Architrend Architecture_company profile

company profile / principal projects

AwardsPremio PIDA 2014 Concept Alberghi Piscopo Palace Hotel, second positions

I Premio Nazionale di Architettura "Bar e Ristoranti d'Autore” 2014 MAD Magazzini Donnafugata Ristorante Wine Bar, first prize

Premio In-Arch Sicilia Ance 2014 Villa PM, mention

“Concorso di idee per la progettazione di un’ opera laddove sorgeva il chiosco cinese / giardino Bellini, Catania 2012”, second positions

“Gold Medal Architecture Award” Triennale di Milano, Villa GM, selected

“Sistema d’autore Metra 2011” Villa T first prize

“Architettura InArch-Ance” 2011 Villa PM selected

“Ance Catania 2011” Villa PM first prize

“Ance Catania edizione 2010” Renovation S. M. La Nova Church first prize

“G.B. Vaccarini Quadranti di Architettura" 2009 Villa T first prize

“InArch-Ance 2008/2009” Hotel Villa Carlotta selected

Main publications

- Raum und wohnen Villa PM, April/May 2014- The plan - Panorama italiano Villa PM, 2014- Selection of the latest international design Arpel Store, Primopiano Store, July 2013- DESIGNing Architecture (Artpower Publishing) Villa GM, Villa PM e Villa T, July 2013- IOArch n 48 Cacioteca regionale, Villa T, LBG Sicilia, Architrend Office, May/June 2013- Progetti Nazionale 6 Quid Edizioni S.r.l. Villa T, June 2013- Masters' Interior Design - Hotel & Bars (JTart Publishing) Pietrenere Resort, March 2013- Masters' Interior Design - Retail Space (JTart Publishing) Arpel Store, March 2013- Case & Stili Villa PM, March 2013- INA International New Architecture Ifengspace Shanghai Villa T, December 2012- Il progetto della memoria a cura di Mariagrazia Leonardi, December 2012- ddn n. 188 reallyitalian.it Architettura e Design in Sicilia, Ottobre 2012- Panorama 3 - Future Arquitecturas Team-Architrend Office, October 2012- Architetture per l’ospitalità in Sicilia LetteraVentidue Editor 2012- IoArch Costruzioni e Impianti n.41 Office description, May/June 2012- Elite Interior Magazine Russian Magazine, Villa GM, 2012- Archi+Scape! Dopress Books graphic interior architecture Shenyang China Villa GM, 2012- Villa And New Views Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press Villa PM, 2011- Home Mag Aheadmedia Beratungs GmbH Wien Villa PM, 2011- Masterpieces: Villa Architecture + Design BraunPublishing CH Villa PM, 2011- Wide Angles for Boutique Shops Design Vision International Hong Kong Arpel Store, 2011- Inside / Outside Office Design II Artpower Publishing Hong Kong Uffici Team-Architrend, 2011- 1000 x European Architecture BraunPublishing CH Villa PM, 2011- Progetti & Concorsi del Sole 24 ore Villa GM, July 2011- Ottagono, Villa GM, June 2011- Architetture Contemporanee Sicilia, Mancosu editore, February 2011- Rivista del Vetro, Villa T, February 2011- L’architetto italiano Mancosu editore, Villa GM, Jenuary-February 2011- Ville e Casali, Villa T, August 2010- Edilizia e territorio del Sole 24 ore Office description, June 2010- I Love Sicilia Villa GB, March 2010- Progetti & Concorsi del Sole 24 ore Villa T among the 20 best works in 2009, Jenuary 2010- Design Review Uffici Team-Architrend, December 2009- CE International Leather Store Dimartino, September 2009- Bagno e Accessori Interior, August-September 2009- ItaliArchitettura Utet Editor Villa T, 2009- Interni Electa Editor Villa T, July-August 2009- Edilizia e territorio del Sole 24 ore Villa T, May 2009- Edilizia e territorio del Sole 24 ore Team-Architrend Office, November 2008- 4A magazine Villa AV, June 2008- Edilizia e territorio del Sole 24 ore Hotel Villa Carlotta, February 2008- Edilizia e territorio del Sole 24 ore The enlargement of the Ibleo Garden, March 2007- Archaedilia Hotel Villa Carlotta, March 2007- Architettura Contemporanea in Sicilia Corrao Editor, 2007- Architetti Italiani le nuove generazioni Electa Editor, 2007- Giornale dell’architettura The enlargement of the Ibleo Garden, July-August 2007- Rivista Giapponese Hotel Villa Carlotta, November 2007- Qui Touring Hotel Villa Carlotta, November 2006- Progetto Hotel Hotel Villa Carlotta, October 2006- La Repubblica Hotel Villa Carlotta, October 2006- Archaedilia Residenze Doriana, June 2006- A10 Doriana Residence e Office Building, December-Jenuary 2004-2005- Almanacco di Casabella giovani architetti italiani School Complex, 1999-2000- 99 Idee Casa Interior, June 2000

