建筑可以成为关怀与包容的工具。通过“Distretto Solidale（团结社区中心）”这一反贫困服务中心项目，Pier Currà Architettura 展示了建筑如何转化为一处公共枢纽——一个能够接纳人群、促进关系建立，并帮助社区重塑尊严的场所。建筑不仅能够从美学或功能层面改变场所，也能够在社会和文化层面发挥深远影响。通过 Distretto Solidale 项目，Pier Currà Architettura 充分展现了这种能力，为城市带来的不仅是一栋建筑，更是一处公共据点、一台连接关系的生成器，以及一个催化信任的载体。

▼项目视频，Video © Pier Currà Architettura

Architecture can become a tool for care and inclusion. With Distretto Solidale, a service centre for combating poverty, Pier Currà Architettura demonstrates how a building can be transformed into a civic hub, capable of welcoming people, generating relationships and restoring dignity within a community. Architecture has the power to transform places not only from an aesthetic or functional point of view, but also socially and culturally. With the Distretto Solidale, Pier Currà Architettura has exemplified this ability, giving back to the city not only a building, but a civic stronghold, a generator of connections and a catalyst for trust.

▼沿街立面与入口界面，Street-facing facade and entrance frontage  © Nicolas Piazza

▼入口标识与立面肌理，Entrance signage and facade texture  © Nicolas Piazza

▼建筑外观与周边绿地，Building exterior and surrounding green space  © Nicolas Piazza

项目源于一项切实需求：为有需要的家庭建立一个食品收集、储存与免费发放的场所。得益于众多当地协会共同参与的协作过程，以及意大利国家复苏与韧性计划（PNRR）资金的支持，项目从一开始便超越了单纯的功能属性，成为激活城市活力的重要载体。这里不仅是一处“公益超市”，更是一个相遇、倾听与学习的场所，一个将援助与赋能相结合的环境，在这里，人们获得的不仅是帮助，还有尊严与机会。从建筑层面来看，项目由两个体量组成。第一部分是经过改造更新的既有建筑，一层设有公益超市，二层则为社会与教育活动空间；第二部分是一座新建仓库，面积约300平方米。两个体量通过精心组织的内部流线相互连接，在保证运营效率的同时，也象征性地表达了“给予”与“回馈”的行为，在城市与市民、社区与个体之间形成持续循环。

The project stems from a concrete need: to create a space for the collection, storage and free distribution of food to families in need. Thanks to a participatory process involving numerous local associations and the support of PNRR funds, the project immediately took on a value that transcends its functional scope, becoming an urban activator. The District is not just a “solidarity market”, but a place for meeting, listening and learning, an environment where assistance is intertwined with empowerment, generating dignity and opportunity. From an architectural point of view, the project consists of two volumes. The first, an existing renovated building, houses the Market on the ground floor and spaces for social and educational activities on the upper floor. The second is a newly designed warehouse of approximately 300 square metres. The two elements are connected by carefully designed internal flows, which ensure efficiency and symbolically evoke the gestures of giving and giving back, creating a continuous cycle between the city and its citizens, communities and individuals.

▼反射立面融入公园景观，Reflective facade integrated with the park landscape  © Nicolas Piazza

▼建筑与自然环境对话，
Building in dialogue with the natural environment  © Nicolas Piazza

项目的建筑身份主要体现在其与周边自然环境之间的关系。基地位于一座城市公园之中，因此设计必须采取克制而尊重场地的态度。设计团队选择以反射性波纹金属板包覆新建体量。这层表皮会随着光线变化与季节更替而不断改变外观，将周围绿地的色彩与气息映射其中。由此，建筑体量并非以强烈姿态介入环境，而是在视觉上被景观所吸收，成为一种安静而富有生命力的建筑存在，与周围环境持续对话。这个设计动作既是保护，也是映照，如同一面属于集体的镜子，使社区成员能够在其中看见自己。这一看似简单的材料选择背后蕴含着更深层的意义。反射铝板不仅是一种技术解决方案，更是一种诗意性的设计媒介。它使建筑成为一种不断变化的存在，能够融入公园环境之中，并重新确立建筑作为自然与人工环境之间调解者的角色。光线成为设计的一部分，而开放空间、绿地与建筑共同构成一个统一系统，使室内与室外之间的边界逐渐模糊。

The architectural identity of the project lies in its relationship with the surrounding natural context. The site, located within an urban park, required a measured and respectful approach. The studio chose to clad the new volume with reflective corrugated metal sheets, a skin that changes appearance depending on the light and the seasons, reflecting the colours and essences of the surrounding greenery. In this way, the built mass does not impose its presence but is visually absorbed by the landscape, becoming a silent architecture that vibrates and dialogues with its surroundings. It is a gesture that protects and reflects at the same time, like a collective mirror in which the community can recognise itself. This seemingly simple choice of material conceals a deeper meaning. Reflective aluminium is not only a technical solution but also a poetic device that transforms the building into a changing presence, capable of blending in with the park and re-establishing the role of architecture as a mediator between nature and artifice. Light becomes part of the design, and the open space, greenery and built form create a unified system in which the boundary between inside and outside is blurred.

