The green area beneath the well known Corviale building, along via Poggioverde and via Mazzacurati has been involved in a participated decision taking process. As a result the Municipality of Rome has decided to renovate the park and build a new recreation area for kids {ages 3-12 years}.

The program for the recreation centre for 45 children foresees: 2 laboratories, a reading room, a hall facing the park and a hall facing the street with a secretary and facilities. It also includes spaces for the "Re Mida" project: a wide storage room where kids can pick the materials to be re-used for arts and crafts activities.

The project has to deal with two major problems: 1. build a construction in a existing public green area; 2. improve the accessibility to the existing park from the Corviale housing.
The first problem needs a solution with minor waste of public surface. The building is located and shaped in such a way it is made possible to walk on it’s roof. This solves also the second problem since the roof, covered with outdoor rubber material, has a sloped shape and connects the park to the street, like a “bridge” building that leads the pedestrian walkway over the existing hill. For the disabled it is possible to walk through the building since the inner space “cuts” through the hill.

An urban signal is positioned next to the main entrance on via Mazzacurati: a metal structure about 4 mt high where to place the advertisements for the recreation centre’s activities and the solar panels.
The façade is in wood, glass and metal. A thick metal strip {40 cm} underlines the sloping line of the rooftops and contains the water drainage system. The glass windows are protected with removable metal grids.

renovation green area 297.025,00 €
recreation centre 435.000,00 €
park surface 14.000 sqm
building surface 261 sqm

studioUap with Land srl
landscape: Mauro Brenni, Alain Carnelli, Gianluca Guido Lugli, Adriana Piante, Giovanni Sala
architecture: Silvia Cioli, Luca D’Eusebio, Giacomo Di Rienzo, Giovanna Domjianni, Andrea Mangoni
structural design: Franco Iacobelli
electrical and mechanical engineering design: Eugenio Cimino

2008