IDA Report

IDA REPORT

Blandford Matteo ID:10039052 Studio 3 Live Project LIVE PALAZZO AR6003

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

I. Introduction p. 3 II. LIVE Palazzo p.4 III. Pavillion p.10 IV. Building p.18

INTRODUCTION:

In January 2012 me and a group of alumni formed UNIT+, a small design practice based in London. We got together to work on Operazione Arcevia 2.0. A project based in Arcevia, in the Marche region, in Italy. Operazione Arcevia 2.0 looks at reviving the principles of the original Operazione Arcevia, that was created in the early 1970s by Ico Parisi and Italo Bartoletti, in creating an artistic and cultural hub in Arcevia. Our focus is on the private reserve of our clients, Riserva Privata San Settimio owned the Bartoletti family, that housed the original Operazione Arcevia. By engaging with this project we were invited in september 2012 to survey the area in order to make appropriate decisions for the future designs. After the first encounter, I proposed to Studio 3 tutors Sandra Denicke-Polcher and Torange Khonsari to initiate a project, attached to Operazione Arcevia 2.0, but based in the closest town to our client’s reserve, Palazzo D’Arcevia.

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NIDASTORE

LORETELLO

SENIGALLIA

SAN PIETRO

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RISERVA PRIVATA SAN SETTIMIO

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PALAZZO

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San Ginesio

PITICCHIO Magnadorsa

Monte Fortino

ARCEVIA

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Santo Stefano Santa Croce Prosano

Civitalba AVACELLI

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LIVE Palazzo My live Project with studio 3 is based in Palazzo D’Arcevia, a hill town in the centre of Italy in the Marche Region. Palazzo D’Arcevia is in the council of Arcevia, it was buit in the later XIII century, even tough first settlements date two hundred years prior. The town today has 12 permanent residents with a capacity of holding 300. The decline in the population occurred in the second half of the XX century when the local sulphur mine closed. Palazzo D’Arcevia initially had 3 towers, upon expansion in the late medieval times it double its amount, on top of having also a bell tower.

In the years the town has lost all of the towers apart from two, the entrance tower and the bell tower.

My live project looks at revitilizing the town through the boosting of identity. The three projects I have undertaken, two of which have been constructed, feed on the encounters with the locals and the history of the town.

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Plan of Palazzo D’Arcevia Italy Marche region Arcevia council Palazzo late 1700s Palazzo late 1860s Plan of pPalazzo through the ages.

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8. Bird’s eye view of Palazzo D’Arcevia 9. View of Palazzo D’Arcevia from the hill in front.

10-11-12-13. Streets in Palazzo D’Arcevia 14. Entry portal to the town 15. Main square

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The first project for my strategy LIVE Palazzo was built in April 2013, it is an installation which acts on the entire urban frame of Palazzo D’Arcevia. It looks at boosting tourism by highlighting the past and the present of Palazzo D’Arcevia. It is composed of a shrine (connected to the local landscape) which has a poetry by a resident about Palazzo, a series of panels (which connect to the local coats of arms) with sections of the poetry written on them and scattered around the town; and words temporarily spray painted on the ground in the 3 main squares of the town, which represent the past uses of the squares.

The shrine and the panels are made out of marine ply produced locally. Later varnished and painted to resist the weather. The shrine has a vynil adhesive on the front whereas the panels have the letters stenciled on the front. The shrine is selfstanding, the panels are hanged on the town walls.

16. Location of interventions in Palazzo map 17. Local shrine 18. Shrine during the LIVE Palazzo Event

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OPERAZIONE ARCEVIA 2.0 presenta in collaborazione con Riserva Privata San Settimio

LIVE PALAZZO VIVIAMO PALAZZO

un’installazione alla riscoperta di Palazzo.

Trovate le parole evidenziate

della poesia sotto riportata e nel mentre riscoprite, godete e innamoratevi di Palazzo.

Caricate la vostra foto su twitter e facebook con tag #OA20!

