Two years of building work, 485 square metres of new offices, twelve workstations and two meeting rooms in a building that powers itself. Managing director Rosa Manuela Artoni’s account, the photographs of the new building and directions for finding us.
It took two years of building work and several weeks of moving, with desks dismantled one evening and reassembled somewhere else the next morning, the phone ringing while we tried to work out where things and documents had ended up. At last, the Artoni e Fadani offices are in the new head office building.
The address remains the same, but from now on we will be welcoming customers and partners beyond the entrance barrier, in the yard on the left.
Building new premises was a major decision, given both the scale of the investment required and the disruption the move would inevitably cause, at least during the transition. We believe firmly in the future, and we are convinced that it has to be prepared for well in advance, with an eye to the generations who will come after us.
Our offices, by then overcrowded, spoke of a company different from the one we are today.
We asked Studio Scaglioni e Vanelli Associati for a place where our people would enjoy working, one that would respect the environment around it and say something about us. Massimo Vanelli and Francesco Scaglioni delivered a building with 485 square metres of internal floor space, twelve workstations and two meeting rooms, overlooking a 6,000-square-metre site.
It is an NZEB building, nearly zero-energy. Heating is underfloor, while cooling and dehumidification work alongside the thermodynamic mechanical ventilation system, and a single all-electric heat generator serves the building all year round. The 30 kW photovoltaic array meets all of its energy requirements.
This investment follows the modernisation of our production plant begun in 2015 and brings a long and demanding programme to a close. For us they were years of seemingly endless work, years in which our objectives were perfectly clear to us and yet seemed to keep receding towards a distant horizon. When we finally began the move, our enthusiasm was such that it masked even the effort involved. At least for a few hours.
Today, from our offices, we look out over the countryside that reminds us where we come from, and at the plant that, day after day, will go on with us in the years ahead.
Our thanks go to Studio Scaglioni e Vanelli Associati and to all the tradespeople who worked on the new building for their excellent work, to our people, for the patience and enthusiasm with which they supported us through the long weeks of the move, and to everyone who has stood alongside us during these years of modernisation and renewal.
Work resumes at new desks, but the intentions that have always guided us remain unchanged: we hope this will be a pleasant place to stop a while and share time and common interests.
Rosa Manuela ArtoniManaging Director
The new Artoni e Fadani head office, inside and out.
How to find us.
The address is unchanged. To reach the offices, announce yourself at the intercom at the entrance barrier, then continue across the yard on the left as far as the new building.
For information: +39 0375 64180.