Article source: Enzo Berti
Spazio Silos is an interesting example of architectural redevelopment, restoration and enhancement of a particular cultural heritage: a new reinterpretation of the industrial archeology through Enzo Berti designer’s eyes, his experience and his personal style.
The building is made up of two historical “silos” in the area between Venice and Padua, realized during the 40s for a furniture factory, and completely inserted in the ancient roman land “centuriation”.
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- Architects: Enzo Berti
- Project: Spazio Silos – The Contemporary Box
- Location: Venice, Italy
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The project, started in 2011 and finished in 2013, is a perfect example of technological advanced architecture, constructed with innovative systems to follow a need of energy saving and “biocompatibility” preserving, at the same time, the historical memory of the structure and the territory.
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The Silos are built near a big wooded garden that encloses an artificial pond realized in the 50s to contain the needed water to extinguish a possible fire.
The two buildings, in which the shavings were stored and burned, originally represented the heart of the complex. The project of restoration entailed the partition of the two towers in 4 floors connected with gangways; the spaces obtained in this way are full of “light blades” and water mirrors. The big window walls and the panoramic roof make the Spazio Silos a perfect example of a contemporary industrial scenery.
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“Spazio silos-the contemporary box” was born to become a forge of ideas, a place in which a lot of cultural and creative activities can coexist and grow in a mood of real harmony.
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Image Courtesy © Enzo Berti
