Stone Fountain
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Photo: © Andrea Martiradonna (courtesy of MBA Marco Bozzola Architetti)
Stone Fountain
Milan, Italy
2020
Design: Carlo Ezechieli
Photo: © Andrea Martiradonna
© CE-A studio
Milan, Italy
2020
Design: Carlo Ezechieli
Photo: © Andrea Martiradonna
© CE-A studio
Complying with the practical need of retaining stormwater on site, this stone fountain is conceived to reveal the presence of the vein of gravel - lying just underneath the site - brought to Milan 12’000 years ago by the melting glaciers, at the end of the last Ice Age. Designed as a crossover between lotus gardens and Japanese rock gardens, the concave surface of each circular stone retains a tiny layer of rainwater, both showing the falling reaindrops as well as reflecting light, as mirrors, when the rain stops.
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Photo: © Andrea Martiradonna (courtesy of MBA Marco Bozzola Architetti)
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Photo: © CE-A studio