| X-TERN |
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via Haller 20, 39012 merano (bz)-italy |
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| firenze: easy |
firenze (italy) - 2002 - finalist |
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| design team: x-tern [s. di silvestro, m. de fonzo, g. gottardi] & kirk+ [f. cilliano, g. spallina]_ the competition brief asked the design of the stations of a (dreamed) micro-subway, as promoted by a local committee. Our project started by questioning ourselves on what kind of place is florence today and ended up with a (poggi-like) dream-equation: florence = microparis. As we found out that the city’s metropolitan behaviours seem to be repressed, we deviced a system of easy places in which metropolitan behaviours can be freely expressed. The stations’ architectural layout is the result of assembling a kit of “primary tools”. Through this strategy the city’s existing “easiness” could be taken up to the highest levels, with the objective of making an easy-city out of florence. |
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