{"id":239746,"date":"2024-10-02T13:49:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T17:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_news&p=239746"},"modified":"2024-10-31T16:47:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T20:47:05","slug":"historic-washhouse-in-italy-earns-pedrali-makeover","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/historic-washhouse-in-italy-earns-pedrali-makeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Washhouse in Italy Earns Verdant Makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Surrounded by plantings, a Nolita sofa by CMP Design faces two Circuit tables by Pedrali\u2019s in-house design team. Photography by Ottavio Tomasini\/courtesy of Pedrali.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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October 2, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Mairi Beautyman<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Historic Washhouse in Italy Earns Verdant Makeover<\/h1>\n\n\n

The 2024 Landscape Festival in Bergamo mixes lush greenery with colorful outdoor furniture from Pedrali. An iconic site in the Citt\u00e0 Alta<\/em> (Upper Town) of the northern Italian city of Bergamo is the Antico Lavatoio, <\/em>a historic wash house built in 1881. Sheltered by an open cast-iron and metal slab pitched roof, an elongated white marble tank is carefully partitioned and engineered with a drain system to release dirty water\u2014despite the low hygienic standards of the time. Last month, the wash house and its surroundings hosted \u201cChoose Your Future: Green or Dry\u2014Pedrali at the Antico Lavatoio,\u201d an installation by Greta Bianchi, Marco Togni, and Michele Pezzoni for Bergamo\u2019s annual Landscape Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aiming to express a balance between nature and humankind as an answer to today\u2019s environmental challenges, the team of artists enticed residents of the city to relax with artfully arranged container gardens, lush greenery sprouting from tree stumps, and outdoor furniture from Pedrali<\/a>, the Italian manufacturer headquartered nearby. Flowing through the installation was a 130-foot-long \u2018river,\u2019 crafted from light blue-painted wood coated with a reflective, semi-transparent film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In order to address global crises, it is essential to adopt practical solutions such as those geared toward ecosystem conservation, sustainable resource management, and the development of green and blue infrastructure\u2014the networks, that is, of natural and semi-natural areas in a territory,\u201d says Togni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Antico Lavatoio, a historic washhouse built in 1881. Photography courtesy of Marco Togni, Greta Bianchi, Michele Pezzoni, and Marco Bonetti. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sandwiched by two Nolita sofas by CMP Design, Basaglia Rota Nodari\u2019s Giravolta lamp perches on a Circuit table by Pedrali\u2019s in-house design team. Photography by Ottavio Tomasini\/courtesy of Pedrali.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The river is intended to symbolize the timeline of past (when ecosystems were not influenced by man), present (when ecosystems are unbalanced), and future (when man and nature find a balance and way to co-exist).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cThe project thus explores two scenarios: a negative one, where nature is overtaken by human actions, and a positive one, with a balance between humans and nature,\u201d explains Pezzoni. \u201cThe choice is up to us,\u201d adds Bianchi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blue and yellow Caementum tables are by Marco Merendi and Diego Vencato. Photography by Ottavio Tomasini\/courtesy of Pedrali.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The painted river. Photography courtesy of Marco Togni, Greta Bianchi, Michele Pezzoni, and Marco Bonetti. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Tribeca chairs by CMP Design pull up to Elliot tables by Patrick Jouin. Photography by Ottavio Tomasini\/courtesy of Pedrali.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Surrounded by plantings, a Nolita sofa by CMP Design faces two Circuit tables by Pedrali\u2019s in-house design team. Photography by Ottavio Tomasini\/courtesy of Pedrali.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n