PORTFOLIO

Matteo Guastella

Portfolio

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INDEX

Museum spaces and urban interior

Neighbourhood museum for via Padova p. 4

Museum for an educating city: “Cormio Foundation” xylotheque

and “I. Montanelli” gardens p.18

Upgrading of the territory

“HumaNatural” p. 28

Temporary city centre for L’Aquila p. 34

Upgrading works: “San Leonardo” student residencies p. 42

Interior playground: “MonstAir” p. 50

Neighbourhood museum for Via Padova 2011-12 Concept development workshop Professors: arch. G. Bosoni and I. Migliore Master’s degree thesis projectSupervisor: arch. G. Bosoni

Neighbourhood museum gfor Via Padova 2011-12Concept development workshop Professors: arch. G. Bosoni and I. Migliore Master’s degree thesis projectSupervisor: arch. G. Bosoni

66NEIGHBORHOOD MUSEUM FOR VIA PADOVA

Place: Place: Parking lot of “Penny Market” supermarket, via Padova 166, Milano.

Goals: -to work on socio-spatial relations between the inhabitants and the neighbourhood of Via Padova;-to upgrade an empty urban space in order to en-hance the existing context.

Concept: to create a museum space able to host various tem-porary cultural events (exhibitions, meetings, projec-tions, workshops, etc.) in order to promote both the intercultural dialogue and the social complexity of the neighbourhood.

Area to be upgraded

Loggia – exhibition area The metal gratings currently closing the lodge will be removed

so that it will be accessible as an exhibition area.

via Padova

77 MUSEUM SPACES AND URBAN INTERIORS

The suburbs are areas that are not positively fostered by the col-lective imaginary. This is partly due to their decentralization and to the presence of groups of immigrants. However, the suburbs often become multicultural spaces where new forms of coexistence can start. This is the reason why it is possible to meet different problems coming out of the contemporary metropolis, especially through these suburban districts. The project of the thesis aims to add a new

element in the landscape of Via Padova, a problematic area located in Milan: the creation of a Neighbourhood Museum was conceived not only to promote the spread of knowledge but also to raise the awareness of the situation its inhabitants have to face daily. An ad-equate project will enable a change of the interpretative perspective both of the inhabitants of Via Padova, on their everyday living plac-es, and of the inhabitants of Milan, on the neighbourhood.

Highlighting a limitThe museum area will be highlighted by installing a system of

metal gratings, similar to those used to close the loggia, around its perimeter.

Signs


Museum entranceThe “MUSEO DI QUARTIERE“ sign will consist of a 4x4 metal gratings module: the writing will be more

or less visible according to the point of view.


View of the exhibition loggia.


General plan of the museum area.

Path from the entrances to the exhibition loggia.

Alignment with the exhibition loggia.

Position markings for campers.


Meeting area

Virtual database

Offi ce area

Staff resting area

CampersFour campers will be used as interior rooms, auxiliary to the museum’s activities.

According to the event the museum will host campers will be positioned in a different way. Their external body will be stripe painted, to remind the sign.


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Event proposalTemporary exhibition – opening with a dinner

open to the public.

Video documentation of the event. Tickets sale.

During the dinner food will also be distributed from campers.


Event proposalDocumentary production and evening projection.


Event proposalParticipatory exhibition + “Giocare con l’Arte”

workshop

Partecipatory exhibition

“Giocare con l’Arte” workshop

Working group: Matteo Guastella, Denise Liguori

Museum for an educating city: “Cormio Foundation” xylotheque and I. Montanelli gardens2008-09 Final synthesis workshop and bachelor de-gree thesis.Professor: arch. A. Campolunghi.

Working group: Matteo GuGGG astella, Denise Liguori

Museum for an educating gcity: “Cormio Foundation” yxylotheque and I. Monntanelli y qgardensg2008-09Final synthesis workshop and bachelor dede-gree thesis.Professor: arch. A. Campolunghi.

2020MUSEUM FOR AN EDUCATING CITY

Place: Milan’s “Indro Montanelli” public gardens and former museum of cinema, Palazzo Dugnani, Milan.

