900+100

Novecento Piùcento, the renovated Museum of Contemporary Art of Milan, encloses the spaces of the historical Secondo Arengario in an Art Container and takes possession of the protected public space of the Portico below.

Suspended above the Arengo, the Art Container (levels 1, 2 and 3) barely touches the existing building, restoring the tripartite section of the original 1938 project by Griffini, Magistretti, Muzio and Portaluppi. The space between the Container and the second Arengario hosts all the conditioning systems and structure that supports the container in mid-air. The facade, of translucent polycarbonate, filters natural light ensuring optimal lighting conditions for the works exhibited inside, and can transform into darkrooms for projections and video art.

Type
International Competition, 4th Prize
Year
2021
Size
2550 m2 interior
Architects
Jocelyn Fromovich, Urtzi Grau
Collaborators
Amparo Henríquez, Camilo Meneses, Juan Oyarzún, Matías Qualitz, Nicole Rezepka, Sofía Valenzuela, Agustina Wetzig
Consultants
Sustainability: Aiguasol - Alex Ivancic, Oriol Gavaldà

Structures: BAC - Xavier Aguiló

Local Structures and Fire: Foppoli Moretta e Associati srl - ing. Dario Foppoli, ing. Emanuele Moretta, ing. Enrico Cinalli

Restoration: Paola Scaramuzza

Lighting Design: Antonia Peón-Veiga

Acoustics: ONLECO srl - Sabrina Canale, Alessia Griginis

Graphic Design: Kathryn Gillmore

Renders: Charles Choi

Cost Estimate: RGF Consulting srl - Vittorio Grechi

Translation: Pietro Pezzani

Local Architects: Atelier Verticale - Luigi Fumagalli, Stefano Tagliacarne

Local Procedure: COPRAT srl - Marco Caprini

Museography: Angela Vettese
Lorenteggio Library

The new Library of Lorenteggio emerged from the dimensions of the city blocks of the ALER’s public housing. Turning 90o from the original grid, the building continues the modernity project that gave life to this urban development in the 1930s.

Acting as a bridge, the Library completes the sequence of civic infrastructures on Via Odazio, including the church of Santo Curato d’Ars, the amphitheater, the old Municipal Library, and the Mercato Rionale.

The new Library’s program is distributed on two levels. The FORUM Area occupies the ground floor, and the LAB and LIB Areas fill the upper floor. Each level has a free height of 6 meters. The generous section lends these spaces civic and public character. The pavilion with a depth of 14.10 meters allows an optimal distribution of natural light for activities related to reading and studying, meeting and socializing.

The ground floor arches create an urban infrastructure for public use. Strong and iconic, these are recognizable and functional. The space recalls the arcades traditionally used for public activities around Italian squares. The FORUM area has direct access to the park and can expand outdoors, increasing and encouraging citizen interaction with the new building.

Type
International Competition, 1st Prize
Year
2018 - ongoing
Size
2100 m2 interior, 4500 m2 exterior
Architects
Jocelyn Froimovich, Urtzi Grau, Stefano Rolla, Laura Signorelli
Local Partners
COPRAT srl

Project Manager: Marco Caprini

MEP Engineers: Ing. Nerino Valentini, Per. Ind. Gianni Andreani, Ing. Alberto Chiarini, Ing. Giacomo Guazzoni

Structural Engineers: Ing Federico Santarosa, Ing. Alessio Della Fontana

Coordinamento computi e CSA: Geom. Sara Bernardelli

Acoustic Engineers: Dott. Emiliano Boniotto
Collaborators Execution Phase
Architecture: Lorenzo Dessi

Sustainability: Aiguasol - Alex Ivancic, Oriol Gavaldà, Toni Herena

Structures: BAC - DiegoTerán, Pablo Anaya, Roberto Maestro, Xavier Aguiló

Lighting Design: Antonia Peón-Veiga

Acoustics: ONLECO srl - Sabrina Canale, Alessia Griginis

Graphic Design: Kathryn Gillmore

Furniture: MRALab - Marco Rovina, Sandra Ruggenini
Collaborators Competition Phase
Young Architect: Francesca Giordano

Sustainability: Aiguasol - Alex Ivancic, Oriol Gavaldà, Sara Fusté

Structures: BAC + Foppoli Moretta e Associati - Alex Nava, Javier Prieto, Xavier Aguiló, Dario Foppoli

Landscape: Jadue + Livingstone - Paula Livingstone, Javiera Jadue, Maayan Navon

Lighting Design: Antonia Peón-Veiga

Acoustic Engineer: Arup - Anne Guthrie

Graphic Design: Kathryn Gillmore

Renders: La Imaginería - Max Daiber, Diego Ugarte

Cost Estimate: MRALab - Marco Rovina, Andrea Marani, Sandra Ruggenini
Luftraum

The German pavillion to the Architecture Biennale 2023 is a six-month experiment exploring an architectural element that has so far received little attention: air. During this period, the architecture of the pavilion becomes a measuring instrument and its airspace a medium for experiencing climatic change processes.

Air is intended here as a historical-architectural material that can be both scientifically examined and sensorially experienced. The pavilion’s sealed, non-enterable main room becomes an investigation space in which air is trapped and architecture becomes a Petri dish.

Type
Committee Selection for the German Pavillion, Venice Biennale 2023
Year
2022
Size
450 m2 interior
Collaborators
Anna-Maria Meister, ATW TU Darmstadt

Teresa Fankhänel, The Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University

Jocelyn Froimovich, Architect

Anna Luise Schubert, Centre for Documentary Architecture, ATW TU Darmstadt

Ines Weizman, Centre for Documentary Architecture, Royal College of Art
900+100

Novecento Piùcento, the renovated Museum of Contemporary Art of Milan, encloses the spaces of the historical Secondo Arengario in an Art Container and takes possession of the protected public space of the Portico below.

