Project Description

Ivrea, Turin

Piazza
Freguglia

Ivrea, Turin

Piazza Freguglia

The design choices have addressed the problem of the permeability of Piazza Freguglia with the context of the city of Ivrea. The reduced budget and maintenance of the urban space have influenced the architectural and material choices: use of cor-ten steel, paving in washed concrete and stone cobblestone. The architecture of the metal curtain, which varies and transforms itself in function of the existing trees, is characterized by continuously changing shapes and images.

The public space is defined by the cor-ten volumes and by a continuous, natural and uniform surface interspersed with lines drawn on the ground in an architectural continuum between the external limit and the “heart” of the same space. The architectural theme of the floor cuts, in correspondence of the trees, is organized in “smart” cores that include wooden seats, waste collection and the public lighting platform. The set of cuts creates unusual landscapes in continuous mutation and an unconventional urban design.

The design choices have addressed the problem of the permeability of Piazza Freguglia with the context of the city of Ivrea. The reduced budget and maintenance of the urban space have influenced the architectural and material choices: use of cor-ten steel, paving in washed concrete and stone cobblestone.

The architecture of the metal curtain, which varies and transforms itself in function of the existing trees, is characterized by continuously changing shapes and images. The public space is defined by the cor-ten volumes and by a continuous, natural and uniform surface interspersed with lines drawn on the ground in an architectural continuum between the external limit and the “heart” of the same space. The architectural theme of the floor cuts, in correspondence of the trees, is organized in “smart” cores that include wooden seats, waste collection and the public lighting platform. The set of cuts creates unusual landscapes in continuous mutation and an unconventional urban design.

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