RCS Media Group Corriere della Sera

A symbolic intervention that paves the way for renewal

An intervention with strong symbolic significance This project involves the demolition of the RCS Media Group S.p.A. building on Via Rizzoli in Milan, as part of a broader redevelopment of the entire area. The works lasted one year and concerned a total area divided into six lots, with an overall volume of 161,500 cubic metres.

From a technical standpoint, this was not a straightforward intervention: part of the buildings had to remain fully operational throughout all demolition phases.

In particular, Lot 6 – “Martinelli Project” – housed not only offices but also the staff canteen and other corporate services. For this reason, the intervention plan was developed in several phases, allowing the relocation of ongoing activities without limiting or slowing down RCS’s normal business operations.

The particularly robust structures and the height of the buildings—exceeding 30 metres in some areas—required the use of specialised equipment suitable for complex high-level operations, including a 120-tonne excavator equipped with a 50-metre long-reach boom.

EQUIPMENT

120-tonne excavator equipped with a long-reach boom and, depending on the height of the buildings to be demolished, fitted with a hydraulic crusher;
No. 2 × 40-tonne excavators equipped with hydraulic crushers and hydraulic grapples;
Mobile crushing plant for on-site volume reduction of demolition debris;
Wheel loader;
Trucks.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

Demolition works were carried out concurrently with the construction of new buildings on the same footprint as the demolished structures. All operations were executed without limiting or slowing down RCS’s normal business activities.