Organizing authority:
MUNICIPALITY OF FOLIGNANO
Project team:
Architetto Nicola Isetta
Architetto Emilia Tomasetto
Consultants:
Tre Erre Ingegneria Srl (Structural design and health and safety)
Mountech Srl (MEP)
Ing. Marco Bresolin (Acoustic)
Dimensions:
GFA 900 m²
Schedule:
2021 June – competition first phase
2021 September – competition second phase (4th prize)
The concept of the new town hall is based on two principles: crating a landmark that gives identity to the new life phase of the municipality while respecting the context and taking advantage of it. The context of the project is a hilly area strongly characterized by the differences in height of the terrain, the new municipal building is composed of volumes arranged on different levels shifted from each other to create terraces and fill the large difference in altitude but also to create new opportunities such as terraces, open spaces for aggregation and arcades. The overhang-covered arcades are filter areas, they are useful as sunscreens and reinterpret a typological element of the traditional architecture of the area. The volumes are materialized as a compact shell covered with prefabricated concrete panels where the building is against the ground but open into glass facades where the building is above ground, in a conceptual idea of being rooted to the ground but open to the community.