ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIOFEDERICA COSSUTTA

2010/2014

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CURRICULUM VITAEPersonal information

Projects Portfolio

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Social Housing and energy performance in a case study in Queimados within the Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida: analysis and improvement proposals

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MASTER THESIS

Social Housing project in Queimados within the Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida

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INTERNSHIP

Maribor 2012 European Capital of Culture2112 Ai [Architectural intelligence]100 year City

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Building restoration and new construction in Cadriano, Bologna05

A new dormitory with the X-Lam technology, after the earthquake in L’Aquila in April 2009

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A new school in Santa Rosa, EcuadorCommunity development, cultural revitalization and tourist welcome

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CURRICULUM VITAE

January 2015 Admitted to the Profession of Engineer Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna

Oct 2007- Oct 2014 Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna

Master Degree inConstructiong Engeneering- ArchitectureThesis Title: Social Housing and energy per-formance in a case study in Queimados within the Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida: analysis and improvement proposals.Final mark: 106/110

January 2014 Casa do caminho Language Centre, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Portuguese course

2007 Scientic High School L. Da Vinci, Bologna

High School DiplomaFinal Mark: 90/100

Education and trainingWork Experience

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Cooperation in the realization of drawings to be submitted to the municipality for the issue of the building permit for the demoli-tion and reconstruction of a residential buil-ding in Bologna

Studio Architetto Raspanti via dell’Indipendenza 67, Bologna

Housing

15th January 2015- Today

Collaboration to the creation of architectu-ral drawings and to the supervision of the work progress in two construction sites

O.C Costruçoes e Empreendimentos Imobiliarios LTDA, Queimados, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Social Housing

January-April 2014

Collaboration

Intern

Swimming instructor in courses for begin-ners and advanced for both children and adults

U.I.S.P. Carmen Longo swimming pool, Bologna

Sept 2006-June 2011

Sports instructor

Well-organized, methodical work attitude, great group work abilities and good communication skills; curious and goal oriented; able to substain hard working; I like to create wooden models.I love swimming, dancing samba, reading books and organizing my trips.

Mother tongue: ItalianOther Languages: English: uent in reading, writing and speaking

(Certicate of studies at Advanced level, Embassy CES, London)

Portuguese: good in reading, writing and speaking

Language skills

Office, Autocad 2D and 3D, Adobe suite in particular Photoshop, basic use of SketchUp, Grasshopper integrated with Rhino, EnergyPlus integrated with LegacyOpenStudio plug-in for Google SketchUp.

It skills

Attitudes and hobbies

Date and Place of Birth: 19th April 1988, Bologna

Address: via F. Baracca 4/8, 40033 Casalecchio di Reno,

Bologna, Italy

Federica Cossutta

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Master Thesis01 Social Housing and energy performance in a case study in Queimados within the Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida: analysis and improvement proposalsAlma Mater Studiorum University of Bolgona Tutors: Giovanni Mochi, Giovanni Semprini

PopulationGDPPIL per capita

This Thesis project was born and developed from a personal experien-ce lived in Brazil, and has the dual purposes of evaluating con-struction methods in an emerging country, and through the pro-gram EnergyPlus, analyze the energy consumption of buildings, con-sidering actions to reduce the needs within the economic constrain-ts under the Government Prog

The industrialization and economic growth in the years have led to an exponential increase of the people who moved from rural areas to cities.

This situation has created a very high housing decit, that has led to urban sprawl

Since 2007, the decit is falling due in particular to the government program Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida of President Lula.

PROGRAMA MINHA CASA MINHA VIDA (PMCMV)This program promotes the construction of decorous houses for low-income population, in part through block grant.

From stay on site and the visits to the construction site, it was pos-sible to take part in all phases of the building construction.

Foundations

Foundation curb and lling the excavation

Internal and external walls

Realization of concrete and cast of pilasters

Realization of stairs and oors

Realization of the roof structure in wood strips

CHARACTERISTICS- The foundations are stilldug by hand, and the mixture of the concrete is also handmade.- The pilasters are cast only after raising the walls.-- The electrical systems for ground oor apartments are located under the oor of the rst oor.- Tanks are placed in the attic for the storage of drinking water coming from the aqueduct, often out of service.

