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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

Italian Cultural Institute of Dakar in Milan, Italy by MOST – MONTI STUDIO

 
November 2nd, 2022 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: MOST – MONTI STUDIO

” These buildings dwell the man. He dwells there, and however he doesn’t live in them, if to live a place is meant only to have his own house “

The Italian Institute of Culture needed a Home.

The intervention on a villa of the 1970s is the object of project between the resistant part, Senegal, and the new present part, Italy.

Image Courtesy © Andrea CERIANI

  • Architects: MOST – MONTI STUDIO
  • Project: Italian Cultural Institute of Dakar
  • Location: Milan, Italy
  • Photography: Andrea CERIANI
  • Plot area: 1.000 sqm
  • Buiding area: 490 sqm
  • Completion: 2020

Image Courtesy © Andrea CERIANI

Let’s “dwell” two distant cultures in a space. Like a new family, a new home in which everything must “live”. Here is the meaning of “dwell”: to coexist, to accept that a part of Senegal is affected by Italy and a part of Italy is affected by Senegal.

The facades are a texture woven by the zigzags of Missoni and the typical colors of Senegal clothes.

The hand-drawn rhombus with pencil and scotch is a clear memory to that handicraft of Italian and Senegalese tailors.

Image Courtesy © Andrea CERIANI

Image Courtesy © Andrea CERIANI

The entrance and garden porch, typical example of Italian architecture, is inhabited by local geometric shapes.

The wood used in an artisanal way, each piece is unique and nailed to the structure seamlessly, it is a tribute to the resourcefulness of the hand compared to technology.

The colors overtake the house until they invade the neighborhood showing the  -true- culture of the institute: to dwell!

Image Courtesy © Andrea CERIANI

Image Courtesy © Andrea CERIANI

Image Courtesy © Andrea CERIANI

Image Courtesy © Andrea CERIANI

Image Courtesy © Andrea CERIANI

Image Courtesy © Andrea CERIANI

Image Courtesy © Andrea CERIANI

Image Courtesy © Andrea CERIANI

Image Courtesy © MOST – MONTI STUDIO

Image Courtesy © MOST – MONTI STUDIO

Image Courtesy © MOST – MONTI STUDIO

Image Courtesy © MOST – MONTI STUDIO

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