"Urban Mining. Design, Dismantle, Disseminate" is the theme of the exhibit by Mario Cucinella Architects for Solferino28, Corriere della Sera during Milan Design Week 2024. This installation delves into the theme of the future city from a regenerative perspective, wherein human-made spaces are not perceived as detracting from nature, but rather draw inspiration from it, seeking self-regeneration. Urban Mining is conceived as a process aimed at reclaiming and managing the "anthropogenic heritage" (materials extracted and transformed into infrastructures, buildings, and everyday items), with the goal of rejuvenating matter and reutilizing it.
The courtyard of the historic Corriere della Sera headquarters at Solferino 28 is redesigned, starting from a simple, humble, and “everyday” object: the vegetable crate. It serves as the building block for the Urban Mining, an urban backdrop that can be assembled and disassembled, illustrating a novel approach to urban construction and design.
The courtyard of the historic Corriere della Sera headquarters at Solferino 28 is redesigned, starting from a simple, humble, and “everyday” object: the vegetable crate. It serves as the building block for the Urban Mining, an urban backdrop that can be assembled and disassembled, illustrating a novel approach to urban construction and design.
The courtyard of the historic Corriere della Sera headquarters at Solferino 28 is redesigned, starting from a simple, humble, and “everyday” object: the vegetable crate. It serves as the building block for the Urban Mining, an urban backdrop that can be assembled and disassembled, illustrating a novel approach to urban construction and design.
The courtyard of the historic Corriere della Sera headquarters at Solferino 28 is redesigned, starting from a simple, humble, and “everyday” object: the vegetable crate. It serves as the building block for the Urban Mining, an urban backdrop that can be assembled and disassembled, illustrating a novel approach to urban construction and design.
Il cortile della sede storica del Corriere della Sera in Solferino 28 viene ridisegnato partendo da un oggetto semplice, povero e di uso “quotidiano”: la cassa della raccolta degli ortaggi. Questa rappresenta il modulo che assemblato dà vita alla Città Miniera; una quinta urbana, smontabile e riassemblabile, che racconta un nuovo modo di costruire e di progettare le nostre città e le nostre vite.
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Visitors are drawn into a skyline of dismountable, luminous towers, where various themes related to Urban Mining and the future society are scattered throughout, including The Materials of the City; The Material City and the Immaterial (Digital) City; The Wood of the City; Shared and Intelligent Micro-Mobility; The Living City (featuring ‘urban vegetation’); and The City Experienced by its Inhabitants.
Visitors are drawn into a skyline of dismountable, luminous towers, where various themes related to Urban Mining and the future society are scattered throughout, including The Materials of the City; The Material City and the Immaterial (Digital) City; The Wood of the City; Shared and Intelligent Micro-Mobility; The Living City (featuring ‘urban vegetation’); and The City Experienced by its Inhabitants.
Visitors are drawn into a skyline of dismountable, luminous towers, where various themes related to Urban Mining and the future society are scattered throughout, including The Materials of the City; The Material City and the Immaterial (Digital) City; The Wood of the City; Shared and Intelligent Micro-Mobility; The Living City (featuring ‘urban vegetation’); and The City Experienced by its Inhabitants.
Visitors are drawn into a skyline of dismountable, luminous towers, where various themes related to Urban Mining and the future society are scattered throughout, including The Materials of the City; The Material City and the Immaterial (Digital) City; The Wood of the City; Shared and Intelligent Micro-Mobility; The Living City (featuring ‘urban vegetation’); and The City Experienced by its Inhabitants.
Il visitatore si troverà immerso all’interno di uno skyline smontabile, una foresta di torri luminose in cui lungo il percorso si disseminano alcuni dei possibili temi della Città Miniera e della società del futuro come ad esempio: I materiali della città; La città materiale e la città immateriale (digitale); Il legno di città; La micromobilità condivisa e intelligente; La città vivente (con le “vegetazioni di città”) e La città vissuta dalle persone.
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The Urban Mining installation, “Design, Dismantle, Disseminate”, serves as a platform during the Design Week for discussions on circularity and virtuous development models. It not only emphasizes the principles of “reduce, reuse, recycle” but also directs attention towards designing for disassembly and regeneration in alignment with natural cycles.
The Urban Mining installation, “Design, Dismantle, Disseminate”, serves as a platform during the Design Week for discussions on circularity and virtuous development models. It not only emphasizes the principles of “reduce, reuse, recycle” but also directs attention towards designing for disassembly and regeneration in alignment with natural cycles.
The Urban Mining installation, “Design, Dismantle, Disseminate”, serves as a platform during the Design Week for discussions on circularity and virtuous development models. It not only emphasizes the principles of “reduce, reuse, recycle” but also directs attention towards designing for disassembly and regeneration in alignment with natural cycles.
The Urban Mining installation, “Design, Dismantle, Disseminate”, serves as a platform during the Design Week for discussions on circularity and virtuous development models. It not only emphasizes the principles of “reduce, reuse, recycle” but also directs attention towards designing for disassembly and regeneration in alignment with natural cycles.
L’installazione Città Miniera. Design, Dismantle, Disseminate, diventa l’occasione per parlare alla design week di circolarità e modelli di sviluppo virtuosi non solo in un’ottica di “ridurre, riusare, riciclare”, ma anche per porre l’attenzione sul modo con cui si progetta.
In questa visione i prodotti e gli edifici vengono ideati affinché possano smembrarsi e autorigenerarsi secondo la ciclicità della natura.
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An agricultural crate, assembled to create an urban space during harvest season, and then disassembled to revert to its original use, symbolizes the reach of urban influence across agricultural landscapes.
An agricultural crate, assembled to create an urban space during harvest season, and then disassembled to revert to its original use, symbolizes the reach of urban influence across agricultural landscapes.
An agricultural crate, assembled to create an urban space during harvest season, and then disassembled to revert to its original use, symbolizes the reach of urban influence across agricultural landscapes.
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An agricultural crate, assembled to create an urban space during harvest season, and then disassembled to revert to its original use, symbolizes the reach of urban influence across agricultural landscapes.
Una cassa agricola, che nella stagione di riposo dalla raccolta, viene assemblata per comporre uno spazio urbano, poi disassemblata per tornare all’uso abituale, disseminandosi così nel territorio agricolo.
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