San Paolo Foundation

ARCHITECT Durbiano Reinerio Architetti, arch. Luca Reinerio
YEAR COMPLETED 2011
INSTALLER
PHOTOGRAPHY Piùluce, Arch. Carlo Deregibus
LOCATION Turin, Italy
PANELITE PRODUCT Bonded Series B-ECCS-34 (Starlight). Expanded polymer core, Clear Satin facings. 34mm (1 3/8″) panel thickness.
Installation System ClearConnect BF-ITL3 Interlocking Kerf Joint detailWalls consist of a double layer of Bonded Series panels enclosing the metal structure, for optimum privacy and acoustics. Panels are custom cut to accommodate the great variety of shapes required by the existing building’s architecture.

 

In 2011 architects  Durbiano Reinerio Architetti were invited to restore the historic Palazzo in Piazza Bernini in Turin, Italy (built in 1889 by Giuseppe Davicini) for the headquarters of the Compagnia di San Paolo.

 

Bonded Series partition walls were introduced to divide the space while honoring the character of the original architecture. With muted satin facings and nearly invisible ClearConnect panel seams, double-walled Bonded Series panels provide a luminous, acoustic office partition system throughout the space that highlights rather than conflicts with the original materials and spatial quality of the building.

Panelite Bonded Series Translucent Honeycomb Panels Partitions San Paolo Foundation Turin Architects Giovanni Durbiano Luca Reinerio 14

 

This project also highlights the extent to which panels can be customized with high-quality pre-fabrication; in this case panels are cut to multiple complex custom sizes to accommodate the original structure of the building.

 

Panelite Bonded Series Translucent Honeycomb Panels Partitions San Paolo Foundation Turin Architects Giovanni Durbiano Luca Reinerio 13 Panelite Bonded Series Translucent Honeycomb Panels Partitions San Paolo Foundation Turin Architects Giovanni Durbiano Luca Reinerio 12

Panelite Bonded Series Partitions B-EPCCS Fondazione San Paolo Turin 1

 

This project also includes custom curved panels. To explore this project and Bonded Series options further, see the links below.