Redevelopment of Old Town

Project date: 2003
Construction date: 2005-07
Location: Castel Frentano (CH) - Italy
Setting:Infrastructure
Client: Municipality of Castel Frentano
Activity: Design, Construction Management, Security

The project involved the redevelopment of a large portion of the ancient village of the municipality of Castel Frentano, through the recovery of public areas, in order to impart not only friendliness and urban decor, making the city center more "friendly" in its overall appearance but especially to relaunch it as the primary place for meeting and social, cultural and economic life.
The project has interested the environmental recovery and functional public spaces in the city center, with the remake flooring, networking techniques and with the inclusion of items of street furniture. The materials used were brick, cobblestones, porphyry and Perlatino Pacentro (Majella limestone), which are used depending on the location of the various interventions and considering the existent. The materials, their poses and the contrasts have contributed to the functional differentiation of spaces.
The use of lighting was very important to both the choice of lanterns cantilever type, in accordance with the historical context, both for the use of LED devices, driveways, on the floor, in the form of "stone" and cube of "porphyry", which define the spaces of the night, they point out the trend, enriching interesting scenic values​​. These points of light, cleverly arranged within the various interventions, creating, in the evening hours, a real light signaling, non invasive and very charming, which runs through the entire city center.