Ampliamento Giardino Ibleo

IN THE HISTORIC CENTER OF RAGUSA IBLA, UNESCO HERITAGE SITE. STEEL AND GLASS OVERLOOKING THE LANDSCAPE

The expansion of the Ibleo Garden, a public park, is located in the historical centre of Ragusa Ibla (declared a World Heritage Site in 2003).

In this area a complex of buildings was built in the 50's to contain an electricity station, abandoned in the 80's.

The project is the completion of a single and unified project involving two adjacent areas: the area of pine forest and the area of the former electricity station.

The two projects are a complex where contemporary architecture holds a close dialogue with the reality, stimulating a system that retrieves a space lost by the construction of the plant. The large courtyard, also called "square of the sculptures", is the most important core of the project and it is conceived as a space for meeting and exhibition of outdoor sculptures.

An architectural linear system gravitates around the court and characterizes this; a building housing is located on the west side, leaning against the existing homes and housing the new toilets and a tourist information office.