Volvo Electric Charging Station, Milan
Italy
The charging station is an “urban living room” that offers pleasant waiting and creates a “micro-landscape” within the city. The project aims to imagine a new model capable of dismantling the paradigm and aesthetics of traditional refuelling stations. A place to recharge both cars and people: “Plug-in Nature”
Client
COIMA SGR SPA
Geography
Status
Year
2020
Area Size
191 sqm
Partners
Alpina, Redesco (structural engineering), Corbellini (plant engineering)
Key project datas
2 electric charging plug-in stations, urban furniture including sittings and bike racks, 113 sqm of permeable surface, 30 smq of flower meadow, 1 Platanus ispanica
The charging station is an “urban living room” that offers pleasant waiting and creates a “micro-landscape” within the city. The project aims to imagine a new model capable of dismantling the paradigm and aesthetics of traditional refuelling stations. A place to recharge both cars and people: “Plug-in Nature”
Client
COIMA SGR SPA
Geography
Status
Year
2020
Area Size
191 sqm
Partners
Alpina, Redesco (structural engineering), Corbellini (plant engineering)
Key project datas
2 electric charging plug-in stations, urban furniture including sittings and bike racks, 113 sqm of permeable surface, 30 smq of flower meadow, 1 Platanus ispanica
The project features a canopy designed to shield from the elements, a Hispanic Platanus, and a furniture system that serves as both seating and protection for the tree, with the potential to double as bicycle racks. This integration of nature and technology is a testament to our innovative approach.
The shelter’s perennial flowering meadow on the roof, capable of attracting various birds and insects, underscores the themes of sustainability and biodiversity. The shelter is designed to be a floating element that, through materials and colours, reflects the identity of the VOLVO brand and the showroom close to the project area.
The canopy is also equipped with a printed and backlit cloth to communicate different contents, transforming this object into a real light installation. Our interventions becomes an opportunity to recharge the car, but also to recharge ourselves while reconnecting with nature: Plug-in Nature!
Office
People
Andreas KiparValerio BozzoliValeria PagliaroFederico Bressanelli Roberta Filippini, Virginia Sellari
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