The enhancing of the expositive spaces of the Museo Diocesano located in the Bishop’s Palace of Cremona represented a prestigious project but also a challenge for Steel Group. The basic need arose from the necessity to find the best solution to close the inside yard between the two wings of the building. In order to give life to the project of the architect Giorgio Palù, Steel Group created a transparent covering with double glazing selective glass, specially chosen to reduce the radiation and contain the heating of the rooms below.
A massive spiral staircase consisting of six flights of stairs and 164 metal and frosted glass steps, each one different from each other, was then hung on this structure through the use of steel cables in order to provide access to the different floors. Despite the huge size, the sinuous shapes together with the game of led lights set between the transparencies of the landings, managed to give lightness to the whole composition, overcoming in a harmonious way the height difference between floor and another that characterized the ancient building.
The walkways made of white powder coated iron and glass which linked the two parts of the building also contributed to the perception of bright and floating elegance. Steel Group’s intervention was then concluded with the creation of important elements for the exhibition spaces such as customized bases for all the artifacts and the different glass cases, but also elegant design details
like the Gualander, original movable supports for the paintings as well as benches, bean bags and sofas made of steel and upholstered in soft leather.
Ph. Roland Halbe
