“Lombardia Square, thanks to the availability of President Fontana, inaugurates its schedule for the FuoriSalone 2024 with an extraordinary project, the Pyramid on Everest, which – comments the Councilor for Tourism, Territorial Marketing and Fashion Barbara Mazzali – represents a unique opportunity to see this structure up close, before it covers the observatory on Everest to allow for the necessary maintenance. The installation is the symbol of Lombard research, a concrete example of Made in Lombardy excellence.”

The Pyramid - which will be mounted in the square at the center of the Region's skyscrapers - will be the symbol of mountains around the world and a special observatory on climate change. Inside there will be 3 blocks of ice representative of the 3 types of Alpine and Himalayan glaciers: clean ice; ice affected by darkening; ice covered by rocky debris.

During the design week, the blocks will be monitored by the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policies of the State University of Milan.

An urban glaciology activity designed to raise visitor awareness of the increase in glacial melting due to ongoing climate changes.

Furthermore, thanks to Oculos viewers, visitors will be able to take an immersive journey in videos shot by UNIMI on the Forni Glacier during monitoring and research activities. Virtual visitors will have the impression of being directly on the glacier with researchers from La Statale, to experience first-hand the impacts of climate change on the glacier.