Pratic factory headquarters in Italy by GEZA - Gri e Zucchi Architettura
Pratic is an Italian manufacturer of sun-shading systems based in Fagagna, between Udine and Spilimbergo. The architects GEZA - Gri e Zucchi Architettura have just extended the company's factory.
GEZA - Gri e Zucchi Architettura worked on the interplay of shade and light, a nod to the products made here by Pratic: pergolas, awnings and sunshades.
The company's headquarters, originally built in 2011, has now gained a rectangular extension of 9,000 m². The existing building was designed by the same architects along similar lines, except that the concrete fins give way to a polycarbonate façade.
The façade of this industrial building is reminiscent of the Aplix factory by the French architect Dominique Perrault, which is soon to be extended. Clad in polished stainless steel, that building also seeks to reflect its surrounding landscape.
The industrial scheme comprises offices, service areas, a canteen, a wellness area, a production zone, warehouses and a paint shop.
The façade is made up of polycarbonate panels 4 cm thick and 10 metres high, fixed to a precast concrete structure. To achieve the play of shade and light, the architects worked only on the inner face of the façade: the black areas are opacified, while the light-coloured elements are frosted.
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