PROJECT AND REALIZATION OF STREETS AND SQUARES IN THE IZZALINI HISTORICAL TOWN CENTER - TODI

The project refers to the repaving of the main piazza and internal streets of the medieval borgo of Izzalini, next to Todi in Umbria. During the last years the carriage ways of the borgo Izzalini were realized in a range of inappropriate materials like asphalt, stone and cement. Continuous interventions throughout the years completely transformed the medieval section of the main piazza and internal streets.
After an accurate analysis of the site we decided to use “Izzalini stone” to repave the whole borgo. This stone comes from a nearby cave and was used as the main building material.
Due to the stones properties it cant reach large and homogeneous dimensions and when its hand cut its natural beauty is kept.
This peculiarity drove us to use stone of different sizes that reflect the irregularity of the streets.
Maintaining the character of the borgo these hand cut stones were used for the pavement with thickness of 12cm, constant width and variable length, 30, 40, 45, 50cm.
The material dimension permitted us to follow the natural shape of the terrain, that is mainly visible in the piazza in front of the castle. In fact we didnt replace the natural form of the piazza with a regular slope, but we restored its original and gentle shape.
To regulate the natural water direction we gave the internal streets a convex form with two lateral gutters.
Next to the piazza the existing little green area has been redone with dry stone paving in large dimensions, in the opus incertum pattern.
This helps to maintain a continuity of materials, order and cleanliness.
A series of stone benches have been added, not only to create seating but also used as parapets where the levels change.

PROJECT AND REALIZATION OF STREETS AND SQUARES IN THE IZZALINI HISTORICAL TOWN CENTER - TODI - PERUGIA by SIGNORINI ASSOCIATI in Italy won the WA Award Cycle 6. Please find below the WA Award poster for this project.