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Project • By LFSN • Memorial spaces
RePax Chapel
This chapel, located within the cemetery of Mazzarino, is conceived as a place where everything is designed to evoke introspection and peace.
The architectural layout follows the existing site footprint, with interior space defined by the subtraction of volumes—a direct result of a construction system that allows for no alternatives.
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The openings adhere strictly to the geometry of the voids, serving to bring natural light, fresh air, or access into the building. The main entrance, crafted from perforated metal, leads directly to the center of the chapel, where visitors are welcomed into an extremely clean and minimal space. Here, the geometry is defined by the lines of the tombstones and the coffered ceiling.
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Project • By LFSN • Individual Buildings
Casa Friscanzana
Friscanzana house is a country mansion harmoniously placed in the network of stone walls and typical paths in the countryside surrounding the Sicilian town of Ragusa.
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The house consists of a main building, extending lengthwise with a string of broad rooms divided by transversal bearing walls, and two juxtaposed annexes.
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The project is based on a deep and (auto)ironical analysis of the Sicilian character, meant both as a body of endemic behaviors and as an interpretation of clichés about the “Sicilian man” found in the media and particularly in movies.
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Fimmina, Masculu, Duminica, Curtigghio, Lagnusia, Calura e Friscanzana, Tivitti (Woman, Man, Sunday, Courtyard/gossip, Lazine... More