HKDI Gallery

PERI and SANTA CATERINA MARKET

Barcelona, Spain (1997 – 2005)

 “The Santa Caterina Market was a convent, a space where the sky opened up. Our project starts by criticising the actual planning and proposes a model that allows for adaption to the area’s complexity. Planning rules take into consideration more than just the street width and the building height. It will be the first scheme which allows for the development of the city’s complexity and which complies with the commitments undertaken in the project. We propose a model in which it is not so easy to distinguish between rehabilitation and new construction.”

Santa Caterina Market | Image: Roland Halbe

PARK OF COLOURS

Mollet del Vallès, Spain (1992 – 2001)

 “It is a place that could be defined as social topography. An opportunity to fix recent time in a given form has not yet arisen here. Almost nothing physical has left its mark here… or every building project has been cancelled. The building, which will emerge from this park, demands a topography and, hence it is what we must build first. This initial series of actions bears a resemblance to the operations in the consolidated city - marks on walls, bits of pavements etc. It is a game with time and a passive redefinition of the profiles and geometry of the zone that enables this place to occupy its centre. 

Park of Colours | Image: Duccio Malagamba

CLICHY-MONTFERMEIL METRO STATION

Paris, France (2014 – In design development / under construction)

“The Grand Paris is an ambitious project to modernise the existing transport network and create a new automatic metro – the Grand Paris Express for the Paris metropolitan area. New significant urban projects are planned to complete the works for this infrastructure. The station of Clichy – Montfermeil and the urban space above it present a special case because it has a symbolic public intervention with the suburban area which has been forgotten and abandoned for a long time. This neighborhood was the scene of the violent riots that occurred in October and November 2005 when cars and public buildings were burnt. A new station of the Grand Paris Express will be a symbol of change in these areas.”

COPAGRI PAVILION “LOVE IT” FOR EXPO Milano 2015

Milan, Italy (2014 – 2015)

“The design originated from the observation of Italian landscapes, both natural and man-made. The wooden dome ‘Love IT’, representing a message of sustainability is hosting several exhibitions to explore with visitors the topics proposed by Expo Milano 2015. At the end of the Expo – when all of the buildings will be removed – these domes can be easily dismantled, transported and reassembled in Italian landmarks with symbolic significance to host a variety of functions.”

Copagri Pavilion “Love IT” for Expo 2015 | Image: Marcela Grassi

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