Marble matters– exploring Carrara’s legacy
Sixteen young international architects took part in two intensive training days in Carrara, organized by FUM Academy and YACademy, featuring visits to the marble quarries and a design workshop focused on the use of the material.
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Two buildings serving different functions are gathered around a spacious courtyard: an activity building that gathers the administrative functions, a supplies shop and motorway workshops; a covered and protected parking and storage building. All the devices set up to offer a real optimization of working conditions, in terms of team safety, spatiality, acoustic conditions, light qualities, materials and relationship with the close environment.
Trucks Maintenance Centre, La Gouesnière, France
Program: industrial facility
Architect: Raum
Engineering: Otéis, Acoustibel
Area: 2,352 sqm
Completion: 2016
Natural stone is an eternal material
Now in its 59th edition, Marmomac returns to Verona from September 23 to 26 to showcase the role of stone in contemporary design.