Lapo Elkann opens the doors of the Garage Italia headquarter in Piazzale Accursio in Milan, inside the iconic former Agip Supercortemaggiore station restored by Michele De Lucchi’s MDD studio. And with Cracco signature restaurant
Italy’s passion, creativity, design and excellence meet together in the new headquarters of the Italian entrepreneur’s creative hub, which houses inside a bar and a restaurant, run by Chef Carlo Cracco. The story of Piazzale Accursio began in the 1950s, in the full Italian economic miracle. An astonishing architecture with wide wings divides the square, two ways wind up and bring the new traveler into magnificent places. For many years this beautiful architecture has been abandoned to its destiny of decadence. Now its doors re-open in a renewed robe thanks to Lapo Elkann and Garage Italia. Immediately after the entrance door, which takes up the original glazing of the 1950s, a huge cloud consisting of over 1,100 models of cars hanging on the bar area, which will revive in the morning for breakfast, accompanies the visitor to the soul of Garage Italia Custom: the forge of tailor-made customization projects. The focus of the activity of the creative hub of Garage Italia comes to life in the Materioteca, an inspirational place where ideas are transformed into reality and where it is possible to touch all the materials that will be used to realize their dream of customization. On the back wall a large library shows the quality and the chromatic richness of varnished sheets, fabrics and leathers available. Going upstairs you reach the Garage Italia Milano restaurant, which occupies a single large, trapezoidal hall overlooking the Accursio square. At the center of space, the body of a Ferrari 250 GTO has been transformed into a functional cocktail station to animate the evenings. On the ceiling there is the shape of a real toy electric track, for a total of 35 mt of wood with steel inserts, with 22 mini Formula 1 models, including two Ferrari deliberately positioned close to the finish line. Credits: Garage Italia
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