Giussaniarch, Milan, 2009/14
The building, which houses offices and a data processing center, aims to complete the building curtain of a block situated at the intersection of three urban axes. Its minimum volumetric articulation sets a moment of “silence” and abstraction against the linguistic overlapping of the context.
The project focuses on the theme of VOID, or rather on the effectiveness of a device that, thanks to the economy of architectural means taken to the extreme, manages to characterize the building through a single excavation gesture.
Starting from this inspiring principle, the design is based on four key concepts: FLEXIBILITY, OPTIMIZATION, CONTINUITY, CHARACTERIZATION, which aim to best reconcile the needs of the client with the characteristics of the lot and its urban context.
The uniformity of prospects is obtained thanks to an innovative double membrane filtering facade system, provided with vertical sheets in silk-screen printed glass, which automatically pivot according to the incidence of sunlight to optimise internal lighting and heating conditions.
The volume is organized around the entrance hall, which constitutes the connecting point of the whole building, divided in two “wings”. At this concentration of flows, the building volume is hollowed out to house the main entrance and wrap it in a cozy open space, a small square significant at the urban scale.
The transition between public and private space is the main theme of the project which aims to create a link between the space of the city and that of the building. The fence in metal profiles become an urban design element, extending and lowering itself to form large seats inside the entrance square. The hall on the ground floor overlooks a small garden, built on the roof of the technical volumes in the lowered yard, organized un the urban axis of Lambro park’s green system.
Published in:
– Dedalo n.23, 2011
– M.V. Capitanucci, Milano Le nuove architetture, Skira, Milano, 2012.
– IoArch n. 46, 2013
-AA.VV. Innesti/Grafting Catalogo 14 Biennale di Archiettura di Venezia – Abitare n.548, 2015
Shortlisted for Gold Medal for Italian Architecture 2015, category New Buildings