Suspended above the Arengo, the Art Container (levels 1, 2 and 3) barely touches the existing building, restoring the tripartite section of the original 1938 project by Griffini, Magistretti, Muzio and Portaluppi. The space between the Container and the second Arengario hosts all the conditioning systems and structure that supports the container in mid-air. The facade, of translucent polycarbonate, filters natural light ensuring optimal lighting conditions for the works exhibited inside, and can transform into darkrooms for projections and video art.

Type
International Competition, 4th Prize
Year
2021
Size
2550 m2 interior
Architects
Jocelyn Fromovich, Urtzi Grau
Collaborators
Amparo Henríquez, Camilo Meneses, Juan Oyarzún, Matías Qualitz, Nicole Rezepka, Sofía Valenzuela, Agustina Wetzig
Consultants
Sustainability: Aiguasol - Alex Ivancic, Oriol Gavaldà

Structures: BAC - Xavier Aguiló

Local Structures and Fire: Foppoli Moretta e Associati srl - ing. Dario Foppoli, ing. Emanuele Moretta, ing. Enrico Cinalli

Restoration: Paola Scaramuzza

Lighting Design: Antonia Peón-Veiga

Acoustics: ONLECO srl - Sabrina Canale, Alessia Griginis

Graphic Design: Kathryn Gillmore

Renders: Charles Choi

Cost Estimate: RGF Consulting srl - Vittorio Grechi

Translation: Pietro Pezzani

Local Architects: Atelier Verticale - Luigi Fumagalli, Stefano Tagliacarne

Local Procedure: COPRAT srl - Marco Caprini

Museography: Angela Vettese
Magnifica Fabbrica

Magnifica Fabbrica is a new type of cultural institution that re-naturalizes Milano’s edge fully embracing circular economy. It is through the transformation of its periphery, that Milan and Italy speak to the world and its future.

The extended Parco della Lambretta recovers the agricultural uses of Lambro River’s banks and preserves the novel ecosystems of the site. Its polluted soils are treated with innovative forms of care that actively involve the citizens of Lambrate.

A large public entrance along Via Caduti Marcinelle opens to visitors and workers. The new spaces for staging events and performances intensify the building’s functions.
The new Laboratori of Teatro La Scala occupy a single linear warehouse 250 m long 56 m wide, 15 m high, simplifying all the technical activities involved in the artistic process while making them accessible to a broader audience. The Building updates the architecture of Lambrate’ factories to embrace the ethos of circularity: A Netzero, prefabricated timber structure, it has a minimal carbon footprint thanks to photovoltaic and geothermal energy.

Inside, the 36 north-facing skylights of the saw-tooth roof ensure ideal work conditions for a cultural, artistic and production center.

Type
International Competition, 2nd Prize
Year
2021-2022
Size
90,000 m2 interior + 80,000 m2 exterior
Architects
Jocelyn Froimovich, Urtzi Grau
Collaborators
Amparo Henríquez, Camilo Meneses, Juan Oyarzun, Matías Qualitz, Flavia Raglianti, Nicole Rezepka, Sofía Valenzuela, Paula Ulloa, Agustina Wetzig
Consultants
Sustainability: Aiguasol - Alex Ivancic

Structures: BAC - Xavier Aguiló, Pablo Anaya, Lara Pellegrini

Landscape: AqAg - Teresa Gali, Jordi Nebot

Local Engineers: NET Spa - Michele Faccioli, Valeriano Pastore, Andrea Pilli, Gabrielle Sau

Local Architects: Atelier Verticale - Luigi Fumagalli, Stefano Tagliacarne

Cost Estimate: RGF Consulting srl - Vittorio Grechi, Elisabetta Mariotti

Fire Consultant: FSC Engineering - Samuele Sassi

Local Landscape: Studio Archepa - Sabrina Fazio

Lighting Design: Antonia Peón-Veiga

Acoustics: VIBE - Sabrina Canale, Alessia Griginis

Graphic Design: Kathryn Gillmore

Renders: Charles Choi, Matías Qualitz

Translation: Pietro Pezzani
Lorenteggio Library

The new Library of Lorenteggio emerged from the dimensions of the city blocks of the ALER’s public housing. Turning 90o from the original grid, the building continues the modernity project that gave life to this urban development in the 1930s.

Acting as a bridge, the Library completes the sequence of civic infrastructures on Via Odazio, including the church of Santo Curato d’Ars, the amphitheater, the old Municipal Library, and the Mercato Rionale.

The new Library’s program is distributed on two levels. The FORUM Area occupies the ground floor, and the LAB and LIB Areas fill the upper floor. Each level has a free height of 6 meters. The generous section lends these spaces civic and public character. The pavilion with a depth of 14.10 meters allows an optimal distribution of natural light for activities related to reading and studying, meeting and socializing.

The ground floor arches create an urban infrastructure for public use. Strong and iconic, these are recognizable and functional. The space recalls the arcades traditionally used for public activities around Italian squares. The FORUM area has direct access to the park and can expand outdoors, increasing and encouraging citizen interaction with the new building.

Type
International Competition, 1st Prize
Year
2018 - ongoing
Size
2100 m2 interior, 4500 m2 exterior
Architects
Jocelyn Froimovich, Urtzi Grau, Stefano Rolla, Laura Signorelli
Local Partners
COPRAT srl

Project Manager: Marco Caprini

MEP Engineers: Ing. Nerino Valentini, Per. Ind. Gianni Andreani, Ing. Alberto Chiarini, Ing. Giacomo Guazzoni

Structural Engineers: Ing Federico Santarosa, Ing. Alessio Della Fontana

Coordinamento computi e CSA: Geom. Sara Bernardelli

Acoustic Engineers: Dott. Emiliano Boniotto
Collaborators Execution Phase
Architecture: Lorenzo Dessi

Sustainability: Aiguasol - Alex Ivancic, Oriol Gavaldà, Toni Herena

Structures: BAC - DiegoTerán, Pablo Anaya, Roberto Maestro, Xavier Aguiló

Lighting Design: Antonia Peón-Veiga

Acoustics: ONLECO srl - Sabrina Canale, Alessia Griginis

Graphic Design: Kathryn Gillmore

Furniture: MRALab - Marco Rovina, Sandra Ruggenini
Collaborators Competition Phase
Young Architect: Francesca Giordano

