LOCATION :
Torino (IT)
CLIENT :
ECSD – Prof. Ing. Franco Mola
PROJECT SURFACE :
32.000 Sq. m
YEAR & AREA OF COMPETENCE :
2001-2017 (2011 -2015 SCL Technical consultancy) | CIVIL ENGINEERING -TERTIARY
ARCHITETCTURAL DESIGN :
Studio Fuksas
AMOUNT OF WORKS :
€ 79.000.000 (structures)
AIM OF THE PROJECT :
Construction of a 44 floors (two of which underground) tower of 205 meters in height for the offices and services of the Piemonte Region.
The building consists of three main elements clearly distinguished by functions: the tower, where all the offices are located; the underground courtyard on two levels that accommodates all the office services; the Service Centre, that hosts the congress centre, the library, the audiovisual library, with the nursery at the base. The volume of the tower, with the 45×45 square meter base, is enclosed in an imposing double-skin glass facade, whose top ends with a roof garden. The entrance lobby of the tower is characterised by a large floor-to-ceeling void where there are some transversal “blades” with different inclinations that refract light, creating a Kaleidoscopic light effect.
BY SCL :
Technical consultancy e continuous advisory related to the project of the steel structures supporting the glass curtain wall with special attention to the air and water resistance performances. Development of a special and studied on purpose software to test the structure.
