Innovative Material Natural Light                  



YEAR
2005

CLIENT
Mipark, Milan

LOCATION
Foro Bonaparte - Milan, IT

 

 

 

 



 

 

PROJECT TEAM

Scheme design
StudioEX - M.Cardenas, S.Tagliacarne, F.Taidelli - public space
CeAS Centro di Analisi Strutturale s.r.l. - general planning

Detail design
Mauricio Cardenas - public space
CeAS Centro di Analisi Strutturale s.r.l. - general planning

DESIGN TEAM 
P. Pais, A. Albini, S. Giorgetta

 

 

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MILAN LANZA LANDSCAPE
The project is located at the historic center of Milan. The challenge was to keep the continuity with the original design of the XVIII century. The design of the underground parking and the landscape was very delicate but modern, keeping existing trees at maximum and enhancing public space for the people that come here for the subway, parking and going to the Theatre.
Very linear and functional lines were adopted for the public space over the underground parking at Lanza, located at the very centre of Milan from the Piccolo Theatre to the Sempione park, in order to reduce visual impact to a minimum. Main objective was that of keeping as much trees as possible in order to maintain the XVIII century scheme, ventilation grates are placed as subtle as possible. The entrance pavilion is transparent, the steel and glass structure allows natural light and through the staircase void light flows down towards the underground floors.