Politecnico di Bari
Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ingegneria Civile e dell'Architettura (DICAR)
P43 | ARCHITECTURE OF SALT. Structural aspects and symbolic features between industry and landscape.
by Alberto Maria Ficele / Daniele Spirito / Francesco Garofoli / Francesco Vurchio /
Sara Lagna / Vincenzo Salierno
Our project has two targets on two different scales: saline, at the scale of the landscape, and the P.L. Nervi’s salt warehouse, at the scale of the building. The most important element in the landscape is water, organized by a system of big tanks connected to each other by a very complex system of canals. The main canal is called “Canal of St. Bartolomeo,” whose banks are in a state of decay so that it is impossible to read the canal as a unique red line through the landscape. There is only one element able to make it possible: vegetation. We decided to use it as an architectural material, by integrating it were there is a lack. This also is a way to give a “green line” to Cagliari, made by a protected flora on a “street of water,” just like a sort of boulevard. Regarding Nervi’s salt warehouse, it became the starting point for a journey into the landscape, the centre for the crawfish breeding and the house of an echo-friendly restaurant.
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Alberto Maria Ficele (TERLIZZI, 30/04/1987), studied architecture at École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Versaille, and he graduated from the Politecnico di Bari in the academic year 2011/2012 with the thesis titled "Architecture of salt. Structural aspects and symbolic features between industry and landscape." This thesis was awarded in June 2013 with the International Prize of Sustainable Architecture – Fassa Bortolo with the Gold Medal – First Prize. He recently won a scholarship for an internship period as an architect in Max Dudler's office in Berlin.
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Daniele Spirito (MESAGNE, 05/05/1987), graduated from the Department of Architecture at the Politecnico di Bari in the academic year 2011/2012 with the thesis titled "Architecture of salt. Structural aspects and symbolic features between industry and landscape." This thesis was awarded in June 2013 with the International Prize of Sustainable Architecture – Fassa Bortolo with the Gold Medal – First Prize. He currenlty works for gruppoforesta (Lecce) and Interplan (Francavilla Fontana).
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Francesco Garofoli (MOLFETTA, 13/10/1987), graduated from the Department of Architecture at the Politecnico di Bari in the academic year 2011/2012 with the thesis titled "Architecture of salt. Structural aspects and symbolic features between industry and landscape." This thesis was awarded in June 2013 with the International Prize of Sustainable Architecture – Fassa Bortolo with the Gold Medal – First Prize. He was selected for the "Premio Federico Maggia 2013" to design and realize an installation in an old abandoned industry of Biella, Italy.
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Francesco Vurchio (ANDRIA, 11/09/1987), graduated from the Department of Architecture at the Politecnico di Bari in the academic year 2011/2012 with the thesis titled "Architecture of salt. Structural aspects and symbolic features between industry and landscape." This thesis was awarded in June 2013 with the International Prize of Sustainable Architecture – Fassa Bortolo with the Gold Medal – First Prize. He was selected for the "Premio Federico Maggia 2013" to design and realize an installation in an old abandoned industry of Biella, Italy.
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Sara Lagna (GALATINA, 10/08/1987), graduated from the Department of Architecture at the Politecnico di Bari in the academic year 2011/2012 with the thesis titled "Architecture of salt. Structural aspects and symbolic features between industry and landscape." This thesis was awarded in June 2013 with the International Prize of Sustainable Architecture – Fassa Bortolo with the Gold Medal – First Prize. You can find more info on her work at www.saralagnarchitettura.com.
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Vincenzo Salierno (BITONTO, 14/04/1987), graduated from the Department of Architecture at the Politecnico di Bari in the academic year 2011/2012 with the thesis titled "Architecture of salt. Structural aspects and symbolic features between industry and landscape." This thesis was awarded in June 2013 with the International Prize of Sustainable Architecture – Fassa Bortolo with the Gold Medal – First Prize. He was selected for the "Premio Federico Maggia 2013" to design and realize an installation in an old abandoned industry of Biella, Italy.
Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ingegneria Civile e dell'Architettura (DICAR)
P43 | ARCHITECTURE OF SALT. Structural aspects and symbolic features between industry and landscape.
by Alberto Maria Ficele / Daniele Spirito / Francesco Garofoli / Francesco Vurchio / Sara Lagna / Vincenzo Salierno
Our project has two targets on two different scales: saline, at the scale of the landscape, and the P.L. Nervi’s salt warehouse, at the scale of the building. The most important element in the landscape is water, organized by a system of big tanks connected to each other by a very complex system of canals. The main canal is called “Canal of St. Bartolomeo,” whose banks are in a state of decay so that it is impossible to read the canal as a unique red line through the landscape. There is only one element able to make it possible: vegetation. We decided to use it as an architectural material, by integrating it were there is a lack. This also is a way to give a “green line” to Cagliari, made by a protected flora on a “street of water,” just like a sort of boulevard. Regarding Nervi’s salt warehouse, it became the starting point for a journey into the landscape, the centre for the crawfish breeding and the house of an echo-friendly restaurant.
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