The Feltrinelli Foundation opens in Milan, in the district of Porta Volta. The building, shown for the first time to journalists, last Thursday 22 September, is located along the route of the old Spanish walls of the city, between Viale Pasubio and Viale Crispi, a few meters away from C.so Como and the railway station. Porta Garibaldi. The works, which began in November 2014, thus come to an end, bringing the first public building designed by the award-winning architecture firm to Italy Herzog & de Meuron.
The new Feltrinelli Foundation is made up of two twin buildings side by side, made with a concrete structure and with large windows that cover the entire external surface. The total area is approximately 2,700 square meters, divided over five floors. In addition to the headquarters of the Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation, which will take care of the management of about 250 thousand books in its archive and the organization of studies and cultural projects, the offices of Microsoft Italy will also be housed in the new buildings.
The building was born from a dream of Carlo Feltrinelli; in fact it stands on land owned by the nineteenth century family, where once the Feltrinelli Legnami factories were located. Now free for more than 70 years, since the warehouses were bombed in 1943, the area has never been reused. But sometimes dreams come true and there Feltrinelli Foundation in Porta Volta it has become a perfect example.
The Feltrinelli Foundation opens in Milan, in the district of Porta Volta. The building, shown for the first time to journalists, last Thursday 22 September, is located along the route of the old Spanish walls of the city, between Viale Pasubio and Viale Crispi, a few meters away from C.so Como and the railway station. Porta Garibaldi. The works, which began in November 2014, thus come to an end, bringing the first public building designed by the award-winning architecture firm to Italy Herzog & de Meuron.
The new Feltrinelli Foundation is made up of two twin buildings side by side, made with a concrete structure and with large windows that cover the entire external surface. The total area is approximately 2,700 square meters, divided over five floors. In addition to the headquarters of the Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation, which will take care of the management of about 250 thousand books in its archive and the organization of studies and cultural projects, the offices of Microsoft Italy will also be housed in the new buildings.
The building was born from a dream of Carlo Feltrinelli; in fact it stands on land owned by the nineteenth century family, where once the Feltrinelli Legnami factories were located. Now free for more than 70 years, since the warehouses were bombed in 1943, the area has never been reused. But sometimes dreams come true and there Feltrinelli Foundation in Porta Volta it has become a perfect example.
