Sai Industry Renovation, Venice

The project recovers an abandoned production building, from the 1970s, located in the industrial area of ​​San Dona ‘di Piave, to make it the new headquarters of the Sai Industry company, a leading company in the Retail sector and in the production of “Cimento” a cement-based material intended for the covering of furniture, walls and facades. The old building is completely renovated to accommodate the new production, storage and office functions; through the reconstruction of the plants, part of the structures and the general safety measures (anti-seismic and fire prevention).
The facades are also the subject of restructuring and in particular the new office area located to the south of the building is equipped with a new outdoor space, made with massive elements of stacked wood that redefines the relationship between inside and outside of the facing work areas towards the warmer side.
A garden is placed between the new skin and the existing building as a filter between inside and outside that changes the relationship with the industrial context. Crossing the concrete portal you enter the double-height atrium, obtained from the demolition of a portion of a pre-existing floor in which is placed the new suspended staircase in metallic carpentry that connects the upper levels. The offices and all the new work areas created in the ex-industrial spaces, now enjoy large well-lit glass surfaces naturally, in compliance with all the new regulations for quality control and safety of the work spaces.