The houses of the Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida - They are characterized by compositio-nal order and accurate nishes.- They are equipped with facilities for connection to the municipal electricity grid.- It is guaranteed the presence of a water supply system, stored in tanks positioned in the attic.- It is provided a greater security from the point of view of the building loca-tion.

Finishes

COMPARISON WITH OTHER BUILDINGS OUTSIDE THE PMCMV

1 MILLION HOUSES FROM 2009 TO 20112 MILLION HOUSES FROM 2012 TO 2015

20072012

6.102.4145.792.508 Housing decit

number of housesYear

CASE STUDY The city of Queimados

The lot

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Apt 2 Apt 5

Apt 4

Apt 3Apt 1

Ground Floor

Main facade

The building has ve apartments, two on the ground oor and three on the rst oor; each one is equipped with a service area, which which for the two apartments on the ground oor is re-presented by the garden, while those on the rst oor consists of three distinct cove-red areas on the ground oor from which you access the related apart-men

Queimados

Rio de Janeiro

First Floor

Plan

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Rural

Urban

Year Population % Urban % Rural

1950 52 milioni 36,2 63,82010 191 milioni 84,4 15,62050 237 milioni 93,6 6,4

201.032.7142.296 miliardi $ (2012) (7°)12.160 $ (2012) (62°)

Master Thesis

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BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION FOR COOLINGThe tools used to evaluate the energy performance of the building are:-The plugin LEGACY Openstudio for SketchUp, to build the 3D model- EnergyPlus for the dynamic energy simulation

Denition of:- materials- Technical packages - Ventilation and internal contributions- Ideal system (temperature setpoint of 26 ° C)

Model

TEST RESULTS OF THE BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTIONSimulation on the entire year- Energy consumption for the entire building

The energy requirements to maintain the condition of setpoint of 26 ° C, net of consumption resulting from the interior light is37.94 GJ = 10,538 kWh

In order to better understand the meaning of the energy needs for the cooling of the building case study, referring to the simulated climate data of Rio de Janeiro, it has been conducted a simulation on the whole year, referring instead to those of Bologna and Palermo. It is pretended to establish the same building in Bologna and Palermo, and, through si-mulation having as Run Period the full year, it has been enquired the energy consumption for cooling in these two situations.

The consumption for co-oling, necessary to main-tain the setpoint tempe-rature, in the Brazilian case are much greater than those found in cases of Bologna and Palermo, respectively of about 3 and 2 times.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO IMPROVE THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE? HYPOTHESIS

A. Increasing the wall mass from 15 to 30 cm

B. Positioning frames in windows and French doors

C. Placement of an outdoor tent

D. Placement of a shading wall along the west side

HYPOTHESIS A: annual consumption for the entire building 32,70 GJ = 9.083 kWhREDUCTION OF CONSUMPTION 14%

HYPOTHESIS D: annual consumption for the entire building32,87 GJ = 9.130 kWhREDUCTION OF CONSUMPTION 14%

INTELLIGENT VENTILATION: consumption for the entirebuilding 27,83 GJ = 7.730 kWhREDUCTION OF CONSUMPTION 27%

INTELLIGENT VENTILATION+HYPOTHESIS C: consumption for the entire building 16,64 GJ = 4.622 kWhREDUCTION OF CONSUMPTION 36%

HYPOTHESIS B:annual consumption for the entire building 36,27 GJ = 10.075 kWhREDUCTION OF CONSUMPTION 4%

HYPOTHESIS C:annual consumption for the entire building25,87 GJ = 7.186 kWhREDUCTION OF CONSUMPTION 32%

COST of external walls almost doubled:- For the greater expense of purchasing the material- The impact on the construction of the pilasters

COSTS: it is the most expensive solution. Estimated costs about 12.000R$ incompatible with the Pro-grama Minha Casa Minha Vida

Doesn’t cost

COSTS: same as HYPOTHESIS C

COSTS: keeping the existing windows and buying only the frames, there is an increase in costs of windows and French doors over 50%

COSTS: little increase, but in the limits of compatibility with the costs expected by the Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida

Operative temperature:

“Base”, without ideal system“Muro 30”, without ideal system

“Muro 30”, with ideal system“Base”, with ideal system

Analysis of the building envelope behavior in the case of mass in-crease - simulation limited to the hottest week, with and without ideal system

The benets in terms of energy consumption are due to the greater shadow cast on glass surfaces by wall reveals and lintel and lower ther-mal transmittance of the material, block by 30 cm.

