INTERNI MAGAZINE SPOTLIGHTS NEW S.PELLEGRINO FACTORY IN BERGAMO

The April issue of Interni, the Italian design and architecture magazine, features the new home of S.Pellegrino’s Flagship Factory located in the heart of Bergamo, Italy, where the natural mineral water has been bottled since 1899. BIG’s design revisits the classical elements of Italian architecture and urbanism – the arcade, the viale, the piazza, and the portico – to create an environment where production and consumption, nature and architecture, outside and inside, and making and enjoying are integrated to elevate the experience for visitors and San Pellegrino staff alike. “The factory extension is imagined as the aquatic equivalent of a wine cellar: light, transparent, fresh, and natural. Like the mineral water itself, the Factory will appear to spring from its natural source, rather than imposing a new identity on the existing complex. This creates a seamless continuity between the environment of production and consumption, preparation, and enjoyment.” – Bjarke Ingels, Founder & Creative Director, BIG