PRATIC
HEADQUARTERS AND PRODUCTION COMPLEX
Fagagna | Udine | Italy
client:
Pratic F.lli Orioli SPA
building program
factory: 10.000 mq
offices: 1.000 mq
showroom: 550 mq
landscape: 33.000 mq
building costs:
6.230.000 euro
photovoltaic system costs:
970.000 euro
chronology:
2011 Construction Completed
The project concerns the construction of a new plant and offices for Pratic Spa, specialist manufacturers of awnings.
The area, slightly sloping southward, is crowned by a wide view over the hill of Fagagna and the mountains to the north. The project includes a plant of about 9,000 m2 to the north, whose orientation is dictated by the geometrical disposition of the industrial area, and an office building covering an area of about 1,000 m2 to the south, running parallel to the state road and facing a large green area.
The buildings are made of prefab concrete frame and infill panels.
Vertical – The plant will be characterized by a facade where vertical lines prevail, with no horizontal joints. Panels of variable size and glazed frames are all ten metres high. The different size of the grit and the use of black oxide outline a changing façade built with the simplest methods.
Horizontal – For the single-storey offices, with a double-T frame, prefab elements are coupled with a continuous glazed facade protected by the “Flying Beam”, a huge overhanging concrete sunshade to the south (2.50 x 80 metres), which makes the real landmark of the project.
Outdoor space – The project adds low walls to serve as a reference to “measure” space and direct visual perception. The walls contain tiny terraced flats meant to govern the landscape and paths, as well as to hide the cars from view.
Energy – The whole roof of the plant will be lined with photovoltaic panels. The generation of “clean” energy will be so important that the choice of all installations will be made accordingly, dictated by energy saving and sustainability targets.
project:
GEZA – Stefano Gri, Piero Zucchi
team:
Stefania Anzil
Fabio Passon
structure:
Nuttassociati - Udine
infrastructure:
Bulfon Associati
Studio Battista
photographer:
Fernando Guerra FG+SG
publications:
“Progetti”, n° 6, June 2013, Italy
Catalogue “European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2013”, Spain
“Arketipo”, n° 71, March 2013, Italy
Catalogue Electa della Biennale di Venezia “Le quattro stagioni - Architettura del made in Italy da Adriano Olivetti alla Green Economy” 2012, italy
Catalogue “Medaglia d’Oro all’Architettura Italiana 2012”, Italy
“IoArch”, Office Profile GEZA Gri e Zucchi Architetti, “Astrazioni nella forma”, pp.21-29, December 2012, Italy
“Headquarters base”, book by hi-design publishing, December 2012, China
“TALE&A”, n° 35, October/November 2012, Italy
“Repubblica”, n° 247, October 2012, Italy
“Architetti”, n° 4, July/August 2012, Italy
“L’industria delle costruzioni - Rassegna Italiana 5”, n° 426, July/August 2012, Italy
“Paesaggio Urbano”, n° 3, May/June 2012, Italy
“a+a”, n° 6, May/June 2012, China
“ddn”, n° 185, May 2012, Italy
“Architecture Update”, April 2012, India
“Il Nuovo Cantiere”, n° 3, April 2012, Italy
“L’Arca” n° 279, April 2012, Milan, Italy
“Area”, n° 121, March-April 2012, Italy
“Hinge”, n° 199, March 2012, Hong Kong
“RIBA JOURNAL”, February 2012, UK
“DEDALO”, January/February 2012, Italy
“OFARCH”, n° 120, January/March 2012, Italy
“Casabella”, n° 809, January 2012, Italy
“Arhitekton”, n° 12, December 2011/January 2012, Serbia
“GEZA PRATIC”, book Pratic, SilvanaEditoriale, 2011, Italy
“Ottagono”, n° 245, November 2011, Italy
“Baumeister” n° 108, October 2011, Germany
“Progetti&Concorsi” supplement to “Sole 24 Ore”, 31 October 2011, Italy
“ATRIUM”, September-October 2011, Bratislava, Slovakia
“ARQUITECTURA & CONSTRUCAO”, n° 69, July-August 2011, Portugal
“NAMAS IR AS”, n° 122, July 2011, Vilnius, Lithuania