COURTYARD OF HONOUR, UNIVERSITY OF MILAN - A work that enhances the value of what is normally discarded. A composition of modular elements in natural stone agglomerate that gives a second life to marble and quartz.
“Formally natural and spatially wild.” This is how Kengo Kuma, the internationally renowned Japanese architect, describes the Stone Grove project located in the Courtyard of Honor.
Made from modular elements in marble and quartz agglomerates, it reinterprets the principles of Ikebana (the art of arranging flowers and plant elements in keeping with specific aesthetic and symbolic criteria) in a contemporary key – and with alternative materials.
The work is laid on a floor made from marble fragments and quartz agglomerate, which then merges with the composition of the vertical modules, enhancing its processing and material characteristics. Consisting largely of natural stone of various grain sizes mixed with natural pigments and resins to create a tough and durable material, marble and quartz agglomerates are used here to create an installation with a strong architectural value.
