Innovative working spaces: the case study of Novartis and the "InNova" project

This contribution offers itself as evidence of a learning experience of the Degree Course in English language in Architecture, Interior Design and for Autonomy carried out in Department of Architecture and Industrial Design "Luigi Vanvitelli" of the Second University of Naples. Starting from a design competition sponsored by the pharmaceutical company Novartis for the redesign of the entrance and office building of the Campus of Siena, reserved for students and of which this project is one of five winners, the carried out experience investigated complex aspects linked to the symbolic value of the building, environment, landscape and history of an industrial settlement that develops in one of the most self-defining Italian municipalities for stylistic unity and historical and artistic heritage absolute value that constitutes it. Starting from the study on the "non-linear" geometry experimentations and on the new contemporary architecture paradigms, without neglecting the necessary technological and structural in-depth analysis, the submitted work focuses on the study of a "building magnet" as a possible intervention strategy in response to the program demands, the place nature and the need of the typological workspace review.