Fabio Vignolo | Licensed Architect CV & selected portfolio

PERSONAL INFORMATIONS

EDUCATION

Fabio VignoloNationality - ItalianDate of birth: 15, november 1985Place of birth: Pinerolo, TurinAddress: Via Dominici 12, 10060 Porte, Turin. ItalyPhone : M +39 339 460 58 99 E mail: fabio.vignolo@gmail.comSkype : fabio.vignolo

2010 September: MSc in Architecture at Politecnico di Torino. Score 110/110 cum laude and honorable mention and publication.

with Alessandro Capello and Paolo Carignano.

2009 Fall/Winter: Visiting Scholar at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, Albany NY State, USA. Parametric design studio with professor Andrew Saunders & Ted Ngai.

2008: Visiting student in Cracow, Cracow institute of Technology (ERASMUS PROGRAM).

2008 September: BA in Architecture at Politecnico di Torino. Score 109/110. Thesis: “Folding Architecture. Structures inspired by origami”.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2010, April to present: Licensed Architect at Studio Galvagno-Leoncedis, Via Balzetti

2010, Founder member of bam! , design collective based in Turin

41, 10098 Rivoli, Torino, Italy Design development of the stage for the Opera House - La Valletta - RPBW project

2 10125, Torino, Italy

2010, March to present: Project for a new chapel in Puerto San Julian, Patagonia, Argentina. Under construction (own commission)

2008, May to September: Intership at CARLORATTIASSOCIATI, C.so Quintino Sella 27, 10125 Torino, Italy

2008, May to June: Working collaboration with Prof. Maria Adriana Giusti of Politecnico di Torino for the conservation and refunctionalization project of the Villa Reale in Tirana, Albany

2007, September to December: Intership at STUDIO DI ARCHITETTURA E URBANISTICA ASSOCIATI, Moncalieri, Torino, Italy

PERSONAL SKILLS & COMPETENCES

Mothertongue - Italian

Highly experienced in team workingstrong in details and construction aspects

Informatics skills :

- Expert user: Adobe suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign), Autodesk AutoCAD,

- Intermediate user: Autodesk 3DS Max,Ecotect, Vray (in Rhinoceros, 3DS Max) - Basic user: Bentley Generative Component, Grasshopper

2009, March: Urban and Architecture International Design Workshop in Canelli, Asti, Italy Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT & Politecnico di Torino Tutors: Prof. Shun Kanda

2008, September: International Design Workshop: A Bridge-station at Lingotto. Parametric design. Politecnico di Torino & Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Tutors: Prof. Lorena Alessio, Prof. David Riebe. 2008, July: International Workshop - Torino World Design Capital, "Complexity Maps" Tutors: Christian Nolds, Enzo Manzini, Paolo Ciuccarelli, Donato Ricci

2008, June: International Design Workshop “Parametrical approch in Architecture”, Generative Components Workshop. Tutors: Maria Ludovica Tramontin (Pratt Institute, NY), Erich Schoenenberger

WORKSHOPS

COMPETITION ENTRIES

2011, April: International competition for the construction of “Nursery school at the Headquarters of the Regione Lazio ”, with Studio ATA - 2nd prize 2 Turin North Area - Ex aequo Honorable Mention (3rd Best Design Proposal) 2

OTHER SKILLS & COMPETENCES

2010, since November - Featured writer for the architecture section Archinuok of webzine nuok.it

2009 Mattone onlus”, involved in promoting and developing autocostruction system based on mud brick for rural context in Africa and South America. 2009-2008: Junior education assistant at Politecnico di Torino, Construction design studio.

