Wood: a key resource for south tyrol
In this northern Italian region, wood is a vital resource that brings together tradition, the economy and environmental protection. The short and sustainable supply chain is worth €1.3 billion and involves thousands of local companies.
The interiors designed by Norell/Rodhe for the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm rethink contemporary art education, with spaces in which the hierarchies between teachers and students are eliminated, focusing on topics and disciplines.
The building in which the new spaces are housed was built in 1732 and over time has grown with different additions and stratifications. Architects use color in an elementary way to enhance this spatial variety, highlighting with pastel shades specific elements of the environment sequence, which are complemented by simple and mono-material furnishings.
Classrooms, ateliers, darkrooms, laboratories and spaces for audiovisual production flow together in disorderly fashion, with mobile elements such as curtains, panels and furniture used to reorganise spaces as needed.
For a new ecology of living
Ada Bursi’s legacy is transformed into an exam project of the two-year Interior Design specialist program at IED Turin, unfolding a narrative on contemporary living, between ecology, spatial flexibility, and social awareness.