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Contemporary architecture between design and reality

From over twenty years Architrend Architecture firm, founded by Gaetano Manganello

and Carmelo Tumino, is dealing with issues related to the translation of the vision into

reality, pursuing at the same time the willingness to create contemporary architecture.

Over time they have handled with different design opportunities, including rehabilitation

and new construction between the center and the outskirts.

The approach has always aimed to develop recognizable projects, with its own

character and its own identity, through the choice to connect the projects to the area,

with its material culture and its traditions. In Italy we are increasingly confronting with a

strong historicity of the territory in all contexts, from big cities to small towns.

The aim of the design approach comes from the boost given by this cultural

background. Far from influencing traditionalist tendencies, it leads to a clear desire to

be actors of our times, without false submissiveness towards the historical environment.

The respect of our building tradition is reflected in the restoration and enhancement of

our monuments, landscapes and natural environments.

The purpose of Architrend Architecture work is the observance of the authenticity of our

historical heritage and at the same time carrying out its enhancement through the

design of architecture strictly related with the issues of its being contemporary. Another

goal is related to the redemption of blighted areas, commonplace buildings that have

lost our traditions, abandoned suburbs, coastline contaminated by unauthorized

construction.

Our territory has got damaged by fifty years of land speculation, so it needs a huge

restoration project, which should be implemented by a synergies system between

architects, private and public clients primarily.

Nearly all the time our firm has been operated in the Ragusa province, feeling like a

forerunner in the multitude of new interventions which does not take into consideration

the quality of the architecture but only specific profit.

Therefore our work is a personal contribution to the revitalisation of the “Ibleo

landscape” beauty, with the enhancement of its historical centers and its suburbs.

The exhibited presented are situated in a context of extraordinary architectural and

landscape value. So they want to put these principles into practice and demonstrate

that we can think about contemporary architecture which can restore and enhance

historical fabrics and landscapes, without giving up their own identity and recognition.

Exhibitions

Architects meet in Selinunte_off Sicily 3.0

- Selinunte (TP), Chiesa del Purgatorio, 27-28-29 June 2014

Mostra "Omaggio alle città invisibili. Ritratti di Architetture"

- Roma, 13 Giugno 15 October 2013

XIII Venice Biennial Italian Pavilion

“Architecture Made in Italy” August, 2012

“Italy Now”

- Tokio, 2011;

- Toronto-Vancouver, 2012.

”Architetture per l’ospitalità in Sicilia”

- Ischia, july 2012;

- Castelvetrano, March 2012.

“Architetture Contemporanee Sicilia”

- “Architects meet in Selinunte”, March 2011

- Roma, Casa dell’Architettura March 2011;

- Catania, Palazzo della Cultura July 2011;

- Trapani, Palazzo della Vicaria October 2011.

“Sicilia-Olanda 2” Galleria EXPA Palermo Dicember 2009.

“Darc Sicilia “Città e società del 21° secolo - architetture recenti in

Sicilia”

- Palermo April 2008;

- Siracusa Decembre 2009.

“Sicilia Architettura” Chicago, 2007

“Sicilia-Olanda progetti di architettura contemporanea” Catania,

April 2007.

“Sicilia architettura 06” Palermo, June 2006 galleria Expa/ INarch

Sicilia.

