OCTOPUS — REDEVELOPMENT
OF THE SALERNO QUARRIES
SALERNO
ITALY, 2009
CULTURE
PR–391
The Salerno project reconstructs the ground of a large open-pit quarry using a process of accumulation and subtraction.
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PROGRAM
An educational hub spanning 12,740 m² includes a primary school, a media library, workshops, a music school, and a dance school. It is complemented by an 18,500 m² retail area, a 13,500 m² leisure complex, and a 10,000 m² Zenith concert hall featuring a multi-purpose stage and a seating area for up to 8,000 people. Finally, a 10,000 m² four-star hotel offers panoramic views.
DETAIL
Situation
Località Spontumata, Salerno, Italy
Year
2009
Status
Direct commission
Site area
30 ha
Built surface
170 000 m²
Client
Cave Salernitane SpA – Groupe Rainone and City of Salerno, Salerno
Architect
Dominique Perrault Architecte
DESCRIPTION
Like a stack of strata, inspired by the very mechanisms of the site’s formation, the structure clings to the excavated walls, leaving voids in certain places between the building and the rock. Natural flora develops there, reintegrating the soil into the life cycle and thus repairing a landscape scarred by former industrial activity.
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The architecture appears as a natural concretion with multiple flexible tentacles, stretched in various directions and endowed with an organic plasticity in symbiosis with its environment. An extension of the topography, the multicultural and multimodal facility accommodates vast public spaces, embodying the idea of connection and transforming the quarry into a living space, deeply rooted in its territory.
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