Located where Saronno’s urban fabric meets the surrounding agricultural landscape, the residential tower The View brings a contemporary approach to urban regeneration, combining sustainability, comfort and high-quality living spaces. The building stands within extensive communal grounds, with planted gardens incorporated into its large private terraces. Shared amenities designed for contemporary lifestyles include a bicycle workshop, an entrance hall with reception, a multipurpose space with large glazed openings overlooking the garden and an automated parcel delivery system. “Environmental and social sustainability has been a key consideration and a guiding principle from the earliest design stages,” explains Marco Ciarlo, one of the project partners. “The extensive greenery and careful choice of materials help create an innovative housing model designed for contemporary lifestyles.”
“The tower’s envelope emphasises its vertical proportions while incorporating the large cantilevered terraces into a restrained, carefully balanced composition,” says Massimo Roj, CEO and founder of Progetto CMR. “The technologically advanced complex is surrounded by extensive green space, while planted gardens punctuate the large private terraces overlooking the grounds. It brings together the values that will define the homes of the future: community, sustainability and liveability.” The apartments’ large terraces are supported laterally by four box-section steel structures conceived as sculptural architectural elements. The structures are clad in fibre-cement boards finished with a reinforced base coat. The building’s appearance is largely defined by its ventilated façade, which balances warm grey rendered surfaces with porcelain stoneware cladding.
The ceramic slabs supplied by Laminam form two broad vertical bands on the east and west elevations, emphasising the tower’s vertical proportions and creating a pronounced textural contrast with the render. The cladding uses Laminam’s I Naturali collection in the Ardesia Bianco A Spacco finish, selected for its tactile qualities and the technical performance of large-format ceramic surfaces. Ardesia Bianco A Spacco draws inspiration from Pietra di Lavagna, the natural slate traditionally quarried in Liguria and widely used in Italian medieval and Renaissance architecture. Its compact, silky surface recreates the veining and tactile qualities of natural stone through a finish reminiscent of traditional hand-split slate. This texture gives the façade a distinctive tactile character. As the daylight changes, so too does the appearance of the surface, its lively texture emphasising the tower’s vertical lines.
