The Marxer Pharmaceutical Laboratory and Research Institute
“The complex stands near to Ivrea, on the road to Castellamonte, at the centre of an area designed as a park.The architectural complex is structured into 4 volumes: the production building, the volume used for research, the animal breeding department and the porter’s lodge. The first three buildings are connected by underground spaces where, in the central zone, there is a garage. All the volumes are made of exposed reinforced concrete.The elevations most exposed to the sun are protected by reinforced concrete screens.The southeast façade of the research institute, requiring more natural lighting, is not screened. The accessible space, located between the shading device and the glass wall, favours the circulation of external air to promote an effective ventilation of the façades.The lighting of the central part of the production laboratory is vertical, via Perspex domes positioned on prefabricated cement cylinders incorporated in the casting of the flat roof” (from “Alberto Galardi Architetto”, Alberto Galardi, Milan, 2001, pp. 50-81)
