Torre Intesa Sanpaolo

Torre Intesa Sanpaolo
General information
Type Commercial offices
Location Turin, Italy
Construction started 2011
Completed 2014
Opening 2014
Cost ~ 235 million €
Owner Intesa Sanpaolo
Height
Roof 167.25 m (548.7 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 39
Design and construction
Architect Renzo Piano
Engineer Expedition Engineering and Studio Ossola, Jacobs Engineering Group, Manens-Tifs s.p.a.
Main contractor Rizzani de Eccher

Torre Intesa Sanpaolo in Turin, Italy is a skyscraper as well as the headquarters for the banking group Intesa Sanpaolo.

The building is the second tallest in the city, after the landmark Mole Antonelliana which has held the record since 1889.[1]

The Intesa Sanpaolo tower provides office accommodation for more than 2,000 employees as well as providing leisure facilities for the general public. At its summit, a rooftop greenhouse houses a public restaurant, alongside a roof garden and a panoramic terrace that provides far-reaching views over the city. At its base, a 364-seat multifunctional public hall/auditorium is hung from the transfer trusses four stories above ground level.

Renzo Piano, Torre Intesa Sanpaolo's architect, described the skyscraper as "bioclimatic building", being naturally ventilated and cooled; with a substantial amount of its power requirement to be generated from photovoltaic panels that cover the southern façade.

The Intesa Sanpaolo tower has been built by the Italian main contractor Rizzani de Eccher and Swiss Implenia on an area of about 160 x 45 m between corso Inghilterra, corso Vittorio Emanuele II, via Cavalli and the Nicola Grosa Park.

The project was first introduced to the municipality in November 2007. After controversies on its height and the impact on the skyline, construction eventually started in December 2008.

In December 2014 the construction was over and the first 50 employees of the Bank have moved in the new premises.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Intesa Sanpaolo Tower, Turin, Lusas.com, retrieved 22 July 2012
  2. ↑ (Italian) al.ba., Grattacielo Intesa San Paolo, via ai traslochi. E negli uffici arrivano i primi 50 dipendenti., "Cronaca qui" del 16 dicembre 2014, p. 15

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Coordinates: 45°04′10″N 7°39′46″E / 45.06944°N 7.66278°E / 45.06944; 7.66278

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