Article source: Medir Architects

The industrial area of Pettoranello, close to Isernia, is located in an ex-wetland surrounded by mountains, tangent to the state route connecting Campobasso to Isernia to the railway. The medieval town of Pesche dominates the valley. On the site is a square shed and the office building. For this latter the client requested a central double-height void with light from above and rooms accessed by distribution galleries over the void. Though these requests suggested the hypothesis of a new introverted and centripetal spatial configuration, the qualities of the landscape called for a more open solution.

Image Courtesy Alberto Muciaccia

• Architects: Medir Architects – Roberto Ianigro and Valentina Ricciuti
• Project: Melfi Headquarters
• Location: Pettoranello di Molise, Italy
• Structural engineer: Sergio Iadanza – Iadanza Engineering Isernia
• Mechanical engineer: Leo D’Antona
• Client: Melfi Srl
• Construction: 2002-2007
• Photos: Alberto Muciaccia

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