New Trade Fair in Milano, Italy by Studio Fuksas

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The New Milan Trade Fair is an impressive construction, with a 5-kilometer perimeter and a 1,000,000 m² built surface that rises on a 2,000,000 m² land surface.

The New Trade Fair is made of eight big monoplanar and biplanar pavilions that, together, make a gross expositive surface of about 345,000 m², plus 60,000 m² outdoors. The whole route is on two areas, the one of the East entrance and the one of the West entrance. All the accesses and the exits to the Fair are organized through them. The buildings have got different functions (services, snack points, offices, hotel, commercial gallery, receptions of the pavilions, smaller expositive spaces). The placement of the buildings on the central axis is on different surfaces among water pools, green areas and epoxy resin floorings.

New Milan Trade Fair

• Architects: Studio Fuksas – Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas
• Project: New Trade Fair
• Location: Rho-Pero, Milano, Italy
• Period: 2002-2005
• Client: Fondazione Fiera Milano
• Designer And Art Director: Doriana O. Mandrelli

New Milan Trade Fair

• Lighting: Lamp “Lavinia” – Iguzzini (Design By Doriana And Massimiliano Fuksas)
• General Contractor: Astaldi Spa, Vianini Spa, Pizzarotti Spa
• Area: 2,000,000 Sq. M.
• Constructed Area: 1,000,000 Sq. M.
• Parkings: Visitors- 20,050; Lorries- 7,000; Exhibitors- 4,320
• Length Of Central Axis: 1,500 m
• Number Of Pavilions: 8 – 6 One-Floor, 2 Two-Floor
• Exhibition Area: Oltre 400,000 Sq. M.
• Outdoor Exhibition Area: 60,000 Sq. M.

New Milan Trade Fair

• Conference Centre: 47,000 Sq. M.
• Conference Rooms: 80
• Central Axis Veil: Structural Design: Mero Gmbh & Co.
• Structural Consulting: Schlaich Bergermann Und Partner
• Logo Service Centre: Structural Design: Schlaich Bergermann Und Partner
• Curtain Walls: Permasteelisa Spa
• Steel Structure: Icom Engineering, Ask Romein, Carpentieri d’Italia
• Cover: Bemo Systems
• Working Design For The Pavilions: Studio Altieri
• Structural Engineering For Civic Works: Studio Marzullo

New Milan Trade Fair

As background there are the big pavilion façades made of glass and mirror stainless steel. Above this space there is the big cover named “Veil”. The flow of this veil is made of constant arithmetic variations that refer to natural landscape: “craters”, “waves”, “dunes”, “hills”. This spine (1,500 m in length and 32 m in width) is the symbol of the project: a “spinal column” that covers about 47,000 m².

New Milan Trade Fair

This is a construction thought for affairs, but not only. Indeed, the Fair finds its natural prolongation on a structure thought for communication and exchange of ideas: a Congress Centre subdivided into ten rooms (for a total of 2600 seats). Close to the Congress Centre, in the central point of the veil, there is the multifunctional service Centre.

Lastly, a 9-hectar park and a green internal route surround the expositive pavilions on North West. Together, they represent a relax area of about 180,000 m².

New Milan Trade Fair

New Milan Trade Fair

New Milan Trade Fair

New Milan Trade Fair

New Milan Trade Fair

North view plan

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Siteplan

Tags: Italy, Milano

Category: Trade Fair Centre

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