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Art Gallery Showroom by Antonio Ravalli Architetti
Italian studio Antonio Ravalli Architetti have transformed the ground floor of a warehouse in Verona, Italy, into a showroom featuring gathered translucent curtains hanging from the ceiling.
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The translucent curtains create partitions within the double-height space, which houses a clothing showroom that doubles up as a temporary exhibition space.
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An air-conditioning system blowing air into the space causes the curtains to move continuously.
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On the exterior, a reflective black glass façade at street level means that while views into the space are restricted, visitors can see clearly out to the street.
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Stacks of reclaimed wooden beams have been painted white and topped with sheets of treated metal to provide tables.
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Photographs are by Antonio Ravalli Architetti.
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Here's a bit more information from the architects:
CONDITIONS:
The program plans to set a clothing showroom, with an inclination to host contemporary art exhibition, inside an anonymous warehouse of the 70’s located in the outskirts of Verona, counting on an absolutely limited budget.
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It’s necessary to gain more rooms for the different activities out of a whole, stereometric, double height space, perimetered by a high ribbon window.
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Outside, the warehouse is placed inside a good quality urban scene, with a wide view which opens to east.
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DEVICES:
A light and permeable separation, made of nonwoven fabric used in agriculture, constitutes the structure for the different rooms.
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A black glass window establish the relation between inside and outside, softening the interior light, while signaling to the outside the singularity of the realized space.
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The grey paint used for the whole interior space, is applied equally to the external façades, dematerializing the anonymous prospects of the existing building.
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Furniture are entirely made with stacks of white painted, recovered wooden beams.
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The tables, made of metal sheets treated with acid, host the working stations.
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The industrial-like air conditioning system reacts with the lightness of the fabric walls, creating a continuous soft movement which emphasize the dynamism of the space.
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CREDITS:
project: art gallery Showroom in Verona
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location: Verona, Italy
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architects: Antonio Ravalli Architetti / Antonio Ravalli, Simone Pelliconi, Valentina Milani, Lorenzo Masini, Giuseppe Crispino
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client: Nord srl
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category: interiors
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area: 360 m2
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year: 2010
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materials: tnt curtain, black glass, wood, white beam, concrete
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