"The Aqueduct"

 
 
 

What does it mean to create space, to bring new meaning and definition to an existing site, to recreate the genius loci of an existing building, to change a sense of place? To explore this idea, and to ensure that a multiplicity of experiential qualities existed on the site, we decided to situate our intervention perpendicular to the governing axis. Massive juxtaposition reorients individuals within the grounds while strongly influencing the space around it and altering inhabitants’ on-site experience. Through this “denial and reward,” passage through the built environment is enriched and anchors the new programmatic function. Operating as an extrusion of the existing arcade, a reinvented aqueduct, a mode of compression, and a way to reorient people onsite, it enriches the passage through the built environment while providing a new sense of genius loci.

 

Project Name: The Aqueduct

 

Typology: Institutional, Hospitality, Research

 

Location: Turin, Italy

 

Year: 2020

 

Status: Unbuilt

 

Size: 11,500 sqft

 
 

Collaborotors: None at this time

 

Design Team

  • Nathan Minett, RA

  • Interns:

    • Xiaowei Bai

    • Mitchell Rincon

    • Yixuan Cai

Unbuilt, ResearchNathan Minett