Pristina, Kosovo, 2008 -2009
The first consideration when drawing up the proposed design for the Hotel Union was its new character, isolated from the urban layout created by the new square, and its permanent relationships with the historical context. The project is based not just on the functional redefinition of the building, but also its recovery through the restoration and lacing of the old façades and redesign of the sides facing the new square, reflecting the existing walls or their parallelism. By means of a modest increase in volume [...]
Zurigo, Switzerland, 2003 -2007
The project is located in a zone that has always been a traditionally industrial area, built in a heterogeneous fashion with large-scale factory blocks. Even if the layout continues with the city of Zurich's, it has no relationship with the definitive 18th century expansion of uniform blocks formed by the confines of the railroad. This element, the railroad, in relation to the scale of these two parts of the city, determines a net division in the urban fabric. The large dimension of the industrial site allowed for various possibilities of intervention, such as the definition of the street facing facades, functional divisions, construction of a center, and the overall fabric of [...]
Bologna, Italy, 2000 -2007
The old bakery factory is reused for the new Galleria di Arte Moderna, or Modern Museum of Art, for the city of Bologna. This building is inserted into the general plan for the reuse of the area of the old tobacco factory. The theme of the urban backdrop and the park in front of it create the overall environment of the old factory and represent the public interaction with this building complex [...]
Brescia, Italy, 2001 -2005
This project involved the construction of a library reusing the spaces of the Cloisters of Carmine. First they were freed of additions and divisions realized in the first half of the century and in the 1950's and 1960's when the building was adapted for scholastic use. The restoration and evaluation of the historical stratification of the entire building complex consented the connection to the urban block through the system of cloisters. The project called [...]