MONOLITHIC DISINTEGRATION After a preliminar analysis of the site arose the deep centrifugal nature of itself, urban flows wind in the secondary roads and over the uppermost axis N/W-S/E. The concept suggests a centripetal reversal towards our project site, we started then from a concrete monolith, shaped on the lines of the construction site, it disgregates itself and it’s cut by the flows coming from the secondary roads. On the first concept of disintegration, called horizontal, to which we could abstracly relate even the most iconic whirling shape in the roman architectural scenery: the Coliseum, we added the vertical disintegration type, changing the section and the height of the plans that make the site so as to create multifunctional spaces on different levels. A dematerialization of the ground floor occurs in favor of different oblique plans, through these and other horizontal plans on different heights we created a way in order to have a limited use of the ground floor, compared to the volumetric expansion underground. All the project is developed considering the principles of “Design for All”, offering maximum flexibility and usability to all types of users, this was possible thanks to a modeled ramp, linked to the vertical disintegration concept, that creates a sensorial path, leading at the underground floor, and letting users to access at the partial-subterranean exposition zone.
BUILDING BLOCKS
KEY FEATURES
On the right: A volumetric diagram of the designed buildings, it describes type and placing on the construction site. Following: Images represent the scheme of the evolutionary process and the primary concepts that are the base of our project.
CUTTING LINES
SPIRAL DIGGING
INCLUSIVE DESIGN