Centro Inox has reported that as part of the renovation of Dateo Square, along the median ring road in the Eastern portion of Milan, Italy, an underground parking facility has been built featuring surface structures that make ample use of EN 1.4301 (AISI 304) stainless steel. The oval opening for the passage of air, around which the vehicle access ramp revolves, is framed by a special barrier made from 8 rings of SS sheet with a thickness of 2mm. The sheets were assembled, by TIG welding, to 12 rectangular-section pipes measuring 200x100x4mm. The brick base is covered with stainless steel sheet, also with a thickness of 2mm. Starting from one side of the barrier a basin in the shape of a conical trunk forms a semicircle. Water sprouts from the sheets at the point where the basin is located, forming a triple cascade; these sheets have a greater thickness that the others, in order to avoid deformation. The pedestrian entrance to the parking facility is protected by a covering, plus panes of glass to the sides, supported by a load-bearing structure made of rectangular-section SS tubes measuring 80x20x2mm and by crosspieces formed of round tube with a diameter 17mm, also made of ENI 1.4301 (AISI 304) stainless steel. The same material was used to build the two-leaf, satin finish entry gate, equipped with an anti-panic bar and break-proof 5+5 glass.
