Campanello Nursery
Capri

Campanello Municipal NurseryCapri, Naples “Campanello” is the first nursery in the municipality of Capri.It has found an unusual location on the ground floor of an old building halfway up the hill, not far from the harbor, on the site where a winery used to be based.The project kept in balance the respect for the morphology […]

Spazzolino Nursery
Anacapri

Spazzolino Municipal Nursery Anacapri, Naples The ‘Spazzolino’ nursery of Anacapri is one of a series of projects for the Prisma cooperative of Meta. The aim of this cooperation is to create quality services in Southern Italy that may contribute in disseminating and promoting the culture of childcare services.Spazzolino is the first nursery of the Island […]

Primary School
Piano di Sorrento

Primary SchoolPiano di Sorrento, Naples Design competition – second prize The School is an Articulated Building, Composed of Distinct and Recognizable Structures.the Volumes are Set Back from the Street Line to Define a New Square. This New Public Space is the “Urban Extension of the Complex, Marking the” Opening of a Renovated School that Presents […]

Urban Playground
Guimaraes, Portugal

Urban PlaygroundGuimaraes, Portugal Ideas competition Performance Architecture The project was a contestant in the competition launched on the occasion of the Guimaraes 2012 European Capital of Culture.The proposal was to utilize as public space the surface of the vats of the old Couros tanneries, a truly inspiring and materic location close to the city’s downtown […]

Giorgio Bassani City Library
Ferrara

Giorgio Bassani City LibraryFerrara The Bassani library stands in the Barco district, next to the market place.The complex consists of three volumes in parallel, all one-storey. The central and higher one contains a conference hall for 120 people, an exhibition area, a patio and a reading room on two staggered levels. The lower volumes contain […]

Expansion of the Liceo Ariosto Upper Secondary School
Ferrara

Expansion of the Liceo Ariosto Upper Secondary SchoolFerrara The building expands the upper secondary school built in the 1970’s by Melograni, Giura Longo and Martines. It contains 12 new classrooms and a library that is used also for extra-curricular activities.The new addition closes in the school campus along the street, via Arianuova. The school is […]

Reconstruction of the Barco District
Ferrara

Reconstruction of the Barco DistrictFerrara The urban redevelopment of Barco in Ferrara is an exceptional case in the Italian landscape. Here, the Municipality and the IACP, now ACER, initiated the process of demolishing the 1940s workers’ neighborhood and creating a new settlement with a rich array of public services.Two courtyards have been built, consisting of […]

Reuse of the Former Sant’Agostino Convent
Montepulciano

Reuse of the Former Sant’Agostino ConventMontepulciano, Siena The restructuring of the ground floor of the former convent, with the intent of housing the Val d’Elsa Employment Center, offered the opportunity to start the restoration and requalification of the entire Sant’Agostino complex.The restoration of a part of the loggia involved the reopening of three Renaissance arches […]