DEFINITIVE AND EXECUTIVE PLANNING OF THE NEW BUILDING OF MICROSOFT ITALIA S.p.A. IN ROME
L’idea originaria, non è nata solo in relazione ad una tipologia per uffici, ma dalla concezione dell’office automation, attività primaria della Microsoft.
In questa ottica si sono sviluppati i primi schizzi su cui poi si è costruita la soluzione architettonica che ne contraddistingue i caratteri morfologici. Fortemente persuasi dalla forma sinuosa dell’elegante logo della Microsoft, e, dopo aver analizzato gli aspetti tecnici-funzionali, siamo giunti alla consapevolezza che la soluzione funzionale e distributiva delle parti componenti l’edificio ci suggeriva la scelta tipologica di un fabbricato in linea che abbiamo voluto armonizzare in base alle linee eleganti del logo. Elemento determinante per la realizzazione dell’opera è stato il connubio tra cotto e vetro, tra pieno e vuoto, evocatori del Periodo Rosa e del Periodo blu di Picasso.
The original idea wasn’t developed only in relation to a typology for office building, but also considering the concept of office automation, Microsoft’s core business. In this context we developed the first sketches on which we built the architectural solution that distinguishes the morphological features. Strongly persuaded by the sinuous shape of the elegant Microsoft logo and, after analyzing all the technical and functional aspects, we realized that the distributional and functional solution of the components suggested the choice of a linear building that we wanted to harmonize according to the elegant lines of the logo. A decisive factor for the realization of the work was the combination of terracotta and glass, solid and void, evocative of Picasso’s Blue and Rose Periods.
The original idea wasn’t developed only in relation to a typology for office building, but also considering the concept of office automation, Microsoft’s core business. In this context we developed the first sketches on which we built the architectural solution that distinguishes the morphological features. Strongly persuaded by the sinuous shape of the elegant Microsoft logo and, after analyzing all the technical and functional aspects, we realized that the distributional and functional solution of the components suggested the choice of a linear building that we wanted to harmonize according to the elegant lines of the logo. A decisive factor for the realization of the work was the combination of terracotta and glass, solid and void, evocative of Picasso’s Blue and Rose Periods.
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