The 4,000 sqm production complex for Antonio Fusco is situated in Milan’s industrial periphery, in an area that developed during intensive industrial expansions. Its 1,200 sqm of office space is distributed over two volumes of the front that open to the enclosed garden and frame the circular hall. In addition, core production functions are carried out on the four levels of the 3,400 sqm of production area and warehouse space, and the 800 sqm of mechanized depot. A sense of architectural inseparability between the main front and the road side is fixed by the elongated horizontal articulation achieved by the reinforced concrete structural elements.

Comprising six repurposed industrial buildings around two courts, the Milan headquarters of Esprit is dominated by their grey concrete facade, perforated by large frameless window-panes. The visual screen of the main entrance leads to a zigzagging route that goes through the buildings by means of ramps, bridges and hot-wrought galvanized steel staircases. The choice of galvanized steel, usually used in sheet form for making eaves and roofing, represents a bold element in the interior architecture, along with the waxed grey concrete flooring and the visible air-conditioning system.