ASt019 EDI offices

project: architect:

Nuova sede EDI / RMA + tiarstudio

ASthought #19

book editor:

Svens Delle

ASthought

project: architect:

Nuova sede EDI / RMA + tiarstudio

#19

Content

Work facts p. 7

Project description p. 8

Commission p. 12

Draft proposals p. 16

Final proposal p. 26

Models p. 32

Construction drawings p. 36

Building site p. 58

Photo gallery interiors p. 64

Selected essay p. 78

Appendix p. 84

office presentation p. 86

book editor presentation p. 88

AsThoughtarchitecture from concept to built formOur main goal is to describe the design process, the architectural solutions and the detailing choices of a built work in a chronological order. The dream – that is also the ambition – is to tune at the best the structure of this on-line manual and to spread around its template in order to amplify the power of collecting and publishing in a such huge way that in a few years we could arrive at the largest open source and most browsed utility for architectural students not only in Europe.

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All rights reserved © All Authors: RMA + tiarstudio Francesco Jodice, Simone FlorenaAll drawings © RMA + tiarstudioAll pictures © Francesco Jodice, Simone Florena, RMA + tiarstudiothis volume has no commercial purposes but only educational goals

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Work facts

6 7ASthought Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio

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Steel boardwalk structure and stairs © Francesco Jodice

Project: Nuova sede EDI

Address: Via Giovanni Battista Bertini 11, 20154 Milano

Area: 1.000 m²

Volume: 6.000 m³

Type: Office

Planned: 2010-2011

Built: 2010-2011

Client: EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani

Architect: RMA (Roberto Murgia) and tiarstudio (Federico Florena)

Responsible partner: Antonello di Leo, Filippo Weber

Collaborator: Rossi Nianchi ld, Stim Progetti

Structural engineer: Enco Crema Engineering

References: http://asthought.polimi-cooperation.org/tag/nuova-sede-edi/

Project description: New EDI Headquarters

History of Commission: A building that was a high-powered steel factory in the 50’s expirienced a transformation into

a new and creative environment for the hedqaurters of one of the leading television and cinema

post-production companies in Italy - Effetti Digitali Italiani (EDI).

Main architectural ideas: One of main goals was to maintain the original industrial nature of the space while addapting it

to the new demands. Once it moulded iron, today it processes bites that flow through the visible

wires from the tech room to each work stations.

Project description

9Nuova sede EDI - RMA + tiarstudio

In the Chinatown of Milan, Effetti Digitali Italiani (EDI), category leader in the sector of post production for

cinema and television, has opened its new headquarters in a converted a 50’s factory. The light filters

through a roof with beautiful vaulted sheds more than 7 meters high. Once full of metal work machinery,

the space today is made of three navels, each thirty five meters long. The project focused on maintaining

the original industrial nature of the space.

Shaped like a large white box, the project is perforated by three new courtyards to enable the light to

enter into the area without windows. Once it moulded iron, today it processes bites that flow through

the visible wires from the tech room to each work stations. The operative part is a large high ceilinged

open space where big round table with 10 work stations are connected to one another with a system

that provide them with data and electric energy, the raw materials for the production of virtual images.

The mechanical and electrical elements are neither hidden nor emphasized in any way; they just appear

where they are of use since this is above all a place of production. Then there are the boxes; here a steel

roulette constitutes the small cinema in which clients can watch the post productions. A large green

container contains the tech room, the operating heart of the system. The computers are dismantled,

modified and repaired in a box cladded in perforated metal sheet which allows the light to filter though

the wholes, resembling a very large lamp. Other boxes are designated for clients; one is made of yel-

low wooden boards, another of dark iron slates. These boxes are connected by a suspended 25 meter

boardwalk which hangs onto the ceiling, accessible via three staircases; these create a pathway which

looks over the work stations and connects the meeting rooms in the main space to the entrance.


Metal box - used for post production work with clients © Francesco Jodice

Commission


Office location in Chinatown of Milan © RMA + tiarstudio


Main room at the beginning of the project © RMA + tiarstudioFactory plan (above) / Main room at the beginning (below) © RMA + tiarstudio

Conceptual sketch of the initial ideas © RMA + tiarstudio


Draft proposals

Conceptual collage of the initial ideas © RMA + tiarstudioConceptual collage of the initial ideas © RMA + tiarstudio


Conceptual sketch of the initial ideas © RMA + tiarstudio Scheme of the functions © RMA + tiarstudio


Interior renderings © RMA + tiarstudio 1st floor plan (above) / building section (below) © RMA + tiarstudio


Interior renderings © RMA + tiarstudio 2nd floor plan (above) / building section (below © RMA + tiarstudio)



Final proposal

Office building sections © RMA + tiarstudio


1st floor plan © RMA + tiarstudio


2nd floor plan © RMA + tiarstudio


Model of the final proposal © RMA + tiarstudio

Models


Model of the final proposal © RMA + tiarstudio Model of the final proposal © RMA + tiarstudio


