Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia AF517

The final design for the redevelopment and recovery of the complex of the First Mint of Italy, on via Principe Umberto, in Rome, has been recently approved.

The team, lead by Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia/AF517 and composed by Principioattivo Architecture Group (co-designer), For, Redesco, Tekser, dUCKS Scéno, Ott Art and TA Architettura – winner of the international competition organized by the Italian State Mint and Polygraphic Institute (IPZS), has developed an accurate research in the archives of the building’s design history to balance original functions with contemporary ones.

“New elements are not imagined as an addition or as autonomous elements, they become naturally part of the project, in balance within the original volumetric relationships…
The contemporary fits into history like a watermark can be discovered by running your fingers on paper coin.
The time has come to take time in order for this important piece of cultural heritage to return and be once again part of the life and the history of the city of Rome.” AF

Model: Stefano Rossi Modelli
Photo: S. Anzini