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Pirelli Tower: Modernist Skyscraper in Milan

The Pirelli Tower in Milan, Italy is a 127m tall, 30-floor commercial office building designed in the Modernist style. Completed in 1958, it was the tallest building in Italy at the time and featured a tapered, triangular floor plan and floor-to-ceiling curtain wall facade designed by architect Gio Ponti. The tower's structural skeleton and use of reinforced concrete piers that gradually narrowed provided an innovative efficient design that maximized usable interior space.

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Pirelli Tower: Modernist Skyscraper in Milan

The Pirelli Tower in Milan, Italy is a 127m tall, 30-floor commercial office building designed in the Modernist style. Completed in 1958, it was the tallest building in Italy at the time and featured a tapered, triangular floor plan and floor-to-ceiling curtain wall facade designed by architect Gio Ponti. The tower's structural skeleton and use of reinforced concrete piers that gradually narrowed provided an innovative efficient design that maximized usable interior space.

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  • Introduction to Pirelli Tower
  • Architect Details
  • Features
  • Plans
  • Structural Design

PIRELLI TOWER

LOCATION - VIA FABIO FILZI MILAN ITALY


ARCHITECTURAL STYLE – MODRENISM
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS – PIER LUIGI NERVI, AUTURO
DANUSSO

AREA – 24000 SQMTR


BUILDING TYPE – COMMERCIAL OFFICES
TIMEPERIOD – 1956 TO 1958
ABOUT THE BUILDING:
FLOORS
BELOW THE GROUND – 2

ABOVE THE GROUND – 30

HEIGHT –
ANTENNA SPIRE: 127M

ROOF : 124M

TOP FLOOR : 113M

LIFTS/ESCALATORS: 6
ABOUT THE ARCHITECT

 ITALIAN ARCHITECT
 WORKED WITH ITALIAN STYLE OF HOUSING IN THE
EARLY CAREER.
 HE WAS INFLUENCED BY MILANESE NEOCLASSICAL
NOVECENTO ITALIANO MOVEMENT.
 AFTER CONTRUCTION OF BORLETTI FUNERAL CHAPEL HE
ADOPTED THE FEATURES OF MODERNISM BY
REMOVING ALL ORNAMENTATION.
 HE BELIEVED IN SIMPLIFIYING AND COINSIDE
STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS IN DESIGN.
FEATURES:

 STRUCTURAL SKELETON, CURTAINWALL FACADES


 TAPERED SIDES.
 1ST SKYSCRAPER TO ABANDON THE CUSTOMARY BLOCK
FORM.
 AFTER COMPLETION IT WAS THE TALLEST BUILDING IN
ITALY.
 THE BASE OF THE TOWER WAS 25mtr LONG SPAN
STRUCTURE.
 THIS FEATURED CONCRETE PIERS THAT BECAME
GRADUALLY THINNER AS THEY APPROACH THE TOP
(80*20) inch.
 ADDITIONAL SPACES FOR PARKING WHILE BRINGING
MORE VENTILLATION DAYLIGHTING, THE SPACE TO THE
SURROUNDING STREETS.
 THIS ECONOMICAL AND EFFICIENT RESPONSE TO
STRUCTURAL LOAD HELPED TO MAXIMIZE USABLE
SPACE.

PLANS
 THE TOWER IS CENTRALLY LOCATED ON THE SITE.
 THE TOWER INCLUDES 2 FLOORS BELOW THE GROUND FOR
-PARKING 800 CARS.
-6OO SEATS AUDITORIUM.
-A CAFETERIA.
-CONFERENCE SPACES.
 THE FLOORS ABOVE HOSTED OPEN OFFICE SPACES WITH
MOVABLE PARTITIONS FOR MAXIMUM ADAPTABILITY.
 IT WAS AN INNOVATIVE APPLICATION FOR THE OFFICE
BUILDING TYPOLOGY AT THE TIME.
 THE STRUCTURE WAS PLANNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT HAD
CENTRALLY LOCATED CIRCULATION AND SERVICES.
 THE TRIANGULAR SPACES IN EACH CORIDOORS ACOMODATE
MECHANICAL DUCT AND EMERGENCY CIRCULATION.
 THE MAIN CORRIDOORS WERESUBTLY TAPERED TOWARS THE
EXTREME END OF THE TOWERS.
 IT WAS PLANNED IN AN EFFICIENT RESPONSE TO THE
DEMINISHING FLOW OF USERS WHICH ALSO GIVES THE
BUILDING A SLENDER PROFILE.

ELEVATION:

 THE TOWER WAS 127mtr TALL.


 IT CONSISTOF 33 FLOOR.
 THE NARROW EDGE OF THE STRUCTURE ARE GLAZED
BETWEEN FLOOR SLABS, WHILE THE TRIANGULAR
SPACES ON EACH SIDE OF THE CORRIDOORS.
 THE FAÇADE HAS THERMOPLANE GLASS.
 ALLUMINIUM MULLIONS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE
SLAB HOLDS THE PANES TOGETHER TO CREATE A
SEAMLESS CURTAIN WALLS.
 IT HAS A THIN ROOF SUPPORTED BY A SECONDARY
STRUCTURE, APPEARS TO COVER OVER THE
BUILDING.

-BY SARIYA BANU


1KF16AT029
5TH SEMESTER
THANK YOU 

PIRELLI TOWER LOCATION - VIA FABIO FILZI MILAN ITALY ARCHITECTURAL STYLE – MODRENISM STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS – PIER LUIGI N
BELOW THE GROUND – 2 ABOVE THE GROUND – 30 HEIGHT – ANTENNA SPIRE: 127M ROOF : 124M TOP FLOOR : 11
HE BELIEVED IN SIMPLIFIYING AND COINSIDE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS IN DESIGN. FEATURES: STRUCTURAL SKELETON, CURTAINWALL FACADES
THIS FEATURED CONCRETE PIERS THAT BECAME GRADUALLY THINNER AS THEY APPROACH THE TOP (80*20) inch. ADDITIONAL SPACES FOR P
THE TOWER IS CENTRALLY LOCATED ON THE SITE. THE TOWER INCLUDES 2 FLOORS BELOW THE GROUND FOR -PARKING 800 CARS. -6OO SEATS
THE TRIANGULAR SPACES IN EACH CORIDOORS ACOMODATE MECHANICAL DUCT AND EMERGENCY CIRCULATION. THE MAIN CORRIDOORS WERESUBTL
THE FAÇADE HAS THERMOPLANE GLASS. ALLUMINIUM MULLIONS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE SLAB HOLDS THE PANES TOGETHER TO CREATE A SEAML
THANK YOU 

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