LOCATION | Bologna (Italy) |
TASK | Concept, Schematic Structural Design, Development design, Working Drawings |
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN | Labics |
AREA / VOLUME | 35.000 m3 |
CLIENT | G.D. S.p.A. |
STRUCTURAL DESIGN TEAM | Andrea Imbrenda, Pierfrancesco Imbrenda, Giuseppe Gammone, Saverio Dipasquale, Massimo Bianco, Ippazio Cataldi, Antonio Circolo, Gianni Casella, Nicola Gammone |
PHOTOGRAPHY | Christian Richters |
The program for the building includes a staff training center, a nursery school, an auditorium and museum. The building above ground is a āCā shape with overall dimensions of 78x81m. The free central space is occupied almost entirely by the underground portion of the building. All the above-ground buildings are supported on a steel structure, while the structures of the underground block are in reinforced concrete.