As part of INTERNI’s Hybrid Architecture Exhibition event, Steven Holl Architects will be opening their 'INVERSION' installation tomorrow, April 9th, in Milan. In addition, Steven Holl will deliver a lecture in the Aula Magna of the Università degli Studi di Milano at 10am. Shown in the Cortile 700 of the Università degli Studi di Milano, the installation features six void-cut, 21 million year old limestone blocks, which frame a sheet of water. The process, beginning with a 5”x7” watercolor sketch in New York City, which is transformed into a 3D file and then sent to Lecce, required no working drawings. More information on their installation after the break.
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INVERSION Installation at INTERNI Magazine’s Hybrid Architecture Exhibition
Milano EXPO 2015 Info Point Winning Proposal / Scandurrastudio
The winning proposal in the Info Point competition at Milano EXPO 2015 by Scandurrastudio aims to be an impressive void; a square and two pavilions. Featuring a great open space, a central square between two booth-like pavilions, the gate to EXPO 2015 will offer an ideal opportunity to talk about growth and evolution, while marking the time before the opening event. More images and architects’ description after the break.
La Forgiatura / Giuseppe Tortato
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Architects: Giuseppe Tortato
- Area: 24000 m²
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: AG&P, Biesse Consulting, G.D.M. costruzioni S.p.a.
Autodesk Milano Offices / Goring & Straja Architects
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Architects: Goring & Straja Architects
- Area: 850 m²
- Year: 2012
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Professionals: Varese Controlli, Tetris Design and Build
In Progress: CityLife Milano / Zaha Hadid Architects
CityLife Milano is an ambitious commercial and residential development on Milan's historic former trade fair grounds: the Fiera Milano. On the surface, over half of CityLife Milano will be covered with upwards of 168,000 square meters of landscaped parkland dedicated to pedestrians and bicycles. This lush, pedestrianized space will be centered around a grand new piazza - 'piazza delle tre torri' - shaped by a trio of towers and surrounded by a cluster of residences, all designed by three world-renowned architects. As previously mentioned, Arata Isozaki and Andrea Maffei has contributed the Isozaki Tower, which is planned to become the tallest skyscraper in Italy at 202 meters and built alongside the curved, 150 meter Libeskind Tower. To complete the triad, Zaha Hadid has designed a twisting, glazed tower, which will rise 170 meters into the skyline.
More on the Hadid Tower and surrounding development after the break...
Bocconi Urban Campus / OMA
Looking to redefine the relationship between students, buildings and the city of Milan, Bocconi University challenged architects world-wide to design a “campus for the third millennium”. Although first prize was awarded to SANAA’s courtyard-centric complex formed by a series of undulating figures, OMA’s proposal provides an interesting twist to intercity university campuses.
Formulating a composition of objects that “represents a three-dimensional re-learning of humanistic values”, OMA’s Bocconi Urban Campus proposal sets the stage for Homo Economicus. Two clusters of independent buildings - an “extroverted” new school of management and the “introverted” a-frame student housing tower - are centered around a public amphitheater topped by a canopy of “architectural” umbrellas. While the thirteen story tower shelters the more intimate campus programs and acts as a backdrop to the boisterous new school, all spaces remain permeable to the activities of the surrounding city and establish the most appropriate and stimulating connection.
More photos of OMA's proposal after the break...
Microsoft Milan / Flores & Prats
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Architects: Flores & Prats
- Area: 150000 m²
- Year: 2011
Refurbishment of “La Serenissima” Office Building / Park Associati
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Architects: Park Associati
- Area: 7 m²
- Year: 2012
Museum MUMAC / Arkispazio
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Architects: Arkispazio
- Area: 1800 m²
- Year: 2012
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Manufacturers: Mottura
Christ Resurrection Church / Cino Zucchi Architetti + Zucchi & Partners
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Architects: Cino Zucchi Architetti
- Year: 2010
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Manufacturers: Lattonedil
New Milan Trade Fair / Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas
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Architects: Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas
Duvetica Milano Shop / Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
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Architects: Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
- Area: 350 m²
- Year: 2011
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton / Fabiola Minas Roberto Murgia Simona Oberti
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Architects: Fabiola Minas Roberto Murgia Simona Oberti
- Year: 2011
AD Classics: Torre Velasca / BBPR
New EDI Headquarters / tiarstudio + RMA
Milanofiori Housing Complex / OBR
Nebula / Cecil Balmond
- Year: 2011
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Manufacturers: Louis Poulsen