ARCHITECTURE

CAMILLA ORLANDIPORTFOLIO

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Cover photo by Camilla Orlandi(Venice Biennale of Architecture 2012 - ”Vessel”, O’Donnel+Tuomey)

Camilla Orlandi

Date of birth | 25 Mach 1991

Citizenship | Italian

Hi, I’m Camilla. I was born and raised in Rome, a city that I deeply love. Since I was a child I traveled every summer for a month in camper with my family and I visited most of Europe in a unique and intense way, fully living and experiencing every place. In all these departures and returns I developed my love for architecture, discov-ering that it resides in everything that surrounds us, from nature to city, from people to buildings. Once I grew up, I kept on travelling in an itinerant way, continuing visiting Europe and moving by mo-torcycle, car or simply backpacker. This kind of travel also tought me to treasure every feeling and detail and to impress them indelibly in the mind. After 22 years of living in Rome, I decided it was time to extend my horizons and to live in one of those trips. So I left for London, where I lived for few months studying English and being in contact with a cosmopolitan city full of stimulus. Coming back from that experience I decided to enroll at the Msc in Architecture in Aal-borg, Denmark, to proceed my journey in search of my perfect way of doing architecture.

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Contacts

Ny Kastetvej 16A, 9000, Aalborg, DK

camillaorlandi91@hotmail.it

+45 50 33 71 09 (DK)

+39 392 79 66 092 (IT)

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Curriculum Vitae

Education

Work Experiences

Language skills

Software skills

09/2014 - PresentAalborg University, Aalborg, DK

Msc in Architecture

12/2013 - 02/2014CEFI – Academy of information technology

Diploma of Expert in 3d graphics

10/2009 -10/2013Università degli studi Roma 3, Rome, IT

Bsc in Science of Architecture (110/110)

01/03/2014 - 30/06/2014Arch. Federico Lestini – Neopolis progetti s.n.c. - Rome, IT

Intern - Assistant designer

Language | ItalianLevel | Mother tongue

Office suite Adobe suite

Autocad Rhinoceros+V-Ray

Relux Grasshopper

B-Sim Be-10

01/ 05/ 2013 - 03/05/2013Officina 06 - Rome, IT

Participation in the competition “Third Architectural Challenge”

Language | EnglishLevel | Advanced

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Personal skills

Personal interests

Personal goals

Excellent interpersonal, communicative and collaborative skills, developed also as a result of work experiences and study abroad. Ability to work in team, even with a lead-ing role, and to manage the job even in the most adverse situations. Good capacity for synthesis and mediation. Excellent organizational skills and competences acquired in group works and individual study. Good abilities for technical drawing, freehand drawing, building models, structural calculation and energetic calculation.

TravellingWriting

Dancing (Modern, Irish, Salsa and Jazz dance) D.I.Y.

Develop my professional career in the field of architec-tural design and improve my communication skills, both oral and graphic, in order to meet the wishes of the cli-ent. Learn the dynamics of the professional environment.

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A great building must begin with the unmeasur-able, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be un-measurable.

- Louis Kahn -

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Contents

Projects

Annexes

01/2015Hatlehol Church

Architectural design - Aalborg University

07/2012Temporary housing

Architectural design - Roma 3

09/2011Work in progress

Sustainable design - Roma 3

02/2011Kindergarten

Architectural design - Roma 3

02/2014A place to ascendTectonic studies - Aalborg University

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02/2012Herbal literaryRestoration studio - Roma 3

09/2013JewelryLighting design - Roma 3

02/2013Laser CentreboardNaval design - Roma 3

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The project area is located in Norway, in the vicin-ity of Aalesund, a place rich in nature and where the contrasts are the dominant character. The proj-ect aims to connect, both physically and conceptu-ally, the sacred with the profane. Starting from the idea to link the area with the adjacent cemetery, is developed a path that is both physical and spir-itual, and that exploits the topography to advan-tage of the concept. This path represent in fact the human’s journey in the research of faith and fol-lows the ascending terrain to reinforce the spiritual idea and the difficulty of the route. Furtheremore it is surrounded, as in real life, by many profane elements represented by the administrative and collective functions inside the church. The path is also dotted of stages, expressed through the use of the four natural elements to connect once more the building to the nature. There are thus, in a con-sequential order: earth, water, fire, air and earth again, the last one represented by the presence of an underground cloister (situated under the chapel).

