TR CULTURAL CENTRE

The Design is born inside to a higher urban
requalification project of those neutral spaces,
named as “Urban Empty Spaces”, which are present
into Tortoreto Village.
It is developed into an Archaeological area, left in a
semi-neglected state at the present time.
Inside to this area part of ruins of a Roman Domus
are present and are covered with a corrugated steel
nowadays.
So, the main aim of the design is recovering the
site, making a multifunctional pole with double
purpose: attracting people with services unavailable
in Tortoreto at the present time, but preserving the
ruins in a good state.
For this reason, the Design consists in the
realization of a Multifunctional Centre which o􀆋 ers
services of Library, Pizzeria\Café, Museum, Multi-
Purpose Room and, outside, a huge public park.

Each one of these services is not available in
Tortoreto at the moment.
So, the Cultural Centre will be composed of a series
of bubbles (or capsules) in the glass, with steel structure,
and inside to each one of them a previously
mentioned service will be provided.
The main bubble contains the ruins of the Domus,
those visible at the present time.
A large roof covers them, creating a single common
environment.
Moreover, the pavement is the same used for
the outside Park: In this manner the Park remains
the main element, the plane on which bubbles
and coverage rest, so they acquire, at this point, a
secondary, temporary feature: they are as objects
put on the floor in the second time and, therefore,
easily removable (resulting so not invasive for the
archaeological area).