“Outdoor music spreads in the air, merging with the sounds, smells and colors of nature, the green of the meadows, the red of the sunset, the blue of the sea. The landscape is a very special setting for a concert, which makes the sound less technical, more authentic and sincere. Music and nature interpenetrate and the Acoustic Stage has the delicate task of amplifying the magic of their meeting” explains Michele De Lucchi.

The structure, in larch wood, is configured as a shell whose walls act as a sounding board for sounds and melodies. This natural amplification does not require electronic components, in fact the intensity of the sound depends solely on the arrangement of the musicians on stage. The panels that embrace the platform and determine the shell shape, are supported by exposed wooden arms that reveal the simplicity of the stage mechanics: a system that is easily transportable and assembled in the different contexts of Lake Maggiore that can be reclined near the banks, such as along the slopes of the surrounding woods. The music pavilion is conceived as a wandering scenography, which brings music to unexpected places and enhances the nature of the territory.

For the feasibility of this stage machine, the acoustic modeling and simulation phase, developed by the university research team led by Professor Marco Imperadori, was of fundamental importance: through engineering software the structure was optimized and above all the ideal parameters were identified to obtain high sound quality without the support of electric amplification. The execution, entrusted to D3Wood, is based on the potential of numerical control machines that make it possible to obtain solid wood products with innovative and non-standardized shapes.