ChorusLife: GEWISS in an ecosystem of integrated solutions

In ChorusLife all GEWISS solutions come together to shape the city of the future: from home & building automation to energy management, from e-mobility to intelligent lighting, and advanced installation systems.

CHORUSLIFE AND THE GEWISS’S VISION

ChorusLife is the Smart District in Bergamo, an innovative model of urban regeneration and one of the most significant projects of its kind in Italy, it has transformed the former OTE industrial area into a vibrant space for life and social interaction.
With a private investment of approximately half a billion euros by the Bosatelli family, the urban regeneration project has generated an economic impact on the local area exceeding 1 billion euros. The project was entirely carried out by the POLIFIN Group and its subsidiaries GEWISS and COSTIM in a productive synergy, excellences of Made in Italy that combine innovation, quality, and sustainability.

Beyond innovation, ChorusLife is a showcase of GEWISS’s vision: an integrated ecosystem where technology, sustainability, and comfort converge to redefine the smart city concept. All GEWISS solutions come to life in this single space: home & building automation, energy management, e-mobility, intelligent lighting, and advanced installation systems, demonstrating their value across key applications such as city landscapes, residential, hospitality, retail, sport, and parking.

THE REALIZATION OF GEWISS’S SOLUTION AND THE BENEFITS FOR CHORUSLIFE

ChorusLife is an innovation model integrating smart residences, sustainable mobility, advanced services, and connected public spaces. It includes a 74-apartment residence (the city’s first build-to-rent project), a 107-room four-star superior hotel branded Radisson, the ChorusLife Arena with a 6,500-seat multifunctional space, a soon-to-open Urban SPA and 8,000 sqm wellness center, over 10,000 sqm of commercial and dining areas, an underground parking garage with 1,100 spaces, and a series of architecturally distinctive plazas designed to foster social interaction.

THE ARENA: THE BEATING HEART OF CHORUSLIFE

At the core of ChorusLife lies the Arena, conceived as a large covered square and featuring one of the largest dynamic façades in the world (200 meters long and 15 meters high), which appears to breathe thanks to its patented “vibrant skin” designed by architect Joseph Di Pasquale. This 6,500-seat multifunctional venue is built to host high-profile sports events and entertainment performances.

The ChorusLife Arena is equipped with an advanced system of LED projectors managed via DMX protocol, allowing for the creation of dynamic lighting scenarios that adapt precisely to the needs of sports events, musical shows, and theatrical performances. This technology makes it possible to tailor the lighting to the desired atmosphere, enhancing every performance with immersive scenic effects. For the Arena’s interiors, lighting was provided by Performance in Lighting, an international benchmark in the lighting industry and part of the GEWISS Group since 2023.

Outside, URBAN [O3] pole-mounted lighting systems and LED fixtures wrap the Arena in light, emphasizing its architectural lines and highlighting its contemporary design. Additionally, the installation of innovative videomapping solutions has transformed surfaces into digital canvases, enabling visually powerful and communicative scenic customizations. With 106 GEWISS SMART [PRO] projectors, optimized energy consumption of 67 kW, and a design focused on energy savings, the Arena stands out for innovation and sustainability.

PARKING: EFFICIENCY AND INNOVATION IN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

The ChorusLife parking facility is not just a car park but a true technological hub. In addition to serving as the main access point to the entire complex, it features an advanced lighting system with approximately 2,000 interconnected lamps monitored centrally, allowing for optimized maintenance management. The lighting system automatically adjusts brightness based on the presence of people or vehicles, ensuring significant energy savings.

Below the parking level are the technical rooms, which serve as the nerve center of ChorusLife’s energy system. Electricity supplied by ENEL is distributed throughout the complex via next-generation transformers and electrical panels.

The entire energy protection and management infrastructure is completed by the 90 MCB line of high-performance modular circuit breakers, essential to ensuring system safety under any operating conditions. This system architecture is a testament to GEWISS’s ability to integrate efficiency, safety, and technological innovation into the supporting infrastructures of a project of this magnitude.

RESIDENCES: TECHNOLOGY AND COMFORT FOR SMART LIVING

The apartments at ChorusLife have been designed with an advanced technological infrastructure that ensures maximum efficiency and easy maintenance. GEWISS home automation systems manage lighting, blinds, temperature, and alarms through a touchscreen interface that also functions as a video intercom.

The technological core of the homes lies in GEWISS’s KNX solutions, the international standard for intelligent building automation, which allow every residential function to be orchestrated based on principles of energy efficiency, comfort, and safety. The automation components are integrated through CHORUS series devices, which combine design, functionality, and modularity, offering a wide range of plates and controls suitable for every residential style.

A distinctive feature is the possibility of conducting maintenance without entering the apartments, thanks to external boiserie panels that house the technology cabinets. These technical spaces also incorporate SYSTEM line solutions, designed for optimal organization and management of modular devices, as well as signal and energy distribution in residential environments with high system density.

ChorusLife has been designed with a unified technological platform open to future integrations, ensuring that users benefit from homes that are always cutting-edge and adaptable to upcoming innovations.

SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY: A FLEXIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC CHARGING

Electric vehicle charging stations have been primarily installed in the parking garage, with provisions for future expansion in external areas. A significant portion of the potential capacity of GEWISS’s JOINON system has already been implemented, providing a scalable infrastructure ready to grow with increasing electric mobility demand.

Specifically, I-ON charging stations were installed. These stations allow simultaneous charging of two vehicles and include integrated connectivity for remote monitoring and interaction with management platforms.

All JOINON units comply with IEC 61851 international standards and support OCPP communication, enabling integration with advanced digital services and smart energy management platforms.

HOTEL: COMFORT AND INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY

The ChorusLife hotel, a four-star superior property under the prestigious Radisson brand, has been designed with the same advanced technological approach as the residential units but with added management complexity. The systems enable smart energy savings by automatically deactivating lighting and climate control in unoccupied rooms.

Behind the scenes, GEWISS infrastructure ensures safety, service continuity, and reliability. Throughout the building, including the restaurant kitchens, technical rooms, laundry areas, and plant control centers, wall-mounted switchboards from the 40 CD and CVX 160 series were installed, chosen for their robustness and modularity, ideal for commercial settings.

A LIVING MODEL OF THE CITY OF TOMORROW

ChorusLife is much more than an urban project: it is the tangible demonstration of GEWISS’s ability to turn a vision into reality. A place where technology interacts with architecture, every solution meets a real need, and every detail is designed with people’s well-being in mind. In this Smart District, among the most advanced in Europe, GEWISS has orchestrated an integrated ecosystem of energy, automation, lighting, and mobility, proving its capacity to meet the most complex challenges of our time.

From residences to public spaces, from the Arena to the parking facility, every environment has been designed to be connected, safe, efficient, and ready for the future. ChorusLife embodies GEWISS’s commitment to building a future in which technology and humanity coexist harmoniously, offering a replicable model of how the city of tomorrow can already be lived today.