ARCHELLO YOUR CONNECTION WITH ARCHITECTURE

CasaArtusi is the first centre of gastronomic culture for the promotion of home-cuisine, eternally bound with the name of Pellegrino Artusi, born in Forlimpopoli. Within the complex of the Chiesa dei Servi, an ancient cloister of unquestionable architectural and historical value, CasaArtusi lies on a 2.800 m2 area and includes a peculiar mix of various facilities: permanent and temporary exhibition areas; specialized and generic library; one home-cuisine restaurant; spaces for tasting food and wine; conference room; cooking school etc. The core of the project is the historical entrance hall, a slightly declining plane designed with glass bands inviting visitors to walk through the porch, entrance of CasaArtusi. The leading idea of the design is to interpret the different special and functional units of the historical complex as a whole entity, as far as materials and visual perception of the setting are concerned. The story of Mr. Artusi becomes the unifying element that ideally and visually connects the whole building. The insertion of alternating glass and steel stripes creates a single system that strongly characterizes the sense of the interior space. The intervention features 3 materials plus 1: steel, glass, polycarbonate and stone for the flooring, constantly arranged with small variations to better capture the sense of Artusi’s story.