Mario Bellini Architects is putting its act together to begin work of the MIC plus. The construction work of the new convention center Milan Fiera Milano city is expected to start this June. Under the project, halls 5 and 6 that are no longer used in the Fiera Milano city will go through green refurbishment and will be artistically connected to the existing Milan convention center just beside it.
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The demolition work at the site is complete, on which the convention center that would have an auditorium accommodating 1500 people, a plenary hall of 4500 seats along with 73 meeting rooms, which can cater for 20 to 2 thousand posts, will reside. The roof of the structure is being given the name ‘Silver Comet’ that is expected to complete by April. The 15 thousand square meters wide by 45 meters high roof will have LED lights that will be illuminated using solar panels.
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The structure will embrace a graft body of metal and glass with three tapered foyers at different levels with 180-degree views over the city. The ‘Silver Comet’ will comprise of a combination of 8 thousand meters ray luminescence that are detached. They hover from a more dense core to form a line. Each beam of the roof will include light steel trusses, which will have LED lights. The eco-friendly lights that are powered by photovoltaic panels add to the aesthetics of the structure.
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Via: DesignBoom
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