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2000 | SECOND PRIZE > COMPETITION FOR A CONTEMPORARY CULTURE CENTRE INSIDE THE CROSS VAULT OF SAN LUCA IN BRESCIA

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The competition wants to refurbish the old cross-vaulted San Luca, very complex building included in a Brescia’s old town block, hospital as a contemporary culture centre. The project, winner of the second prize in a three phases international competition, create an exhibition path, starting from the city and passing through the hystorical building in order to generate the complexity and flexibility needed for the exhibition spaces in a contemporary cultural centre. The second fundamental element is to build a metal covering that recalls the original volume of the building – partially teared down by a fire – and, through an actual material, relates to the other metal-covered Brescia’s building, a landmark for the city.

location
Brescia

architects
Studio Redaelli Speranza architetti associati
Gaia Redaelli, Vito Redaelli, Anna Speranza with arch. Paolo Mestriner (group leader) , arch. Santiago Quesada, ing. Alessandro Gasparini

contracting authority
Comune di Brescia

collaborators
Maria José Cruz, Pierluigi Russo, Mariacristina Bottini, João Silva, Ove Arup & Partners, Londra

year
2000

result
2° premio

published in
Pasajes february / 2001, Madrid
Area n°53/2000, Motta Editrice, Milan
Costruire n°213/2000, Costruire Edizioni, Milan
AL (Architetti Lombardi) april / 2001, Milan