CENTRO PIACENTINIANO
The project proposes work in continuity with the place by redesigning the set of spaces in the form of a large urban park, structured according to bands parallel to the axis of the Sentierone: the greenery of the new continuous park intertwines with the axes of Palazzo Frizzoni, Porta Nuova, of the Theater, of the Donizetti Monument, strengthening the network of signs already present and still capable of reaffirming the characteristics of the modern center of the city.
In shape and layout the new parterres do not seek a new order in contrast with the existing one, but take on the signs of the stratified city as a plot on which to weave simple extrusions of soil inhabited by the colors of the vegetation. The well in Piazza Dante, the stone carpet of the Theater, the flowerbeds under the horse chestnut trees of the Sentierone constitute the elements of the project. These are small signs capable of communicating with the large scale of the monuments and urban spaces along which they exist. The Quadriportico, the church of San Bartolomeo, the Donizetti theater, the Torre dei Caduti and the other buildings of the Piacenza Center thus find themselves crossed by a very fine web of signs that propose a delicate story, on an idea of the city, suspended in the greenery among the stones.
