Stones Venue Public Shelter / Associated ArchitectsSave this picture! Nicol GaleazziArchitects: Associated ArchitectsAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:350 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2024 PhotographsPhotographs:Nicol Galeazzi Structure: Opera Mista, Opera Mista, Marco Zanardelli More SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. Stones Venue is a public shelter built, in Brescia, within a former sand mining site, now transformed into a green area for the city: Parco delle Cave. The project stems from the desire of the Consorzio Produttori Marmo Botticino Classico, in agreement with the Municipality of Brescia, to build a public project in an area, symbolic of quarrying activityhonoring the main stone varieties that define the territorial and geological identity of the cities of Bergamo and Brescia.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The process leading to the project's realization lasted almost five years and involved eleven companies, each of which donated a discarded stone block from its own production, totaling nine different types of stone: three from Bergamo (Arabescato Orobico, Ceppo di Gr, and Nuvolato) and six from Brescia (Breccia Aurora, Breccia Damascata, Breccia Oniciata, Fiorito Chiaro, Marmo Classico di Botticino, and Porfido).Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The roof structure consists of nine monolithic pillars made from different stone varieties, along with one additional pillar in Marmo di Botticino Classico with a Ceppo di Gr grafta sculpture by artist Francesco Paterlini, symbolizing the union of the two cities within a shared territory. The pillars, anchored to the ground with steel plates, support a steel roof that serves as both a material and architectural memory of the industrial structures that once defined this former mining site.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Stones Venue has been conceived as a public gathering space where people can find shade and shelter, but also as a place of memoryhonoring the territory and all those who, over the centuries, have worked to shape and define it.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessProject locationAddress:Brescia, ItalyLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this officeMaterialsSteelStoneMaterials and TagsPublished on February 27, 2025Cite: "Stones Venue Public Shelter / Associated Architects" 27 Feb 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1027326/stones-venue-public-shelter-associated-architects&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream