac-terized by the future construction of the new Regional coulncil’skyscraper, designed by Massimiliano Fuxas which will reshape Torino skyline.

old | new CONGIUNTION

old | new PERCEPTION

Two main principles drive the designed of the masterplan: The zones less influenced by the skyscreaper shed should be allocated for resi-dential buildings and the park; a continuous commercial strip should be created around the busiest areas. A volume along Via Nizza for com-mercial activities and offices was included, but, in ordert to maintain the permeability (visual and real) of the park behind, this volume has been di-vided into 3 separate units that display almost the same size of the council’s tower constituting a suture between it and the existing context.The volumes are connected by external paths which preserve the old wall that for years delimitated the prevoius industrial area from the street. This portico links the commercial activities set at the ground floors. In par-ticular, the commercial activities estabilished come out from the analysis of the main needs of the future inhabitants and users of these spaces: some of themare thought for a wider audience and others related pri-marily to workers on the upper floors.

Commercial activities and servicesOfficesUniversity Mixed functions Residences People flows

Commercial activities and services People flows

Park Views

Accesses

4 OFFICES 3 OFFICES CO-WORKING

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DAYLIGHTING

WATERharvesting

ATRIUMsystem

Occupants’ comfort and indoor spaces were designed taking advantage of local climate. The atrium was shaped considering the net occupancy area and the percentage of it enlighten by daylight. The atrium system allow to increase solar gain during winter, almost enlarg-ing the net occupancy area. In summer time, the shading system, the presence of openings and the indoor garden pprovide comfortable indoor condition supporting natural ventilation. 0 5 10

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Facade on via NizzaFloor 1 : commercial Type-floor : 3 offices Type-floor : co-working

Section BB’Sides’ facade

1. Flat roof consisting of: prefabricated paving s. 20

mm laid on thermo plastic supports and repainted with

white reflective painting; double membrane

Waterproofing s. 0.08 mm; Rock wool insulation panels

s. 300 mm; sloping screed 40 mm; collaborating slab

112 mm; secondary warping of HEB profiles 200 mm .

2.2. Folding and sliding blinds made by aluminum sheet

on Aluminium tubular substructure; window consisting

of triple glass with double low-emissive laminated

44.2/12/44.2/12/44.2 and wood-alluminium frame

s.100 mm.

3.3. Interstorey floor consists of: arisen flooring system

made by an high density 's chipboard and wood finish.

50 mm; gap of 80 mm; layer resilient; collaborating slab

s.112 mm; secondary warping s. 200 mm, false ceiling

with space for plants s. 500 mm plasterboard panel s.

20 mm.

4.4. Vertical closure consists of: cladding stone Factory

madras s. 10 mm; ventilated façade made with

aluminum braces and horizontal currents, s.120 mm;

prefabricated panel composed by alternating layers of

calcium - silicate sheets and polyester fiber insulation

boards s. 346 mm.

5.5. portico’s false ceiling system consisting of: metallic

bar L 80x80 mm; plasterboard panel s. 20 mm; rock

wool insulation panels s. 30 mm; suspended finishing.

6. Transparent roofing system consists of: bearing with

triple membrane of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE);

aluminum frame; control system of pressure; tubular

bar d. 150 mm.

7.7. Double-layered glass 44.2/12/44.2; coupling'' spider''

steel; metal support; tie rod.

CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS

Dry construction

EFTE covering and shading

Design workshopUrban & Architecture MIXED HOUSING & COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

Time : March 2011 | July 2011Location: TurinTutor : Benedetto CameranaProject team : Vittoria Camisassi | Cristina Calleri | Kai ChenDescription : The pDescription : The project consists in the refurbishment of a brown area. Mixed housing and buildings for leasures are located with a particular attention to the urban context and needs.

North of Turin

Underground future stop Old railway station Monumental cemetery North of the area

The project was set in the north of Turin. The area, famous in the past for its industries, nowadays represents one of the big brown areas of Turin that need to be refurbished. The urban texture is a mixed among small residential buildings, manufacturers, public buildings and storages. One big void is due toto the old train station “Scalo Vanchiglia”, used for industries’ trades and now ne-glected. Another void is represented by the monumental cemetery which, apart from it beauty, is also some how a caesura be-tween the two sides of the city. Furthermore, along this area is planned the new underground line and a station will be centred in the project area. For this reason, the area will be an important pole of communication with commercial activities, offices and public ser-vices, along with residences.

