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The Pecchi

The Cassina Plaza office complex is a 70000 sqm area located in the municipality of Cassina De Pecchi, in the immediate outskirts of Milan.

The complex consists of 5 office buildings and a mixed commercial/office building in the centre of the complex; the project envisaged the re-functionalization and revitalization of the outdoor spaces and the central public building.

The intervention masterplan sought to address and resolve two defined and connected areas: the outdoor public areas and the central public building for canteen and other amenities.

The masterplan was developed in collaboration with PARK Associati (lead partner).

Before the project

The priority of the design proposal for the external areas was to redefine the balance between pedestrian and vehicular areas. The asphalted areas have been decisively reduced in size by defining a new system of pedestrian paths and equipped rest areas, surrounded by green areas. This is made possible primarily by the reorganisation of the parking areas currently present along the main access axis, an operation which allows the creation of large pedestrian areas facing the office buildings.

The new design of the outdoor spaces includes the creation of pedestrian paths that, winding through the green flowerbeds, connect the two entrances of each building to the central road axis and the central common building.

The terrain of the green areas has been modelled to create hills to provide greater separation from the streets; these have then been covered with ground cover shrubs of various types and three orders of size. At the top of the hills, the largest shrubs (Viburnum Opulus, Hibiscus Syriacus, and Lagerstroemia Indica) will be placed, which will then be replaced by smaller ground cover shrubs (Lonicera, Spirea, Cotoneaster, and Deutzia) and finally by ground cover shrubs (Pachysandra Terminalis or Ivy).

This arrangement has been designed to accentuate the curves of the hills, as well as to create the right mix of colours and essences that will change with the seasons. All the essences were selected from the list of autochthonous and compatible essences permitted by the Lombardy Region.

The central building (developed by Park Associati with our collaboration for the interiors), on the other hand, followed two main tools for its renovation: reconnection with the external areas, and re-functionalization of the exteriors.

The retrofitted building has been enriched with new restaurant spaces, event areas with two new meeting rooms seating 25 and 99 people, a fitness area, as well as new spaces for socialising and smart working, to become a pilot example and a pole of attraction for new activities in the area.

Info and credits

YEAR: 2019

SITE: Cassina de Pecchi, Milan

CLIENT: Investire SGR

SIZE: Building 6500 sqm, outdoor areas 15000 sqm

MASTERPLAN: Park Associati as lead partner, Up-a (Uboldi Paolo Architetti srl)

BUILDING DESIGN: Park Associati as lead partner, Up-a (Uboldi Paolo Architetti srl) for the basement interior

LANDSCAPE DESIGN: Up-a (Uboldi Paolo Architetti srl) with Arch. Davide Beretta

STRUCTURE: CeAS (Centro di Analisi Strutturale)

SITE, SUPERVISION, COST CONTROL, SAFETY: Starching srl

PLANT DESIGN: Tekser, Milano

FIRE CONSULTANCY: MCR INGG, Bovisio Masciago (MB)

SURVEY: 3DEARTHSCAN, Lecco

CONSTRUCTION COMPANY: Oliva Costruzioni & Servizi Srl, Boggeri s.p.a.

PHOTOGRAPHER: Andrea Martinadonna, Mario Frusca