New Headquarters Building, ASI

LOCATION Rome (Italy)
TASK Concept, Schematic Structural Design Development design
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN Arch. M. Fuksas
AREA / VOLUME 320.000 m3
CLIENT Italian Space Agency (ASI)
STRUCTURAL DESIGN TEAM Andrea Imbrenda, Pierfrancesco Imbrenda, Rosa Mangano, Fabio Gerardi, Maurizio Uttaro

Details


The new ASI building is composed of three functional strips. The structure of the underground parking floors consists of a concrete frame of sheer walls and floor slabs. The above ground structre of the building is a multilevel space frame of steel girders and a core of reinforced concrete. The “Screen” is added to this structure, a portal frame supporting the glass facade enclosing the “Tape” a three-dimensional structure in laminated wood between the building and the screen.