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SOM "preserves the soul" of 1960s modernist office complex in Milan

Dezeen·Starr Charles·about 1 month ago
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Global studio SOM has renewed Corso Italia 23, a 1960s office complex in Milan , retrofitting its modernist structure and fractured interiors to align with modern standards. Occupying an entire urban block, the Corso Italia 23 building comprises three distinct volumes originally designed by Italian architects Gio Ponti and Piero Portaluppi. SOM has updated the Corso Italia 23 office complex in Milan SOM looked to improve connectivity throughout the 46,500-square-metre complex, transforming its closed-off layout into a "porous urban campus", while preserving its architectural quality. This approach included the transformation of a large central courtyard from a parking lot into a shared garden, along with the creation of new pedestrian routes and internal staircases. It was originally designed in the 1960s by Ponti Fornaroli Rosselli and Piero Portaluppi "Our core objective was to deliver a strategic reinhabitation of a mid-century landmark," studio design partner Kent Jackson told Dezeen.…

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