Main Façade Technology

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Garretti Associati

Paolo Garretti (Buenos Aires, 1953), founder of Garretti Associati, graduated in Architecture at the Politecnico of Milan. In 1996 he began working with Aukett Ltd, an international architecture practice based in London, years of international partnership, Aukett+Garretti, have helped to build over time a clear inclination towards a typically Anglo-Saxon design approach. The Studio offers a multidisciplinary integration of activities' design, ranging from architecture to urban planning, engineering structural to the plant, from space planning and interior design.

Edison Business Center Development

An interesting combination of aluminum and terracotta, the compositional element of the entire complex, divided into several volumes

Project Specs

Location: Sesto San Giovanni
Completed: 2009
Photographer: Piermario Ruggeri

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Technology

SYSTEMS

Stick curtain walling system

Double skin curtain walling

Bolted glass façades

Ventilated façades

Featuring elements

Terracotta brise-soleil façade

Double skin fully pre-assembled units consisting of perimeter aluminium frame with the insertion of horizontal terracotta strips of 55 cm x 55 cm section. Typical dimensions: 3450 mm height x 1350 mm width. These units project of 800 mm out from the building façade. The hollow space includes hot dipped galvanised walkways for maintenance purposes.

Designed by

Garretti Associati Architects

Three office buildings located in Sesto San Giovanni, Milan

The project, with an area of over 47,000 square meters, consists of three buildings of eight, nine and ten floors above ground of 10 thousand square meters each, with 2 floors of underground parking and green areas.

It is part of the abandoned industrial area on the site of Magneti Marelli plants, redeveloped by Nexity Italia Spa in 2007-2009, as portion of a high-tech masterplan designed with a careful attention to the environment. An interesting combination of aluminum and terracotta, the compositional element of the entire complex, divided into several volumes. The wise use of such different materials allows for brilliant color and aesthetic effects. The glass facades, for linearity and elegance, feature the central part of the development.

Other Façade Systems

"Bubble" Area

Structural unitised façade with typical dimension of 3450 mm height and 1350 mm width. The system consists of an Ipasol Sky 30/10 selective glass, which gives a U-Value of 1,4 W/m2°K and a G-Value of 18%

Windows and doors to offices buildings

Bespoke thermal break aluminium profiles with external dimension of 50 mm. Typical dimension of the window: 2200 mm height X 4400 mm width. The system fully complies with the highest weather tight levels and with the acoustic performances required by the DPCM 5/12/97 standard.