Hatlehol Church

01/2015Architectural design | Aalborg UniversityGroup work | 5 People

PROGRAMS USED AND MODELSAutocad | Photoshop | Illustrator | Grasshopper | Rhino+Vray | InDesign | Laser cutter model

PICTURESLEFT PAGETopography of the site

RIGHT PAGE TOPView from the entrance

RIGHT PAGE BOTTOMDesign Scheme

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LEFT PAGE CENTREScheme of contrasts

LEFT PAGE TOPMasterplan

LEFT PAGE BOTTOMWest elevation

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RIGHT PAGE CENTRESection A - A’

RIGHT PAGE TOPPlan

RIGHT PAGE BOTTOMSection B - B’

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The path, that is the spine of the building, presents a guideline of light that take the visitor through the different functions and experiences of the church. Therefore there is an opening on the roof that, as a continuous line, branches into the churchroom where it divides into three lines to enhance the drama of the space and to underline the structure. One of these lines passes through the free space left by the two central beams and culminates in the final point of the churchroom that simultaneously raises, em-phasizing the sacredness of the environment. The same line of light appears again in the small chapel and in the cloister where it turns into two thin lines, the only source of light of the underground room.

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RIGHT PAGE TOPLight study of the path

RIGHT PAGE BOTTOMLight study of the Church room

RIGHT PAGE TOPView of the water experience

LEFT PAGE BOTTOMLight study of the Churchroom

LEFT PAGE TOPLight study of the path

RIGHT PAGE BOTTOMChurchroom

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LEFT PAGE BOTTOMScheme of the experiences

LEFT PAGE TOPCloister

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RIGHT PAGE TOPLight study of the path

RIGHT PAGE BOTTOMLight study of the Church room

RIGHT PAGE TOPChapel

RIGHT PAGE BOTTOMWater experience

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The project area is located in Italy, in one of the most dense zones of Rome. The site is surrounded by Via Tuscolana (a very trafficated street), the local train station (an important line that conects the city with the airport), a sequence of dense building and a small and pretty ex-mill now used as a house. The goal of the project is to create temporary housing, apartments intended for users who will stay only for short periods. They will serve the commuters and the workers who remain in the city with their fam-ilies for few years. The idea is to connect through the building all the surrounding functions offering to the city a square and a point of exchange and at the same time creating a pleasant living envi-ronment that reflects the dynamism of the use.An L is decomposed into three distinct but inter-connected cubes whose ground floor is entirely dedicated to commercial functions. For the dwell-ings, he fronts are designed according to the geographical and urban location and to the sun.There is no typical floor, the plans are all different from each other while following a well-defined grid. The accomodations, 20 sq.m, 30 sq.m and 50 sq.m, move and change within the grid jutting out (always with the living area) of 1/4 or 1/2 modulo.

Temporary Housing

07/2012Architectural design | Roma 3Group work | 2 People

PROGRAMS USED AND MODELSAutocad | Project Vasari | Photoshop | Illustrator | Rhino+Vray | Handmade model

LEFT PAGE BOTTOMProject area

PICTURESLEFT PAGE TOPDesign scheme

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RIGHT PAGE CENTREMasterplan

RIGHT PAGE TOPSchemes of the orientation

RIGHT PAGE BOTTOMSection of the project area

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Hotel (18/20 m²) Small (30/35 m²)

Small (30/35 m²)

Simplex (45/55 m²)

Duplex (45/55 m²)

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LEFT PAGE TOP First and second floor + apartment’s plans

LEFT PAGE BOTTOMSections A - A’ and B - B’

RIGHT PAGE BOTTOMEst and West elevations

RIGHT PAGE CENTREView from the stationPhisical model

RIGHT PAGE TOPView from the street

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The project was submitted to the rules imposed by the international competition “Solar Decathlon” 2011. The aim was to design a temporary habitation be-tween 45 m² and 70 m² with attention to the issues of technology, environment, bioclimatic architecture and energy efficiency. The home had to be designed for the project area situated in Paso Virgen del puer-to, in Madrid but had also to be transportable and adaptable to different habitats and self-sufficient in energy. For this reason the individual modules are designed as Lego bricks and can be composed and assembled in different design solutions, adapt-able to the demands of both the site and the user. This allow to make complex units due to the jux-taposition of individual modules, thus saving time and costs. For this purpose the building material is the euro-pallet. Moreover the house is ener-getically self sufficient thanks to the use of both passive strategies, such as thermal mass, shading sistems and a line of water which positively af-fects the microclimate of the building, and active strategies, such as photovoltaic panels, that cov-er the electricity needs of the building and solar panels that ensure a sufficient supply of hot water.

