Reggio Emilia Courthouse

The Reggio Emilia Courthouse is a judicial complex located on Via Avvenire Paterlini in Reggio Emilia, Italy.

Description

The courthouse is located on Via Avvenire Paterlini, next to the Milan–Bologna railway. This site represents the connecting loop between the historic city center and the integrated system of tertiary structures situated in the northern districts. The project was entrusted to architect Pierluigi Spadolini, assisted by his son Guido. The work began in 1984 and was completed in 1992, the year the building was inaugurated.
The building features structures with a reinforced concrete frame, a flat roof, and is characterized by exposed reinforced concrete on the lower part of the facades, with metallic paneling on the upper section. The windows are made of aluminum.
According to Zanichelli, the building is "an example of advanced industrial technology", since "it features the facades of the main body entirely clad in copper sheet metal, while the masonry of the concrete prefabricated panels of the secondary structure reflects technological solutions typical of the architect's linguistic vocabulary".