Article source: HDA – Hugh Dutton Associés

The design was done in the context of a competition held by Terna in Italy. Terna is a private national electricity provider that is modernizing their network (about 60000km). Their programme has a notable economical and ecological outlook and the competition brief invited the competitors to specifically address these issues. The objective is to reduce the amount of electric lines (the line concerned by the competition will be cut down in length from 1200km to 800km) by modernizing it with more efficient equipment. Secondly Terna wishes to improve the environmental impact of the pylons on the landscape, obviously an important issue in a country as beautiful as Italy! Though the new pylons will cost about 3 times the existing ones,  the reduced amount of electric lines will mean an overall cost saving. They feel the public image aspect is important enough to justify the cost of design and that it is justifiable considering the whole operation.

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• Architect: HDA – Hugh Dutton Associés
• Name of Project: Pylons of the future | Dancing with Nature
• Location: Terna, Italy
• Client: TERNA SpA

Design Team:

• Designer: HDA – HUGH DUTTON ASSOCIÉS
• Team leader: GIORGIO ROSENTAL
• Consultants: GOZZOIMPIANTI, CEGELECSolutions & Services

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