RISIGNIFICAZIONI. L’ampliamento del cimitero monumentale di Lugo

Paolo Bonvini

doi:10.6092/issn.2036-1602/3248

RE-SIGNIFICATIONS. The extension of the monumental cemetery in Lugo

Authors

Paolo Bonvini Polytechnical University of Marche

Architect graduated at the IUAV – Architectural Faculty in Venice -, PhD in Architectural Composition, researcher at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture of the Polytechnical University of Marche (UNIVPM). He worked with Giancarlo De Carlo, Umberto Riva, Danilo Guerri. He participated in national and international competitions gaining awards and mentions.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2036-1602/3248

Keywords:

cemetery, design, landscape, context, re-signification, Lugo

Abstract

The issue of re-signification is explored starting from the design for Lugo's Cemetery (Ra) new expansion. The request for a specular duplication of the existing enclosure around a drain in the surrounding countryside, raised the question of the new facility identity. The new plan refers to the monumentality of the old structure and of its subsequent expansions, by establishing a relationship of continuity and avoiding codified categories. Therefore neither mimesi nor antithesis, but rather synthesis of surrounding reality: the countryside, the gap with the town and the existing cemetery in its various identities. It is just this identity which is re-signified not by a further addiction of a new architectural image, but by drawing a series of close relationships with the context.

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Published

2012-06-30

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Bonvini, P. (2012). RE-SIGNIFICATIONS. The extension of the monumental cemetery in Lugo. IN_BO. Ricerche E Progetti Per Il Territorio, La Città E l’architettura, 3(4), 73–88. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2036-1602/3248

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Vol. 3 No. 4 (2012): CONTEMPORARY EVOLUTIONS IN FUNERARY ARCHITECTURE

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Architecture and projects

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