a moving roof arrives in piazza sant’agostinoA triangular structure has appeared in Piazza Sant’Agostino, opening and closing in front of the building it will eventually transform. The seven-meter model previews the kinetic roof planned for Italy‘s AGO Modena Fabbriche Culturali, the vast cultural complex taking shape inside the former Sant’Agostino Hospital. CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati developed the canopy with artist-engineer Chuck Hoberman, whose work has long explored how large structures expand and contract. visualizations © CRA-Carlo Ratti Associatithe courtyard becomes a changing roomThe future canopy by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati will sit above a triangular courtyard shared with the nearby Gallerie Estensi and other cultural institutions. Corten steel forms the outer frame while stainless steel supports the mechanismthree independently operated sections reproduce the movement of the future roofthe full canopy will move above AGO Modena’s triangular courtyard