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3—45 46—99 100—121 Industria in Italia Milano Biennale Architettura 4 48 2018 Milano 2.0 Marco Zanuso 100 Fabbrica Brionvega, Casella Camillo Magni Il Padiglione della Santa Sede, d’Asolo, Treviso 1963–1967 50 16 Mostra Internazionale di CityLife 2004–2018 5 Architettura, la Biennale di Venezia, Una fabbrica “domestica” Francesca Serrazanetti 25 maggio–25 novembre 2018 58 4 Marco Zanuso: di Marco Zanuso Presentazione di Gianfranco Ravasi Chiara Baglione mauro galantino 103 16 galleria commerciale vatican Chapels: il progetto Studio Valle 60 Francesco Dal Co Fabbricato Plaxil 8, Zaha Hadid architects 111 Campus Fantoni, Osoppo, Udine Torre Generali Francesco Magnani, Fabbrica Brionvega 17 61 Traudy Pelzel Gino e Pietro Valle per Fantoni, oltre l’icona 112 industriali friulani Marco Biagi Davide Tommaso Ferrando Andrew Berman 69 34 elementi strutturali 113 Norman Foster Marco Biagi Francesco Cellini 114 Sistema Nomos, Tecno 73 35 il curtain-wall Javier Corvalán Nomos. Un tavolo che Marco Biagi 115 racconta più della sua storia 77 Ricardo Flores, Francesco Dal Co i rivestimenti in bambù della mall 16 Studio Valle: Marco Biagi Eva Prats 116 80 OMA Norman Foster Fondazione Prada 117 Terunobu Fujimori 81 Campus Fantoni Unità ed eterogeneità 118 Camillo Magni Sean Godsell 119 Carla Juaçaba 120 Smiljan Radic 121 Eduardo Souto de Moura 34 Norman Foster: 124—129 Errata Nel servizio dedicato al progetto ENGLISH TEXTS di Tobia Scarpa per la Chiesa di 124 San Teonisto a Treviso apparso English texts su «Casabella» n. 881, gennaio 2018, pagg. 62-71, è stato omesso Sistema Nomos il nome del progettista tecnico delle tribune reclinabili, lo Studio Tecnico Mandetta.

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stefano 46 Milano casabella 884 47 2 3 1 il monumento a Giuseppe Verdi in Piazza Buonarroti. Sullo Milano 2.0 dall’Amministrazione locale. I limiti di tutto sfondo, le torri progettate da Camillo Magni questo sono oggi evidenti soprattutto nella Zaha Hadid e Arata Isozaki per CityLife povertà dello spazio pubblico, simbolo evidente the monument to Giuseppe A distanza di un anno «Casabella» torna a parlare di Milano. Dopo aver del “buon governo”, in cui le figure del “parco” Verdi at Piazza Buonarroti. In the background, the towers presentato la nuova sede della Fondazione Feltrinelli e il campus e del “verde” sono diventate le uniche retoriche designed by Zaha Hadid and dell’Università Bocconi (cfr. «Casabella» n. 872), nelle pagine che attraverso cui guadagnare consenso. Arata Isozaki for CityLife seguono, si darà spazio a due nuovi progetti di recente realizzazione: Infine un’ultima considerazione di carattere 2 Fondazione Prada e il grande intervento urbano di CityLife. Questa è economico: la rinascita di Milano rappresenta vista aerea dello scalo anche l’occasione per condividere con i lettori alcune riflessioni più un’eccezione non solo a livello nazionale, ma ferroviario Farini nel 1998 aerial view of the Farini rail ampie sulla recente stagione milanese. anche regionale. La città cresce senza riuscire yard in 1998 Il capoluogo lombardo sta vivendo un momento di grande fermento a trascinare con sé i territori limitrofi, relegando 3 vista aerea dello scalo culturale che si rispecchia nella vivacità del mercato edilizio e nella quella tanto ambita “regione metropolitana” ferroviario di San Cristoforo capacità di attrarre capitale umano ed economico dando spinta a un a una condizione di subalternità. Ciò che nel 2017 con, in primo piano, il rudere incompiuto rinnovamento urbano sempre più evidente e capillare. Questo ineludibile avviene in città non avviene nelle sue periferie dell’ampliamento della stazione dato, tuttavia, nasconde una condizione più complessa che coinvolge e la centralità economica e culturale del del 1983 a opera di Aldo Rossi, G. Braghieri, M. Oks, M. Scheurer operatori, architetti, costruttori e amministratori. Innanzitutto dal punto capoluogo rimane avulsa dalle economie aerial view of the San