Postproduction room: isometric structural drawing © RMA + tiarstudio

Construction drawings


Postproduction room: section (above) / structural detail (below) © RMA + tiarstudio Postproduction room: plan © RMA + tiarstudio


View to the inner courtyard © Simone Florena Main hall (left) / inside of postproduction room (right) © Simone Florena


Plan of the inner courtyard © RMA + tiarstudio Sections of the inner courtyard © RMA + tiarstudio






One of three inner courtyards © RMA + tiarstudio Sectional drawings for details in courtyards © RMA + tiarstudio


Plan for the supporting steel structures in 1st floor © RMA + tiarstudio


Plan for the supporting steel structures in 2nd floor © RMA + tiarstudio


Detail drawings: the hanging steel structures © RMA + tiarstudio Detail drawings: connection of steel columns and its base © RMA + tiarstudio


Construction works: reinforcing existing concrete columns © RMA + tiarstudio Detail drawings: reinforcing existing concrete columns © RMA + tiarstudio


Welding the structural frame for one of the postproduction rooms © RMA + tiarstudio

Building site


Hanging the steel boardwalk (above) and main staircase (below) © RMA + tiarstudioPanoramic view of contructional works © RMA + tiarstudio


Boardwalk with a handle (above) / postproduction room (below) Technical repair room © RMA + tiarstudio Painting the server room (above) / metal staircase (below) One of three courtyards © RMA + tiarstudio


Photo gallery interiors

Metal plates that cover the outer wall of postproduction room © Francesco Jodice


View to the main entrance and the hall from the boardwalk © Francesco Jodice


View to the lobby and the meeting room from the main entrance © Francesco Jodice


View to the main entrance and the green box of the servers © Francesco Jodice


Postproduction room © Francesco Jodice View to courtyard and office from the kitchen © Francesco Jodice


Steel boardwalk and hanged light-bulbs © Simone Florena Boardwalk (left) / reception desk at the entrance (right) © Simone Florena


Postproduction room (left) / lobby (right) © Simone Florena Inner courtyard (left) / performance in the office room (right) © Simone Florena


Selected essay

id+c, number 205, September 2011, p.122-125


page 123 page 122


page 124 page 125

appendix

office presentation RMA

We do not invent new forms, but re-CYCLE the existing ones, to dismantle and re-ASSEMBLE. We put

the pieces together by changing the order and the rhythm, we re-MIX forms and re-INVENT new combi-

nations. We carry on a soft revolution. We do not have to sell an image, we re-START from scratch each

time. We re-WORK information, analyze and organize. We re-THINK the way the spaces are used, and

re-FILL them with new meanings. The quality of life in a quality space. We built and re-BUILD respecting

our habitat. We re-USE traditional materials with new technologies, we re-DISCOVER the old lessons

in new. We re-FRESH the image of our desires. The new is the different mix of old and new ideas, held

together by the re-DESIGN.

tiarstudio

tiarstudio was founded in the beginning of the year 2001 as a professional association based in London.

It is now located in Italy. Working within the realm of experimental research at the confluence of architec-

ture and technology, we heve developed a working philosophy based on the experience gained in the

offices Federico have previously worked for. We are equipped to manage a project through every stage

from due diligence to test fit, budget develpment, design develpment, design documents and contract

administration. Since the formation of the office we have been involved on private and public commis-

sion in both Italy and abroad and on architectural design competitions.

My name is Svens Delle and I am on a journey to become an architect. When I started out, I did

not know what I had just started, but never have I doubted the choice.

In a way I believe that designing is similar to playing with toy bricks but instead of material bricks ar-

chitects deal with their knowledge. A single brick is just a metaphor for each individual thing one has

learned, therefore the more one knows, the bigger the possibilities are.

Originaly from Riga Technical University (Lavtia) but studying in Politecnico di Milano (Italy) while working

on the ASthought project. Travelling and getting to know different cultures, arts and traditions has been a

mind-opening experience without which I would not be the person that I am right now, and it is important

to point out that it has shaped the way I observe architecture and approach any new design project.

book editor presentation

Work facts

Project: Nuova sede EDI

Address: Via Giovanni Battista Bertini 11, 20154 Milano

Area: 1.000 m²

Volume: 6.000 m³

Type: Office

Planned: 2010-2011

Built: 2010-2011

Client: EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani

Architect: RMA (Roberto Murgia) and tiarstudio (Federico Florena)

Responsible partner: Antonello di Leo, Filippo Weber

Collaborator: Rossi Nianchi ld, Stim Progetti

Structural engineer: Enco Crema Engineering

References: http://asthought.polimi-cooperation.org/tag/nuova-sede-edi/v

Project description: New EDI Headquarters

History of Commission: A building that was a high-powered steel factory in the 50’s expirienced a transformation into

a new and creative environment for the hedqaurters of one of the leading television and cinema

post-production companies in Italy - Effetti Digitali Italiani (EDI).

Main architectural ideas: One of main goals was to maintain the original industrial nature of the space while addapting it

to the new demands. Once it moulded iron, today it processes bites that flow through the visible

wires from the tech room to each work stations

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