"Composed memory. The (in)visible city" - Restoration of Piazza Garibaldi in Bevagna (ITALY)

  • Prize
    Winner in Landscape Architecture - Urban Design
  • Company/Firm
    Massimo Berzetta Architetto
  • Lead Designer
    Massimo Berzetta
  • Design Team
    Massimo Berzetta Architect
  • Lighting Designer
    Massimo Berzetta Architect - iGuzzini Lighting
  • Other Credit
    Lorenzo Zangheri Engineer - Zambelli Srl - BIGMAT Edilizia Ruffinelli - iGuzzini Illuminazione Spa
  • Photographer Credit
    Massimo Berzetta Architect - Luca Petrucci Photographer
  • Location
    Historic Center of Bevagna - PG - Umbria - ITALY
  • Client
    Municipality of Bevagna (Perugia) IT
  • Project Date
    2023

Architecture rethinks the square as a place of “concreteness”...
human and civic (for meetings, singular and collective identities) and material and architectural (for shape, light, symbol).
It’s divided into sectors, proportioned on classical measurements, in review of the existing Roman and Medieval monumental structures – golden section modules – that mark the spatial grammar.
The artistic-symbolic elements are compared in perspective references.

The fountain becomes a liquid memory, flanked by the sculptural group, a new allegorical theme, that dialogues, revisiting it, with the European tradition (from the Greek-Roman and Humanistic-Renaissance mythology to the modern avant-garde cinema).
The playful theme of the labyrinth is superimposed on the geometric base, bordered by wooden seats, with a poetic conception of the garden: ancient numerological tradition, culture of Renaissance herbariums, civic heraldry and artistic and painting literature (Giotto, Gentile da Fabriano), taking advantage of allegorical and historical interpretations.

Bio
Master's degree | Faculty of Architecture | University of Florence, with a score of 110/110 Honors and publication status, section “Protection and Recovery of the Historic Architectural Heritage - Urban Restoration”.
Work experience gained in the field of surveying and coordinated / complex planning, developed in continuous collaboration with multidisciplinary professional firms, as well as in the operational management of construction sites.
Specialized in architectural restoration or infrastructural redevelopment works (both urban and territorial) distributed in all phases of management.

Other prizes
1. Menzione speciale Premio Archilovers / InArchitettura / Ance 2021-2023 2. BIG SEE Architecture Award 2024