Work in progress

09/2011Sustainable Design | Roma 3Group work | 2 people

PROGRAMS USED AND MODELSAutocad | Photoshop |Termus G | Rhino+Vray | Handmade model

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LEFT PAGE BOTTOMDesign diagram

LEFT PAGE TOPPictures of the phisical model

RIGHT PAGE TOPMasterplan

RIGHT PAGE BOTTOMSouth elevation

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LEFT PAGE BOTTOMSections A - A’ and B - B’

LEFT PAGE CENTREPlan

LEFT PAGE TOPView from the patio

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RIGHT PAGE TOPStructural diagram

RIGHT PAGE BOTTOM RIGHTDetails of the joints

RIGHT PAGE BOTTOM LEFTTechnical section

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Kindergarten

02/2011Architectural Design | Roma 3Single work

PROGRAMS USED AND MODELSAutocad | Photoshop | Rhino+Vray

The project area is located in Magliana, suburb of Rome with a very high population density. Here the services are inadequate and insufficient; in par-ticular, the project of this kindergarten responds to the high need for children services in this area. The kindergarten is offered as a learning place for 90 children. Is equipped in fact with three differ-ent classrooms, that can accommodate 30 children each, a creative laboratory, a canteen and offic-es for the secretary. The plan is clearly divided in two by adopting simple and functional lines for the administrative zone and a more flexible and dy-namic architecture in the area dedicated to the learning and playing of the children. The space that connects classrooms, offices and canteen is fully glazed to ensure continuous contact of the child with the open spaces outside. Structure and coatings are made entirely of wood both to create a healthy environment and to make the building highly recognizable for the child from the outside. For the same reason, the material is also used in dif-ferent colors in the three classrooms, to generate in the child a sense of belonging and to lighten even more the compactness of the building. Each class-room is equipped with a personal outdoor space where the child can play with the members of his/her class or individually, while a common play area ensures the interaction between all children.

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LEFT PAGEDesign diagram

RIGHT PAGE BOTTOM Bird’s eye view

RIGHT PAGE TOPView from the street

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LEFT PAGE TOPView from the interior

LEFT PAGE BOTTOM West elevation

LEFT PAGE CENTREMasterplan

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RIGHT PAGE TOPView of a classroom

RIGHT PAGE BOTTOM Section A - A’

RIGHT PAGE CENTERPlan

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A place to ascend

02/2014Tectonic Studies | Aalborg UniversityGroup work | 9 people

PROGRAMS USED AND MODELSMind and Hands

A place to ascend is a workshop in which the goal was to design a space that could cause feelings of ascention: spiritual, physical or meta-physical. The design had to be done through the use of two panels and a bar of plywood and without the use of glue or nails for the joints. With the concepts of sustainability and simplicity in mind, we designed a silent place, where the inter-action of man with it is an integral part of the over-all idea. The man bends, to “enter” into a different dimension in which remains alone, in search of his inner world and of a peace that can elevate him. Everything leads him to ascend. The light that filters through the small slit in front of him, pre-vents him from seeing what lies beyond but rath-er invites him to look deep behind the real, in a subconscious and spiritual dimension. The lines etched into the wood branch out from the “stair” above to reach the cornerstone, focusing the eye in what is proposed as the key, both of the struc-ture and of the significance, of the entire project. From the outside only the joints reveal what is hap-pening inside and exactly this difference sharp-ly marks the transition between inside and out-side, between the inner world and the real one.

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LEFT PAGE TOP LEFTCornerstone

