Filippo Cannata has been performing an intense activity of planning and research in the field of lighting for about 30 years. In the wake of a long and continuous collaboration with artists and great masters of design and architecture, he realized fine interventions and artistic installations in different cities among the most important of the world. His projects, characterized by a strong emotional impact, obtained many awards and certificates of merit including the Edison Award of Merit, the Dedalus Award and the Prix Lumiville assigned by the city of Lyon (France).
He participates in national and international architectural competitions and…
ORTIPERTUTTI, A NEW GENERATION OF URBAN AGRICULTURE
With the international competition Ortipertutti the municipality of Bologna has chosen a project-a guide to creating urban gardens of small-medium in size within public green areas of different types (small plots between houses, gardens, rural areas).
The aim is to assist “traditional” vegetable garden forms of urban agriculture by a new generation more environmentally-oriented, design, and turned to new people who request it (youth, families).
The selected project, combining the agronomic criteria with the urban project, exceeds logic as paddock gardens and offers a facility able to arrange flexible, open spaces editable over time.
The first gardens of…
GORIZIA, NOVA GORICA E ŠEMPETER – VRTOJBA: INTEGRATED POLICIES FOR A BORDER LAND WITHOUT BORDERS
The work (carried out by the Department of Planning and Urban Design Confcommercio – Companies for Italy) was wanted by Confcommercio of Gorizia to curb “commercial desertification” is featuring Gorizia and, in particular, the Old Town.
The analysis started from the heart of the city and is extended to the whole province, going to measure levels of business service for each municipality in the province.
The solutions to be put in the pipeline, however, could not be considered regardless of the particular geopolitical and spatial situation characterizing the neighboring city of Slovenia Gorizia and Nova Gorica and Šempeter-Vrtojba: a whole in…
INNOVATIVE PROJECT FOR URBAN RE GENERATION
Creativity and innovation, cities and territories are the engines of the economy of the European Union and are the focus of the strategies the Commission has expected a specific support for cities and urban development ( the new Fesr Programme 2014-2020).
From here it follows the INDIS-Unioncamere, with Urbit-continuing the project path began in 2012 along with the Chambers of Commerce – through which deepen and demonstrate the vitality of the territories to adopt sustainable policies and new paradigms to enhance the productive capacity of enterprises and the overall quality of urban life.
The result is a cognitive framework of the…
INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROVIDING SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY FOR URBAN REGENARATION
The program is a synthesis of strategies make up the system of urban and suburban mobility consistent with the objectives of the mandate on public transport, urban greening and upgrading of public spaces.
The project also provided for the sea bus from the General Urban Plan. as carrier network of local public transport proposed for funding under the P.O.N. Metro, integrates perfectly with the procedures and the design of the park Baricentrale of R.T.P. Fuksas, creating an interconnected network from east west, north and south, exploiting the sediments disused railways, will be realized in the period 2014-20 using vehicles with…
FICO EATALY WORLD BOLOGNA: DEVELOP A PUBLIC HERITAGE AND THE ITALIAN AGRIFOOD
FICO Eataly World Bologna wants to tell the world the excellence of Italian food and wine, by enclosing in a unique location to the tradition, culture and Italian skills related to food quality.
FICO wants to become the frame of reference for the dissemination and knowledge of the Italian agrifood, the meeting place for all those who love food and that it wants to know the secrets and tradition, researching information and unique experiences. A place where there is food and environmental education.
The choice of Bologna is strategic: the city from food and food tradition, now well connected to all…
CIVITER- L’Italia di mezzo (Middle Italy)
The project, promoted by Terni’s City Council, grew from the bottom up, from the strategic planning processes undertaken by the four cities.
Through the strengthening of the connections and of the infrastructure system, as well as through the integrated development of resources and potentialities, to be gradually extended to other cities, the project means to strengthen the competitiveness of this territorial area and its ability to respond effectively to competitive challenges of markets.
Furthermore, establishing itself as a significant interlocutor for the Rome metropolitan area and the logistic corridor Civitavecchia-Ancona, CIVITER intends to activate a complex governance process that, starting from…
CENTRAL AREAS LUINO
“…In Luino there is something inexpressible and spiritual that can not be clothed in words; is something more than the local color, is the mystery of attraction that makes you fall in love with a place that no one can give their reason”
Piero Chiara, Luino, “L’Avvenire del Verbano”, November 30, 1934
After the illusion of infinite growth in the construction industry today, every step, phase and episode involves asking why: the answer, generally, can not come from a single project, but by a system of projects, ideas and policies.
Coming from the north,…
MILAN GALLERIA MANZONI
The Galleria Manzoni, designed by Alziro Bergonzo and built in the late 1940’s, was a hub of primary importance within the city’s film and theater system. In recent years its original urban function has become obsolete. Parallel to the logical and necessary restoration of such a legacy, concerning both material and cultural conservation, there is the urgent need to reestablish the functionality of the Galleria facilities. The design proposal is both respectful of the existing material structures and revolutionary in completely redefining the spatial hierarchies of the building. Through the restoration process, the building becomes an openly inclusive space,…
MILAN: GONZAGA SCHOOL
The Gonzaga Institute, one of the oldest private schools in Milan, from its foundation in 1906, has always given great consideration to the needs of the students. The school structure has evolved over the years, acquiring new spaces for learning activities and sports. It is in this context that the design of the new wing inserts itself. Now, in the final phase of construction, it will offer a new sports centre and conference hall, large open spaces, and a multi-story car park. Facilities will be open to students and the city at large.
The courtyard is the heart of the…