The exhibition, curated by E. Pontiggia, officially reopened the 'Aula Ottagona' to the public following repeated renovations over many years. 16 sculptures were exhibited, all standing on bases arranged in a circle (with only one in a display case). “The great sculptors of ancient times, of the past, were like magicians. They talked with space, with immensity, with mystery. These things form the reasoning behind sculpture” (Piero Cascella). Blue filters were added to the projectors in the fixed lighting system to evoke the celestial sphere. The works was lit up individually so that they emerged from the surrounding darkness “like stars in the heavens”.
Client:
Piero Castiglioni
Collaborations:
Astrapto Light Designers
iGuzzini Lighting
Photo courtesy:
Alessandro Grassia Architect
Year:
2010
The exhibition, curated by E. Pontiggia, officially reopened the 'Aula Ottagona' to the public following repeated renovations over many years. 16 sculptures were exhibited, all standing on bases arranged in a circle (with only one in a display case). “The great sculptors of ancient times, of the past, were like magicians. They talked with space, with immensity, with mystery. These things form the reasoning behind sculpture” (Piero Cascella). Blue filters were added to the projectors in the fixed lighting system to evoke the celestial sphere. The works was lit up individually so that they emerged from the surrounding darkness “like stars in the heavens”.
Client:
Piero Castiglioni
Collaborations:
Astrapto Light Designers
iGuzzini Lighting
Photo courtesy:
Alessandro Grassia Architect
Year:
2010
Other Projects
Other Projects
This section brings together a representative selection of lighting design projects in the architectural, museum, urban, cultural, retail, hospitality, and infrastructure sectors, both in Italy and abroad. The gallery documents projects of varying scale, function, and context, all sharing an approach to light as a tool for interpreting space, capable of engaging with architecture, artworks, landscape, and contemporary use.
The projects presented range from museums, foundations, and temporary exhibitions to historic buildings, places of worship, public spaces, and urban complexes, including corporate headquarters, private residences, yachts, and lighting masterplans. In each project, light is designed as a controlled material, calibrated to the characteristics of the location, its functional needs, and the perceptual quality of the experience.
Taken together, the collected works convey a vision of lighting design as an integrated process, in which technical rigor, cultural sensitivity, and attention to context contribute to the construction of spatial identity, orientation, and value. The gallery thus takes the form of a design map, capable of demonstrating how light can take on different roles—discrete or declared—while always maintaining coherence, measure, and design awareness.
This section brings together a representative selection of lighting design projects in the architectural, museum, urban, cultural, retail, hospitality, and infrastructure sectors, both in Italy and abroad. The gallery documents projects of varying scale, function, and context, all sharing an approach to light as a tool for interpreting space, capable of engaging with architecture, artworks, landscape, and contemporary use.
The projects presented range from museums, foundations, and temporary exhibitions to historic buildings, places of worship, public spaces, and urban complexes, including corporate headquarters, private residences, yachts, and lighting masterplans. In each project, light is designed as a controlled material, calibrated to the characteristics of the location, its functional needs, and the perceptual quality of the experience.
Taken together, the collected works convey a vision of lighting design as an integrated process, in which technical rigor, cultural sensitivity, and attention to context contribute to the construction of spatial identity, orientation, and value. The gallery thus takes the form of a design map, capable of demonstrating how light can take on different roles—discrete or declared—while always maintaining coherence, measure, and design awareness.
