Torre San Vincenzo Genoa

San Vincenzo Tower
Torre San Vincenzo (Italian)
Map
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice
LocationGenoa, Italy
Address2 Via San Vincenzo, Genoa, Italy
Coordinates44°24′23″N 8°56′43″E / 44.40648°N 8.94515°E / 44.40648; 8.94515
Completed1967
Height
Roof105 m (344 ft)[1]
Technical details
Structural systemConcrete
Floor count23 (+2 underground)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Melchiorre Bega
Piero Gambacciani e Associati
Structural engineerMontaldo

The San Vincenzo Tower (Italian: Torre San Vincenzo) also known as the SIP Tower or Telecom Italia Tower is a high-rise office building in the San Vincenzo district of Genoa, Italy. Inaugurated in 1967, the tower stands at 105 m (344 ft) tall with 23 floors and is the current third tallest building in Genoa.[2]

History

Architecture

Built in the 1960s and designed by Melchiorre Bega, Piero Gambacciani and Attilio Viziano, it stands in the San Vincenzo area, opposite the Genova Brignole railway station.[3] The building housed the offices of SIP and, later, of Telecom Italia.[4]

The tower's design and construction exemplified a visionary approach to post-war modernism in Genoa: the skyscraper was built and enveloped completely in metal, a feat that had been technologically and structurally unimaginable for the Italian construction sector before this. Prefabricated metal components were combined, welded, or screwed into groups to create three levels. The ground level is recessed from the street facades. Smoky green glass facades on every side are topped at an angle with metal cladding.[5]

The skyscraper, renovated in the early 2000s, is home to associations and businesses. Since 2005, it has housed the Genoa headquarters of Confindustria, which occupies three floors of the building. Since 2022, it has also housed the offices of Italian Labor Union (UIL) Liguria. The tower has an official height of 105 metres and rises to 26 floors + 2 underground floors.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sip Tepi". CTBUH Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  2. ^ "The 10 tallest buildings in Genoa". genovatoday.it. Genova Today. April 7, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  3. ^ "Damned Architects. Genoa and the Architecture of the 20th Century: a Century of Love and Hate". ordinearchitetti.ge.it. Ordine Degli Architetti Genoa (OA.GE). Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  4. ^ "Il grattacielo degli industriali". GenovaPress. 13 October 2005.
  5. ^ Waclawek, Laura (October 10, 2023). "Torre San Vincenzo". thelink.berlin. The Link Berlin. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  6. ^ "Extraordinary interventions on the former Telecom skyscraper in via Fiume". smart.comune.genova.it. Smart Genova. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
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