Hortus Conclusus . Locarno
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Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli . renders: © Filippo Bolognese
The new Cantonal Museum of Natural History of Locarno is, first and foremost, a ‘place’. Situated in a border location and characterised by its peculiar morphology, the recovery of this relevant urban area allows for multifaceted and multiple reasoning, which involves the disciplines of landscape, town planning, architecture and art in a synergetic and indissoluble manner. Given the strong specificity of the site’s conditions, history and existing artefacts, the decision to consider the area of intervention as a sort of Hortus Conclusus, an attempt to rediscover the authentic characteristics of the ‘Brolo’ (an ancient word used to indicate vegetable gardens and orchards surrounded by walls), seeing the contemporary intervention as a historical evolution of the old. Continue reading Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli