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In the sequence of layers composing the building, the metrics creates a rigor in which the technical elements acquire meaning as decorative features
The B5 building is a parallelepiped with glass facades which, by its composition, resembles the image of a barcode.
The technology of the building has been developed on the concept of ventilated façade with insulated cavity, alternated with structural silicone glazed units. East, West and South elevations have vertical sun shading fins on a "body tinted" glass base, which are fixed by structural silicone beads. The ventilated façade has been designed with the juxtaposition of enameled trichromatic structural modules on low-iron glass base and the use of bespoke flat aluminum panels.
The complexity of the different interfaces and different materials used has created an effective union between colour and form, thus highlighting the geometric pattern of more than 5500 structural silicone modules.
The B5 building is part of a development, still under construction, intended for the headquarters of a major Italian publishers, Rizzoli Corriere della Sera Media Group, which has relocated its offices to an area North-East of Milan.
The entire building, including the ground floor of the inner court, on which open the several accesses, is cladded with fritted and coloured glazing with the additional presence of vertical glass brise-soleil fins.
These elements, together with the vertical blocks of colouring into which it is divided and give the building its image, represent the basic matrix on which all the thoughts and the subsequent design choices have been developed.
The building has a simple three dimensional shape, whose surface is articulated by the recessed windows and enriched by the vertical brise-soleils. The search for balance between these and other architectural elements, such as the use of spandrel panels, generates, through a careful composition, an active and changing façade. The building consists of a series of layers which create an intriguing effect to the basic modules of the façade. These features not only create a pleasing visual effect, but work technically to enhance the internal environment of the building.
