Piscina Mirabilis is a Roman reservoir built by Emperor Augustus in the 1st century AD, in order to feed with drinking water the headquarter of his western Mediterranean war fleet. It was dug out a tuff hill, and it is based on a regular grid of pillars and arcs, with vaulted ceilings. Participants of this competitions were asked to reuse this space as a Contemporary Art Museum.

Thanks to our Judges — Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares & Ahmed Belkhodja (FALA ATELIER), Xu Tiantian (DNA_DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE), Federica Sofia Zambeletti (KOOZA/RCH), Francesco Garofalo (OPENFABRIC), Fernando Guerra (ULTIMAS REPORTAGENS), Carmelo Rodríguez & Rocío Pina (ENORME STUDIO), Peter Guthrie (THE BOUNDARY), Lorenzo Catena, Onorato di Manno & Andrea Tanci (SET ARCHITECTS), Diego Hernandez (ARCHDAILY), and Maria Pia Cibelli (PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO DEI CAMPI FLEGREI) — we proudly announce the winners, the honorable mentions and the innovative proposal mentions!

For all the details on the competition and the winners’ and mentionees’ project, go to Reuse the Roman Ruin competition page.

Winners

1st  Position, team AB9395
Simone Baccaglini, Marco Agosti

2nd Position, team LA1821
Alessandro de Cadilhac, Lorenzo Gaveglio

3rd Position, team PP0418
Maura Pinto, Piervito Pirulli


Honborable Mentions

Team PM1148, Maximiliano Lombardo, Roxanne van Kregten, Paul Raab

Team EV1615, Vittorio Falaschi, Emmanuele Bortone

Team AA0001, Claudio Pantano, Sara Girina

Team PE2015, Alessandra Erriquez, Mariella Tieri, Giuseppe D’Abbraccio

Team AT0062, Rodrigo Martinez, Juan Pérez, Arturo Menduiña, Luis Ruiz

Team X8008X, Daniele Ricciardi

Team MT0510, Matteo Tempestini


Special selection for Innovative Proposals

Team KA9897, Kai McLaughlin, Annabelle Tan

Team EM2222, Aurora Destro, Cristina Morbi

Team GM1808, Giuseppe Bonaccorso, Marco Giamprini

Team BE2105, Belén Lorca

Team PD7770, Leo Cammilli, Samuele Piacentini

Team AC0504, Claudio Licitra, Andrea Aurora