REPORT ON THE DESING PROPOSAL

1 - INTRODUCTION 2 - URBAN INSERTION 3 - TIMELINE PHASES 4 - PHASES OF INTERVENTION 5 - CASTLE INTERVENTION 6 - CONCLUSION

REPORT ON THE DESIGN PROPOSAL

The main concept of the design proposal focuses on the idea of the “journey” which consists of the town, the landscape around it, the Rocca and the interventions. The journey starts with a promenade path, which consists of two existing routes that lead the visitors to the castle through the town below.

On the step way up to the Rocca, different green areas open on the street and serve as spaces for rest and contemplation of the natural landscape. From here the visitors follow the main route until they reach a grassy plain that stretches around the medieval Rocca. A first intervention on the building is done on the main entrance of the east facade making it more visible and is extruded out of the wall, while the space right outside of the entrance and the Bastione Tower serve as a sitting area. The idea of the journey is presented also inside of the Rocca. The visitors come through the main entrance to a circulation route that starts with the groud floor, where wine cultivation methods and tools are presented and the route continues up to balcony, where one can find an exhibition of wine history. On the second floor there is also a wine tasting room and class room for educational purposes.

Inside of the castle, the exhibition on wine cultivation and educational spaces are incorporated into the internal floor plan which has an area of 373 sq. m, of which 200 sq m ground floor. The elevated floor, roughly 3m high, is working also as a support for the main structure of the Rocca. The balcony is accessible through a encased-metal staircase.

As a last intervention we thought of a reconstruction of the Bastione Circolare on the south-west side of the Rocca. The tower is visible from the road that leads to the city and the structure is light and porous in order leave the corner of the castle visible from outside. This acts as the final step of the journey, representing what was ruined by the historical earthquake event in Arquata Del Tronto. The journey ends through the crafted path back down to the town, similar to the way it begins.

ENLARGEMENT OF THE PATH TO CREATE A PUBLIC COMMON SPACE PEDESTRIAN PANORAMIC POINT OF VIEW