Salewa Spa Headquarters, rendering courtesy of Cino Zucchi Architetti + Park Associati
Salewa Spa Headquarters, image courtesy of Cino Zucchi Architetti + Park Associati
Italian architect Cino Zucchi Architetti and Park Associati designed the Salewa Spa Headquarters in Bolzano, Italy. The project is now on site and scheduled to complete on 2011.
+ Project description courtesy of Cino Zucchi Architetti + Park Associati
The new Salewa Headquarters, one of the most prominent manufacturers in Bolzano, is situated in an exceptional location adjacent to the Bolzano highway suggesting a “landscape” building, in formal dialog with the surrounding steep cliffs. As well as housing new work spaces and an indoor climbing gym, the building aims to provide a space for interaction and communication between the company and its network of suppliers, partners and clients.
Salewa Spa Headquarters, rendering courtesy of Cino Zucchi Architetti + Park Associati
The new headquarters represents a point of convergence between different elements of everyday life: from physical, social and communicative dimensions to work styles and leisure.
Salewa Spa Headquarters, rendering courtesy of Cino Zucchi Architetti + Park Associati
The Salewa headquarter is formed by a series of multifaceted slabs and towers, including a 50 metre-high structure which when built will be the tallest building in the city. The project combines an electro-coloured micro-perforated aluminium skin which protects the most exposed parts of the building with a large vertical glass covering.
The resulting visual effect is that of a rock crystal. The interplay between the thin sheet metal-like pillars and the delicate protective layers frame the façades and underline the contrast between the visible and invisible areas. Situated in a particular geographic location, this complex represents a place of information exchange between the dense web of material and immaterial relations that constitute the life of a modern company.
Salewa Spa Headquarters - Site plan, drawing courtesy of Cino Zucchi Architetti + Park Associati
Salewa Spa Headquarters - Elevation, drawing courtesy of Cino Zucchi Architetti + Park Associati
Salewa Spa Headquarters - Elevation, drawing courtesy of Cino Zucchi Architetti + Park Associati
Salewa Spa Headquarters - Section, drawing courtesy of Cino Zucchi Architetti + Park Associati
+ Project credits / data
Project: Salewa Spa Headquarters Bolzano, Italy
Address: Bozen, Italy
Date:
Competition: 2007
On Site: 2009
Expected date of completition: 2011
Client: Oberalp S.p.a.
Architect:
Cino Zucchi Architetti – Cino Zucchi
Park Associati – Filippo Pagliani, Michele Rossi
Design team:
Elisa Taddei_Project Leader
Lorenzo Merloni
Marco Panzeri
Pietro Pezzani
Alessandro Rossi
Madoka Tomita
Fabio Calciati_Rendering
General co-ordination and project management:
Plan Team GmbH, Bozen
Johann Rock, Rupert Cristofoletti
Structural Engineering:
Kauer&Kauer Ingenieure, Bozen
Georg e Ulrich Kauer
Mechanical and Electrical engineering:
Energytech Ingegneri S.r.l., Bozen
Georg Felderer
Fire prevention engineering:
Energytech Ingegneri S.r.l., Bozen
Georg Felderer
Local Architect:
Brigitte Kauntz, Bozen
Cost Evaluation & Engineering:
Studio Luraschi, Venegono Superiore (Va)
Franco Luraschi
Kletterhalle:
Ralf Preindl, Brixen
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January 13th, 2010 @ David K.
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