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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. New construction and renovation of the printing facility VARIGRAFICA in Nepi, Italy by Massimo Adario ArchitettoMay 23rd, 2014 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Massimo Adario Architetto The printing company Varigrafica first opened for business in Nepi (Viterbo), in the sixties; the first factory dates back to 1992 and was dedicated to the offset printing for the production of editorial and advertising material. The expansion of this industrial building, gave rise to the current/present configuration of the complex, an aggregation of volumes of different sizes, each of them corresponding to a functional scope.  Image Courtesy © Massimo Adario Architetto
 Image Courtesy © Massimo Adario Architetto In addition to the two existing buildings (one dedicated to services for the staff and “prestampa” and the other one to digital printing, staging and storage of the finished product), four others were added: the new offices, a new warehouse for paper, a new area dedicated to the offset printing and a new warehouse for ink.  Image Courtesy © Massimo Adario Architetto In response to the industrial printing process, highly organized and planned, the industrial complex is rationally built on the basis of a 2,40 x 6,00 mt module, repeated and utilized in different configuration: one module is the vertical precast/prefabricated concrete panel used for the façades of the existing building and the paper warehouse, the same concrete module is placed horizontally for the façades of the new production area, and another module yet is made of glass with a metal brise soleil for the façades of the offices. Each module has the same dimensions.  Image Courtesy © Massimo Adario Architetto Module and sub-modules are also repeated inside the building, in the offices, in the design of the roof slab and of the floor and also in the concrete bearing walls. In contrast with the building, designed according to orthogonal lines, the design of the garden is free-flowing and linked to the topography of the site; slight differences/slopes of the land have been designed to reproduce the original natural lay of the terrain and various species of autochthonous trees present in the adjacent forests, such as oak, maple, wild cherry etc., have been planted. This green system also enters inside the building and becomes a courtyard overlooked by both the offices and the new production area, so that the five buildings rotate around it.  Image Courtesy © Massimo Adario Architetto  Image Courtesy © Massimo Adario Architetto  Image Courtesy © Massimo Adario Architetto  Image Courtesy © Massimo Adario Architetto  Image Courtesy © Massimo Adario Architetto  Image Courtesy © Massimo Adario Architetto  Image Courtesy © Massimo Adario Architetto  Image Courtesy © Massimo Adario Architetto  Image Courtesy © Massimo Adario Architetto  Image Courtesy © Massimo Adario Architetto  Image Courtesy © Massimo Adario Architetto  Image Courtesy © Massimo Adario Architetto
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