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Essential e Cicladi.
I divani di Francesco Binfaré e i tavolini di
Jacopo Foggini nel Salone degli Arazzi di
Palazzo Borromeo.
Francesco Binfaré’s sofas and Jacopo
Foggini’s tables inside the Salone degli
Arazzi (Gallery of Tapestries) at Palazzo
Borromeo.
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n 2016, under the direction of Cristiana Collu, the National
Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome reopened
its doors with a completely fresh layout and conception of
art. One of the director’s most revolutionary operations
was undoubtedly the exhibition Time is out of joint, a
reflection on time that began with The lasting, which launched a
wide-ranging debate on overcoming the traditional exhibition
system of a chronological flow, in favour of a model based on the
idea ‘of a time that has to be recomposed, “put to rights”, with the
exhibition weaving, in simultaneous coexistence, new unexpected
relationships in the symbolic space of the museum. Relationships
that do not respond to the orthodox and codified laws of chronology
and history (of art), but absolved and released move in a sort of
anarchy, which has nothing to do with disorder, but appeals to
something else that comes before the rules.’ The new museum
layout was also based on the idea of change and ‘care’. In the first
phase, Collu worked on the
L
a genesi dello Chalet Serge dimostra come da una
condizione di contingenza possa svilupparsi una
progettualità non programmata. In questo racconto
di montagna, il caso, gli eventi, i ritrovamenti
si rivelano importanti occasioni per sfruttare
l’estemporaneità dell’hic et nunc, se al centro, indomite, scalpitano
l’intuizione e la passione per la professione. Qualità che certo non
mancano ai fratelli Alverà – proprietari del Dolomiti Lodge Alverà
di Cortina d’Ampezzo e membri di una delle famiglie protagoniste
della storia della ristorazione e dell’hôtellerie del territorio.
Nel maggio 2020, Claudio Alverà esce di casa in cerca di pregiati
tronchi per realizzare un letto. Passeggiando tra i boschi, si imbatte
in una distesa di cirmoli e ne individua molti abbattuti dalle copiose
nevicate dell’inverno precedente. Chiederebbe ora Černyševskij:
“che fare?” Di qui l’idea di impiegare la materia per ampliare
l’offerta del Lodge, già dotato di dieci camere, con un nuovo
spazio per l’hospitality: uno chalet privato dove coniugare arredo,
architettura e arte.
Gli alberi saranno raccolti incessantemente fino a novembre 2020
con l’aiuto di tutti i fratelli, sino a raccoglierne una quantità adatta
a realizzare quello che aveva in mente.
A marzo 2021 si inizia a tagliare il legno da consegnare al falegname,
T
he genesis of Chalet Serge shows how an unplanned
project can develop from contingent conditions. In
this mountain tale, chance, events, and discoveries
prove to be important opportunities to exploit
the extemporaneous nature of the here and now,
if untamed intuition and passion for the profession are central.
These qualities are certainly not lacking in the Alverà Brothers -
the owners of the Dolomiti Lodge Alverà in Cortina d’Ampezzo
and members of one of the leading families in the history of the
area’s catering and hospitality. Such qualities did not abate even
during the Covid 19 pandemic.
In May 2020, Claudio Alverà left his house, as usual, to collect
wood. Suddenly, while walking through the woods, he came across
an expanse of stone pine trees felled by the previous winter’s heavy
snowfall. The trees were harvested through November 2020 with
the help of all brothers, loading two trucks. Černyševskij would
now ask: “What should we do?” This led to the idea of using the
material to expand the Lodge, which already had ten rooms,
with a new hospitality space: a private chalet where furnishings,
architecture and art could be combined. In March 2021, wood
cutting began and in just nine months the chalet was finished and
ready to open its doors for the 2021-2022 winter season. The
Grande Soffice, Cicladi e Ines.
Il divano di Francesco Binfaré in composizione angolare all’interno del living dello Chalet
Serge insieme ai tavolini e alla lampada di Jacopo Foggini.
The sofa by Francesco Binfaré in a corner composition inside the living room of the
Chalet Serge together with the coffee tables and the lamp by Jacopo Foggini.
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