Project
Vittorio Grassi Architects
Client
Italian Ministry of Defense
Period
2010 Design Competition First Stage
2011 Design Competition Second Stage
2011 Preliminary Design
2014 Schematic Design
2015 Detail Design
2017 Environmental Impact Assessment
Result
1st prize
Gross Floor Area
64,000 sqm
Site Area
180,000 sqm
Structural Design
F&M Engineering Spa
Environmental Design
Buro Happold Ltd
The project includes 720 new apartments distributed in 21 new modular buildings set in a new park.
The master plan creates a new neighborhood, integrated into a larger settlement housing similar functions.
The connection project includes a large public square with restaurants and stores for the complex and its residents. A kindergarten and elementary school, several food outlets around the park, and a surrounding area normally used as a shooting range are planned to be equipped as a sports center for the settlement in the future.
This modern “Agora” is conceived as a multi-scale meeting place for both the residents of the neighborhood and those in neighboring areas. This increases the symbolic and intrinsic value of this “meet and exchange” space.
The construction of the new city represents an opportunity to realize a residential complex that promotes a socially sustainable lifestyle through the use of efficient and innovative technologies for the utilization of renewable resources.
The concept of all new buildings is also inspired by the passive house model, taking advantage of proper orientation, shading, building envelope and natural ventilation.
In addition to this, the project includes technological solutions for harnessing renewable energy. Currently, the building complex has three energy centers, each operating with heat pumps connected to a geothermal system under the area of the buildings. The buildings’ photovoltaic roof, associated with the heat pumps, provides the overall renewable energy needed without the use of gas.
