Rachele Picozziarchitecture portfolio

A SCHOOL POLEIN THE EX S.A.C.C.I. AREAmaster thesis

location: Incisa Valdarno, Florence

ThisThis work is part of a biggest plan which

provides for the requalification of several

areas of Incisa. This site hosted a con-

crete factory which was demolited for

give space to a urban park and a school

pole. The building i composed by two

linear blocks, one for the primary school

andand one for the secondary school, over-

looking a pubblic square. The blocks

and the square are linked each other by

a lower ground floor which hosts a caf-

eteria, a gym and a library. The park is

organized by thematic stripes such as

play ground, pic-nic area, urban garden.

The whole lighting is provided by wind

power and solar trees.

primary school

secondary school

cafeteria

library

gym

SERAPEO EXHIBITION

VILLA ADRIANAinternational concept competition

location: Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy

TheThe villa was constructed at Tibur (modern-day

Tivoli) as a retreat from Rome for Roman Emperor

Hadrian during the second and third decades of

the 2nd century AD. During the later years of his

reign, he actually governed the empire from the villa.

A large court therefore lived there permanently. At

the present day Hadrian’s Villa is a UNESCO World

HeritageHeritage Site and important cultural and

archaeological site. The competition’s goal is the re-

desing and the modernization of the museum itiner-

ary. The new exhibition consists in two pavilions

linked each other by an underground gallery that

hosts the sculptures collection.

BETWEEN CITY AND ARCHITECTURES.M.N. LOOKING FOR A SQUARE

XI international concept competition in architecture

location: Florence

Santa Maria Novella is one of the biggest square in Florence,

dominated by the church’s apse and the train station.

It’sIt’s considered a mastepiece of italian rationalism and is

designed by Giovanni Michelucci during the 30’s.

The competition’s subject consists in a urbanistic and

functionalfunctional replanning of the area aimed to enhance and

riconnote the square. This design considers the storic and

artistic value of the pre-existences and is based on “zero

volume” architecture. The new square is designed as a

sandstone slab dug by green tanks on the right side and

a box-trees labyrinth( in reference to italian graden) on the

left side.

CdC SOCIAL HOUSESaccademic work

location: città di castello, perugia, italy

TheThe site is located in a suburban area, near the

city’s wall. This work is composed by a residential

area and a common services area. The flats are

positioned in four blocks which rest on a massive

basement. This base hosts some facilities such as

shops, gym, laundry, cafeteria and nursery. The

whole structure consists in the repetition of a 7X7

modulemodule which, composed in several ways, allows

the creation of five different flat’s size.

Each of these blocks has common spaces which,

working as a kind of telescope, give new sugges-

tive views of the city and the valley.