Padua Congress Center

Padua, Italy

Padua Congress Center
Padua, Italy
2012

program: New Padua Congress Center
> total area: 1 000 m2
> floor area: 14 338 m2
client: Fiera di Padova Immobiliare SpA
project: Alfonso Femia * with
structural engineering: I Quadro Ingegneria srl
services and environmental engineering: Deerns Italia S.p.A.
computi, capitolati: FOR Engineering Architecture
architettura, aspetti normativi, VVF: TecnoStudio S.r.l.
acustica architettonica, audio video luci: Biobyte srl
images: ©Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia & Julien Cottier
“The regularity and the compactness of the fronts, the line given by the height that respects the limit of 20 meters, are important elements for inclusion both to small and large scale.” AF
The project is part of the territory as a building with homogeneous volumes and shapes. The regularity and the compactness of the fronts, the line given by the height that respects the limit of 20 meters, are important elements for inclusion both to small and large scale. The exterior trim of the volumes defines the edge of the lot and the head of the entire plant grounds. The project seeks a peculiar quality both artistic and formal, using different materials, colors and textures: ceramics, expanded metal and exposed concrete are the elements that make up the exterior facades. The will of the project is to set up a new architecture, which can be the face of the innovative drive of Padua.