來自愛爾蘭的 Grafton Architects 建築師事務所受 Luigi Bocconi 大學(Universita Luigi Bocconi)賦予了在米蘭如此一個充滿歷史與現代彼此撞擊的都市裡，設計一棟街道邊的教職員大樓的任務，首先想到的便是「都市」，甚至，更直接地挑明，建築師想像的就是在80米x160米的基地上打造一座微型城市，藉由建築大廳的空間作為如傳統市集或交易場所的所在，使封閉的大學校園得以與米蘭的都市生活彼此串流。
由 Grafton Architects 設計的 Luigi Bocconi 大學(Universita Luigi Bocconi)教職員大樓於世界建築日舉辦獎項中脫穎而出，贏得2008年年度世界最佳建築獎。
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朝米蘭開窗
基地的北端與 Viale Bligny 路相鄰，路上來往的交通、電車的喀喀聲、巴士的引擎聲、過往的人群，以這些平凡常見的景象蔓延至都市網格，在在都顯露了米蘭都市生活的躍動，因此，面對 Viale Bligny 路的這面產生了一種以建築方式對米蘭「打開窗戶」的可能性，並且以建築形象堅固人們對於Bocconi 大學在米蘭歷史中所扮演的角色。基於前述種種，教職員大樓的中庭更應該扮演公眾空間的延伸，以空間直接與城市交談，彰顯大學存在的意義。
都市的意識
受到米蘭 Maggiore 醫院前庭空間的啟發，建築體從 Viale Bligny 與 Via Roentgen 兩條路邊緣退縮，讓出了一片18米 x 90米的公共空間，而建築物上方一塊塊的長形量體宛如「手指」伸入都市當中，招呼過往的人們進到空間的核心，除此之外，退縮處也採用米蘭市街道舖面的石材，以材料作為言語，暗示其延伸自都市街道的意願。
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向天空發展
為了讓出前述作為人們彼此交流的公共空間，建築師將屋頂的形式進一步發展，結構系統內的「樑」與「樓板」被建築師放大到足以容納人們使用的尺度，研究室、辦公室等空間往上搬移，四個長樑般的量體懸浮於公共空間上方收納著教職員們所使用的場所，透過量體之間的縫隙，天光引入內部。
在概念上，底層的空間不僅是在二度空間與外部的城市相互鏈結，而是穿過上方的研究室空間呼吸著米蘭的都市氛圍以及，天空的顏色。
地底的密穴
在地面層以下的演講廳扮演著支撐上方光井的作用，在空間的樣貌上來說，這裡就好像是一處由緊密固狀的岩石中開鑿出來的洞穴，藏在米蘭市街道的一側，從洞穴口，由人們的步伐帶來生活的氣息，讓都市景緻與「人造洞穴」此一景觀有了聯繫。
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Universita Luigi Bocconi, Milan, Italy
A Piece of City
We saw this brief as an opportunity for the Luigi Bocconi University to make a space at the scale of the city. To this end we have built at the scale of the site,80m x160m. Inside, our building is thought of as a large market hall or place of exchange. The Building』s hall acts as a filter between the city and the university.
A Window to Milan
The northern edge of the site fronts onto the artery of Viale Bligny, with the clatter of trams, the rush of busses, general traffic, people passing. It addresses the throbbing urban life of Milan, weaves into the mesh of the city. This frontage becomes the architectural opportunity to have a 『window』 to Milan, a memorable image to confirm the important cultural contribution that the Bocconi University plays in the life of this city. For this reason, the public space of the aula magna occupies this frontage, asserting a symbolic presence and a register of the prestigious status of the University.
Social Lebensraum
The building is set back from the Viale Bligny & Via Roentgen edges to make a public space 18m x 90m inspired by the space forward of Hospital Maggiore.This new deep 『finger』 of space reaches out to the city and beckons the visitor into the heart of the interior. This public space continues into the building, bringing with it it』s stone surface, the floor of the city.
Moving Skyward
In order to make this grand place of exchange we thought about the research offices as beams of space, suspended to form a grand canopy which filters light to all levels. The offices form an inhabited roofscape. This floating canopy allows the space of the city to overlap with the life of the university. Allows internal and external public spaces to merge.
The beehive world of the research is physically separate but always visually connected to the life of the lower levels
Undercroft
The underground accommodation is treated as an erupting landscape which offers support to the inhabited light filters above. Spatially this underground world is solid, dense and carved. We tried to establish a continuity between the 『landscape』 of the city and the 『made landscape』 of this undercroft.
Aula
The external wall to the sunken Aula Magna reaches the full height of the building with the upper level offices inhabiting it』s roofscape /attic. The full bulk and scale of this great room 『the embedded boulder』 sits directly on the street edge and is the anchor for the totality of the building.