Park Associati, S.r.l.

Vertigo Terrace

Vertigo Terrace
© Nicola Colella | PARK ASSOCIATI

Vertigo Terrace

Park Associati

ARCHITECTS
Park Associati

ARCHITECTS
Corrado Collura, Irene Seracca Guerrieri, Enrico Sterle

SECURITY COORDINATION
Gruppo Prisma

FOUNDING PARTNERS
Filippo Pagliani, Michele Ross

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Sajni E Zambetti S.r.l.

VISUALIZATIONS
Stefano Venegoni, Antonio Cavallo, Mario Frusca

POOLS CONTRACTOR
Myrtha Pools

PLANT ENGINEERING
Tekser Srl

PROJECT DIRECTOR
Alessandro Rossi

PROJECT LEADER
Alberto Ficele

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Smv Costruzioni Srl

MANUFACTURERS
Appiani, Gruppo Romani, Vetreria Busnelli

SITE SUPERVISION
Consalez Rossi Architetti Associati

PHOTOGRAPHS
Nicola Colella | Park Associati, Melania Dalle Grave E Alessandro Saletta | Dsl Studio

AREA
753 M²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
Milan, Italy

CATEGORY
Hotels

Vertigo Terrace
© Nicola Colella | PARK ASSOCIATI

The restoration project of the nhow hotel's terrace creates an original environment that extends the entertainment functions of one of the go-to venues for international design and fashion events in Milan.

Vertigo, a hospitality project that completes the nhow hotel located in the Design District of Zona Tortona, entailed Park Associati dealing with the themes of water, ‘zero volume’, multifunctionality and reflections and transparency, for the purpose of creating the 'vertigo effect' that was one of the brief’s specific requests.

Vertigo Terrace
© Nicola Colella | PARK ASSOCIATI
Vertigo Terrace
© Melania Dalle Grave e Alessandro Saletta | DSL Studio

Characterized by three pools of bold chromatic and perceptual impact, the terrace focuses on the visitor's experiential effect, at the same time keeping in line with Park Associati's design approach, which always entails interaction with the surrounding urban context.

In this case, the former General Electric industrial complex was built in Via Tortona in the 1920s.

To embed the project in its surroundings, work was centered on the macro elements of the electric turbine production plan.

Vertigo Terrace
© Melania Dalle Grave e Alessandro Saletta | DSL Studio
Vertigo Terrace
© Melania Dalle Grave e Alessandro Saletta | DSL Studio
Vertigo Terrace
© Melania Dalle Grave e Alessandro Saletta | DSL Studio

on the volumes, on solids and voids, and on the relationship between concave and convex, through a contemporary reinterpretation of the building and the district's industrial character.

Contained by a single transparent vertical plate, the water of the main pool, which was designed to overhang completely from the building's edge, becomes a design element towards which the ‘vertigo‘ effect gravitates.

The two smaller round pools act as expanses of water and, if needed, can be emptied and used for alternative functions and in different configurations, turning the solarium terrace into a space for events, aperitifs, fashion shows, and more.

Vertigo Terrace
© Melania Dalle Grave e Alessandro Saletta | DSL Studio
Vertigo Terrace
© Melania Dalle Grave e Alessandro Saletta | DSL Studio
Vertigo Terrace
© Melania Dalle Grave e Alessandro Saletta | DSL Studio

The photographic report by the Delfino Sisto Legnani Studio (DSL Studio) offers a strongly artistic key to reading the project’s most significant characteristics – the reflections and transparencies of water and materials, the contrast between the bright and more sober colors of the surfaces' textures, the rounded shapes and the geometries marked by parallel lines.

The strengths of this representation of the project lie in the shots of the architectural details, which appear to emphasize their two-dimensionality.

In these images the place becomes a 'non-place’ and the project is translated into strongly abstracted codes of great graphic impact.

Vertigo Terrace
© Melania Dalle Grave e Alessandro Saletta | DSL Studio
Vertigo Terrace
© Melania Dalle Grave e Alessandro Saletta | DSL Studio


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Park Associati, S.r.l.
T +39 02 798452
Park Associati, S.r.l.
Via Garofalo, 31, 20133 Milano MI, Italy