该项目占用了一座历史悠久的宫殿,几十年来被称为城市文化生活的重要象征之一,在过去两年里,在Cariplo基金会的支持下,对其进行了全面翻新。在其核心,有一个宽阔的垂直公共空间–包括一个15米高的可居住楼梯间–可以从剧院到工作区到会议区无缝转换,并作为中心所有日常活动和事件的焦点。

The project occupies a historic palazzo, known for decades as one of the great symbols of cultural life in the city, which has been fully renovated in the last two years with the support of Fondazione Cariplo. At its core, there is a wide vertical public space – including a 15-meter-high habitable stairwell – which can seamlessly turn from theater to workspace to meeting area, and serves as the focal point for all the center’s daily activities and events.

通过MEET项目,CRA旨在研究在一个日益数字化的世界中物理空间的意义。它认为,建筑应该促进人与人之间的意外相遇,恰恰是那些在数字领域所缺少的。MEET的设计试图通过功能的混合来实现这一目标–也就是说,任何空间都有可能同时承载不同的活动。这种设计方法在中央的垂直广场上得到了最好的体现,但它也延伸到了整个中心,延伸到了用于展览、会谈和表演的多个房间。

With the MEET project, CRA aims to investigate the meaning of physical space in an increasingly digitized world. It argues that architecture should foster unexpected encounters between people, precisely those that are missing in the digital realm. The design of MEET strives to achieve this aim through the hybridization of functions – that is, the possibility for any space to simultaneously host different activities. Such a design approach is best expressed by the central vertical plaza, but it extends throughout the center, to multiple rooms for exhibitions, talks, and performances.

位于建筑核心的垂直广场体现了项目的愿景。在一个以之字形移动的色彩鲜艳的楼梯间周围,人们可以停在一系列不对称的台阶上,通过一个多媒体投影系统来丰富其内容。这些空间可用于会谈、装置、艺术表演。最重要的是,它们鼓励人们在建筑中穿梭时的偶遇。

The vertical plaza at the core of the building embodies the project’s vision. All around a brightly-colored stairwell that moves in a zigzagging fashion, people can stop onto a series of asymmetric landings, enriched by a system of multimedia projections. These spaces can be used for talks, installations, art performances. Most importantly, they encourage chance encounters as people navigate through the building.

MEET场地将数字技术嵌入到物理空间中,有一系列先进的投影系统和屏幕散布在整个建筑中。这使人们能够以意想不到的方式访问MEET的数字档案。该项目借鉴了科学家Mark Weiser提出的 “无处不在的计算 “的理念,他认为数字技术将变得如此普遍,以至于它将 “消失在我们生活的背景中”,该项目将建筑本身转变为一种分享知识和文化的媒介。

The MEET venue embeds digital technologies into physical space with an array of advanced projection systems and screens scattered across the building. This allows people to access MEET’s digital archive in unexpected ways. Drawing on the idea of “ubiquitous computing” put forward by scientist Mark Weiser, who argued that digital technology would become so pervasive that it will “recede into the background of our lives”, the project transforms architecture itself into a medium to share knowledge and culture.

MEET是在米兰市中心的威尼斯门(Porta Venezia)附近的一座宫殿式建筑中举办的。这座宫殿建于20世纪初,由意大利著名建筑师Gae Aulenti在20世纪90年代末扩建。由CRA和Italo Rota装修的MEET会场占地1500多平方米(16000平方英尺),分为三层。在其他功能中,它容纳了一个可重新配置的礼堂和电影院,并与历史悠久的意大利电影院合作经营,还有一个咖啡馆和一个用于数字装置的沉浸式大厅。

MEET is hosted in a palatial building in the central Milanese neighborhood of Porta Venezia. The palace was built in the early 20th century and expanded by renowned Italian architect Gae Aulenti in the late 1990s. The MEET venue as renovated by CRA and Italo Rota extend over 1,500 square meters (16,000 square feet) across three levels. Among other functions, it accommodates a reconfigurable auditorium and movie theater operated in collaboration with the longstanding Cineteca Italiana, a café, and an immersive hall for digital installations.

Architects: Carlo Ratti Associati
Year: 2020
Photographs: Michele Nastasi
Structural Design: INGEMBP
Design Team:Carlo Ratti, Andrea Cassi, Chiara Morandini, Valentina Grasso, Luca Giacolini, Serena Giardina, Aurora Maggio, Anna Morani, Matteo Zerbi, Aunie Frisch, Andrea Galli, Oliver Kazimir, Gerolamo Gnecchi Rusconi, Alessandro Tassinari
Execution:Studio Del Giacco
Acoustic Consultancy:Onleco
Audio Video Technologies:Audviser
City:Milano
Country:Italy