monza
site museum of montemor o novo castle
montemor o novo - third prize
feat Marco Volpi Arch.
‘DOMINANT’ RELATION WITH THE PANORAMIC LANDSCAPE SCENARIO, THE VISITORS CENTER STANDS AS A NEW COMPLETING BUT NON-IMPACTIVE PART OF THE EXSISTING
ARCHITECTURAL COMPLEX. MIMETICALLY, THE BUILT MASS FOLLOWS THE SITE OROGRAPHY. CHROMATICALLY, THE ARCHITECTURAL BODY GETS ITS OWN CONTEMPORARY AND ICONIC IDENTITY. THE ELEMENTARY AND GEOMETRICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE VOLUMES BREAKS IN AN IRREGULAR (BUT SERIAL AND RIGOROUS) SCOMPOSITION THAT DEFINES THE SUB-OBJECTS FOR THE DIFFERENT INTERNAL FUNCTIONS. THE SEQUENTIAL FUNCTIONAL DIAGRAM SHAPES ITSELF AND OBTAINS QUALITY WITH AN INTERIOR DESIGN MADE BY THE RHYTMIC, CONSTANT AND
PREFABBRICATED STRUCTURAL PORTALS AND CEILING’S ELEMENTS. TOTALLY COVERED BY A WHITE METAL DECORATED SKIN THAT SHOWS A CONTEMPORARY REINTERPRETATION OF ‘AZULEJOS’ GRAPHICAL FEATURES, THE INTERNAL SPACES TAKE LIFE AND ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY BY THE EMOTIONAL EFFECTS OF NATURAL LIGHT.