Risonanza del Suolo
- Type
- Master's thesis, MSc Building Architecture, specialization in Sustainable Complex Construction
- Location
- Rogoredo, Milan
- School
- Politecnico di Milano
- Supervisor
- Prof. Maria Grazia Folli
- Co-supervisors
- Prof. Giovanni Dotelli, Prof. Marco Imperadori, Prof. Corrado Pecora, Prof. Luca Sarto
- Collaboration
- Concept and base drawings developed with Filippo Imberti and Gianmarco Gobbo
- Thesis
- PDF, 19 MB · POLITesi
A house of music embedded in the earth, where sound is absorbed and diffused through heavy, enduring volumes.
Risonanza del Suolo (Resonance of the Ground) descends beneath the surface of a neglected urban fragment on Milan's south-eastern edge. A rewilded landscape covers the site, and light filters through its canopy into monumental concrete volumes below.
Approach
The project argues for an architecture of longevity: endurance over novelty, circular systems over artifice, and a reconnection with the living soil. Planting and ecological cycles, structure, materials, energy and acoustics were developed together, so that the building's permanence is part of its environmental strategy.
Atmosphere
Below ground, the city's noise falls away. The auditorium, foyer and galleries are shaped by darkness, filtered light and mass, so that sound is felt as much as heard.
Full thesis
Drawings
Plans, sections and the site: how the building sits in and under the ground.
Endurance and ecology
The sustainability work behind the design: circular material choices, a lower-carbon concrete structure, hygrothermal performance, energy and cost. Click any page to open it at full size.
