Italian Conference Center

LOCATION Rome (Italy)
TASK Concept, Schematic Structural Design, Development design
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN Arch. M. Fuksas
AREA / VOLUME 320.000 m3
CLIENT EUR S.p.A. – Rome for the Concept design; CCI S.p.A. for Schematic Design
STRUCTURAL DESIGN TEAM Massimo Mejowiecki, Andrea Imbrenda, Pierfrancesco Imbrenda, Antonio Lisanti, Rosa Mangano, Fabio Gerardi, Maurizio Uttaro

Details


The design concept is briefly explained by three images: the “Glass Box” containing the main conference center, the “Cloud” the main auditorium space contained and the “Blade”, a free-standing separate object- the Hotel. The Cloud encloses: an auditorium for 1850 people, snack points and support services to the auditorium. The Cloud structure in steel ribs is covered by 15,000m2 of translucent material.