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CMG Offices
CMG Offices
Trieste, Italy
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CMG Offices
Trieste, Italy
Firm
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2007
SIZE
10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft
We were appointed to explore the refurbishment of the new offices and production unit of CMG, a hydraulic systems maintenance company based in Trieste, on the north east coastline of Italy in 2005. The brief called for a new cladding of the existing building in which the offices are housed. The rest of the warehouse was to be used for steel carpentry work and the assembly of components for hydraulic systems. A new canopy was erected to the east side of the main volume and was equipped with heavy duty cranes for the loading and unloading of large components from lorries and trucks. In order to extend the overall surface area of the production unit floor, the provision of additional space at the rear of the existing building was added to the brief.
The proposed cladding for the volume of the offices uses an aluminium system made of sandwiched panels filled with polyurethane, which greatly increases the thermal inertia of that portion of the building.
A continuous system of glazing is attached to the exterior of the office volume, resulting in an elongated pattern of windows framed by a system of steel plates; these frames aim at screening part of the solar radiation, as well as accommodating the evacuation of rain water.
The black finish frames of the glazing unit stretch along the length of the facade forming a distinctive feature of the facade like simple bar elements.
The original pattern of small square windows was transformed in a continuous glazing element stretching along the length of the facade. Despite stretching for 25m along the main facade, the frames are not rectilinear but conical so as to overlap and allow for the expected thermal movement.The corner detail allows a smooth transition between the different faces of the facade. A set of 600mm single sheet aluminium panels shaped at 45 degrees overlaps and covers the end of the insulated panel. A blade shaped like the profile of the corner panel absorbs the tolerances.
On the entrance the exterior paving treatment, a local sandstone, applied with irregular tiles, penetrates the interior of the building in the same way as the exterior cladding creates a continuity with the interior. The entrance door is in fact a free standing element with three glass panels closing the entrance plane.
The proposed cladding for the volume of the offices uses an aluminium system made of sandwiched panels filled with polyurethane, which greatly increases the thermal inertia of that portion of the building.
A continuous system of glazing is attached to the exterior of the office volume, resulting in an elongated pattern of windows framed by a system of steel plates; these frames aim at screening part of the solar radiation, as well as accommodating the evacuation of rain water.
The black finish frames of the glazing unit stretch along the length of the facade forming a distinctive feature of the facade like simple bar elements.
The original pattern of small square windows was transformed in a continuous glazing element stretching along the length of the facade. Despite stretching for 25m along the main facade, the frames are not rectilinear but conical so as to overlap and allow for the expected thermal movement.The corner detail allows a smooth transition between the different faces of the facade. A set of 600mm single sheet aluminium panels shaped at 45 degrees overlaps and covers the end of the insulated panel. A blade shaped like the profile of the corner panel absorbs the tolerances.
On the entrance the exterior paving treatment, a local sandstone, applied with irregular tiles, penetrates the interior of the building in the same way as the exterior cladding creates a continuity with the interior. The entrance door is in fact a free standing element with three glass panels closing the entrance plane.
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