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Esprit Headquarters

,

Milan (Italy)

,

1988

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Esprit Headquarters

,

Milan (Italy)

,

1988

Antonio Citterio Terry Dwan

The project repurposes an industrial complex organised around two courtyards as Esprit’s Milan headquarters and showroom, preserving the original volumes and chimney while reversing the factory logic: the courtyards become open-air rooms that structure a continuous indoor–outdoor promenade. A screened entrance sets up a zigzag circulation of ramps, bridges, and hot-dip galvanised steel staircases; the same material appears in window frames and interior elements, set against waxed grey concrete floors, exposed HVAC, and uniformly plastered façades.

Client

Esprit

Photo credits

Gabriele Basilico