Reconstruction of the Castle of Avigliana

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CASTLE OF AVIGLIANA A TOURISTIC CENTER FOR SUSA VALLEY

FINAL THESIS PRESENTATION BY VITÓRIA LUPPI SUPERVISED BY ALESSANDRO ROCCA POLITECNICO DI MILANO School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering Master of Architecture - Built Environment Interiors Academic Year 2019/2020

SUSA VALLEY PLAN - TOURISTIC POINTS + INTERVENTION AREA

SUSA VALLEY SECTION - INTEREST POINTS

5km

SUSA VALLEY PLAN - URBANIZATION + TOPOGRAPHY

10km

25km

12% 5% Transportation, trains and museums Events in Avigliana timetable and directions and surroundings 12% Hotels Restaurants Stores

13% Transportation, trains and museums timetable and directions

2% Facilities Internet Weather

21% Nature Sports Trekking

13% Sacra di San Michele

6% Events in Avigliana and surroundings

2% Facilities Internet Weather

11% Hotels Restaurants Stores

14% Nature Sports Trekking

13% Sacra di San Michele

16% Art Culture Museums Churches

20% Lake Spa Boats

TOURISTS’ REQUESTS ON EXISTENT INFO POINTS

16% Art Culture Museums Churches

25% Lake Spa Boats

15% Transportation, trains and museums timetable and directions

7% Events in Avigliana and surroundings

5% Facilities Internet Weather 11% Nature Sports Trekking

12% Hotels Restaurants Stores

8% Sacra di San Michele 13% Art Culture Museums Churches

38% Lake Spa Boats

TOURISM DATA (FONT: turismo Torino e provincia)

AVIGLIANA CITY PLAN WITH MEDIEVAL TOWN AND CASTLE OF AVIGLIANA

100m

200m

500m

MEDIEVAL TOWN

CLOCK TOWER

CASTLE OF AVLIGLIANA

100m

AVIGLIANA CITY SECTION WITH MAIN POINTS

NEW TOWN

SACRA DI SAN MICHELE

200m

500m

AVIGLIANA - CASTLE AND TOWN

SANCTUARY ‘NOSTRA SIGNORA DEL NOCCIAMELONE’ PALON PEAK SACRA DI SAN MICHELE

ALPE DEL RAT ROCCA DELLA SELLA

ROCCA PATANUA

SAPEI PEAK

CASTLE OF AVIGLIANA

ROCCE ROSSE

1

4 2

3

1

2

3

4

MASTERPLAN - ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

10m

20m

50m

TRANSVERSAL SECTION - ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

10m

20m

50m

LONGITUDINAL SECTION - ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

10m

20m

50m

WEST ELEVATION MODEL CONTEXT - ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

EAST ELEVATION MODEL CONTEXT - ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

SOUTH ELEVATION MODEL CONTEXT - ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

NORTH ELEVATION MODEL CONTEXT - ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

RECONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL

AXONOMETRY VIEW MODEL CONTEXT - ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE VS RECONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL

AXONOMETRY VIEW MODEL - ARCHEAOLOGICAL SITE VS. RECONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL

MASTERPLAN - RECONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL

10m

20m

50m

TRANSVERSAL SECTION - RECONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL

10m

20m

50m

LONGITUDINAL SECTION - RECONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL

10m

20m

50m

EXISTENCES

DESIGN

PATH

_EXISTENT NATURAL PATH TO CASTLE OF AVIGLIANA ‘PIETRA DI LANGA’

_PAVIMENTATION SCHEME WITH ‘PIETRA DI LANGA’

_NEW PATHWAY WITH SAME MATERIAL AND SHAPE OF EXISTENT PATHWAY

_LARGER STONES FOR STAIRS BEGGINING

PATH CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

_CONTINUITY

A TOURIST CENTER FOR AVIGLIANA AND SUSA VALLEY

MUSEUM (89 sqm)

OPEN THEATRE (130 sqm)

BELVEDERE (556 sqm)

_DESIGN OF THREE PAVILIONS ON AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

_SMALL GALLERY (39 sqm)

_SPACE FOR PRESENTATIONS (50 sqm)

_COFFEE (70 sqm)

_RECONSTRUCTION OF THE IDEA OF THE CASTLE OF AVIGLIANA

_INFO POINT (50 sqm)

_SITTING AREA/CIRCULATION (80 sqm)

_MEETING AREA (46 sqm)

_SERVICES (13 sqm)

_BELVEDERE + CIRCULATION (385 sqm) _SERVICES (55 sqm)

PAVILIONS CONCEPT + PROGRAM

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE VS. RECONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL

