We are pleased to announce that Cremona Water Analysis Laboratory has been selected as a finalist project for The Plan Award 2025, in “Production” category.
The new building is conceived as a real “pavilion” in the landscape, according to an architectural typology foreign to a place distinctly characterized by an industrial vocation. The choice to adopt this iconography fulfils a dual function. The initial step is to explain its uniqueness in the context, emphasizing its representation function, entrusted to the base design, columns and large cantilevered roof. The second step is to settle in the environment with a harmonious relationship between the arboreal specimens and their surroundings, which is ensured by its horizontal design.
It is inspired by the concept of Shakkei “borrowed landscape”, which defines the relationship between Japanese pavilions and their surroundings.