Fondazione Luigi Rovati, Milan
Mario Cucinella Architects 

Fondazione Luigi Rovati, Milan

Mario Cucinella Architects 


A 19th-century palazzo has been adapted to house a collection of Etruscan art, part of which is displayed in a hypogeum reminiscent of funerary constructions of the Lazio region.

Continuous rows of Florentine sandstone give contour to a grotta dug under the garden, and display cases appear amid chiaroscuros as the pieces are strung together in a carefully planned museum route.

Returned to their former splendor, the piano nobile halls give continuity to a visitor walk complemented by a library and a bistro located beside the ground-floor garden, a conference room, and a restaurant upstairs in the attic...[+]


Fundación Luigi Rovati
Fondazione Luigi Rovati, Milan (Italy).

Cliente Client
Fondazione Luigi Rovati.

Arquitectos Architects
Mario Cucinella Architects / Mario Cucinella (fundador y director creativo founder and creative director); Giovanni Sanna (jefe de proyecto project director); Damiano Comini, María Dolores del Sol Ontalba, Luca Sandri, Dario Castellari, Enrico Pintabona, Irene Sapienza, Martina Buccitti, Wallison Caetano, Eurind Caka, Flavio Giacone, Ernesto Tambroni, Chiara Tomassi, Davide Cazzaniga, Silvia Conversano (equipo team); Yuri Costantini, Andrea Genovesi (maqueta model).

Consultores Consultants
Milan Ingegneria (estructura structure); Manens – Tifs (instalaciones y consultoría LEED MEP services and LEED consultancy); Casone Group, Elios Engineering (cantería stoneworks); Greencure (paisajismo landscape); Chiarugi, Gasparoli (restauración restoration); Biobyte (acústica acoustics); iGuzzini, Enrico Colombo (iluminación lighting design); Dotdotdot, Zeranta Edutainment (audiovisuales multimedia); Zup Design, Silvia Gherra (señalización signage); L’abilità Associazione Onlus, Fondazione De Agostini (accesibilidad accesibility); Gae Engineering (protección contra incendios fire protection); IZed Partners (dirección de obra site supervision); Arkein Studio (seguridad y salud health and safety); Flaviano Capriotti Architetti (restaurante restaurant).

Contratista Contractor
Ediltecno Restauri, Aertermica.

Superficie Area
4.000 m².

Fotos Photos
Duccio Malagamba.