topuntoli Cristoforo rail yard in 2017 di vista architettonico è interessante evidenziare come gli autori delle più dei territori vicini (cfr. R. Camagni, «Casabella» with, in the foreground, the importanti trasformazioni urbane siano stranieri (OMA, Herzog & de n. 872, pag. 26). unfinished ruin of the stefano stefano e matteo topuntoli Meuron, Sanaa, Zaha Hadid Architects, Arata Isozaki, David Chipperfield Questi tre aspetti alimentano con addition to the station from 4 5 1983 by Aldo Rossi, G. Architects tra gli altri). Gli operatori stessi sono, sempre più spesso, fondi prospettive differenti la medesima Braghieri, M. Oks, M. d’investimento internazionali le cui forme attuative replicano modelli preoccupazione: che la rinascita di Milano non Scheurer consolidati in contesti esteri. Questo dato, senza retoriche nazionaliste, sia l’inizio di un’onda lunga capace di scuotere 4 vista aerea dello scalo evidenzia la coesistenza di due mondi distinti: da una parte i grandi nel profondo la cultura e l’economia ferroviario di Greco Bicocca interventi a mano straniera, dall’altra un professionismo locale che lavora meneghina, ma che sia un evento autonomo nel 2017 aerial view of the Greco con intensità e dedizione a una serie di progetti che potremmo definire dal territorio in cui si manifesta uno Bicocca rail yard in 2017 di media, piccola dimensione. Cercando tra questi, tuttavia, si avverte spasmodico riflesso di un momento (Expo 5 vista aerea dello scalo la mancanza di un livello diffuso di qualità dell’architettura (se non in 2015?) indotto da elementi e protagonisti ferroviario di Porta Genova sporadici ed eroici esempi) e ci si incaglia in una mediocrità edilizia stranieri. Il timore è che questa stagione si nel 2017 aerial view of the Porta e in un provinciale sistema clientelare che non rispecchia le opportunità concluda presto senza lasciare alcuna eredità Genova rail yard in 2017 che la nuova stagione offre. Questo aspetto appare paradossale se e che Milano sia stata solo un’occasione per consideriamo la storia di Milano e quel “professionismo colto” che ha concentrare interessi speculativi. caratterizzato l’architettura degli anni Cinquanta e Sessanta. Risulta Al tempo stesso le speranze sono altre e il ancora più paradossale se paragoniamo Milano a città europee come giudizio rimane sospeso. Esempi come il terzo Barcellona, Zurigo, Lisbona o Porto in cui la rinascita urbana si è attuata settore e il ruolo, mai così rilevante, delle attraverso la diffusione della qualità prodotta da processi e bravi architetti grandi istituzioni culturali (tra le quali locali, piuttosto che nell’accentrarsi di poche e muscolose operazioni Fondazioni Prada e Feltrinelli), così come immobiliari. eventi quali “Design Week” alludono forse Un secondo aspetto riguarda il protagonismo dell’operatore a un nuovo modo di coniugare cultura e stefano e matteo topuntoli pubblico. Senza addentrarci in complicate valutazioni di merito è urbanità, a una nuova forma di fare città. stefano e matteo topuntoli evidente la grande fatica nello sviluppare processi urbani complessi. Alla luce delle future sfide che la città si presta Tempi e procedure sono le grandi incertezze che frenano più dei costi. ad affrontare, prima fra tutte la riconversione L’Amministrazione Pubblica, a valle di un PGT licenziato tra degli scali ferroviari, vogliamo rimanere amministrazioni di opposto colore, sembra navigare a vista, più a suo ottimisti sperando che le gravi incertezze siano agio nelle piccole operazioni che in una visione ampia della città. Ciò il retaggio di un passato troppo ingombrante ha portato Milano a trasformarsi in forma episodica, attraverso e fiduciosi di poter ammirare presto nuove l’iniziativa quasi unicamente di privati condizionati, più che governati, straordinarie architetture milanesi.

