The building
is located in Izumi, strategically close to the Kansai airport, and functions as the local Salvagnini
headquarters. The office is a modern hi-tech base for client sales and
technical assistance services.
The
structure can be seen as a blend between Japanese and Italian cultures
combining to give life to a small technologically-refined building. The long
hallway that spans across the various functional areas of the entire building
recalls the business philosophy of the Italian headquarters.
The choice
of materials – reinforced concrete, glass and sheet metal - is decidedly
Italian but there are many elements that elicit Japanese architecture. For example, the building’s internal
courtyard recalls the role of light in Japanese culture and has been conceived
as a “lantern of diffused light”. Also,
the interior spaces join an absolute visual transparency with a flawless
acoustical soundproofing. Likewise, inspired by Japanese culture is the choice
to make the hallways and the walkways converge towards the central courtyard so
that the eye always encounters, from each independent point of view, the green
harmony of the trees.