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2006 – Sassari, Riqualificazione dell’ex cinema Astra in Centro Culturale Comunale

2006 – Sassari, Riqualificazione dell’ex cinema Astra in Centro Culturale Comunale
TYPE Cultura e tempo libero    Culture and leisure facilities    Culture / Loisir
CLIENT Comune di Sassari
YEAR 2006
PROJECT Con Fabricanova, I. Mameli

The building is realized in 1935 on a project of the engineer Emanuele Paolini, is part of the large complex of the Casa del Balilla and is managed by the institution of regime G.I.L. (Gioventù Italiana Littorio) transformed after the war in G.I. (Gioventù Italiana.) The main entrance is from Via Margherita di Savoia, which is one of the axes of the city that divides the historical center (the one originally surrounded by walls) from the other important part of the center represented by the offshoots of the late ‘800 and early ‘900. The urban location is therefore a valuable point of the work because it is located at the hinge between relevant parts of the so-called “centrostorico”.

The proposed project has the objective of a minor overall alteration of the existing building, eliminating the added parts, such as external safety stairs and significant changes such as the one related to the coverage of the side body distinato to exhibitions, while retaining all the functional requirements of the preliminary project. At the same time, the goal is to create a structure that is easy to maintain and requires relatively low management costs.
Particular attention has been given to the characters of “sustainability” of the intervention, in particular to the elements of insulation and thermal and acoustic insulation of the internal spaces. The materials of the project have been chosen in relation to the characteristics of the existing building, to the specific needs of a public building intended as urban theater and cultural center and with the aim of obtaining from the complex the maximum durability and minimum maintenance costs.

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