Massimo Mariani architects have designed the office headquarters for Cabel Industry. an Italian company that makes software for banks. The building sits on the edge of the town of Empoli, it measures 4.500 square meters and it is sited inside the local industrial area.Partially set into the ground, the building is composed of two extended floors out the ground level and a vault under. Along the main front the facade is protected by a long slice of public green. During the day colored glass create liquid chromatic effects inside black and white offices, instead of nighttime when colored cuts project out vivid lighting effects underlining holes, cuts and shapes of the building. The building is made of precast concrete elements with aluminum cladding on the roof and rounded facades. Roof cladding hide photovoltaic systems producing 150Kw, so the building is energetically self-sufficient. While it is a great office building, I was thinking that this building would make a great residential property.
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