Vertigo Terrace – Milan
In the heart of the creative district of Via Tortona, where the industrial heritage of the early 20th century meets contemporary experimentation, Terrazza Vertigo takes shape, a project by Park Associati that redefines the boundaries between architecture, perception, and material.
Located on the rooftop of the former General Electric industrial complex, Terrazza Vertigo stands as an iconic project in which water, light, and glass become the protagonists of an intense and immersive sensory experience.
The fabric that shapes light
For this project, our product in its refined copper finish was selected to elegantly and precisely clad a series of monumental showers made from vertical laminated-glass slats.
Inspired by the load-bearing columns of the original building, these slats take on the role of sculptural elements that converse with their surroundings, transforming function into architecture, and structure into language.
With its fine yet structured weave and warm copper hue, the Syntarqui mesh integrates seamlessly into the project’s material framework.
Its ability to reflect and fragment natural light, combined with its transparency, enhances the optical illusion of verticality and lightness, contributing to the sense of vertigo evoked by the project’s very name.
Multifunctional and constantly evolving
In this ever-changing environment, our product becomes both a technical and expressive component: resistant, stable, and yet capable of interacting with the vibrations of water and sky, contributing to a feeling of suspension, openness, and privacy.
Thanks to one of the thinnest yarns in our collection, the mesh allows for excellent rendering even in the finest details and most precise geometries, an essential quality for a project that makes lightness and visual control its defining elements. Its high transparency, paired with a strong metallization, makes it particularly suitable for applications where a balance between screening performance and visual permeability is required.
Technical performance and aesthetic impact
From a technical standpoint, our fabric ensures excellent compatibility with any type of glass. The copper finish was chosen not only for its aesthetic value but also for its performance in terms of light reflection and alignment with the project’s overall color palette. Embedding the mesh within the glass does not pose any issues, even under the variable and extreme conditions typical of an exposed urban rooftop.
Terrazza Vertigo exemplifies how innovative materials and contemporary design languages can merge to create unprecedented spaces.
With Syntarqui products, glass becomes a living surface, one that tells a story rooted in industrial memory while projecting itself toward new dimensions of urban living.
