Montecatini buildings

Cliente: Orma S.r.l.

Location: Milano

Prodotto: clinker 6x12 cm 3D

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In 2020 Teamwork made the reproduction of the facade of one of the buildings of the Montecatini complex, in Milan, Brera. Designed by architects Giò Ponti, Fornaroli and Soncini, and built at different times and on two contiguous lots, the buildings for Montecatini were designed to house all the administrative offices of the Milanese company.

Reproduction of the mosaic 2x2 (damaged mosaic on the left; Teamwork's reproduction of the mosaic on the right)

Teamwork reproduced the mosaic tiles and the 6×12 cm diamond-shaped 3D klinker that characterize the facade of the building overlooking via Montebello, built fifteen years after the first (which overlooks via della Moscova) on a lot adjacent, and which takes up some of its compositional principles, even if – observes the famous architect Piero Bottoni – «the external form in comparison with the adjoining building appears overwhelmed by the richness and showiness of the materials» (1954) such as the Apuano marble on the street surfaces or the mosaic with white tiles, which covers those facing inside.

Reproduction of the Gio Ponti's tile (6x12 cm diamond shape 3D)
The damaged facade
The renovated facade
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