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saint augustine

montalcino (si)
2015

When a complex like that of Saint Augustine is renovated, not only its walls, but also the culture that flourished inside it are restored. An urban culture based on the exchange between what was produced inside and outside. The rebirth of the complex should not only enhance the artistic heritage in it, but it should also be able to build and cultivate relationships. 

 

© mauro davoli Different activities that intertwine with each other. Museum activities with complementary activities (restoration, preservation, design of new places and new street furniture…) that should become fully participated ordinary activities in the city.
© mauro davoli For the project to be an architectural event, the renovation should aim to make the complex usable again through a programme of necessary and expected urban services, so that the building can play its new role without losing its identity. The method should be based on “astilistic” stratification, in balance between tradition and innovation, past and future.
© mauro davoli

The complex will include: the Etruscan Archaeological Museum, the Diocesan Museum of the Province of Siena, the restoration workshop for the frescoes of the Church of Saint Augustine, the new headquarters of the Brunello Consortium, and a residential architecture school (the Creative Workshop of Living), which acts as a cultural incubator for international educational seminars on different topics.

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