Silo Tower

Harry Thaler Studio Merano, Italy

An old silo with a 6x6 m floor plan that had fallen into disuse has been transformed by Harry Thaler into a modern design studio.

Image number 32 of the current section of Silo Tower in Cosentino UK

The main motivation of the Italian firm was to save an important piece of the region’s industrial heritage from demolition. Located at the entrance to a business park in an Alpine valley of northern Italy, the concrete structure was a local carpentry’s storage for wood shavings. Standing 22 m on a 6x6 m floor plan, it posed several bureaucratic and architectural challenges.

The five new floors harbor a prototyping workshop, a material library, offices, a meeting room, and a terrace. A spiral staircase rises from bottom to top. To bring light into the workspaces, the thick concrete walls were perforated. Carried out on a low budget, the Silo Tower refurbishment is a call for ‘second chances’ and urban upcycling.

Image number 33 of the current section of Silo Tower in Cosentino UK
Image number 34 of the current section of Silo Tower in Cosentino UK
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