Forum is a multifunctional complex that brings together
small business and office space with big international
companies (banks etc. ). All developed in an area
of 45,000mq in the heart of modern Brescia, all born
and constructed with the hard work of man, to give
to the city new outlets and new opportunities. To
contrast with the new building of Banca Lombarda
(project of Gregotti Associates), which expresses
power and monumentiality. Forum intends to place
itself as a spacious and relaxing system, sensitive
to rapport with it's inhabitants. To this end the
constructions have a maximum elevation of four floors
which expand horizontally; the external appearance
is characterised by the covering in terracotta tiles
that gives the appearance of a warm
and natural colour. But behind the attractive appearance
is an innovative solution : the facade covered with
ventilated Clinker panels (separate thermal and
acoustic controls). A further innovative aspect is
that of having introduced new living styles (lofts
) for the living areas, and the utilisation of completely
transparent glass for buildings and offices giving
the image of activity with people busy at work. One
creates in this fashion an integration between external
and internal, a game of figures and prospectives
that enhance the visual. Particular attention has
been given to the internal curtains in the private
courts, which are green and the blinds towards the
piazzas that are an intense yellow, colours that
inspire joy, lightness and luminosity.
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