Revolutionizing the Future of Healthcare: Innovations by Diatech Laboratories

The new laboratories of Diatech Pharmacogenetics, an Italian company specializing in pharmacogenetics tests for cancer precision medicine, were designed with two objectives in mind: to create an inspiring and innovative workspace, and to construct an environment that reflects the company's identity and values.

Andrea Tabocchini Architecture designed a project within a 1,200-square-meter existing space on the ground floor of an industrial building located in a productive area. The design preserved the building's original features, such as the prefabricated floor, concrete columns, and glazed facade, and divided the main functions into two areas: a functional warehouse in the north and a flexible research space in the south.

The project's centrepiece is the three glazed laboratories, which are perched atop a solid podium, elevating them both physically and symbolically, transforming a space that is usually hidden into the new heart of the environment. A reflective aluminium surface illuminates the space, creating an elegant and discreet scenography. The L-shaped space in front of the laboratories is furnished with vibrant furniture, creating a flexible, informal working environment that encourages creativity, knowledge, and collaboration.

The materials of the claddings vary in accordance with the design, transitioning from reflective aluminium panels to expanded metal sheets, creating a balanced atmosphere between the formal laboratory space and a more relaxed working environment. The elements are arranged and positioned in a modular grid to provide order and accuracy, and the lighting elements are also aligned with the same grid.

The result is an innovative workplace that can adapt to society and time: poetic and technological, atmospheric and luminous, refined and industrial, functional and representative.