Goals: -to design a museum space dedicated to wood, in order to host the collection of “Cormio Founda-tion” xylotheque;-to develop a museum plan addressed to an educating city.

(samples of diseased wood, circular sections, herbaria, historical wooden books, etc.): all these items will be arranged on the walls of each hall, depending on the topic to be treated, and the exhibition path will be delimited by a semitransparent fabric, in order to make perceivable but unidentifi able the nature of the exhibited items. However, some of these items will be displayed outside the path, along with their explanations (zoom on the collection).

The “Cormio Foundation” xylotheque is a large collection of wooden items of different kinds (paleontological, botanical, archae-ological), closed to visitors and mostly stored in the basement of the Natural History Museum of Milan. The collection will be opened to visitors through some temporary exhibitions, showing all its pieces (almost 8,000) in turn. The main feature of this collection is the number of similar items

Zoom: only a small portion of the collection is dis-

played in detail.

Stages of the visit: Fabric: the rest of the collection is partly hidden: items can be detected but they cannot be iden-

tifi ed.

educating city.


Concept: to create a system of heterogeneous exhibition spac-es both in Palazzo Dugnani halls and in the public gardens. The theme of wood will be dealt with in many different ways, fostering a multidisciplinary

The description of a limited number of items will allow visitors to understand the essence of all exhibited items. Some guidelines of different kinds will be projected on the fabric delimiting the exhibition path, in order to make the link between the theme of the hall and topics from other disciplines. Moreover, there will be an indication of the location of some other places and areas in Milan where the theme of wood can be investigated even more.

The public gardens will host some additional exhibition spaces, whose location will be indicated during the visit to the museum. They will perform different functions: storage areas visible to the public; exhibitors for “extraordinary” pieces of the collection (such as special abnormal plants, sections of giant trunks, etc.); exhibition spaces dedicated to institutions involved in woodworking that will affi liate to the museum and will contribute to its realization.

approach, thus highlighting the different Milanese reali-ties linked to the processing of this material. The vari-ety and diversity of available materials will be exploit-ed to create educational and spectacular exhibitions.

The fl ooring of the exhibition path will be lifted while the central part of the hall will be lowered, in order to highlight an area for creative workshops.

Exhibition path: visit to the rest of the collection.Projectors: some multidisciplinary guide-

lines will appear on the fabric


Glass strands coated fabric, suitable for projection or printing; the level of transparency can vary according to

the width of holes.

2-4 mm


The exhibition pavilions will host the visible storage areas of the xylotheque, the “extraordinary” pieces of the collection, and some temporary exhibitions regard-

ing Milanese institutions dealing with woodworking, affi liated to the museum.

Some information concerning the exhibition pavilions located in the public gardens will be provided during the visit to the xylotheque.


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Milano Urban Camping: “HumaNatural”2009Design Seminar (Workshop)Professors: arch. A. Cibic, T. Corà

Working Group: A. Accordino, E. Delfi no, M. Guastella,

E. Ozali, S. Remotti.

Millano Urban Camping: p g“HumaNatural”2009Design Seminar (Workshop)Professors: arch. A. Cibic, T. Corà

Working Group: A. Accordino, E. Delfi no, M. Guastella,

E. Ozali, S. Remotti.

3030“HUMANATURAL”

Place: site to be identifi ed in Milan’s countryside; presence of crops and of a row of poplars.

Goals -to innovatively deal with hospitality culture and ecology; -to think of new forms of tourism connected to the camping theme;

Concept: a changing landscape camping area will be created by choosing a site where a row of poplars is close to cultivated fi elds. A camping area addressed to a di-versifi ed target will be developed through the instal-lation of different equipment and the exploitation of the evocative potential of the poplar grove. The implementation of different scenarios in the project site will allow various types of use. Both tent and bungalow camping experience will be supported; “social” and isolated areas will be provided.

of poplars and the higher or lower number of bungalows. Tent camping will be allowed within the area. This master plan will enable all users to choose among different scenarios the one they will prefer. Spaces beyond the row of poplars will be dedicated to playing activities, conviviality, and community experience or to agriculture: the camping staff will in fact manage some cul-tivable areas together with users and local farmers. Therefore, products directly cultivated in the camping area will be available.

