Architects: Damilano Studio Architects / Duilio Damilano
Location: Piemonte, Italy
Client: Centro calor s.r.l.
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 3800 sqm
Photographs: Andrea Martiradonna
Whether it’s providing a break for refueling, or just to stretch the legs before continuing the journey, the design of a service is strongly tied to the idea of travel.
With the same continuity, the service station is separated from the asphalt like a ribbon of road wrapping around itself, creating a temporary oasis to accommodate the traveller.
The architecture of a service station is usually conceived as a mere support function, thus influencing its shape. The architecture, static by definition, becomes closely linked to the concept of continuous flow that becomes the urban landscape.
Glass walls close the shell reinforced concrete, cast in special moulds. On the rear elevation, a red steel block is detached from the body and a wolf howling, illuminated at night, drawing attention to the restroom area.
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- Southern Elevation
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- Site Plan
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- Roof Plan
nice. any aerial photo? what is the roof material?
Looks a lot like KDY Clubhouse in Denmark.
http://zethner.net/files/kdy/image/kdy_2.jpg
I’d love to see more examples of 1 story buildings that don’t rely on the “wrapper” or “ribbon” as a formal crutch.
Laerke’s example is spot on, both projects are derivitives of the same, overused formal shortcut.
This idea that the entire function of the project is “wrapped” by a continuous surface of some substantial thickness was interesting on the first few hundred projects that used it, but has grown tiresome.
Projects like this will look extremely dated in about 10 years.
It also looks just like hadid’s ordupgaard museum in denmark.
http://www.e-architect.co.uk/copenhagen/ordrupgaard_copenhagen.htm
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