Biblioteca di Castel, Maggiore (Italy)
- Location Italy
- Architects S.B.ARCH. - BARGONE ARCHITETTI ASSOCIATI
- Technique(s) VMZINC Standing seam
- Aspect(s) ANTHRA-ZINC, QUARTZ-ZINC
- Application Type Facade, Roofing
- Contractor(s) INVOLUCRO SRL
- Copyright Pier Mario Ruggeri
Landscape culture
As part of the redevelopment of the Calipari Park, the design of the cultural centre and new municipal library in Castel Maggiore, north of Bologna, has been entrusted to the S.B.Arch. Bargone Architetti Associati studio. (Rome).
Driven by their ambition to make it the town’s main cultural structure and a special place for socialising, the architect wanted these two buildings to blend in with the park’s green spaces while opening up to the outside world.
The undulating lines of the roofs rising from the ground are a symbol of this symbiosis between buildings and nature. The gentle curve both hugs and creates the relief on either side of a path running through the park and leading to this attraction. While one side of the slope is planted with vegetation, the majority of the other side is covered with QUARTZ-ZINC® standing seam.
This choice was first and foremost an aesthetic one, guided by the pre-weathered appearance and natural vibrancy of the material, which makes it easier to integrate into the natural environment.
It is also linked to the technical characteristics of durability and flexibility of installation, as in the case of the black ANTHRA-ZINC® frames for dormers and French windows on a slope that also functions as a drainage area combined with water collection tanks