The project reference target is the traveller, as a user needing to stay either for a long or for a short period: young Erasmus students, tourists, businessmen, etc. The HumaNatural proj-ect takes into account poplar areas (type of landscape which is extremely common in the Po Valley) and cultivated fi elds. The evocative potential of this landscape will interact with different possible types of camping experience. Some small dimensioned bungalows will be progressively scattered over the site: this will create four separate areas, according to the presence or absence

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staff area sport fi elds

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Isolated living area within the poplar grove

Isolated living area close to cultivated fi elds

3232“HUMANATURAL”

Small dimensioned bungalows will be made of wood: the alternation of dull pan-elling and windows will be in line with the need of a higher or lower privacy. Wooden panelling will cover the majority of bunga-lows except for lounge spaces that will be visually linked to the outside area through large windows.

Majority of windows:lounge area

Majority of wooden panel-ling: private area


Community living area within the poplar grove

Community living area close to sport fi elds

Temporary city for L’Aquila2011-2012Final synthesis workshopProfessors: arch. P. Brambilla, L. Guerri-ni, F. Pignolone, F. Taidelli.

Working group: Matteo Guastella, Annalisa Lever,

Denise Liguori

Temporary city for p y yL’Aquilaq2011-2012Final synthesis workshopProfessors: arch. P. Brambilla, L. Guerri-ni, F. Pignolone, F. Taidelli.

Working group: Matteo Guastella, Annalisa Lever,

Denise Liguori

3636TEMPORARY CITY CENTRE FOR L’AQUILA

Place: Piazza d’Armi, L’Aquila.

Goals: to install some facilities able to host, for a long pe-riod of time, the activities of the historic city centre of L’Aquila, while waiting for its reconstruction fol-lowing the earthquake of 2009.

Concept: the historic city centre of l’Aquila is a symbol whose physical presence has been destroyed even though it still lives in the memory of its people as a sign of identity. The temporary city centre will retrieve the common memory of the historic city centre as well as the daily activities connected to it, emphasiz-ing the transition between what is real and what is memory through the dismantling of facilities over the time.

2018: the settlement is complet-ed; the city market will be hosted within the settlement.

2013: the settlement process begins in low slope areas of the site, close to areas of interest to the community.

Settlements

Partially dismantled settlements

Trees

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church

Sport fi elds

Timeline

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that will be transferred back to the old city centre the corresponding temporary structure will be partially dismantled. Over the years, the temporary city centre will get an identity value thanks to everyday life that will be recreated. Once all activities will abandon the tem-porary city centre, Piazza d’Armi will only host some of the ruins of the old settlement: this will give a new identity and symbolic meaning to a place that had never had one before.

Piazza d’Armi is a large and unused plot of land belonging to the Italian Army: it is located in a short distance from the historic city centre of l’Aquila. The temporary city centre will be created within its perimeter. The goal of the project is to move into a new context of lifestyle habits related to a daily life which does no longer exist, since the reconstruction of the city centre is a process that will take several years. However, over the time, the progress of reconstruc-tion will affect the status of temporary structures: for each activity

2028 fi nal stage: old settlements’ traces and the grown trees mark Piazza d’Armi transforming the landscape thanks to a positive dialectics. Signs of the fi nal sce-nario were visible from the very begin-ning of the process.

2023: the process is marked by both the gathering and the scat-tering of facilities


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Shops windows: smooth materials

Metal: copper Wood: chestnut

Panling for the front of shops

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The back of the shops: rough materials

Metal: copper diamond plate

Wood: OBS

Paneling for the back of shops

Upgrading works: “San Leonardo” student residencies2007Interior design workshopsProfessors: arch. M. Manfredi, A. Scandurra.

