Booklet – Casting the Void

Casting the Void
Re-forming Milan:
Scuderie de Montel
Professor:
Angelo Bucci
Tutors:
Davide Rapp
Andrea Migliarese
2015
SCUOLA DI ARCHITETTURA E SOCIETÀ
Students:
Danilo Beronja
Alessandra Girón
Sara Maani
Sara Rocco
Nikola Rosic
Valeria Scucchi
Martina Sergi
Yi Sun
CASTING
THE VOID
Angelo Bucci
Area
San Siro
Its scale, its cronology
and its boundaries
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Scuderie
de Montel
An introverted
building
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The facade
A beautiful building falling
into pieces
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The
courtyard
A different atmosphere
worth preserving
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How to preserve the
building without faking
it?
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By casting its facade
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And preserving
its essence
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Void vs.
Mass
Our chosen
configuration
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Assumptions:
Provide a spatial framework that suggests various uses
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Assumptions:
Respect to the existing
building’s axis
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Assumptions:
The sense of solid mass
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Assumptions:
Keep it enclosed and
unexpected in such a
context
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The courtyard
as the
protagonist
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