Two themes: the reuse of a mountain building, a confectionery-company outlet in Friuli
What the track asks
A sealed envelope with two alternative practical-exam themes (Section A, 2019). THEME A — the reuse of a building originally of mixed agricultural and residential use in a mountain historic centre: on the ground floor a large stable and the kitchen with a pantry, both under barrel vaults, and the everyday rooms; the attic, reached by an internal hatch and an external stair, holds a hayloft and an added room. The candidate must design its reuse for contemporary uses, with spaces that are not overly compartmentalised and an informal use, engaging with the historic structure (the vaults, the connections) and the historic-centre context. THEME B — a product-image centre, i.e. the corporate outlet of a confectionery industry, to be built at the company site, in a semi-rural area of Friuli along a busy, highly visible regional road: a minimum 10 m setback from the road edge, a maximum height of 10 m above ground, with the option to build against the plant (for blind walls). The new building, linked to the plant and reachable from the existing guest car park, spans one or more floors for about 400/500 sqm of gross area, with a direct-sales area (no warehouse) and a space for meetings, seminars and exhibitions. Deliverables: a 1:500 location plan, 1:100 plans, main 1:100 elevations and sections, a construction and facade detail, and possible concept sketches.
Required drawings
Shared by the two themes: a 1:500 location plan; plan or plans 1:100; main elevations and sections 1:100; a construction and facade detail; possible illustrative and concept sketches.
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