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ASI- Italian Space Agency

Roma - 2001

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Five "space screens" will be set up, depicting images of the five planets

The project involves the creation of a degrading square, through which five "space screens" will be set up, depicting images of the five planets: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth and Venus. An L-shaped garden is planned at the back of the intervention area and near the square, on a single level, the sector of the operational and scientific activities of the ASI has been arranged; below, there are two more parking floors, with technical rooms and warehouses. The office block is inserted at the rear on the ground floor, to reveal the foyer. Visitors can also use this entrance or, alternatively, use the public access and stop in the entrance hall to be received at a later time.


The main staircase and the central body of the office block elevators provide vertical safety connections within the ASI; a further stairwell ensures access to the multimedia sector from the scientific activity area. The top two floors of the office block are dedicated to the presidency, located in overhanging rooms, overlooking the square and the garden.


Project presented, in collaboration with ALSOP Architects

Additional information and dimensional data

Place

Roma


Typology

Uffici


Year

2001 - 2001


Client

Agenzia Spaziale Italiana


Services performed

Selected among the 5 finalists


Collaborations

Arch. William Alsop