“Architetti Iblei” Ragusa, 2006

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Site Ragusa

Design Architrend ArchitectureArch. Gaetano ManganelloArch. Carmelo Tumino

Collaborators Marco GarfìFernando Cutuli

Project 2010

Completed 2014

Materials Concrete, Glass, Wood

Area sqm 1,850

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CASA NL_NF

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Duplex building in exposed concrete

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7. view of the open space of livingroom, kitchen and dining room

8. belvedere of the living area facing the vegetation

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Site Marina di Ragusa


Project 2013

Completed 2014

Area sqm 584

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Casa ERNY

1. detail of the sunscreens

2. view of the southern facade through the vegetation

3. detail of the facade of the building with the aluminium sunscreens

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6. detail of the facade system

7. view of the swimming pool

8. nocturnal view of the house

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Site Ragusa


Project 2009

Completed 2014

Materials Stone, Glass

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Casa LS

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2. view of the entrance facade

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10. view of the living room and staircase lit by the large glass-wall

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Site Ragusa


Project 2012

Completed 2014

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Casa CFS

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3. the internal staircase towards the view of the bell-tower of St. Giovanni church

In the historic center of Ragusa. Interpretations beyond tradition.

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Site Ragusa Ibla


Project 2010

Completed 2012

Materials Natural materials, Glass, Stone cladding

Property size sqm 19.620

Area ground floor sqm 170basement sqm 140

Photo Cristina Fiorentini

The house is located on a hill in front of the historical center of Ragusa Ibla. Due to its strategic position it presents a scenic view.The project handled with an existing building recovering it with renovations works.The house develops on a hillside and it is organized in two levels. The first level has the altitude of the street-side entrance and includes the living area divided into a large entrance room with a central staircase that descends to the lower level where there is the sleeping area. Transversely to the entrance there is a large environment which has a cover with laminated wood beams painted white. It is divided between kitchen, living and dining room.The sleeping area consists of three bedrooms with services and a study. All rooms overlook the landscape.

Casa LR

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A house surrounded by the landscape

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Villa GM



Collaborators Patrizia AnfusoMarco Garfì

Project 2007

Completed 2010

Materials Steel, Glass, Wood

Area sqm 1.250

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This villa, like a garden pavilion hung with a spectacular viewof the sea, is part of a complex of houses located in Marinadi Ragusa, the seafaring village of Ragusa, on a plot of landwith beautiful views overlooking the Mediterranean and astretch of coast in the direction of the island of Malta, distantabout sixty miles off, and that in a bright day you can seeclearly. The design of the villa derives from the influenceexercised by the program of the Case Study Houses (CSH)implemented in the '50s by John Entenza and the magazinehe founded "Art & Architecture". The house is morerepresentative of the program is certainly the case studyhouses of Pierre Koenig's Stahl House, masterfullyphotographed by Julius Shulman, became an icon ofAmerican lifestyle in the famous photo of the living room ofthe house with the background on the amazing night view ofLos Angeles. The position of the batch of the project and thecultural similarities with that program became the essence ofcontemporary absolutely present after more than fifty years,has determined the main choices that affect the architectureof the house.The villa has an L-shaped ground plan shape, is set arounda large swimming pool with sun terrace paved with planks oflarch treated with a white primer. The continuity of the interiorof the living room and is secured by a glass wall thatcontinues to spread around the perimeter of the house facingthe sea view.

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Housing CSH #19



Collaborators Patrizia AnfusoMarco Garfì

Project 2007

Completed 2010

Materials Concrete, Glass

Area sqm 9.744

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The houses are located in Marina di Ragusa at the edge of apanoramic site that slopes towards the sea. It is a complex of19 units that insist on lots of 500 sqm approx.There are two types of housing:-a duplex with living area on ground floor in direct contactwith the garden, and a sleeping area with the bedrooms onthe first floor.-the other type involves the entire surface of theaccommodation on the ground floor with the living areas incontinuity with the garden and sea views.The sloped site has located a terraced arrangement ofbuildings.Duplex houses along the street are designed as twojuxtaposed volumes rotated 90 ° each other and the volumeof the first level leaps to the entrance. The succession ofthese facades looming on the road create an highly abstractcomposition and very tight rhythm, highlighted by the whitewalls.Laterally the bedrooms on the first floor overlook a terracewith views towards the sea, which forms the roof of theground floor living room.The two volumes juxtaposed with L-shaped form, in the areaopposite the entrance, a short extension of the living roomand kitchen.

A complex of 19 units located at theedge of a panoramic site that slopestowards the sea.

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The aluminum windows of the rooms are screened by blinds of aluminum slats that slide inside of walls, while the living room and kitchen windows frame views of garden and patio.Some houses have swimming pool with a flooring made of wooden slats as a solarium.The white plastered enclosure walls, the pedestrian gates with white wooden strips, the white plaster, the squared volumes of the houses emphasized by overhanging cornices, help to determinate the architecture of Mediterranean houses at the same time contemporary.

