Fondazione Prada, Art museum in Largo Isarco, Milan, Italy.
Fondazione Prada is a contemporary art museum in Largo Isarco, Milan, built within a former gin distillery from the 1910s. The complex combines seven pre-existing industrial buildings with three new structures by OMA: the Podium, the Cinema and the Torre. The Torre, completed in 2018, is a 60-metre tower of exposed white structural concrete with five exhibition floors and a restaurant on the sixth.
The foundation was created in 1993 and moved to the renovated distillery site in 2015. A Dutch architectural firm led the redesign, bringing together old and new elements in dialogue.
The name refers to the fashion brand that established the museum and connects creative exploration with thought-provoking presentations. Many visitors treat the complex as a meeting point and stroll through the courtyard between different pavilions.
Entry is through the main gate near the courtyard, and the site is wheelchair accessible throughout all exhibition spaces. Allow enough time to explore different areas at a comfortable pace and move between buildings.
The white concrete Torre, completed in 2018, rises 60 metres and holds five exhibition floors showing the "Atlas" project from the Prada Collection, with the Ristorante Torre on the sixth floor. Its single large recessed opening near the top is easy to spot from the courtyard.
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