Today OMA announced the completion of Torre, the third new structure the firm has completed in the Fondazione Prada arts compound, a former gin distillery in Milan. Standing at 60 meters tall, the white concrete Torre is a vertical art gallery that “is devoted to the development of a new typology for the exhibition of art”, OMA describes.
With Rem Koolhaas, Chris van Duijn, and project architect Federico Pompignoli, as project leads, Torre features a facade with alternating glass and concrete surfaces. The building has nine levels, with each one designed with different spatial parameters and variations. The ceiling height cumulatively increases with each floor, from the bottom to the top of the building.
“[R]ectangular plans alternate with wedge shapes, the orientation of the rooms alternates between panoramic city views to the North, or narrower views in opposite directions, East and West,” Rem Koolhaas describes in a statement.
Six of the levels will function as exhibition spaces, while the remaining three levels will have a restaurant and other visitor facilities. The building is topped off with a 160m² panoramic terrace that will offers views of the surrounding city.
Previously, OMA completed the Podium exhibition pavilion at the heart of the arts compound, and the Cinema multimedia auditorium.
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it's a building
It's very nice. The whole Prada Foundation complex is beautiful.
Is exposed OSB back in style now?
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