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71 Via Boncompagni Apartments
Italian Residential Architecture: Rebuilding in Rome ? design by MAD Architects
25 July 2019 ; 10 Nov 2016
71 Via Boncompagni Apartments in Rome
Location: 71 Via Boncompagni, Rome, Italy
Design: MAD Architects
Yesterday e-architect published UNIC Residential Paris, MAD?s first realized project in Europe. Below is what was to be their first European building, in Italy:
MAD First European Project to Be Implemented in Rome

Led by Ma Yansong, MAD Architects won an architecture competition to lead the rebuilding for 71 Via Boncompagni in the heart of Rome in early 2010.

After four years of design development and hearings, the project was approved in December 2014 by the Rome Planning, Programming and Implementation Department, and Rome City Council. The project is in the implementation phase, and should become MAD?s first realized project in Europe.
Built in the 1970?s, the existing building is a commercial courtyard building attached to an early 20th century chapel located on the street corner. The primary challenge posed by the architecture competition stage was how to transform this incongruous modern building into a deluxe residential complex.

In modern buildings beams, pillars, and floor slabs have replaced walls as the core elements of architectural structure. While freed from their structural obligations, facades still remain canvases for ex...