ALICE PONTIGGIAP O R T F O L I O

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P R E S E N T A T I O N L E T T E RSince I start developing my own professional way, both from academia and training experiences, I was influenced by different incitements. To live different cities, to meet qualified people, to firmly work during the academic career, to join projects and competitions, to face the professional world, are all experiences that make me grow. In particular, one theme thrills me and caught my attention: temporary architecture. Both my attitude and the research made, make me think this could be a good choice for the future of construction field and that I could be the person that makes it succeed. At the same time, my studies took me to knew and deepen the dynamics behind the evolution of the territory and the choices of urban planning. I believe this study perfectly match with the needs of a flexible architecture that is going to serve the public, the mutable society. What I desire now is therefore to grow from a technical point, to understand the specific nature of lightweight architecture, and to put to use my knowledge with built the relationship between places and these new kind

of spaces, taking my passion in the professional field.

I N D E X

Practical works - 19Postcards - 20

Presentation letter - 2Curriculum Vitae - 3

Philadelphia, 2nd March 2016

T E M P O R A R Y A R C H I T E C T U R Einflatable hotel - 5

wrapper - 7green scraps - 9

other projects - 11

U R B A N D Y N A M I C Swallness park - 12trees factory - 14lilong identity - 16other projects - 18

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WORK AND TRAINING EXPERIENCEcollaborator at DASTU (Department of Architecture and Urban Studies) for the renewal of local agreements of subsidized rent for Rho territory, Italyduties: on-site research, data collection and processing, graphic production, participation in institutional meetings, written reportteaching assistant at Politecnico di Milano, with research and didactic role, in:> Urban planning Studio, “the grid city” with Prof. Luca Gaeta and Prof. Paola Savoldi (DASTU)> Building technology studio, “the renewal of QT8 mart” with Prof. Alessandra Zanelli and Prof. Carol Monticelli (ABC)duties: involvement in course organization, production of teaching material, lecturing, supervision of undergraduate studentsintern in TJAD (Tongji Architectural Design and Research Institute) Shanghai, Chinaduties: design proposal, graphic production, team meetingintern at the studio Consalez Rossi Architetti Associati, Milano, Italyduties: design proposal, graphic production, maquettes production, team meetingcollaborator at the family owned artisan workshop specialised in iron, copper and steel craftingduties: advertising material production, design consultant for objects and structures hostess experience in exhibition and event contexts for different brands, organizations and companiesduties: public relations, venue setting

EDUCATIONMaster’s Degree in Architecture, CAUP College of Architecture and Urban Planning,Tongji University, Shanghai, ChinaDouble Degree Exchange Program, main topics: Urban Planning and Urban Design“TEAL-S / Course of sheltering: temporary architecture, lightweight construction, textile technology” promoted by the School of Doctoral Programs of Politecnico di MilanoMaster’s Degree in Architecture, 110 cum Laude/110degree class: n.LM-4 - Architecture and Construction Engeneering-ArchitectureSchool of Architecture Planning Engineering Construction, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, ItalyInternational Course provided in English, main topics: Architecture and Building TechnologyBachelor’s Degree in Environmental Architecture, 103/110degree class: n.L-17-Science of ArchitectureSchool of Architecture Planning Engineering Construction, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italymain topics: Sustainable Architecture, Green Building Technology, Landscape ArchitectureHigh School Diploma, 71/100, Liceo Scientifico P.L. Nervi, Morbegno (SO), Italymain topics: math, physic, philosophy, history, latin

07/2015-12/2015

02/2015-07/2015

03/2013-07/2013

03/2012-05/2012

07/2009-present

07/2009-present

09/2012-12/2015

01/2015

09/2012-12/2014

09/2009-09/2012

09/2004-07/2009

BORN: Italy, Sondrio, 25th May 1990ADDRESS: via Bernasconi 43,Cosio Valtellino, Sondrio, Italy

