An ambitious master plan for Expo 2015 was developed to revitalize an industrial zone outside the city of Milan. In the spirit of this plan, a competition was launched for the design of a pavilion to exhibit the virtues of Italian culture while in a second life, adapting into a research facility. Interpreting the criteria of the brief, maintaining openness at the ground was essential for access and a perception of transparency. The translation of this criteria gave birth to a building that contains a series of spaces stacked one over the other, in some places projecting over the piazza by varying degrees, connected through a loop of continuous circulation.

TYPE: Civic, Office
LOCATION: Milano, IT
STATUS: 2012-2013, Competition
AREA: 23,500 m2
CLIENT: Expo 2015 S.P.A.
BUDGET: €50 M
ENGINEER: Undisclosed
ARCHITECT: PAR: Jennifer Marmon, Partner in Charge; Matthew Young, Lan Chen, Project Architects; Team: Ross Ferrari, Devon Motminy, Jesus de Anda, Leandro Yuan, Chen You Chien
EXECUTIVE ARCHITECT: Undisclosed