Church of San Carlo Borromeo

The church — known today as Santa Maria Annunciata — stands on property belonging to the San Carlo Hospital in Milan. A covered walkway connects it directly to the hospital’s west wing, near the rear entrance. It is also accessible, independently from the hospital complex, from Via San Giusto. The building, once again based on a lozenge-shaped plan, has two different entrances. Placed on the long, north and south façades, they are preceded by stairs that frame the portals, composed of four arches surmounted by triangular pediments. Four hexagonal chapels, covered pavilion-style, have been placed at the rear façade, accessed through an atrium that functions as a connecting hub to the hospital La iglesia – conocida hoy como Santa María Annunciata – se encuentra en la propiedad perteneciente al Hospital San Carlo de Milán. Una pasarela cubierta lo conecta directamente al ala oeste del hospital, cerca de la entrada trasera. También es accesible, independientemente del complejo hospitalario, desde la Via San Giusto. El edificio, una vez más basado en un planta en forma de rombo, tiene dos entradas diferentes. Situadas en las fachadas largas, norte y sur, están precedidas por escaleras que enmarcan los portales, compuestas de cuatro arcos coronados por frontones triangulares. Cuatro capillas hexagonales, de estilo pabellón, se han colocado en la fachada trasera, accesible a través de un atrio que funciona como un nexo de conexión al hospital. As with the church of San Francesco, the diamond shape can be seen in both the windows that punctuate the façades, and in the tile cladding. This time, however, it does not invade the reinforced concrete structure — left exposed on both the interior and the exterior of the church — and, actually, gives way to flat tiles in the designs surrounding the windows. The pitched roof is entirely covered with large sheets of copper and supported by a truss system in exposed concrete resting on twenty-two pillars.