Egyptia. Borgo San Dalmazzo, Cuneo

photography | archival print/Hahnemuhle Paper Photo Rag Matt | 2015
variable sizes / ed. 5 + 2 a.p.

The Flash-Back of Borgo San Dalmazzo (now Egyptia), designed by Studio 65 of Cuneo in 1974, was truly revolutionary and had a strong impact on the area. The work is characterised by a pyramid, columns reminiscent of a Palladian villa, and the dome.
Gianni Arnaudo, one of the architects of the then Studio 65, explains: «We wanted to attack the suburbs with a critical project. The creation of a mausoleum of repressed desires and frustrated ambitions».
«The disco was commissioned from us by the entrepreneur Giovanni Marengo, who wanted to make it a tile showroom but at the same time to create a place where one could listen to music and dance», Arnaudo adds.