Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 13: Allianz Tower

Collection: 
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title: 
Allianz Tower
Alternate Title: 
Il Dritto
Image View: 
Detail, at the 24th floor is a steel belt truss (solid looking band)
Creator: 
Andrea Maffei (Italian architect, born 1968); Arata Isozaki (Japanese architect, born 1931)
Location: 
site: Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Location Note: 
Viale Industria Est
GPS: 
+45.4776+9.1573
Date: 
2012-2015 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Italian
Style Period: 
Twenty-first century
Work Type 1: 
skyscraper
Classification: 
Architecture and City Planning
Material: 
steel; glass; concrete
Technique: 
construction (assembling)
Measurements: 
686 ft (height, without antenna)
Subjects: 
architecture; business, commerce and trade; contemporary (1960 to present); structural engineering
Description: 
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/)
Collection: 
Archivision Addition Module Thirteen
Identifier: 
1A1-MAFFEL-AT-A40
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.