IL MARE: rotatoria Hahnemann - virusdesign®
IL MARE: rotatoria Hahnemann - virusdesign®
IL MARE: rotatoria Hahnemann - virusdesign®
IL MARE: rotatoria Hahnemann - virusdesign®
IL MARE: rotatoria Hahnemann - virusdesign®
IL MARE: rotatoria Hahnemann - virusdesign®
IL MURATTIANO: Rotatoria Laforgia - virusdesign®
IL MURATTIANO: Rotatoria Laforgia - virusdesign®
IL MURATTIANO: Rotatoria Laforgia - virusdesign®
IL MURATTIANO: Rotatoria Laforgia - virusdesign®
IL MURATTIANO: Rotatoria Laforgia - virusdesign®
IL MURATTIANO: Rotatoria Laforgia - virusdesign®
IL MURATTIANO: Rotatoria Laforgia - virusdesign®
LA LAMA: Rotatoria Einaudi - virusdesign®
LA LAMA: Rotatoria Einaudi - virusdesign®
LA LAMA: Rotatoria Einaudi - virusdesign®
LA LAMA: Rotatoria Einaudi - virusdesign®
LA LAMA: Rotatoria Einaudi - virusdesign®
LA LAMA: Rotatoria Einaudi - virusdesign®
LA LAMA: Rotatoria Einaudi - virusdesign®
LA LAMA: Rotatoria Einaudi - virusdesign®
work billboard (design: vincenzo russo architetto)
Arrangement of VIA AMENDOLA in the section between Via Conte Giusso and Via Omodeo - Bari (BA) - Italy
2017
The landscaping project for three roundabouts along Via Amendola, one of the main access routes to the Apulian capital, was drafted as part of the technical improvement offer proposed for the executive project put out to tender by the Municipality of Bari. The design proposal, developed in a temporary association of professionals (A.T.P.) with the firm Romanazzi Boscia e Associati S.r.l. of Bari, emerged as the winner out of 23 competing projects and is currently being implemented.
The landscaping of the roundabouts at the intersections with Via Hahnemann, Via Laforgia, and Viale Einaudi was conceived not only in response to the demand for additional urban greenery, but also by imagining these areas as spaces that introduce the narrative of the city. Three themes, highly representative of the city of Bari, were identified and translated into a minimalist and metaphorical form within their respective roundabouts. Paraphrasing the role of Via Amendola as a thoroughfare and a transition artery from the territorial context to the urban fabric, three symbols/places of Bari were selected:
The landscaping of the roundabouts at the intersections with Via Hahnemann, Via Laforgia, and Viale Einaudi was conceived not only in response to the demand for additional urban greenery, but also by imagining these areas as spaces that introduce the narrative of the city. Three themes, highly representative of the city of Bari, were identified and translated into a minimalist and metaphorical form within their respective roundabouts. Paraphrasing the role of Via Amendola as a thoroughfare and a transition artery from the territorial context to the urban fabric, three symbols/places of Bari were selected:
- the lama (typical Apulian erosional furrow);
- the Murat quarter;
- the sea
- the Murat quarter;
- the sea
Each of the three themes, isolated in its respective roundabout and autonomous in its scenic arrangement, engages in a dialogue with the others to create a simplified introduction to the extraordinary story of some of the Apulian capital's icons. The dialogue and coordination between the three scenes are achieved through the use of stone and olive trees, which recur in all three roundabouts. Conversely, the narration of the themes unfolds through different and evocative geometries and natural scenes. Programmed in sequence, they contribute to building a high-quality scenario of formal cleanliness that references the three territorial icons.
As required by the tender notice, the three roundabouts equally accommodate the nine olive trees resulting from the transplanting of existing trees in the expropriated areas. Serving as a sort of trait d'union between the three contexts, they are also utilized with the intent of providing a harmonious balance between solids and voids.
The choice of materials, all strictly natural (river gravel, limestone, pine bark, and burnished steel), was also made to restore the balance existing in the three evoked contexts between natural habitat and human settlement. Furthermore, the areas paved with stone slabs, deliberately used to provide architectural rigor and reduce maintenance requirements, are softened by large permeable surfaces filled with crushed stone and river gravel where they are not occupied by green flowerbeds.
The lighting solutions adopted for the three roundabouts also stem from the intent to guarantee a nocturnal scenography that enhances the three areas along the entire route of Via Amendola. Accent lighting transforms the foliage of the olive trees into recurring lamps at the respective intersections, lending continuity of language to the night scene as well. Meanwhile, graze lighting is tasked with highlighting the most iconic and formally designed elements (flowerbeds, plant species, stone boulders, steel elements).
As required by the tender notice, the three roundabouts equally accommodate the nine olive trees resulting from the transplanting of existing trees in the expropriated areas. Serving as a sort of trait d'union between the three contexts, they are also utilized with the intent of providing a harmonious balance between solids and voids.
The choice of materials, all strictly natural (river gravel, limestone, pine bark, and burnished steel), was also made to restore the balance existing in the three evoked contexts between natural habitat and human settlement. Furthermore, the areas paved with stone slabs, deliberately used to provide architectural rigor and reduce maintenance requirements, are softened by large permeable surfaces filled with crushed stone and river gravel where they are not occupied by green flowerbeds.
The lighting solutions adopted for the three roundabouts also stem from the intent to guarantee a nocturnal scenography that enhances the three areas along the entire route of Via Amendola. Accent lighting transforms the foliage of the olive trees into recurring lamps at the respective intersections, lending continuity of language to the night scene as well. Meanwhile, graze lighting is tasked with highlighting the most iconic and formally designed elements (flowerbeds, plant species, stone boulders, steel elements).
CLIENT: Comune di Bari (BA) - ITALY
DESIGN: arch. Vincenzo Russo, Studio Romanazzi Boscia Associati S.r.l.
COMPANY: A.T.I.: F.lli Andresini S.r.l., Polignano a Mare (BA) - ing. Antonio Resta e C. S.r.l., Altedo (Bo) - De Grecis Cos.e.ma verde S.r.l., Bitonto (BA) - Elettromeccanica 2P S.n.c., Modugno (BA) ITALY
LOCATION: Bari (BA) - ITALY
YEAR: 2017
