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Sept 2005-July 2008Master of Science Degree in Architecture and

Architectural Engineering, Second School of Architecture,Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Sept 2007-July 2008Final Thesis in Sustainable Architecture,

Universitad Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spainand Politecnico di Torino, Italy.

Analysis of sustainable solutions used in the 22@Barcelonadistrict applicable in Basse di Stura, Torino area, study-case.

Sept 2006-July 2007Erasmus Program at the Universitad Politecnica de Catalunya,

UPC- ETSAV. Barcelona, Spain

Sept 2001-Sept 2005 Degree in Architecture and Project Design,

Second School of Architecture.Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Sept 1998-June 2001 International Baccalaureate (IB) IST, The International School of Turin, Italy

Oct 2009-at the momentTrainee at Studio Daniel Libeskind. New York, US

May 2009-Sept 2009Internship at Willy Muller Architects. Barcelona, Spain

Jan 2009-April 2009Internship at Archikubik Architecture Office. Barcelona, Spain

Feb 2008-Dec 2008Internship at OAB, Carlos Ferrater Partnership. Barcelona, Spain

EDUCATION

WORK

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SKILLS

LANGUAGES

IT LITERACY

Feb 2008-June 2008UIA XXIII World Congress, International Workshop. Torino, Italy

June 2007-July 2008Workshop Atelier de Beaucaire. Nimes, France

Feb 2006-Sept 2006Internship at Studio Giorgio Rosental. Torino, Italy

Sustainable Architecture Thesis mentioned on the web

Gained the highest grade

ACAT-IST Yearbook business managerIncreased number of advertisements (including Hitachi, Mondo and a few banks) and sales resulting in a

€ 20,000 increase in the budget

National Honor Society MembershipElected by teachers on the basis of academic performance, leadership, personality and community work

High Honor Roll (Headmaster’s List) awarded every trimester for a grade point average over3.5/4.0

Italian, native in both written and verbalEnglish, native both written and verbal

Spanish, advanced in both written and verbalFrench, good in both written and verbal

Japanese, beginner both in written and verbal

Qualifications: FCE (First Certificate in English)DELF (Diplôme d’Études en Langue Française)

Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook, Autocad 2D and 3D, Photoshop, Rhino, In Design, Illustrator, Photoshop, 3D Studio Max

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academic work

1. Analysis of innovative methods used in the 22@ Barcelona District, Spain applicable in the Basse di Stura study-case in Torino, Italy final thesis

2. Redevelopment of Parco della Colletta, Torino. Italy studio project

3. Proposal for the renewal of CEVA center, Beaucaire. France workshop

4. Single unit, multi function. The new household modelling project

Planning area: 198,26 HaProject time scale: 2000-20151860-1960: CATALAN MANCHESTER, Poble Nou quickly became the most industrialized part of town. Introduction of the first train track.1960-1986: INDUSTRIAL DESERTATION of Poble Nou

Past century’s industrial texture of the city and view of the recent 22@ District. Heavy industry and desolated landfill site in Basse di Stura.

Poble Nou, Barcelona. Spain

In collaboration with Politecnico di Torino, Italy and Universitad Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. Costanza Profumo

22@ Barcelona District, Spain. and Basse di Stura, Torino, Italy. ANALOGY final thesis

1992: RENOVATION of the City due to the Summer Olympic Games. Ring roads were introduced, Avinguda Diagonal was erected linking Poble Nou to downtown Barcelona through the city’s business core.2000: Public debate on the re-use of 200 Hectars of industrial land. This is known as Plan 22@: re interpretation of the former industrial textile neighborhood of Poble Nou creating a new model for urban space.

Planning area: 540 HaProject time scale: 2040

1960’s and 1970’s: Basse di Stura used as a metallurgical waste dump.2000: Legal and illegal activities present on site. Rockwood company, production of organic pigments for food, construction and cosmetic toxic wastes and landfill AMIAT who’s activity shall end in 2009.Today these represent pressure factors, social and economic naspects of various levels such as visual impact, air emissions, odor, air pollution and soil damage to the health and social, water and noise pollution.

