Restoration of the Criptoportico – Bagno di Venere in the park of the Reggia di Caserta The Criptoportico - Bagno di Venere is a one-of-a-kind environment within the English Garden of the Reggia di Caserta. Built at the end of the eighteenth century, this area exemplifies the complex relationship between architecture and vegetation, which represents the main challenge in the conservation of historic gardens. Carlo Vanvitelli conceived the Criptoportico in order to deceive the guests of the rulers that they were in an area of archaeological excavations, on the site of an ancient Roman nymphaeum. In fact, this suggestive gallery space overlooks the Bagno di Venere, giving life to one of the most fascinating views of...
Park for new hospital of Livorno The landscape project of the New Hospital of Livorno envisages a series of interventions involving the area of the hospital citadel as a whole, with the aim of creating a dialogue between the urban context and the building, through the insertion of greenery within the interstitial spaces between the buildings, in order to make the complex open towards the landscape and return the hospital open spaces to the city.The various project interventions, which include the expansion of the historical Pertini park, the new integrated hospital, the evolution of the current hospital and the redevelopment of the former Pirelli factory, are...
Restoration and redevelopment of Villa Pamphilj Park Covering 184 hectares, Villa Doria Pamphilj is one of the most beautiful and extensive Baroque villas in Rome. Located west of the city's historic center in the territory of Municipio Roma XII, following its acquisition into the municipal heritage and its opening to the public in the 1970s, it has become a favored spot for Roman citizens to enjoy green spaces and engage in sports and other cultural activities in a unique environmental and cultural setting.The restoration and redevelopment project is part of a broader effort to enhance and revitalize Villa Pamphilj as a whole, which also includes the restoration...
Landscape concept of Certosa del Galluzzo in Florence The monastic complex founded in the fourteenth century was completed and embellished until the sixteenth century, although other valuable works continued until the eighteenth century and beyond. Like any other monumental complex, the Certosa of Florence has also been the subject of ups and downs throughout its long history, which have seen periods of prosperity alternate with phases when it was partially abandoned.Overall, the landscape concept aims to recover the historical road network and restore the activities that historically characterized some spaces, in order to enhance the storytelling of the evolution of the complex. This extends over the entire hill...
Urban regeneration for new school The new school and its garden create a complex educational space, thanks to the inclusion of different thematic areas and plants of different types and species, with the aim of stimulating contact with Nature and improving the knowledge of vegetation, colors and scents, according to a multisensory approach.The approach followed by the design team first of all analyzed the surrounding context in order to obtain a design solution that would ensure an adequate level of project integration, both from a landscape and functional point of view, by improving the use of the area and the connection with the surrounding points...
Urban Regeneration Palazzo Sistema The new Palazzo Sistema building has an iconic image that embodies the two souls of the place: the assertive verticality of the contemporary business city and the welcoming horizontality of the traditional “ringhiera” house. To mend and at the same time regenerate the urban environmet are the main objective of the project. In fact, the new building is designed to create a dialogue with the surroundings, thanks to its compact and vertical façades and the smooth lines of the lower parts of the building.The passage at the base of the tower enhances the main entrance to the sita, allowing a glimpse...
Historic gardens Restoration of the Criptoportico – Bagno di Venere in the park of the Reggia di Caserta