Pedestrian Vehicles Underground

VERTICAL CIRCULATION

This area will represent a reference pole for the north of Turin that will host many different functions. For this reason, the municipality still re-quires a large number of parking places. In this context, the team de-cides to not enlarge the surface under ground and located all the park-ing at ground floor, elevating the other functions. We perceive a sharp verticalization of circulation: -1 trains, 0 vehicles and parking principally, 1 pedestrians. The other aspect on which the team focused its attention was the relationship between the project area and the context, not pri-marily the side areas, since all the areas will be refurbished and this project outlines the guidelines, but with the urban context. The existing car mobility was conserved since it allows also good perspective to the hills. With it, also the majority of public space (pedestrian streets) were primarily directed to hills' front and the Basilica of Superga. On the other hand, buildings were arranged to increase the number of apartments that can enjoy the view of the park, as well as, that are facing south. Looking on the other side, from the park the city bounderies and skyline will be well defined.

Public Private

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Different size apartments Different windows Different building blocks

Offices Commercial activities

Residences Parking

Public services

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Design workshopArchitecture STUDENTS’ RESIDENCE & COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

Time : November 2010 | January 2011Location: TurinTutor : Benedetto CameranaProject team : Vittoria Camisassi | Kai ChenDescription : The pDescription : The project aims to set a proper living area for students of Turin uni-versity with services and commercial facilities in coexistance with the gasom-eters, memory of the past industrial destination of the area

Dora River, heading east. it joins into Po River after 2km

University buiding designed by Norman Foster

Residential area

4-storey existing building, that need to be qualified as part of the student service

Industrial area

Two gasometers which be-longed to ITALGAS Com-pany, characterizing this zone with the memory of the industrial age.

College residence

Co-housingApartementCommerceStudent ServiceDining Hall / BarSportUndergroundParkingUndergroundParking

Different function are combined to provide students good living quality. There are two types of housing, (co-housing and aparte-ment), commercial activities, additional ser-vices (bank, post), social and soprt facilities.

Geometric control IIGeometric control I

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South East Elevation

Restaurant 388m2

Sport 1164m2Service 1052m2

Single rooms 33

Double rooms 27

Commerciale 2700m2

Apartments 42(Exit of the underground parking)

INDUSTRIAL AREA | HIGH QUALITY LIVING

Assumed Sunlight

Shadow of gasometers

From the shadow of the gasometers we can find some very interesting shapes like Parallelogram and curve grid. Those shapes are twisted accord-ing to the position of the sun and change form on the ground all the time. The idea is to abstract the geometric rules and re-organise them as the matrix of the garden’s layout, taking in consideration the stream of people. At the same time it allows many possibile pathes for every headings.

Walking flow across the garden

Gathering pointsThe site plan is surrounded by three important roads and crossed by a pedestrian passage.This state of the art re-quires the garden in site must lead many directions. The matrix applied works well for the objectives.the objectives.Some attractive points were set in the garden to provide stu-dents the space for communi-cation and relax. A small square,a bar, a small theater and lots o trees are put in site according to the matrix and environment --especially the gas-ometers..

The bar is sited in one of the gasometers and shaped by the matrix of the garden. It’s designed as a slope that allows people get up on the roof, and get down from another side.

To creat a more interesting perspective in garden, we raise some pieces of lawn like very short pyramids, and hollow out one side to make it plane, and put wooden bench at the corner.

floor structure:27mm Douglas fir floor20mm acoustic insulationvapor barrier138mm X-lam panel100mm thermal insulation30mm wooden panel30mm wooden panelwaterproof layer20mm finishing of Funlam

envelope structure:13mm plasterboardvapor barrier180/180mm Sapisol50mm thermal insulation50mm thermal insulationwaterproof layer20mm finishing of Funlam

window (folding frame)C beam 90mmI beam IPE 240mmiron supporting

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First floor plan

Single room (tipe A) Kitchen

Double room Single room (tipe B)

Apartment (tipe A)

Apartment (tipe B)

Building Areceptionofficemeeting roomstudy roominformatics roomTV roomTV roompolyvalent roomlaundry

Building Bsupermarketbankclothes shopbookshoppizzerialodging entranceslodging entrances

Builing Ccanteenkitchen

Builing Dcafekitchen

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Ground plan RESIDENTIAL MODULE : OPEN CHOICE

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