Torre Velasca
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Torre Velasca | |
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Location | Milan, Italy |
Coordinates | 45°27′36″N 9°11′26″E / 45.46000°N 9.19056°E |
Construction started | 1956[1] |
Completed | 1958[1] |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 98 m (322 ft) |
Top floor | 75 m (246 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 26[2] |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | BBPR |
Main contractor | Società Generale Immobiliare |
The Torre Velasca (Velasca Tower, in English) is a skyscraper built in the 1950s by the BBPR architectural partnership, in Milan, Italy. The tower is part of the first generation of Italian modern architecture, while still being part of the Milanese context in which it was born, to which also belongs the
The tower, measuring 75 metres (246 ft) in height to the roof with an additional 23-metre-tall (75 ft) antenna spire (total 98 m or 322 ft), has a peculiar and characteristic
At the same time, BBPR in this building satisfied the functional needs of space: narrower surfaces on the ground, wider and more spacious ones on the top floors. The town planning laws, then, imposed specific volumes (depending on the buildings' purpose); in this tower, the latter were the mixed functions of residential and commercial use.The tower is located in the city centre of Milan, near the Duomo (Milan Cathedral) and the headquarters of the University of Milan, between the streets corso di Porta Romana and via Larga. One of the exits of the Missori metro station, on line 3, is located right in front of it.
In 2011, the tower was placed under protection as a historic building.[1]
Gallery
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Details of thescaffoldsand armor of the concrete during construction in 1956
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The tower during construction, seen from the Duomo of Milan
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The tower during construction, seen from the Duomo of Milan
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The tower seen from below
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Upper floors
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The Torre Velasca photographed by Paolo Monti in 1973
See also
References
- ^ a b c Stella, Armando (18 November 2011). "La soprintendenza mette il «vincolo» sulla Torre Velasca" [Superintendent protects the Velasca Tower]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Torre Velasca". Housing Prototypes. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ "Skyscraper in Milan". LIFE. 2 December 1957. p. 120.
Pointing to the eight-story overhang, reminiscent of Lombardy castles, [one of its architects] described the building as 'a sort of medieval nostalgia.'
- ^ "AD Classics: Torre Velasca / BBPR". ArchDaily. Retrieved 13 November 2011.