It's a design for a new bench (now produced by modo srl) that is fixed to the ground at one end so that it can rotate on itself. As a result, the public space is not totally predefined and users have a certain amount of autonomy in arranging it as they wish: benches can be orientated for sitting in the shade or in the sun, facing the exit of the nearby school or looking on to the street, under a streetlight or in the shadows. In search of a good balance between new and existing, work continues with paving in Trani stone, “the same stone that gives beauty to many of the spaces in the old city”, explain the architects. In addition to this, a backdrop of trees almost triples the 16 already present. E. S.
Ma0 in Bari
The redevelopment and upgrading of Piazza Risorgimento in Bari, in the hands of Rome-based practice ma0/emmeazero (Alberto Iacovoni, Ketty Di Tardo and Luca La Torre), gets underway with a small and clever invention.
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- 27 July 2009
- Bari