CASTIGLIONE

Tourist Center In A Small Town Of Italy

Tucked away in the Tuscan countryside is the small and charming town of Castiglion Fiorentino. It was during my time abroad that we stayed here and grew to understand what makes it such a unique place. Within the walls of the Visitor’s Center and the surrounding site, we tried to capture the magic of Castiglion and create an experience through time. The building is split using wall datum from the historical city walls which run parallel to it.

2020 // IN COLLABORATION WITH BLAKE NORRIS

As visitors walk from the historical arcade entrance, they transcend time by leaving modernity behind and entering into a world of wine, family, friends and a slower pace. Some of the key features of the building include a two story interactive map of the city projecting from the wall of the café, a multi-use auditorium with separate after-hours access to the town, art from real local artists on stone walls that function as a

We used the angle of the original city wall as datum to create our own wall within the center, thus establishing the split in time and styles within the space

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The sections are cut along the long stone datum wall cutting through our building. with the top section representing the modern half and the bottom representing the rustic, old world