Studentato Gramsci
The intervention on the former INPS building, located in the historic center of Bologna, is a building renovation with a change of use from office to hotel with a student vocation.
The project, which involves the total strip-out of the existing building, presents 540 rooms of different types and, thanks to the creation of a large internal courtyard, provides for the creation of a raised floor by recovering the demolished volume inside
In terms of functional distribution, all the common areas serving students and customers have been concentrated in the basement and raised ground floor, mainly overlooking the new internal courtyard. From the first floor to the seventh floor, on the other hand, the rooms have been inserted, overlooking both the internal courtyard and the external fronts.
Regarding the design of the new facades, a contemporary architectural language was sought in order to promote the integration of the intervention into the context, and the goal of improving the energy and acoustic performance of the building envelope was pursued.