48 Milano casabella 884 49 stages the content, blurring the figure condition that involves the various that the rebirth of Milan is not the start avant-garde of contemporary architec- Sergio Brenna prepared and published green areas and squares shape the land Is this really a new Renaissance? May 2008. the streamlined styling of the skyscrap- of the plant with that of the industrial players, the architects, builders and of a long wave capable of having a deep tural expression […].»4 The concentra- detailed motivations supporting the and create a public space that adapts to Many people have expressed doubts, in 12 Cf. among others: Marco Alfieri, “Il er. With respect to the initial hypothesis machines that surround it. On the north administrators. First of all, from an impact on the city’s culture and tion of three tall buildings and the appeals, relying on urban planning data the level shifts of the area. the discussions that have continued via libera a CityLife è in arrivo (con in 2005, however, the direction of the side, vice versa, the absence of mechani- architectural standpoint, it is interest- economy, but instead an autonomous resulting freeing up of land area, and revealing the fact that the choices In 2013 the project underwent over the last 15 years, as we have rapidly varianti),” «Il Sole 24 ore», 13 May 2008. rotation has been inverted, since with cal protuberances, due to the need to ing to point out that the authors of the event, separate from the territory in because the formal variety of the had been made in the context of another transformation: the city summarized above.14 Yet this story, seen 13 Cf. among others: Armando Stella, the arrival of Linea 5 of the subway avoid interfering with nearby activities most important urban transformations which it appears, a spasmodic reflection skyscrapers, are the fundamental and “business committees” for economic government canceled the museum and up close, reminds us of the better- “CityLife, il Comune cancella il Museo. system, in 2007, the rhomboid plan of of wood transport, makes the building are foreigners (OMA, Herzog & De of a single moment (Expo 2015?) unvaried characteristics of a project interests (mostly private) and not with granted seven more years for the work known debates that have accompanied Sette anni in più di lavori all’ex Fiera,” the tower underwent a one-quarter emerge in its territorial scale, transfig- Meuron, SANAA, Zaha Hadid Architects, induced by foreign players and protago- that was to undergo many modifications an eye on public benefits. (no longer to be completed in 2016, but other transformations: like the one that «Corriere della Sera», Milano, 20 April rotation counterclockwise, and now ured like a gigantic dam in the land- Arata Isozaki, David Chipperfield nists. The fear is that this period will over the years to follow. In the meantime the debate in the in 2023). The 45 million euros already arose in 1959 regarding the project of 2013. points towards the southeast, towards scape. Architects, among others). The develop- come to an end without leaving any The unforeseen changes, which have magazines continued, with the criti- deposited as development fees were the Torre Velasca, with widespread 14 Fulvio Irace: «It seems debatable the tribune of Bramante at Santa Maria The project for Plaxil 8 raises a ers themselves, to an increasing extent, legacy, and that Milan has represented altered our reference points, created cisms of Mario Botta and the responses reassigned for the restoration of two coverage in Italian and foreign maga- whether all this can automatically be delle Grazie. But the most important series of important questions, which we are often international investment only an opportunity for the concentra- wounds and required new adaptation. If of Stefano Boeri and Vittorio Gregotti,9 important existing structures that had zines. The perspective of the future will considered a new ‘Renaissance,’ above variation had to do with the engineering can summarize here as a conclusion. funds, with forms of implementation tion of speculative interests. we look back on certain episodes of the as well as contributions from David escaped demolition (the Velodromo undoubtedly offer new judgments and all if we consider the fact that in the of the construction concealed behind First, it expresses a complex approach to that replicate established models from At the same time, the hopes are press coverage, we can recall the climate Chipperfield, Gae Aulenti, Philippe Vigorelli and Palazzo delle Scintille) and views. Also with respect to