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Metrastudio Associati: Piazza Abele Mancini, Melfi

A new green piazza contributes to the redesign of the old centre of Melfi. Photos Maria Cicchitti

The scheme, winner of the first prize in a national ideas competition, was realised between 2002 and 2006. Largo Mancini represented a break in the urban structure of the city of Melfi, a gap in a strategic position sitting alongside important buildings and urban spaces: the town hall, the public park and the vertical and compact old centre.

The transformation brought about by the project can be perceived even in the cartography: before the competition the area was known as Largo Mancini after the building work was completed, it assumed the name Piazza Mancini.

This scheme is part of a broader and more diversified regeneration project promoted by the Comune di Melfi that has also involved the Nitti Cultural Centre, the Ruggiero Cine-Theatre and Piazza Umberto I.

Scheme to redesign Piazza Abele Mancini at Melfi (Basilicata)
Architects: Metrastudio associati
(Pierluigi Gentile, Maria Cicchitti, Cristina Spinozzi)
Client: Città di Melfi
Ideas competition: 2002
Building works: 2004/2006

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