via Nazareth, Padova
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Voids in Station
Milan - selected
Project selected for sculpture competition "Scultura nella città." and one of the projects presented for prize "Best 40 under 40 European Architects" 2010. exposed at Palazzo della Permanente, Milano, 2009. Publieshed in: Zuccaro Marchi L., Vuoti in Stazione. in Scultura nella città. Progetti per Milano 2009 / Catalogo. Skira ed., 2009, Milano, pp. 158-159 The work is a urban installation; during the day it absorbs solar energy through transparent photovoltaic cells , in order to reinvest it in facilities and night lights video that interact with the square and the whole city. If any land is potentially an area of sustainable energy, Stazione Centrale in Milan becomes new experimental version of the solar farm in the heart of the metropolis of Lombardy, where the art becomes the way towards an unprecedented synergy between technology, energy and urban space.