Sustainability: Aiguasol - Alex Ivancic, Oriol Gavaldà, Sara Fusté

Structures: BAC + Foppoli Moretta e Associati - Alex Nava, Javier Prieto, Xavier Aguiló, Dario Foppoli

Landscape: Jadue + Livingstone - Paula Livingstone, Javiera Jadue, Maayan Navon

Lighting Design: Antonia Peón-Veiga

Acoustic Engineer: Arup - Anne Guthrie

Graphic Design: Kathryn Gillmore

Renders: La Imaginería - Max Daiber, Diego Ugarte

Cost Estimate: MRALab - Marco Rovina, Andrea Marani, Sandra Ruggenini
Lorenteggio Library

Magnifica Fabbrica is a new type of cultural institution that re-naturalizes Milano’s edge fully embracing circular economy. It is through the transformation of its periphery, that Milan and Italy speak to the world and its future.

The extended Parco della Lambretta recovers the agricultural uses of Lambro River’s banks and preserves the novel ecosystems of the site. Its polluted soils are treated with innovative forms of care that actively involve the citizens of Lambrate.

A large public entrance along Via Caduti Marcinelle opens to visitors and workers. The new spaces for staging events and performances intensify the building’s functions.
The new Laboratori of Teatro La Scala occupy a single linear warehouse 250 m long 56 m wide, 15 m high, simplifying all the technical activities involved in the artistic process while making them accessible to a broader audience. The Building updates the architecture of Lambrate’ factories to embrace the ethos of circularity: A Netzero, prefabricated timber structure, it has a minimal carbon footprint thanks to photovoltaic and geothermal energy.

Inside, the 36 north-facing skylights of the saw-tooth roof ensure ideal work conditions for a cultural, artistic and production center.

Type
International Competition, 2nd Prize
Year
2021-2022
Size
90,000 m2 interior + 80,000 m2 exterior
Architects
Jocelyn Froimovich, Urtzi Grau
Collaborators
Amparo Henríquez, Camilo Meneses, Juan Oyarzun, Matías Qualitz, Flavia Raglianti, Nicole Rezepka, Sofía Valenzuela, Paula Ulloa, Agustina Wetzig
Consultants
Sustainability: Aiguasol - Alex Ivancic

Structures: BAC - Xavier Aguiló, Pablo Anaya, Lara Pellegrini

Landscape: AqAg - Teresa Gali, Jordi Nebot

Local Engineers: NET Spa - Michele Faccioli, Valeriano Pastore, Andrea Pilli, Gabrielle Sau

Local Architects: Atelier Verticale - Luigi Fumagalli, Stefano Tagliacarne

Cost Estimate: RGF Consulting srl - Vittorio Grechi, Elisabetta Mariotti

Fire Consultant: FSC Engineering - Samuele Sassi

Local Landscape: Studio Archepa - Sabrina Fazio

Lighting Design: Antonia Peón-Veiga

Acoustics: VIBE - Sabrina Canale, Alessia Griginis

Graphic Design: Kathryn Gillmore

Renders: Charles Choi, Matías Qualitz

Translation: Pietro Pezzani
900+100

Novecento Piùcento, the renovated Museum of Contemporary Art of Milan, encloses the spaces of the historical Secondo Arengario in an Art Container and takes possession of the protected public space of the Portico below.

Suspended above the Arengo, the Art Container (levels 1, 2 and 3) barely touches the existing building, restoring the tripartite section of the original 1938 project by Griffini, Magistretti, Muzio and Portaluppi. The space between the Container and the second Arengario hosts all the conditioning systems and structure that supports the container in mid-air. The facade, of translucent polycarbonate, filters natural light ensuring optimal lighting conditions for the works exhibited inside, and can transform into darkrooms for projections and video art.

Type
International Competition, 4th Prize
Year
2021
Size
2550 m2 interior
Architects
Jocelyn Fromovich, Urtzi Grau
Collaborators
Amparo Henríquez, Camilo Meneses, Juan Oyarzún, Matías Qualitz, Nicole Rezepka, Sofía Valenzuela, Agustina Wetzig
Consultants
Sustainability: Aiguasol - Alex Ivancic, Oriol Gavaldà

Structures: BAC - Xavier Aguiló

Local Structures and Fire: Foppoli Moretta e Associati srl - ing. Dario Foppoli, ing. Emanuele Moretta, ing. Enrico Cinalli

Restoration: Paola Scaramuzza

Lighting Design: Antonia Peón-Veiga

Acoustics: ONLECO srl - Sabrina Canale, Alessia Griginis

Graphic Design: Kathryn Gillmore

Renders: Charles Choi

Cost Estimate: RGF Consulting srl - Vittorio Grechi

Translation: Pietro Pezzani

Local Architects: Atelier Verticale - Luigi Fumagalli, Stefano Tagliacarne

Local Procedure: COPRAT srl - Marco Caprini

Museography: Angela Vettese
Lorenteggio Library

The new Library of Lorenteggio emerged from the dimensions of the city blocks of the ALER’s public housing. Turning 90o from the original grid, the building continues the modernity project that gave life to this urban development in the 1930s.

Acting as a bridge, the Library completes the sequence of civic infrastructures on Via Odazio, including the church of Santo Curato d’Ars, the amphitheater, the old Municipal Library, and the Mercato Rionale.

The new Library’s program is distributed on two levels. The FORUM Area occupies the ground floor, and the LAB and LIB Areas fill the upper floor. Each level has a free height of 6 meters. The generous section lends these spaces civic and public character. The pavilion with a depth of 14.10 meters allows an optimal distribution of natural light for activities related to reading and studying, meeting and socializing.

The ground floor arches create an urban infrastructure for public use. Strong and iconic, these are recognizable and functional. The space recalls the arcades traditionally used for public activities around Italian squares. The FORUM area has direct access to the park and can expand outdoors, increasing and encouraging citizen interaction with the new building.

