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Pharo | Park Associati

Office building and business center

This project of urban mending was developed around the key concept of permeability, which was the leitmotif behind the volumetric decomposition of the typical urban block, in particular of the continuity of the front in Via Gattamelata. On the corner with Via Teodorico, the building is recessed from the pavement’s profile, giving life to a completely open area accessible by the public, a new reception square generated by the building’s elegant planimetric play. Barycentric with respect to the building's entire composition, the hall is a passageway leading to the square connecting both Piazzale Türr and Via Teodorico – an expression of the site’s high permeability.

The complex is a dynamic succession of volumes sharing a single organic language, characterised on the façade by the rhythmic sequence of the jutting elements and the different material qualities of the surfaces.

The highest volume is a 67-metre-high tower, while on the opposite side of the lot the lowest 8-metre-high structure is designed to be an auditorium. Both volumes are lit at night, the tower to resemble a lantern, a luminescent lighthouse that adds a new landmark to the cityscape.

The building is LEED Platinum certified, so it is extremely energy-efficient. Energy saving was also one of the main themes of the study of the façades’ design language, which alternates transparent glazed surfaces and solid surfaces in anodised aluminium sheet or perforated sheet. Within this complex of dynamic volumes, the façade sections covered in sheet metal serve the double purpose of limiting irradiation – an inevitable problem common to all-glass façades – and guaranteeing some privacy.

In line with sustainability-related issues, the use of materials on the façade was kept to a minimum. The depth of the jutting sheet metal shielding elements increases as they climb from the lower floors to the upper floors, where their function of sun shading is needed most. Such size variations contribute to define a fluid and dynamic perception of the entire building.

PHARO

Location

Via Gattamelata 30-34, Milan

Client

Kryalos SGR S.p.A in the name and on behalf of Fondo Pharo

Typology

Office Building

Competition: 2013, winner project Projetc: 2014-2017

Onsite: 2018-2022

Area

22.100 mq

Professional Service

Concept

Architectural Project Artistic site supervision

Design team

Founding Partners: Filippo Pagliani, Michele Rossi Project Director: Marco Siciliano

Landscape Director: Marianna Merisi

Senior Architect: Ciro Capasso

Architects: Alexia Caccavella, Antonio Cinquegrana, Corrado Collura, Valerio Conti, Giancarlo Gastaldin, Lorenzo Merloni, Davide Pojaga, Marco Vitalini.

Visualizers: Mario Frusca, Stefano Venegoni

Graphic designer: Marinella Ferrari

Energetic Certifications

LEED Platinum

Consultants

Site Supervision

General Planning, Milan

Structures, Mechanical and Electrical Plants, Fire Prevention General Planning, Milan

General Contractor

Carron, San Zenone degli Ezzelini (TV)

Security Coordination

REAAS, Milan

Façades

Gualini, Costa di Mezzate BG

Photo

Marco Cappelletti

Nicola Colella - Park Associati

Pharo | Park Associati

Details

  • Via Gattamelata, 30, 20149 Milano MI, Italy
  • Park Associati