A collection of Etruscan vases in a uniquely evocative space
The result of a private commission, the project for a museum of Etruscan art was born out of the desire of the Luigi Rovati Foundation to create a place to showcase its art collections, principally a collection of Etruscan vases. The project entails rehabilitation of an existing building and the enlargement, underground, of an exhibition area which will be open to the public, articulated into three main interventions:
The first is the expansion of the underground level of the property and the construction of the museum underground that will house the collection of Etruscan vases and other artifacts; the second is the renovation of the nineteenth-century Bocconi-Rizzoli-Carraro palace; the third concerns the large garden at the rear of the property, which the client has decided to return to its original character, with the intent of protecting tree species of historical value, emphasizing the harvest aspect that the garden manifests to visitors from the main entrance hall of the palace.
The landscape rehabilitation project was designed in an accord with the Superintendence for Architectural and Landscape Heritage.
Location: Milan, Italy
Year: 2016 – on going project
Client: Fondazione Luigi Rovati
Property: FIDIM – Fondazione Luigi Rovati
Type: Commessa
Project: Mario Cucinella Architects
Team: Mario Cucinella, Enrico Iascone, Dario Castellari, Damiano Comini, , Silvia Conversano, María Dolores Del Sol Ontalba, Lucrezia Rendace with Martina Bucciti, Wallison Caetano, Eurind Caka, Dario Castellari, Davide Cazzaniga, Flavio Giaccone, Enrico Pintabona, Luca Sandri, Giovanni Sanna, Irene Sapienza, Ernesto Tambroni, Chiara Tomassi, Irene Giglio. Models: Yuri Costantini, Andrea genovesi
Visual: Paris Render, Francesco Naimoli
Photo credit: MCArchive
Project Management: Revalo SpA
Systems Engineering: Manens – Tifs SpA
Structural Engineering: Milan Ingegneria Srl
Landscaping design: GREENCURE landscape & healing garden
Fire Security: Gae Engineering Srl
