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Salewa Spa Headquarters, Bolzano, Bozen, Italy
2009-11
Park Associati - Cino Zucchi Architetti
Description
The new headquarters of Salewa, one of the most important manufacturing firms in Bolzano, is integrated into the landscape at the point where the city of Bolzano meets the uncontaminated nature of the mountains. As well as housing new work spaces, the building aims to provide a space of interaction and communication between the company and its network of suppliers, partners and clients.
The new headquarters represents a point of convergence between different elements of everyday life: from physical, social and communicative dimensions to work styles and leisure. The Salewa headquarters is formed by a series of multifaceted slabs and towers, including a 50 metre-high structure which when built will be the tallest building in the city. The project combines an electro-coloured micro-perforated aluminium skin which protects the most exposed parts of the building with a large vertical glass covering. The resulting visual effect is that of a rock crystal. The interplay between the thin sheet metal-like pillars and the delicate protective layers frame the façades and underline the contrast between the invisible and visible areas. Situated in a particular geographic location, this complex represents a place of information exchange between the dense web of material and immaterial relations that constitute the life of a modern company
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Salewa Spa Headquarters Bolzano - Building Information:
Client: Oberalp S.p.a.
Date: Competition: 2007
On Site: Sep 2009
Expected date of completition: 2010/11
Address: Bozen, Italy
Project:
Park Associati - Filippo Pagliani, Michele Rossi
Park Associati Srl
Via Carlo Goldoni n.1, 20129 Milano
with Cino Zucchi Architetti
Design team
Elisa Taddei_Project Leader
Alice Cuteri, Lorenzo Merloni, Marco Panzeri, Pietro Pezzani, Alessandro Rossi
Madoka Tomita, Giada Torchiana
Fabio Calciati_Rendering
General co-ordination and project management
Plan Team GmbH, Bozen - Johann Rock, Rupert Cristofoletti
Structural Engineering
Kauer&Kauer Ingenieure, Bozen - Georg e Ulrich Kauer
Mechanical and Electrical engineering
Energytech Ingegneri S.r.l., Bozen - Georg Felderer
Fire prevention engineering
Energytech Ingegneri S.r.l., Bozen - Georg Felderer
Local Architect
Brigitte Kauntz, Bozen
Cost Evaluation & Engineering
Studio Luraschi, Venegono Superiore (Va) - Franco Luraschi
Kletterhalle
Ralf Preindl, Brixen
Dimensions
Project Area 2500 sq/m
Salewa Spa Headquarters Bolzano images / infomration from Park Associati
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