portfoliofedericom a l n a t i2008/2014

Architect AAM-SIA

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jul 2014 - ongoing

2010 - ongoing

sep 2010 - jun 2011

Federico Malnati, Varese, Italy, 01.06.1989via Lavizzari 46850 Mendrisio, Canton Ticino, CHphone: +39 3493531899e-mail: federico.malnati@icloud.com

DD Dream Domus Project Management & Engineering SAvia Zuccoli 19, 6900 Paradiso, CHtel: +41 (0)91 9804303

architectmaster plan, concept design, schematic design of Ri-storante Montalbano (Via Montalbano 34c 1, 6854 San Pietro / Stabio, CH)

private jobs with Steve Mouradian, RIBA Architect

architectrestoration of London Visitors Hotel (42 Holland Rd, London W14 8BB, UK);design for new services of the Armenian Church (Iver-na Gardens, London W8 6TP, UK);concept design for 63 Holland Rd Basement; 87 Holland Rd Garage reuse; 87 Holland Rd Penthouse

internship in LondonDESIGN INTERNATIONAL20-22 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LR, UKtel: +44 20 7092 2700

trainee architectcreating presentation, scenario planning, master plan, concept design, schematic design, design deve-lopment, tender documentation of:Funo di Argelato Competition (Italy), Nuovo le Gru (Italy), Dongsigou Coastal Development (China), Mo-rocco Mall Landscape (Morocco), IICG Ikea Caen-Vero-na-Bayonne (France and Italy), Reunion LEspace Ocean (Reunion), I Gigli 2009 (Italy), Strada Romea (Italy)

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highschool 2003-2008

personal skills

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model-making

Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio - Universit della Svizzera ItalianaLargo Bernasconi 2, 6850 Mendrisio, CH

Architect AAM-SIA

Atelier Grafton - Farrel & McNamara (DIPLOMA)museum and botanical garden on Lake Lugano

Atelier Quintus MillerAcquarossa thermal bath

Atelier Valerio Olgiati student house in Milano

Atelier Frdric Bonnetsteel factory in Stabio

Virginia Tech exchange scholarshipRoanoke County & City Branch Library / Culinary Arts College

Atelier Marc Collombcollective housing in Milano / commodores house

Atelier Roberto Briccolashowroom on the Lucendros dam / court-house in Giu-biasco

Liceo Scientifico Galileo FerrarisVia Sorrisole 6, 21100 Varese, ITA

italian (mothertongue), english (advanced) Mac OS X, Windows, ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, Photoshop, In-Design, Illustrator

cardboard, polystyrene, forex, wood, gypsum, con-crete

s e v e nateliers s e v e nselected projects

Atelier Grafton - Farrel & McNamara (DIPLOMA)museum and botanical garden on Lake Lugano

Roman Sakhno, Ecology concept. Rising sprout on dry ground

In the Landscape of Ticino, Ponte-Diga (Bridge-Dam) connects the two lakesides of Melide and Bissone and it has a unique character because of its location: in this point, Lake Lugano narrows and its lake bottom almost resurfaces be-cause of moraine and river deposits. The lake itself is almost split in two parts. In this remarkable point, with a width of less than 100 meters, all the infrastructures between Zurich and Milan have found their obvious location and, symbolically, this place hosts a connection between Switzerland and Ita-ly, between north and south. Even so, this link ended up overpowering the sur-rounding landscape, leading to a separation rather than a connection of the two towns. This project is part of a redevelopment of the banks, with the cre-ation of a public park that grabs the lake and puts in contact the two opposite sides. In the midpoint of Ponte-Diga lies the real heart of the project. Four dark concrete structures rise from the edge of the park with a progressive declivity, until they touch each other on the top of the infrastructure. Like four huge vases, they contain in their cavities a protected botanical gar-den of one hectare. The structural form of these vases also serves as a sym-bolic portal of the north-south crossing route. From the base of the portals you climb into the thickness of the structure with a brunelleschiana stair, which widens into a museum space hidden between the infrastructure and the garden. The exhibition area, which connects the four elements, is illuminated only by the light cuts between the vases. Two ramps mark the final ascent to the above botanical garden. Surrounded by the tranquility of a rediscov-ered nature, you can admire the entire landscape of the lake and its moun-tains; you feel far away from the confusion of the underlying infrastructure.

