Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 13: Allianz Tower
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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
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Preferred Title:
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Allianz Tower
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Alternate Title:
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Il Dritto
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Image View:
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Detail, overhang on northwest entry doors
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Creator:
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Andrea Maffei (Italian architect, born 1968); Arata Isozaki (Japanese architect, born 1931)
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Location:
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site: Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Location Note:
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Viale Industria Est
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GPS:
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+45.4776+9.1573
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Date:
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2012-2015 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Twenty-first century
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Work Type 1:
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skyscraper
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Classification:
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Architecture and City Planning
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Material:
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steel; glass; concrete
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Measurements:
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686 ft (height, without antenna)
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Subjects:
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architecture; business, commerce and trade; contemporary (1960 to present); structural engineering
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Description:
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The architects were interested in the concept of an "endless tower" that would be constructed out of stacked "modules" of 6 office floors high each with a long thin plan of 24 x 61.5 m. The choice of these proportions was finalized to make the whole volume thinner to emphasize the verticality (50 stories, 8 modules) and makes it structurally provocative. The facade of the module is composed by a triple glass unit slightly curved to outside. The vertical succession of rounded forms create a feeling of slight vibration of the building. The short sides of the modules are glazed to show the six elevators going up and down. The nickname Il Dritto means "the straight one" The tower requires 4 giant supporting steel beams attached at the eleventh floor to prevent it from a collapse, due to a severe statics and engineering design defect discovered at the end of the completion. It is one of the tallest buildings in Italy. (Source: ArchDaily; http://www.archdaily.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Thirteen
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Identifier:
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1A1-MAFFEL-AT-A26
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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