Restoration as continuity

Set on the edge of L’Aquila, the Cartiera del Vetoio stands as a rare fragment of industrial heritage, where architecture and water infrastructure form a single organism. The intervention begins from a simple principle: do not replace—reveal. The building is treated as a living archive of proportions, textures, and functional traces, and the project works to protect these elements while making the complex safe, efficient, and usable again.