Piuarch’s Valtellina Diary Store has been selected for “Arcipelago
Italia. Projects for the future of the country’s interior territories”,
the theme of the project by curator Mario Cucinella for the Italian
Pavilion at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition of the
Venice Biennale (May 26 - November 25, 2018), promoted by
the MiBACT.
A land of infinite differences, of practically irreconcilable
cultures, of sea and mountains, plains, lakes, small towns and
hamlets unique in the world: this is Italy, and it is precisely its
complex physiognomy – an extraordinary group of identities
– that inspired the theme of the Italian Pavilion at the 16th
edition of the Biennale Architettura 2018. “Arcipelago Italia.
Projects for the future of the country’s interior territories” is in
fact the theme of curator Mario Cucinella’s project at the famous
Venetian kermesse: it contains those places, often far from the
nerve centers of production and the increasingly international
business districts, where the landscape it is still largely rural and
authentic.
In this cross-section of the Bel Paese, the exhibition investigates
and celebrates the territories of tradition, which are facing
or have been able to face small but significant changes with
exemplary actions. The map moves from the south to the
earthquake-hit areas of central Italy, up to the Alpine settings in
the north: it is this geographical belt in particular that concerns
the Valtellina Diary Store project, designed by Piuarch for an
invited competition and selected by Mario Cucinella for the
exhibition at the Italian Pavilion, scheduled from May 26 to
November 25, 2018.
IN THIS CROSS-SECTION OF THE BEL PAESE, THE
EXHIBITION INVESTIGATES AND CELEBRATES THE
TERRITORIES OF TRADITION, WHICH ARE FACING OR HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO FACE SMALL BUT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
WITH EXEMPLARY ACTIONS.