LEFT PAGE BOTTOMModels in different scales

RIGHT PAGE A place to ascend

LEFT PAGE TOP RIGHTDesign phase

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Jewelry

09/2013Lighting Design | Roma 3Group work | 2 people

PROGRAMS USED AND MODELSAutocad | Relux | Photoshop | Rhino+Vray

This project concerns the lighting design of the Jew-ellery located in Via Frattina, Rome. It is a single stretched and narrow space divided in 4 consecu-tive zones: the entrance, two areas divided into two portions: negotiation area and continuation of the expositive space, and a technical room with a toi-let, a small study and a storage. The main problem of this shop was the lack of a homogeneous and fluid space that induce the customer to get to the end of the exposure. To overcome this problem we designed a projection on the ceiling of the exhibi-tion through the use of a single panel suspended in the central area of the compartment on which are placed four additional panels of irregular shape. The middle panel is the one that identifies the ex-hibition and is made evident by the presence of some bright cubes similar to the showcases. These cubes illuminate the panel emphasizing the path through an effect of light and shadows. The ad-ditional panels identify at first the shop window, and later the negotiation areas. These panels also contribute to the overall effect by increasing the dynamism of the environment thanks to the pres-ence of LED bars which diffusely illuminate the ceil-ing and walls mitigating the claustrophobic effect given by the low height. Above the negotiation’s areas, embedded in the panels, there are three LED spotlights. In the showcases, a single central spotlight illuminates each of the shelves. Some wall washer mark the space between the show-cases and make a background for the entrance. lux1000750500300200

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lux

LEFT PAGE TOPPlan with interventions

RIGHT PAGE TOPView from the entrance

RIGHT PAGE BOTTOMView to the expositive space

LEFT PAGE BOTTOMValues of illuminance (lux)

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02/2013Naval Design | Roma 3Group work | 3 people

PROGRAMS USED AND MODELSAutocad | Rhino+Vray

Laser Centreboard

Here is presented the design of a centreboard of 4,20 m for family use. The boat is entirely sus-tainable, as it has an auxiliary motor powered by solar panels placed on top of the bow. To facilitate the use of the boat we designed a tilt-ing and rotating seating system. There are three possible configurations given from this system. 1) SITTING ROWING: the bench allows the passen-ger to exploit the central space of the boat to make the most of the maneuvers that require the use of oars.2) SITTING SAILING: the bench, rotated of 90°, allows the passenger to use the lateral space to comfortably perform the maneuvers with the sail.3) SITTING OUTBOARD: the bench, flipped of 180°, allows the passenger to per-form the maneuvers that require an imbal-ance of the weight over the side of the boat.These configurations are made possible thanks to the design of a special joint which al-lows to the bench all the movements. The cen-treboard is also equipped with a tilting keel which facilitates docking maneuvers andgaraging. The user also has the option to increase the height of the keel box thanks to a hard, mo-bile coating of the keel itself, designed to sup-port the sitting of the first configuration. Once reached the maximum height, the coating is con-strained by a system of metal spring supports. To limit the encumbrance that would come from an outboard motor, we hypothesized a possible placement of the propeller in the lower end of the rudder, which will be connected to an elec-tric motor placed in the bow in the front locker.

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LEFT PAGE TOPWater lines

RIGHT PAGE TOPView of the centreboard

RIGHT PAGE CENTREDetail of the joint

RIGHT PAGE BOTTOM Detail of the keel

LEFT PAGE BOTTOMConfigurations of the bench

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Herbal literary

02/2012Restoration Studio | Roma 3Group work | 6 people

PROGRAMS USED AND MODELSAutocad | Photoshop | Field survey | Handmade model

This project is dedicated to the restoration and rein-tegration of a barn dated 1500 and located inside the Park of Aqueducts, a large area of natural and archaeological interest, in the Regional Park of Ap-pia Antica in Rome. The barn is placed on a large natural area with a slight slope. In the North-West there is a newly renovated barn of the same age. In-side the park is forbidden the passage of cars and this reduce the risk of pollution even if the presence of a railroad tracks to the East allows the sporadic passage of trains. To the South of the barn it opens a view of a very impressive natural landscape. After the preliminary investigation: from the histor-ical and documentary search in archive, to the re-search aimed to know both the materiality of the building and the factors of degradation, we moved on with the choice of the conservation of materi-als, rehabilitation, reintegration of the image and the use of compatible materials and techniques.First of all we intervened with the elimination of plants that infest the surrounding land, the barn and the walls themselves, through both man-ual and mechanical means and the use of chem-ical herbicides. Subsequently stains and incrusta-tions from walls and pillars have been removed. Lastly, we proceeded with the consolidation of the walls, removing the degraded elements and building a new wall texture with healthy elements.

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LEFT PAGE TOPDrowing of the aqueduct

LEFT PAGE CENTREPicture of the barn

RIGHT PAGE BOTTOM Plan and sections

RIGHT PAGE TOPPicture of the model

LEFT PAGE BOTTOMElevations with Lesico Normal

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A great building must begin with the unmeasur-able, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be un-measurable.

- Louis Kahn -

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