S.Pellegrino Flagship Factory, Bergamo Building, Industrial Italian Architecture, Images
S.Pellegrino Flagship Factory in Bergamo
New Building in North Italy – design by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, Architects
16 Feb 2017
S.Pellegrino Flagship Factory
Architects: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
Location: San Pellegrino Terme, Bergamo, Italy
S.Pellegrino Flagship Factory

Shaped by the serpentine run of the Brembo river and the sloping Alpine mountainsides, BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group?s winning design for the new 17.500 m2 S.Pellegrino Flagship Factory embraces the surrounding forces of nature and taps into S.Pellegrino?s industrial heritage, guiding visitors through the 30-year journey of the natural mineral water.
S.Pellegrino has selected BIG to develop the new home for one of the most complex and advanced plants in San Pellegrino Terme, where the natural mineral water has been bottled since 1899. BIG and MVRDV were announced as finalists of the invited competition curated by Studio Molinari in October 2016. The winning proposal, designed by BIG, was officially unveiled today at the Feltrinelli Foundation in Milan. The 90-million Euro project is expected to bring economic, tourism, social and employment benefits to local communities and the entire Lombardy Region.

?Today we are laying the first symbolic stone of the Factory, which will become the flagship of our Group,? said Stefano Agostini, President and CEO of the Sanpellegrino Group. ?Out of all the projects ...