3ndy studio: rehabilitation of the campiello in palazzo di vigonovo, venice

‘rehabilitation of palazzo di vigonovo’ by 3ndy studio, venice, italyimage © fernando guerraall images courtesy of 3ndy studio

outside of venice, italy, a 19th century structure suffered from a fire, leading to a rehabilitation of the campiello at palazzo di vigonovo by venetian practice 3ndy studio. the project’s completion marks a new location for social interaction while retaining an important part of the city,bringing the space back to life within its former glory by first tracing out the historical fragments and elements of a traditional lifestyle. double arched window openings now face a courtyard, standing in the place of the original building, commemorating without renovating the destroyed structure. an open-air veranda is placed between the perforated metal facade and the enclosed interior.

the sheets of paper which were scrawled upon during the brainstorming process became a 300 square meter sculpture made with 190 sheets of corten steel, reading as the page of a book. in collaboration with piacenza-based artist giorgio milani, the lettering is selected from 22 different alphabets in upper and lower case. following ‘footfalls echo in the memory’, the selection of diverse era fonts harmonize aesthetically and culturally into a graphic image. at night, illumination emanates through the patterned collections of voids.

190 sheets of corten steel were used for the facadeimage © fernando guerra

the sketches during the brainstorming process become a perforated metal sculptureimage © fernando guerra

symbols and letters in different alphabets, uppercase, lowercase and fontsimage © fernando guerra

the sculptural 19th century facade may be viewed from a zigzagging benchimage © fernando guerra

masonry elevationimage © fernando guerra

the 19th century facade was not reconstructed but instead the sculpture reproduces the effect of the previous oneimage © fernando guerra

lettering motif continues to the interiorimage © fernando guerra

work area

image © fernando guerra

at duskimage © fernando guerra

sunsetimage © fernando guerra

stairsimage © fernando guerra

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elevation

corten elevation

project info:

architect: 3ndy studio – marco mazzetto, alessandro lazzari, massimiliano martignon architectsyear of completion: 2011address: via veneto 5d, 30030 vigonovo venice, italyclient: cosmo immobiliare sncgross floor area: 300 m2façade artists: 3ndy studio, giorgio milani, philippe daveriophotos: fernando guerra, lisbon