Atelier Quintus MillerAcquarossa thermal bath

The Terme di Acquarossa, famous for their high mineral content springs that create the only natural red mud in Switzerland, are now waiting to be rehabilitated. Through the albergo diffuso (widespread hotel) typology, some ancient buildings of the neighbouring village are reused to create a new dynamic connection among the parts. From these houses and from the main hotel villa it is possible to access directly to three new small buildings, which hide inside three different thermal functions. Each function corresponds to a different internal structure: stone for the Ro-man Baths, wood for the Finnish Saunas and bronze for the unique red Mud Bath.Various outdoor pools connect these elements, creating a thermal path around the old Acquarossa village, without compromising the rural landscape.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema ,The Baths at Caracalla, 1899, Private collection

Atelier Frdric Bonnetproductive borders

A new proposal for the railway and the highway in Stabio opens the de-bate that a factory does not always scar the landscape. An 800m long steel factory stands out above the incoherent mass of factories of the area, and sets a limit for the industrial expansion. Eighty equal L shaped hinged portal frames follow the smooth slope of the terrain, creating a torsional twist of the front facade. This twist, barely perceived by a stationary observer, is strenghtened by travelling by train or car. The working process inside is linear. The goods enter from one side and the products exit 800m after directly onto a freight train. Parellel to the overhead travelling crane is the circulation, that accomodates the spiral starcaises to the upper offices, and an exposition of metal art by Xhixha.

Luigi Russolo ,La Rivolta, 1911, Collection Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, LAja

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Cross Sections 2, 1:100 Cross Sections 3, 1:100

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Cross Sections 4, 1:100 Cross Sections 5, 1:100

Longitudinal Section B, 1:200

Longitudinal Section C, 1:200

Back Facade D, 1:200

Front Facade A, 1:200

Atelier Valerio Olgiatitwo opposites

Public and private. These are the two opposites of the project: a student house on the Naviglio Grande in Milan that lives two opposite realities. The ground floor on the street level, all glazed, allows people to look in-side and walk around the building, that becomes a part of the street. From the common space, like a shop, the student goes up in his room where there are no windows but only a huge patio. The room and the patio are part of the same space. Here he is really alone. Concrete beam walls placed on top of thick columns are the only structure. The beams continue after the edge of the house, reaching the existing perimetral blind facades for bracing.

Salvador Dal ,Metamorphosis of Narcissus, 1937, Tate Modern, London

Virginia Tech - Heinrich SchnoedtCulinary Arts College

The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) announced the 12th annual steel design student competition.This year the competition challenges architecture students to design a Culinary Arts College in a urban setting. We chose an empty space used as a parking inside our campus. On this plot the one storey building made of four Vierendeel truss-es is raised up from the ground. It leaves the parking underneath and connects directly to a student path on a hill on the other side. The inner structure is rotated compared with the facade. This gives a direction to the spaces that point straight into the campus. Patios and holes light the entire institute.

Charles Clyde Ebbets ,Lunch atop a Skyscraper, 1932, New York City

SITE PLAN, 1:2000

FIRST FLOOR, 1:300

SECOND FLOOR, 1:300

SOUTH-WEST ELEVATION, 1:150

SECTION A-A, 1:150

Atelier Marc CollombSir Alfreds stairs

The client of the house is Commodore Gill, the protagonist of Stage Fright, a 1950 movie by Alfred Hitchcock. A house in the middle of a park is like an island in the middle of the sea. The Commodore deserves his se-renity. A discreet concrete basement hides the real house that can be confused with the little pitched roof house made out of timber on the top of the basement. A concrete chair, copy of the famouse LC-2 arm-chair by Le Corbusier, facing a small pond, is his window to the world.

Stage Fright, Alfred Hitchcock, United Kingdom, 1950

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ASSONOMETRIE DEL SISTEMA D'INGRESSO 1:33

SEZIONE 3 1:20

Atelier Roberto Briccolaon the dam

The project is placed on the top of Lucendros dam, a huge concrete dam on the Gotthard Pass built in 1947. Goal of the semester is to real-ise a temporary showroom to house the AlpTransit exposition. The light steel and wood pavillion is attached to the side of the dam. Entering from the top, the visitors will concentrate his experience on the rough concrete surface of the structure, having already seen the landscape, whilst approaching the dam. The building is a box that encloses a series of balconies. The works are exposed directly on the side of the dam face.

Lucendros dam view, www.alpiq.ch

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