Subsidized housing tall buildings,
Nuovo Portello

Italy, Milan – 2002

 
The two tall buildings, one adjoining via Traiano and the other on a setback give form together to a new square which is the starting point of the path toward the park and the front of the Milano Fair, framed by the long perspective.

The windows of different form and proportion, the different rolling and sliding shutter devices, the deep loggias with the steel and glass parapets are disposed following a series of permutations which maximizes the long views toward the city.

The use of surface material (decolored terracotta tiles and white stone) and the gable silhouette constitute a critical reading of the features of post-war Milanese architecture.