POLIMI Pavilion
Team: Miled Lahoud + Andrea Escobar + Alvaro Zavala + Francesco Padderno+ Matías Salas (LSAA)
Location: Mantova, Italy
Year: 2022
Type of Project: Academic
Professor: Eduardo Souto de Moura + Barbara Bogoni
About the Requirements
Design a Pavilion extension for the Polimi-Polo Territoriale di Mantova
About the Proposal
The Pavilion is conceived as an elongated volume of glass, “a plinth” mirroring the facade of Palazzo d’ Arco, The volume is surmounted by two opaque masses. The composition generates a new Piazza, surrounded by 4 buildings: INA House, Palazzo D’ Arco, Polimi and the new Pavilion. The first one, consolidates the corner of the Piazza and via Domenico Fernelli and host the Polifunctional room, the second one, host the workshops on a second level. The main access to the project is aligned with the axis entrance of the Palazzo d’ Arco.
Programs are articulated from central foyer, from here is possible to access the two areas of the pavilion: Exhibition room and Cafeteria. The back part of the Pavilion is solved through a system of “vicolos” and “cortiles” following the system of the city.