Basilica San Petronio in Bologna Building, Italian Church Facade Design Project News
Basilica San Petronio in Bologna, Wall as a Center
Church Building Intervention in Italy – design by Inter-Esse Studio
11 May 2018
Wall as a Center – Basilica San Petronio in Bologna
Location: Piazza Galvani, Bologna, Emilia Romagna, north-central Italy
Facing Piazza Maggiore
Architectural style: Italian Gothic architecture
Original Architect: Antonio di Vincenzo
Design: Inter-Esse Studio
Facade of Basilica San Petronio in Bologna – Wall as a Center
In contemporary complex circumstances, tangible and intangible walls still separate societies and descend the collective life. From Trump?s wall and his travel ban to Brexit, common people have dealt with serious obstacles. This proposal is a reaction for any political, social, racial and religious segregation. Our wall is for connecting not for dividing, which is open for meeting, gathering and communicating. This could be a center, a social hub, a structure made for the people, not an expression of power.
Unfinished façade of the Basilica San Petronio in Bologna is completed by people?s presence. Here, there is no mechanism of control. This wall becomes an object that is accessible to everyone to be animated and appreciated by the public. The importance of the façade of the church with a vast shadow and the power dominated the Piazza Maggiore from Middle Age, wherein our temporary framework representing the authority of ci...