Cagliari, Italy, 2002-2003
Repetition, unity, and variation - these are the concepts referred to when forming a campus. Like a piano score, the alteration of mass and volume between the buildings of the site plan can be measured analogously to the keys of a piano. The interdependency between the black and white keys generates different sounds and tones. As with this site, there can be different results in the typological plan of these buildings.
The long rectangular buildings are treated homogenously following the simple concept of
aggregating elementary parts (bodies in line) in repetition and unity (courtyards). They come together to form a unique entity with a strong relationship to its context and with clear individuality.
The buildings are constructed as lined up elements composted of walls or portions of walls following a north-south direction. Some are glass walls with horizontal intervals completely or partially covered according to the service elements of the floors (i.e. restrooms, stairs, building systems).
All the buildings are connected on ground level by an open portico that forms the principal axis of the complex. This axis is also where the cable conduits are located and the openness of the portico allows for easy accessibility to them. Various courtyard types characterize the spaces between the different rectangular buildings: some porticos, others orderly like gardens, still others paved and designed as small courts. Even the courtyards constitute a walkable system with connections to buildings capable of diversifying and optimizing the walkways.
The architectonic center of the building complex is represented in the long rectangular building that serves as an entrance with a foyer and above auditorium with 250 seats. Next to this building are two other symmetrical ones used for offices and meeting rooms. The buildings on the extremes of the system itself represent the functional and operational specializations.
An autonomous building was designed for functional services while the one opposite to it, the "Web-Farm," is compact and closed in essentially serving as a container for the server and data systems.
The external material of the buildings refers to Sardinian tradition, although applied with modern technologies. This guarantees easy maintenance. The Trachite rossa stone was used for the walled dividers. On those that were ventilated, the floor markers were made evident with Orosei marble.
The open spaces, the internal gardens, and the olive trees are environmental compliments integrated into the Tiscali Campus complex. As the works of art that they characterize, they are esthetic testimony to this new place.

