19.09.2017
Ideation: Platform Architecture & Design
Curated by Luca Molinari
In recent years, stone has become the protagonist of numerous emblematic contemporary works and has significantly influenced the thinking of designers and the evolution of current architectural languages. The introduction of sophisticated processing technologies has also enabled sustainable application as well as helping to promote new levels of expression.
The exhibition Soul of City, ideated by Platform Architecture & Design and curated by the historian and critic of architecture Luca Molinari, explores possible visions of contemporary cities through stone. This research project into the use of natural stone interprets the topic of the 2017 UIA which took place in Seoul. Seven international design studies combined with Italian companies in the natural stone sector take up the challenge of this material from an architectural point of view in order to represent their ideas for cities. The work of Sam Jacob along with Zanella Marmi focuses on the paradoxical relationship between shapes and irony of form, as with the “urban ghosts” of Amid.cero9 along with Helios Automazioni. The imposing four-walled sequence conceived by Alper Derinbogaz together with Garfagnana Innovazione contrasts with the primordial matter imagined by Eduardo Castillo for Elite Stone. Marble vaults as in the gesture of the author’s hand seek a poetic narrative in the work of Craig Copeland for Lavagnoli Marmi and Ca’ D’Oro. While the world of June14 for Nikolaus Bagnara looks at the creative side of Memphis dreaming of an urban universe made of warm domestic objects. Finally, the work of Li Hu for Pimar is a perfect greeting, inviting every visitor to take away a fragment of a perfect marble cube that will therefore change due to each person’s actions.
The Soul of City exhibition is part of The Italian Stone Theatre project implemented designed by Marmomac with support of the Ministry for Economic Development (MISE), ICE-Italian Foreign Trade Agency and Confindustria Marmomacchine within the scope of the Special Made in Italy Promotion Plan valorising excellence in the Italian natural stone and related technology field.
Architecture Studio / Company pairings
Amid.cero9 / Helios Automazioni
Eduardo Castillo / Elite Stone
Craig Copeland / Lavagnoli Marmi + Ca’ D’Oro
Alper Derinbogaz / Garfagnana Innovazione
June14 / Nikolaus Bagnara
Open Architecture / Pimar
Sam Jacob Studio / Piero Zanella
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