DICHIARAZIONE DI PRINCIPIO di Angelo Verdini

PALAZZO SI MERITA LA POESIA perché Palazzo é capace di corrispondere agli stati dello sguardo di chi l'ammira, perché chi guarda Palazzo ci ritrova lo SPECCHIO DI TUTTE LE SFUMATURE DEL PROPRIO SENTIRE. Basta posizionarsi sulla strada di fronte, quella che viene da Arcevia, e subito PALAZZO APPARE BEN PIANTATO NELLA ROCCIA SOLIDO, INDISTRUTTIBILE, RESISTENTE e chi lo guarda ne riceve sicurezza, radicamento, affidabilità, fiducia.

Se chi guarda fa qualche passo avanti su quella strada Palazzo cambia atteggiamento, ORA ESSO SEMBRA FELICEMENTE AGGRAPPATO AL MONTE su cui sorge, CHI AVEVA PAURA di perdersi NON SI PERDE PIÙ, chi aveva paura di smarrirsi NON SI SMARRISCE PIÙ, chi aveva paura di sprofondare NON SPROFONDA PIÙ.

Palazzo é lì pronto a proteggere, pronto a salvare, disponibile a interrompere i sogni angoscianti a consolare i risvegli increduli.

Se chi guarda percorre un altro pezzettino di quella strada Palazzo ALL'IMPROVVISO SI LIBRA NELL'ARIA, perde consistenza, SI MISCHIA SOLO CON IL CIELO, CON LE NUVOLE, CON IL VENTO, diventa leggero, leggerissimo, si innalza e vola nella luce e invita chi guarda a volare con lui, a immaginare con lui, a inventare con lui.

SE CHI PERCORRE QUELLA STRADA SI ATTARDA IN ATTESA DELLA NOTTE PALAZZO SI TRASFORMA IN UN PRESEPIO BRULICANTE DI LUCI e ombre, di forme e di contorni e ti restituisce la vita intera e misteriosa il coraggio, la felicità e la beatitudine.

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SEGUITECI: Twitter: @ItaloBartoletti Facebook: Operazione Arcevia www.operazionearcevia.org

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DICHIARAZIONE DI PRINCIPIO di Angelo Verdini

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Exploded axo of shrine Poetry on shrine Attaching the vynil Painting the top Finished shrine

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Palazzo deserves poetry because Palazzo is able to match the states of the gaze of those who admire it because the viewer Palazzo find there the mirror of all the nuances of one’s feelings.

Just go on the road in front, that which comes from Arcevia, and now Palazzo is firmly planted in the rock solid, indestructible, resistant and the viewer receives security, grounding, reliability and trust.

If the viewer takes a step forward on the road Palazzo’s attitude change, now it seems happily clinging to the mountain on which it stands, who was afraid of losing you will not lose anymore, who was afraid of getting lost does not stray anymore, who was afraid of sinking does not sink anymore.

Palazzo is ready to protect them, ready to save, available to stop the distressing dreams to console awakenings disbelief.

If the viewer along another piece of that road Palace suddenly hovers in the air, loses consistency, is mixed with only the sky with clouds, the wind, becomes light, very light, it rises and flies into the light and invites the viewer to fly with him, imagine with him, to invent him.

If those who follow that road lingers waiting for the night Palazzo turns into a crib teeming with lights and shadows, shapes and contours and gives you back the whole life and mysterious courage, happiness and bliss.

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Local coat of arms Panel n 1 CNC machine drawings Stencils for painted panels Stencils for figures on the ground

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29. Cutting the panels 30. Painting the first yellow varnish 31-32-33. Cutting the stencils 34. Painting the stencils 35-36. Finished panels 37. Hanging the panels 38-39. Painting words on the floors

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Pavillion The second project was ideated with UNIT+ as a collaboration.

