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New Headquarters for the Province of Bergamo
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Headquarters for the Province of Bergamo - competition
A new building becomes the linchpin of myriad views
towards Bergamo and the surrounding mountainscape. In turn, the new
headquarters of the Province of Bergamo, project by Arata Isozaki and Andrea
Maffei, offers the cityscape multiple images of itself.
The design, since its inception, had been focused on
the relationship between the building, the urban fabric and the natural
landscapes of the region. "The horizontal, twisting skyscraper", as
the designers call it, contains height in order to establish a balanced visual
reciprocity, that varies continuously, between building and context. The main
structural objective was to avoid the creation of a monolithic construct which
usually defines a vertical tower. The intervention, thus, distributes the
functions throughout its nine floors in a spiraling manner, which follows one
of the main requirements of the project in regards to vertical
expansion.
The truss structural grid that characterizes the
facades allows for the cantilevers and bridge-like structures that make up the
spiraling form of the building. The contained length of the sides of the
building is meant to contain the structure to the facade and conceive of open
and flexible interior spaces. The modularity of the structural grid repeats
each time the building's body rotates 90 degrees as it moves upward. The effect
is that of a growth in spiral around a central courtyard on the ground floor.
"The decisive argument for every new type of architecture
lies in the relationship with the surroundings, and in this particular case,
the city of Bergamo," stated Andrea Maffei when asked to explain their
methodology, "We did not believe that a building nearly 90 meters high in
this specific location, within walking distance of the city center, was the
most appropriate response for a city like Bergamo. It was clear that the new
building for the headquarters of the province would have had to stand out in
the urban landscape by portraying an authoritative and recognizable image, yet
equally give priority to the landscape that defines the region or risk
compromising the uniqueness of the location. These considerations led to the
development of a 'spiraling' skyscraper. By proposing to contain vertical expansion
by taking over most of the allowed competition site, the building develops the
required space horizontally, ending with a building of an approximate 46.2
meters".
credits
project
New
Headquarters for the Province of Bergamo
location
Bergamo
program
offices
competition
dates
November 2008 – May 2009
dimensions
gross built surface: 28.543 sqm.
maximum height reached: 47,3m
materials
steel and glass
client
Province of Bergamo
project architects
Andrea Maffei Architects, Milano - leading architects
Arata Isozaki & Associates, Tokyo
associated architects
Attilio Gobbi, Bergamo
landscape
Catherine Mosbach, Alessandro Rocca, Bruno Gritti
plans
Spring, Firenze
structures
Favero & Milan Ingegneria s.p.a., Mirano
project budget
€ 35.964.600,00
Headquarters for the Province of Bergamo - competition
A new building becomes the linchpin of myriad views
towards Bergamo and the surrounding mountainscape. In turn, the new
headquarters of the Province of Bergamo, project by Arata Isozaki and Andrea
Maffei, offers the cityscape multiple images of itself.
The design, since its inception, had been focused on
the relationship between the building, the urban fabric and the natural
landscapes of the region. "The horizontal, twisting skyscraper", as
the designers call it, contains height in order to establish a balanced visual
reciprocity, that varies continuously, between building and context. The main
structural objective was to avoid the creation of a monolithic construct which
usually defines a vertical tower. The intervention, thus, distributes the
functions throughout its nine floors in a spiraling manner, which follows one
of the main requirements of the project in regards to vertical
expansion.
The truss structural grid that characterizes the
facades allows for the cantilevers and bridge-like structures that make up the
spiraling form of the building. The contained length of the sides of the
building is meant to contain the structure to the facade and conceive of open
and flexible interior spaces. The modularity of the structural grid repeats
each time the building's body rotates 90 degrees as it moves upward. The effect
is that of a growth in spiral around a central courtyard on the ground floor.
"The decisive argument for every new type of architecture
lies in the relationship with the surroundings, and in this particular case,
the city of Bergamo," stated Andrea Maffei when asked to explain their
methodology, "We did not believe that a building nearly 90 meters high in
this specific location, within walking distance of the city center, was the
most appropriate response for a city like Bergamo. It was clear that the new
building for the headquarters of the province would have had to stand out in
the urban landscape by portraying an authoritative and recognizable image, yet
equally give priority to the landscape that defines the region or risk
compromising the uniqueness of the location. These considerations led to the
development of a 'spiraling' skyscraper. By proposing to contain vertical expansion
by taking over most of the allowed competition site, the building develops the
required space horizontally, ending with a building of an approximate 46.2
meters".
credits
project
New
Headquarters for the Province of Bergamo
location
Bergamo
program
offices
competition
dates
November 2008 – May 2009
dimensions
gross built surface: 28.543 sqm.
maximum height reached: 47,3m
materials
steel and glass
client
Province of Bergamo
project architects
Andrea Maffei Architects, Milano - leading architects
Arata Isozaki & Associates, Tokyo
associated architects
Attilio Gobbi, Bergamo
landscape
Catherine Mosbach, Alessandro Rocca, Bruno Gritti
plans
Spring, Firenze
structures
Favero & Milan Ingegneria s.p.a., Mirano
project budget
€ 35.964.600,00
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