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edificio per uffici inAmsterdam.Un parallelepipedogrigio, dalle regolaribucature finestrate, è il“principio portante”, ilvolume neutro e razionaledelle stanze.Su questo si avvolge inuna sequenza colorata evibrante di pieghedall’orizzontale al verticale,attraverso piani inclinati divarie gradazioni, la pareteventilata in cotto.In effetti la distinzioneclassica tettonica tra facciatae tetto non ha qui più senso,perché è la medesimasuperficie che soltantopiegandosi avvolge e si adattaalla parete verticale comealla superficie piana dellacopertura.Le lastre utilizzate per laparete ventilata in cotto sonodel tipo Long Tile, poste inopera con differenti altezze edifferenti lunghezze, perconsentire i progettati effettidi vibrazione superficiale.I giunti verticali sonosegnati e sigillati da unprofilo aggettante inalluminio verniciato.the architectural genesis ofthis office building inAmsterdam.A gray parallelepiped,with regular openings forwindows, is the “structuralprinciple,” the neutral andrational volume of the rooms.This is then wrapped, in acolorful and vibrantsequence of folds from thehorizontal to the vertical,through inclined planes atvarious angles, with theterracotta ventilated wall.In fact the classicalarchitectural distinctionbetween façade and roof nolonger has any meaning here,as it is the same surface thatfolds around the building,adapting to the vertical wallas well as to the flat surfaceof the roof.The terracotta panelsused for the ventilated walltiles are the type known asLong Tile, varying in heightand length to produce theeffects of surface vibrationcalled for by the designers.The vertical joints aremarked and sealed by aprojecting profile in paintedaluminum.170 171

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