Personal interests: contemporary art, blogs, digital and analog photography, skiing, climbing,cycling. Passion for travel and multi-cultural experiences.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONS

PUBLISHED PROJECTS & EXHIBITIONS

2011, Spring: Fetured on URBANISTICA n. 145

2010, Spring: “La Metamo2010: Exhibition “Barriera c’entro”: Il futuro di Torino si sposta a nord. La Metamorfosi exhibition

2010: Exhibition “Culture – Nature” during the 12 Mostra internazionale di Architettura La Biennale di Venezia, Arsenale Novissimo, Venezia

2010: Cataloque “Culture – Nature”, curators: Fortunato D’amico, Alessandra Coppa, Ed. Skira Architettura 2010-2009: Exhibition “Memoria Sottotraccia. Segni e forme dell’archeologia”, Museo Archeologico Regionale, Aosta

2008: Exhibition “A Bridge Station for Lingotto, Turin – 15 progetti per la nuova stazione Lingotto”, Salone d’Onore del Castello del Valentino, Torino

2011, March: International design competition - Serlachius museum Gösta extension

Internation design competition - Spring 2011with bam! and Marco Brizio

SERLACHIUS MUSEUM GÖSTA EXTENSION

site plan

program and circulation diagram

The new museum was created as a result of logical graph-established and clear steps, and it is viewed as a fundamental element of the surrounding area.

Three main axes were identi�ed within the project site.The �rst axis, a road access to the east, leading to the parking. The second being the main axis of the existing museum. The third axis is the route that comes from nearest town via a tree-lined avenue leading to the lake and the remains of the bridge to the island Taavetsinari.

The volume deals with the countryside as identifying the di�erent tracks that mark the territory, the trace of history, the trace of man and ultimately the trace of nature.

The location of the building was decided on the basis of several aspects: the need not to a�ect the linear park designed by Paul Olsson which is the only similar example of the community. the opportu-nity to exploit the approaching overlook-ing the lake as possible to it (where it forms a bay behind the island).

THE PROJECT

view of the foyer

section

Internation design competition - Spring 2011with studioATA

NURSERY SCHOOL FOR THE REGIONE LAZIO HEADQUARTER

2nd prize

Artificial green spaceNatural green space

Play grounds Services

Rooms

plan

paths diagrams

section

On the wake of the initial suggestion of the forest we de�ned a coherent organization of space, that meets the functional needs of the creche, its small users, educators and parents.

The principles that guided the de�nition of the project are: readability of the intervention regarding the existing building, to highlight the innovative intervention; clarity of the plant, which makes intuitivethe paths and the space usage; the characterization of space, to make them comfortable, fun and reassuring in the eyes of the child and his parents.

We seek quality characteristics of the interior spaces, designing an environ-ment suitable for children, which meets the requirements of the most modern spaces for childhood: lightness, colors, stimulating and enjoyable shapes and materials, sustainability and integration with the environment.

THE PROJECT

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view of the connection spacethe “tree” unit

north elevation

details of furniture plan of a single classroom

Final thesis MSc in Architecture - Politecnico di Torino - September 2010with Alessandro Capello, Paolo Carignano

TURIN: URBAN REQUALIFICATION OF SPINA 4

The thesis consists of a Multifunctional-Multilayered building project. It can be viewed as a system composed by distinct elements: three

bridge spanning over the avenue and sustained by two low and wide volumes.

The masterplan we proposed for the international competition “La Metamorfosi” in Turin had its very core in the urban gate embodied by this multi-tower system.

This system was investigated deeply in terms of shape/physical appearance, functions, plans and in its relations with the surroundings.Since they were conceived as a powerful landmark, the towers have a clear and iconic geometry which make them easy to identify.This simple and monolitic shape is challenged on the inside by a wide variety of functions and spaces expressing the multifunctionality of the building.