Type
International Competition, 1st Prize
Year
2018 - ongoing
Size
2100 m2 interior, 4500 m2 exterior
Architects
Jocelyn Froimovich, Urtzi Grau, Stefano Rolla, Laura Signorelli
Local Partners
COPRAT srl

Project Manager: Marco Caprini

MEP Engineers: Ing. Nerino Valentini, Per. Ind. Gianni Andreani, Ing. Alberto Chiarini, Ing. Giacomo Guazzoni

Structural Engineers: Ing Federico Santarosa, Ing. Alessio Della Fontana

Coordinamento computi e CSA: Geom. Sara Bernardelli

Acoustic Engineers: Dott. Emiliano Boniotto
Collaborators Execution Phase
Architecture: Lorenzo Dessi

Sustainability: Aiguasol - Alex Ivancic, Oriol Gavaldà, Toni Herena

Structures: BAC - DiegoTerán, Pablo Anaya, Roberto Maestro, Xavier Aguiló

Lighting Design: Antonia Peón-Veiga

Acoustics: ONLECO srl - Sabrina Canale, Alessia Griginis

Graphic Design: Kathryn Gillmore

Furniture: MRALab - Marco Rovina, Sandra Ruggenini
Collaborators Competition Phase
Young Architect: Francesca Giordano

Sustainability: Aiguasol - Alex Ivancic, Oriol Gavaldà, Sara Fusté

Structures: BAC + Foppoli Moretta e Associati - Alex Nava, Javier Prieto, Xavier Aguiló, Dario Foppoli

Landscape: Jadue + Livingstone - Paula Livingstone, Javiera Jadue, Maayan Navon

Lighting Design: Antonia Peón-Veiga

Acoustic Engineer: Arup - Anne Guthrie

Graphic Design: Kathryn Gillmore

Renders: La Imaginería - Max Daiber, Diego Ugarte

Cost Estimate: MRALab - Marco Rovina, Andrea Marani, Sandra Ruggenini
Luftraum

The German pavillion to the Architecture Biennale 2023 is a six-month experiment exploring an architectural element that has so far received little attention: air. During this period, the architecture of the pavilion becomes a measuring instrument and its airspace a medium for experiencing climatic change processes.

Air is intended here as a historical-architectural material that can be both scientifically examined and sensorially experienced. The pavilion’s sealed, non-enterable main room becomes an investigation space in which air is trapped and architecture becomes a Petri dish.

Type
Committee Selection for the German Pavillion, Venice Biennale 2023
Year
2022
Size
450 m2 interior
Collaborators
Anna-Maria Meister, ATW TU Darmstadt

Teresa Fankhänel, The Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University

Jocelyn Froimovich, Architect

Anna Luise Schubert, Centre for Documentary Architecture, ATW TU Darmstadt

Ines Weizman, Centre for Documentary Architecture, Royal College of Art
Luftraum

The German pavillion to the Architecture Biennale 2023 is a six-month experiment exploring an architectural element that has so far received little attention: air. During this period, the architecture of the pavilion becomes a measuring instrument and its airspace a medium for experiencing climatic change processes.

Air is intended here as a historical-architectural material that can be both scientifically examined and sensorially experienced. The pavilion’s sealed, non-enterable main room becomes an investigation space in which air is trapped and architecture becomes a Petri dish.

Type
Committee Selection for the German Pavillion, Venice Biennale 2023
Year
2022
Size
450 m2 interior
Collaborators
Anna-Maria Meister, ATW TU Darmstadt

Teresa Fankhänel, The Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University

Jocelyn Froimovich, Architect

Anna Luise Schubert, Centre for Documentary Architecture, ATW TU Darmstadt

Ines Weizman, Centre for Documentary Architecture, Royal College of Art
Luftraum

Novecento Piùcento, the renovated Museum of Contemporary Art of Milan, encloses the spaces of the historical Secondo Arengario in an Art Container and takes possession of the protected public space of the Portico below.

Suspended above the Arengo, the Art Container (levels 1, 2 and 3) barely touches the existing building, restoring the tripartite section of the original 1938 project by Griffini, Magistretti, Muzio and Portaluppi. The space between the Container and the second Arengario hosts all the conditioning systems and structure that supports the container in mid-air. The facade, of translucent polycarbonate, filters natural light ensuring optimal lighting conditions for the works exhibited inside, and can transform into darkrooms for projections and video art.

Type
International Competition, 4th Prize
Year
2021
Size
2550 m2 interior
Architects
Jocelyn Fromovich, Urtzi Grau
Collaborators
Amparo Henríquez, Camilo Meneses, Juan Oyarzún, Matías Qualitz, Nicole Rezepka, Sofía Valenzuela, Agustina Wetzig
Consultants
Sustainability: Aiguasol - Alex Ivancic, Oriol Gavaldà

Structures: BAC - Xavier Aguiló

Local Structures and Fire: Foppoli Moretta e Associati srl - ing. Dario Foppoli, ing. Emanuele Moretta, ing. Enrico Cinalli

Restoration: Paola Scaramuzza

Lighting Design: Antonia Peón-Veiga

Acoustics: ONLECO srl - Sabrina Canale, Alessia Griginis

Graphic Design: Kathryn Gillmore

Renders: Charles Choi

Cost Estimate: RGF Consulting srl - Vittorio Grechi

Translation: Pietro Pezzani

Local Architects: Atelier Verticale - Luigi Fumagalli, Stefano Tagliacarne

Local Procedure: COPRAT srl - Marco Caprini

Museography: Angela Vettese
900+100

Novecento Piùcento, the renovated Museum of Contemporary Art of Milan, encloses the spaces of the historical Secondo Arengario in an Art Container and takes possession of the protected public space of the Portico below.

Suspended above the Arengo, the Art Container (levels 1, 2 and 3) barely touches the existing building, restoring the tripartite section of the original 1938 project by Griffini, Magistretti, Muzio and Portaluppi. The space between the Container and the second Arengario hosts all the conditioning systems and structure that supports the container in mid-air. The facade, of translucent polycarbonate, filters natural light ensuring optimal lighting conditions for the works exhibited inside, and can transform into darkrooms for projections and video art.

