OPEN – New office building

Design: 2016-2018

Work supervision and safety coordination: 2024 - ongoing

The construction of Tower 3 “Open” at Leonardo da Vinci Airport in Fiumicino is configured as a work of high complexity, developed within a strategic and highly constrained airport context, characterized by stringent requirements in terms of safety, accessibility, infrastructural integration, and architectural quality. The design required an integrated and interdisciplinary approach, capable of coordinating architectural, structural, MEP, environmental, and landscape components, as well as ensuring the full compatibility of the intervention with the airport masterplan and with the operational continuity of the airport.

The building is located on a 5,224 sqm plot, developed over 5 above-ground floors and one underground technical level, with a maximum height of 21 m and a total gross floor area of 55,000 sqm. It is inserted within a highly accessible intermodal airport context, just a few meters from the multi-storey parking system, the railway station, and Terminal 1. Access to the building is provided via a drop-off area on the main façade and via the pedestrian bridge connecting it to Multi-storey Car Park A, which through elevated pedestrian walkways leads to the railway station and the Terminals.

The intended use includes offices, coworking spaces, common areas and services, with a floor dedicated to Rent-a-Car activities and a direct connection to the multi-storey car park through a pedestrian bridge. The architecture is characterized by inclined glazed façades, flexible layouts, and a design oriented toward LEED Gold certification. The final design and detailed design of the new office tower were approved not only by the Italian Civil Aviation Authority but also by the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Culture, in accordance with the provisions of the Environmental Impact Assessment Decree issued for the broader airport completion project of Fiumicino.

The location of the tower at the entrance to the terminal area and in proximity to Terminal 1 required that the construction typology, forms, façades, accessibility, and landscaping be studied through various simulations, in full coordination with the General Directorate for Landscape of the Ministry of Culture. Although the building presents itself as a standalone structure, from an MEP standpoint—and especially in terms of data systems—it is connected to the airport networks through a complex IT system that allows not only the supply of normal, preferential, and uninterruptible power for specific users, but also real-time monitoring of all thermo-hygrometric environmental parameters.