https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/2432 en-us Two of italy’s greatest modern architects are known for their cemeteries.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12050 Thu, 01 Dec 2016 08:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12050-design-vanguard-2016-studio-andrea-dragoni 1612-Design-Vanguard-Studio-Andrea-Dragoni-01.jpg Andrea Dragoni Photo © Gaia Bricca Senago Complex For an extension of the historic Villa San Carlo Borromeo Park in Milan, Dragoni has designed a complex that includes a 250-room hotel. The building’s half-moon shape is generated by a river and a canal that bracket it. Photo © Studio Andrea Dragoni Government Building Public Spaces In collaboration with artist Nicola Renzi, Dragoni revamped the  courtyard of a government building in Udine. The pair cut an opening in the floor slab to bring daylight and sky views to the lower level, and introduced a graphic pattern into the paving. Photo © Alessandra Chemollo Gubbio Cemetery Expansion For the expansion of a cemetery, Dragoni created a series of blocklike enclosures that echo the rhythms of the medieval town less than a mile away. Several of the structures are topped by openings that frame the sky and are reminiscent of the work of James Turrell. Photo © Massimo Marini Moena Parking Facility With architects Alessandro Bulletti and Marco Palazzeschi, Dragoni designed a parking facility for the city of Moena. Because the site is one of great natural beauty—it sits between a mountain ridge and a river—the architects centered the structure on a loggia that provides pedestrian access to the water’s edge. Image courtesy Studio Andrea Dragoni