Type
International Competition, 4th Prize
Year
2021
Size
2550 m2 interior
Architects
Jocelyn Fromovich, Urtzi Grau
Collaborators
Amparo Henríquez, Camilo Meneses, Juan Oyarzún, Matías Qualitz, Nicole Rezepka, Sofía Valenzuela, Agustina Wetzig
Consultants
Sustainability: Aiguasol - Alex Ivancic, Oriol Gavaldà

Structures: BAC - Xavier Aguiló

Local Structures and Fire: Foppoli Moretta e Associati srl - ing. Dario Foppoli, ing. Emanuele Moretta, ing. Enrico Cinalli

Restoration: Paola Scaramuzza

Lighting Design: Antonia Peón-Veiga

Acoustics: ONLECO srl - Sabrina Canale, Alessia Griginis

Graphic Design: Kathryn Gillmore

Renders: Charles Choi

Cost Estimate: RGF Consulting srl - Vittorio Grechi

Translation: Pietro Pezzani

Local Architects: Atelier Verticale - Luigi Fumagalli, Stefano Tagliacarne

Local Procedure: COPRAT srl - Marco Caprini

Museography: Angela Vettese
Lorenteggio Library

The new Library of Lorenteggio emerged from the dimensions of the city blocks of the ALER’s public housing. Turning 90o from the original grid, the building continues the modernity project that gave life to this urban development in the 1930s.

Acting as a bridge, the Library completes the sequence of civic infrastructures on Via Odazio, including the church of Santo Curato d’Ars, the amphitheater, the old Municipal Library, and the Mercato Rionale.

The new Library’s program is distributed on two levels. The FORUM Area occupies the ground floor, and the LAB and LIB Areas fill the upper floor. Each level has a free height of 6 meters. The generous section lends these spaces civic and public character. The pavilion with a depth of 14.10 meters allows an optimal distribution of natural light for activities related to reading and studying, meeting and socializing.

The ground floor arches create an urban infrastructure for public use. Strong and iconic, these are recognizable and functional. The space recalls the arcades traditionally used for public activities around Italian squares. The FORUM area has direct access to the park and can expand outdoors, increasing and encouraging citizen interaction with the new building.

Type
International Competition, 1st Prize
Year
2018 - ongoing
Size
2100 m2 interior, 4500 m2 exterior
Architects
Jocelyn Froimovich, Urtzi Grau, Stefano Rolla, Laura Signorelli
Local Partners
COPRAT srl

Project Manager: Marco Caprini

MEP Engineers: Ing. Nerino Valentini, Per. Ind. Gianni Andreani, Ing. Alberto Chiarini, Ing. Giacomo Guazzoni

Structural Engineers: Ing Federico Santarosa, Ing. Alessio Della Fontana

Coordinamento computi e CSA: Geom. Sara Bernardelli

Acoustic Engineers: Dott. Emiliano Boniotto
Collaborators Execution Phase
Architecture: Lorenzo Dessi

Sustainability: Aiguasol - Alex Ivancic, Oriol Gavaldà, Toni Herena

Structures: BAC - DiegoTerán, Pablo Anaya, Roberto Maestro, Xavier Aguiló

Lighting Design: Antonia Peón-Veiga

Acoustics: ONLECO srl - Sabrina Canale, Alessia Griginis

Graphic Design: Kathryn Gillmore

Furniture: MRALab - Marco Rovina, Sandra Ruggenini
Collaborators Competition Phase
Young Architect: Francesca Giordano

Sustainability: Aiguasol - Alex Ivancic, Oriol Gavaldà, Sara Fusté

Structures: BAC + Foppoli Moretta e Associati - Alex Nava, Javier Prieto, Xavier Aguiló, Dario Foppoli

Landscape: Jadue + Livingstone - Paula Livingstone, Javiera Jadue, Maayan Navon

Lighting Design: Antonia Peón-Veiga

Acoustic Engineer: Arup - Anne Guthrie

Graphic Design: Kathryn Gillmore

Renders: La Imaginería - Max Daiber, Diego Ugarte

Cost Estimate: MRALab - Marco Rovina, Andrea Marani, Sandra Ruggenini
Magnifica Fabbrica

Magnifica Fabbrica is a new type of cultural institution that re-naturalizes Milano’s edge fully embracing circular economy. It is through the transformation of its periphery, that Milan and Italy speak to the world and its future.

The extended Parco della Lambretta recovers the agricultural uses of Lambro River’s banks and preserves the novel ecosystems of the site. Its polluted soils are treated with innovative forms of care that actively involve the citizens of Lambrate.

A large public entrance along Via Caduti Marcinelle opens to visitors and workers. The new spaces for staging events and performances intensify the building’s functions.
The new Laboratori of Teatro La Scala occupy a single linear warehouse 250 m long 56 m wide, 15 m high, simplifying all the technical activities involved in the artistic process while making them accessible to a broader audience. The Building updates the architecture of Lambrate’ factories to embrace the ethos of circularity: A Netzero, prefabricated timber structure, it has a minimal carbon footprint thanks to photovoltaic and geothermal energy.

Inside, the 36 north-facing skylights of the saw-tooth roof ensure ideal work conditions for a cultural, artistic and production center.

Type
International Competition, 2nd Prize
Year
2021-2022
Size
90,000 m2 interior + 80,000 m2 exterior
Architects
Jocelyn Froimovich, Urtzi Grau
Collaborators
Amparo Henríquez, Camilo Meneses, Juan Oyarzun, Matías Qualitz, Flavia Raglianti, Nicole Rezepka, Sofía Valenzuela, Paula Ulloa, Agustina Wetzig
Consultants
Sustainability: Aiguasol - Alex Ivancic

Structures: BAC - Xavier Aguiló, Pablo Anaya, Lara Pellegrini

Landscape: AqAg - Teresa Gali, Jordi Nebot

Local Engineers: NET Spa - Michele Faccioli, Valeriano Pastore, Andrea Pilli, Gabrielle Sau

Local Architects: Atelier Verticale - Luigi Fumagalli, Stefano Tagliacarne

Cost Estimate: RGF Consulting srl - Vittorio Grechi, Elisabetta Mariotti

Fire Consultant: FSC Engineering - Samuele Sassi

Local Landscape: Studio Archepa - Sabrina Fazio

Lighting Design: Antonia Peón-Veiga

Acoustics: VIBE - Sabrina Canale, Alessia Griginis

Graphic Design: Kathryn Gillmore

Renders: Charles Choi, Matías Qualitz

Translation: Pietro Pezzani
Magnifica Fabbrica

Magnifica Fabbrica is a new type of cultural institution that re-naturalizes Milano’s edge fully embracing circular economy. It is through the transformation of its periphery, that Milan and Italy speak to the world and its future.