@: alicepontiggia25@gmail.comPHONE: +39 320 2632507

SKYPE: alice.pontiggia

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02/2016

03/2015

05/201404/2014

04/2014

11/2013-01/2014

05/2013

09/2012-01/2013

09/1995-07/2009

09/2004-09/2008

LanguagesMicrosoft OfficeDesign Software

Practical skillsResearch skills

Report skillsRelational skills

COMPETITIONS, INSTALLATIONS, AWARDS#openyoureyes artistic installation, a personal work made of giant inflated balloons and raffia yarn grid, exposed in Morbegno city center, Italy, for one dayproject for the competition “shabby shabby apartments” promoted by the Berlin-based studio raumlaborberlin for the production of temporary, low-budget residences in Monaco, Germany“SEM (Società Elettrica Morbegno) university scholarships” for the academic year 2013/2014“scholarship for students enrolled in a Master’s Degree Program at Politecnico di Milano” for the excellent results achieved in the architectural studies in the academic year 2012/2013design of an exhibition pavilion at the event “Green utopia-Green architecture” staged during the Milan Design Week at the Steam Factory (Fabbrica del vapore), Milanocollaboration at Consalez Rossi Architetti Associati for the competition project “une école fertile”, the proposal for a school renewal at La Louviere, Belgiumwinner project at the contest “philosophy and feelings into the garden” sponsored by the flower expo “Franciacorta in Fiore”, Bresciacollaboration in the project “Made in Shanghai”, an atlas of formal and informal architecture in Shanghai, promoted by Prof. Li Xiangning, Tongji University

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIESItalian (mother tongue), English (fluent), Chinese (elementary), Spanish (elementary)Word, Excel, PowerPointAutoCAD, QGIS, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, SketchUpability in creating maquettes, drawing, sketching and in operating and mananging on-site worksexperience in archive and on-site research, in interface and collaborate with institutions, in analyze and synthesize complex situations, in data collection, elaboration and reportgood written communication and self-confident approach in spoken debates and lecturesexcellent teamwork and leadership skills, dynamic team player, problem-solving attitude

PERSONAL SKILLS AND INTERESTSattended the music school Roberto Goitre in Colico, Italy for 14 years with a concentration on the flauto dolce, performing several choral and orchestral concertseducational and recreational volunteer for children activities in the local communityexplorer of places and landscapes, fearless traveler, long-life hiker, amateur runnerlive performances lover, hungry reader, untiring learner

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I N F L A T A B L E H O T E L

for:Building Technology Studio

prof. Joseph Di Pasqualeinstitution: Politecnico di Milano

year: 2014partners: Leonardo Citterio

location: Milan, Italyduties: concept, design,

structural and technological project,2D graphic works, modeling

keywords: temporary architecture,pop-up hotel, technical research

The first idea for the project was to use a giant inflatable structure. It will be installed and dismantled in just a few minutes and it will be recognizable from a long distance for its shining colors. In the reality it can’t exist, so the project mixed a standard metal box with a plastic textile wall that can easily be stored in it, ensuring a convenient storage and transportation system. The structure that connects the initial and final metallic shells is a free-standing folding pavement that allow the closing movement. In the hard part are installed all the plants and the bathroom, while the proper room, for 1/2 people, is inside the inflated part. The unit itself is assembled in factory, reducing the on-site installation operations, while in the building layout a scaffold system ensures the connections. All the pieces to install a working prototype building of 18 units

can be stored on four tracks.

INSTALLATION PROCESS

1. dispose

2. open

3. fix

4. inflate

5. repeat

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section AA’ - open section AA’ - close section BB’

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W R A P P E R

for:shabby shabby apartments competition

year: 2015partners: Chiara Ceresoli, Giulia Pagliara

location: Munich, Germanyduties: concept,

design, 2D/3D graphic workskeywords: temporary architecture, packaging materials, sustainable approach

The apartment is a transparent, shining envelope made of packaging materials that interact with the surroundings. Its structure is a modular scaffolding frame that leaves open the possibility of different layouts, customization of the space, of adaptation to different places. For this reason, is accounted both the independent and the parasite solution, in energy, structural and architectural terms. The project aims to have a green approach, including an energy-generation bike station, the study of a greenhouse effect combined with a thermal bag blanket for insulation and the possibility of reuse or recycle the components. The construction process to have a ready-to-go house includes few easy steps: install and fix the scaffolding, wrap it with the cellophane film inserting among the layers the frames for openings and furniture tools, create the windows cutting the plastic film in correspondence of the fixtures, cover the interiors with the polyethylene foam sheet and connect the thermal bags layer to the structure as

a removable skin.

plug mein the city!

private

modularityfor multiple possibilities!

