Article source: FABBRICANOVE Architetti 

The new Auditorium of the Banca di Credito Cooperativo (B.C.C.) “G. Toniolo” in San Cataldo born from the client’s desire to create a public space for cultural events open to the public and for hosting business private meetings. Then, a space for the residents to meet and share new cultural opportunities, and for the bank activities. The location of the project is an important issue for the design approach: San Cataldo, a small town in the middle of Sicily, is composed of traditional houses. The auditorium is a new urban and contemporary design ‘object’ that comes as an alternative to the consolidated historical center, thanks to the project of FABBRICANOVE Architetti, an architectural office founded in Florence in 2009 by Enzo Fontana, Giovanni Bartolozzi, and Lorenzo Matteoli.

Insertion of the monolith and the continuity of the building gap that keeps together the stairwells and the emergency exits, Image Courtesy © Filippo Romano

• Architects: FABBRICANOVE Architetti (Enzo Fontana, Giovanni Bartolozzi, Lorenzo Matteoli)
• Project: The new Auditorium of the Banca di Credito Cooperativo (B.C.C.) “G. Toniolo”
• Location: San Cataldo, Italy
• Photography: Filippo Romano
• Client: BCC ‐ Banca di Credito Cooperativo “G. Toniolo” of San Cataldo
• Architects and works supervisor: Enzo Fontana, Giovanni Bartolozzi
• Collaborators: Daniele Capolicchio, Francesco Capriotti, Renata Laudati, Domenico Calabrese
• Structural engineering: Antonello Sajeva, Simona Sajeva

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