The extended Parco della Lambretta recovers the agricultural uses of Lambro River’s banks and preserves the novel ecosystems of the site. Its polluted soils are treated with innovative forms of care that actively involve the citizens of Lambrate.

A large public entrance along Via Caduti Marcinelle opens to visitors and workers. The new spaces for staging events and performances intensify the building’s functions.
The new Laboratori of Teatro La Scala occupy a single linear warehouse 250 m long 56 m wide, 15 m high, simplifying all the technical activities involved in the artistic process while making them accessible to a broader audience. The Building updates the architecture of Lambrate’ factories to embrace the ethos of circularity: A Netzero, prefabricated timber structure, it has a minimal carbon footprint thanks to photovoltaic and geothermal energy.

Inside, the 36 north-facing skylights of the saw-tooth roof ensure ideal work conditions for a cultural, artistic and production center.

Type
International Competition, 2nd Prize
Year
2021-2022
Size
90,000 m2 interior + 80,000 m2 exterior
Architects
Jocelyn Froimovich, Urtzi Grau
Collaborators
Amparo Henríquez, Camilo Meneses, Juan Oyarzun, Matías Qualitz, Flavia Raglianti, Nicole Rezepka, Sofía Valenzuela, Paula Ulloa, Agustina Wetzig
Consultants
Sustainability: Aiguasol - Alex Ivancic

Structures: BAC - Xavier Aguiló, Pablo Anaya, Lara Pellegrini

Landscape: AqAg - Teresa Gali, Jordi Nebot

Local Engineers: NET Spa - Michele Faccioli, Valeriano Pastore, Andrea Pilli, Gabrielle Sau

Local Architects: Atelier Verticale - Luigi Fumagalli, Stefano Tagliacarne

Cost Estimate: RGF Consulting srl - Vittorio Grechi, Elisabetta Mariotti

Fire Consultant: FSC Engineering - Samuele Sassi

Local Landscape: Studio Archepa - Sabrina Fazio

Lighting Design: Antonia Peón-Veiga

Acoustics: VIBE - Sabrina Canale, Alessia Griginis

Graphic Design: Kathryn Gillmore

Renders: Charles Choi, Matías Qualitz

Translation: Pietro Pezzani

Office
Jocelyn Froimovich, an architect based in London, serving international clients.
She works privately, with institutions and with public administrations on projects of varying scale and complexity.

Facing challenging urban environments, Jocelyn works, as required, with specialists - engineers, landscape architects, lighting and graphic designers and others. She fully exploits the technical, social, environmental, aesthetic and economic demands of architecture.

As an independent practitioner, her work ranges from residential projects in New York State and Chile to installations such as MoMA’s Young Architects Program COSMO (with Offpolinn, 2015) - exhibited at MoMA PS1. Current projects under construction include the New Lorenteggio Library in Milan (with Team BLO, to be completed in 2026) and private comissions in Chile.

Jocelyn has won awards from the Arts Council and the British Council in the UK, the municipality of Milan, Columbia University in New York and the Ministry of Culture in Chile. Her work has been published in the periodicals AV, ARQ and Afasia and exhibited in the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich. She has served on the jury of several design competitions, has lectured internationally and taught at the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Columbia University, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, XJTLU Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and the University of Liverpool, where she is a lecturer.
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Aiguasol Engineers
Antonia Peón-Veiga, Lighting
Arquitectura Agronomía, Landscape
Arup Engineers NYC
Atelier Verticale
ATW TU Datmstadt
BAC Engineers
B-Green, Energy Consultants
Matilde Cassani
Charles Choi Renders
COPRAT
European Cultural Centre
José Galvez
Kathryn Gillmore
Urtzi Grau
Iguzzini
Jadue + Livingstone
La Imaginería
Anna-Maria Meister
Municipality of Milan
Maria Milans
Offpolinn, Andrés Jaque
Osvaldo Peñaloza, Structures
RGF Consulting
School of Architecture, Pontificia Univercidad Católica de Chile
School of Architecture, University of Liverpool
Christian Saavedra
Giovanna Silva
Team BLO
VIBE Acoustics
XJTLU Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Work chevron-up

2018 - under construction: Lorenteggio Library in Milan, Italy (with Urtzi Grau, Stefano Rolla and Laura Signorelli - built by 2024).

2020 - under construction: Private Residence in Zapallar, Chile, (with José Galvez).

2024: Nuova Sede del Comun General de Fascia (public administration building) San Giovanni di Fassa, Italy (with Urtzi Grau).

2023: Villa Mater (elderly home), International Design Competition, Rivoli, Italy (with Urtzi Grau).

2023: RSA Master Tools (elderly home), International Design Competition, Rovereto, Italy (with Urtzi Grau, and BAC).

2023: Mansfield (housing and regeneration scheme), International Design Competition, Mansfield, UK (with Urtzi Grau, Studio Partington, and Ash Sakula).

2022 - 2023: Apartment renovation in Santiago, Chile, for Carolyn Froimovich (with José Galvez).

2022: Bosco della Musica (music academy, workshops, housing, and theaters), International Design Competition, Milan, Italy (with Urtzi Grau, Arquitectura Agronomía, Atelier Verticale, and BAC).