public

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WALL TECHNOLOGY HEATING SYSTEM

to warm-up:greenhouse

effect

to cool down:natural

ventilation

to warm-up:thermal

insulation

to cool down:reflection of

solar radiations

polyethilenefoam sheet

scaffoldingstructure

broomsticks

plasticfood boxes

polyethilenestretch film

thermal bagsblanket

bedroom 3,7 m2

dining room 2,5 m2

bathroom 9 m2

livingroom 3,7 m2

shared garden

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G R E E N S C R A P S

for: Franciacorta in fiore competition

“Philosophy and feelings into the garden” award: 1st prize

year: 2013partners: Leonardo Citterio, Ettore Santilocation: Cazzago San Martino, BS, Italy

duties: concept, design, 2D graphic workskeywords: temporary garden,fiery installation, tree species

The project won the gardening competition held during the flower fiery “Franciacorta in Fiore 2013”. The requirement was to design a 7x7 meters garden reflecting the emotional approach of the architect to a green space, and therefore the project is planned as a garden of discovery. The original square is disrupted in smaller “green scraps” and then reassembled, creating a kaleidoscopic overall design. Walking through the jagged path, the visitor will experience an area used as a vegetable garden, a smelling spot, the relaxing shadow of cherry trees, a small playground and a contemplative space characterized by the presence of water and hidden behind a scenic wall. The smallness of the garden becomes the generator element of a multiple space. Finally, since the project has been installed for just one week in the garden of an historic villa, the different sections were made by wooden tanks, to facilitate the placement and removal of plants, while the OSB panels has been easily

disassembled and reused.

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zantedeschia macrocarpa

lavandulastoechas white gravel vegetables prunus avium OSB panels

festuca glauca bambusaarundinacea

iron tank water

0 2 3,5 7m

design

compose

concept

meditationwater

relaxseats

fungarden

workseeds

pathexperience

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O T H E R P R O J E C T S

#openyoureyes, temporary artistic installation with latex balloons and raffia yarnat Arch. Luigi Caccia Dominioni arcades in Morbegno, Italy - 2016

55555 PAVILLION, an exhibition space created for an artisan’s consortiumat Milan Design Week 2014, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano

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W A L L N E S S P A R K

for: Architectural Design Studio 2

prof. Remo Dorigatiinstitution: Politecnico di Milano

year: 2014partners: Chiara Ceresoli, Giulia Pagliara

location: Milan, Italyduties: concept, design,

2D/3D graphic works, modelingkeywords: urban planning,

post-expo masterplan, sport city

In the post-expo scenario is proposed a sport city, one of the real transforming possibilities for this peripheral area. The project will include not only sport facilities, that are the real organizing principle of the central park, but also more canonical functions all inflected towards the wellness theme. The housing, the offices, the university, is designed to have a special relation to the outdoor space and the physical activity. The urban approach towards the area is therefore to build only along the borders and leave a big equipped green core organized on two levels, the upper one defined by the housing proximity with a relaxed character, the lower one related to the sport activities. The sinuous edged wall, including all the functions, is broken or strengthen in some strategic spots in response to the surrounding situation. Closing the central sport crack arises the football stadium with the parking screen

slab, the real landmarks of the area.

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open the enclave density concept urban structure

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garden house

layered green

mixed functions

open sport fields

open to the city

sport as connection urban strategy

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section AA’

sport slopeoutdoor trail

rehabilitationcenter

common services and terraces

housingprivate and

common terraces

officecommon terraces

and facilities

commercial activities+student accomodation

common terraces, patio and volumes

gymoutdoor slopeand terraces

universityoutdoor slope and common volumes

clinicaccomodationcommon areas

and terraces

rugbyfield

runpath

swimmingpool

basketarena

icearena

footballstadium

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roofingparking

screenfacade

locker rooms /bar/entrance

2nd round

1st round

0 25 50 100 200m

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T R E E S F A C T O R Y

for:Landscape Design and Techniques

prof. Giancarlo Floridiinstitution: Politecnico di Milano

year: 2012partners: Chiara Ceresoli,

Leonardo Citterio, Giulia Pagliaralocation: Iglesias, CI, Italy

duties: concept, design, 2D graphic workskeywords: urban planning,

dump rehabilitation, phytoremediation

The Iglesias’s mine area is characterized by a large complex of buildings and equipment descend from the 150 years mine activities ended in the 1990s. The mining operations were so intense to transform the surrounding landscape and to pollute it with a heavy metal red mug area and a residual dump. The rainfalls falling in this area are consequently contaminated and with their flow transport the harmful components to the underneath valley and river. The project, therefore, includes the resanation of land and water thanks to a phytoremediation intervention and at the same time to convert the buildings in a biomass power plant and researching spaces. Half of the cultivations, especially white mustard and pistachio plants, are active crops for the resanation while the other half is biomass producers. The ancient railway and the current roads are transformed in thematic paths along which are set out equipped spots for educational activities.

