Sun Protection Natural Light Rainwater Natural Ventilation Solar Energy            



YEAR
2005

CLIENT
BPU Bank

LOCATION
Milan, IT

 

PROJECT TEAM
M. Cardenas, EET Ingegneria con M. Redaelli, P. Pais

CONSULTANTS
Ing. L. Gattoni (energy)

A CONTEMPORANEOUS SKIN
The refurbishment proposal of the central headquarters of Banca BPU, a historical site in the centre of Milan, rotates/revolves around the central idea of court: the court as Herat of the project characterized by a contemporaneous “skin” that inserts on the historical structure, thought as meeting place and as the place towards which all offices may look at other than the environmental control feature. A transparent roof not only allows looking at the sky, but also to collect rainwater and captivate light and natural ventilation, whilst the use of photovoltaic in the cover assures solar energy gain for non renewal energy gain for non renewal energy consumption reduction.