2024-05-06T05:31:25-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150281581/featuring-a-gigantic-solar-panel-covered-canopy-work-begins-on-big-s-citywave-bookend-in-milan Josh Niland 2021-09-15T20:11:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/60/60d4082d9db59be8aea627709a47b3a2.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Construction has begun on <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/39902/big-bjarke-ingels-group" target="_blank">BIG</a>&rsquo;s CityWave, the building that will complete <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/4464/milan" target="_blank">Milan</a>&rsquo;s revitalizing <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1832810/citylife" target="_blank">CityLife</a> development after previously being announced as a participant in 2019.</p> <p>The Danish studio&rsquo;s contribution to the &euro;2.5 billion ($2.95 billion) development comes in the form of an East-West duo of low-rise office buildings connected by a sloping, solar panel-covered canopy that also gives protection to one of Italy's largest outdoor urban parks.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bc/bc1d08a92d6e872b1c9d62a269e1dc67.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bc/bc1d08a92d6e872b1c9d62a269e1dc67.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy BIG</figcaption></figure><p>The development already showcases a trio of towers by Studio Libeskind, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150040736/zaha-hadid-architects-completes-32-000m-citylife-shopping-district-in-milan" target="_blank">Zaha Hadid Architects</a>, and Arata Isozaki, respectively. It was originally awarded to the group in 2004 and now has the added bonus of another big name in the form of Ingels, who will bring some variety to the site in the form of an uneven horizontally-oriented mass with greenspace and 11,000 square meters (118,000 square feet) of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/43643/photovoltaics" target="_blank">photovoltaics</a>.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/00/00eb334ad573a11ccfe6aef6cee89022.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/00/00eb334ad573a11ccfe6aef6cee89022.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy BIG</figcaption></figure><p>Per the architect: &ldquo;Like a contemporary interpretation of the massive covered public space of ...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/150040736/zaha-hadid-architects-completes-32-000m-citylife-shopping-district-in-milan Justine Testado 2017-12-08T19:19:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/n6/n6y1hdlecez5i7ob.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/zaha-hadid" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zaha Hadid Architects</a> designed the newly opened CityLife Shopping District in Milan, as part of the larger CityLife redevelopment that is expected to welcome over 7 million visitors annually when it's completed in 2020.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5i/5i391ti231wkmvmu.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5i/5i391ti231wkmvmu.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo &copy; Hufton+Crow.</figcaption></figure><p>Located above the Tre Torri station on the M5 line of Milan's Metro network, the 32,000m&sup2; shopping district combines a new public park with indoor and outdoor piazzas, a food hall, and variety of shops, restaurants, cafes, and a cinema, as well as health and well-being facilities. Directly above the district is the 44-story Generali Tower that will be occupied by the insurance company's Milan-based staff of 3,000 in 2018.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/k0/k0bhrxljpm3y8co0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/k0/k0bhrxljpm3y8co0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo &copy; Hufton+Crow.</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9z/9z1w9f3vgmwnx5yp.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9z/9z1w9f3vgmwnx5yp.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo &copy; Hufton+Crow.</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/o0/o08zaog8m6hcxnn0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/o0/o08zaog8m6hcxnn0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo &copy; Hufton+Crow.</figcaption></figure><p>The bamboo flooring, louvered ceiling, and columns add a sense of warmth in the interior. &ldquo;Assembled with resins under high pressure, engineered bamboo blocks were carved by 5-axis CNC milling and hand-finished to create the interior columns, capitals and counters,&rdquo; ZHA...</p>