location: Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze
status: commission, ongoing
client: Università degli Studi di Firenze
estimated cost: 6.442.091 Euro
The project for the new Biotechnology Department of the Faculty of Agriculture is a part of the Sesto Fiorentino Scientific and Technological Pole detailed plan. It stands next to the other departments of the faculty of Agriculture occupying the adjacent four block suggesting a longitudinal disposition of the building. The building consist in two parallel bodies situated on the north and the south sides of the plot, connected by a bridge. It has 3 levels over the basement with offices and laboratories, and a technical level and some small hothouses on the roof. The stone for the external sides and the big glass surfaces give the building an essential character, trying to create a strong relationship between function and imagine.