Solstizio d'estate, Azimut

Project Details

Project Description

Project in collaboration with Il Prisma Architecture
CHALLENGE
Taking innovation in the centennial Italian Bocconi palace, in the center of Milan.
KICKOFF
Azimut is the largest independent financial asset management firm in Italy. It manages a sum equalling the GDP of Icelandand Estonia combined. 52 bn is the asset under Azimut SGR management
LOCATION’S KICKOFF:
A private dinner in a UNESCO site, the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan that housed one of the world’s most recognizable paintings, the late 15th-century mural work by Leonardo Da Vinci, “The Last Supper”. It was a good synthesis of what Azimut stands for and it was looking for: exclusivity and conviviality. The dinner was a delightful art experience but also a workplace analysis challenge. The design process was already starting, I was in front of a group really proud of their independence, with the statement of standing out from the others.

THE SUMMER SOLSTICE
We borrowed the philosophical and astronomical concept of the Copernican system and the Summer Solstice. As for the sun in the Copernican System, all the other members, both investors, and Azimut workers turn around in the same
trajectory. Like in a family, cultural alignment is essential for its progress. At the same time, the summer solstice is the moment when the Sun reaches its highest position in the sky.
At Il Prisma, we designed Azimut as the longest day in the year, the warmest, the brightest as an organization “on which the sun never sets”.

We deal with the design of the office as if it was a home, with the living rooms and all the finishes specific for the apartment.