Chosen from more than 100 international candidates, Erick van Egeraat’s design for office buildings in the Milanofiori Business Park in Assago, Milan, have been awarded with the Italian US award, 2nd prize. The annual competition, organized by the renowned magazine Italian US-ufficiostile, singles out the excellences in the planning of working environments in Europe, to promote and spread the culture of quality and innovation in workplaces. Besides the assignment for the full master plan of the area, Erick van Egeraat was commissioned for the design of 7 office buildings.
The jury reports; ‘Milanofiori Nord aims at being a district on a human scale, with a high environmental quality, where architecture and landscape will complement each other perfectly. Besides complying with sustainability standards as to composition, technology and materials (bio-building, solar panels), it also provides for the enhancement of the surrounding wooded areas.’