Francesco Adobati – Persico SPA – Industrial area requalification

PROJECT: Francesco Adobati – Persico SPA – Industrial area requalification

LOCATION: Nembro (BG), Italy

YEAR: 2013

ARCHITECT / FIRM: Francesco Adobati

BUYER: Persico SPA

SURFACE: 40.000 sqm

PRICE: € 8.000.000

DESCRIPTION:
The sale of the former Comital area, approximately 40,000 square metres, a space historically devoted to industrial activities and its purchase by the company Persico SPA, have enabled the start of a project to renovate and renovate the entire area located in Nembro, in the industrial belt bounded on the north by the tram tracks and south by the river Serio. The existing plant was composed of buildings from different historical periods: ancient buildings (the drying tower and the spinning mill), modern buildings (the production building straddling the Morlana canal and the northern one) and contemporary buildings (prefabricated buildings, canopies, sheltering of the tower and spinning). Conservation, reconversion and new construction were the three principles that have concretized the project idea. For their aesthetic quality and above all for their historical importance, the drying tower has been preserved, symbol of the industrial activity carried out from 1887 to the present and the spinning mill. The two buildings of the modern era have been converted into functional structures for the current destination of the area. Instead, all the other artifacts were dismantled which would have made the production activities of the four divisions in which the Persico Spa company is structured problematic if not impossible. New structures have been built with modern and essential lines that have created a strong break with the existing buildings, succeeding nevertheless in maintaining the underlying architectural coherence, guaranteed also by the choice of only two materials: black colored reinforced concrete, molded with matrices throughout the lower part of the buildings and transparent polycarbonate, which reflecting the colors of the sky, takes on different shades and contributes to the optical effect of continuity with the sky itself.

DESCRIPTION:
Some of the existing buildings have been preserved for the reuse of their spaces. As far as production buildings are concerned, the manufacturing process of the company required the construction of new buildings.

DESCRIPTION:
This is a leasing transaction, therefore the works are only partially financed by Persico SPA.

- SURFACE present NO VARIATION,

TOTAL CONSERVATION / CONTINUITY: The overall dimensions are equal to the pre-existing surface.

- VOLUME present EXTENSION,

PREVALENT CONSERVATION / CONTINUITY: The overall dimensions increase moderately with respect to the pre-existing volume.

DESCRIPTION:
The new structures occupy the same area of the previous buildings but have a greater volume as they are higher.

DESCRIPTION:
The most historic and representative buildings have been preserved and converted for use. All the artifacts of a productive type were instead dismantled. The new spaces are productive buildings wich occupy the same surface of the previous spaces.

DESCRIPTION:
The preserved buildings have been reconverted maintaining their original structure, while the new buildings have a reinforced concrete supporting structure.

DESCRIPTION:
The new buildings involve the use of only two materials: black-colored reinforced concrete, molded with matrices for the entire lower part of the buildings and transparent-colored polycarbonate, which reflects the colors of the sky.

DESCRIPTION:
The new buildings with modern and essential lines create a decisive fracture with the existing buildings, while managing to maintain a dialectical relationship with them.