Urban redevelopment

Unify the image of the medieval historic center by creating a system of continuous and interconnected pedestrian public spaces. An “urban landscaping” operation that involves reflections on the volumetric perceptions of spaces, the introduction of alignments, green areas and backdrops, the demolition of superfetations, architectural restoration interventions, new buildings and the study of the new urban pavement, which defines a series of spaces in harmonic sequence in which the design reverberates from the main squares to the internal courtyards. Two interventions of new construction. A glass volume attached by a steel supporting structure to the south and west elevations of the Civic Theater, acts as a “filter area” and houses an additional staircase and habitable “boxes”, hanging from the internal steel structure. A project with a dual function is carried out near the parish: a concrete plate acts as a cover for a covered parking lot, at the same time constituting the playing surface of the sports field above, where a metal perimeter skin and the wide access stairway in wood define a place of aggregation and rest.

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Project: Benedetto Camerana
Location: Trino Vercellese, town center (VC)
Realization: Finished
Client: Provincia di Vercelli
Procedure: Design competition, first place
Consultants: AI Engineering, AI Studio, STECI, Lorenzo Isola, Riccardo Isola, Paolo Boasso, Raffaella Rolfo, SAB Engineering, Studio Furno Associati
Functions: Recovery and re-functionalization of Trino’s city center, reconstruction of the civic theater, sports field Chronology: Preliminary project (2004), definitive and executive project (2005), construction (2006-2008)
Collaborators: Hermann Kohllöffel, Mauro Comoli, Pierluigi Gianfreda, Maria L’Episcopo, Alessandro Rigazio, Andrea Tonin, Agostino Tudda
Dimensional data: Entire town center
Total cost: 7.000.000,00 €
Photo credits: Alberto Piovano

Books

  • D.T. Ferrando (a cura di), 011+ Architetture Made in Torino, Mondadori Electa S.P.A., Milano
    2008, pp. 37-47.

Architecture and design magazines

  • M. Salerno, “Dopo Torino l’Europa, Camerana tenta il salto all’estero”, in Progetti e Concorsi di Edilizia e Territorio, 12-17 marzo 2007, pp. 4-5.
  • M. Soru, “Architettura contemporanea nei centri storici italiani”, in ArkNews Il giornale di
    architettura, settembre 2010, pag. 2.
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