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"Composed memory. The (in)visible city" - Restoration of Piazza Garibaldi in Bevagna (ITALY)

  • Prize
    Winner in Landscape Architecture - Cultural Heritage landscape / Landscape Architecture - Cultural Heritage landscape / Landscape Architecture - Urban Design
  • Design Company
    Massimo Berzetta Architetto
  • Lead Designer
    Massimo Berzetta
  • Design Team
    Massimo Berzetta Architect
  • Lighting Design
    Massimo Berzetta Architect - iGuzzini Lighting
  • Other Credit
    Lorenzo Zangheri Engineer - Zambelli Srl - BIGMAT Edilizia Ruffinelli - iGuzzini Illuminazione Spa
  • Photo Credit
    Massimo Berzetta Architect - Luca Petrucci Photographer
  • Project Location
    Historic Center of Bevagna - PG - Umbria - ITALY
  • Client
    Municipality of Bevagna (Perugia) IT
  • Project Date
    2023

Architecture rethinks the square as a place of “concreteness”...
human and civic (for meetings, singular and collective identities) and material and architectural (for shape, light, symbol).
It’s divided into sectors, proportioned on classical measurements, in review of the existing Roman and Medieval monumental structures – golden section modules – that mark the spatial grammar.
The artistic-symbolic elements are compared in perspective references.

The fountain becomes a liquid memory, flanked by the sculptural group, a new allegorical theme, that dialogues, revisiting it, with the European tradition (from the Greek-Roman and Humanistic-Renaissance mythology to the modern avant-garde cinema).
The playful theme of the labyrinth is superimposed on the geometric base, bordered by wooden seats, with a poetic conception of the garden: ancient numerological tradition, culture of Renaissance herbariums, civic heraldry and artistic and painting literature (Giotto, Gentile da Fabriano), taking advantage of allegorical and historical interpretations.

Bio
The lead Architect profile is characterised by extensive experience in complex coordinated design and construction management, developed through collaboration with architectural and engineering firms and major corporate partners, with interests in private and public projects, including architectural restoration, as well as urban, infrastructural, and landscape regeneration, covering post-earthquake projects (PSR, PUC, PIR).
These interests are enriched by in-depth development of editorial content and multimedia material intended to support seminars and training activities.

Other prizes
1) Menzione Premio InArchitettura / ANCE / Archilovers 2023 2) BLT Built Design Award 2024 3) BIG SEE Architecture Award 2024 4) LIV Hospitality Design Award Honorable Mention 2024 5) BIG SEE Architecture Award / Grand Prix 2025 6) BMIAA’25 BIGMAT International Architecture Award Proximity National Prize Italy 2025




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