20.11 Frigoriferi Militari Cuneo
The project for the reuse of the former “Frigoriferi Militari” in Cuneo was essentially signified by the precise insertion of two new volumes in the existing brick structure, recognizable as contemporary grafts among the existing ruins.
Opening the building to the city, through the definition of few, calibrated entrances allowed for new internal paths and views, generating specific and dense places of mutual exchange between internal and external spaces. The sequence of the two volumes is set on different heights. On the one hand, it orientates and gives shape to the square, on the other it allows a domestic dimension to the new spaces of the Foundation with small spaces, passages and walkways among objects, terraces and covered spaces, patios and gardens.
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The project for the reuse of the former “Frigoriferi Militari” in Cuneo was essentially signified by the precise insertion of two new volumes in the existing brick structure, recognizable as contemporary grafts among the existing ruins.
Opening the building to the city, through the definition of few, calibrated entrances allowed for new internal paths and views, generating specific and dense places of mutual exchange between internal and external spaces. The sequence of the two volumes is set on different heights. On the one hand, it orientates and gives shape to the square, on the other it allows a domestic dimension to the new spaces of the Foundation with small spaces, passages and walkways among objects, terraces and covered spaces, patios and gardens.
This interventions intends to demonstrate that by recognizing the value of the existing and preserving what physically can still bear a certain architectural quality, it is possible to generate, through contemporary architecture,
renewed
spaces of meaning.
Location: Cuneo, Italy
Year: 2020
Status: Open competition
Collaborators: Salvatore Pesarino, Fabrizio Manzi
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