Gemini Analysis Center #2
Monterusciello, Pozzuoli (NA)
Year: 2016
Client: Gemini Srl
Location: Monterusciello, Pozzuoli (NA)
Performance: preliminary, definitive, executive project, building permit and environmental redevelopment of a building.
Status: completed
Architectural, structural and facilities project: Gnosis Progetti
After the first project realised for the Gemini Centre, the fitting out of a
In this second case, it is a matter of ‘adapting’ an existing building, which was constructed immediately after the 1980 earthquake and was originally intended as civil defence headquarters.
new building
next door was commissioned.In this second case, it is a matter of ‘adapting’ an existing building, which was constructed immediately after the 1980 earthquake and was originally intended as civil defence headquarters.
It is a simple volume with no central pillars made of prefabricated concrete panels mounted on a reinforced concrete frame structure. The idea proposed to the client was to cover the rigid building with a second skin of
coloured glass panels
surmounted by a slender roof of white painted fibre cement panels.
It is an obvious reference to Oscar Niemeyer’s formal research in terms of
A basement level has been excavated throughout the complex to complete the healthcare facilities.
lightness and purity of form.
The centre houses a laboratory for radiological analyses and investigations.A basement level has been excavated throughout the complex to complete the healthcare facilities.
