A Milan-based architecture and product design collective that recoverd disused reinforced concrete cores from construction sites, reintegrating them into two lamps intertwining functionality, innovation, and sustainability.
illuminate the space and make the object visible and recognizable within an otherwise dark environment.
The process of sourcing and collecting these objects is undoubtedly fundamental to our practice, if not the most important part of it.
We are fascinated by the idea that each core sample comes from a different place. Going to retrieve them from various locations makes the proces exciting and transforms each fragment into a kind of testimony to the place it comes from.
The thought that these pieces may originate from the most disparate contexts gives them a new value, placing them in dialogue with material traditionally considered more precious, such as marble. In this sense, the building becomes, in all respects, a quarry, and the core sampl becomes a raw material to be rediscovered and given new value.
itself was about to be demolished. In a way, it became a preview of the process itself.
It would be fascinating to witness the demolition and see whether something could be recover—to understand how it might be possible to save a fragment of something that, in effect, will no longer exist. This possibility led us to reflect deeply on the value of what surrounds us and what we are often unable to preserve, but also on how we can intervene in a place and imagine new ways of giving it value.
The white cube is, by nature, an aseptic environment: the artworks speak, while the space tends to disappear. At Art Dock, by contrast, the environment had a very strong voice of its own. The vaulted ceilings, the temperature, the darkness, and the materiality of the space all entered into dialogue with the works, leaving room for the imagination.
The space was not simply a container for the work; it became an integral part of it.
© Portrait by Valentina Bubola