The multifunctional building is a replacement construction on an area in the margins of the historical center of the high city of Giulianova (Teramo).

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Architects: Giovanni Vaccarini Architects

Location: 64021 Giulianova, Province of Teramo, Italy

Architect In Charge: Giovanni Vaccarini

Area: 1250.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Sergio Camplone

Engineering : Giovanni Mosca

Climate Control Systems: Studio Wega

Collaborators: Francesca Di Giannatonio, Luisa Di Blasio, Carolina Mastropietro, Marco Zitti.

Location

From the architect. The multifunctional building is a replacement construction on an area in the margins of the historical center of the high city of Giulianova (Teramo).
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The area, situated on the slope, marking the crossroads of Via Gramsci and Via Cesare Battisti.

Sketch

These first instances were immediately a reflection element  on the role of intervention as a hinge between two parts of the city (the ancient and contemporary) and between two completely different urban areas: a compact (the historic city) and another spread and built to void rather than volume, belonging to the contemporary city.

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The building stands on a pedes...