Portfolio Items - Locations - Europe - Ermenegildo Zegna Headquarters – Facade

2008

ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA
HEADQUARTERS
MILAN
– FACADE

In Ermenegildo Zegna Headquarters project, the façade and interiors lighting design had been part of the procedure right from the start. This factor determined largely the overall visual qualities obtained upon the completion of the project as led by Citterio Viel architects.

The new Ermenegildo Zegna Headquarters and Showroom was meant to be located in the Ex Riva Calzoni industrial space maintaining the existing structural frame, especially the roof organized in sheds and re-thinking completely the underlying plan. In addition to the office spaces, the building accommodates an extensive showroom and a theatre-like space for staging the recurrent runways presentations of the brand.

At nighttime, the light is concentrated under the outline of the shed structure bringing it out significantly, while a subtle integrated light in the courtyard gives out transparency.

When the lighting design enters the whole process of the project since the conception, including both Interior and Facade, it is a great opportunity to integrate the functional lighting but also obtaining poetic nuances or shaping the presence of the whole building at night, making it all look natural.