Campus Human Technopole

The campus, which also includes existing structures like Palazzo Italia, the iconic building of Expo Milano 2015, and the North and South Pavilions, will have an area of over 11,000 m2. The project also specifies how the zones of connection will be developed, with the parts pertaining to the new building and the links to external areas.

The building itself will be ready in about three years. It will have an overall area of 35,000 m2 and a height of 61 meters at its tallest point. The facility will contain laboratories of biochemistry and molecular biology, avant-garde scientific instruments including optical microscopes, space for expansion of the cryogenic electron microscopy division, and up to 800 workstations for researchers. There will also be large communal spaces, meeting rooms and halls for events and training programs.

"In a particular moment like the present, we are proud to contribute to the creation of a new structure for scientific research and human wellbeing, themes that require maximum attention and commitment, today more than ever before,” the studio Piuarch said in a statement. "Human beings are the fulcrum of our project, destined to be a place of exchange of knowledge and dialogue, a space we imagine as a fundamental part of the rebirth of Milan."