Milano Design Week 2023

Dropcity, Centre for Architecture and Design - based on the idea of Andrea Caputo - 10,000 square metres developed in 28 tunnels along Sammartini street (Milan Central Station), produces and hosts Architecture Festivals thanks to the victory of a call from the Italian Ministry of Culture: Dropcity Convention 2023. Opening 15-23 April, h 10 am – 6 pm, tunnels 38-60, all with free public access.

 

Projects that Arch. Andrea Caputo (Dropcity) and Arch. Migliore+Servetto (Solferino 28 - Time elevators and Neutra Installation)  will present during the International Milan Design Week 2023:

 

 

 

Dropcity view 4, credito fotografico Delfino Sisto Legnani

Information about some exhibitions:
Aspen Italian Manifesto (curated by studio Ossidiana in Rotterdam), installation inspired by the congress organised by the International Design Conference in Aspen (IDCA) in 1989 attended by Achille Castiglioni, Ettore Sottsass, Andrea Branzi, Mario Bellini, Gae Aulenti, Italo Lupi, Michele De Lucchi and Paola Antonelli.
Daisuke Motogi - Stools60 - 100 Alvar Aalto stools by Artek reinterpreted in exhibition
Christian Kerez - the most significant plastics from the last years of work of the Venezuelan Architect
Preppers from paranoid radicals to mainstream retreaters. curated by Anniina Koivu. The exhibition explores the subculture of preppers, people obsessed by Apocalypse, and their influence on architecture, design and culture.
 

 

SOLFERINO28, Courtesy of Migliore+Servetto, Render concept
 

 

MIGLIORE+SERVETTO

M+S will present two projects:
Solferino 28 - Time elevators: an installation on the intangible concept of time in the courtyard of Via Solferino 28 in Milan, in the heart of the Brera district: here, through a multimedia facade and special lifts used as time machines, visitors will be able to enjoy an immersive experience in search of the meaning of time and its multiple forms.
 

Migliore+Servetto are also creative director of Neutra (specialized in marble since 1880) and conceives an installation called "VIBRATIONS. The voice of matter" inside Palazzo Visconti, in San Babila square
 

Here below, some pictures about Solferino 28 – Time elevators:
 

 

 

SOLFERINO28, Schizzo di Ico Migliore, Courtesy of Migliore+Servetto 1 - 5

 

   
 
   
SOLFERINO28, Courtesy of Migliore+Servetto, Render concept
   

Release: Letizia Massaron/ SEC Newgate Italia, Milano

 

 

   

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April 19, 2023