GLASS FOR FAÇADE 2020

43 SAINT-GOBAIN BUILDING GLASS Foggia is a city of 150,000 inhabitants on the spur of the “Italian boot» in Puglia region. The polyclinic attached to the university there has now been given a new center for emergency medicine and cardiovascular surgery, the Dipartimento Emergenza Urgenza (DEU). The construction work on the 65 million euro building was completed in October. The center is expected to go into operation in April 2021 after installation of all medical technology systems. The new building, which is embedded in the clinic campus, was constructed as a seven-story cube with two inner courtyards and a solar roof freely arranged above the structure. The planners paid particular attention to the use of color – inside and outside the building. In the building, a color-based guidance system helps with orientation. Outside, on the north side of the building’s envelope, the predominant tones are blue, grey and white. They can be seen on color alternating façade panels. Their interaction with the element glass creates an extremely lively appearance. To the main entrance in the south, the building is completely glazed. A steel structure was placed in front of the glass skin. On the one hand, it supports the solar roof, while on the other hand the lamellas embedded in it serve as shading and design element. DIPARTIMENTO EMERGENZA URGENZA HEALTH & CARE 42 SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS PROVIDES DAYLIGHT FOR THE HEALING Location Foggia, Italy Architects RTP – RPA, Perugia, Italy; Studio Altieri, Thiene (VI), Italy; SVEI, Rome, Italy; Engineering Studio, Cavaliere e Associati, Foggia, Italy; BTC, Bolzano, Italy Glass processor Vetrotreria Calasso Luigi, Copertino (LE), Italy; La Tecnica Nel Vetro, Scafati (SA), Italy Photos ©SAINT-GOBAIN Products COOL-LITE® SKN 165 II, STADIP® SILENCE®