Retrofit & Reuse
Turin, Italy
13635 sq m.
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Turin, Italy
13635 sq m.
Auto-CAD I Sketch-up I V-ray I
Photoshop I Illustrator
Analysis I Conceptualisation
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Green platforms Torino : The Frame Retrofit
The project aims at an initiative to increase the interaction & collaboration on & around the site through its functions, to make it more lively, more safe & more approachable.
POLITECNICO DI TORINO
Laurea Magistrale in Architettura per il Progetto Sostenibile
Final design studio D / Adaptive to Resist + Mitigate
prof. Roberta Ingaramo / Architectural & Urban design
prof. Riccardo Pollo / Advanced environmental Technological Design
prof. Elena Fregonara / Economic Sustainability
Gauri Mankeekar I Fulya Tanyel I Iva Lazareska
Site considerations
Masterplan
Site sections
Plot design considerations
Form evolution concept
Architectural board
- Which buildings to dismantle ?
- Which buildings to retrofit & reuse ?
- Which buildings to be built new ?
- Which buildings to retrofit & reuse ?
- Which buildings to be built new ?
1. Original block identifying which buildings to retain and which buildings to dismantle.
4. Geometrical composition achieved through a relationship of site & context.
2. Buildings to be retained to analyse their relationship with the site & surroundings.
5. A volumetric composition that corresponds with each other to be whole.
3. Inner dynamic of building facades has been achieved by tweaking their forms.
6. Buildings with the proposed geometric form in a symbiotic context.
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Sunken round-about connected with linear park
Existing markets
Concrete to permeability
Street intervention - bikeway connection
Dense planning
Site permeability
Introducing circular metabolism
Connection to city center - bus 11
Involvement of community gardens
Matter cycle
Greens
Façade to street interaction
Relocation of bus-stop
Regeneration of abandoned rail track as park
Linear park
Longitudinal section through central plaza
Rain garden
Playground
Platform skylight
Central plaza
Hotel
Linear park
Section through co-working building
Co-working & study halls
Noire gallery
Restaurant
Restaurant
Latitudal section through central plaza
Noire gallery
Central plaza
Hotel
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Site entrance
Stepped seating
Trellis wall
Vertical farming
Roof top farming
Playground
Platform
Roof-top bar
Elevator access
Linear park
Stepped seating
Trellis wall
Vertical farming
Roof top farming
Playground
Platform
Roof-top bar
Elevator access
Linear park
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Focus on building design
-Cramped internal planning & need for redevelopment
-Improper shading, hence internal discomfort
-Urban vertical farming on blank South facade
-Improper shading, hence internal discomfort
-Urban vertical farming on blank South facade
4. The add on -
The add-on residential block for incoming residential population & their need for typologies.
The add-on residential block for incoming residential population & their need for typologies.
5. Green frame -
Green roof and urban vertical farming in the south and trellis on the north create a second frame arounf the building.
Green roof and urban vertical farming in the south and trellis on the north create a second frame arounf the building.
6. Framed -
Old building framed with the new residential additions & a secondary green frame together being framed.
Old building framed with the new residential additions & a secondary green frame together being framed.
2. Social Void -
Removing the existing roof to make way for additional floors & creating open ground floor plan as social space.
Removing the existing roof to make way for additional floors & creating open ground floor plan as social space.
1. The cut -
Platform that comes to the first floor level creates a cut motion in the building with the result of an open ground floor.
Platform that comes to the first floor level creates a cut motion in the building with the result of an open ground floor.
3. The shield -
Additional winter gardens and buffer spaces with shading devices for better internal thermal comfort.
Additional winter gardens and buffer spaces with shading devices for better internal thermal comfort.
Vertical urban farming -
(reference : greenbelly.org)
The vertical urban farming is appropriate for retrofit buildings, especially those who have blank South facades. This module fits on the building façade as an add-on. Reusing scaffolding for the structure of this module, it is so designed to generate solar energy through solar panels, reuse rain water through harvesting, reuse waste from the site to create compost, uses minimum land to obtain fresh produce.
(reference : greenbelly.org)
The vertical urban farming is appropriate for retrofit buildings, especially those who have blank South facades. This module fits on the building façade as an add-on. Reusing scaffolding for the structure of this module, it is so designed to generate solar energy through solar panels, reuse rain water through harvesting, reuse waste from the site to create compost, uses minimum land to obtain fresh produce.
Ground floor plan
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Typical floor plan 1,3,5
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Typical floor plan 2,4,6
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Roof plan
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East facade elevation
West facade elevation
North facade elevation
Section A-A
bedroom
bedroom
bedroom
balcony
balcony
balcony
balcony
balcony
balcony
balcony
balcony
balcony
kitchen
living
kitchen
living
kitchen
living
common lounge
South facade elevation
studio
studio
studio
studio
studio
studio
balcony
balcony
balcony
balcony
balcony
balcony
Section B-B
Structure
Understanding structure for retrofitting the typologies
These 3 modules have been selected on the lower floors where there is a need of retrofitting.
These 3 modules have been selected on the lower floors where there is a need of retrofitting.
Understanding structure for the new floor typologies
These 3 modules have been selected on the upper floors that are designed for new construction
These 3 modules have been selected on the upper floors that are designed for new construction
Fifth floor reflected ceiling plan
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Typical reflected ceiling plan for floors 1 & 3
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1 BHK
1 BHK
1 BHK
3 BHK
Studio
Studio
Glulam columns
Primary beams
Secondary beams
RCC beams (existing)
RCC columns (existing)
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