ECHO OF THE MOUNTAIN

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The project site is in the center of a natural stone amphitheater, a former mining area, situated on the top of the mountains surrounding the municipality of Dossena. The earliest settlements in the area date back to the Bronze Age when iron, calamine, and galena mines were discovered. These mines led to the establishment of a stable community around the extraction sites, making Dossena the first settlement in the valley.

 

The monument ECHO OF THE MOUNTAIN celebrates the memory of all the people who worked in the now dismissed mining sites of Dossena. The project consists of a circular enclosure, reminiscent of local wooden fences, embracing a large stone, sculpted by the artist Francesco Paterlini, and isolating it from the surrounding landscape, giving it a symbolic and contemplative nature.

 

The enclosure consists of a concrete base that extrudes halfway around its circumference, becoming a long seat for community celebrations, and a pyramid-shaped burnt wooden structure that grafts onto the concrete base along its entire length.

 

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건축가 Associates Architecture

위치 Italy, Dossena

연면적 490m²

프로젝트기간 2023 - 2024

준공 2024

디자인팀 Nicolò Galeazzi, Martina Salvaneschi, Mariachiara Cocchiararo, Claudia Crotti, Paola Federici, Nicole Tombini

구조 Opera Mista

그래픽디자인 Giulia De Benedetto, TassinariVetta

예술적개입 Francesco Paterlini

디자인협력 Comune di Dossena, Politecnico di Torino-DAD

문화파트너 Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea – Ministero della Cultura

공급업체 Impresa edile Astori, Green Ger

건축주 Associazione Cultura Dossena

사진작가 Atelier XYZ