The Garzoni villa and garden complex is made up of the Villa Garzoni (built between the mid-sixteenth and Garzoni Villa the seventeenth centuries), that embodies two important architectural styles, that is the city mansion and the country villa, the Palazzina d’Estate (first decade of the eighteenth century), the Garden (medieval in origin) that Garden & has the flamboyant and theatrical character typical of Italian Baroque throughout the eighteenth century. The restoration was preceded by research, searches of the archives, testing, taking of samples, diagnostic investigations, with regard both to the buildings and their component parts, and to the geo-morphological Collodi aspects, in order to acquire an accurate picture of the degradation and the instability of the architectural parts, and of the garden with its vegetation and all its decorations (sculptures, paintings, etc.). After the construction of an extensive and careful diagnostic picture, the next step was to prepare a plan that would guarantee the Butterfly preservation of and respect for this complex. Hence the restoration involved the consolidation and functional renewal of the buildings, the façades, on which the original colours and decorations were restored, and the garden, in which all the species of trees were catalogued and planted in the positions in which the originals House were located, restoring the terracotta statues adorning it. Along with the restoration work on what is already there, the project for the enhancement and functional renewal of the complex involved the creation of a new building, the Collodi Butterfly House, an innovative greenhouse building dedicated to the life, cataloguing and of a wide range of species of butterflies, and containing a significant amount of vegetation suitable for creating the right habitat for the life-cycles of thousands of butterflies. The “ancillary” buildings have also been restored for use as a ticket office, coffee shop and bookshop, a museum for temporary and permanent displays and areas for teaching and for holding conferences. Today the complex houses displays and equipment and, together with the historic Parco di Pinocchio, forms the backbone of the entire set-up of Collodi.

Cultural Zone. Garzoni Villa Garden & Collodi Butterfly House

FAROLDI, EMILIO;VETTORI, MARIA PILAR
2012-01-01

Abstract

The Garzoni villa and garden complex is made up of the Villa Garzoni (built between the mid-sixteenth and Garzoni Villa the seventeenth centuries), that embodies two important architectural styles, that is the city mansion and the country villa, the Palazzina d’Estate (first decade of the eighteenth century), the Garden (medieval in origin) that Garden & has the flamboyant and theatrical character typical of Italian Baroque throughout the eighteenth century. The restoration was preceded by research, searches of the archives, testing, taking of samples, diagnostic investigations, with regard both to the buildings and their component parts, and to the geo-morphological Collodi aspects, in order to acquire an accurate picture of the degradation and the instability of the architectural parts, and of the garden with its vegetation and all its decorations (sculptures, paintings, etc.). After the construction of an extensive and careful diagnostic picture, the next step was to prepare a plan that would guarantee the Butterfly preservation of and respect for this complex. Hence the restoration involved the consolidation and functional renewal of the buildings, the façades, on which the original colours and decorations were restored, and the garden, in which all the species of trees were catalogued and planted in the positions in which the originals House were located, restoring the terracotta statues adorning it. Along with the restoration work on what is already there, the project for the enhancement and functional renewal of the complex involved the creation of a new building, the Collodi Butterfly House, an innovative greenhouse building dedicated to the life, cataloguing and of a wide range of species of butterflies, and containing a significant amount of vegetation suitable for creating the right habitat for the life-cycles of thousands of butterflies. The “ancillary” buildings have also been restored for use as a ticket office, coffee shop and bookshop, a museum for temporary and permanent displays and areas for teaching and for holding conferences. Today the complex houses displays and equipment and, together with the historic Parco di Pinocchio, forms the backbone of the entire set-up of Collodi.
2012
ARCHI+SCAPE! Culture & Education & Residence. Architectural Form and Environment in Harmony
9787560974019
giardino storico, parco, paesaggio, museo, restauro, recupero, progetto, architettura; historical garden, landscape, mueseum, restauration, design, architecture
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