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Arbau Studio di Marta Baretti e Sara Carbonera

  • Site : https://www.arbau.org
  • Adresse : Via G. Toniolo, 17 31100 Treviso
Arbau studio, founded in Treviso in 2000 by architects Marta Baretti and Sara Carbonera, develops projects in the fields of urban planning, architecture, and landscape design. Their work is characterized by a multidisciplinary approach and a strong focus on the specificity of the built environment. The studio often works on reuse and renovation of existing spaces, aiming to restore value to everyday architecture, occasionally blending into the language of art. Since 2010, Arbau has been involved in the regeneration of the former military area of Forte Rossarol in the Venetian hinterland, where design and research intersect around the theme of care spaces, in collaboration with the University of Verona. Recent projects include the primary school in Feltre, Parco Don Gnocchi in S. Vito di Altivole, Piazza M. D. Olivo in Lignano, and the square on Bastione di Porta Altinia in Treviso. The studio has received numerous awards, including the Wood Architecture Prize, the Dedalo Minosse Prize, the Taddei Prize for Women in Architecture and Design, and has been selected for national awards such as the Italian Architecture Gold Medal. Arbau was also featured in the Italian Pavilion at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale – Resilient Communities, within the section curated by Rebel Architette: "#137 Italian Women Architects". Baretti and Carbonera complement their design work with research, teaching, and participation in conferences.

Centro Soranzo

From “care space” to “space that heals” has been the vision that guided the architectural restyling and energy rehabilitation project of the Centro Soranzo - Residence for Addiction Care, carried out through a participatory process that involved various professionals working at the center as well as the resident guests, broadening the reflection on the relationship between the method of care and space. The intervention on the architectural space and green area of the Center, which began in 2013, was a concrete response to a comprehensive and in-depth reflection on how the physical space influences (and can aid) the therapeutic process in residence. This reflection was initiated in collaboration with NeuroPsiLab, Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona.
The managing entity of the Center aimed to implement the space's restyling project alongside an interdisciplinary participatory process to achieve a result consistent with the principles of the Soranzo Therapeutic Method and the philosophy of the Center. The reference is an architectural space whose aesthetic quality lies in the simplicity and clarity of the compositional elements' language, and whose image is not connected to its function (place of care). It is a non-imposing, flexible, and interpretable environment that reflects an ethics of coexistence, where beauty is well-being and the common good. At the heart of the redevelopment are the three wooden extensions of the existing buildings intended for common spaces, which feature transparent ends, making them distinguishable from those designated for housing. The choice to build with structural wooden panels means creating low-impact buildings, considering their life cycle; it has allowed for the use of more advanced technology compared to traditional methods: lightweight prefabrication that provides greater control over the project even in small sites with controlled budgets, as in this case. This control translates into spatial form, creating a space where the construction technique is not concealed but rather exploits the expressive potential of wood, designing volumes where form, performance, and sustainability integrate, showcasing a particularly innovative strategy for interventions on existing structures.

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