those who ‘historical’ Renaissance the Italy of the the polished glass enclosure. The the problem of the relationship with the foreign contexts. This situation –with- different, and judgment remains and the reasons of the debate that has Daverio, Marco Romano and, again, for new services.13 last October, from the 19th floor of Torre courts exported the culture of the new, perimeter columns, which in the first context, interpreted by Pietro Valle as out nationalist rhetoric– reveals the suspended. Examples like the third accompanied this important process of Beltrami Gadola and Gardella. In 2015, after three years of work, the Hadid, were able to observe from above while today it is forced to recycle in its version of the project were perfectly the place of a stratification of practices coexistence of two distinct worlds: on sector and the role –never before so transformation of the city from the In December 2006 Libeskind, first tower was completed (the Allianz the thousands of citizens waiting in line cities what comes back from abroad» vertical, were later bent to accompany and discourses with which to establish the one hand the major projects in important– of large cultural institutions outset. involved by the mayor Letizia Moratti in tower designed by Isozaki, published in to discover the panorama of contempo- (Fulvio Irace, “Il grattacielo è ancora the inclined position of the external a critical relationship. In this sense, foreign hands, and on the other a local (including the Prada and Feltrinelli Pierre-Alain Croset, in «Il Giornale Milan’s bid to host the Expo, stated that «Casabella» no. 855), while the construc- rary Milan. all’altezza?,” «Il Sole 24 Ore», 11 July facade and to guarantee, floor by floor, while the division of the fronts into professional sphere that works with foundations), and of events like “Design dell’Architettura», uses the title “Parade the project could be modified based on tion of Torre Hadid rose higher, and the 2004). the alignment between the partitions of horizontal bands of prefabricated parts dedication on a series of projects we Week,” allude perhaps to a new way of of Monsters” and asserts that the the needs expressed by citizens.10 foundations were poured for Torre Notes But also the already mentioned Luca the facade and the module of attach- reprises and confirms the method might define as works on the small or combining culture and urban life, a new winner was the worst of the projects still In the meantime demolition work Libeskind. In spite of the bureaucratic 1 Giulia Maria Crespi, honorary presi- Beltrami Gadola: «The Renaissance was ment of the internal dividers. The tower already applied by Gino Valle, the medium scale. Looking through them, form of city making. in the running5 and that in the period of began on the old fair facility, culminat- delays, the worksites proceeded at an dent of the FAI, had criticized the absolutely Italian and influenced has a height of 170 m with 43 above- wavering between opacity and transpar- however, one senses the lack of a In the light of the future challenges sweeping transformations happening in ing in May 2008 with the destruction of unusually rapid pace. project herself: we can cite her public European culture in the 1400s and ground levels, divided into a two-story ency of the top, like the breakdown of widespread level of architectural quality the city prepares to face –first of all, the large Italian cities, «the most worrying Pavilion 20: this was documented as the Finally came the success witnessed statements at the time of the commem- 1500s. the winning project of Arata entrance lobby, a cafe on the second the southern facade in a sequence of (if not in certain sporadic and heroic conversion of the rail yards– we want to situation is that of Milan, where the lack largest demolition ever completed in not just at the opening of Torre Genera- oration of Antonio Cederna on 10 May Isozaki-Libeskind-Zaha Hadid could be floor, offices from the 3rd to the 40th, planes of depth, enhance the existing examples), and one runs aground on a stay optimistic, hoping that the serious of a strong design structure inside the Europe at a single blow.11 li, but also in the subsequent activation 2007 at Villa Belgiojoso Bonaparte in Milan, in London, or in any giant and two levels of technical spaces at the language, introducing a series of level of mediocrity and a provincial uncertainties are leftovers of an overly municipal administration prevents In the same period, the variant of of the Shopping District on 30 Novem- (documented by Antonio