studio granma architetti associati: snos multifunctional center

‘snos multifunctional center’ by studio granma architetti associati former savigliano mills area, turin photos by andrea lace

italian firm studio granma architetti associati develop the ‘snos multifunctional center’. the intervention on the former savigliano mills (ex società nazionale officine savigliano)is part of a wide redevelopment action of the dismissed turin industrial areas, bordering the city railway main axis. the project foresees the restructuring of the historical building whose impressive façade, 350 meters long, becomes the seam between the new building at the back and the city park.

the main entrance of yellow pages advertising

the building is characterized by different volumes, articulating in compliance with the different activities hosted within the complex such as advanced productive facilities, commercial activities, some residential units. the inner space – originally a passageway for the trains – hosts the public pathways and connects different levels. the inside of the old building is transformed in an external space, facing the new buildings and the dora park. the commercial units, located in the gallery, are partially fitted within the historical building. their axis is slanted from the building’s main ones in order to break the length of the gallery space with plainly added volumes. the six new buildings, placed in the very heart of the area at the back of the historical building, are set in parallel, and represent spaces dedicated to high tech companies. the buildings’ lining is made of modular aluminium panels and large windows, made of sectional glass sheets (u-glass type), opens toward the city and the new pedestrian pathways.

the container and the number line on the floor

restoration of the historical building

the public gallery

entrance detail

a public area

public pedestrian connection

the new buildings

site plan

floor plan and sections

project info:

location: turin, italy project start: 1998 construction start: 2003 completion: 2010 program: advanced productive facilities, commercial activities, residential units, public/private parking, public areas details: dismissed industrial area type: renovation and restoration of the historic building and construction of new buildings private area: site 36.000 m2 gross floor area 42.176 m2 advanced productive facilities: 27.176 m2, commercial: 12.000 m2, residential 3.000 m2, parking: 30.000 m2, public areas: 23.000 m2 structure: reinforced concrete and steel project team: gloria almeida, claudia bono, marco bosio, micol carlone, roberta carofalo, federica cerrini, cristina cordeschi, alessandra coscia, andrea geja, andrea lace, marco peiretti, giuseppe salso, daniela soave, francesca veronese

photography: andrea lace render: marco rolandi structural engineering: si.me.te. mechanical and electrical engineering: giuseppe forte