Poble Nou, Barcelona. Spain Basse di Stura, Torino. Italy

New innovative district offering modern spaces for the strategic concen-tration of intensive knowledge-based activities. A reurbanization of 35 Km of roads is expected. 4,000,000 m2 of territory intended to host public facilities, new parks and new housing. An attempt to re-evaluate historical vitality, social and economic transformation of the neighbor-hood with new areas of high urban quality and environmental activities related to knowledge and innovation.The goal of the poject is to achieve:1. URBAN RENEWALto create a different and more balanced place, in which various facilities coexist, equipments with green spaces improving the quality of life andwork.2. ECONOMIC RENEWALto provide a unique oportunity for the Poble Nou in converting itself into an important center for science, technology and culture. Transfoming Barcelona into one of the most dynamic and innovative cities3. SOCIAL RENEWALto facilitate the interaction between different professionals working in the area and encouraging the participation of activities and opportunities of technological nature in the district

Poble Nou, Barcelona. Spain

In collaboration with Politecnico di Torino, Italy and Universitad Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. Costanza Profumo

22@ Barcelona District, Spain. PROCESS AND PROJECT final thesis

Intent to create conditions to encourage the establishment of clusters of innovative firms in an environment where a continuous exchange beteen the major research agencies (Universities, R & D, ICT companies, media centers, incubators, etc.) and companies is possible. It is an environment with features that reflect a new model of sustainability.

BEFORE: NOW:22A district (industrial character) 22@ (business character)factory activities, innovativetextile and spinning mills knowledge-based economy

Clusters and 22@Barcelona activitiesPoble Nou, Barcelona. Spain

Implementation project: Rehabilitation of the existent farms into new research centers. Recov-ery of the most polluted areas in the south of the river Stura di Lanzo with new tecnologies and testing here the new tech productions.

Implementation project: Equipping the energy station with photovoltaic panels (landfill), solar thermal systems (underground), and biomass (soil). Installing a low-energy field of study and integrate them with various types of renewable sources.

Implementation project: Rehabilitation of farms and construction of a Technological Exhibition Park in the north-east of the site to present the application of new techniques on buildings

In collaboration with Politecnico di Torino, Italy and Universitad Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. Costanza Profumo

Basse di Stura, Torino. Italy PROCESS AND PROJECT final thesis

Proposal for Basse di Stura in the Torino area

Keywords of the project: SUSTAINABLE RENOVATION. "T ³" Torino -Telecommunication -Technology,existent farms as a network hub for telecommunications innovation, research, demonstration, production and sale to supplement the already existent resources of Telecom.

A. RESEARCH ON NEW TECHNOLOGIESAction: New research center and field testing

Objective: Research and testing of new technologies to then develope their production

Time scale: Research Center: 2008-2028 Test Field: 2008-2015

B. SUPPLYING GREEN ENERGYAction:Biogas, solar thermal, photo-voltaic, and biomass to retreive energy

Objective:Provide green energy to the research center and surrounding industrial area

Time scale: Biogas: 2008-2028PV: 2016-2040Solar thermal: 2016-2040Biomass: 2016-2040

C. TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION PARKAction:Designing parks for exhibitions and sales of products

Objective:Expose the future applications of the new technologiesDisplay the most up-to-date productions to the consumersCreate and re-think new types of exhibit and public spaces, providing environmental protection education to the City of Torino

Time scale:Technologi exhibition park: 2008-2020 Green energy exhibition park: 2012-2020

The matrix: a shell Bird view of proposed park design

Zonification of the land site. Partition of the park into sections, each reserved to different purposes such as private farms, botanical gardens, childrens’ playground

The shell’s nervatures to generate routes within the park. These lead to the core of the site, resource of water

View from North East

Proposal for the requalification of Parco della Colletta and museum of contemporary art in the city of Torino, Italy. A shell, element from nature, to suggest the complex texture topography of the site. Its veins to create paths, its swirl to track and councel direction.

Urbanism Studio, Politecnico di Torino. Italy Costanza Profumo

Redevelopment of Parco della Colletta, Torino. Italy studio project

Picasso’s still life painting, art, an intrinsic geometrical shape composition to design an embedded volume structure. A challenge for extrusions, positive and negatives interact with eachother to host an art gallery.