Stella: “Crespi: Asian metropolis. The global village of roof. Technical systems and storage are original phonemes. Entering the system of patronage that do not live up cumbersome past, and hoping that we correct coordination of the various the Integrated Intervention Plan of 2005 ber last year. The paths indicated by troppo cemento e pochi asili nido this architecture is not a Renaissance» also the purpose of the underground “groove” traced by the father, in this to the opportunities offered by this new will soon be able to admire new, extraor- projects of urban renewal.»6 was approved: the project was altered, Gustafson Porter through the green Milano ha perso l’anima,” «Corriere (Luca Beltrami Gadola, “Rinascimento e spaces. One enters the lobby from the sense, serves only to get beyond it, phase. This aspect seems paradoxical if dinary works of Milanese architecture. Neither was the project immune to the park widening to a new “hinge area” areas lead to the shopping center at the della Sera», 11 May 2007). villaggio globale,” «La Repubblica», 3 level 122 (meters above sea level) of the through a project that does not simply we consider the history of Milan and the satirical caricatures that have of 65,000 square meters, the green and base of Torre Hadid (the so-called mall) 2 Luca Beltrami Gadola, “Il potere di July 2004). subway and the shopping mall, and rework the characteristic themes of the that “cultured professionalism” that heaped scorn for decades on the “rising public areas expanding from 128,000 to and towards Piazza Tre Torri (designed cambiare il paesaggio,” «La Repubblica», from level 129 of the upper plaza and Fantoni campus, but also adds new marked its architecture in the 1950s page 50 city.”7 From outside Italy, a cartoon 190,000 square meters. The planned by One Works), and then continue in the 9 July 2004. the park, connected by a pair of ones. Among them, we should mention and 1960s. It seems even more paradoxi- CityLife 2004–2018 arrived that was published in the design museum was replaced by a open-air galleria designed by Mauro 3 Jacopo Gardella, “I tre grattacieli della page 61 escalators flanked by a dramatic the control of perception of the large cal if we compare Milan to European Francesca Serrazanetti English magazine «Architects’ Journal», contemporary art museum in the area Galantino. The latter –resulting from yet Fiera e la sobrietà di Milano,” «La Complexity: beyond the icon staircase and lit by a large glass roof scale, the configuration of spaces in cities like Barcelona, Zurich, Lisbon or poking fun at the three sculptural of the public park next to the three another alteration of the program– Repubblica», 6 July 2004; Antonio Marco Biagi that offers a view of the entire tower. which human activity is practically Porto, where urban rebirth has been 15 October 2017: for “FAI Day” in the fall, towers presented in the original towers, and it was decided to make a forms a commercial axis that connects Monestiroli, “I nuovi grattacieli nella This space also contains five large absent, the integration between the implemented through the spread of with special openings of dozens of renderings: with the title “Three stop on the Linea 5 subway at the area, the outer perimeter of the area on città delle meraviglie,” «La Repubblica», Lower by 37 meters and 8 floors than meeting rooms of variable size, from 55 building and the machine, and the quality produced by good local archi- cultural attractions in many Italian Graces,” three senile figures lure the known as Tre Torri. Though the total Piazza VI Febbraio to the center of the 5 July 2004; Vittorio Gregotti, “Ma il the nearby Torre Allianz by Arata to 370 seats, a reception desk and pursuit of architectural form through tects and processes, instead of the cities, the Torre Generali of CityLife reader away from the imagery of constructed volume did not change, the pedestrian zone. Covered by a roof futuro di Milano non sarà nei gratta- Isozaki and Andrea Maffei, the new services. All in direct contact with the the assembly of standardized compo- concentration of a few, powerful real opened its doors to the public. It was an progress and modernity, instead expansion of the green areas spread out garden that forms a whole with the cieli,” «Corriere della Sera», 7 July 2004; twisted skyscraper designed by Zaha underground parking area by means of nents. The choice of design as montage estate operations. exceptional opportunity to enter the suggested “structural” malaise: the the buildability, shifting it from 1.15 to system of public spaces, it is