The new headquarter of “la Stampa” is located inside the building owned by Beni Stabili in Turin, via Lugaro. The building has been fully refurbished inside and out worked both at architectural and engineering level. The project preserves the historical memory of the publishing house and looks to the future through the provision of interactive systems adequate to the needs of digital journalism, revolution more than ever before.
The intervention on the casing entailed the complete replacement of windows and the performance, on the main front facing to the east, of a glass curtain wall high-performance, on which were installed external sunscreens made of “blue Turin” colour’s vertical slats.
The sunscreens, as aesthetic function and shielding the sun’s rays (with a consequent decrease in their facade’s heat input), are anchored to the platform roof grid, they has been studied in order to make them as real horizontal sunscreens.
The ground floor has two large transparent spaces: the North Editing Office (1,000 sqm) and the South Editing Office (1,300 sqm), which are both designed with a circular structure. Thanks to the analogy with the forms and the technology of the Star Trek’s famous spaceship it is known as the Enterprise.
“Phone boots” have been placed on the sides of the two central cores: small soundproof spaces, recognizable through the color yellow, where you can call or make small private meetings.
Through to the provision of a large number of screens, video and interactive panels, connected with all the news channels, it is possible to share the news with the entire editorial staff, in real time.
The enveloping lines of these embracing redactions allow transparency in the forms and help communication: all workstations, including web, are concentrated within a few meters radius, thus facilitating the flow of information.
The concentric structure, allows the Director to have a central workstation in order to supervise in real-time newspaper realization.
Even the corridors are equipped with full-height panels that reproduce news stories. In addition a large library containing the entire archive of the daily television and radio separates the area from the rest of the open space.
Daylight breaks on all sides, ceiling included: southern editing office is illuminated thanks to the natural light coming from the large skylight. The light of the northern editing office filters trough “skylight”: the use of extra-clear latest generation glass provides warmth to the environment making the space of the newspaper welcoming and livable.
The result of the project is a sustainable workplace at human level too: made with the needs of those who will occupy the space, in terms of flexibility, quality and health, not to mention the formal side.
