Tenova Headquarters

Tenova Pomini factory, based in Castellanza (Varese), is the flagship of the Tenova group, worldwide supplier of advanced technologies, products and engineering services for the metals.

FTA was appointed to design the new building, the "head" of the production facility, which will house both operational and executive spaces.
The company’s productive efficiency was contrasted by the obsolescence and inefficiency of the existing office building, constructed in 1960. The state of the building was such that an integral refurbishment was not economical sustainable, thus creating the need to conceive a new building, functional to the company’s current production demands and corporate image. The new building volume allows for the harmonious integration of the new facade with the existing industrial facility, while accommodating the different speeds at which the building is perceived: by passing cars on the highway and by visitors at the building’ entrance. The result is a facade characterized by two orders. Large portals articulate the building’s structural span and the recessed windows are proportioned after the factory’s skylight facade, which backdrops the new building.