In the towers of Vimodrone, designed by Mario Botta, the Italian headquarter of Bausch & Lomb was built on an area of approx. 1100 square metres.
The star-shaped floor plan of the building required a departure from traditional schemes and still allowed an excellent relationship between office space and internal pathways. In addition, the central areas, dedicated to transparent common services, allow the office to be “perceived” from any point in its wider dimension, something that is not possible on a linear plan.
The only “architectural difficulty” was to make the central area interact in an orderly manner with the outermost parts of the hexagonal plan, which can accommodate a traditional distribution. In this case, the central blocks were designed with a free curvilinear plan to stand out clearly and, with the abundant use of glass, suggest functions more related to interaction between people or momentary leisure.
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