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Project Architrend ArchitectureArch. Gaetano ManganelloArch. Carmelo Tumino

Collaborators Fernando CutuliMarco Garfì

Project 2008

Completed 2010

Materials Concrete, Glass, Verticalprofiles of aluminum, Lava stone

Area sqm 1.151

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The research project its own identity through the creation ofsimple volumes and divided between them. The contrastbetween the large windows and dark surfaces of the groundfloor, lava stone, and the white walls of the first floor makesthe construction to be suspended and light. At the groundfloor windows open onto the garden are opposed to the firstfloor cantilevered walls consist of sliding panels in verticalprofiles of aluminum, which act as a sunscreen, and at thesame time clearly characterize the villa.The villa, through its surfaces with sharp contemporary standsout from the building surrounding rigor by establishing ananomaly, a short space.We like to think that our project is not in conflict with theenvironment and the landscape, but the banal existingbuilding.

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4. image of the building at dusk

Volumes and spaces used to distinguish architecture

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The functions aredistributed in a patternfluid, the large livingroom has a centralpatio glass illuminatedfrom above, with apalm tree in the middle:the green led inside thehouse.The outdoor area of thegarden is designed asa natural extension ofliving inside, someparticular points of vieware indicated by thepalm rest is a smoothsurface with grass. Theouter fence is made upof a wall covered withslabs of lava blaze eyeof partridge, the coatingis continuous andabout the gate andpedestrian gate on thedriveway, making itcompletely homogeneousfence line, lifted fromthe ground through acollection at the base ofthe wall.

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7. the living area toward the patio

8. detail of the southern facades with the balconies screened by sliding sunscreens

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Site Ragusa


Collaborators Patrizia AnfusoFernando Cutuli

Project 2005

Completed 2010

Materials Concrete, Spray plaster

Area sqm 28.079

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Housing CSH #47

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A residential neighborhood

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Project 2005

Completed 2007

Materials Concrete, Glass, Stone

Area sqm 13.000

ground floor sqm 130basement sqm 180


Awards 1° PrizeContemporary Architecture in Sicily “G.B. Vaccarini 2009”

The context is agricultural, a plateau with sandstone walls todivide the various portions of property. Once marked by theproductive outposts of the “masserie”, farms with cultivatedfields and cattle, today the Ibleo territory has changed itslook. Instead of scattered farmhouses, isolated and dividedby farmlands, construction has gradually filled spaces,erasing the network of isolated architectural complexesgathered around courtyards, like ‘pacific forts’. Nevertheless,the site of this project has partially conserved that preciousidea of ‘isolation’, and the whole design comes to grips withthis context, constructing a direct relationship with thelandscape, faced openly on two sides, while emerging from itthanks to an eloquent contemporary design.The program of the compositional process is that of a largesingle-family house, alone at the center of a meadow,bordered by the free, linear horizon of the plateau. Here, inthe midst of the grassy terrain, treated as virgin land forconstruction, the architecture stands out clearly as acomplete entity with definite limits. But its borders are not‘introverted’, they are open to visual enjoyment of the outsideworld, through the creation of outdoor living spaces, roomswithout walls that become parts of the overall solution.

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Landscape frames

The relationship with the context and the sequence of the three stacked floors relies on a sort of continuous architectural ribbon that reinterprets the flavor of the Mediterraneanhome, developing, bending to form rooms and the roof, outdoor zones raised from the meadow like platforms, porticos and overhangs, balconies and terraces. A solid facadeclad in stone, to the north, is flanked by the harmonious antithesis of the southern and eastern facades, fully glazed and open to the greenery. They reveal the two-storey heightof the living area, with the mono-beam staircase leading to the first floor, containing a studio zone and a bedroom.

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The daytime area is joined to the kitchen, located in the lower volume, while the luminous living and dining area emphasizes the double height of the construction, with its largepitched roof. The master bedroom zone with bath and closet is located behind the living area.

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The white stucco and stone facings that wrap the forceful geometric design, highlighted by a red floor marker that interrupts the high corner glazing,the planes that combine, in a dynamic way, around the sloping roof, reveal the pursuit of a ‘possible Mediterranean style’ that pays attention to localhistory, but without copying, ready for experimentation with new possibilities.