THE TOWERS SYSTEM

personal tower-concept sketches

personal tower-system sketches

site plan

The main concept that guided the design process was the

necessary for the new district. To create a multilayered/multifunction building.The towers contain residences (luxury, average and social

and cultural functions: many shops and bar/restaurants, a library, winter gardens and even a small auditorium. In the

Taking advantage from the future presence of the underground metropolitan station and of the railway station right aside the avenue, the towers are integrated with the main mobility feature of the city. This happens through the long horizontal “arm” which is connected with the metro station underneath. Inside this linear building mobility streams are put side by side with a museum for the city.

creates a Hub which realizes the concept of the multilayerd building.

the media façade from the avenue

longitudinal section the inside of the bar with the mobility corridor and the museum

Along with the project for the towers system we carried over the design for the residential settlement which stands separate but near the multi-tower complex. It is another iteration of the methodology of multilayering.

The main feature of the complex is the

conceived as a platform: allowing the complete pedestrian crossing of the area while hosting commercial functions and sustaining the housing blocks upon it.A multilayered body once again.

Therefore the concept of a multilayer

system is not growing in height, though being composed by layers; it is spread over a wide surface in order to put the highest number of shops on the same level.

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Multilayered housing residential tipologies

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MULTILAYERED HOUSING

The blocks are “lifted” from the public space in some points, allowing permeability of the whole system for pedestrians. At the same time the variable disposition of the buildings give birth to courtyards and small squares (both pubblic and private)

On the top of the buildings there are roof villas which enstablish an unpredictable relation

of housing on top of a consolidate urban type.

All buildings were conceived as sustainablehousing, where solar heatingand water reuse match EU standardsthe platform with houses standing upon it

Internation design competition - March 2010with Alessandro Capello, Paolo Carignano, Graziella Roccella

LA METAMORFOSI

HONORABLE MENTION

(3th best design proposal)

the park, the residence system and the urban gate

THE PROJECT

the masterplan

railway system parkMetrò system shops

the park layers

The multilayered city is intended as urban growth neither horizontal nor vertical but developed in several layers laid on top of each other but strictly connected to increase the complexity and the density of the system.

The plan will connect the two sides of the “Sempione” Park split by the “Spina” by means of a passage underneath the under-ground railway; so we have a double mobility layer (by rail and above by road) on top of a park/open space, enlivened bi small commercial services and by a music laboratory/concert space.The urban gate and the residential system combines multiple layers with multiple functions.

The towers corresponding to the urban gate host o�ces, residences and shops. The physical continuity of the system is guaranteed by the platform/square that overpasses “Corso Venezia”; the square is linked with the lower �oors of the towers through the mobility system (subway, railway, car tra�c).

Le residenze e il sitema della mobilità

The residencies seek the integration with the existing urban fabric turning the existing road system into pedestrian tra�c; the dimen-sion and the microurban district scale coming to life inside the new blocks aim to increase the density of the inner suburban fabric which can sometimes be weak. By reserving the tra�c to pedestrian, the modus vivendi of inner suburbs becomes quite similar to the one downtown.

The new residential block and commercial platform that spreads over the entire ground level with big openings/yards to bring air and light to the contained functions and create semi-public spaces available to residents and users; the residences above often leave the ground �oor empty so that a new semi-public level pops out and allows pedestrians to cross the whole block. This generates a physical connection with the contiguous park. The whole system is support-edby a double level of parking lots both for residents and for users.

The urban door clearly de�nes the North entrance to the city and it’s represented by a system where two towers are connected to another one through an elevated square; the elevated and under-ground connection between the two parts of the city divided by the “Spina” creates a service and commercial hub which is a cornerstone of the new urban centre of Spina 4.

railway system housing typologies Metrò system shops

the residences

the mobility layers system

Design Studio - Spring 2009 - Politecnico di Torinowith Alessandro Capello

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN TURIN

Internation design workshop - september 2008Politecnico di Torino - Rensselaer Politechnic Institute

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN TURIN

ground floor

second floor

south elevation

first floorThe elementary school site is located in the suburbs of Turin. Particular attention has been

activities of the building according to bioclimatic

project includes a small lunchroom, an audito-rium and a gym that could be used by locals.

