Quota: la memoria dei luoghi, i luoghi della memoria
This is part of a project i had the chance to work on at University. The aim was to create a corporate image for a little hamlet near Arezzo, Tuscany in order to make it more interesting to visit. The main goal was to try to recognise the resources available and make them more appealing for tourists, respecting the cultural heritage. Amongst my contributions, i tried to imagine a logo representing the village and embedding one of its main characteristic: the presence of water.
The village developed around a small creek and fountains became places were people could interact and connect. Local stories are related to those places and they've driven the project of walks that connect points of interest and fountains, such that at some stops there's a story narrated. A simple half+half folding brochure with a map was developed in order to make it available to tourist visiting, highlighting services and trekking paths nearby. A little description of the village, its history and the walks was added, too.
Some public spaces located at the point of interests needed renovation in order to give value to their local history and to be more functional and interesting to visit. Thus architectural projects with little interventions were developed, giving a contemporary feel and comfort to public spaces, preserving their origins. In the project developed by the workgroup i was in, it was necessary to revive an abandoned storage building that is no longer functional and hidden by the vegetation. Its location is at one of the highest point of the hamlet. The main focus was to convert the building in a resting place repaired from the street nearby with a reflecting pool as a symbol for the fountain that once was close to the building.
Since there's no roof, it was thought as a completely open space. A cor-ten staricase that make the inside accesible from above is also used as a point of view to the hills and the hamlet's buildings beneath. Few steps made of white stone link it to the ground level and form some seats, too. Lines of cor-ten define the main elements characterizing the public space and link to the staircase.