INTEGRATED IRRIGATION: BIORESEARCH LABORATORY AND EXHIBITION GREENHOUSE TOWER / Harry Grocott 3rd year

INTEGRATED IRRIGATION: BIORESEARCH LABORATORY AND EXHIBITION GREENHOUSE TOWER / Harry Grocott

Picture a growing, evolving, ever changing structure; a beacon and catalyst for the spread of greenery and foliage across Venice.

This project proposes a Bioresearch Laboratory for the engineering of resilient, colourful plant life that will transform the currently grey San Marco District into a thriving garden. Along with a laboratory, this intervention will provide a hydroponic greenhouse tower, giving the structure and nutrients required for new plants to thrive.   

The idea of symbiosis has inspired the project on many levels, leading to a new structure that integrates with an existing. The laboratory will allow visitors to view the process behind the conception of the plants, while the vertical greenhouse will display the adapted plant life in all its glory.

Contact Details

harrygrocott@hotmail.co.uk

CELEBRATING SPACES OF FOOD & GASTRONOMY - VENETIAN COOK SCHOOL, FARM & MARKET / Amy Wong 2nd year

CELEBRATING SPACES OF FOOD & GASTRONOMY - VENETIAN COOK SCHOOL, FARM & MARKET / Amy Wong

Venice is a city located at a prime position where East meets West, which has generated a taste for the exotic. Food is a central aspect of a culture, an important piece in celebration.

The project proposes a revitalisation of Rialto Market’s. To celebrate Venetian cuisine, a Cook School will be established which will run a public restaurant allowing visitors to taste and experience the exhibition items. Not only restoring the fruit and vegetable market; a self-sustained energy efficient urban farm will be constructed to provide fresh produce all year round to the market and cook school without transportation needs.

The program will be integrated within an existing Venetian building, housing the cook school, restaurant, student accommodation, aerophonic farm, and roof garden. Indoor aeroponics allows produce all year round without interference of seasonal changes; and more crops can be yielded from a smaller area in comparison to traditional farming methods.

Contact Details

amystwong@hotmail.com

BEVILACQUA VELVET FACTORY / Juliet Burch 3rd year

 

  

 

BEVILACQUA VELVET FACTORY / Juliet Burch

This building is a factory for the Venetian company Bevilacqua, which will enable them to expand their business to accommodate for the growing demand of their fabric. Furthermore the building is an exhibition of Bevilacqua’s products with interior spaces being created, divided, multiplied and enrobed with their fabric. Visitors can follow the production process from above as they walk around the building, from the initial stages of production to the finished fabric- which travels up from the ground floor through to the top of the building where it can be purchased, marking the end of the visitor’s journey. The building is a celebration of Venice’s ancient velvet manufacturing industry, the Venetian desire for quality but most importantly a celebration of an acclaimed Venetian company.

Contact Details

08019104@brookes.ac.uk

TOPOGRAPHICAL VOIDS - A LAGOON RESEARCH CENTRE / Elizabeth Johnson 3rd year

TOPOGRAPHICAL VOIDS - A LAGOON RESEARCH CENTRE / Elizabeth Johnson

Venice is in a state of disarray with the effects of climate change meaning that in 100 years time the extraordinary and fragile city of Venice will no longer exist.

The aim of this design was to raise awareness of the lagoons ecological complexity and beauty through both a museum based around the findings of the venetian atlas ‘Atlanta della Laguna’; exhibiting historical and contemporary data on the area's geography, hydrology, bio-diversity and the flora and fauna to illuminating the fragile ecological balance of the lagoon and the consequences of its disruption for the city of Venice. And live research laboratories that creates both a live exhibition space and allows the visitors to understand and learn about how we can ensure the survival of the city. 

Contact Details

08040086@brookes.ac.uk

PONTE PADIGLIONE DELL'ACCADEMIA / Paul Boldeanu 3rd year

PONTE PADIGLIONE DELL'ACCADEMIA / Paul Boldeanu

Carefully balanced between the worlds of art and science, Ponte Padiglione 

dell’Accademia becomes an object of desire like Venice itself. Half transparent, 

shimmering, glowing, alive and poise with clarity and tectonic strength, the 

inhabitable gallery across the Grand Canal becomes an embodiment of the city. 

The structure is inspired by the local shipbuilding industry and vernacular venetian 

human and marine art.

Contact Details

paulboldeanu@yahoo.com

THE REVISIONMENT OF THE GATEWAY FOR VENICE / Chiok-Junn Li, 2nd year

THE REVISIONMENT OF THE GATEWAY FOR VENICE / Chiok-Junn Li

Many centuries ago the historic gateway into Venice was St Marks Campanile Tower. However times have changed and the location of the “true” gateway has changed. This project proposes to re-establish a modern gateway into Venice. At this new gateway people from all around the world will once again have the chance to truly enter the city of Venice in style. The program and festivities of the gateway aim to invoke a welcoming atmosphere for tourists and allow them to travel high in the sky, just like the campanile and for the first time, see the true view into Venice.

Contact Details

+44 7965 575155

MUSIC CHAPEL OF SAN MICHELE ISOLA, VENICE / Stiliyana Minkovska 2nd year

 

MUSIC CHAPEL OF SAN MICHELE ISOLA, VENICE / Stiliyana Minkovska


Music chapel of San Michele isola is a holly place, representing the frozen music of Igor Stravinsky. It is a place where one could go and feel, experience and remember this genius of 20th century through shapes, volumes and dramatic climaxes. The design is located on San Michele isola which the cemetery of Venice since Napoleon occupied the area. The elegance and colour of the place are inspirational and very significant for the design. Music chapel is a celebratory space for spiritual music lovers who appreciate sound of silence.


Contact Details
stilianaminkovska@hotmail.com
+44 78 6546 9144

HARNESSED EXCAVATION: THE MERCHANTS LOST SHIP / Daniel Sweeting 2nd year

HARNESSED EXCAVATION: THE MERCHANTS LOST SHIP / Daniel Sweeting 2nd year

Influenced by the mechanical devices of lagoon fishing, and the rich trade history of Venice and its surrounding islands, the project proposes the excavation of a ship belonging to the lagoon's most noted merchant: Marco Polo. A permanent exhibition centre celebrates the treasures of the ship and is located on the sparse marshland of the island of Torcello. Simultaneously, wind harnessing devices inspired by Venetian sails, move quietly across the lagoon by land and water, compressing air to power mechanical excavation components seeking the lost ship and its worldly treasures

Contact Details

09072151@brookes.ac.uk

+44 7861 735001