Urban Center, former post office building, Modica

  • Promoter: Comune di Modica
  • Location: Modica, Ragusa, Italy
  • Surface: 850 sqm
  • Year: 2005
  • Prize: mentioned
  • Chief Architect: Stefano Dosi
  • Team:
    Claudia Cirolli, Crea srl
  • Collaborators:
    Francesca Lattuga, Giulia Paffile

Abstract

Modica is a Sicilian town part of the UNESCO World Heritage List. The new Modica Urban Center takes place of the old massive post office (demolished) and is a modern "agorà" dealing with concepts like transparency, opening, catalyzator. It empowers the dialog between public and private with a strong comunicative attitude. Like a shell/screen open to the town and to people.

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Concept, first sketches and location in Modica town

Concept, first sketches and location in Modica town

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Concept, first sketches and location in Modica townInsertion: dialogue with city, open-source buildingGround floor plan and sectionFront and side views3D model: front view with main entrance and bird-eye view with translucent roof systemThe inner screen where a lot of images and infos can be viewed also from outsideOuter view (screen) and inner views toward street3D model insertion in the city life and functional sketch of the shell/screenA better view of the screen from outside and inner view

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