GD Building

Bologna, Italy

GD Building
Bologna, Italy
2005

program: Office building in the former Enel-via speranza area, Quartiere Reno, Bologna
> total area: 7 275 m2
> green areas: 4 450 m2
> water: 1 000 m2
> ground floor: 2 600 m2
> first floor: 2 650 m2
> second floor: 2 750 m2
project: Alfonso Femia * with
structural engineering: Ms Ingegneria-Stefano Migliaro
environmental and landscape design: Ori&Arienti
images: ©Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia
“Materials are resolved by light, generating iridescent reflections, transparencies and semi-transparencies.
All this shines at sunset, becoming the main source of light in the park, at night.” AF
A simple sign, a square.
A functional logic, “dotted” by the pre-existing green structures and by the sheet of water.
A layout which apparently turns its back to the area, establishing a visceral relationship with it.
Materials are resolved by light, generating iridescent reflections, transparencies and semi-transparencies.
All this shines at sunset, becoming the main source of light in the park, at night.