The installation is conceived as an icon for the new headquarter of Arval in Scandicci (Florence), a self-sufficient structure in terms of energy. A sustainable project that makes maximum use of sunlight while drastically reducing energy loss, a model for a new type of ecological construction based on the use of renewable resources (solar, geothermal, wind). The structure is made by one part clad in mirror-finish steel, the supporting frame, and a suspended glass element with a lightning bolt shape, in which some photovoltaic panels are inserted in order to produce energy for the lighting. The earthward end of the bolt features a steel tip grafted into a hollow filled with lava stone to represent a virtual point of return to the earth.
DESIGN
Arch. Massimo Pierattelli
PROJECT TEAM
Arch. Antonio Saporito
Arch. Salvatore Spataro
SPONSOR
Arval S.p.a.
PERIOD
2011
STATUS
Built
Ospedale Maggiore di Milano, 20122 Milano MI, Italia