2022: Luftraum, Committee Selection for the German Pavillion, Venice Biennale 2023, (with Anna-Maria Meister, Teresa Fankhänel, Anna Luise Schubert, Ines Weizman)

2021 - 2022: Magnifica Fabbrica (warehouses, backstage production amd park rennovation for Teatro alla Scala), International Design Competition, Milan, Italy (with Urtzi Grau). Finalist, 2nd Prize.

2021: How do we live? exhibition and symposium at European Cultural Center in Venice during the Venice Architecture Biennale (with Johanna Muszbek, sponsored by Ministerio de la Cultura y las Artes, Gobierno de Chile).

2021: Novecento Piu Cento, (art museum) International Design Competition, Milan, Italy (With Urtzi Grau). Finalist, 4th Prize.

2020: Landscape and infrastructure for Calan Hill “Calán - Entre el Cerro y el Cielo,” Santiago, Chile.

2020: Renovation and expansion of Gramsci Museum Sardinia, Italy.

2020: New Fossoli Visitor Center Carpi, Italy.

2020: SONYC - Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge in New York, US (with Antonia Peón Veiga, Anne Guthrie, Kathryn Gillmore, Magdalena Gatica, Oriol Gavalda, Diego Terán, Erin Schreiner).

2019: How do we live? at Sao Paulo Architecture Biennale, Brazil (with Johanna Muszbek, sponsored by British Council).

2019: New Scuola Pizzigoni (elementary school), Milan, Italy.

2019: Instituto Hebreo International design competition in Santiago, Chile (with Urtzi Grau).

2017 - 2020: Architect of Record for Mill Street House in Catskills, NY (with Maria Milans Studio).

2017 - 2019: Architect of Record for Whalebone Landing in Southhampton, NY (with Maria Milans Studio).

2017 - 2018: “Plaza de los Músicos” (public plaza) for SCD in Santiago, Chile (with Stefano Rolla and Laura Signorelli). 1st prize competition, and development design.

2017: CAI International Antarctic Center (museum, scientific center, and administrative facilities), International design competition in Pta Arenas, Chile (with Urtzi Grau).

2016 - 2017: Architect of Record for CampO House in Catskills, NY (with Maria Milans Studio).

2016: Townhouse in Harlem, NY, for Nicolás Velasco and Ricardo Posada (with Juan Francisco Garcés).

2016: Museo de la Memoria (museum), design competition in Concepción, Chile (with Santiago Valdivieso, Stefano Rolla and Laura Signorelli).

2015: COSMO - winning proposal for MoMA YAP, exhibited at MoMA PS1, Queens (with Offpolinn, Andrés Jaque Architects and Patrick Craine).

2015: Apartment renovation in Manhattan, NY, for Columbus York Inc.

2015: Apartment renovation in Manhattan, NY, for Helena and Antoine Arlaud (with Maurizio Biancchi).

2015: Apartment renovation in Manhattan, NY for Arlen Cohen.

2015: Kunst Silo museum and art district design international competition in Norway (with Sandra Arndt).

2014: Apartment renovation in Manhattan, NY, for Mike Long (with Nicolo Lewanski).

2014: Apartment renovation in Brooklyn, NY for Angel Guiloff (with Maria Milans Studio).

2013 - 2014: Apartment renovation in Harlem, NY for Jerry Portwood and Patricio del Real.

2013 - 2017: Planning and design of a house, foraging, farming, and cooking program within a 56 acre property Upstate New York for the chef Ali El Sayed (with Joaquim Moreno).

2013: EUROPAN 12 housing design competition in The Netherlands (with Maria Milans).

2011: Pecha Kucha Japan housing design competition in Japan (with Maria Milans).

2010 – 2014: Bernard Tschumi Architects. Worked as an architectural designer for the IFCA project in Santo Domingo, an office building inserted in a satellite city master plan in the Dominican Republic. Participated in the design development and construction of Carnal Dome, Le Rosey, Switzerland; a music facility with an 800 seat concert hall.

2007 – 2009: Weiss Manfredi Architecture Landscape Urbanism. Collaborated in the competitions: Music Dance and Theatre Complex, Princeton University; Center for the Arts, Duke University; Data Center and Offices, Cornell University; Krishna P. Singh Nanotechnology Center, University of Pennsylvania; Taekwondo Park in Muju, Korea; Aga Khan University, Tanzania. The last four proposals were won and developed in the office. Participated in the design of the New Arts Complex, University of Virginia and U. Penn’s Krishna P. Singh Nanotechnology Center.

2007: Izquierdo Lehmann Architects. Study for a Housing, Office and Commerce Complex in Apoquindo, Santiago. Collaboration in the design of a House in Lake Vichuquén and Cruz del Sur Office Building.

2006: José Domingo Peñafiel Architects. Competition for urban renewal for Vitacura Avenue, Municipal Government of Vitacura.

2005: IBA Architects. Internship. Participated in the elaboration of the Master Plan of Los Bravo, Santiago.

2004: Paihuano City Hall. Valle del Elqui, IV Region, Chile. Reordering and development of the planning regulation of 3 towns: Vicuña, Quebrada de Paihuano and Cochihuaz (with Paula Livingstone).

2004: Skylight. Design and construction of skylight in Atelier S. Donoso, Santiago (with Paula Livingstone).

2003: Medicine Faculty Building, Universidad Católica. Internship. Universidad Católica, Santiago. Archs. Fernando P. Oyarzún and Alejandro Aravena.

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2024: "Architectural Renders and the Production of Underclocked Images (an Upcoming Farewell)," lecture for the Lise Meitner Group at the Max Planck Institute in Florence.

2022–ongoing: Appointed Lecturer at University of Liverpool.

2017–ongoing: Project Home - How do we Live?, Housing research and series of design workshops with Johanna Muszbek at University of Liverpool, London, UK; Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile; Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University - Shanghai/Suzhou.

2021- 2022: The Architecture of Shit, Seminar-Studio at TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt.

2020: Sleep - Public Architectures for Bodies at Rest, Seminar-Studio at TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt.

2020: Sleep - Public Architectures for Bodies at Rest, Seminar-Studio at Universidad Católica, Santiago. 2015: Sleepingtories Workshop at Hellowood, workshop leader with Bence Komlosi for the interantional summer program Hellowood, Czorompuszta, Hungary.

