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BiM is a Milanese landmark designed by Vittorio Gregotti in the 1980s, now reintroduced to the city through a visionary regeneration plan by Piuarch and Antonio Perazzi. The project places public and collective space at its core, transforming monumental architecture into a cutting-edge, sustainable work destination where business services coexist with culture and social life. At the heart of the complex lies the square, reimagined as a welcoming green environment open to the community. At its center, the Pavilion emerges as an innovative multifunctional hub fostering collaboration between public and private spheres, embodying BiM’s principles of innovation, sustainability, and inclusion.
BiM emerges as a new landmark for Bicocca’s working, social, and cultural life. By opening the building with new entrances and lobbies, the project restores centrality to the square, now a welcoming hub with cafés, restaurants, parking, a gym, and an auditorium serving tenants and neighbors. From the start, cultural initiatives animate the spaces, weaving ties between project and city. Guided by a “give back” philosophy, BiM generates impact beyond its boundaries. A clear example is the Innovation Hub in the Bicocca Pavilion, a new institution of the University of Milan-Bicocca bridging academia and enterprises. This collaboration catalyzes urban renaissance, transforming BiM into a living ecosystem of innovation, sustainability, and inclusion, redefining the link between heritage and contemporary urban life.
BiM stands as a paradigm of authentic urban regeneration, embracing sustainability as its core identity. A candidate to the highest green certifications—LEED Platinum, BREEAM Excellent, WELL Gold—and already WiredScore Enabled, it redefines the workplace through Class A offices aligned with advanced ESG standards. Conceived within a logic of retrofitting and circular economy, BiM recovers existing architecture rather than building anew, reducing environmental impact across the building’s entire life cycle while returning to the community a place of meaning. Geothermal and photovoltaic systems, together with dual water collection and treatment systems, foster energy autonomy and minimize waste, cutting CO2 emissions. More than a project, BiM becomes a living ecosystem where innovation, sustainability, and identity converge to shape the future of Milan.
BiM is an ambitious urban regeneration project that transforms an entire block in the heart of Bicocca, spanning 50,000 square meters: 43,300 dedicated to offices, 3,400 to retail, 800 to the multifunctional Pavilion, and 6,000 to gardens and green areas. The architectural intervention by Piuarch builds upon Gregotti’s original work with a distinct identity, while maintaining deep respect for the initial design. The complex has been reimagined to open itself to the neighborhood and respond to contemporary needs of work and life: flexible offices, organized between open spaces and private areas, with great attention to the quality of common and relational areas. Two new levels—the seventh and eighth—add a light, transparent volume offering panoramic views of Milan’s skyline. At the center of the square, the new Bicocca Pavilion emerges as a free-form, almost circular structure: a gesture that breaks the rigidity of the orthogonal plan and introduces a new language into the urban fabric. This contemporary gesture harmoniously integrates with the garden designed by Antonio Perazzi. Developed over two above-ground floors and one basement level, the Pavilion is conceived to host multiple activities—research, meetings, events, installations—activating new ways of living and sharing urban space.
BiM embodies a new vision of sustainable urban regeneration: existing architecture reborn through retrofitting and circular economy, reducing environmental impact while giving identity back to the community. With Class A offices, top ESG standards, and green technologies such as geothermal, photovoltaic, and dual water collection and treatment systems, BiM becomes a living ecosystem where innovation and sustainability converge to shape Milan’s future.
