La Piazza

Inserted in the plan of transformation of the Pirelli area to the Bicocca, wide zone in the zone North of Milan, to the border with Sesto San Giovanni, the project The Piazza, work of the study Gregotti Associati International, it is formed by ten residential buildings, that enclose a vast interior space, clad with 40.000 square meters of splitted stone, in ventilated façade.

An arduous project, in which no one believed. But the tenacity and a thorough study of the technical problems have allowed the realization of the exterior cladding of this impressive residential complex in the heart of Milan.

The stone used, a quarzoarenite of Indian origin, predominantly Modak, has different colorations according to the use: splitfaced yellow stone on the outside, grey stone polished by stairs and landings of interior stairs and white stone sanded by the paving of the interior square.

The outer cladding, the most articulated part of the project, provided the pose of an insulating "coat", of the support structure and the cladding, constituted by splitfaced yellow stone with thickness 3/4 cm. The standard panels have a dimension of 800x580 mm and 400x580 mm. To close panels of various sizes that sometimes abundantly exceed the meter.