Work — Overview
An innovative and accessible space dedicated to stimulating public interest in scientific and environmental culture by promoting the mountain’s natural resources.
The Pavilions aim to preserve the natural landscape.
With careful attention to detail and a commitment to quality, we create environments that inspire, elevate, and enrich the lives of those who visit them.
Integrated into the landscape.
The project was completed in 2015 and is located in the Municipality of Taverna, in the district of Catanzaro, Italy.
The two pavilions, dedicated to the elements of Air and Earth, are designed to blend seamlessly with the surrounding landscape. They are located in the heart of Sila Eco Park, a didactic park focused on environmental sciences, also known as ‘The City of Environmental Sciences—Fata: Village of the Elements.’
The pavilions serve as a permanent center for dissemination, providing new educational opportunities and enhancing the territory’s value by creating attractions primarily aimed at school tourism.
Creative spaces designed to engage the public’s interest in science and environmental awareness, while highlighting the natural resources of the Sila Mountains.
The project honors the beautiful natural sites abundant with trees, while embracing the future and ensuring the pavilions inspire everyone.
Air Pavilion: The upper half-floor, at an altitude of +9 metres, provides access to the adjacent Earth Pavilion.
The Aria Pavilion is designed as an ethereal cloud. It is a two-level space of organic form, enclosed in a translucent sinusoidal structural envelope, suspended above ground level at approximately +6 metres. The main floor, is connected to the aerial pedestrian path leading to the Fairy Village.
The Earth Pavilion, is presented as an underground body set into the hillside. It consists of a series of industrial tubes 3 metres in diameter arranged in four rows stacked on the adjacent hillside.
On the third level, a walkway leads directly to the upper half of the Aria Pavilion.
The sloping wall of the hill thus remains free for tobogganing activities or as a climbing wall for the little ones.
