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Villagio San Domenico
MPA’s
project for Villagio San Domenico in Udine, Italy, introduces a new low-rise,
medium-density housing fabric that integrates dwelling units with several kinds
of public and private outdoor space, including a civic square and portico,
private gardens and terraces, loggias and balconies, and circulation spaces
that link individual apartment-dwellers to their community.
The project
was developed in two phases, in order to promote a gradual rehabilitation of
the site. In Phase 1, a new 12-unit
apartment building was built to house a group of elderly citizens who were
already living on the existing Piazza Libia.
Scaled to fit the existing building fabric, the two-story structure
provides new spatial experiences for the approach to different apartments via a
ramp and stair halls that open towards private vegetable gardens on the
back. Each unit on the lower level
possesses a raised garden, while the upper-level units have loggias oriented
toward the sunset.
Phase 1
reoriented pedestrian circulation along a north-south axis, reaching the
reconfigured Piazza, where its four trees and existing rural church were
retained. Phase 2 situates 36 dwelling
units around this civic core, in blocks of four or eight units each, creating a
network of passages, ramps, and stairs that act as a layered threshold between
public and private spaces. The lower
units are accessible by barrier-free ramps and have raised private gardens,
while larger duplex apartments on the upper levels have open balconies on the
front, and covered, two-tiered loggias on the back. Around the new square, a double-height covered
portico opens on three sides, with a public balcony sheltering a lower level pedestrian
space that can be reached through stepped seating, a gentle ramp, and stairs. All parking is located below grade, accessible
through stairs and ramps located around the perimeter of the building blocks.
Having
developed between the 13th and 16th centuries as a
gateway between Central Europe and the the Adriatic port cities, Udine’s center
is arranged as an open market square with canopied stalls, surrounded by
covered arcades, porticoes, and a late-Renaissance church. By contrast, the development plan for the
city’s western periphery proposed large-scale residential towers and slabs
surrounding a 1930s rural settlement of sparsely built, detached buildings. MPA’s strategy links urban design and
architecture, creating a graduated series of public and private spaces that
link individual apartment-dwellers to their community, reintroducing the urban
quality, low-rise density, and richness of civic space that characterize the
original city center.
project for Villagio San Domenico in Udine, Italy, introduces a new low-rise,
medium-density housing fabric that integrates dwelling units with several kinds
of public and private outdoor space, including a civic square and portico,
private gardens and terraces, loggias and balconies, and circulation spaces
that link individual apartment-dwellers to their community.
The project
was developed in two phases, in order to promote a gradual rehabilitation of
the site. In Phase 1, a new 12-unit
apartment building was built to house a group of elderly citizens who were
already living on the existing Piazza Libia.
Scaled to fit the existing building fabric, the two-story structure
provides new spatial experiences for the approach to different apartments via a
ramp and stair halls that open towards private vegetable gardens on the
back. Each unit on the lower level
possesses a raised garden, while the upper-level units have loggias oriented
toward the sunset.
Phase 1
reoriented pedestrian circulation along a north-south axis, reaching the
reconfigured Piazza, where its four trees and existing rural church were
retained. Phase 2 situates 36 dwelling
units around this civic core, in blocks of four or eight units each, creating a
network of passages, ramps, and stairs that act as a layered threshold between
public and private spaces. The lower
units are accessible by barrier-free ramps and have raised private gardens,
while larger duplex apartments on the upper levels have open balconies on the
front, and covered, two-tiered loggias on the back. Around the new square, a double-height covered
portico opens on three sides, with a public balcony sheltering a lower level pedestrian
space that can be reached through stepped seating, a gentle ramp, and stairs. All parking is located below grade, accessible
through stairs and ramps located around the perimeter of the building blocks.
Having
developed between the 13th and 16th centuries as a
gateway between Central Europe and the the Adriatic port cities, Udine’s center
is arranged as an open market square with canopied stalls, surrounded by
covered arcades, porticoes, and a late-Renaissance church. By contrast, the development plan for the
city’s western periphery proposed large-scale residential towers and slabs
surrounding a 1930s rural settlement of sparsely built, detached buildings. MPA’s strategy links urban design and
architecture, creating a graduated series of public and private spaces that
link individual apartment-dwellers to their community, reintroducing the urban
quality, low-rise density, and richness of civic space that characterize the
original city center.
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