▼公园环境中的服务中心，Service centre within the park setting  © Nicolas Piazza

▼物流仓库入口界面，Logistics warehouse entrance frontage  © Nicolas Piazza

▼鲜明色彩塑造入口识别性，
Bold colours define the entrance identity  © Nicolas Piazza

在建筑内部，空间组织兼顾功能性与亲和力。一层主要承担食品分发功能，包括货物分拣区、多功能活动室以及公益超市；二层则设置培训、社交活动、咨询辅导和会议空间。这种双重功能进一步强化了项目的复合属性——它不仅是一处提供援助的场所，也是促进成长、参与和积极公民意识培养的平台。Distretto Solidale 是意大利国家复苏与韧性计划（PNRR）及切塞纳市政府推动的更广泛社会包容与凝聚政策体系中的组成部分。然而，该项目最独特之处在于，它成功地将公共投资转化为具有集体价值的场所，强化了社会联系，并通过高质量建筑设计实现了城市空间的再生。项目并不仅仅回应现实需求，更塑造了一种新的社会想象，为使用者重建尊严，并坚定地表明：建筑能够成为实现公平与关怀的重要工具。

Inside, the spaces are organised to ensure both functionality and hospitality. The ground floor houses food distribution activities: a service area for sorting goods, a multipurpose room and the market itself. Upstairs, the rooms are dedicated to training, social activities, guidance and meetings. This dual function reinforces the hybrid nature of the project: not only a place of support, but also of growth, participation and active citizenship. The Solidarity District is part of a broader framework of inclusion and cohesion policies supported by the PNRR and the Municipality of Cesena. What sets this project apart, however, is its ability to translate public investment into a place of collective value, strengthening the social fabric and regenerating an urban space with architectural quality. The project does not simply respond to practical needs: it constructs a new imaginary, restores dignity to those who access it and affirms that architecture can be an instrument of equity and care.

▼食品储存仓库内部，
Food storage warehouse interior  © Nicolas Piazza

▼公益超市，Solidarity Market  © Nicolas Piazza

“而是希望打造一个能够接纳、倾听并重建尊严的空间。这个社区中心被构想为一个真正的公共场所，在这里，建筑成为推动集体行动、迈向更加公平未来的一位沉默盟友。”

——建筑师 Pier Currà

“We didn’t want to create just a functional container ” “but a space capable of welcoming, listening and restoring dignity. The District was created as a community centre, where architecture becomes a silent ally in a collective commitment to a more equitable future.”

—explains architect Pier Currà

▼儿童阅读活动区，Children’s reading and activity area  © Nicolas Piazza

▼培训与会议空间，Training and meeting room  © Nicolas Piazza

在一个越来越多群体被边缘化的时代，Pier Currà Architettura 的这一项目证明了，高品质的建成环境能够成为尊严、连接与未来的载体。Distretto Solidale 不仅是一项社会建筑实践，更是一件融合审美克制、材料创新、城市敏感性与人文价值的作品。它展示了空间、表皮与自然如何共同作用，为城市带来的不仅是一栋建筑，更是一处真正属于社区的场所。

At a time when many people are marginalised, the project designed by Pier Currà Architettura demonstrates that the quality of built space can become an instrument of dignity, connection and future. The Solidarity District is not just social architecture: it is a work that combines aesthetic measure, material innovation, urban sensitivity and human value. It is an example of how spaces, surfaces and nature can merge to give the city not just a building, but a place of community.

▼项目区位图，Site plan © Pier Currà Architettura

▼一层平面图，First level floor plan © Pier Currà Architettura

▼剖面图，Section © Pier Currà Architettura

▼立面图，Elevation © Pier Currà Architettura

Client: Municipality of Cesena
Location: Cesena, Italy
Year: 2025
Type: Social building
Architectural project: Pier Currà Architettura
Design Team: Pier Nicola Currà, Nicolas Piazza (Project Manager), Riccardo Minghini, Alice Ravizza, Sofia Montalti, Luca Daltri, Matteo Giulianelli, Martina Pedrelli
Photos: Nicolas Piazza
Plant design: Cube srl; prog.
Structures: ing. Sandro Cedri
Fire prevention design: FSE progetti srl
Graphic design: Giovanni Ricchi – GRRR! Studio