Lab6B_Valerio Palmieri_Es_3_Julie Liberto, Elena Macciocca

The Project Area

The project area is almost enterely located in a totally industrial contest of the Ostiense neighborhood, near in the North with the railway, in the East with Via del Commercio and in the South, obviously, with the industrial area. Exactly, as we can see from the picture, the area, coloured in red, is situated between the Tiber river (West), Via del Porto Fluviale (North) and Via del Commercio (East). 

The laboratory's theme consists in creating a residential and commercial pole in this area, and the project may be spread over a surface of 10.150 cubic meters. The complex must be divided in this way:

- Residential component: 8.400 cubic meters;

-Commerciale component: 1.750 cubic meters.

In addition, the residential area will be divided into 48 apartaments of varying sizes: 100 sq.m., 75 sq.m., 50 sq.m., 35 s.q.m., 25 sq.m.

FIRST HYPOTHESIS

The first hypothesis is composed by four buildings, different in height, wedged between them (on the left): all the volumes will hold the residential apartaments not temporary and the commercial part as well (on the ground floor). On the right there are only two parallelepipeds, one vertical and one horizontal, wedged between them as well, that will hold all the temporary apartaments, including shared services (kitchen, bathrooms..)

SHADOW'S STUDY

Summer Solstice

08:00 am

12:00 pm

04:00 pm

06:00 pm

Winter Solstice

08:00 am

12:00 pm

04:00 pm

06:00 pm

SOLAR RADIOATION'S STUDY

Summer Period

North Side view

South Side view

Solar radiation from the top

As we can see from the first picture all the North prospects of every single building are blue: this means that they are cooler than the others sides and helps a lot to have a good qualities of life in the rooms located in this side oh the apartaments. Also the South prospects, as we can see from the second picture, are quite blue, purple. This means that this sides as well in not too much hot, and all the rooms situated in these sides of the buildings enjoy a good standards of living. The real problem of the complex are the roofs, infact their colour is yellow: this means that these sides are the hottest ever. For sure, peolple who lives on the lasts floors during the summer needs an air conditioner. Obviously we have to think about a good way to help the impact of the sun.

Winter Period

North Side view

South Side view

Solar radiation from the top

As we can see from the first picture, the North prospects all purples: this means that these sides of the buildings are quite cool during all the winter period. Regarding the South prospects, instead, the situation is better than the first one. As we can see from the second picture their colour is quite orange, except for 2 faces that are blue. For sure, people who live in these sides of the buildings have a better conditions of living than the North ones. The roofs are red, and this is not bad for peolpe who live at the lasts floors of the buildings, beacuse they are not the coldest one.

SECOND HYPOTHESIS

The second hypothesis is composed by three buildings, different in height, on the left. These volumes will hold all the residential apartaments. On the right we find only one parallelepiped: is the building of the temporary apartaments, with shared services. Regarding the commercial part, we decided to create a cross-connection between Via del Commercio and the Tiber river throught the placement of six equal shops, to make this transition pleasant.

SHADOW'S STUDY

Summer Solstice

08:00 am

12:00 pm

04:00 pm

06:00 pm

Winter Solstice

08:00 am

12:00 pm

04:00 pm

06:00 pm

SOLAR RADIATION'S STUDY

Summer Period

North Side view

South Side view

Solar radiation from the top

The second hypothesis, during the Summer period, is not so different from the first one: the North's facades are completely blue while the South's one are purple. This means that all the apartaments in the buildings enjoy a quite fresh situation for Summer, people do not necesserary need an air-conditioning. Here as well, the real problems are the roofs, completely yellow: apartaments on the top floor will be living an hell. So, in both the situation, we have to think about a solution that solves this important problem.

Winter Period

North Side view

South Side view

Solar radiation from the top

In this case as well, the second hypothesis in quite similar to the second one. Roofs are red, the South's facades yellow and orange without exception. The remaining problem are always the North's facades, completely purplues.