ABOVE/ACROSS
PROJECT FOR A STARTUP INCUBATOR
Project ID
PARTNERS
YEAR
SITE
TYPE
TEAM
ROLE
Politecnico di Milano
2020
Milan, Italy
Academic Project (MSc)
Daniele Florenzano, Arjon Avda, Xavier Armengaud, Alexandre Nicot
Architectural Designer, Technologist
Project Description
Above/Across showcases the research devoted to technological solutions in order to achieve a high quality design. The design brief, requiring a series of office spaces for emerging innovative companies,
allowed the development of an architectural project where custom technological design, structural design and architectural design come into play altogether in order to create flexible spaces. Above/Across, with simple volumes creating different plazas and paths at different levels, aims at strengheting the relationship between the campus of Politecnico di Milano and the rest of the public life.
SPATIAL FLEXIBILITY
Structural System
The three main structural volumes are composed by a series of steel elements, where the connecting bridge is fully supported by the other two systems which are connected to the ground.
Parametric Facade Study
TRANSPARENCY STRATEGY
The chosen facade system is a double skin facade composed by flat perforated steel panels and a sawtooth layout on the suspended connection volume
RADIATION ANALYSIS
The building volume is analysed through a parametric solar radiation model to estimate the amount of solar radiation on each building surface over the year, according to the preexistent surroundings.
PARAMETRIC DENSITY
Using the output of the analysis, the perforated mesh composing the facade is then adapted to be denser in the most exposed areas to control sun heat gain and distribute evenly the lighting within the building.
