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2025-03-04

“Amerigo Vespucci” Technical Nautical Institute, Italy

The project envisions a sustainable design for the new “Amerigo Vespucci” Nautical Institute in Gallipoli, blending modern educational needs with green building principles. A monolithic local stone structure, sculpted by terraces and defined access points, guides circulation across three levels. Its dynamic façade channels light while framing the maritime context. Inside, modular spaces ensure functional autonomy while promoting community engagement, seamlessly integrating into the urban landscape.

Model 005570 | Amerigo Vespucci Technical Nautical Institute
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Amerigo Vespucci Nautical Institute in Gallipoli: A Harmonized Green Edifice

The project for the new “Amerigo Vespucci” Nautical Institute in Gallipoli brings together new educational needs with green building criteria. The project narrates the territory through its material and environmental characteristics, adopting a simple but evocative language, recognisable but not intrusive in relation to the landscape in which it is set.

The architectural layout develops on three levels and appears as a monolithic block of local stone, carved by the system of terraces and accesses that follow specific urban and visual directions, channelling the flows of the various users. The external envelope is characterised by a system of flares that present ever-changing inclinations and focus the gaze on the architectural and landscape emergencies of the surrounding maritime landscape, while mitigating sunlight in the educational spaces.

The interior spaces are designed around the educational needs of the course of study, but are also open to the community and social participation. Mobile partition systems allow for a high degree of flexibility and reconfigurability of rooms as needs change. The internal layout is designed to make the main functional components independent and autonomous. These include: the agora, with its didactic steps; the gymnasium, open to local sporting events; the cultural centre, a place for relations that brings the idea of the school back to the socio-urban catalyst of the contemporary city.

Location Gallipoli
Italy
Structural Analysis ATI Project

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Model Data

Number of Nodes 738
Number of Lines 901
Number of Members 311
Number of Surfaces 181
Number of Solids 0
Number of Load Cases 12
Number of Load Combinations 108
Number of Result Combinations 4
Total Weight 1242.914 tons
Dimensions (Metric) 42,409 x 12,712 x 19,762 m
Dimensions (Imperial) 139.14 x 41.71 x 64.84 feet

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