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CURRENTLY SITUATIONREHABILITATION STRATEGY

PROJECT CULTIVATIONS

380 ma.s.l.

60 ma.s.l.

common canecultivation forbiomass plant

miscanthuscultivation forbiomass plant

kenafcultivation forbiomass plant

rapecultivation forbiomass plant

pistacia lentiscusphytoremediation cultivation

white mustardphytoremediation cultivation

water basin/wetlands/river

red mugpolluted area

remedation site of national interest

abandoned railway belonged to the mine

current dump site

abandoned buildings belonged to the mine

project site

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contaminatedwater

phyto-purifiedwater

REACTIVATION OF THE AREA

energycore

panoramicway

4.3 km

research core

energy way2.3 km

phyto way4.4 km

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BUILDING CONVERSION

biomass power plant+

educational research center+

agricultural equipment+

open-air classroom

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L I L O N G I D E N T I T Y

for:Master’s Degree Thesis

prof. Remo Dorigati / prof. Zhi Wenjuninstitution: Politecnico di Milano -

Tongji Universityyear: 2014 / 2015

location: Shanghai, Chinaduties: theoretical research, experimental

design, 2D/3D graphic workskeywords: typomorphological analysis,

urban housing, lilong neighborhood

Lilong housing, literally “li” 里, neighborhood, and “long” 弄, lanes, originated as a response to the needs of a rapidly growing Shanghai at the end of the 19th century. During the last decades, however, the housing asset has been in a complete state of transformation because of a rapid development not in line with the traditions: a completely different western model has replaced the large demolished areas of the city’s historical heritage. Where survived, the lilong has lost its original character and only the external appearance is left. In light of this compromised situation, a typomorphologic analysis is produced, to understand the principles organizing Shanghai’s urban form and hence its cultural identity, evident in the vivid life of lilong alleys. The lilong neighborhood is therefore compared to the contemporary high-rise compound model, and finally a settlement strategy is proposed. The prototype solution is the result of an experimental project in Hongkou District.

LILONG PROTOTYPE

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PUBLIC / SEMI-PUBLIC / SEMI-PRIVATE / PRIVATE

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housingcommercial

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LILONG PROTOTYPE

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housingcommercial

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housingcommercial

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LILONGNEIGHBORHOODFAR 1.3full 75% - void 25%dwelling/km2 : 5 873

HIGH-RISECOMPOUNDFAR 3full 21% - void 79%dwelling/km2 : 39 620

PROTOTYPESTRATEGYFAR 2full 56% - void 44%dwelling/km2 : 7 701

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SETTLEMENT STRATEGY

building enclosure

connection with the context

mixed functions

hierarchy of outdoor space

sub-blocks for user’s needs

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groundfloor

section BB’

OUTDOOR SPACE

roofplan

public spacesemi-public spaceprivate space

buildings

groundfloor0 25 50 100 m

上海

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O T H E R P R O J E C T S

HISTORY&EVOLUTION, a comparison between Shanghai and Milan’s experiencefor Challenge and Strategy Course, Tongji University - 2013

RURAL ARCHITECTURE, report of traditional constructions of Cosio Valtellino’s territoryfor Urban Planning Studio, Politecnico di Milano - 2011

M I L A N O 1 9 6 0 s S H A N G H A I 2 0 1 2

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scale 1:500, 2x0.2m, paperboards/sprigs/iron wire - wallness park, 2014 scale 1:20, 13.5x10/34cm, iron/steel - inflatable hotel, 2014

P R A C T I C A L W O R K S

scale 1:1000, 0.5x0.15m, paperboard/twine/wax - trees factory, 2012 scale 1:500, 0.75x0.5m, cement/steel - lilong identity, 2014

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P O S T C A R D S

Shanghai, China - December 2012 Guangzhou, China - February 2013

Weizhou Island, China - January 2013 Xiamen, China - February 2013

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P O S T C A R D S

Colico, Italy - September 2013 Istanbul, Turkey - November 2013

Milan, Italy - March 2015 Ghent, Belgium - April 2015