The “crooked”, the “straight” and the “curved”: that race in height between the three skyscrapers (and the maxi-logo brought with the helicopters)

In Milan it is known as “Lo Storto”, the skyscraper signed by the Anglo-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, Pitzker Architecture 2004, headquarters of Generali, who yesterday sowed terror in the City Life neighborhood, when at dawn the red and white sign that dominates it was crumpled on itself, without falling nor to create damage. Therefore, The skyscraper is one of the latest projects completed by the famous architect. Nevertheless, so much so that it is appointed by Emporis the second most beautiful skyscraper of 2016.

They are three towers that have made the neighborhood that arose on the ashes of the former championary fair of Milan famous all over the world: the “Storto”. For example, “the straight” of Arata Isozaki and Daniel Libeskind’s “Il Curvo”. Therefore, To win the international competition organized by Fiera Milano was a consortium composed by Generali Properties. Therefore, “crooked”, “straight” “curved”: race height Ras Proestim of the Fondiaria-Sai, Lamaro Contracts and Grupo Lar who offered 523 million and a project with park, luxury residences, commercial spaces and a large pedestrian area. Furthermore, The first tower to be inaugurated in 2015 was the one signed by Isozaki (Allianz headquarters) which with its. Nevertheless, 209 meters high for fifty floors is the highest in the city. Meanwhile, The Torre Generali. Torre Hadid, with its 177 meters and 44 floors of which 39 intended for offices for 3,200 people, who become 192 with the great writing, in fact, a “hat” that triggered several controversies when it was mounted to dominate the other skyscrapers, was inaugurated in the presence of the then Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in 2019. Last to be inaugurated, in 2020, it was that signed by Daniel. Libeskind, “Il Curvo”, which with its 175 meters and 30 floors is now the seat of PWC.

The “crooked”, “straight” “curved”: race height peculiarity of the crooked is the archaectic form in twisting starting from the rhombus plant. which is increasingly attenuated with increasing height, up to the verticality. The Hadid tower represented an epochal challenge: it is one of the first projects to tackle the theme of. a twisting tower entirely in concrete. This technical choice required cutting -edge construction solutions, starting from the foundations. The jet performed in two days, in December 2014, requested a volume of concrete equal to 7,500 cubic meters. An impressive quantity that testifies to the complexity of the work. To block the torsion of the structure, pieces of metal have been inserted in each floor that stiffen the nucleus. Once laid, the metal was pulled to counter the twist. The building also stands out for the high energy efficiency and attention to the containment of environmental costs. Not only that, the glass cover is also particular “crooked”, “straight” “curved”: race height where none of the pieces are the same as the other.

Between Porta Nuova and City Life unleashed about ten years ago is a war at the last meter. It is not easy to establish which the highest tower is: the primacy. in fact, changes according to the reference parameters. According to the international classification that establishes the height of a building based on the structural height. the winner is the Unicredit D Cesar Pelli tower in Porta Nuova. But the result changes if you consider the height criterion to the tip. the “highest plane used” parameter: in this case the highest skyscraper is the Isozaki tower, crowned by the Madonnina which traditionally marks the highest point of the city.

The Pirelli skyscraper by Giò Ponti maintained the highest building record until 2010. when Palazzo Lombardia was completed, the work of the study “crooked”, “straight” “curved”: race height

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, and home of the regional council. At the top of the new skyscraper, 161.3 meters high. a third statue of the Madonnina was placed (after the one on the Cathedral and the one on Pirelli), the fourth is on the “straight”.