Palazzo Senza Tempo
Designed by
Mario Cucinella Architects
Title:
Palazzo Senza Tempo
Category:
Architectural Design Category
Location:
Italy, Peccioli
Designer:
Mario Cucinella Architects
Website:
Mario Cucinella (Founder and Creative Director), Marco Dell'Agli (Project Director), Tommaso Bettini, Emanuele Dionigi (Project Managers), Biagio Amodio, Stefano Bastia, Paolo Greco, Alberto Menozzi, Marta Torsello, Augusta Zanzillo, Eugenio Armando De Nicola
Team:
Duccio Malagamba, Andrea Testi
Photo Credits:
Mario Cucinella Architects
Copyrights:
Gross Area: 2500 sqm
The architectural project aims to improve the quality of the public spaces, recover the town’s historical heritage, and promote the creation of new commercial and cultural activities. Spread over several levels, the old and new elements of the palazzo complex comprise apartments, galleries for temporary and permanent exhibitions, study and co-working spaces, a multimedia library and a spectacular cantilevered 600 m2 terrace, or piazza, projecting over the landscape beyond. The facades of the renovated buildings incorporate voids, skylights, and bay windows that bring welcome daylight inside. A new glass roof placed over the passage of a historic courtyard completes the visual permeability of the spaces. The surprise continues when, whether reached externally down a monumental public stair or internally, the palazzo reveals its new two-storey building. Glazed on three sides, this provides framed views of the landscape beyond tall windows. Stepping up and down several levels, lined in wood and with a detailed level of craftsmanship, this is a contemporary building that pays full respect to the historic fabric and setting of Peccioli.