CÜRT D’ASISI, CAPIAGO – ITALY, 2011

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THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE RENOVATION OF THE PAVING AND OF THE SEWERAGE, ELECTRICAL AND PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN A COURTYARD IN THE HISTORICAL CORE OF CAPIAGO,  IN THE PROVINCE OF COMO.

A STRAIGHT LINE THAT ‘CONNECTS’ THE TWO OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE COURTYARD, TRACES A UNIFYING LOGIC FOR SOLVING ALL THE ISSUES MENTIONED ABOVE. ALONG THIS LINE, THE RAINWATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM IS ALSO DEFINED. THIS SYSTEM IS MATERIALISED AS A LONG STAINLESS STEEL CHANNEL, CONNECTED TO THE UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURES, WHICH SIMULTANEOUS DEFINES THE PAVING INSTALLATION SYSTEM: A SINGLE-COLOUR CONCRETE BLOCKS. WHILE THE PAVING INTEGRATES WITH THE PLASTERED SURFACE OF THE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS, THE NEW IMPLUVIUM STANDS OUT THROUGH ITS MATERIALITY; ITS CROSS-SECTION, MATCHING THE THICKNESS OF THE PAVING BLOCKS, HIGHLIGHTS THE MATERIAL EXPRESSION AND TECTONIC CHARACTER OF THE SITE.

Photos: © Marco Cappelletti