Fondazione Prada Building, Contemporary art center in Largo Isarco district, Milan, Italy.
The Fondazione Prada occupies a former distillery of the Società Italiana Spiriti dating from 1910, at Largo Isarco on the corner of Via Orobia and Via Lorenzini in southern Milan. Around the existing distillery buildings Rem Koolhaas and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture added new pavilions, including a white concrete tower inaugurated on 18 April 2018. The complex holds a permanent contemporary art collection with works by Jeff Koons, Walter De Maria, Pino Pascali, Damien Hirst and Carsten Höller, and regularly hosts temporary exhibitions.
The complex occupies the former Società Italiana Spiriti distillery, a plant dating from 1910 at Largo Isarco, on the corner of Via Orobia and Via Lorenzini in southern Milan. The Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and his Office for Metropolitan Architecture, with Chris van Duijn and Federico Pompignoli, added new pavilions including the tower, inaugurated on 18 April 2018. The project received the Compasso d'Oro award on 20 June 2018.
The foundation's permanent collection includes works by Jeff Koons, Walter De Maria, Pino Pascali, Damien Hirst and Carsten Höller, shown in former distillery spaces. The Cinema is described as the world's only 3D theatre dedicated to art. The tower, inaugurated on 18 April 2018, houses a research centre and library alongside exhibition space.
The complex sits at Largo Isarco, at the corner of Via Orobia and Via Lorenzini, in southern Milan. The Torre, Podium and Cinema occupy separate volumes, so allow time to move between them. The Torre holds exhibition space, a research centre and a library, while the Cinema is a 3D theatre dedicated to art.
The Torre, the white concrete tower inaugurated on 18 April 2018, was designed by Rem Koolhaas with the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, together with Chris van Dujn and Federico Pompignoli. On 20 June 2018 the complex received the Compasso d'Oro award. Inside, the tower holds exhibition space, a research centre and a library.
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