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Borgo San Leonardo

The concept for the urban refurbishment of the Borgo San Leonardo building complex in Brescia aims to achieve two objectives: to widen the opening of the lot towards the city and to favour the use of the area through a diversified and flexible functional offer.

These objectives are achieved through design solutions aimed at transforming and regenerating the site into an integrated system of built and green areas, of public and private space, capable of contributing to the regeneration of the “Borgo” and recomposing its relationship with the city of Brescia.

SITE

Brescia | Italy

DATE

2019

AREA

22.400 SQM

CLIENT

Polis Fondi SGR

TYPE OF WORK

Competition

PARTNERS-IN-CHARGE

Antonio Gioli, Federica De Leva

DESIGN TEAM

Silvia Turati, Alice Chiesa, Chiara Tesoro, Andrea Santantonio, Andrea Angonoa, Antonio D'Ambrosio, Jana Stojanovic, Andrea Fossati, Nicola Sirugo

A small village within the city

The design proposal is based on a revolution of accesses and spaces in the area. The new square is a green environment, an oasis for the city, with trees, a fountain and a small waterway thanks to the reopening of an irrigation ditch that currently runs underground.

The existing buildings have been restored and are flanked by two new constructions, one closing the lot to the east and the other, L-shaped, embracing the central square.

The new square, an oasis for the city

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