For a new ecology of living
Ada Bursi’s legacy is transformed into an exam project of the two-year Interior Design specialist program at IED Turin, unfolding a narrative on contemporary living, between ecology, spatial flexibility, and social awareness.
The decision to replace the existing premises built 35 years ago dates from 1999 and led in 2001 to a 2-phase international competition. Taking part were 64 candidates, all strictly resident in one of the 19 Atlantic Treaty nations. These were short-listed to 6 by an international jury among whose members were Fumihiko Maki, Paul Chemetov and Rafael Viñoly.
“It is a three-dimensional representation for a complex decision-making body”, commented Larry Oltmanns, one of SOM’s partners, in an attempt to describe the project. Glass, steel and concrete will be the principal materials used for the new building which will be spread around a large central atrium.
Deadlines? Work is expected to start by 2005, and the new headquarters should be ready in 2009.
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A house turns its back on the road to open up to the landscape
The single-family house project designed by Elena Gianesini engages in a dialogue with the Vicenza landscape, combining tranquility and contemporary style through essential geometries and the Mazzonetto metal roofing.