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Room for the unexpected. The intervention turns the parking lot into an open set for collective and everyday actions. A sequence of spatial devices enables areas for play, physical activity, dance, music making and listening; long tables for eating and drinking together; protected corners for pause and intimacy; surfaces for resting and observing.
One system, multiple uses. In line with the competition brief, the project uses a main material: Garnica poplar plywood panels. Wood is not treated as furniture, but as a modular construction system, a true kit of parts. The intervention is fully reversible: once Concéntrico ends, the parking lot returns to its original configuration and the material is recovered and reused.
In collaboration with Alessandro Leone, Gabriele Lorusso and Alberto Simoni.
Architect based in Milan. Previously at andreacaputo.com (2018–2025). Teaching Assistant in Architectural Design at Politecnico di Milano and Lecturer at NABA.
Architect based in Milan. Previously at andreacaputo.com (2018–2025). Teaching Assistant in Architectural Design at Politecnico di Milano and Lecturer at NABA.