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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Villa Torlonia in San Mauro Pascoli, Italy by LocarcJuly 15th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Locarc The Villa Torlonia in San Mauro Pascoli, near the towns of Rimini and Cesena, Italy, is one of the most important cultural heritage sites of the Rubicone river valley for its architectural and historical significance. Defined as a “monumental complex”, its many buildings, built throughout history, have come to have a peculiar artistic, historical and ethno-anthropological relevance. Once a perfect rural factory with warehouses, production rooms, work environments and residences, current circumstances have determined its inevitable changing in function converting the complex into a suggestive venue for cultural events.  Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist
 Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist The functional reorganisation of the spaces, modern adjustments to safety precautions, the preservation of structure and materials characteristics are the main want which the rehabilitation project tries to satisfy through reversible solutions, inspired by the criterion of minimum intervention and the distinctiveness of the new additions with respect to the existing ones. The first objective to be reached is the refunctionalisation of the spaces linked to the cultural project “Parco Poesia Pascoli”. To meet these needs a clear, rational distributive solution was sought, capable of enhancing the spatial qualities of the historical building.  Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist  Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist The entrance hall to the cellars, characterized by a floor with cross vaults on masonry pillars, will be used for basic exhibitions and without any particular technological installation, while the long adjacent room, located under the “Sala delle Tinaie”, will house the new “Giovanni Pascoli Multimedia Museum”. On the first floor the theatre foyer will be located, here two doors lead to the theatre room with about 200 seats.  Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist  Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist Having given a new use to the ancient spaces, the renovation process carries on with the conservation of the environments: only if we conceive the restoration process as bringing new life to the building, only if we think of the monument as becoming, as the result of continuous transformations, can we grasp the sense of the design choice made for the building. Inside and outside both, it was decided to maintain the structure current state, replacing only the wooden frames of the exhibition rooms with iron frames which recall the “industrial” character of the restored portion of the building.  Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist  Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist All the rooms have been left plasterless in order to highlight the different texture of the brick walls as evidence of the overlaps, the historical traces of the different construction phases. Galvanised steel micro-perforated channels, light projectors, electric cables left exposed, technological components essential to set up the new use of the spaces are superimposed on the crusting, the shreds of plaster, the rusty beams.  Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist  Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist Accessibility is guaranteed to each space also, overcoming the numerous barriers and level differences that have arisen as a result of the many extensions of the complex, through three different systems of connection: stairs, ramps and lift bring together rooms and levels of the Villa that needed linkage. The vertical connection bodies have pure geometric shapes, are all made of natural steel, accurate in design and craftsmanship, and are clearly distinguished from the original context.  Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist  Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist  Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist  Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist  Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist  Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist  Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist  Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist  Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist  Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist  Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist  Image Courtesy © Daniele Lisi potographer and visual artist  Image Courtesy © Locarc  Image Courtesy © Locarc  Image Courtesy © Locarc
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Tags: Italy, San Mauro Pascoli Categories: Autocad, Factory, House, Production Hall, Residential, Villa, Warehouse |
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