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Lo Showroom Corian S Design Milano Store, sito in via San Nicolao a Milano, designato da Amanda Levete Architects, Londra, ha vinto l’ “Interior Design of the Year Award” al World Architecture Festival di Barcellona. Ecco la Nota di stampa del WAF:
«The store was created for the Milan Design Week 2009 to demonstrate Corian® Super Surfaces material for multiple contexts and is the first project to receive this new Award at WAF. The architect demonstrated how to achieve a visually rich space with an economy of material and means, using these transforming standard existing panel products.
The presentation of the WAF Awards took place during a special Awards ceremony, which marked the conclusion of global architecture summit the World Architecture Festival, at the Centre Convencions International Barcelona (CCIB) on 6th November.
Corian’s Super Surface Showroom was chosen by some of the world’s most distinguished architects and renowned industry experts,beating off competition from a shortlist of 16 projects.
The jury, chaired by Lorenzo Apicella, said: ´What made this project exceptional is that it methodically explored a familiar material that is loved, but perhaps not fully understood by most designers that use it. Here the architect has pushed the boundaries of what this material can do in both form and structure. In many ways they have recast the possibilities Corian affords the designer. We see Corian as a poetic and sensual material as much as a practical and utilitarian one.
‘This is the designer as inventor, craftsman and scenographer. They have made a beautiful and complex space without the feeling that a material has been misused. For an environment made entirely of a composite it feels both light and natural. Lighting was made integral to the displays, animating both space and product. Colour was also used expressively, woven into walls, shelves, tables and seating to create a sensuous interior envelope.» (CS di WAF)
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