SPECIFICATIONS

year	2007
place	NORMA
program	PUBLIC SPACE REHABILITATION
surface	635 sm
cost	299.883,18 euro
client	PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OF NORMA
architects	SIMONE CAPRA - PATRIZIA MARCHETTO
team	ADRIANO CARACCIOLO, CLAUDIO CASTALDO, ANDREA VALENTINI
landscape	CINZIA GIOVANNONE
design phase	PRELIMINARY DESIGN

The project involves the recovery of public spaces in the historic center of Norma (Latina) and the rehabilitation of the paths starting from the early medieval nucleus perched on the top of the cliff and descending downstream along the tracks of rock shelters. The work on the first area, corresponding to the oldest fortified settlement, chooses to remain silent and respectful as possible without sacrificing the design of contemporary: neutral colors, white, dark gray and few long-limbed deciduous trees, to better adjust to the seasons the light and the heat in the small squares of the medieval center. The spaces of the ancient castle are sewn up through the design of water, two thin canals, running along different levels, retrace the perimeter of the first settlement. A walkway over the cliff, partly carved into the rock, partly cantilevered, redesigns an ideal wall-walk along the boundary of the ancient settlement.