THE PROJECT

the main hall

The brief of the project is to design a school with sustainable technologies.Structures are made out of concrete, but rest of elements come from wood industries, in order to reduce costs (LCC analysis) and improve scholar environment. Solar panels (vacuum system) are integrated in a doble-skin facade on the South elevation to thermoregulate the temperatures inside classrooms. The main hall, used also as a playground during cold season, is a glass box with photovoltaic glass on top and protected by a dynamic “brise-soleil” system that control the amount of light inside this space.

TECHNICAL ASPECTS

entrance from the street

bioclimatic diagram

structure and materials details

facade detail

Internation urban design workshop - March 2009Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT & Politecnico di Torino

DESIGNING IN CANELLI

featured in

URBANISTICA #145

cascade system

new life for Belbo

Today, river Belbo has no relationship to the town of Canelli and the residents’ lives. We propose to re-integrate Belbo back into the town by shaping the water through a cascad-ing system, re-landscaping the embankments for public use, and introducing new ways to cross the river.

By controlling the water and reclaiming the currently neglected lands, Torrente Belbo will become a social aggregation infrastructure that connects three sections of public spaces in Canelli: recreation, culture, and urban horticulture with natural surroundings for indigenous animals and plants.

THE PROJECT

masterplan

Internation design competition - Spring 2009with MG2

DESIGNING IN TEHERAN

plans

sketches

view of the terrace

south elevation and section

A multifaceted ever-changing urban landscape located at the foot of beautiful mountain slopes. An angular building, a contemporary icon and a means of communication for an international world-known brand.

The project, focused on the concept of contrast, faces the search for architec-tural solutions by putting together contrasting characteristics such as: A pierced semi-transparent sheet metal

(POROUS/OPAQUE) Screened commercial spaces, yet visible at a distance (PRIVATE /PUBLIC) Fortress-like volumes that seem to hover over the ground (MONOLITHIC/LIGHT) Sombre grey outside, colourful transparent glass inserts (NEUTRAL/COLOURFUL).

THE PROJECT

Design studio - Fall 2008 - Politecnico di Torinowith Alessandro Capello and Valeria Bruni

SOCIAL HOUSING IN SUSA

ARSENALE NUOVO

12th BIENNALE DI VENEZIA

Culture-Nature

Since the project site is located in a mountain region near Turin, close to the French border, we consider �rst of the climate issue.The morfologic strategy was supported by site-analisis driven by Ecotect combined with Generative Components to �nd the best con�guration of our residential units related to solar exposure. Each modular unit is composed by two wodden blocks (10 X 10 m) linked with vertical circulation enclosed in a glass box, a winter garden that minimizes heat loss during winter. Di�erent tipologies: duplex (80 & 120 m2) and simplex (40 & 80 m2).private spaces opened on public spaces and landscape

Diagram of insider’s needs

THE PROJECT

masterplan

residential typologies

facade detail and construction system

The construction system was developed considering traditional low-cost dry technique used for cottages.

The main structure is made out of wood of alpine forests nearby the site. The rest of elements, wood boards, and other items come from local wood industries waste material, in order to reduce costs and respect mountain context.

Thermal insulation is provided using straw bales. Solar panels and radiant systems are integrated in every unit.

All Italian thermic and acustic standards have been veri�ed.

TECHNICAL ASPECTS

Internation design workshop - September 2008Politecnico di Torino - Rensselaer Politechnic Institute

A BRIDGE-STATION AT LINGOTTO

By diagramming the syte relationships, we began with three primary bands of activity

activities and train station itself). Parametric modeling (Generative Components) allowed

junctures. This idea was extended parametrically to the design of the facade system where the modulation of the

views into and out of the building. this also allows a legibility of spatial density. The facade is more open in public areas and more closed in private and commercial areas where more wall space is needed. The facade also accomodetes the use of solar panels as well as being operable for the control of natural light.

THE PROJECT

performative behavior skin details parametrical variations of skin’s elements

performative behavior

pedestrian entrance of the bridge