2011–2012: Advanced Studio “Materials, Concept – Percept – Affect”, “The House with the three ‘Clients’” Teacher Assistant with Bernard Tschumi, Columbia University.

2006: “History of architecture II”, Instructor with Prof. Horacio Torrent, U. Católica.

2005–2006: “Poetics of Inhabiting”, Instructor with Prof. Ernesto Rodriguez, U. Católica.

2004–2005: “Introduction to Architecture”, Instructor with Prof. Alejandro Crispiani, U. Católica.

2004: “Casona Lo Contador”, Collaboration in the investigation of the colonial house which houses the Architecture School of the Universidad Católica. Planimetric and Iconographic research guided by Professor Fernando Perez Oyarzún.

2002: “Architectural drawing”, Instructor with Profs. Alex Moreno and Felipe Banda, U.Católica.

Publications chevron-up

By 2024: “Cruz del Sur en A+U”, article in “Abril” new architecture journal in Santiago, organized by Alejandra Celedón, Gabriela García de Cortázar, Nicolás Stutzin, and Enrique Walker.

2021: “How do we live?” at European Cultural Center Catalogue, Venice Architecture Biennale (with Johanna Muszbek).

2021: “The right to sleep in public”, article in the catalogue of the exhibition “Who ́s Next -We Need to Talk About Homelessness” at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich (curated by Andres Lepik and Daniel Talesnik).

2021: “How do we live? - Santiago, London, Shanghai - Suzhou” with Johanna Muszbek in Citizen Magazine, London.

2019: “How do we live?” at Sao Paulo Architecture Biennale Catalogue (with Johanna Muszbek, sponsored by British Council).

2018: AFASIA, “New Lorenteggio Library, Milan”, Jocelyn Froimovich, Urtzi Grau, Stefano Rolla, Laura Signorelli, Cristiana Giordano.

2018: El Mercurio, “Premiados a la Distancia”, Jocelyn Froimovich, Urtzi Grau, Stefano Rolla, Laura Signorelli.

2018: ARQ #98, “How do we live? Housing Studios - Santiago Workshop”, Jocelyn Froimovich and Johanna Muszbek.

2011: Abstract 2010/2011 GSAPP, Columbia University “Mimicking Wyckoff”, “Last White Museum”, and “Sleepingtory”.

2006: SPAM arq #3, “Housing in Density: Transformation of Central Zone of Santiago.”

2005: ARQ #59, Drawings for “Sergio Larrain’s House.”

Honours & Awards chevron-up

2023: Global Talent, Arts Council, UK

2021 - 2022: Magnifica Fabbrica, International Design Competition, Milan, Italy (with Urtzi Grau). Finalist, 2nd Prize.

2021: Novecento Piu Cento, International Design Competition, Milan, Italy (with Urtzi Grau). Finalist, 4th Prize.

2018: 1st Prize Lorenteggio Library in Milan, Italy (with Urtzi Grau, Stefano Rolla and Laura Signorelli).

2021: Ministerio de la Cultura y las Artes, Gobierno de Chile, Ventanilla Abierta, "How do we live?" exhibition and symposium at European Cultural Center in Venice during the Venice Architecture Biennale (with Johanna Muszbek).

2019: British Council "How do we live?" at Sao Paulo Architecture Biennale, Brazil (with Johanna Muszbek).

2017-2018: Research Development Initiative Fund 2017, 2018, 2019 University of Liverpool, UK (with Johanna Muszbek).

2017: 1st Prize “Plaza de los Músicos” square for SCD in Santiago, Chile (with S.Rolla and L.Signorelli).

2016: Santander Travel Grant Award, University of Liverpool, UK (with Johanna Muszbek).

2010: Honor Award for Excellence in Design. Excellence in Design Studio, Columbia University.

2010: Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize. Awarded to graduating students for the best final semester design project in the studio section, Columbia University.

2010: Ali Jawad Malik Memorial Honor Award. For excellence in the History and Theory sequence, Columbia University.

2010: William Kinne Fellows Prize (Faculty Prize). For study and travel to Japan with the proposal “Atelier Bow-Wow’s domestic Tokyo.” Columbia University.

2010: DAAD Scholarship. Appointed by the Government of Germany.

2009: Presidente de la República Scholarship. Assigned by the government of Chile for academic and professional excellency, including full tuition and expenses grant.

2007: Academic Excellency Award (Summa Cum Laude). Career achievement. Graduation Ceremony, Universidad Católica de Chile, School of Architecture, November 2007.

2007: Expoumbrales. Exhibition of the best thesis projects of Architecture and Design Schools in the Universidad Católica. Thesis “Housing in Density: Transformation of the Central Zone of Santiago” with Marisol Garcia, Gilberto Lepori and Javier Vergara.

2006: Competition for the Municipal Government of Vitacura. Third price for the Urban Renewal of Vitacura Street.

2005 and 2001: Expotalleres. Exhibition of the best studio projects of the Architecture School Universidad Católica. Project for an industrial and housing complex in La Pintana, suburbs of Santiago and a resting stop for a bike and running circuit on the Mapocho river.

2004: Nominee for the RIBA President’s Medal. Dissertation “Modern Sensitivity within genuine Colonial. Sergio Larrain’s House in Lo Contador.”

2003: Manuel Moreno Award. Given by the Architecture School of the Universidad Católica for the best research of the semester. Research in the 1950’s house of the architect Sergio Larrain GM, Santiago Chile.

Reviews & Lectures chevron-up

Columbia University, New York; Princeton University, Princeton; Parsons, New York; City College, New York; Pratt University, Brooklyn; New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey; Northeastern University, Boston; Universidad Católica, Santiago; Cambridge University, Cambridge; University of Liverpool, Liverpool and London; London School of Architecture, London; TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt; XJTLU, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou; Politecnico Milano, Milan; Municipality of Milan; Ordine di Architetti Milano, Milan.

© 2024 Jocelyn Froimovich
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