Generali Tower
GENERAIL TOWER
Zaha Hadid Architects
ARCHITECTS
Zaha Hadid Architects
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
Max Fordham + Manens-TIFS
DESIGN
Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schumacher
EXECUTIVE ARCHITECT AND PROJECT COORDINATION
Planimetro
ZHA PROJECT DIRECTOR
Gianluca Racana
ZHA PROJECT ASSOCIATE
Paolo Zilli
ZHA PROJECT ARCHITECT
Andrea Balducci Caste
ZHA SITE SUPERVISION TEAM
Pierandrea Angius, Vincenzo Barilari, Stefano Paiocchi
CONTRACTOR
CMB Cooperativa Muratori e Braccianti di Carpi
MANUFACTURERS
Dip-Tech, Bertolotto, Ceramiche Frattini, Ermetika, Kone, LIUNI, Lafarge Holcim, Metalsigma, Otis, Porcelanosa Grupo, Coiver Contract, Diesse Electra spa, F.lli Zaffaroni srl, Ferlegno, G. Franco Longhi spa, HW Style, Ialc Serramenti srl, MBM - Costruzioni in acciaio, PERI, Vibrapac
ZHA PROJECT TEAM
Shahd Abdelmoneim, Santiago F. Achury, Marco Amoroso, Agata Banaszek, Gianluca Barone, Cristina Capanna, Alessandra Catello, Sara Criscenti, Kyle Dunnington, Alexandra Fisher, H. Goswin Rothenthal, Marco Guardincerri, Subharthi Guha, Luciano Letteriello, Carles S. Martinez, Marina Martinez, Mario Mattia, Peter McCarthy, Giuseppe Morando, Massimo Napoleoni, Raquel Ordas, Annarita Papeschi, Massimiliano Piccinini, Matteo Pierotti, Line Rahbek, Martha Read, Arianna Russo, Luis Miguel Samanez, Mattia Santi, Letizia Simoni, Alvin Triestanto, Roberto Vangeli, Fulvio Wirz
ZHA COMPETITION TEAM
Daniel Baerlecken, Yael Brosilovski, Ana Cajiao, Tiago Correia,
Adriano De Gioannis, Yang Jingwen, Simon Kim, Daniel Li,
Graham Modlen, Karim Muallem, Judith Reitz
STRUCTURE
AKT, Redesco, Holzner and Bertagnolli Engineering + Cap, AIACE – Soc. Ing.
SPECIFICATIONS
Building Counsulting
MECHANICAL / ELECTRICAL
Max Fordham + Manens-TIFS, Deerns
ELEVATOR
Jappsen Ingenieure
SITE SUPERVISOR
Marco Cruciani, Tommaso Salvo, Alfio Musumec
FAÇADE
ARUP
MANAGEMENT
J and A/Ramboll
TRANSPORT
Systematica, Sudio Corda, Alpina
FIRE
GAE Engineering, Mistretta
PROJECT MANAGER
Claudio Guido – In.Pro
Text description provided by architect.
Generali Tower is within the CityLife masterplan that has redeveloped Milan’s abandoned trade fair grounds following the fair’s relocation to Rho Pero in 2005.
Located above the new Tre Torri station on Line 5 of the city’s metro system, CityLife opens the 90-acre site to year-round public use for the first time; providing new civic spaces, public parks and residential areas, in addition to shopping districts and corporate offices.
When fully complete in 2020, CityLife will be the largest new civic space and public park created in the city since Parco Sempione opened 130 years ago; welcoming more than seven million visitors, workers and residents each year.
CityLife will include 1,000 new homes, offices for more than 11,000 staff, the new 42-acre public park, piazzas and kindergarten.
Aligned at ground level with three of the city’s primary axes that converge within CityLife, the 170m (44-storey) Generali Tower connects with its surrounding public piazzas and park.
The curvilinear geometries of its podium defined by the perceived centripetal forces generated from the staggered intersection of these three city axes at the tower’s base.
As the tower rises offering broader views across Milan, the twist orientates the tower's higher floors to the primary southeast axis leading to Bramante’s 15th Century tribune of Santa Maria della Grazie, and beyond to the centre of the city.
With its interiors to be completed this summer, Generali Tower will house up to 3,900 employees to meet their continued growth as one of the world’s largest financial institutions. The tower excels in all international benchmarks for efficiency while respecting Milan’s rigorous local building codes.
Its double-façade of sun-deflecting louvers flanked by glazing provides extremely efficient environmental control for each floor and ensures excellent energy performance, contributing to Generali Tower’s LEED Platinum certification by the US Green Building Council.
Inclined perimeter columns follow the twisting geometry of the tower to mirror the inclined alignment of its external façade units. These perimeter columns also maximise usable office space within the tower’s coherent formal envelope.
An integral element of the CityLife redevelopment that has created a new civic, residential and business district near the centre of Milan, Generali Tower is defined by its surrounding urban fabric to connect directly with the city.
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Staggered Intersection Sketch