Nude and still life. 1931, Picasso Top view of gallery. In red, positive volumes are highlighted Side view of gallery

3D model of gallery

Urbanism Studio, Politecnico di Torino. Italy Costanza Profumo

Redevelopment of Parco della Colletta, Torino. Italy studio project

Physical model. Top view of proposal.

Horizontal section of the complex. Use of double heights to take advantage of the natural illumination and space saving

Perspective view from main plaza, heart of the rennovated CEVA proposal

Renovation of a historical block in Beaucaire, Medieval city in the Camar-gue region, to host the CEVA, structure which develops cultural and educational exchanges in the international and interdisciplinary areas of heritage, architecture, art and landscape. Objective of the excersise was to study, analyze, and finally propose a solution of rehabilitation of the area preserving and respecting the three cores, soul of the building unit. A connecting point between the town and CEVA, a landmark for Beaucaire and architecture, an incubator of ideas.

In collaboration with CEVA, Summer 2007 Workshop, Beaucaire, Nimes. France Costanza Profumo

Proposal for the renewal of CEVA center, Beaucaire. France workshop

Physical model. Top view of proposal. Study of the interior spaces and furniture pieces. Beds which become desks, guardrobes. Furnished to be played around with, dissembled, rearranged.

In collaboration with CEVA, Summer 2007 Workshop, Beaucaire, Nimes. France Costanza Profumo

Proposal for the renewal of CEVA center, Beaucaire. France workshop

From the french flat and the apartment to the post-existent non partition walls, the LOFT. The new households, from single room occupancy to extended families. From living apart together to the assisted living facilities. The rescue of models in history of housing. A journey within society. Places and spaces as semi mediators. Access systems and semi-public spaces. Generation of a model-system to perceive space. Hybrid facilities, furniture and partition walls dictate the distribution scheme and interaction within a fixed number of inhabitants.

Mutual circulation

Private space

Communal space

Semi-public space

Physical model. Communal spaces

Physical model. Side view of private zone

Physical model.

Physical model.

Spatial diagram

Habitat Disociat. Universitad Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. Costanza Profumo

Single unit and multy function. The new householdsmodelling project

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professional work

1. Spanish Embassy. Canberra, Australia competition

2. Proposal for a School Campus. Albenga, Savona, Italy competition

3. Tirana Lakeside Masterplan. Albania competition

4. Requalification Ex-Navile Area. Bologna, Italy competition

5. Hotel, Fitness, Botanical Garden. Piccaro sul Mare, Savona. Italy project on commission

6. Primary School Enxaneta. Barcelona, Spain built project

7. Primary School Marquez. Barcelona, Spain built project

8. Kö-Bogen office and retail complex for downtown Düsseldorf, Germany in construction

In the conviction that public architecture has the task of not only trying to meet the functional needs of the community, but also pursuing the redevelop-ment of a site so that it can become a pole of attraction and socialization, the project has aimed to achieve a fragment urban space in which this building represents the emergence of a set of functions linked system of internal trails within the area and at the same time, open to the city. The building is designed as a large rectangular container, marked by the shift of the band-mail distribution to the west, within which the different spaces intersect and overlap in a game of grooves and sequences. The geometric regularity of the plans is contrasted by the volumetric articulation characterized by different structural levels. Of these, the mid-altitude site in the outer areas, link to the path of direct connection with the buildings for teaching posts at the edge and opens onto the square next to the main entrance to the campus. This is treated as a continuous surface in light gradient fills the interior volume of penetrating into the base. One of the elements that most character-ize the composition of the complex is the roof. With its particular articulation, it creates a series of volumes that slip against each other according to a careful balance of solids and voids, creating new opportunities in the urban skyline , recalling the profile of the surrounding mountains.

Ortofotoplan. Existing U shape school department buildings. Proposal includes insertion of green patios in each. Auditorium and gym building is located in the center of the site, it functions as an attractor.

Exterior view of the Campus and new equipment building

In collaboration with OAB Carlos Ferrater Office of Architecture, Barcelona. Spain Costanza Profumo

Proposal for a School Campus in Albenga, Savona. Italy competition

Section of the auditorium and gym construction

Interior view of the auditorium lobby

North facade and garden. The division of space through the use of bands gradiates privacy by positioning public spaces towards the perimeter and while leaving the secluded interiors for the embassador’s family and guests.

