Milan studio Piuarch, commissioned to design a new factory for luxury fashion house Fendi, created a large building covered with an impressive green roof.
The Fendi factory is located in Bagno a Ripoli, Tuscany, Italy. After the quarry and brick factory closed, the lot was left abandoned. However, due to landscaping by Antonio Perazzi, he now has 7 hectares (17 acres) of countryside.
The attempt to make the building blend in with the landscape is reflected in both the roof and the façade finished in earth tones. Meanwhile, the interior is about 14,000 square meters (150,000 square feet), mostly on his one floor, with the exception of the dining room overlooking the green roof. This one is more complex than it looks, split in several places to create courtyards and allow light to penetrate underneath.
“The green roof, hollowed out by a patio that disrupts its continuity and illuminates the interior spaces, stands out as a feature of the project,” explained Piuarch. “We had the idea to transform the entire site into a newly expanded garden with the aim of improving the quality of the working space, from the green roof to the courtyard to the industrial park that surrounds it. Client Work: Environment and Society, Artificial Environment and the natural environment, a commitment to increasing responsibility between internal and external.”
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The ground floor of the building is divided into administrative offices, production warehouses, workshops and leather goods schools.
In addition to focusing on natural light and ventilation to reduce lighting and cooling requirements, Fendi also has its factory getting 100% of its power requirements from renewable sources and will achieve LEED Platinum Green Building Standard later this year. said it plans to.
Source: Piualchi, Fendi
