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Project • By Team4 • Theme Parks
CONTRABAND
CONTRABAND is a project developed within the "Riabitare le Alpi" Atelier. The team was assigned the number 4, hence the title TEAM4.
It consists of a network of mountain routes that go back to the routes of smugglers moving between Italy and France.
The information on smuggling in Valle Stura comes mainly from the direct testimonies of those who lived those experiences on their own skin. The video "La Couòntrobando, un mestíer per viure", shot in 2013 thanks to the contribution of local authorities, in which those who were the smugglers, and also an ex-financier, told facts and anecdotes was of fundamental importance for the investigation of their life.
We must understand the border not as a limit but as an area in... More
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