Corso Italia 23, Milan Office Complex, Campus Images, Italian Workplace Architecture
Corso Italia 23 in Milan
Àllianz Real Estate Office Complex Development in Italy – design by SOM
2 Oct 2019
Corso Italia Office Campus
Redevelopment Architects: SOM
Location: Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Àllianz Real Estate and SOM have recently gone on site with their renovation scheme for the former Allianz S.p.A. Milanese headquarters in the heart of Milan. Originally designed by architects Gio Ponti, Piero Portaluppi and Antonio Fornaroli in the early 60s, the project transforms the 45,000 sqm Corso Italia complex from an insular single-tenant headquarters into a vibrant office campus employing the most advanced sustainability, flexibility, workplace, wellbeing and smart building concepts. This, while maintaining dialogue with the original design.
?Corso Italia 23 is a great opportunity to reposition Gio Ponti?s headquarters building and integrate it into the heart of Milan.? says Kent Jackson, Design Partner for the project. ?We were also happy that Allianz chose to approach this as an adaptive reuse project, significantly reducing our carbon footprint/embodied energy.?
The project takes an inside-out approach, addressing the needs of users by providing flexible and adaptable office space supported by a robust programme of amenities that meet the demands of contemporary users.
The office floors benefit from central hub spaces that create a vertical connection through the building an...