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baselica

simultaneously to the flow of cars upstairs and the flow of water downstairs, the visitor wanders through the deambulatory, meandering slowly between large columns

... voices and sounds are echoing softly on the walls of the underground chamber

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the parking garage was in fact erected on old remains of a roman basilica, and more specifically on its deep foundations used as a crypt in early medieval times, surviving the industrialization of the area up to modern times. On the pavement of the crypt, one could still admire the reminiscence of old mosaics depicting the fish as a symbol of abundance.

After the disastrous fire in 1986, Reservoir was built to control contaminated water from the industrial area, using the old undergrounds of the church as retention bassins, and building a multistory parking on top to functionally optimalize the use of the site. Following the disindustrialisation of the area, the water level drops, and the crypt re-emerges.

 

baselica is created as a place for meditation, for social encounter, a space to recharge away from the pace of modern times

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