The building is composed of a wing that completes the block’s perimeter wall on Viale Umbria and an orthogonal wing that extends in depth towards the center of the block, with the last of the three stairwells extending the height of the building’s eleven above-ground floors: from the morpho-typological standpoint, the building is therefore a hybrid between a block’s perimeter wall type, a slab type, and a tower type.
▼项目概览,overall of the project ©Maurizio Montagna
The syntax of the project is based on a composition of the façade using asymmetrical overhangs: the façade on the Viale has four one-story-high bow windows (plus an additional body, similar to the previous ones, in the form of a loggia), while the south façade has two protruding loggias four stories high. A façade design with asymmetrical protrusions has various precedents in Milan, such as the Casa Astratta by Perogalli and Mariani (1951-52), also a curtain wall or, in terms of parallel structures, the residences by Gigi Caccia on Via Nievo 28/a (1955-57) and by the Latis brothers on Via Rossetti (1959-60), especially the rear façade. In all these cases, the modest protrusions (bow windows) exemplify a dynamic and asymmetrical composition of the façades.
▼立面上不对称的悬空体块组合, composition of the façade using asymmetrical overhangs ©Maurizio Montagna
▼由项目看周边环境, viewing the surrounding environment from the project ©Maurizio Montagna