Centro cívico
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Project • By Settanta7 • Exhibition Centres
Area fieristica e centro servizi per l'agricoltura di Arcugnano
The new livestock market and service center were born from the strong relation with the local tradition and economy: they are a new urban space inside the historical center of Carmagnola.
© Fabio Bascetta photographer
The project’s purpose is the regeneration of the foro boario, a 1400 sqm building in which, in the past, the livestock market was hosted and, nowadays, it is partially abandoned. The citizen demanded for its renovation, asking for the reorganization of the area through the creation of a community center.
© Fabio Bascetta photographer
The new center is organized on a longitudinal axis in which the northern building acts as a telescope toward the fields, and in the southern area the bu... More
Project • By GUILLEM CARRERA arquitecte • Senior Housing
CENTRE DE DIA I CASAL DE GENT GRAN DE BLANCAFORT
Day center and home for the elderly of Blancafort.
A social building necessary for the elderly of the village of Blancafort and its neighboring municipalities.
The initial observation of the plot and its environment led to consider that the future building did not have to solve only a program and a requirement of an isolated building, but it also had to help consolidate the nearest urban fabric, creating an entrance to the village with its own personality and public character.
It is proposed to open the building to the three surrounding streets and public green area, turning the preexisting retaining wall into the base of the building and creating a core of common access and an internal courtyard for each of the two pu... More