On 19 December 2011 was inaugurated The new Central Archive of Region Lombardia: the largest high-tech Central State Archive in Italy.
This Archive, commissioned by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (General Directorate for Archives), has a total area of about 9,850 sqm. The archive houses 1,200 sqm of multi-purpose areas designed to be flexible and functional such as offices for personnel, laboratories for documentation processing, as well as spaces destined to public consultation, exhibitions, conferences, training, temporary storage, etc...
The building is earthquake proof and is equipped with:
- Precision air conditioning and cooling system to guarantee a constant recycle of air and temperature/humidity control;
- modular and reliable internal systems for access control integrated with external alarm systems;
- water mist fire extinguishing system with water sprays;
- smart smoke detectors;
- flooring with a substantial lift capacity equal to 1,200 kg/sqm;
- lightning system is designed according to specific needs and responds to different lux levels.
The new "turn-key" archive was delivered equipped with an technological mobile shelving system with a storage capacity of 80,000 linear meters (80 Km) of documentation.
This Archive can be expanded up to an additional storage capacity of 70,000 linear meters (70 Km), making the new Central Archive of Region Lombardia a case of excellence both on national and on international level. |
