Schizopherenic facades, contrasting in a single building located at the center of Milan, Italy.

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Architects: Barreca & La Varra

Location: Via Macedonio Melloni, 20129 Milano, Italy

Architects In Charge: Gianandrea Barreca, Giovanni La Varra

Area: 942.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Carola Merello

Construction Design: Alberto Grazzi

Collaborator: Chiara Capponi

Construction: Cospe

Client: Sevenbricks srl

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From the architect. Schizopherenic facades, contrasting in a single building located at the center of Milan, Italy.
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The Milanese studio Barreca & La Varra decides to improve a buildings facades which was constructed around 1930s with a late 19th century style in the center of Milan, on Via Melloni. 

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Elevation

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The building consists of 4 floors, plus a basement and an attic. The old look of the building had a brusque façade facing the street and a banal ordinary interior. Overtime, a lift shaft had been added which was not matching with the previous architectural characteristics of the buildin...