The sequence living-dining-kitchen encounters two outdoor spaces: on one side, facing the living room, a terrace at ground level connects to arecessed patio faced by the underground spaces, with two bedrooms and a den, shaded for cool comfort. Behind the kitchen, connected by a full-height glazing, an external portico is like a room without walls, open to the surrounding lawn.

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Site Ragusa Ibla

Design team Architrend ArchitectureArch. Gaetano ManganelloArch. Carmelo Tumino

Co-Design team Dott. Agr. Vincenzo FirulloIng. Salvatore Campo

Collaborators Arch. Silvio CubisinoPatrizia AnfusoGeom. Fernando CutuliGeom. Giampiero Cicero

Project 2006

Completed 2012

Materials Steel, Glass, Concrete


Awards Selected for the “XIII Venice Biennial”, Italian Pavillon

The Regional “Cacioteca” aims to produce and gather, in this special structure, the principal traditional cheeses of Sicily, as well as national and international cheeses of particular interest.The design of the Regional “Cacioteca” has as its objective the realization of an avant-garde structure that enhances regional dairy products.The “Cacioteca” is a building with reinforced concrete structure, partially basement.The plan is characterized by organic shapes that define a large "cave" underground; it’s made of a single material: concrete. This space is lighted by windows placed on a cut of the main facade. The project defines a contemporary architecture in relationship and continuity with the surrounding landscape and with the existing building, a restored nineteenth-century manor farm.

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Research laboratories and educational auditorium

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4. the curved ramp connecting the entrance to the basement

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Site Scicli (RG)

Design team Architrend ArchitectureIng. Ignazio Stancanelli


Project 2004

Completed 2006

Awards 1°Prize “Ance Catania 2010” Renovation S.M. La Nova Church

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Reuse of new areas whole of the facade of a church of ‘700 (UNESCO heritage site)

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Site Ragusa Ibla


Co-design team Arch. D.BartolottaIng. M.Tumino

Project 2002-2004

Completed 2007

Materials Stone, Steel, Glass

Area sqm 1.890


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The enlargement of the Ibleo Garden, a public park, islocated in the historical centre of Ragusa Ibla (declared aWorld Heritage Site in 2003).In this area a complex of buildings was built in the 50's tocontain an electricity station, abandoned in the 80's.The project is the completion of a single and unified projectinvolving two adjacent areas: the area of pine forest and thearea of the former electricity station.The two projects are a complex where contemporaryarchitecture holds a close dialogue with the reality,stimulating a system that retrieves a space lost by theconstruction of the plant.The large courtyard, also called "square of the sculptures", isthe most important core of the project and it is conceived as aspace for meeting and exhibition of outdoor sculptures.An architectural linear system gravitates around the courtand characterizes this; a building housing is located on thewest side, leaning against the existing homes and housingthe new toilets and a tourist information office.

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In the historic center of Ragusa Ibla, UNESCO heritage site. Iron and glass overlooking the landscape.

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In the north, a wall covered in limestone supports a long walkway made of steel and glass, framing three large openings on the archaeological excavations and on the S.Leonardo valley. The bar, a small building, concludes the architectural linear system. All the new accommodation consists of an rigorous architecture and spatiallyaccomplished; the system of paths, both on land and suspanded, allows the total use of the space and the perception of new and always different views. In this context, theContemporary Architecture is not self-referential, but rather arises from the places, from the existing to be enhanced (the portico of St. Vincent church), from the potential todevelop in relation with the urban fabric, from the perception of traditional materials mixed with the contemporary ones, following an idea of balance and sensitivity.

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Site Ragusa


Arch. Giovanni Rizza

Co-design team Ing. Giovanni SolarinoIng. Sebastiano Valvo

Project 1992-1993

Completed 1997-1999

Area sqm 17,000

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IPSIA SCHOOL

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Deisgn Architrend ArchitectureArch. Gaetano ManganelloArch. Carmelo Tumino

Project 2009

Completed 2014

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Made of reinforced concrete and covered in glass, this building a strong character tends to get minimal, with the least formal means, the ultimate functional outcome. The project is located in an area of urban sprawl on the outskirts of Ragusa. The building has a large frame on the first floor, concrete-face view of 50 cm height, placed flush with the external shock defines the volume of the first floor, creating a gap with the glass facades of the ground floor. Wide overhangs to protect the entire perimeter of the building's windows from the sun, the curtain walls are made of aluminum frames with thermal and solar control double glazing with argon gas, along with a system of exterior blinds in aluminum slats, electrically adjustable , maximizing the contribution of solar radiation. A system made up of photovoltaic panels, installed in an open area of the lot, by the power of 50KW, fully complies with the building's energy requirements.All system components are managed by the building of a Vantage home automation system that acts on the sensors for the lights inside and outside, on the opening or closing the curtains to adjust the intensity of daylight and the alarm system. The water of rainfall collected from roofs is collected in a special reserve and reused for irrigation of green.

