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The project that affects the island includes interventions designed not only to strengthen the symbolic value it takes within the Trapani scenario but is also aimed at not making it considered only a scenic backdrop and is therefore aimed at making it usable to citizens, offering a new public space to the city and allowing the entrance to the castle and the shed through the attribution of a new use. In addition to the functional issue of creating a museum and a place for receptive activities inside the Colombaia castle and in the shed adjacent to it, the project seeks to pursue a number of general objectives concerning the rethinking of the entire island
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A privileged viewpoint towards the historic city of Trapani, an enchanting angle towards a territory drawn by the salt pans and a belvedere facing the Egadi Islands, the Colombaia castle is an important landmark of the western tip of Sicily that distinguishes the landscape, becoming one of the most important symbols of the city. In fact, for those who travel the coastline in whose inlet the port is carved, the castle and, by reflection, the entire island are a reference capable of orienting, the background of any view of the historic city to the south and west.
The proposed solutions aim to ensure comfort and livability of the spaces while optimizing performance and energy consumption. These choices were also designed to meet the requirements of environmental and energy certification protocols, whose compliance fully responds to the criteria set by the Minimum Environmental Criteria (CAM) and, at the same time, contributes to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals outlined in the 2030 Agenda. The project was also subject to an ex-ante evaluation aimed at verifying whether the investment would substantially contribute to climate change mitigation or merely ensure that it does not cause significant harm.
The restoration project of the Colombaia Castle, in addition to works of particular historical and architectural value, concerns an urban area, the island of Colombaia, characterized by a strong landscape quality given by the specific geographical location that makes it unique in the Mediterranean. The restoration work will therefore be aimed at suggesting a use of the castle that does not distort the spatiality of the rooms that comprise it. Likewise, the image of the shed, however irretrievable, must be preserved since it is sedimented in the collective memory. In this regard, therefore, the hotel use chosen for this building, although included in an entirely new construction, will still have to adapt to the volumetry that will evoke the former shed and the conformation of the spaces that characterized it.
History and modernity overlook the Sicilian sea
T-studio is a working and research group that draws inspiration from constant confrontation on shared themes. Founded by Guendalina Salimei, it is now enriched by a multidisciplinary and research team; the group finds a specific field of investigation and activity in the complex relationships established between design methodologies and modes of intervention in the built and natural environment, often in conditions of urban decay and social discomfort, combining innovation and tradition with a sensitive awareness of the local habitus. Their research and projects, which have won awards in Italy and abroad, been exhibited on numerous occasions, and have been presented in national and international scientific journals and publications, are characterised by a holistic approach that brings together the study of form, knowledge of materials, and reinterpretation of urban and natural contexts in integrated systems that are attentive to aesthetic, social, historical and ecological urgencies
