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We aim to create an architecture of local adaptation; to climate,
environment and culture.

Our approach is to attempt to avoid falling into preconceived solutions to design problems through a process of detailed analysis of site and brief prior to any design phase, and have experience in many sectors and at all scales - from master planning to product design. Working with an extensive range of consultants, teaching, and collaborations with architects, craftsmen and artists, all enrich the outlook of the studio.

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Gianni Botsford Architects Ltd.
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83-84 Berwick St
London W1F 8TS

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Gianni Botsford Architects, Italy
Via Euganea, 22
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Italy

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Situated on an island and accessible from both sides via a bridge, the structure symbolizes the transition from city to mountainside. The proposal consists of a series of horizontal landscape strata, which are flooded both naturally and artificially, registering the level of the river against the stage.

Seen from outside, it reflects the profile of the surrounding mountains, a landscape introduced into the heart of the city. Once inside the structure, the reflection of the landscape persists on the sheets of water flooding the space within. Acoustic considerations lead us to locate the auditorium below the horizontal strata that formin peaks and valleys, creating the external arena and rooftop landscapes. The remaining interstitial spaces can be open or closed, connected both vertically and horizontally to the interior and exterior landscape. Two parallel worlds, the public and those back-stage, inhabit this landscape and overlap on stage.

 

 
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