Annual energy needs comparison: basic situation (current)- hypothesis A Annual energy needs comparison: basic situation (current)- hypothesis D

Comparison of energy consumption in different situations of ventilation

Comparison between the energy consumption in different situations ventilation with outdoor tent

Summary of all the hypotheses analyzedA greater awareness of the tenants to the topic of energy saving, that is a greater attention to the practice of air exchange, may provide important results in terms of energy savings wi-thout increasing costs.

Reducing consu-mption at no costBest HYPOTHESIS to reduce consump-tion with costs com-patible with the PMCMV

Since the costs of the proposed hypotheses are outside the cost limits allowed by program, it was desired to check the impact of the behavior of tenants on energy consumption; so three simulations have been conduced, on the hottest week, considering: a normal ventila-tion, no ventilation and intelligent ventilation .

Intelligent ventilation: that is allow ventilation only in when the outside tempera-ture is lower than the inner

Annual energy needs comparison: basic situation (current)- hypothesis B

Annual energy needs comparison: basic situation (current)- hypothesis C

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Social Housing in Quiemados within the Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida

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The development plan involves the expantion of the urban area in the North of the city.The lot is located near a pri-mary school, it faces a residen-tial area on the South-West side, while the other three sidesare characterized by greenery and views of the hills of Quei-mados.

Normative reference to the minimum size of the compartments: Código de obras do Município 02/02/2011- Município de Queimados- Procuradoria Geral do Município de Queimados

non- abitable compartments :Kitchen: 4 mqBathroom: 2 mqWC: 1,5 mqWC: 1,5 mq

Abitable compartments:Double room: 12 mqSingle room: 9 mqLiving room: 12 mq

Reference value for the illumination:1/6 area, for abitable compartments1/8 a1/8 area, for non-abitable compartments

For this lot, length 40 m, were realized two hypotheses of the project, both characterized by the garden, living room, kitchen and service bathroom on the ground oor, a double and a single room and the bathroom on the rst oor.A. 10 family houses, 4 m wheel baseB. 3 family houses every10 m, that is 12 houses in 40 m

Ground Floor First Floor Roof Ground Floor First Floor Roof

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03 A new school in Santa Rosa, EcuadorCommunity development, cultural revitalization and tourist welcome

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The project was born in 2007 during the lming of the televi-sion program “Evolved by chance” of Patrizio Roversi and Susy Blady. In this occasion, the indios Epera have expressed their willingness to grow though responsible tourism. To support them, the association Progeo elaborated a plan “ Que Ecuador”, which was also attended by the Alma Mater Stu-diorum, University of Bologna.

The Epera are a small indigenous group in Ecuador recently mi-grated from Colombia. They live close to the Rio Cayapas, in the village of Santa Rosa, founded in 2000. They are about 350 people and are one of the 14 indigenous communities of Ecuador; the men cultivate the elds, while the women produce baskets and other handicrafts. In Santa Rosa there is electricity, but no drinking water, toilet nor a medical di-spensary. The village consists of 30 houses and a structure, often unu-sable, which serves as a school and as a meeting centre for the community.

Ecuador

Rio Cayapas

The Epera would like a school in wich the children, more than 160, have enough classrooms, drinking water and toilet, and the adults have a place to attend courses, develop local crafts and train for tourist accomodation. The designed school have these facilities.

Ground Floor First Floor Roof

West facade

East facade

Primary structure

Section A-A

Timber system joined to studs

Roof truss

Section B-B

Example of typical construction Interior view of a classroomStudy model in wood and balsa

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04 A new dormitory designed with the X-Lam technology, after the earthquake in L’Aquila in April 2009

The dormitoryTThe rst decision was to maintain the lot as possible as it is in the actual state. The new building was placed on the shape of the previous one, with the main front overlooking Via delle Scuole. It was designed a further wing, perpendicular to the main building, which represents a direct connection to the back garden. The shape that is thus created allows the reali-zation of a small courtyard, paved and shaded, where it is possible possible to play social activities; there is also a bicycle par-king.On the back, it was meant to maintain the original conforma-tion of the ground, except for the area next to the building, which has been raised up to 3.50 m using the soil excavation of foundations. In the garden were thought vegetation and xed furniture for study and recreation.