connected Pierluigi Panza, “Le torri della Fiera Hadid for the headquarters of Assi- specific elevators. of objets trouvés, in particular, repre- A second aspect has to do with the skyscraper designed by Zaha Hadid, up “straight” tower by Isozaki is an oldster 0.90.12 The buildings were moved or at various levels: the 124 of the street, simbolo della nuova Milano,” «Corriere curazioni Generali, at the center of the The structure of the tower, designed by sents for Pietro Valle a response to the role played by public entities. Without to the 19th floor. The event’s success leaning on a walker, the “twist” by “turned” to open the new district, and 122 meters of the underground plaza, della Sera», Cronaca Milano, 4 July 2004. Milanese quad of CityLife, compensates the studio Redesco Structural Engineer- above-mentioned problem of the delving into complicated assessments, surpassed expectations: a line one Hadid limps on a wooden leg, while the residential buildings were lowered the 129 of the upper plaza, at the level of 4 Fondazione Fiera, Riqualificazione del for this at the base, where a large ing, has a classic configuration with a presence of the author, as an empirical the enormous difficulty of developing kilometer long, five hours of wait time, Libeskind’s “curve” is an elderly on the outer perimeter (to the south the entrance to the towers. In contrast quartiere storico di Fiera Milano. I shopping podium prepares the vertical central nucleus and a crown of external procedure of interpretation that does complex urban processes is there for all many visitors turned away. At noon the hunchbacked woman8. towards Piazza Giulio Cesare and on the with the sinuous forms designed by progetti in shortlist. Le motivazioni della thrust, deeply rooting it in the terrain pillars, without stiff outriggers and not permit the a priori imposition of an to see. Timing and procedures are the organizers were forced to close the For many observers, the project of east and west sides). Studio Hadid, the building by Galantino scelta. Milano, 2 luglio 2004. and the city. without the elimination of columns at “original” form, but forces its seeking in great uncertainties that hamper growth, entrances. Ironically enough, this the CityLife alliance was far from the The modifications, nevertheless, fits with its orthogonal lines into the 5 The other projects selected for the Together with the recessed plaza in the lobby level. an intense dialogue with the individual more than costs. The public administra- “futuristic” Milan that has raised more best option: the grumbling spread not were not deemed sufficient by the heart of the area, starting from the final phase were those of the Pirelli R.E. front of it, designed by One Works, and The vertical support system is com- context –whatever it may be– until it tion, in the wake of a territorial develop- or less explicit outcry over the last only among architects, urban planners, inhabitants, who continued their “suspended” loggia overhanging Viale group (Arch. Renzo Piano et al) and the the open-air galleria of shops and posed of the core and the columns. The reaches the point of extending, as in ment plan formulated across adminis- fifteen years1 is suddenly a big attrac- critics and journalists, but also among protest with new appeals, focusing on a Boezio. Risanamento group (Arch. Norman showrooms Mauro Galantino has horizontal system is composed of the this case, the iconic reservoir of trations from different sides of the tion, more than historic palaces and the city’s inhabitants. very wide range of different reasons. In what has to all effects become a Foster et al). designed between the plaza and Viale core, with the partial contribution of architecture beyond its traditional political spectrum, seems to be sailing archives. The main criticisms addressed the These were joined by the appeal to the new central area of the Milanese urban 6 Pierre-Alain Croset, “Sfilata di Boezio, the mall forms the largest the columns connected by a large confines, radicalizing the form and without instruments, more at ease with The controversy surrounding the decontextualized character of the administrative court filed by the system, there is still the problem of a mostri,” «Il Giornale dell’Architettura», urban shopping district in Italy, number of reinforced concrete slabs. functioning of an industrial machine. small operations than with a broader CityLife project dates back to 3 July project, the insufficient quantity of Architects’ Association, claiming the lack of cultural services: following the no. 