Generali Tower

Lo Storto
The Twisted One
Generali Tower

The building as it appeared in September 2016
General information
Status Under construction
Type Mixed use
Architectural style Modern
Location Milan, Italy
Construction started 2014
Opening 2017
Height
Roof 185 m (607 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 44
Design and construction
Architect Zaha Hadid Architects

Generali Tower (Lo Storto (The Twisted One in English) is a skyscraper under construction in Milan, Italy that will reach a height of 185 m (607 ft) with 44 floors (+ 3 floors basement), and a total floor area of about 67,000 square metres. Its designer is the Anglo-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid. The geometry of the building is that of a warping shape, where both the floors dimension and their orientation vary along the tower axis.

The structure is concrete and composite. A central core acts as main horizontal stiffening and resisting element. Foundations are of mixed raft and piles type, where the piles are used as settlement reduction devices. The base raft is a 2,5 m thick concrete slab, resting on 64 piles arranged in clusters and points under the main load points. In order to resis the main torsional effects due to the warped column arrangement, the core lintels above main doors feature composite solutions with a mixed use of steel elements, rebar and concrete. Due to the specific form-dependent deformation effects, a highly sophisticated stage analysis both for construction and long term effects has been effected. A steel, free form podium for commercial use surrounds the base of the building.

The building serves as the headquarters of the second largest insurance group in the world by revenue, Assicurazioni Generali.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Generali, headquarter milanese nella Torre Hadid dal 2018" [Generali, Milan's headquarters in the Hadid Tower since 2018]. adnkronos.com (in Italian). 15 October 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

Coordinates: 45°28′42″N 9°09′19″E / 45.4783°N 9.1552°E / 45.4783; 9.1552

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