A university campus for medical disciplines in view of the redevelopment of the Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital in Piacenza

The work includes studies and projects for the architectural recovery and completion of the Renaissance period monastery of S. Sepolcro by inserting spaces for a new university of medicine and nursing within the overall regeneration project of the area of the Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital in Piacenza. The university functions and the other activities compatible with the historical structure envisage a valorization of the monastic complex and contribute on several fronts to supporting the regeneration project of the sector where the hospital function has been continuously performed since 1471. The theme presents an opportunity to question on the relation between the architectural project and the historical buildings and, more generally on the functions and actions compatible with the ancient city. This project requires an extended and in-depth evaluation that also questions the concept of “sustainability”, expanded to the “physiology” of the historical buildings and settlements, seeking appropriate solutions that consider the transformations necessary to not disperse the potential accumulated by these areas and to guarantee their active role within the urban organism. The study has been elaborated in the research: “Guidelines and operational solutions for urban redevelopment of the sector corresponding to the Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital and for the conservation and reuse of the former convent of S. Sepolcro in Piacenza”.