The Auditorium of the Park – A New Dawn for L’Aquila by Renzo Piano Building Workshop

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Samuel Nguma

Samuel Nguma is an Editor for Archute. He enjoys taking long walks and reading short stories. He is an ardent lover of architecture which he studied at the University of Nairobi.
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The Public Foyer

The Auditorium
The central volume seems to be planted into the ground on one of its edges

The auditorium

The Dressing Rooms

Surface Treatement
25 cm long by 6 cm thick larch tiles were utilized for the unified surface finish.

The Public Piazza
The architecture is articulated on the site to act as a backdrop for a multi-purpose public piazza

Project Information

Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Location: L’Aquila, Italy
Client: Provincia Autonoma di Trento
Architect-of-Record: Atelier Traldi
Design Team: P. Colonna, C. Colson, Y. Kyrkos
Structural & MEP: Favero & Milan
Landscape: Franco Giorgetta
Acoustics: Müller BBM
Other Consultants: GAE Engineering (Fire), New Engineering (Security), I.T.E.A. (Site Supervision)
Area: 2 500 sqm
Status: Completed, 2012
Photographs: Marco Caselli Nirmal, Renzo Piano Building Workshop

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Samuel Nguma

Samuel Nguma is an Editor for Archute. He enjoys taking long walks and reading short stories. He is an ardent lover of architecture which he studied at the University of Nairobi.
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