MAC 9 - ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS - SCANDURRA

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Nome: MAC9 – Zurich Insurance Company Italian Headquarters

Location: Milano, Italia

Anno: 2006 – 2009

Tipologia: Uffici

Area: GBA: 36.000 mq
Team:
BMS Progetti
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Cliente: Zurich

La nuova sede di Zurich Italia è inserita nel masterplan dell’area ex Carlo Erba, un tempo confinata all’interno dell’isolato e adibita alla sola produzione industriale. La possibilità di aprire questo perimetro fisicamente recintato e di farvi confluire il tessuto della città ha condizionato ogni scelta progettuale operata in merito all’edificio:

l’intero insediamento è concepito come permeabile e parte integrante del parco; la porzione pubblica e interna dell’area è intesa come spazio di passaggio e non solo d’arrivo, dove lo spazio comunitario si ibrida con quello privato.

The geodesic structure is a single curved surface that covers the space obtained by subtracting volume from the building. Its profile is a non-form, a crystallisation of the space with an eccentric effect. The structure is designed to cover a very large area without pillars, extending the facade: the transparency of the glass and its reflections rise from the facade to the cladding. A primary frame generates the main curve, and a secondary grid is connected to the cladding, the elevations, and the facade.

The base is conceived as part of the landscape, fluidly crossing the volumes above, connecting the different levels of existing structures and integrating the spaces intended for the archive and functions in closer contact with the street in a complex system of pathways leading to the large central space, a garden with tall trees overlooking the internal courtyard.

A giant line of pillars directly supports the first floor, consisting of the raised square and a large terrace overlooking the garden. It houses the company’s community functions, a hub for circulation pathways to the main and secondary office nuclei. The volumes housing the offices are designed to optimise the portion of space devoted to distribution in relation to the useful surface area.