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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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a circle in a square

Art installation for the Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art Kinare consisting of a bar, a restaurant, a bookstore and a local radio station.

Built in occasion of the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2012 the project was developed in collaboration with Italian artist Massimo Bartolini and remained as a permanent facility for the museum’s visitors.

Location:

Tokamachi, Japan

Client:

Art Front Gallery, Tokyo / Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale

Year:

2011-2012

Status:

Completed

Program:

Bar / Restaurant / Bookstore / Radio Station

Collaborators:

Massimo Bartolini (artist)

Photographs:

Osamu Nakamura