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Edoardo Gherardi Receives the Silver A' Design Award for Santa Caterina Museum in Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design
Edoardo Gherardi recognized for cultural heritage and culture industry design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Santa Caterina Museum by Edoardo Gherardi, designed for Gherardiarchitetti, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
About Santa Caterina Museum
The convent of Santa Caterina is a restricted historical area, located in the heart of Treviso, which had many critics, both functional and structural. The project was divided into three phases, which have led to a new system of access and enjoyment of the entire complex, through different strategies: the inclusion of services to support international exhibitions, the reorganization of museum itineraries, the rearrangement of some wings according to the box in box principle, the restoration of fine parts, the reopening of the underground hall and the redefinition of the entrance volume.
About Edoardo Gherardi
Gherardi architetti deals with the architectural project at different scales, from urban masterplans to industrial design. The firm follows projects of multiple scales and uses, both in Italy and abroad, in various countries including Switzerland, Luxembourg and the Middle East. Gherardi architetti has received several awards including the German Design Awards, the Iconic Awards and the In-Arch Award, both for architecture and product design. In 2021 he participated in the Venice Architecture Biennale with the exhibition entitled "Escapology".
Award Record
This recognition makes Edoardo Gherardi a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design Award
The A' Cultural Heritage Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good designs that preserve, protect, and promote cultural heritage. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to cultural heritage designers, culture industry professionals, cultural heritage specialists and museum designers from all countries. Entries typically include cultural heritage projects, cultural conversation, preservation and restoration and protection projects. Awarded cultural heritage designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/cultural-heritage
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/112908
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/112908
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!112908
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/289259
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.gherardiarchitetti.it/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Santa Caterina Museum
- Function
- Museum
- Category
- Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Arts and Social Impact
- Colors
- Saddle Brown, Black, Dim Gray, Rosy Brown and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Gherardiarchitetti
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Edoardo Gherardi
- Country
- Italy
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #112908
Credits
- Team
- Edoardo Gherardi, Annachiara Marcon, Nicola Frigo, Massimiliano Toniolo, Marco Gennaro, Dario Fernandez Plaza
- Image Credits
- Photo Marco Zanta
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The project for the Civic Museums of Santa Caterina di Treviso was carried out in three different phases with a general aim: to regenerate a large part of the complex and to adapt it to high level exhibition, with safety and air conditioning standards, to create spaces for contemporary exhibitions. The project has touched on many aspects: to work out on structural problems, to clarify the functional areas, to redefine the interior paths and to create spaces dedicated to international events.
- Inspiration
- The complex presented various critical issues such as infiltrations, structural collapses of the roofs, masonry cracks, humidity, uncontrolled air conditioning and reception services not sufficient for a high number of visitors. The mission of the project was to solve the constructive and structural problems and clarify the functional areas of the complex. Internal paths have been redefined and spaces dedicated to international events have been created. Rooms are conceived as boxes in the box.
- Research
- The project for the renovation of Santa Caterina required a very long and thorough preparation. It is a historic building located in the heart of an Italian city of ancient origin, very rich in artistic and cultural heritage. The complex of Santa Caterina was born from the union of a church and a convent of the XIV century and has undergone numerous extensions, alterations and modifications over the centuries. The artistic and cultural assets are bound by the Italian state, through the Superintendencies. The intervention in a place so full of history requires a dialogue with various actors: the Municipality, the Superintendence and the citizens, who are the real owners of this heritage.
- Challenge
- The challenges emerged during this work were many. First of all, in buildings that are listed as artistic and cultural assets, the possibilities for action are limited. The Italian heritage requires a very high level of care and attention to preserve the existing and, at the same time, adapt it to contemporary needs. The approach followed the principle of lightness: silent and hidden interventions, in which language is measured, made up of a few neutral elements. The new interventions are a background on which to bring out the artworks.
- Realization and Technology
- Phases 1 and 2: Ex Scuderie and Pinacoteca. The fitting out works have allowed the creation of a new environment, but at the same time respectful of the historical features of the building: the wooden covering structure of some rooms has been brought to view; some portions of valuable masonry have been enhanced before hidden, both frescoed and exposed brick; the central vaulted gallery has been restored with intervention on the plaster cracks and lighting design, previously non existent.
- Operation and Interaction
- The project for the Civic Museums of Santa Caterina di Treviso was carried out in three different phases with a general aim: to regenerate a large part of the museum complex and to adapt it to high performance standards for setting up, safety and air conditioning and to create spaces dedicated to contemporary art exhibitions. The first step of the project concerned the service areas, three rooms of the Pinacoteca and two rooms of the north wing, called Ex Scuderie. Some reception services have been placed along a path that develops around the small cloister: ticket office, bookshop, wardrobe and audio guides.
- Project Duration and Location
- December 2014 to February 2018
- Keywords
- museum, exhibition, art, renovation, corten, hypogeum, Rodin
