The design is a complex interior restoration and adaptive reuse of the historical Palazzo delle Poste for three new destinations: residences for rent; Credit Swiss Bank branch; a store.
Residenze del Teatro. The apartments are high quality but affordable while being located in the very center of the city. Studio, duplex or two-room apartments are distributed on four floors and suit a wide range of customers (e.g.: one or more people, tourists or visiting professionals).
The Credit Swiss bank branch of Parma, both the public and private activities, is relocated to the present location, requiring specific features for comfort, security and functional reasons.
The Clothing Store design adapts the existing rooms to host the store’s different functions. This requires particular features but open spaces, already existent at the ground floor and easily adaptable through reversible modifications.
The design leads to the complete restoration of the existing structure, respecting the significance of both the whole complex and the single elements.
The building is listed in the Historic Landmarks Register, therefore any intervention has to be overviewed from the Historic Landmarks Commission (in Italy, “Regional Board of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Environmental Conservation”).
The design will ensure the integrity of the architectural peculiarities, balancing the relationship between the new functional destination and the building’s conservation. An extensive, comparative study has been done about the analysis of its original peculiarities, in order to define both the general guidelines and the details of this new design.
Parma (IT)
Status: Credit Swiss completed. Store completed. Residences in progress.
Leading designer, Studio Conforti, Parma, Italy.