Expo Village 2015 // Mario Cucinella Architects

Milan, Italy

Project Status: Built

Year: 2015

Text description provided by the architects.

The project of Mario Cucinella Architects includes the construction of three of the seven residential towers inside the Expo Village, designed by Euromilano, within the redevelop of the Masterplan Cascina Merlata in Milan.
The three buildings are located in the area north of the Masterplan and they will be used as Expo Village in a first phase, then to be converted into apartments of social housing.

The architectural concept stems from the principle that quality living is strongly influenced by the quality of public and / or private space in the surroundings.
The buildings are organized around a central space, the signature space of the new complex, and are organized as a configuration of three towers, sloping upward, tapering at the upper floors like granite blocks.

The volumes have regular but faceted shapes, materially uniform but varied in color and in the refraction of light.
Despite the limited budget for the project, local construction agreements have allowed for the buildings to achieve Class A classification.
In fact, the inclusion of high efficiency systems (solar panels, district heating, radiant floor heating, air handling units) combined with highly insulated envelope (façade coating, low emissivity double glazing) will reduce the annual consumption for winter heating..