Site Ragusa


Collaborators Patrizia AnfusoFernando CutuliMarco Garfì

Project 2005-2008

Completed 2008

Materials Concrete, Steel, Glass

Area sqm 5.000

first floor sqm 500ground floor sqm 500basement sqm 1200


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The architectural project articulates the space in response tovarious demands: relating with the urban context, dialoguingwith the various bodies of the building, acting as a filterbetween indoors and outdoors, responding to the need forliving comfort, etc. The direction of the space relates man withthe building with the aim of generating places that improve thequality of life. A banal assumption for all designers, but it isprecisely for its complex simplicity that there are fewexamples in which this theoretic base has become anexcellent project, without falling into the banal or thepaternalist. Amongst the successful projects there is the HotelVilla Carlotta, where the dialectic rapport between the re-useof a historical building and the construction of a new hall is thedominating theme in the rapport between man and residence.The intervention is configured into two autonomous thoughclosely correlated parts, the first oncerns the recovery andfunctional adaptation of a late 1800's rural building into a hotelwith courtyard, the second concerning the relation of thegarden with swimming pool. The project saw a series ofinterventions that, whilst maintaining the historicalcharacteristics of the building, also implement itstransformation and conservation. The height of the existingrooms allowed for distribution over two levels connected by adouble height hall, made of steel structure with glass walls, acontemporary element in relation with the pre-existing ones.On the ground floor is the reception with staircase leading tothe second floor, the restaurant, eleven rooms and sevenJunior suites, whilst on the second floor there is a mezzaninehall, six rooms and a suite. The restaurant inside the steel andglass structure with exposed beams in plywood faces onto thelarge garden with pool, opening itself up to the territory. Theworks are characterised by the use of natural materials placedin relation with the traditional materials present in the old ruralbuilding. A purposefully declared materiaI dialogue that givesa late 1800's façade to the iron and glass volume, making itthe pivot between the recovery and new construction.

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Project 2003

Completed 2005

Materials Stone, Steel, Glass, Wood

Area sqm 13.620


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Site Ragusa Ibla



Project 2013

Completed 2014

Materials Raw sheet metal, Wood, Concrete, Glass

Photo Giorgio Biazzo

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In the historic center of Ragusa Ibla, UNESCO heritage sites.A café-restaurant that reinterprets the elements of the past in a contemporary spaces.

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Site Ragusa



Project 2010

Completed 2010

Materials Concrete, Glass

Area store sqm 420

Area warehouse sqm 245

Photo Moreno Maggi

Located in a shopping street between the center and theperiphery of this large store is a typical architecturalapproach to the subject of construction of interior spaces forsale. We then designed a device architecture, a real buildingthat fits on the ground floor of a ten-storey building, featuringexternal façade through the use of large windows placedwithout interruption for the both the prospects of the store.Overall, a store that creates a contrast between raw materialand components such as wooden floors and concrete wallsand items such as finished and polished furniture in whitelacquered wood and glass plates ultralight. Also picked up acontrast between the straight elements of the walls andwindows and furniture and curved elements that are woveninto the ceiling.But the contrast greater than we wanted to introduce whathas been created between the severity of the cementitiousmaterial and durability of concrete walls and the portal andthe idea of the ephemeral store, space durable, more propsthan architecture. Otherwise, at this store we wanted tocreate more interior architecture and decoration, our goalhas been to the store to ensure a long life, which can remaincurrent with the years.

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Looking up to the top, you will be amazed by a fluid mass of bright blades that intersect, this tangle of lines breaks the predominance of the straight line by introducing thesuppleness of the curve, that curve is so dear to Niemeyer "the curve of the mountains of my country the body of the woman I love, of rivers."In addition to characterizing the store strongly curved blades, illuminated with LED strip, are intended to visually unify the various areas of the shop, introducing into a dynamicand fast game.

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via Padre Giovanni Tumino, 2397100 Ragusa Italy

Tel. (+39) 0932 652661Fax (+39) 0932 652661

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