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Other Projects by Goring & Straja Architects
Affori Centre
This comprehensive rehabilitation of three existing office
buildings expands and transforms a long vacant trio of 60’s vintage office
blocks into an integrated, efficient and dynamic whole.
A new glass atrium creates a single building identity out of the
three blocks. This central hub houses the entrance hall on the ground
floor and connects the three existing buildings, both vertically and
horizontally. Additionally, by clarifying circulation and moving the
elevators, it allows a more efficient use of the office towers, resulting in
more usable area and less circulation (commercial flexibility). To
thermal and lighting efficiency, the building was re-skinned with a new glass
façade responsive to solar insolation and daylighting. The existing structure
allowed to bear an additional floor, result of inherent building rights that
came out of a special zoning provision for this area, allowing the project to
go from the original 10,200 square meters to 12,000 square meters.
Service areas, lessees’ technical spaces and a café were
developed on the ground floor which prior had been a somewhat barren pilotis
strewn plaza and now give on to private gardens and fountains. The five floors
above ground will be offices, with two floors of parking underground and
locker room.
The existing buildings epitomized the office block as the drab
box for work. This pushed the redevelopment in the opposite direction, to
strive for a workplace that reflects and supports the lifestyle of its
inhabitants. Like today’s businesses, the office building is open,
innovative, interactive, and active. The project’s dynamism mirrors and
encourages the same qualities for the businesses inside. (transparency without
compromising privacy and invites use of exterior areas such as gardens and
terraces)
Situated in the northern part of the city, the Affori district
of Milan has historically been an important business/industrial hub. Because of
its adjacency to a recent extension of public transportation
(subway) and infrastructure, the urban fabric is becoming more diversified,
with new residences and modern amenities. This project responds to that by
making the site reflective of its surroundings in a way that the original buildings
did not.
Among the sustainable aspects of the design, the most
important is the performance of the new exterior façades and the
brise-soleil system on the most exposed sides (south west), designed to offer
maximum natural thermoregulation in summer and winter (max. shade in
summer max. sun in winter). The Centre is pending LEED Gold
Certification.
The “green” heart of the project can also be seen in its
management. For example, the energy supplier guarantees that 35% of
the energy necessary for the complex will come from alternative or renewable
sources for two years minimum. The building has a real time monitoring system
of all energy consumption, to optimize power use. A planned “Green
Committee” of representatives of all users of the complex will encourage
energy saving behavior.
buildings expands and transforms a long vacant trio of 60’s vintage office
blocks into an integrated, efficient and dynamic whole.
A new glass atrium creates a single building identity out of the
three blocks. This central hub houses the entrance hall on the ground
floor and connects the three existing buildings, both vertically and
horizontally. Additionally, by clarifying circulation and moving the
elevators, it allows a more efficient use of the office towers, resulting in
more usable area and less circulation (commercial flexibility). To
thermal and lighting efficiency, the building was re-skinned with a new glass
façade responsive to solar insolation and daylighting. The existing structure
allowed to bear an additional floor, result of inherent building rights that
came out of a special zoning provision for this area, allowing the project to
go from the original 10,200 square meters to 12,000 square meters.
Service areas, lessees’ technical spaces and a café were
developed on the ground floor which prior had been a somewhat barren pilotis
strewn plaza and now give on to private gardens and fountains. The five floors
above ground will be offices, with two floors of parking underground and
locker room.
The existing buildings epitomized the office block as the drab
box for work. This pushed the redevelopment in the opposite direction, to
strive for a workplace that reflects and supports the lifestyle of its
inhabitants. Like today’s businesses, the office building is open,
innovative, interactive, and active. The project’s dynamism mirrors and
encourages the same qualities for the businesses inside. (transparency without
compromising privacy and invites use of exterior areas such as gardens and
terraces)
Situated in the northern part of the city, the Affori district
of Milan has historically been an important business/industrial hub. Because of
its adjacency to a recent extension of public transportation
(subway) and infrastructure, the urban fabric is becoming more diversified,
with new residences and modern amenities. This project responds to that by
making the site reflective of its surroundings in a way that the original buildings
did not.
Among the sustainable aspects of the design, the most
important is the performance of the new exterior façades and the
brise-soleil system on the most exposed sides (south west), designed to offer
maximum natural thermoregulation in summer and winter (max. shade in
summer max. sun in winter). The Centre is pending LEED Gold
Certification.
The “green” heart of the project can also be seen in its
management. For example, the energy supplier guarantees that 35% of
the energy necessary for the complex will come from alternative or renewable
sources for two years minimum. The building has a real time monitoring system
of all energy consumption, to optimize power use. A planned “Green
Committee” of representatives of all users of the complex will encourage
energy saving behavior.
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