CLIENT: Municipality of L'Aquila
LOCALITY: L'Aquila, Italy
COMPLETION DATE: August 2022
Artwork made with Ledrosteel Ecobox gabions
On the eve of Pope Francis' visit for the historic celebration of the Perdonanza Celestiniana, the City of L'Aquila has launched a strategic intervention to upgrade the area in front of the Holy Door of the Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio. The goal: to create an urban grandstand integrated into the landscape, functional for the reception of pilgrims and religious and civil authorities.
Thanks to the construction system Ledrosteel Ecobox, it was possible to intervene in record time, transforming the natural escarpment into an accessible, safe, and perfectly integrated into the historic-landscape context.
GOAL:
The project aimed to create a new public space for the Perdonanza celebrations, capable of ensure accessibility, structural containment and harmony with the environment surrounding. The intervention had to meet three essential requirements: speed of execution, compliance with landscape constraints e public usability.
PROPOSAL:
To meet the design requirements and extremely tight timelines, the technology was adopted Ledrosteel Ecobox: prefabricated metal gabions, manually filled with local white stone and arranged along the natural curvature of the ground. This system was chosen because it complies with the principles of the naturalistic engineering, ideal for interventions with low environmental impact and high durability.
The system also enabled the realization of an integrated containment structure, with the function of public seating thanks to the covering made of wood-derived material.
REALIZATION:
The work was efficiently coordinated through the dry laying of Ecobox gabions, compatible with the requirements of speed and environmental protection. The blocks were assembled and placed without the need for concrete pours, and completed with a redevelopment of the surrounding greenery, which is now fully accessible to people with disabilities.
The intervention also included technical arrangements for the press and TV crews, making the area functional for the planned events and visitor flows.
OUR CONTRIBUTION
Technology Ledrosteel Ecobox was the ideal solution to realize a public utility work with stringent timelines and stringent architectural requirements.
The CE marking of the system (ETA 17/0059) also ensured compliance for structural uses, as in the case of the wall against the ground included in the project.
An intervention that combined history, function and sustainability, transforming a slope into a new place of meeting and spirituality.