It is an evolution of a proposal envisioned during the first survey of the site in september 2012: the open air studio. The open air studio was a concept of placing furniture in the landscape in order to define a space for thinking, the pavillion merges with the landscape, to not affect it. It is constructed by 170 recycled palletts of various dimensions. It is constructed in the reserve along side the biggest lake. It faces the sunrise to create the appropriate feeling of integration with the territory. It is intended to be a solitary place to think and admire the surrounding.

1. Topographic map of the site (yellow is the lake, red is Palazzo D’Arcevia) 2-3-4. Photos of the ide of the lake

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5-6-7. Sketches of the proposal.

8-9-10. Sketch model of proposal.

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11. Construction drawings for the pavillion

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12. Model on topographic map with shadows at sunset.

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3600mm 13. Technical drawings of pavillion

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14. Axonometric drawings of pavillion

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15. Delivery of palletts 16. Stacking of de-assembled palletts 17. 360 degrees view of palletts location 18. Digging the foundations 19. Cutting the wood 20. Discussing construction with client 21. Transporting the first frames on site 22-23. Placing the first frames

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24. Placing the first frames 25-26. Assembling successive frames 27. Placing the final frame 28. Placing the floor boards

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The final project is the proposal for a space outside the bounduaries of the old town where old practices are revived, in particular, the art of sculpting. Arcevia has always been wuite active in breeding artists but who is remembered today is a sculptor: Edgardo Mannucci, for which they have an annual prize which is accliamed in the Italian sculpture world.

The site currently houses a unused school building programmed for demolition due to new heathquake regulations and for disuse. It is at the moment property of the council yet on sale for â‚Ź180.000. The building was built by Italo Bartoletti (Operazione Arcevia initiator and grandfather of our client) to house the local elementary school. The school ran until 2006 when it closed for lack of students.

1. Plan of Palazzo D’Arcevia with school highlighted 2. Birds eye view of school 3. Council map of school

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4. Section a 5. Section b

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In my design I tried to find elements of the urban frame that were fitting and those who weren’t. I tried to find integration with the surrounding in both design choices and material choices.

These three diagrams explain the process to define the plan of the proposal.

Studies of the urban frame and of the views define the permanent structure, were-as functionality defines the temporary. The tower in my proposal is a clear reference to the lost towers in the town and it frames the only existing tower of protection of Palazzo D’Arcevia. In order to create a connection with the town and the proposal I propose an extention of the existing main square made of the same material.

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Site Design guides Elements in the design Sketch of final plan

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10. Section of existing explaining the concept

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11. Sketches of existing buildings in Palazzo D’Arcevia

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12. Sketches of existing towers in Palazzo D’Arcevia and shrines in the immediate surroundings

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13. Guide lines of rhythm in existing buildings

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14. Proposed facades following rhythm from previous studies

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15. Proposals for the tower 16. Alternative for the top of the tower

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17. Unfolded facade proposals

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18. Finalised proposals of rhythm 19. Rhythm for facade of proposal

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20. Final facade proposal with rhythm 21. Final impression of facade

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22. Section studies 23. Internal structure details 24. Internal elevation 25. Section of proposal in context

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Plan Internal elevation Section of proposal with concrete nices Light and ventilation studies

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30. Proposal in context - scale 1:400

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31. Ground floor plan - scale 1:100

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32. First floor plan - scale 1:100

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33. Tower floor plan - scale 1:100

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34. Planimetry floor plan - scale 1:100

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35. Render internal view showing the program of the main space for sculptors during workshops 36. Detail drawings of columns for support of mezzanine

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skylight waterproofing insulation acoustic insulation concrete

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37. Rendered view from mezzanine 38. Sketch of dome 39. Detail of concrete outside - scale 1:20

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40. Detail of opening to back garden - scale 1:20

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41. Sketch from engineer of foundations 42. Detail of staircase leading to tower - scale 1:20

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43. Sketch of tower structure 44. Detail of staircase opening - scale 1:20

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timber frame

waterproofing timber beam concrete

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45. Detail of staircase connecting to concrete structure - scale 1:20

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46. Render image of front courtyard 47.Exploded axonometric view of proposal

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