“The new DHL Express Italy hub in Malpensa represents the first of three projects we are developing in Italy for the German company. This project aims to combine the enlightened vision of the company into tangible projects, introducing a new way to conceive and experience logistics: not just a place dedicated to sorting goods but an integrated hub that promotes the culture and mission of the company. , through highly evocative, as well as highly efficient spaces ". Massimo Roj, Alumnus of Architecture of Politecnico di Milano, describes the new hub of DHL Express inagurated in Malpensa and realised by Progetto CMRof which he is CEO and founder.
In almost thirty years of activity, Roj has spread - together with Progetto CMR, one of the leading Italian companies in the integrated design sector - Italian culture and good practices of international and sustainable architecture. The project in Malpensa is the first of other gateways that are going to be realised by DHL in Italy.
Con oltre 50.000 metri quadri di progetto, 110 milioni di euro di investimento e più di 1000 dipendentithe new operative structure of DHL has become the fourth biggest in Europe and the more sustainable and technologically advanced one, developed in its entirety in BIM.
Located in the south part of the Malpensa Airport, it has a "T" structure that will host a logistic hub, a wharehouse of 12.000 square meters and a factory on two floors and office spaces, more than 7000 square meters with a panoramic rooftop, rooms for meetings and for customer experience.
The characterizing element of the project is the presence of the Connector, a space that allows visual continuity between offices and warehouse and the creation of a sort of "agora" easily accessible by anyone who works in the building for moments of break and network.
One of the major elements of technological innovation is the material used for the casing, composed of triple-chamber alveolar polycarbonate : a light recycled and recyclable material, which allows the illumination of indoor environments through natural light, with considerable energy savings, and which at the same time guarantees excellent thermal and acoustic insulation.
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