Innovative Material Acustic Control Modularity              



YEAR
2003

CLIENT
Driade S.p.A., Fossadello di Corso, Piacenza, IT

LOCATION
Milan, IT


 

 

 

PROJECT TEAM
Mauricio Cardenas Laverde

CONSULTANTS
Impresa Coppa (general contractor)
Faraone Glass Fittings (glass roof)
Loprevite (lighting)
Arch. Mazzeri (construction director)

 

RETAIL BUILDING RESTORATION
Re-structure some historical buildings  and offer an internal court with a glass cover: This challenge, faced within the context of a 1600 building, Palazzo Gallaratti Scotti, has been to obtain aesthetic harmony between historical and contemporary  architecture. Internal spaces are essential, designed to give shelter to designer  products. The glass cover satisfies acoustic requirements and thermal exchange between outdoors  and indoors, thus granting the possibility of using the courtyard all year round. The innovative steel and glass structure is self-carrying and has been designed to be easily assembled and  dismantled  to restore the historical building to its original configuration.