The auditorium of the cultural hub ‘Il Pertini’ in Cinisello Balsamo (MI), dedicated to Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, is now fully equipped with LAMM seatings. The acoustic panels for the newspaper archive and café are from the sister company, Caruso Acoustic.
Around the early twentieth-century façade of the former school, glass and concrete partitions give shape to the new cultural hub ‘Il Pertini’. This transformation takes place in Cinisello Balsamo, made possible by a project conceived through an international competition led by the DOIT Architetti Associati studio. The glass windows reveal shelves with books, conveying a clear message: access to culture is for everyone. An invitation to foster a sense of community within a welcoming and cosy environment, where the library, complete with reading rooms, the newspaper archive, the media library, the café, the auditorium, the administrative offices, and the playroom come together.
At the behest of the administration, the school, which had fallen into severe disrepair, was demolished except for the main façade, which now serves as a theatrical backdrop around which contemporary architecture is built. Located on the lower ground floor, the large auditorium named in honour of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino features C100 – Baldanzi & Novelli armchairs. The seats, with their straightforward design and high degree of customisation, have been chosen in the version with a low backrest and floor-level sides. The side panels and armrests are fully padded; while the structures are painted in graphite. Covered with Trevi CS fabric, the armchairs are made of FSC®certified wood C134805, which guarantees that the raw material is sourced from responsibly managed forests.
For the beams in the cultural hub’s newspaper archive, sister company Caruso Acoustic supplied and installed Silente model flush-mounted acoustic panels, while panels with integrated LED lighting were chosen for the café.
Project: ‘Il Pertini’ Cultural Hub| Falcone and Borsellino Auditorium
Location: Piazza Natale Confalonieri, 3, 20092 Cinisello Balsamo (MI)
Dealer: Formar Contract
Client: City of Cinisello Balsamo
Architectural project: DOIT Architetti Associati (Rome)
Year: 2025
LAMM supply: C100 armchairs – Baldanzi & Novelli
Photographs: Mario Davoli