'casalgrande ceramic cloud' by kengo kuma for casalgrande padana


kengo kuma, developed 'casalgrande ceramic cloud' together with italian company
casalgrande padana to celebrate their 50th year in business. the project was inaugurated
earlier this month.

situated on an area of over 2800 square meters of public green space, the 'ceramics cloud'
stands on the new road foothills, at the production site of the company itself, presenting itself
as 'gateway to east' to the ceramic district of emilia romagna.

'ceramics cloud' experiments, with the ceramic material in a structural form, for the first time.
large elements of casalgrande valley, through the standard production, are freed of the usual
value of simple coating and converted into a texture and impressive three-dimensional space
with light.

the result is a three-dimensional structure that experiments using innovative applications of ceramic
components. made entirely with special large slabs of porcelain stoneware mechanically fastened
to a specially designed metal. in its entirety, the installation is over 40 metres long and 7 metres high,
and looks like an architectural object.

project info:

project manager
mauro filippini, casalgrande valley spa
cost control
mauro filippini, casalgrande valley spa
engineering
ejiro, takuma sato structural engineers (tokyo) and norihiro ejiro pieter ochelen,
# 402 3-20-11, takadanobaba, shinjukuku, tokyo 169-0075, japan
client consultant:
architecture alfonso acocella, university of ferrara;
luigi alini, university of catania
urban planing
angelo silingardi (CCDP)
facilities
henry turbot (CCDP), alberto zen (CCDP)
plants
cesare and luigi brizzi massa, casalgrande valley spa
lighting
mario nanni (principal charge), federica soprani
communication