Paolo Citterio Architects’ ‘Terravolante’ Public Festival Pavilion in Besnate, Italy responding to societal challenges of isolation Situated within the context of the sports center amidst notable landmarks like Lake Maggiore and Malpensa airport the 330 sqm structure needed to be both practical and aesthetically pleasing while embodying a sense of unity and representation Drawing from historical narratives rooted in the region’s past, the design pays homage to the Iron Age pile-dwelling cultures and the aeronautical heritage of the early 20th century. This fusion of influences led to a lightweight, industrial-inspired wooden form reflecting efficiency and historical reverence functions as a wooden hull housing essential amenities like kitchens and bathrooms Its construction showcases precise engineering with laminated fir wood arches defining the roof’s simple yet elegant profile A veil of wooden slats suspended from these arches adds visual interest while filtering natural and artificial light Paolo Citterio Architects presents ‘Terravolante’ Public Festival Pavilion this 330 sqm structure aims to embody a sense of unity and representation historical homage meets modern efficiency in this industrial-inspired pavilion the pavilion serves as a wooden hull for essential amenities precise engineering defines the roof’s elegant profile with laminated fir wood arches a 7.5-meter overhang at the main entrance adds visual drama to the suspended structure wooden slats suspended from the arches create captivating light patterns ‘Poroton’ bricks and laminated wood columns ground the pavilion’s design Paolo Citterio Architects’ pavilion fosters community engagement and celebration ‘Terravolante’ Pavilion stands as a unifying hub within the Besnate sports center architectural elegance meets practical functionality in ‘Terravolante’s’ design name: Terravolante architect: Paolo Citterio (PCA | Paolo Citterio Architetti) mechanical systems and fire prevention: Lorenzo Comi safety and hydraulic engineering: Marco La Viola laminated wood carpentry: Pozzi Albino srl municipal administrators and institutions involved: Gianclaudio Negri Secondary School ‘Alessandro Manzoni’ – prof photography: Paolo Mazzo Fotografo | @paolo_mazzo designboom has received this project from our DIY submissions feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here. edited by: christina vergopoulou | designboom AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style Mujahid  has been pensioned from covering duty at Allevamento di Besnate at the age of 22 The Shadwell-owned son of Danzig retires at the peak of his powers having led all sires in Italy by progeny earnings for the past four seasons conceived during his spell shuttling to Widden Stud in Australia and triumphant in four group 1 races for Chris Waller who placed second in the Woodcote Stud Sagaro Stakes (G3) at Ascot.  Sign up for BloodHorse Daily Several of his progeny made successful crossovers to the jumps sphere most notably grade 1-winning hurdler Khyber Kim "Mujahid will turn 23 in January and is in good health but he covers fewer mares now as he has been extensively used by Italian breeders from 2007 when he was relocated here," said Allevamento di Besnate's Paolo Crespi "We also think that in future his fertility could reduce; in 2018 he still achieved more than 50% but that has already slightly declined from previous seasons "There is no better time to retire Mujahid Two weeks before the end of the racing season he is firmly in position to become leading sire in Italy once again It will be the fourth year in a row that he'll be champion here and he was also the champion Italian-based sire in the three previous years when he finished second to an Irish-based sire overall Mujahid won his first two starts for John Dunlop and Hamdan Al Maktoum before disappointing when fifth as favourite in the Gimcrack Stakes (G2) He bounced back to form when taking the Saudi Arabian Airlines Dewhurst (G1) at odds of 25-1 on his next start He never won again but was a fine third behind Island Sands and Enrique in the Sagitta Two Thousand Guineas (G1) at 3 For more European racing, sales, and bloodstock news, visit RacingPost.com CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE TDN FOR FREE! Remember Ben with a gift to Thoroughbred aftercare Subscribe for FREE to the Daily PDF or the News Alerts Home » Archive » Europe » Italian Champion Sire Mujahid Pensioned Italian champion sire Mujahid (Danzig-Elrafa Ah by Storm Cat) has been pensioned at Allevamento di Besnate will claim his fourth consecutive champion sire title by progeny earnings in his adopted land at year's end Originally at Beech House Stud in Great Britain Mujahid moved to Allevamento di Besnate for the 2008 covering season and third in the 1999 G1 2000 Guineas a year later for John Dunlop