Porro design in the research and innovation centre of the Italcementi Group by Kilometro Rosso
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Clean shapes and technical quality in the design signed by Porro were selected for the i.lab, the new research and innovation centre signed by the American architect Richard Meier which Italcementi Group, among the first concrete manufacturers at the worldwide level, developed inside the technological excellence centre Kilometro Rosso, along the highway A4 next to Bergamo.
The project, presented in 2006 and only concluded in 2011, forecast the building of a new facility 23,000 square meters out of which only 7,500 only dedicated to research laboratories. It hosts employees and researchers as well as scholars of the Italcementi Group at present dislocated in other Lombardy facilities: it will be the new pole around which new research on building materials and innovation in the concrete production processes will be concentrated on.
As for the furnishing of the internal spaces, on three floors, the Italcementi Group directly addressed Porro, among the most important Italian design furnishing companies, to supply tables, units, chairs and chest of drawers for all the office spaces and meeting rooms for the centre and bookcase units for the research library.
The systemic Fractal tables, Spindle chairs, HT chest of drawers, Modern wall units and Join small tables, some of the most representative products of the Porro collection range were used to create different space solutions, proving the brand capacity to furnish flexible spaces, thanks to clean and elegant products, defined by rigorous lines, prestigious finishes and design quality.
