INAUGURATION CASALGRANDE CERAMIC CLOUD

On Saturday, October 2nd, 2010the work “Casalgrande Ceramic Cloud” was inaugurated , that is, the first Italian work of the Japanese master Kengo Kuma and the new symbolic gateway to the ceramic cluster of Emilia Romagna. Located in the municipality of Casalgrande, province of Reggio Emilia, in a 2,8000 square metre area as public green, the structure towers over the roundabout located in front of the Casalgrande Padana’s plant, leader in the manufacture of stoneware and the very client of the work.

The architectural project is meant to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the company and was developed in bundle with the architecture departments of the universities of Ferraraand Siracusa; in addition it stands as an imposing three-dimensional filter that experiments an innovative use of latest generation ceramic components.

CREDITS CASALGRANDE CERAMIC CLOUD

Location
Casalgrande, (Re) Italy
Type
Public works
Area
2,826 Square metres
Material
Unglazed stoneware slabs 1200 x 600 x 14 mm, stone, steel
Maximum height
5.90 m
Date of completion
September 2010

DESIGN TEAM
Architecture Kengo Kuma & Associates: Kengo Kuma (principal charge); Javier Villar
Ruiz; Ryuya Umezawa
2-24-8 BY-CUBE 2F Minamiaoyama Tokyo www.kkaa.co.jp

Project Manager
Mauro Filippini, Casalgrande Padana S.p.a.

Cost control
Mauro Filippini, Casalgrande Padana S.p.a.

Engineering
Ejiri,Takuma Sato Structural Engineers (Tokyo) Norihiro Ejiri and Pieter Ochelen,
3-20-11 #402, Takadanobaba, Shinjukuku, Tokyo 169-0075, Japan

Client Consultant
Architecture
Alfonso Acocella, Università degli Studi di Ferrara;
Luigi Alini, Università degli Studi di Catania
Urban Planning
Angelo Silingardi (CCdP)
Structures
Enrico Rombi (CCdP); Alberto Zen (CCdP);
Systems
Cesare Brizzi e Luigi Massa, Casalgrande Padana S.p.a.
Lighting
Mario Nanni (principal charge), Federica Soprani
Communication
Nadia Giullari, Elisa Grisendi, Sara Costi, Veronica Dal Buono