Ricerc@Sapienza

The essay examines some restoration proposals for Palazzo Corsini and its garden in Albano Laziale. The main nucleus, built in 1771 by the architect Paolo Posi on commission from Cardinal Andrea and Prince Bartolomeo Corsini, was later enlarged by Charles IV Borbone based on a project by Giulio Camporese. At the end of the nineteenth century the complex, purchased by the Fratelli delle Scuole Cristiane, was used as a novitiate with radical transformations of the distribution; other changes were made after the 1944 bombing. Municipal authorities owned it since 1983: public offices and a senior center have been added to the building, while the garden has been abandoned. In the view of a forthcoming change of use, the question now arises as to which functions are best suited to the complex and which are the interventions that enable the system to be read correctly. Project ideas are presented on the internal distribution of the building and on the removal of superfluous elements. For the garden, hierarchically linked to the building, solutions are proposed on the score of the avenues and essences and a reflection on the materials.