SECURITY CITADEL

Limit, understood not as a barrier but as a space of relationship between the city and green areas. The suggestions of Bruno Munari, particularly in his “Positive–Negative” compositions, offer an interpretative reference: the line not as an enclosing edge, but as a trace that establishes a dialogue between figure and ground. In the same way, the project seeks to overcome the logic of the enclosed citadel, transforming the former barracks area into a porous, permeable system, capable of welcoming the silence of the park while filtering the noise of the city. The new Citadel of Security thus becomes a place with “two speeds,” integrated into the urban fabric and capable of generating neighborhood-scale public spaces. Monumentality changes its rhythm depending on perspective: more compact toward the exterior, more rarefied toward the large internal square, where geometries open up to reveal visual axes and unexpected views that orient and welcome visitors. The study of flows confirmed the need to preserve the existing road matrix, intervening only where necessary to improve access, sidewalks, and pedestrian connections. The new internal road system organizes public parking as a peripheral ring, freeing the heart of the intervention, which is dedicated to a large pedestrian area. The residential buildings, aligned with the existing urban fabric, become a hinge between the neighborhood and the new administrative complex, composed of the buildings of the various security forces and the Prefecture, each conceived as a combination of open and enclosed spaces. Functions of greater public interest auditorium, library, cafeteria, and main entrances overlook the square, making access points legible and activating the urban ground level. All paved surfaces are permeable, while excavation is reduced to a minimum in order to contain costs and respect the presence of the shallow water table. Construction is conceived as dry assembly, with a timber structure and prefabricated cladding: a material concrete base in printed concrete for the ground floors, and GRC panels for the upper levels, differentiated by subtle integral color tones. Attention to proportions, to the relationship between solid and void, and to ease of use and maintenance guides the entire project, which seeks a balance between institutional representativeness and urban sobriety.