Facades Of Milan: Archive

Sustainability and Creativity in 4 facades!

3M Italia S.p.A. Headquarter (2010) Location: Pioltello (Mi) Architects: Mario Cucinella Architects Facade materials: Glass with “brise soleil” system North, est and west facades were designed with original shading systems, in particular the “brise soleil” system. The south one shows a series of terraces which protect the building from climatic fluctuations. This is made possible...

Mar 8th

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Silk-screen printing for RCS Headquarter!

RCS Headquarter (2007) Location: Via Angelo Rizzoli Architects: Stefano Boeri Architetti Facade material: Screen-printed glass The whole structure is covered with a double “skin” consisting of insulated metal modular panels inside and sheets of glass tied by aluminum supports outside. But the most creative and interesting element of this facade is that the color of the glass sheets vary...

Mar 6th

"Our" Grafton building!

Bocconi University (2008) Location: via Roentgen, viale Bligny Architects: Grafton architects, Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara (directors), Gerard Carty, Philippe O’Sullivan, Simona Castelli (project architecs) Facade material: Ceppo di Gré The idea was to create a “rocky shield”, constructed with robust material such as...

Mar 5th

Let's start!

Hello everyone! I’m Ludovica Bellini, an italian student from Bocconi in Milan. I’m attending CLEACC, a particular course focused on management in arts, culture and communication fields! In this semester I’ll try to create and improve a digital collection about Facades Of Milan selected according to materials used in their building. It’s an opportunity to discover this...

Mar 3rd