project details
Location: Tindari - Messina, Italy
Designer: arch. Salvatore Contrafatto, ing. Salvatore Asero
Contributors: arch. Antonino Salanitro, arch. Claudia Catalano, ing. Massimo Spigarelli
Note: The building is located on a promontory jutting into the middle of the Gulf of Patti, and currently looks architecturally “messy, disorganized, and occasionally,” denouncing a slow adaptation to the needs of the moment. In project planning major interior lights, made ??possible by the use of a steel structure. It proposes the remodeling of the openings in accordance with principles of regularity and harmony, encouraging the broadening of the inside of the building to the sanctuary and into the sea. The glass is proposed as constituting the parapet of the terrace. Essential elimination of superfluous and patchy and unsightly roof, which is expected to replace a flat terraced allowing for a greater enjoyment of the surrounding landscape.
Designer: arch. Salvatore Contrafatto, ing. Salvatore Asero
Contributors: arch. Antonino Salanitro, arch. Claudia Catalano, ing. Massimo Spigarelli
Note: The building is located on a promontory jutting into the middle of the Gulf of Patti, and currently looks architecturally “messy, disorganized, and occasionally,” denouncing a slow adaptation to the needs of the moment. In project planning major interior lights, made ??possible by the use of a steel structure. It proposes the remodeling of the openings in accordance with principles of regularity and harmony, encouraging the broadening of the inside of the building to the sanctuary and into the sea. The glass is proposed as constituting the parapet of the terrace. Essential elimination of superfluous and patchy and unsightly roof, which is expected to replace a flat terraced allowing for a greater enjoyment of the surrounding landscape.