nabito architects: the città della musica

città della musica by nabito architects
all images courtesy nabito architects


international firm nabito architects received an honorable mention for their project of
the città della musica, located in the city of lecce, italy. the competition proposed to build
inside the cave where the city's stone was extracted from.
 
the entire complex links to the city and with the surrounding two parks. one an archelogical park
- a memory of the city and the other an urban park. the complex of the auditoriums and restaurants
and public spaces combine the city, the landscape, the caves and the buildings themselves.



the courtyard and entrance


the building has been designed with sustainability in mind. it green roof's color changes, throughout
the seasons. as the design incorporates a cave, the temperature range is reduced, therefore
increasing energy savings. other factors are that the improves the thermo-acoustic insulation
and lowers environmental pollution through the capture of fine particles. the vegetation cover,
carries out multiple functions: first, helping to cool the air, reduces the 'heat island' that would be
created in a confined setting such as quarries, and significantly improve the thermal insulation coverage,
reducing both the heat loss in winter and, especially, given the climatic conditions in lecce, limiting
the need for cooling in summer. energy savings achievable by the use of such technology is estimated
at approximately 30% of the annual energy needs. furthermore, the use of green roofs, allowing
the complex proposed to take action mitigating noise, due both to traffic from the nearby train station
is at the vehicle from one of the main arteries of city streets. another advantage is to contribute actively
to the reduction of air pollutants. through the process of  photosynthesis a green roof helps to keep
the fine, to neutralize the emissions of exhaust gases up to 95% in 48 hours, as demonstrated by
the studies of professor hj liesecke and reduce electromagnetic pollution as evidenced by studies
conducted by the institute for the high frequency microwave college military of monaco. the green
roofs, then, have a great capacity to retain water. this is very important especially in a context such
as quarries, where excessive overbuilding could lead to significant problems in network management
for the disposal .



the green roof and surrounding landscape


the proposed project also provides for the separate collection of waste water and rainwater
as well as the separate network discharge of wastewater by civilians, facilitate the recovery
of differentiated human sewage. it is envisaged the separation of networks of water supply
and drinking rainwater, recovery and reuse of rainwater for specific uses and storage
of rainwater in tanks made to allow the maintenance of features purity needed to end use.



the citta della musica at night


the draft took into account new regulations on energy saving regarding costs by providing
adequate insulation of walls, ceilings, floors and use of trigeneration plants (simultaneous production
of electricity, heat and cool) to integration with geothermal heat pump. for increased energy
savings LED lights will be installed for night periods (a saving of about 70%). as well as home
automation systems sets for internal and external intervention also provides network cabling
and broadband internet technology wifi throughout the region.



drawing - structure of citta della musica



site plan


how the citta della musica will intergrate with the existing city



how the building is built within the cave



the base structure



sections of citta della musica



the citta della musica connected to the archelogical park



diagram of sections of citta della musica



diagram of sections of citta della musica



diagram of sections of citta della musica



diagram of sections of citta della musica



sections of citta della musica



sections of citta della musica






rendering of citta della musica

floor plan



floor plan



elevation view



elevation view



model



model



model



project credits:
mixed-use building auditorium and concert hall, lecce, italy, 2010
assigned typology: private-pubblic
client: lecce municipality
assigned task: project design, site supervision, and security at design and execution
budget: 32.500.000,00 euro
project phase: competition, 4th place and honorable mention.
collaboratores: sebastiano palumbo, agita putnina, joana rodriguez noyola, teo valli,toby nielson
partners: actar arquitectura, cesare barrotta.