CASA VERDE young women's care home for mental health problems

The project* aims to recover and integrate an old site already used as an orphanage built on a portion of a hilly area next to the old centre of San Miniato. The "CASA VERDE" project, so called because of his historically/social value (CASA/home / orphanage – VERDE/Green / built in a forest of holm oaks), is a search to found links:
1_ with the woods, through the study of the color leves shades in different seasons;
2_ with the "guests Girls" by editing their graphic works on the glass facade;
3_ with the city by reusing "vicoli carbonai" (useful and necessary for the maintenance of the hillside);
4_ with the natural light (main staircase);
5_with the centuries-old cypress trees next to the structure;
6_with art through the artist Mercury-S17S71 painting the faces of the "guests" has created a collection of contemporary artworks.

*(Stefania Catastini architect in charge for the facade and interior design project)

CASA VERDE has recently received an honorable mention at The Plan Award 2017 and has won a Special Prize at the tenth edition of Dedalo Minosse International Prize. It was also published online on architettura-italiana.com (July 2017).

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