Offices in the white tower

For the interior of the white tower in Turin designed by RPBW for Intesa Sanpaolo Unifor declines a single type of table in several configurations.

Michele de Lucchi e Pierluigi Copat Architecture, interni del Centro Direzionale Intesa San Paolo, Torino, arredati con mobili Unifor
Situated on the outskirts of Turin’s old city-centre, near the Porta Susa train station, the tower that houses the new management offices of Intesa Sanpaolo is set against the backdrop of the Alps, reshaping the city skyline.
Light and almost immaterial, despite its considerable size, the white and luminescent skyscraper imposes itself onto the landscape to create a new urban landmark. The building, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop according to highly-advanced criteria for sustainability, presents itself as a kind of environmental and social laboratory able to act as a centre of collective interest.
Michele de Lucchi e Pierluigi Copat Architecture, interni del Centro Direzionale Intesa San Paolo, Torino, arredati con mobili Unifor
Michele de Lucchi and Pierluigi Copat Architecture, interior design of Centro Direzionale Intesa San Paolo, Torino, furnitures by Unifor

Paying particular attention to the working conditions of the employees, the design of the interiors, by Michele de Lucchi and Pierluigi Copat Architecture, has produced an environment of exceptional quality in terms of space, light and thermal comfort. Technology is widely used yet at the same time discreet and non-invasive, resulting in high technical performance combined with the necessary flexibility of use.

The offices have a height of 3.2 metres and offer optimised, indirect lighting. The layout is organised in a highly rigorous way and laid out following the regular plan of the building, enhancing the technological content. The open-planned space of the office areas looks out onto the city with the workstations lined up with the windows while the central nucleus – given over to services, connections, and meeting-rooms – is surrounded by full-height storage-walls for files.

The design of the workstations has been resolved by UniFor with the production of a single table-type that is repeated on every floor, also for the meeting-rooms. With their simple design and natural finishes, the large tables, supported by a single, central, cabled column, firmly fixed below the raised floor, seem to gently fly like surfaces suspended in mid-air. The regular subdivision of the spaces between one operative island and another is defined by compact blocks of medium-height, double-sided storage units that complete the workstations. The meeting rooms and enclosed offices are made with glazed partitions Parete RP, designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop.

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