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BINOCLE

is the office led by Italian architect Lorenzo Bini that deals with the transformation of existing spaces, from temporary structures to permanent buildings and gardens.

Born in 1971, educated in Milan and Oslo, Lorenzo graduated in 1998 from Politecnico di Milano and worked in Milan and Rotterdam until 2003 when he started his own practice in Milano.

Alongside the professional activity, Lorenzo has taught at the Politecnico di Milano, at the Design Academy Eindhoven and at NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan.

In 2021 he became a member of the Council of the Order of Architects, Landscape Planners and Conservators of the Province of Milan with responsibility for cultural activities.

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Binocle

Via Giuseppe Colombo 81/a

20133

Milan, Italy

+39 02 78625376

now@binocle.it

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SPA

Two storeys of a neoclassical building in the centre of Oleggio have been transformed into a space for art (SPA - Spazio Per Arte) on the initiative of a family of collectors. 500 sqm have been renovated, restored and updated through a project developed under the guidance of the Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the province of Novara. Through this fruitful collaboration the historical layers to be maintained were identified and the best strategies to make past and present elements coexist and complement one another were defined. In these photographs the space appears either empty or set up with works by artists such as Vanessa Beecroft, Martin Disler, Elmgreen & Dragset, Mona Hatoum, Anne Imhof, Wolfgang Laib, Anselm Kiefer and Robin Rhode.

Location:

Oleggio (NO), Italy

Client:

Private

Year:

2019-2023

Status:

Completed

Program:

Art Space

Team:

Ivana Di Chiara, Giulio Giori, Marina Tangari, Anna Pierotello

Collaborators:

Rossi Bianchi lighting design

Photographs:

2,6,7,8,10,11,13,15,18,21,25

Mattia Micheli

, all others Lorenzo Bini