The client requested a design proposal which would satisfy the requirements for the official residence of the Spanish Ambassador’s home and retreat serving both the enterprise and political activity. Flexibilities and opportuni-ties for extension were necessary due to the changing needs of this diplomatic position. Within the building, references to the Spanish Mediterranean architecture are made, through the intersticial spaces, the intermediate spaces between the exterior and the interior, and the addition of the patios, terraces and porches.

Physical model. Concept design of the complex. Space and structure are organized with an orthogonal grid, which allows the bands to allign themselves in rows running from east to west. The residence is organ-ized not only according to cardinal points, but by means of bands that increase or diminiuish in length to devide the program according to its usage.

In collaboration with OAB Carlos Ferrater Office of Architecture, Barcelona. Spain Costanza Profumo

Spanish Embassy. Camberra, Australia competition

Development of a strategic mixed-use site located against the artificial lake in the city of Tirana. Empti-ness lies between the traditional city and the great lake. The site of twenty hectares is situated in the South of the Albanian capital. It sits against the lake, which is surrounded by a chain of parks and green spaces. This arrangement provides lucrative oppor-tunities for development and regeneration. Extract-ing inspiration from this relationship, the design proposal seeks to itenerate these natural circum-stances into an internally autonomous urban system that liberates a central space of activity as rings of program concentrically radiate out to establish zones while mantaining its perimeter. A limited zone of water exists at the focal point.The program of the internal ring consists of recrea-tional facilities, green spaces and retail. The exter-nal ring of hotels, office towers and residencial condominiums establish the site’s perimeter.Personal responsabilities in this competition included 3D modeling and subsequent perspective renderings, presentation material including final submission rendering in perspective and plan.

Height diagram

Distortion scheme

View between the internal and external ring of the buildings

+ 8 STORY_START OF DEFORMATION

In collaboration with OAB Carlos Ferrater Office of Architecture, Barcelona. Spain Costanza Profumo

Tirana Lakeside Masterplan. Albania competition

Orthoplan of area. Organization of the new Building blocks and green spaces

The facade module pattern creates intermediate living spaces, between the open and closed, public and private sectors.

The proposal includes the urban regeneration of a vast area in the North part of Bologna’s train station. Based on the existing detailed plan, the proposal explores the possibility of strengthening the central city park, the permeability of the surrounding build-ing blocks, the usability of public spaces and the quality of the nearby constructions. These assump-tions lead to the determination of generating semi-open city blocks, containers of various activities embracing a solid green texture.The tallest buildings find a brand new location due to their acoustic performance, which both mark and hierarchies public spaces and entrances in a kind of standardized intervention. Different residential typologies, modularly flexible office spaces and amenities are located on the ground floors, accessi-ble and flexible, all meeting environmental sustain-ability criteria.

Facade texture study

Building modularization Module concept design

In collaboration with OAB Carlos Ferrater Office of Architecture, Barcelona. Spain Costanza Profumo

Requalification Ex-Navile Area. Bologna, Italy competition

A park of 40 Hectares climbs up from the Via Aurelia to the top of the mountain Piccaro in Liguria, North-West Italian region.A complex and innovative irrigation system built by three dams for water storage.A system of paths along the existing forest and green areas of the project. A journey through time that brings out the native species and the original water system. The presence of an abandoned Castle, now regains full vitality through the restoration and re-functioning. On the ground floor access to new destinations and accommodations to the areas of public practice is offered, the entrance to the botanical gardens and museum of natural values. The new residential component is set against the valley overlooking the square and determining the north-eastern border defined by quite content density and compactness of its tradition of local settlement. The footprint of the building is part strictly preserving historical monuments and the components of the complex, replacing all the elements that have resulted in the final stage of use a deep degradation of the original plant. This is how the Ligurian village of the twenty-first century is configured

Orthoplan of the site

3D view from East side

North elevation

Top view of site plan Physical model of site and new Castle proposal

In collaboration with OAB Carlos Ferrater Office of Architecture, Barcelona. Spain Costanza Profumo

Hotel, fitness, botanical garden. Piccaro sul Mare, Savona. Italy project on commission

