CITTÀ UNIVERSITARIA POVEGLIA
Año: 2016
Locación: Poveglia, Venecia, Italia.
Equipo: Matías Salas
Profesores:
Rodrigo Aguilar + Pablo Montecinos
Highest Mark, School of Architecture University of Santiago de Chile.
The proposal aims to an University composed by 3 Faculties according to the history and tradition of Venice and Poveglia: Architecture + Trade + Agriculture. The Island is reorganized as follows: North Island: designed as a Public Park + Students Accomodations, taking as starting point the current existing forest there and the recuperation of the historical agricultural traces, from the middle of XX Century; The Main Island is proposed as a the “University Citadel”, a place for Faculties and equipment, designed following the historical complex where the old hospital took place. Finally the defense Octagon is projected as a Memorial to the history of Poveglia.