EMILY TOTTEN

ADVANCED TOPICAL DESIGN STUDIO: URBAN ARCHITECTURE IN CONTEXT

ISI FLORENCE

FIRENZE: THE PORTFOLIO

QUARTIER SAINT-THOMAS D’AQUIN

7th BOROUGH

LE BON MARCHE

HOTEL MATIGNON

CHURCH OF SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS

TUILERIES

ARC DE TRIOMPHE

LA SEINE LOUVRE

LA TOUR D’EIFFEL

MUSEE D’ORSAY

CENTRAL CIRCULATIONEATING AREAPRIVATE

1900 – Gare d'Orsay train station built for French railway company by Lucien Magne, Émile Bénard and Victor Laloux

1939 – station closed

1939-1970 – used for suburban services and a mailing center during WWII

1978 – put on list of Historical Monuments

1978 – competition to design a new museum, awarded to ACT Architecture

1981-1986 – interior renovated by Gae Aulenti, an Italian architect

2009-2011 – renovated to improve the galleries, exhibition space and circulation

NOIVOILORO

TRAVEL

LINE OF SITE

NOIVOILORO is community center in Erba, Lombardy. It contains a diverse program from a restaurant to offices, all of which are designed to revitalize the area. The center is designed so that the for-profit areas can fund programs that help struggling members of the community. The roof form is a contemporary take on traditional Italian forms, and the built-in bench hearkens back to Renaissance times.

LIBRARY WORKSHOP

For the library workshop, students from ISI worked with groups of 3-4 Italian students to design a library and the surrounding piazza. Our concept was a visual cone that would allow for views of both the Duomo and the Rotunda. Our façade system had moveable terracotta panels that could be adjusted to let in light. Our program included, in addition to the typical library space, multiple terraces and a bookstore. The piazza itself contained a lowered water area with steps to sit on, and we included trees to provide shade in the summer.

PIAZZA FOR THE PEOPLE

The Piazza for the People proposes a series of thresholds organized around an axis that leads people from Cascine Park to the church. The open market space acts as the most prominent threshold. Green areas, reflecting pools, and benches are integrated throughout, while vehicular and bicycle traffic is diverted away from the walking areas.

VIEW OUT

VIEW IN

The Palazzo for the People is a contemporary museum designed to both reflect and modernize the typology of the traditional Florentine palazzo. It has a double skin façade that filters light to protect the artwork The floor levels heights, outdoor bench, upper terrace, loggia, raised overhanging roof, and courtyard work together to create the perfect modern museum for the context in Isolotto.

PALAZZO FOR THE PEOPLE: A MUSEUM

SKETCHES

VIEW OF DUOMO FROM PIAZZA SANT’AMBROGIO

MICHELUCCI’S CHURCH

ARA PACIS MUSEUM

STREETS OF PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC

PIAZZA DE NERLI

EIFFEL TOWER