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FDARCHITECT
House D
Torino / 2016
photo: Marco Menghi
Francesca Diano architect is a design practice based in Italy and the UK.
We are surrounded by architecture and we are an active part of a space:every project is about imagining the optimal arrangement in a space of possibilities and situations. However, design is more than just functional response: everybody deserves beauty, not in the sense of luxury, but as a balance between light, shadow, emotion and time. Every intervention, no matter how small, can change the quality of our life.

Corio
refurbishment of an old city market
Italy / 2012
competition with Giuliana Picca Garino
second price
The competition published by Corio Municipality, a tiny village in Lanzo Valley in Piedmont, aims at restoring the space underneath a timber canopy once used as a farmer market.
The project wants to give this space back to people by creating a vibrant and dynamic environment where the activities needed by the local community find their home and create a new identity for the area.
A new translucent cladding is designed to define the space under the existing roof, whereas a new functional volume becomes the joint between the slope and the inner space. New ramps enhance the use of the outdoor areas otherwise tough to be reached and enjoyed.














