ASthought #19 project:
architect:
Nuova sede EDI / RMA + tiarstudio
ASthought #19 project:
architect:
Nuova sede EDI / RMA + tiarstudio
book editor:
Svens Delle
AsThought
Content
architecture from concept to built form Our main goal is to describe the design process, the architectural solutions and the detailing choices of a built work in a chronological order. The dream – that is also the ambition – is to tune at the best the structure of this on-line manual and to spread around its template in order to amplify the power of collecting and publishing in a such huge way that in a few years we could arrive at the largest open source and most browsed utility for architectural students not only in Europe.
Work facts p. 7 Project description
p. 8
Commission p. 12
series editors: Gennaro Postiglione Maddalena Scarzella
research team in Interiors @ Politecnico di Milano //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ASthought architecture from concept to built form
Draft proposals
p. 16
Final proposal
p. 26
Models p. 32 Construction drawings
p. 36
Building site
p. 58
Photo gallery interiors
p. 64
Selected essay
p. 78
http://asthought.polimi-cooperation.org follow https://twitter.com/ASthought1 http://vimeo.com/asthought http://www.issuu.com/asthought
book editor: Svens Delle
All rights reserved © All Authors: RMA + tiarstudio Francesco Jodice, Simone Florena All drawings © RMA + tiarstudio All pictures © Francesco Jodice, Simone Florena, RMA + tiarstudio this volume has no commercial purposes but only educational goals
Milan 2013
Appendix p. 84 office presentation
p. 86
book editor presentation
p. 88
Work facts
image full size
Project:
Nuova sede EDI
Address:
Via Giovanni Battista Bertini 11, 20154 Milano
Area:
1.000 m²
Volume:
6.000 m³
Type:
Office
Planned:
2010-2011
Built:
2010-2011
Client:
EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani
Architect:
RMA (Roberto Murgia) and tiarstudio (Federico Florena)
Responsible partner:
Antonello di Leo, Filippo Weber
Collaborator: Rossi Nianchi ld, Stim Progetti Structural engineer:
Enco Crema Engineering
References: http://asthought.polimi-cooperation.org/tag/nuova-sede-edi/ Project description:
New EDI Headquarters
History of Commission:
A building that was a high-powered steel factory in the 50’s expirienced a transformation into
a new and creative environment for the hedqaurters of one of the leading television and cinema
post-production companies in Italy - Effetti Digitali Italiani (EDI).
Main architectural ideas:
One of main goals was to maintain the original industrial nature of the space while addapting it
to the new demands. Once it moulded iron, today it processes bites that flow through the visible
wires from the tech room to each work stations.
Steel boardwalk structure and stairs © Francesco Jodice 6
ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
7
Project description
In the Chinatown of Milan, Effetti Digitali Italiani (EDI), category leader in the sector of post production for cinema and television, has opened its new headquarters in a converted a 50’s factory. The light filters through a roof with beautiful vaulted sheds more than 7 meters high. Once full of metal work machinery, the space today is made of three navels, each thirty five meters long. The project focused on maintaining the original industrial nature of the space.
Shaped like a large white box, the project is perforated by three new courtyards to enable the light to enter into the area without windows. Once it moulded iron, today it processes bites that flow through the visible wires from the tech room to each work stations. The operative part is a large high ceilinged open space where big round table with 10 work stations are connected to one another with a system that provide them with data and electric energy, the raw materials for the production of virtual images.
The mechanical and electrical elements are neither hidden nor emphasized in any way; they just appear where they are of use since this is above all a place of production. Then there are the boxes; here a steel roulette constitutes the small cinema in which clients can watch the post productions. A large green container contains the tech room, the operating heart of the system. The computers are dismantled, modified and repaired in a box cladded in perforated metal sheet which allows the light to filter though the wholes, resembling a very large lamp. Other boxes are designated for clients; one is made of yellow wooden boards, another of dark iron slates. These boxes are connected by a suspended 25 meter boardwalk which hangs onto the ceiling, accessible via three staircases; these create a pathway which looks over the work stations and connects the meeting rooms in the main space to the entrance.
