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A block of stone emerges from the site of Stonecity, lapped by the rays of the setting sun which make it a pink and golden color. Like a sculpture, the block is dug from the outside to create moments of light and to refine its shape, creating external plazas and integrating it perfectly with the landscape designed to maximize the possibility of exhibiting stones and sculptures. It is then excavated from the inside to create the main required functions. The resulting façade is then treated in bas-relief with the deeper depressions that turn into holes that make the porous facades like a stone lace, allowing the natural light necessary to illuminate all the rooms to pass inside. The facades are designed placing the stones on a chromatic gradient obtained through the variation of their types.

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Location: Bolgare, Italy
Client: Granulati Zandobbio
Status: Competition, 2017
Program: Showroom, Offices
Team: Alessandro Orsini, Nick Roseboro, Gerald Rubia, Annalaura Pinto, Simone Catania
Environmental Engineering: Transsolar KilmaEnginneering
Structures: Format Engineers