‘Calculation and Substance’, Chicago, The School of the Art Institute, Sullivan Galleries
September 25, 2009 – January 9, 2010

‘AtlasCoelestis’ is a sculpture representing the major orbital paths of our solar system, designed for the exhibition “Makig Modern”, 2009 Calculation and Substance exhibition in Chicago, showcasing cutting edge technologies of parametric and algorithmic design.

Made of 12 alum rings that move independently of one another casting elliptical shadows on the surrounding environment, it references the perpetual motion of our universe.
It draws inspiration from Galileo’s invention of the telescope and its impact on our understanding of the universe. New technologies in design are again changing how we visualize the world, inviting us to explore exciting new possibilities.

Image © Maya Janczykowska 2009

Image © Sergio Galeotti 2009
On September 3, 2009, 20:30h, ‘FioredelCielo‘, lightened by hundreds of candles and Led lights, left it’s scaffold at the Porta Romana and started walking through the narrow streets of Viterbo. Carried by 100 men called Facchini and followed by some 100′000 people, the new Macchina di Santa Rosa di Viterbo, designed by AV was enthusiastically welcomed by the Viterbese people.
When ‘FioredelCielo’ turned around itself on the Piazza di Commune, thousands of rose leaves fell down on the enchanted crowd.The whole event lasted for 2 hours and ended with the arrival at the Santa Rosa Church, where 3 days later Pope Benedict XVI visited and praised the new Macchina. The transportation of the Macchina di Santa Rosa di Viterbo was an incredible success, which was followed by national and international media and camera teams.
The design by Architecture and Vision will be in operation for the next 4 years an can be seen on September 3rd each year.

MercuryHouseOne, Venice, San Servolo Island, September 2, 2009

Architecture and Vision’s ‘MercuryHouseOne’, an architectural platform for modern life, was officially unveiled to the public on San Servolo Island in context of the 53rd Biennale of Arts in Venice, for the opening ceremony of the Festival del Cinema.

The pavilion, which is realized with finest Carrara marble was presented by client and contractor Gualtiero Vanelli from GVM. After attracting highest interest of the public, the mobile pavilion is scheduled for several events around the world.

“FioredelCielo”, Exhibition
Bomarzo, Palazzo Orsini, 4-7 September 2009

After the celebration of St. Rose, on September 3, an exhibition devoted to the project of “FioredelCielo” will open in Bomarzo.

In the wonderful setting of Palazzo Orsini, the exhibition will offer to the public a closer look, behind the scenes, at the whole process through which “FioredelCielo” was conceived and developed.
Drawings, renderings, prototypes, models as well as videos will be on show.
The exhibition will be inaugurated on September 4, at 6 pm.

“If someone loves a flower, of which just one single blossom grows in all the millions and millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy just to look at the stars.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Architecture and Vision’s project FioredelCielo will be unveiled on night of September 3rd, in the city of Viterbo, Italy, during the celebration of the city’s patron Santa Rosa.

The “tower” will be carried by 100 men, through the narrow streets of the medieval town, that will be livened up with the light of hundreds of candle flames and with falling rose petals.
After the event, the Pope will come to see the FioredelCielo on September 6, 2009.