with Australian MG1SW Danleigh (Aus) and Italian Group 1 winner Cleo Fan (Ity) leading the way Mujahid is responsible for G1 English/Irish 1000 Guineas bridesmaid Lightning Thunder (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}) MGSW & MG1SP Tasaday (Nayef) and SW & G1SP Bailey's Jubilee (GB) (Bahamian Bounty {GB}) Not a subscriber? Click here to sign up for the daily PDF or alerts. Copy Article Link Editor / News Stories:editor@thetdn.com Advertising:advertising@thetdn.com Customer Service:customerservice@thetdn.com Click Here to sign up for a free subscription Whitbury Manor Stud resident and 2021 group 2-winning sire Adaay  is on the move and will relocate to Allevamento di Besnate di Pierantonio near Milan for the 2022 season while he has also sired five further black-type performers including Premio Primi Passi (G3) third Doctor Strange and E.B.F Photo: Zuzanna Lupa PhotographyHave A Good Day wins the Prix de Cabourg at Deauville Adday was acquired by Hamdan Al Maktoum for 240,000 guineas (US$423,260) at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale He went on to capture five of 17 career starts with his biggest successes coming in the 888Sport Sandy Lane Stakes (G2) and Betfred Hungerford Stakes (G2) who retired to Whitsbury Manor Stud for the 2017 breeding season at a fee of £7,000 sired an excellent 22 individual juvenile winners from his first crop His leading progeny to date is Have A Good Day, who supplemented her Deauville success with a narrow second to subsequent Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T) runner-up Malavath  in the Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte (G2) Adaay is the sixth foal out of the Royal Applause mare Lady Lucia and is a half brother to five winners Adaay will stand alongside Pounced  at a fee of €4,500 Home » Archive » Shared News Europe » The Heirs of Kodiac Five sons of Kodiac have sired group winners to date | Amy Lanigan/Tally-Ho Stud Kodiac (GB) (Danehill) has long been a sought-after source of precocity and as he has risen toward the upper echelon of proven stallions because just as Kodiac's winners are legion his sons' foals are starting to display that same vaunted quick-maturing zest for racing: a quartet of group-winning sons of Kodiac retired to stud in 2017-Kodi Bear (Ire) Coulsty (Ire) and Prince of Lir (Ire)–and all have sired group winners with only two crops of racing age The 21-year-old Kodiac has every chance of establishing a sire line under his name as he is the younger half-brother to Group 1 winner and Irish National Stud kingpin Invincible Spirit (Ire) " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Kingman (GB) and I Am Invincible (Aus) being just two examples Kodiac did place second in the G3 Hackwood S before embarking on a stallion career at Tally-Ho Stud in 2007 at a fee of €5,000 He is priced at €65,000 for 2022-his fourth year at that level-and his sons are now stepping into the limelight It was the Rathbarry Stud stallion Kodi Bear a winner of the G2 Celebration Mile and G3 Sovereign S Kodi Bear's grandsire Danehill was famed for the versatility of his progeny and it appears Kodi Bear could be headed that direction Kodi Bear had sired five black-type winners total his three 2020 black-type scorers joined by another two in 2021 Across both crops he has thus far come up with 10 black-type horses The smart filly Mystery Angel (Ire) won the Listed Pretty Polly S. and outstayed her pedigree when finishing second in Snowfall (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn})'s runaway G1 Cazoo Oaks The dual stakes winner Measure of Magic (Ire) also earned a Group 1 placing with a third at the other end of the distance spectrum in the G1 Commonwealth Cup Kodi Bear's trio of Group 1 horses-tops for his stallion intake barring Tally-Ho's rising star Mehmas (Ire) (Acclamation {GB})-was rounded out by G2 Railway S the colt from Kodi Bear's second crop ran third in the G1 Phoenix S. and bounced back with a close second in the GII Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint Kodi Bear is from the family of three-time Group 1 winner Esoterique (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) Fellow Irish-based stallion Coulsty has already ticked the Group 1-winning box with his progeny, as has 2021 first-season sire Ardad (Ire), who stands at Overbury Stud. Although his opportunities have been more limited, Coulsty–the G3 Prix de Meautry hero–is advertised at €4,000 this year at Rathasker Stud in Ireland Coulsty's quartet of black-type winners is led by last autumn's GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup heroine Shantisara (Ire) in the States and Santosha (Ire) His seven black-type horses match another 2022 third-crop sire-Adaay who started his career at Whitsbury Manor Stud Relocated to Allevamento di Besnate in Italy this