Anno 2010: Roma cerca verticalità, slancio, respiro… ed ecco che avvia la costruzione dell’opera “che ridisegna il vivere nella capitale” s’affrettano a commentare gli architetti. “Un’opera destinata ad accrescere il patrimonio culturale e architettonico di Roma, capace di rivoluzionare il modo di vivere in città”, scrivono i comunicatori. Presentata a maggio è il grattacielo di Eurosky Tower: 120 metri di altezza per 28 piani (la cupola di San Pietro ne misura più di 132) e canoni architettonici che la proiettano nella classe A per tutta una serie di plus tra cui: pannelli fotovoltaici installati in copertura con potenza di 180 kw, raccolta differenziata pneumatica dei rifiuti, un sistema di domotica in tutti gli appartamenti, serre in tutti gli appartamenti sistema di trigenerazione per la produzione di caldo, freddo (con piastre radianti a pavimento) ed energia elettrica, dispositivi per il recupero dell’acqua piovana e il risparmio dell’acqua sanitaria e la produzione di acqua microfiltrata.

Year 2010: Rome works towards verticality, energy, and spacing…so it starts the construction of a project “that will re-design the way we live in Rome,” note the architects. “A work intended to enrich Rome’s cultural and architectural heritage, capable of drastically changing the way we live the city,” write the promoters. The project regarding the Eurosky Tower was presented in May. It will reach a height of 120 meters across 28 storeys (St. Peter’s Dome is over 132 meters high) and features architectural canons that place it at Class A level for a number of extras such as: 180 kw photovoltaic panels installed on the roof, recycling bins for the collection of pneumatic waste, a domotics system in all the apartments, greenhouses, CCHP systems for the combined cooling (with floor cooling plates), heating and power, reservoirs for the collection of rainwater and the recovery of sanitary water and systems for the production of micro-filtered water.
Designed by the architect Franco Purini, who drew his inspiration from the medieval towers of Rome’s historic centre such as the Torre delle Milizie, Eurosky is a work that cost 100 million euro employing a workforce of 200 people. Now that the foundations have been laid, it still employs 90 people. “Rome’s skyline was characterised by towers long before the domes were built,” remarks Purini, “and this skyscraper intends to recall this vertical presence, while conveying a modern message, a message to respect the environment and save energy. An approach, which will bring some future into the present”.

The tower stands in the Eur district and is composed of two vertical prismatic volumes of reinforced concrete and steel, covered with granite and connected by two overhanging horizontal planes, and represents one of the two skyscrapers that define the large Europarco business park. Common spaces such as laundry rooms, meeting rooms and gyms will be added to the 40 sq.m apartments intended for high-profile clients at 10 thousand Euro per sq.m. Works are estimated to take 18-20 months to be completed.