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PORTFOLIODARIO PIGATO

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INTEGRATED STUDIO VMAURO GALANTINO

The competition for the recovery of the Ospedaletto was announced in 2001 in Venezia: the area is occupied by the buildings of the old hospital and is left in a state of abandon. It was asked to rethink this portion of the city and to suit it for the housing needs of young couples and students, in the prospect of a long range requalification of the north-east side of town, beyond SS. Giovanni e Paolo church. The common starting point for our project was the masterplan designed by the architect Gonçalo Byrne, winner of the competition.

Together with my workmates we decided to make quite substantial changes to this plan, starting from the elimination of the building occupying a central position in the compound. As a result, a large open space comes to be the campo for the overlooking buildings, a truly common feature in the rest of the old town. It is one of the bedrocks in the structure of Venezia and is very important for the social hold of the community. We designed a campo similar in size and shape to the adjacent cloisters of SS. Giovanni e Paolo with a large portico that runs throughout the overlooking buildings lenght.

It was decided to place the student residences in the two marginal sides of the area (north-west, north-east) and to set the buildings facing the campo as home for the young couples. These two types diverge not only for the location, but also for its elevation and plan. While the first type consists of the repetition of a module, the second type presents a frame of different apartaments that wedge in one another both in plan and section, well visible in the elevation. Our work has been achieved entirely by hand, both during the plan- ning and the delivery stage; it was our choise and was not required by the professors. Working by hand led me to appreciate more the designing, not having the usual mechanisms, unavoidable, imposed by the computer and the CAD softwares.

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Ground floor plan.

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Third floor plan.

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West and north elevations of the buildings facing the campo.

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Plan of three of the four lodging denominationsof the long building facing north in the campo.

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North view (left) and south-east view(above), both taken from the campo.

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INTEGRATED STUDIO VIMASSIMO CARMASSI

The compound of the Magazzini Ligabue was built in the late 18th century and consists of four buildings, designed to store the food products that were then distributed to the city. Their building was part of that process of modernization of Venezia, which has led to the construction among others of the Cotonificio and the Molino Stucky. In 2005, the Magazzini have been acquired by the IUAV and Ca’ Foscari, restored and converted into university classrooms.

Our work during the course takes up the steps of this project and reflects on the possibility of alternative solutions to those realized. One of the most obvious shortcomings of this project is the lack of open spaces where to enjoy even in the cold months. The chances to meet outside the classrooms are reduced, precisely in the period of the year when the place is mostly crowded. The project we have proposed focuses on how to make accessible and protected the space between the Magazzini. The steel and glass vaulted roofs are led towards the Giudecca Canal in correspondence to the two universities accesses, separating the flows at the entrances. It was decided to demolish the external pillars and related balconies with a steel structure. Two new rows of circular-section pillars have been placed in the inner side of each Magazzino supporting both the new galleries and coverage. Our work focused primarly on the connetion details between the different structural elements and their correct dialogue with the existing building. According to the design presented here, the original body of the Magazzini have not been affected by any alteration (the concrete galleries have been built in the 40’s).

The computer graphics presented here have been achieved with the help of Rhinoceros 5 and rendered afterwords in Cinema 3D.

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North view of the Magazzini as from the Giudecca canal.

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Perspective section looking north;the elevators body is on the back.

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First floor plan.

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The hall, looking north.

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pavimentazione 3cm


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Construction details with two solutions for the connection to the drainpipe.

SKETCHBOOK

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Recently I started with some friends an open workshop at my home where anyone has the chance to build his own pieces working with the tools made available. We have built toghether the tables and the tool cabinet. Personally, I have designed and built the six chairs that are now part of the furniture at the workshop, shown in these pages.

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