With STUDIOTOINO thesis projects with graduating students from Iaad university have become a reoccurring event, and the 100 year anniversary make this moment even more important.
The titles proposed for the two students this year are particularly ambitious: "A contemporary concept of the Ferrari Dino" and " an italian one-off based on a classic american muscle car".
"Dino contemporary hypothesis" was the title proposed by STUDIOTORINO for the degree thesis presented by Cristiano Umana on 5th July at the Iaad University of Turin.
The intention was more than to create a new hypothetical style, it was also to study how extraordinary projects can be born from a heartbreaking love story of a father for a son, destined to die very young from a degenerative disease.
Turin March 26, 2019, the first study of Cristiano Umana to get to the contemporary Dino.
Maranello 1954, Enzo and Alfredo (Dino) Ferrari together from the window of via Abetone lower 4.The most striking thing about this thesis is that Enzo Ferrari chose the V6 engine for the most important technological change on his cars, that was the move from a front engined to a mid’ engined layout.
The engine developed by the very young Alfredo Ferrari was perhaps, not surprisingly, branded with his nickname "Dino" after his death.
This major innovation of repositioning the engine-gearbox group took place for Ferrari first in 1961 for Formula 1 called Dino 156 F1, still in 1961 in the Sport Prototype category the 246 SP, and in 1967 with the Dino 206 GT followed then by 246 GT and GTS for the first Gran Turismo of "Grande serie" whose total production reached 4,067 units.
These extraordinary Dino road GTand GTS were preceded by three inspiring prototypes, presented by Pininfarina at its stands at the Paris Motor Shows in 1965, in Turin in 1966 and in Frankfurt in 1967. They are respectively named Dino 206 Berlinetta Speciale, Dino Berlinetta GT, and Dino Berlinetta Prototipo Competizione.
Precisely from these three Pininfarina masterpieces, the Dino 206 GT was finally presented at the Turin Motor Show in October 1967 at the Ferrari stand.
1961 Ferrari 156 F11962 Ferrari 196 SP
1967 Dino 206 GT1969 Dino 246 GT1971 Dino 246 GTS.
Paris 1965 Pininfarina presents the prototype called Ferrari Dino 206 P Berlinetta Speciale
1966 Dino Berlinetta GT1967 Dino Berlinetta Competizione
1963 Ferrari 250 LMWhen and how Enzo Ferrari decided to want the engine in the central position, the Tipo 250 LM of 1963 should be told as an "exception".
As already written, in 1961 Ferrari presented its first Formula 1 and its first Sport Prototype with a central engine, and in 1967 its first homologated large-production road car; of all these cars the engine was the six-cylinder DINO.
This 1963 250 LM, also with a central engine but with 12 cylinders, the idea was to imagine the renewal of the famous 250 GTO (Gran Turismo Omologata) which had a front 12 cylinder engine for competitions, and it is no coincidence that LM were the initials of Le Mans.
The F.I.A. due to insufficient units produced (33 in total out of 100 requests) it did not issue the homologation to compete in the Gran Turismo Omologate category, and for this reason it was forced to race in the Sport Prototype category. Later in 1966 very few specimens were then approved for road circulation in a private way.
For this reason the 250 LM should be considered a Sport Prototype and not a production car.
Attempting to style a Maranello car is presumptuous, but since it is a thesis by a young student, it should also be considered a courageous and worthy task.
Before starting work, it was decided to first make a visit to the Geneva Motor Show, then to Modena and Maranello in order to let him soak up the magical atmosphere of the places where the legend was born.
A walk outside the factory, a visit to the two museums, and tasting the food of the local historic restaurants were the preparatory stages.
Turin 10 March 2019, a preparatory drawing by Cristiano Umana to learn about the sinuous curves of the classic Dino.
Alfredo and Maria Paola Stola, as external consultants, invited their friend Wladimir Lasbugues to contribute as a tutor, gaining the opinion of a professional designer with the aim of making Cristiano Umana grasp every little historical, aesthetic and technical detail that could be useful for the thesis.
2500 cc, 4-cylinder turbo with an electric power unit, the characteristics that give name to this hybrid "Dino 254 GT-H".
The overall dimensions of this Dino are: length 4300mm, width 1850mm, height 1200mm, wheelbase 2550mm, which makes it around 19% smaller (apart from the similar height) than the Ferrari 488.
In this thesis a spider version was also imagined with a classic targa-type roof, the "Dino 254 GTS-H".
Geneva 5 March 2019. Alfredo Stola with the student Cristiano Umana at the Motor Show accidentally meet the Director of the Ferrari Style Center, the architect Flavio Manzoni.Geneva 5 March 2019.
Cristiano Umana, Alfredo Stola and Flavio Manzoni.
Modena 23 March 2019, in front of the Ferrari family house a souvenir photo of Alfredo Stola,
Cristiano Umana and Wladimir Lasbugues.
Modena, 23 March 2019. In the Ferrari museum Wladimir Lasbugues tells Diano 246 to Cristiano Umana.Maria Paola Stola, Wladimir Lasbugues and Cristiano Umana in a souvenir photo in the center of the museum.
Castelnuovo Rangone 23 03 2019. From Pasticcino M.P. Stola, C. Umana, A. Stola, Pasticcino, W. Lasbugues
and C. Stola.Maranello 24 03 2019. Restaurant Il Cavallino M.P. Stola,
C. Umana, A. Stola, W. Lasbugues
and C. Stola.
March 28, 2019, Alfredo Stola and Cristiano Umana.Alfredo Stola, Cristiano Umana and Maria Paola Stola.
The preparatory drawings for the thesis "Dino hypothesis contemporary"
The preparatory drawings for the thesis "Dino hypothesis contemporary"The preparatory drawings for the thesis "Dino hypothesis contemporary"
Turin 5 July 2019. Cristiano Umana exposes the thesis
"Dino hypothesis contemporary"Turin 5 July 2019. Cristiano Umana exposes the thesis <br> "Dino hypothesis contemporary"
Turin 5 July 2019. At the IAAD university the commission composed of Alfredo Stola, Maria Paola Stola,
Laura Milani, Pietro Nume and Alessandro Camorali.
A few days after the presentation of the thesis, we met in Villarbasse to set up a "Post Thesis" study.
In this way, Tutor Wladimir Lasbugues was able to transmit to Umana all the improvements in terms of line refinement and coloring.
Cristiano Umana, without the pressure of the exams, was able to complete the drawing and thus simulate, in a certain sense, a real work environment with a manager to whom to report the result.
Villarbasse 24 July 2019. About three weeks after the presentation of the thesis, Maria Paola hosts the designer Wladimir Lasbugues who as Tutor examines and corrects the designs of Cristiano Umana. The goal is to face a "Post Thesis" period together to obtain the most professional result possible.
August 14, 2019. This drawing is the result of Cristiano Umana's "Post Thesis" work under the supervision
of his Tutor Wladimir Lasbugues.
September 2019 in the post-thesis work we imagined the spider version with the classic hard plate-type roof.
September 2019 in the post-thesis work we imagined the spider version with the classic hard plate-type roof.