21, September 2004; Croset further punctually opened in December, and The overall functioning of the structure vision of the city. This has led Milan to 2004, immediately following a press green areas, the shadows generated by illegitimacy of the commission to restoration of the facades of Palazzo explained the choice of the final project meeting with public acclaim in terms of is cantilevered, discharging horizontal Innsbruck, 30 November 2017 transform itself in episodes, almost release that announced the results of buildings of excessive height, and the Daniel Libeskind to design the muse- delle Scintille, a decision has yet to be in the next issue of «Il Giornale numbers and tastes. The tower is about loads and moments directly to the solely through the initiatives of private the competition held to redesign the characteristics disconnected from um. All the appeals were rejected or made regarding its public role, now dell’Architettura» (no. 22, October 2004): to be handed over to its client in April, foundation. interests, influenced but not governed area freed up by the move of the city’s Milanese identity in terms of both dismissed. being discussed by a technical commit- “Non sempre vincono i migliori, la while a few weeks ago the deadline of The thicknesses of the core and the page 48 by the local administration. The limits trade fair to Rho Pero: “The verdicts are settlement approach and architectural The first worksites began in 2009, tee chaired by Severino Salvemini. shortlist del Giornale dell’Architettura.” 2020 was officially announced for diameters of the columns are reduced “Milan 2.0” of all this are clear today, especially in in: but in whose name?” writes Luca Bel- composition. those of the two residential areas For now the public functions are 7 See the reconstruction of the main completion of the last office building of as the building rises, in keeping with a Camillo Magni the decline of public space, an obvious trami Gadola, in «La Repubblica», who Many observers seemed to prefer the designed respectively by Hadid and covered by the park, entrusted in the satirical illustrations regarding the city the three called for in the initial master stepped scheme of groups of homogene- symbol of “good government,” in which on multiple occasions challenged the project submitted by Renzo Piano for Libeskind. The profile of Libeskind’s implementation phase to the studio of skyscrapers in Gabriele Neri, Carica- plan. Designed by Daniel Libeskind, the ous floors. The columns, with angle One year later, «Casabella» returns to its the figures of the “park” and “greenery” choices of “five gentlemen.”2 He was Pirelli RE, which loomed less forcefully curved skyscraper was “slightly straight- P’arc Nouveau and completed in slightly ture architettoniche, Quodlibet, Macera- third tower will contain the Italian variations from floor to floor, decreas- coverage of Milan. After having present- have become the only rhetorical aspects joined in the immediate media on- over the surrounding buildings and to a ened” in the context of the variability more than one third of its overall area. ta, pp. 222-238. headquarters of the international ing towards the top, transmit the torque ed the new headquarters of Fondazione through which to seek consensus. slaught by Jacopo Gardella, Antonio more consolidated approach to the that is part of the definitive design Integrated with the system of green 8 Andrzej Bisztyga, “Three Graces?,” accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoop- to the core at the position of each slab, Feltrinelli and the campus of Bocconi Finally, one last consideration of an Monestiroli, Vittorio Gregotti. Pierluigi green areas. phase, in an acceptable compromise areas, sculptures are also being «Architects’ Journal», 22 July 2004. ers (PwC). arriving at level 0, below which they University («Casabella» no. 872), the economic character: the rebirth of Panza reported on the favorable views of The residents of the zone already with the consortium of investors, bent installed for the Art Line, a public art 9 Pierluigi Panza, “Botta: Brutta e From the competition to the construc- become vertical, and the core is no following pages provide a look at two Milan represents an exception not only Gillo Dorfles and Stefano Zecchi, and filed their first appeal with the regional on defending its iconic character. project that calls for 20 site-specific perversa. L’architettura da bocciare,” tion, the project of the Torre Generali longer subject to torsion. The slab at recently completed projects: Fondazi- on a national but