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“Chapeau” / Michel Carlana, Luca Mezzalira, Curzio Pentimalli, Riccardo Sanquerin

“Chapeau” / Michel Carlana, Luca Mezzalira, Curzio Pentimalli, Riccardo Sanquerin - Image 2 of 4
Courtesy of Michel Carlana, Luca Mezzalira, Curzio Pentimalli, Riccardo Sanquerin

“Chapeau”, a sports park and new urban place for the woods is characterized by an unprecedented relief, introduced in the process of design thinking related to soil and the empty space it creates. The buildings that make up the urban landscape, perfectly calibrated on the urban fabric, have complicated the delicate choice of the approach and the relationship to the existing building of the hall. Early in the project, the intention of Michel Carlana, Luca Mezzalira, Curzio Pentimalli and Riccardo Sanquerin was to integrate the gym in the environment in a local sense. By isolating it from the front of the hall, the building became one of the five elements of life. More images and architects’ description after the break.