{"id":11942,"date":"2025-06-25T18:32:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T11:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/roberto-conte-captures-italys-modernist-cattle-market-in-fading-concrete-form\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T18:32:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T11:32:06","slug":"roberto-conte-captures-italys-modernist-cattle-market-in-fading-concrete-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/roberto-conte-captures-italys-modernist-cattle-market-in-fading-concrete-form\/","title":{"rendered":"roberto conte captures italy\u2019s modernist cattle market in fading concrete form"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">roberto conte frames modernist, former cattle market in italy<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/roberto-conte\/\"><strong>Roberto Conte<\/strong><\/a> turns his lens toward the Nuovo Foro Boario in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-italy\/\">Italy<\/a>,<\/strong> a massive, now mostly forgotten structure that once served as the main cattle market of Padova. Designed by architect Giuseppe Davanzo (1921\u20132007) and built between 1965 and 1968, the complex is an example of post-war modernist architecture. Today, the building is mostly abandoned, with worn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/concrete-architecture-and-design\/\"><strong>concrete<\/strong><\/a>, rusting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/steel\/\"><strong>metal<\/strong><\/a> window frames, and a forgotten purpose.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In this <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architectural-photography\/\">photo series<\/a><\/strong>, Conte documents the building\u2019s geometric design, which still stands out clearly despite its deteriorated condition, highlighting how its structure has endured even as the materials have aged and worn down. His images reveal the ambition behind the project, showing an attempt to rethink what a marketplace could look like by combining open and covered areas in a layout inspired by the temporary tents used in rural fairs and circuses.<\/p>\n<p>all images by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ilcontephotography\">Roberto Conte<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">exploring the decay of Padova\u2019s Nuovo Foro Boario<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Roberto Conte\u2019s photographs capture Nuovo Foro Boario in a transitional state, no longer serving its original purpose, yet not entirely lost to time. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ilcontephotography\"><strong>Milan-based photographer\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> images follow the contours of the architecture, exploring its surfaces and voids in a way that brings out the layered history embedded in the structure. The worn concrete and corroded metal joints are rendered with striking clarity, tracing the passage of time across the materials. In some photographs, shafts of sunlight cut through the skeletal grid, while in others, the slow advance of vegetation hints at nature\u2019s steady, patient reclamation of the site.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The building was designed on a strict 10\u00d710 meter grid and was one of the first in Italy to use prefabricated components on such a large scale. While the columns were cast directly on site, other parts, like the beams, wall panels, and secondary supports, were made elsewhere and assembled on location, which was a major technical challenge at the time. Interestingly, the entire layout is rotated 45 degrees from the main road to create usable open areas around the building and to make the interior flow more efficiently.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Roberto Conte turns his lens toward the Nuovo Foro Boario in Italy<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">a modernist relic by giuseppe davanzo<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Located in Padova\u2019s Chiesanuova district on Corso Australia, the Foro Boario once sprawled across an enormous 200,000 square meters, 45,000 of which were covered spaces designed to accommodate up to 3,500 heads of livestock. The concept behind the project was to create a built environment drawing inspiration from the temporary structures of traveling circuses, village fairs, and rural cattle markets. Davanzo interpreted this ephemeral energy through a large-scale tent-like design that used a prefabricated structural system and an expressive roofline, rising from 2.8 to 13.3 meters in height.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite this pedigree, changes in livestock trade regulations led to the decline of the market. By the late 1980s, activity had all but ceased, with temporary uses following. A floriculture association occupied parts of the space, and the surrounding grounds became home to circus events and the city\u2019s Festa dell\u2019Unit\u00e0. Yet the main structures gradually fell into disrepair. Today, large sections of the complex are used merely as storage by the municipality, while the rest waits for a future that remains uncertain, with rumors of redevelopment, including the potential arrival of retail chain Leroy Merlin, circulating for years without resolution.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>this massive structure once served as the main cattle market of Padova<\/p>\n<p>the complex is a striking example of modernist architecture<\/p>\n<p>a layout inspired by the temporary tents used in rural fairs and circuses<\/p>\n<p>the images follow the contours of the architecture<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>an attempt to rethink what a marketplace could look like<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>the building was designed on a strict 10\u00d710 meter grid<\/p>\n<p>changes in livestock trade regulations led to the decline of the market<\/p>\n<p>the entire layout is rotated 45 degrees from the main road<\/p>\n<p>the surrounding grounds became home to circus events<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>rumors of redevelopment circulate for years without resolution<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>project info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>name:<\/strong> Nuovo Foro Boario<\/p>\n<p><strong>photographer:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ilcontephotography\">Roberto Conte<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ilcontephotography\/\">@ilcontephotography<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>architect:<\/strong> Giuseppe Davanzo<\/p>\n<p><strong>location:<\/strong> Chiesanuova, Padova, Italy<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/architecture\/roberto-conte-italy-modernist-cattle-market-fading-concrete-form-giuseppe-davanzo-06-25-2025\/\">roberto conte captures italy\u2019s modernist cattle market in fading concrete form<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/\">designboom | architecture &amp; design magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>roberto conte frames modernist, former cattle market in italy \u00a0 Photographer Roberto Conte turns his lens toward the Nuovo Foro Boario in Italy, a massive, now mostly forgotten structure that once served as the main &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.7 - 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