#newbuilding #2014
STAM Green Place
The project on Viale Certosa is the product of a competition won by GaS Studio with the french developer Stam.
The client’s objective was that of creating a modern office complex within a courtyard scheme as dictated by the site and zoning considerations.
The building is characterised by the extensive use of glass and aluminium, string courses on concrete structures, and a bamboo sun-shading system which gives the premises a natural component of great importance and unique character.
Projects details
ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN: GaS Studio
CLIENT: STAM Europe
AREA: 14.000 mq
CERTIFICATION: Leed Gold
The internal courtyard, which is formed in this way, is embellished by a garden with different types of trees, providing a striking backdrop against which the building's large windows look out. A terrace on the roof of body C creates a rich and well-distributed green system.
The building, designed to obtain LEED Gold certification, includes about 7,400 square metres of underground area for parking and about 15,400 square metres of above-ground area distributed over four levels and three bodies with an internal green area. The ground floors of the entire complex are dedicated to laboratories, entrances, and a showroom, while the remaining floors are for offices. The aim of the project is to redevelop and improve the impact with the surrounding context, reconstructing the logic of the closed and compact block.
More about this project
" With resilient architecture techniques, bio-building houses are designed with the idea of making them as energy self-sufficient as possible, starting with the form. Before constructing a building, depending on the construction zone, it is essential to study the climate, i.e. the sun exposure of the house and identify the direction of the winds to which it is exposed.
The Sony City Osaky in Tokyo, for example, was built taking into account the exposure of the winds that blow across Tokyo Bay. Therefore, in the direction of the winds, the sides of the building are thinner and tend to elongate on the opposite sides. The photovoltaic louvres, on the other hand, are present on the south façade to collect more of the sun's rays, but their purpose, in addition to producing energy, is to shield the rooms facing this side of the building, which is notoriously warmer.
The same sun-shading system has been used in Milan. The façade of the Stam Europe Green Place is characterised by an external envelope completely covered with a brise soleil made of bamboo. The bamboo creates a filter between the outside and the inside. The Green Place on Viale Certosa in Milan is 'covered' by bamboo canes to achieve a green effect and to screen the most sun-exposed parts of the building.
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https://it.architetturaresiliente.com/bioedilizia-involucro-bambu/