Fondazione Itas
The project for the new headquarters of the Itas Foundation in Trento is placed in the Albere’s district, a new urban area recently designed by the architect Renzo Piano. This area was occupied throughout all the 20th century by the Michelin factory. The shape of the roof of the proposed building recalls the same silhouette of industrial hangars, now demolished, conferring to the Itas Foundation a characteristic presence and an easily recognizable profile based on the identity and the memory of the place.
The new building materials are limestone, opal and transparent glass. A wide and high foyer leads to an auditorium of 444 seats. At the first floor there is an exhibition space, overlooking the principal hall of the ground floor, in order to relate and connect the activities that take place in the foyer with the events of the exhibition space. On the second floor are arranged the meetings and lecture rooms, while the top floor is dedicated to the offices and Presidency of the future Itas Foundation.