5m

10m

20m

PLAN LEVEL +434

5m

10m

20m

PLAN LEVEL +436.7

5m

10m

20m

PLAN LEVEL +440

5m

10m

20m

5m

EAST ELEVATION - ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

10m

20m

5m

EAST ELEVATION - RECONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL

10m

20m

5m

NORTH ELEVATION - ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

10m

20m

5m

NORTH ELEVATION - RECONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL

10m

20m

5m

WEST ELEVATION - ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

10m

20m

5m

ELEVATION - RECONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL

10m

20m

5m

SOUTH ELEVATION - ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

10m

20m

5m

SOUTH ELEVATION - RECONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL

10m

20m

5m

LONGITUDINAL SECTION - ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

10m

20m

5m

LONGITUDINAL SECTION - RECONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL

10m

20m

5m

TRANSVERSAL SECTION - ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

10m

20m

5m

TRANSVERSAL SECTION - RECONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL

10m

20m

+432

RECEPTION INFO POINT +433

MUSEUM +434

+434

1m

PLAN PAVILION ‘MUSEUM’

2m

5m

+434

+433

1m

SECTION PAVILION ‘MUSEUM’

2m

5m

STRUCTURE WARM WOOD ROOF

STRUCTURE PRIMARY WOOD BEAM (GUGLAM SYSTEM) 300x150mm SECONDARY WOOD BEAM (GUGLAM SYSTEM 100x100mm

STRUCTURE SQUARE WOOD COLUMNS 300mm

VERTICAL CIRCULATION WOODEN STAIRS

FAÇADE VERTICAL WOOD BRISE SOLEIL SYSTEM 50x70mm STRUCTURAL STEEL MULLION SYSTEM 40X40mm WITH HORIZONTAL STEEL BRACING 150X100mm CURTAIN WALL GLASS SYSTEM DOUBLE GLAZED STRUCTURE WARM WOOD SLAB 1m

AXONOMETRY PAVILION ‘MUSEUM’

ELEVATION PAVILION ‘MUSEUM’

2m

5m

1m

ELEVATION PAVILION ‘MUSEUM’

2m

5m

+435.6

OPEN THEATRE +437.5

+440.5

+438

1m

PLAN PAVILION ‘OPEN THEATRE’

2m

5m

+440.5

+437.5

1m

SECTION PAVILION ‘OPEN THEATRE’

2m

5m

STRUCTURE COLD WOOD ROOF

STRUCTURE WOOD BEAM (GUGLAM SYSTEM) 500x300mm

STRUCTURE CABLE SYSTEM CONNECTED COLUMN SYSTEM

STRUCTURE ROUND WOOD COLUMN Ø=300mm WOOD BEAM 300X100mm

STRUCTURE + VERTICAL CIRCULATION PLYWOOD SLAB WITH INTEGRATED WOOD STAIRS SYSTEM

1m

AXONOMETRY PAVILION ‘OPEN THEATRE’

ELEVATION PAVILION ‘OPEN THEATRE’

2m

5m

1m

2m

5m

+439.5

+439.5

BELVEDERE +440

1m

PLAN PAVILION ‘BELVEDERE’ (+440)

2m

5m

+442.9

COFFEE +443

+442.9

1m

PLAN PAVILION ‘BELVEDERE’ (+443)

2m

5m

MEETING ROOM +447

+446.9

1m

PLAN PAVILION ‘BELVEDERE’ (+447)

2m

5m

BELVEDERE +450

1m

PLAN PAVILION ‘BELVEDERE’ (+450)

2m

5m

+450

+446.9

+443

+442.9

+440 +439.5

1m

SECTION PAVILION ‘BELVEDERE’

2m

5m

1m

WEST ELEVATION PAVILION ‘BELVEDERE’

2m

5m

TOP FLOOR

STRUCTURE

GREEN ROOF + VIEW

GREEN ROOF STRUCTURE WOOD BEAM (GUGLAM SYSTEM) 500x300mm STRUCTURE

SECOND FLOOR MEET + VIEW

COLD WOOD SLAB ON OPEN AREA AND WARM SLAB ON CLOSED AREA STRUCTURE WOOD BEAM (GUGLAM SYSTEM) 500x300mm STRUCTURE

FIRST FLOOR COFFEE + VIEW

COLD WOOD SLAB ON OPEN AREA AND WARM SLAB ON CLOSED AREA STRUCTURE WOOD BEAM (GUGLAM SYSTEM) 500x300mm

STRUCTURE SQUARE WOOD COLUMN 300mm

GROUND FLOOR SERVICES + VIEW

VERTICAL CIRCULATION STRUCTURAL XLAM + GLASS LIFT WOODEN STAIRS

FAÇADE VERTICAL WOOD BRISE SOLEIL SYSTEM 50x70mm STRUCTURAL STEEL MULLION SYSTEM 40X40mm WITH HORIZONTAL STEEL BRACING 150X100mm

AXONOMETRY PAVILION ‘BELVEDERE’

SOUTH ELEVATION PAVILION ‘BELVEDERE’

1m

2m

5m