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
9
Metal box - used for post production work with clients Š Francesco Jodice 10
ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
11
Commission
Office location in Chinatown of Milan Š RMA + tiarstudio Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
13
Factory plan (above) / Main room at the beginning (below) Š RMA + tiarstudio 14
ASthought
Main room at the beginning of the project Š RMA + tiarstudio Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
15
Draft proposals
Conceptual sketch of the initial ideas Š RMA + tiarstudio Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
17
Conceptual collage of the initial ideas Š RMA + tiarstudio 18
Conceptual collage of the initial ideas Š RMA + tiarstudio ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
19
Conceptual sketch of the initial ideas © RMA + tiarstudio 20
Scheme of the functions © RMA + tiarstudio ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
21
Interior renderings Š RMA + tiarstudio 22
1st floor plan (above) / building section (below) Š RMA + tiarstudio ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
23
Interior renderings Š RMA + tiarstudio 24
2nd floor plan (above) / building section (below Š RMA + tiarstudio) ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
25
Final proposal
Office building sections Š RMA + tiarstudio Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
27
1st floor plan Š RMA + tiarstudio 28
ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
29
2nd floor plan Š RMA + tiarstudio 30
ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
31
Models
Model of the final proposal Š RMA + tiarstudio Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
33
Model of the final proposal Š RMA + tiarstudio 34
Model of the final proposal Š RMA + tiarstudio ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
35
Construction drawings
Postproduction room: isometric structural drawing Š RMA + tiarstudio Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
37
Postproduction room: section (above) / structural detail (below) © RMA + tiarstudio 38
ASthought
Postproduction room: plan © RMA + tiarstudio Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
39
View to the inner courtyard Š Simone Florena 40
Main hall (left) / inside of postproduction room (right) Š Simone Florena ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
41
Plan of the inner courtyard © RMA + tiarstudio 42
Sections of the inner courtyard © RMA + tiarstudio ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
43
Plan of the inner courtyard © RMA + tiarstudio 44
Sections of the inner courtyard © RMA + tiarstudio ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
45
Plan of the inner courtyard © RMA + tiarstudio 46
Sections of the inner courtyard © RMA + tiarstudio ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
47
One of three inner courtyards Š RMA + tiarstudio 48
Sectional drawings for details in courtyards Š RMA + tiarstudio ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
49
Plan for the supporting steel structures in 1st floor Š RMA + tiarstudio 50
ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
51
Plan for the supporting steel structures in 2nd floor Š RMA + tiarstudio 52
ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
53
Detail drawings: the hanging steel structures Š RMA + tiarstudio 54
ASthought
Detail drawings: connection of steel columns and its base Š RMA + tiarstudio Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
55
Construction works: reinforcing existing concrete columns Š RMA + tiarstudio 56
ASthought
Detail drawings: reinforcing existing concrete columns Š RMA + tiarstudio Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
57
Building site
Welding the structural frame for one of the postproduction rooms Š RMA + tiarstudio Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
59
Panoramic view of contructional works Š RMA + tiarstudio 60
Hanging the steel boardwalk (above) and main staircase (below) Š RMA + tiarstudio ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
61
Boardwalk with a handle (above) / postproduction room (below) 62
Technical repair room Š RMA + tiarstudio
ASthought
Painting the server room (above) / metal staircase (below)
One of three courtyards Š RMA + tiarstudio
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
63
Photo gallery interiors
Metal plates that cover the outer wall of postproduction room Š Francesco Jodice Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
65
View to the main entrance and the hall from the boardwalk Š Francesco Jodice 66
ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
67
View to the lobby and the meeting room from the main entrance Š Francesco Jodice 68
ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
69
View to the main entrance and the green box of the servers Š Francesco Jodice 70
ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
71
Postproduction room © Francesco Jodice 72
View to courtyard and office from the kitchen © Francesco Jodice ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
73
Steel boardwalk and hanged light-bulbs Š Simone Florena 74
Boardwalk (left) / reception desk at the entrance (right) Š Simone Florena ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
75
Postproduction room (left) / lobby (right) © Simone Florena 76
Inner courtyard (left) / performance in the office room (right) © Simone Florena ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
77
Selected essay
id+c, number 205, September 2011, p.122-125 Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
79
page 122 80
page 123 ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
81
page 124 82
page 125 ASthought
Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio
83
appendix
office presentation
RMA We do not invent new forms, but re-CYCLE the existing ones, to dismantle and re-ASSEMBLE. We put the pieces together by changing the order and the rhythm, we re-MIX forms and re-INVENT new combinations. We carry on a soft revolution. We do not have to sell an image, we re-START from scratch each time. We re-WORK information, analyze and organize. We re-THINK the way the spaces are used, and re-FILL them with new meanings. The quality of life in a quality space. We built and re-BUILD respecting our habitat. We re-USE traditional materials with new technologies, we re-DISCOVER the old lessons in new. We re-FRESH the image of our desires. The new is the different mix of old and new ideas, held together by the re-DESIGN.
tiarstudio tiarstudio was founded in the beginning of the year 2001 as a professional association based in London. It is now located in Italy. Working within the realm of experimental research at the confluence of architecture and technology, we heve developed a working philosophy based on the experience gained in the offices Federico have previously worked for. We are equipped to manage a project through every stage from due diligence to test fit, budget develpment, design develpment, design documents and contract administration. Since the formation of the office we have been involved on private and public commission in both Italy and abroad and on architectural design competitions.
book editor presentation
My name is Svens Delle and I am on a journey to become an architect. When I started out, I did not know what I had just started, but never have I doubted the choice. In a way I believe that designing is similar to playing with toy bricks but instead of material bricks architects deal with their knowledge. A single brick is just a metaphor for each individual thing one has learned, therefore the more one knows, the bigger the possibilities are. Originaly from Riga Technical University (Lavtia) but studying in Politecnico di Milano (Italy) while working on the ASthought project. Travelling and getting to know different cultures, arts and traditions has been a mind-opening experience without which I would not be the person that I am right now, and it is important to point out that it has shaped the way I observe architecture and approach any new design project.
Work facts
Project:
Nuova sede EDI
Address:
Via Giovanni Battista Bertini 11, 20154 Milano
Area:
1.000 m²
Volume:
6.000 m³
Type:
Office
Planned:
2010-2011
Built:
2010-2011
Client:
EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani
Architect:
RMA (Roberto Murgia) and tiarstudio (Federico Florena)
Responsible partner:
Antonello di Leo, Filippo Weber
Collaborator: Rossi Nianchi ld, Stim Progetti Structural engineer:
Enco Crema Engineering
References: http://asthought.polimi-cooperation.org/tag/nuova-sede-edi/v Project description:
New EDI Headquarters
History of Commission:
A building that was a high-powered steel factory in the 50’s expirienced a transformation into
a new and creative environment for the hedqaurters of one of the leading television and cinema
post-production companies in Italy - Effetti Digitali Italiani (EDI).
Main architectural ideas:
One of main goals was to maintain the original industrial nature of the space while addapting it
to the new demands. Once it moulded iron, today it processes bites that flow through the visible
wires from the tech room to each work stations