Conegliano, Italy
project
The Temporary Square (Photo by Alessandra Bello)
The Temporary Square (Photo by Marco Zanta)
The underground parking (Photo by Marco Zanta)
One of the security exits (Photo by Marco Zanta)
The ticket office (Photo by Marco Zanta)
The ticket office (Photo by Marco Zanta)
One of the security exits (Photo by Marco Zanta)
The ticket office (Photo by Marco Zanta)
One of the security exits (Photo by Marco Zanta)
Detail of the parking ramp (Photo by Marco Zanta)
The urban refurbishment is an infrastructure knot at the entrance of the Town of Conegliano.
The main idea for the urban refurbishment of the area is based on shaping empty spaces, both above and below the ground. Underground the two-storey car parking shapes the empty space freeing it from any intruding plants or systems, which are all concentrated in the central shaft: the structure, with its system of pillars, which opens up like a tunnel, lets natural light flow right in, provides ventilation and is the support structure for the horizontal elements creating 16 metres wide free spans. The concrete blades with emergency exits coloured in green, orange and purple and covered by canopies, are the only outside signs of the underground parking.
The temporary square is absolutely made of the stones of the Piave River and it is crossed only by a path made of larch boards.
Colour outlines the parking orientation signing the security exits in a special way. Green, orange and purple lacca design the whole space of the security exits. The grafic signs, in this project, become spaces and, viceversa, space becomes a grafic solution.
The refurbishment of an existing building houses the ticket office, It has been possible as the space underneath the building was dag and connected underground with the parking.
Architecture and Landscape: Carlo Cappai, Maria Alessandra Segantini, C+S Associati
Location: Viale Spellanzon, Conegliano, Treviso, Italy
Construction: 2003-2006
Gross Floor Area: 6.000 m²
Site Area: 7.000 m2
Client: ConeglianoServizi srl
Project Leader: Carlo Cappai, Maria Alessandra Segantini, C+S
Design Team: Carlo Cappai, Maria Alessandra Segantini, Carolin Stapenhorst, Guido Stella
General Contractor: Impresa di costruzioni Andreola, Padova, Italy
Photos: Alessandra Bello and Marco Zanta