The night between the 5th and 6th April 2009 Villa Sant 'Angelo was hit by violent earthquakes, which also affected neighboring towns. The earthquake caused the collapse of all or part of most of the buil-dings of the village. Among the rst to arrive at the scene to observe the situation and bring rst aid there was the Civil Protection of Emilia Romagna, that, in that night began the construction of the base camp. The association Pro- ing, directed by Giancarlo Rivelli, together with the Civil Protection, has also helped to set up the base camp.Thanks to the collaboration between this and the University of Bolo-gna was born the idea to propose to the students of the Faculty of Construction Engineering -Architecture the design of a building with public and social aims, located in the town center.

Design goals• Security: structure resistant to earthquakes of great magnitude and re resistance. • Compliance with the legislation (DM 22–5-2007 , L 338/2000 and annexes)• Relationship with the context• Energy efficiency ( at European level: 2002/91/CE e 2006/32/CE ; at National level: D. Lgs. 192/05 e D. Lgs. 311/06)

Relationship with the con-text. Given the highly traditional architecture of Villa S'Angelo, it is necessary to study an approach which ensures a continuity with the existing buildings.

L’Aquila

Villa Sant’Angelo

Hall

Horizontal connection

Classroom study

Common services

Recreation area

Caretaker apartment

Vertical connection

Service or room for disabled person

Double rom with bathroom

Single room with bathroom

Apartment with kitchen and bathroom

Facade South

How it will beHow it was

Ground Floor

First Floor

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05 Building restoration and new construction in Cadriano, Bologna

The court is oriented so that it is fully illuminated during the hours of greater utilization.

The project, located in Cadriano, a small town in the countryside near Granarolo, is based on the recovery of an old farmhouse and the construction of a nursery- school.The farmhouse maintains its own individuality, while the body of the building of the new construction blends assuming the appearance of a wall in brick topped by a cascade of ivy.

View of the green roof

View of the baby entrance

Main facade

View of the courtyard

Vertical section of the restored building

Vertical section of the new construction

Academicworks

1Currentsituation

2Rectangular shape retention

3

Creation of the centrality

4Shape rationalization

Baby entrance

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A

Weans entrance

Section A-A

North- East facade

The division of the ac-cesses limits the expo-sure of infants to dise-as

The small openings brighten corridors projecting light. Proper lighting is also guaran-teed by velux positioned on the ceiling.

PROTECTION FROM NOISEA hillock in land dominated by dense vegetation and a hedge that hides the fence absorbs most of the noise.

On the street side are positioned narrower openings that limit sound propagation.

The courtyard garden is further shielded from the body of the building, ensuring quiet and peaceful atmosphere even in the busiest days.

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07 Maribor 2012 European Capital of Culture2112 Ai [Architectural intelligence]100 year City

The choice of an hilly project area, not yet built and exploi-ted by the population, was born from the desire to create new zones of expansion that contribute to the development of future economy and activities.

It is then expected the birth of a exible space on the top of the hill, characterized by two spiral walkway punctually melt, that could be an at-tractive pole from a touristic point of view and from which it is possible to admire the surroun-ding landscape and to enjoy the inner court at the same time

You are directed to that space by surface routes shaded by akes of different height and extension, that, approaching to the top, become galleries that gradually merge with the ground and nally with the structure; these paths are directed to the most panoramic places allowing a sense of wonder at the sight of the city of Maribor.

The routes, born from a particular agents behavior on the ground, follow the lines of maximum slope in order to a higher speed of reaching the goal, to create a connection between the city and the viewpoint and to exploit energy.

This behavior makes the structure repeatable, since it is cre-ated by the trails left on the ground by the agents and by their agglomeration on the peaks. It could be possible to create a collection of structures for the exploitment of the hilly zone overlooking the city below.

Once chosen the lines of maximum slope, throu-gh the graphic algorithm Grasshopper, it has been dened, in a parametric way, the shape of the akes, which form the cover of the lines iden-tied by boids.

Through a function that affects cohesion, we got the shape of the viewpoint structure.

After choosing the shape of the structure created for aggregation by boids, openings have been studied as a function of their position, the di-rection of extrusion, processing and topological solar radiation. Other views

Project position

View from above

View of the hill from the Town