Four themes: a Francigena centre, a lighthouse restoration, a historic house, a Sorano recovery plan
What the track asks
A sealed envelope with four alternative practical-exam themes (Section A). TRACK A — a small tourist information centre along the Via Francigena (stage 31, Gambassi Terme area), replacing the existing one: a modular, replicable, aggregable proposal with a modern, recognizable look; maximum dimensions 9.60×6×3 m; steel or timber structure with reversible, demountable dry systems (except foundations); functions including front desk, exhibition, sheltered waiting, device charging, videowall, bike stand and charging, water dispenser, accessible toilet. TRACK B — restoration of an early-1900s lighthouse at the edge of Capo d'Orlando (northern Sicilian coast), in very poor condition and listed (art. 10(1) Legislative Decree 42/2004), to be converted into an artist's residence with studio/workshop, gallery and living space: from diagnostic surveys to technological choices, following contemporary conservation principles (recognizability, reversibility, compatibility). TRACK C — a single-family house in Signa (Florence plain), in the historic centre (zone A) within a landscape-protection area (art. 136 Legislative Decree 42/2004), on a lot facing piazza Cavour and the Romanesque Pieve of San Giovanni Battista, abutting the 18th-century Palazzo Scaffai, with a listed "wall screen" (the "Cinema Giardino Michelacci" sign): after demolishing precarious structures, a single 160 sqm dwelling, max 2 floors plus semi-basement, height 6.50 m. TRACK D — a recovery plan for a former productive area (a disused agricultural consortium) at the edge of Sorano's old town (Tuscany), reconverting it to residence and retail with public greenery and parking: site area 5,530 sqm, in-line buildings with 1,100 sqm residential floor area, 400 sqm neighbourhood retail, max 2 floors/7.5 m, minimum 1,060 sqm public greenery, at least 25 public parking spaces, with pedestrian and cycle paths.
Required drawings
TRACK A: framing site plan; furnished ground-floor and roof plans 1:50 (1:20 details); 2 elevations and 2 sections 1:50; envelope section 1:20 (1:10 details); report (max 2 sides). TRACK B: a text on approach, surveys and choices; site plan 1:200; ground- and first-floor plans 1:100; at least 2 elevations and 2 sections 1:100; technological details 1:20. TRACK C: massing plan 1:200; floor plans 1:100; elevations and sections 1:100; wall-roof node detail 1:20; a criteria report. TRACK D: general and massing plans 1:500; typical-floor plan 1:200; 2 main elevations; 2 significant sections; report (max 2 sides).
Regulations this track calls into play
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