GARDA, EMILIA MARIA

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04 August 2020POLITECNICO DI TORINORepository ISTITUZIONALE“Infernotti” - Multifunctional Hall of San Giovanni Battista Hospital / GARDA, EMILIA MARIA. - STAMPA. - (2016), pp.118-118.Original“Infernotti” - Multifunctional Hall of San Giovanni Battista Hospitaldefault_conf_editorialPublisher:PublishedDOI:Terms of use:openAccessPublisher copyright-(Article begins on next page)This article is made available under terms and conditions as specified in the  corresponding bibliographic description inthe repositoryAvailability:This version is available at: 11583/2650688 since: 2020-01-31T13:06:12ZFrance Stele Institute of Art History ZRC SAZU of Science s and Arts - Politecnico di TorinoWomen . Architecture & Design Itineraries across EuropeBarcelonaLisbonParisTurinThe NetherlandsSloveniaCOVER_MOMOWO_GUIDE_01.indd   1 10. 06. 16   10:25COVER_MOMOWO_GUIDE_01.indd   2 10. 06. 16   10:25MoMoWoWomen . Architecture & Design Itineraries across EuropeMoMoWo PartnershipWith the Patronage of:This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.MoMoWoWomen . Architecture & Design Itineraries across EuropeEdited by Sara LEVI SACERDOTTI, Helena SERAŽIN, Emilia GARDA, Caterina FRANCHINIMoMoWo Scientific Committee:POLITO (Turin | Italy)   Emilia GARDA, Caterina FRANCHINI IADE-U (Lisbon | Portugal)  Maria Helena SOUTOUNIOVI (Oviedo | Spain)  Ana Mária FERNÁNDEZ GARCÍA LU (Leiden | The Netherlands)  Marjan GROOTZRC SAZU (Ljubljana | Slovenia)    Helena SERAŽIN UGA (Grenoble | France)  Alain BONNETSiTI (Turin | Italy)   Sara LEVI SACERDOTTI© 2016, MoMoWo© 2016, UIFS, Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU, LjubljanaEnglish language editing by Luigi Genta traduzioniDesign concept and layout by Andrea Furlan ZRC SAZU, Žiga Okorn Revisions of design by MoMoWo POLITO's teamPublished by France Stele Institute of Art History ZRC SAZU, represented by Barbara MurovecIssued by Založba ZRC, represented by Oto LutharPrinted by Agit Mariogros, Beinasco (TO)Publication of the project MoMoWo - Women’s Creativity since the Modern MovementThis project has been co-funded 50% by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Commission.First edition / first print run: 3000Ljubljana, Turin 2016 http://www.momowo.eu45Closely related to the theme of the humanisation of care, the project represents one of the first examples of soft qualities within the hospital heritage in Turin. The space below the church, previously used as a pharmaceutical warehouse, was transformed into a multipurpose room dedicated both to care and to art exhibitions, conferences and performances. In this way a particularly evocative space was revived - an underground room dominated by a semi-circular brick vault with nails - surrounded by a circular passage through which the dead were taken to the mortuary.Through a few careful interventions the space was returned to public use and set up as a meeting place between the hospital and the city, turning a place of death into a place of life.The design choice wanted to respect the original features with minimal intervention through the use of light and colour as qualifying elements. For economic reasons it was decided not to replace the existing light installations but simply to screen them from view by introducing a bright velarium placed diagonally to the floor.In order to allow the spatial perception of the room, characterized by unique aesthetic values, the velarium was designed not as a traditional false ceiling, but as a light element independent of the structures from which it is suspended by means of slender steel rods. The system creates a bright wraparound effect which highlights the profile of the vault. E.G.1. 71. 7Reuse, renovation and interior design118CIP - Kataložni zapis o publikaciji  Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica, Ljubljana  72(4)  72-051-055.2  MoMoWo: Women: Architecture & Design Itineraries across Europe / [edited by Sara Levi Sacerdotti, et al.]. - 1st ed. - Ljubljana : Založba ZRC, 2016  ISBN 978-961-254-906-0 1. Levi Sacerdotti, Sara284877568COVER_MOMOWO_GUIDE_01.indd   3 10. 06. 16   10:259 789612 549060ISBN 978-961-254-906-0not for saleCOVER_MOMOWO_GUIDE_01.indd   4 10. 06. 16   10:25

“Infernotti” - Multifunctional Hall of San Giovanni Battista Hospital

Garda, Emilia Maria

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