The work is made of Mould 250 medium-density polyurethane foam, clad in polyester resin. It measures 1,80 m x 2,60 m x 7,00 m (h; w; l). It was created through a process of three-dimensional modeling and shaped by CNC machinery. The finishes were applied manually by the artist himself.
The production process was based on a total synergy between the various subjects in the field of design, research, and industrial manufacturing. A video production complements the work in progress.
When the International Architecture Exhibition is over, the work will be located in the city of Milan.
A concrete manifesto to promote a new urban conception. An opportunity to reflect and discuss the contemporary city and its new city planning tools. To build on buildings; to reinterpret the city and its spaces; to restore the bonds with the existing to maintain even the symbolic continuity between past and present; to substitute, renovate and demolish, in order to establish new urban images that can interpret the needs of our own time.
Today, where everything about the city and architecture is visible except what’s inside, “Manifesto per Milano. Void as Public Opportunity” is an invitation to discover what is going to happen.
web site – www.comune.milano.it/pgt
ORGANIZATION_City of Milan CURATOR_Matteo Citterio CONCEPT, DESIGN, EXECUTION_Gianpietro Carlesso & Metrogramma (Arch. Alberto Francini, Arch. Andrea Boschetti) STUDY AND EXPLORATION OF THE MATERIAL_Arch. Massimiliano Zollia THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING_MarMax s.r.l. PRODUCTION OF THE RIGID STRUCTURAL MATERIAL _SOTECO Spa SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR_Prof. Ing. Francesco Simioni PROTOTYPE CONSTRUCTION_CSR ITALIA s.r.l. FINISHES_2m Marine s.r.l. INSTALLATION_Stefano Comelli LOGISTICS ADVISOR_Arch. Marta Meo INSURANCE CONSULTING _AfiCurci Spa VIDEO PRODUCTION_Videoest s.r.l. PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION _Massimo Crivellari GRAPHIC CONSULTANT_Etabetadesign COFINANCING_The production of the work on display was co-financed by the European Union, Urban FESR EXHIBITORS_ City of Milan. City Councilor for the Development of the Territory: Carlo Masseroli; Central Director for the Development of the Territory: Paolo Simonetti; Coordination Plan Development: Giovanni Oggioni\Director - Settore Pianificazione Urbanistica Generale, Marino Bottini\Manager - Servizio di Coordinamento Pianificazione Urbanistica Generale; Scientific Director Plan for the Government of the Territory, design, comprehensive vision and urban form: Metrogramma S.r.l.\Andrea Boschetti, Alberto Francini; Plan Document and general strategy: Metrogramma S.r.l.\Andrea Boschetti with Sara Salvemini, Paolo Pomodoro; Plan of equalized rules and dynamics: Mesa S.r.l.\Ezio Micelli, Federica Di Piazza, Antonella Faggiani, Bruna Vielmi, Alessandra Bazzani, Pietro Guermandi with Donata Leone; Plan for services - Settore Pianificazione Urbanistica Generale\Giovanni Oggioni, Marino Bottini with Filomena Pomilio, Guya Elisabetta Rosso, Gianluca Palmarin, Fabiana Natalini; Infrastructure and transportation: Paolo Riganti with Valeria Lupatini and Sarah Giuseppetti; Strategy for green spaces (environmental plan and system): Land S.r.l.\Andreas Kipar with Camilla Mancini; Plan for the Urban belt: Pierluigi Roccatagliata; Project strategy for the local scale: Nicola Russi; Legal consultant: Antonino Brambilla; Financial simulations and economic studies: Mediobanca S.p.A.; Strategic Assessment Environmental Impact: Laura Crespi, Pietro Gargioni; Coordination design process_PGT: Matteo Gatto, with Lorenzo Pallotta and Giovanni Paparusso; General coordination communication: Matteo Citterio; Relations with the territory: Paolo Gatti; Urban information system: Ileana Liù Cima, Chiara Paoletto with Saverio Cutrupi, Elena Dallagiovanna, Marco Pialorsi, Matteo Spinatonda; 3D Visualization and Communication Design: attu studio\Andrea Antonelli, Giuseppina Cruciani; Website: Ileana Liù Cima, Simona Giana; Program Management: Business Integration Partners S.p.A.
