Forms and figures for the sacred. Projects for a new parish complex in Benevento

Publisher: FedOA - Federico II University Press

Series: TeA / Teaching Architecture

Pages: 129

Language: Italian

Abstract: This volume documents the results of the Final Synthesis Workshop of the Master's Degree course in Architectural Design MAPA - renamed ACTA two years ago - at the DiARC, Department of Architecture. The teaching experience was based on the collaboration of two disciplinary areas: architectural and urban composition, led by Professor Renato Capozzi, and executive design, entrusted to Professor Paola Ascione. At the heart of the exercise was a real competition brief, which required the design of a building with a marked sacred vocation: the new parish complex of the Holy Spirit in Benevento. The competition simulation provided a training opportunity to subject students to rigorous design experimentation, capable of confronting compositional inventiveness and executive rigour. The proposals developed complied with the qualitative and quantitative requirements of the specifications and the required documentation, reconciling the complexity of the architectural design with its construction and implementation implications. The chosen theme provided an opportunity to reflect on the religious and liturgical significance of sacred architecture: conceived as a ritual device which, through its formal clarity and figurative significance, summons and gathers the faithful and citizens, establishing itself as a recognisable sign and point of orientation in the fragmented fabric of the urban and territorial landscape that surrounds it.