Energetic and Formal Renovation of an Industrial Building in Italy, Florence by TA Plan Design

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The renovation of the industrial building was done to reduce energy consumption for heating by installing a polystyrene foam “coat” on all the external involucre. Particular attention was also given to the summer behavior of the building that had significant overheating problems. All windows of the south side have been screened by curved section brise-soleil manually adjustable: trough this setting you can block the passage of sunlight in summer and instead favoring the passive solar contribution in winter season.

Energetic and Formal Renovation of an Industrial Building

• Architects: TA Plan Design
• Project: Energetic and Formal Renovation of an Industrial Building
• Location: Italy, Florence

Energetic and Formal Renovation of an Industrial Building

The theme of the sunscreen gave inspiration also for the formal renovation of the principal front, in accordance with the sunscreen intervention of the SOUTH front. It has been designed a metal structure attached to the main front with sunscreen elements of different types, at the same time for protecting from the sun and decorating the building.

Energetic and Formal Renovation of an Industrial Building

A main galvanized steel structure is attached to the concrete beams of the building and holds the adjustable aluminum horizontal brise-soleil in the lower part of front, identical to the windows ones. At the top of the front brise-soleil become vertical, always in aluminum and made with a perforated plate mesh round. In the central part the sunscreen becomes a curved, horizontal aluminum sheet with perforated mesh + larger than the upper. The curve of this sunscreen find similarity in central brackets that, with their round shape, represent the junction node of all the elements of the structure.

Energetic and Formal Renovation of an Industrial Building

Energetic and Formal Renovation of an Industrial Building

Energetic and Formal Renovation of an Industrial Building

Energetic and Formal Renovation of an Industrial Building

Energetic and Formal Renovation of an Industrial Building

Energetic and Formal Renovation of an Industrial Building

Energetic and Formal Renovation of an Industrial Building

Energetic and Formal Renovation of an Industrial Building

Energetic and Formal Renovation of an Industrial Building

Energetic and Formal Renovation of an Industrial Building

Energetic and Formal Renovation of an Industrial Building

Energetic and Formal Renovation of an Industrial Building

Tags: Florence, Italy

Categories: Energy plant, Industrial

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