term at €4,500 the dual group-winning Adaay sired four black-type horses in 2020 led by G3 Premio Primi Passi third Doctor Strange (GB) with G3 Prix de Cabourg victress Have A Good Day (Ire) and second-crop listed winner Honey Sweet (Ire) Prince of Lir's 2022 fee at Ballyhane Stud is €4,000 the 8-year-old's star progeny also ran second in the G1 Phoenix S But, it appears Kodiac isn't done consolidating his tail-male impact in pedigrees, as the aforementioned Ardad was the 2021 leading first-season sire in Britain and third in his class in Europe the 8-year-old has sired 23 first-crop winners his crowning glory the dual Group 1 winner Perfect Power (Ire) winner of both the G1 Prix Morny and the G1 Middle Park S In between those victories was the G3 Sirenia S Vintage Clarets (GB) also completed the trifecta in Royal Ascot's G2 Coventry S Out of a half-sister to the dam of G1 Prix de l'Abbaye victor Maarek (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) Ardad commanded an opening fee of £6,500 in 2018 and Overbury has bumped him up to £12,500 for 2022 is next to see if he can make a similar mark with his first 2-year-olds this year the 6-year-old has 77 juveniles in his first crop bred at €8,000 and they averaged £33,919/€40,575 for 37 sold of 41 offered at the yearling sales The most accomplished son of Kodiac on the racecourse is new Gestut Lunzen resident Best Solution (Ire) A triple Group 1 winner in Germany and Down Under the Australian champion stayer and top older horse in Germany relished trips well beyond the reach for the majority of his sire's stock That is no doubt as a result of his staying female line: Best Solution's third dam Eva Luna produced the group-winning stayers Brian Boru (GB) and Sea Moon (GB) Starting out at Gestut Auenquelle at €6,500 the former Godolphin colourbearer and G1 Caulfield Cup victor's first foals are yearlings of 2022 It would also be no surprise to see his full-brother El Bodegon (Ire) enter the stallion ranks at some stage after winning last season's G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud for James Ferguson to become Kodiac's first Group 1-winning juvenile colt Hello Youmzain (Fr) captured the G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte as a juvenile and built on that early promise with wins in the G2 Sandy Lane S. a third in the G1 Commonwealth Cup and a tally in Haydock's G1 Betfair Sprint Cup in October of 2019 Haras d'Etreham's bay marked 2020 with a victory in the G1 Diamond Jubilee S at Royal Ascot and a second in the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest his fee is unchanged for his second season while the group-placed Flash Gordon (Ire) took up stud duties at Meelin Stud last year The intriguingly bred Nando Parrado (GB) will begin covering mares at the Irish National Stud for €6,000 in 2022 The son of Argentinean Group 3 victress and Group 1-placed Chibola (Arg) (Roy) broke his maiden by a length in the G2 Coventry S He promptly ran second in a pair of Group 1s-the Prix Morny to future G1 Commonwealth Cup heroine Campanelle (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) and to subsequent G1 Champion S victor Sealiway (Fr) (Galiway {GB}) in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere hero Ubettabelieveit (Ire) calls Mickley Stud home and stands for £5,000 Also third in the 2020 GII Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint Kodiac's most accomplished and best-bred sons are yet to be represented by their progeny on the racecourse-none of the first four to retire to stud were out of black-type mares looks bright for Kodiac and his heirs aplenty Copy Article Link Celtic Swing  Europe’s 1994 champion 2-year-old and a French classic winner the following year The 18-year-old stallion had stood this year at Allevamento di Besnate in Italy Celtic Swing won all three starts by a total of 24 lengths including the Racing Post Trophy (Eng-I) by a record dozen lengths Bookmakers quoted odds of 7-4 on him winning the Madagans Two Thousand Guineas (Eng-I) and odds of 3-1 on him capturing the Vodafone Derby Stakes (Eng-I) Celtic Swing was assigned 130 pounds on the International Classifications his rating of 130 compares with the 130 of Holy Bull (North America’s Horse of the Year) and Balanchine (European filly champion) the two top-rated 3-year-olds on two continents,” said Geoffrey Gibbs senior handicapper for the British Horseracing Board Celtic Swing’s 3-year-old season was bittersweet Celtic Swing lost the Two Thousand Guineas by a nose owner Peter Savill chose to run him in the Prix du Jockey-Club les Emirates Arabes Unis (Fr-I finishing unplaced in the Budweiser Irish Derby ((Ire-I) after which it was found that he had torn some ligaments Attempts were made to return him to racing He was retired with five wins from seven races and earnings of $777,299