Manual Waste Sorting Platform
Isla Margarita, Venezuela
Manual Waste Sorting Platform, Isla Margarita, Venezuela The platform is located inside a bio-mechanical waste treatment plant. It shelters the work of men and women who previously found sustenance in clandestinely scavenging the landfill that once occupied the area.In the new plant, 40 workers sort the waste material as it advances on a conveyor belt. […]
Reuse of the Former Sant’Agostino Convent
Montepulciano, Siena
Reuse of the Former Sant’Agostino Convent, Montepulciano, 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 […]
Reconstruction of the Barco District
Ferrara
Reconstruction of the Barco District, Ferrara The urban reorganization of the Barco district in Ferrara is an exceptional occurrence for Italy. The municipality of Ferrara and the IACP (Autonomous Public Housing Institute), now ACER, had the workers’ district that dated back to the 1940’s demolished and in its place built a new one with a […]
Expansion of the Liceo Ariosto Upper Secondary School
Ferrara
Expansion of the Liceo Ariosto Upper Secondary School, Ferrara 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 […]
Giorgio Bassani City Library
Ferrara
Giorgio Bassani City Library, Ferrara 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 […]