Upgrading works: “San pg gLeonardo” student residencies2007Interior design workshopsProfessors: arch. M. Manfredi, A. Scandurra.

4444UPGRADING WORKS: “SAN LEONARDO” STUDENT RESIDENCIES

Place: Parking lot of “San Leonardo” student residencies, Gallarate district, Milan.

Goals: -to analyze the status of public areas in Gallarate district.-to recognize a critical site and design upgrading works.

Concept: to promote the use of the space facing “San Leon-ardo” student residencies by designing a wide range of heterogeneous outdoor areas aimed at stimulating the curiosity of users and passers-by.

Status quo of the involved area


The site chosen for the upgrading works is a large abandoned area, mainly used as a car park, close to the rear of “San Leonardo” stu-dent residencies and the underground station (M1) “San Leonardo” This is one of the several areas people living in the district have to “bear”, a place that, despite its inner potential, is just an area to go through. The project involves the installation of a wooden structure next to the building within which people will have to access to reach the entries of student residencies. Some small-, medium- and large-sized spaces will be created so that students will use them accord-ing to their needs. The activities carried out within the facility will

be visible even from outside thanks to a series of semitransparent covers that will be strategically placed. The same type of cover will also be used for internal divisions in order to support many differ-ent perspectives. The presence of semi-transparencies will also help to stimulate the curiosity of passers-by. The layout of the interior is designed with a strategy of full and empty spaces, by alternat-ing green spaces with rooms having different sizes: the relationship between different types of spaces will create many possible paths within the structure.

General plan of the site and the project.

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“MonstAir”2011“Design with Air” workshopPolitecnico di Milano - EPS Universidad CEU San Pablo, MadridProfessors: arch. M. L. Collina, L. Crespi, A. Garcìa-Abril, B. Rodriguez,Working Group: Andrea Caldera, Matteo Guastella,

Denise Liguori

“MonstAir”2011“Design with Air” workshopPolitecnico di Milano - EPS Universidad CEU San Pablo, MadridProfessors: arch. M. L. Collina, L. Crespi, A. Garcìa-Abril, B. Rodriguez,Working Group: Andrea Caldera, Matteo Guastella,

Denise Liguori

5252“MONSTAIR”

Place: Madrid’s Old Slaughterhouse (“Reader’s house” project by Anton Garcìa-Abril).

Goals: -to design an infl atable structure for children to be included in the wider project of upgrading of Ma-drid’s Old Slaughterhouse.

Concept: to combine the theme of childhood with the one of “design with air”, designing an infl atable structure dedicated to the play and interaction, and focusing on the relationship both with the child-user and with the space where the project will be placed.

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5353 INTERIOR PLAYGROUND

The most restrictive feature of continuous-air-fed infl atable struc-tures is that they lose their original shape once subjected to pressure. This project will turn this limit into an opportunity: some infl atable spheres will create a delimited hurdle path, so that when the kids will enter the path they will be obliged to hit the walls. As a conse-quence, the overall shape of the spheres will be constantly changing. The infl atable structures will be partially hidden by a big white sheet, made of the same material used for the spheres, fi xed to them by

some stitching: only access to the path and two portions of the structure, similar to two tentacles, will remain uncovered. The white cloth will change its shape together with the sphere, and this will underline the motion effect. The aim is to make the structure look like a big monster covered with a blanket, whose breath will be visi-ble. The project will connect many different aspects dealing with the theme of reading, such as spatial perception, orientation, recogni-tion of materials and imaginative association.

The path created by the infl atable spheres

5454“MONSTAIR”

White sheet: MonstAir’s blanket

Spheres facing out-wards (green)

Spheres facing inwards (red)

Seams on the spheres

Spheres facing out-wards (green)

Spheres facinginwards (red)

White sheet: MonstAir’s blanket

Seams on the spheres

5555 INTERIOR PLAYGROUND

According to the impact on spheres due to the chil-dren going through the path the shape of infl atable structures (and consequently the one of the sheet) will change: the breath of MonstAir is simulated.

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