Scuderie Aldobrandini, Tuscolano Museum

LOCATION Frascati - Rome (Italy)
TASK Schematic Structural Design, Development design, Working Drawings
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN Arch. M. Fuksas
AREA / VOLUME 600m2
CLIENT Frascati town Council
STRUCTURAL DESIGN TEAM Andrea Imbrenda, Pierfrancesco Imbrenda, Maurizio Uttaro

Details


The project involved the conversion of the former Aldobrandini stables for museum use. This required the seismic retrofitting of the building by means of a new steel and reinforced concrete frame system. The plaster was stabilized and a new steel truss added to tie the walls together and support a restored wooden roof. The architect then created two voids in the interior by inserting a three-story structure in the middle for service spaces. The new glass floor rests on a crude armature of structural steel. The new floor is supported by steel frames made of two coupled IPE sections.