The building is a result of the integration of PREIN-DUSTRIALIZIED MODULES, both width and lengthwise. Already imposed from the beginning of the project, the dimensions are stipulated by this modulation. Research into the MAXIMUM STANDARTIZATION of the project’s elements was made. Although the prefabricated modules were used, there is a SHIFT in the location of these modules. This is a singularity of the school. The quality of the composition comes from the richness of the double heights in the circulation spaces. The resulting building is rectangular in shape. The school is organized with the location of the infant program on the ground floor and splitting the primary school between the first and the second floors. The infant classrooms have their own exterior zone. It is a compact building that is integrated better into its CONTEXT than the exten-sion of the existing school. The school is North-South orientated. The priority was to orient the classrooms Southerly. They are protected with slats and make use of cross-ventilation.

3D view from East side

The school, already imposed by the project, was based on a MODU-LAR SYSTEM that reduces COSTS and shortens TIME of the initial operation. As prefabricated elements are used, the time of construc-tion is reduced because the modules are fabricated in a WORKSHOP and assembled directly with a crane. At the end of its serviceable life, it can be totally DISASSEMBLED.

The construction was completed in only 3 MONTHS, in a time when the school was closed for holidays.

First floor plan

Ground floor plan

In collaboration with Willy Muller Architects, Barcelona Costanza Profumo

Primary School Enxaneta, Barcelona. Spain built project

The building is a result of the integration of PREINDUSTRIALIZIED MODULES, both width and lengthwise. Research into the MAXIMUM STANDARTIZATION of the project’s elements was made. As the exten-sion was of an existing and operating school, a type of construction where 80% of the modules are fabricated and assembled in a WORK-SHOP, functions perfectly well. The school is organized in a fork-like form, united at the top with the common zones. Each line contains the classrooms and its own exterior area. In the zone where 3 forks join we can see the general classroom, that of psychomotorics, the teacher’s rooms and the classrooms for small groups. The classrooms are oriented Easterly, so are protected from the West and use CROSS-VENTILATION.

Cross section

Main entrance

Facade The entire program is developed on the ground floor, though there are some elements of double height which PLAY with COMPOSITION and new voluminosity, which makes it different from the existing building. These double height spaces are used to store equipment, to allow access of natural light and to create porch-like areas.

View from the interior courtyard and South facade

In collaboration with Willy Muller Architects, Barcelona Costanza Profumo

Primary School Marquez, Barcelona. Spain built project

Between the two blocks are green courtyard spaces, which will also provide generous daylight to the interior offices. The passage between Schadowplatz and Hofgarten then works as a public space with benches and planters leading to a new bridge across Wallgraben. A two-story connecting bridge with roof terrace connectsthe east and west blocks of Kö-Bogen. Kö-Bogen is made up of both straight and curved geometry, its shape a reflection of the buildings and landscape around it. The straight lines are meant to reflect the city context, matching the building line on the Koenigsallee. The curved lines, which maneuver within and around Kö-Bogen's courtyards, create more fluid connections with the pedestrian environment. Permeated cuts into Kö-Bogen itself will allow for the landscape to naturally blend and flow into the building space, connecting it further with the environment. The green courtyards and green roof become part of a new environment that bridges urban space with park space, a fitting entryway to and from the Hofgarten.

Physical model Flagship retail stores on the three lower floors, visible in the render image, and offices with business centers on the three upper floors.

South East elevation view on Shadowplaz

Orthoplan of site

Two city blocks are joined with one continuous roof line, forming a unified space for walking, shopping and working. The building will create a connected space between the Schadowplatz and the Hofgarten, the central park in Düsseldorf. Kö-Bogen is situated along the Köenigsallee Boulevard (nicknamed Kö by the locals) and will relate in height and expression, as well as in façade design and material, to the traditionally-aligned buildings of this great urban space. With its green rooftops, Kö-Bogen will help shape the connection between the Koenigsallee and the Hofgarten, forming one continuous green space from the city center to the Tonhalle and the Rhine.

In collaboration with Studio Daniel Libeskind, New York Costanza Profumo

Kö-Bogen office and retail complex for downtown Düsseldorf. Germany in construction