Carlo Ratti unveils digital arts centre with zigzag orange staircase
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has revealed his design for MEET, Milan's centre for digital culture and creative technology, which centres around a colourful zigzag-shaped staircase.
MEET is located in a historic palazzo in the Porta Venezia neighbourhood in Milan, to which Ratti added a 15-metre-high stairwell.
Ratti's design was informed by an earlier renovation of the space carried out by Milanese designer Gae Aulenti at the end of the 20th century.
Top and above: the stairwell at the centre of MEET is painted in warm hues. Photos are exclusive for Dezeen by Serena Giardina
"We started from Aulenti's intuition to create a new staircase in the middle of the building but redesigned it to turn it into a 15-metre-high vertical plaza," Ratti told Dezeen as he shared exclusive photos of the project. "The plaza should become the backdrop for informal presentations and everyday casual encounters. Furthermore, it fulfils a more traditional function to connect all the spaces of the MEET centre across five or six different levels."
Visitors can meet on the stairs. Photo is exclusive for Dezeen by Serena Giardina
The studio, together with architect Italo Rota, renovated the 1,500-square-metre (16,000-square-feet) space across three levels. As well as the plaza it now has a reconfigurable auditorium and movie theatre, a cafe, and an immersive hall for digital installations.
Ratti began working on the project a couple of years ago, before the coronavirus pandemic st...
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