also on a regional the “veiled criticism” of Mario Botta administrative court in 2004, followed In 2010 Gustafson Porter, in a group works. «Corriere della Sera», 16 January 2005; has undergone rather sweeping level 129, then, with a thickness of 50 one Prada and the large urban complex level. The city grows without managing and Aldo Colonnetti3. by a second appeal in 2006. Their with !melk, One Works and Ove Arup, In February 2018 it was announced Stefano Boeri, “Caro Botta, il grattacielo revisions, though the characteristic cm and recessed zones up to 90 cm, of CityLife. This is also an opportunity to drag the neighboring territories The reasoning behind the choice complaint addressed first of all the won the international competition for that the Libeskind tower will take the è nella tradizione europea,” «Corriere design of the twisted trunk has never plays a fundamental role for the to share with readers certain wider along with it, relegating that much announced by Fondazione Fiera urban planning variant of the master the new park (the projects and guide- name PwC, the third company to move della Sera», 23 January 2005; Vittorio been abandoned. The idea of the helical structural balance of the tower. ranging reflections on the recent period sought “metropolitan region” to a asserted that «“the proposal does an plan that had facilitated approval of the lines of the competition can be seen in its headquarters to the heart of the Gregotti, “Ma le idee alla moda non form arises in the plan from the The core is shaped like a shield with the in Milan. The Lombard capital is going condition of subalternity. What hap- excellent job of interpreting the raising of the buildability index to 1.15 CityLife. Un nuovo parco per Milano, quad, completing the business district aiutano la città,” ibidem. detection of the staggered convergence landings of the elevators facing a through a moment of great cultural pens in the city does not happen on its requirements of the guidelines in m3/m2 and the elimination of building Electa, supplement to «Casabella» no. in 2020. 10 Reported by «La Repubblica», on the focal point of the tower of the central corridor offering access to the ferment that is reflected in the upswing outskirts, and the economic and emblematic terms. Of particular height limits: as a result, the legitimacy 808, December 2011). The project by the Again in this case, the timeline will «Corriere della Sera» and «Il Giornale» main road axes surrounding the block: private area of the offices by means of a of the real estate market and the cultural centrality of the capital remain importance in this regard are the three of the CityLife project was called into English studio brings out the value of be intense: the reinforced concrete on 14 December 2006, following a Scarampo, Domenichino, Buonarroti, glass wall aligned with the panoramic capacity to attract human and economic separate from the economies of the towers, which placed at the center of the question. Another appeal was presented the Lombardy geography “between should be completed by the end of 2018, meeting between the architect and the Rossetti, Poliziano. Competing but not single-skin opening cut into the outer resources, giving rise to a situation of neighboring territories (see R. Camagni, project at the intersections of the main by the association “Vivi e progetta mountains and plains” with a radial while the last lot of the Libeskind mayor in New York. meeting, the avenues placed along axes volume of the tower. Between the core urban renewal that is increasingly clear «Casabella» no. 872). axes of this urban sector constitute a un’altra Milano” in 2006, requesting system of elements whose fulcrum is residences on Via Spinola, now tempo- 11 Davide Carlucci, “Un boato e una tangential to the profile of the building and the perimeter pillars, placed flush and widespread. This undeniable trend, These three aspects, from different unique case, in Italy and on the interna- annulment of the Integrated Interven- the central plaza of the Tre Torri. rarily occupied by a golf practice range, nuvola di polvere il Padiglione 20 fa form a vortex of centripetal force that with the slab, the work zones have a however, conceals a more complex perspectives, feed the same concern: tional scene, putting Milan at the tion Plan approved by the municipality. Pedestrian walkways, bicycle paths, should also be finished. spazio alle torri,” «La Repubblica», 12 the designers decided to incorporate in band of free usage with a constant

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