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New headquarters in Rome

5+1AA designed the headquarter for a bank that is capable to both belong to the urban context of the Tiburtina Station and to be representative for the city of Rome and for its users.

5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo, Nuova sede gruppo BNL – BNP Paribas, Roma, 2016

The design of the new headquarters of BNL is part of a particular and unique context. Unique because the nature of the context is a layering of infrastructures that are separated by two important urban areas of the city of Rome, thanks to the construction of the station for high-speed rail, which leads to a new role, not only in terms of services service but also as “urban place”.

5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo, BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters, Rome, 2016

5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo, BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters, Rome, 2016

5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo, BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters, Rome, 2016

5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo, BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters, Rome, 2016

5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo, BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters, Rome, 2016

5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo, BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters, Rome, 2016

5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo, BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters, Rome, 2016

Particular because the area where the new building will stand, due to its geometric shape and topography and its relative orientation, suggests to design the building according to the principle of “Janus”.

The new building develops a dialogue with the adjacent complex of Tiburtina railway station, with its main features characterized by size and horizontality. The dialogue does not necessarily have to be direct, but should have references both to perspectives and to the different levels of the station, and also a different role (the horizontal stratification) in the new urban landscape.

Architects’ goal is to meet the functional needs with a building that is capable, in its autonomy and identity, to belong to the urban context of the Tiburtina Station and at the same time to be representative both for the city of Rome and for its users. From these considerations, a proposal is made for a building that is able to relate differently to the north-west with the district Pietralata and south-east with the Tiburtina Station complex.

5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo, BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters, Rome, 2016

5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo, BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters, Rome, 2016

5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo, BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters, Rome, 2016

5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo, BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters, Rome, 2016

5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo, BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters, Rome, 2016

5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo, BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters, ground floor

5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo, BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters, sixth floor

5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo, BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters, elevations

5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo, BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters, sections

New BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters, Rome
Program: office building
Architects: 5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo
Team: Alfonso Femia, Gianluca Peluffo, Simonetta Cenci (architects), Alessandro Bellus, Marco Corazza, Francesca Raffaella Pirrello (project directors), Alfonso Femia, Gianluca Peluffo, Simonetta Cenci, Annalaura Spalla, Gabriele Filippi, Marzia Menini, Sara Sartini, Maria Michela Scala, Daniele di Matteo, Sara Massa, Vanesa Carbajo Fernandez, Roberta Nardi, Francesca Zampetti (design team), Gianmatteo Ferlin, Michela Lucariello, Paolo Oliva, Eleonora Zinghinì, Etienne Bourdais, Stefano Cioncoloni (collaborators), Alfonso Femia, Alessandro Bellus (work team)
Structural engineering: Redesco srl
Plants: Ariatta Ingegneria
Construction supervision and coordination: Starching – Studio Architettura Ingegneria
Area: 70,000 sqm
Completion: 2016

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New headquarters in Rome

5+1AA designed the headquarter for a bank that is capable to both belong to the urban context of the Tiburtina Station and to be representative for the city of Rome and for its users.

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