Many Hands Make One

Michele De Lucchi with AMDL CIRCLE

1+1+1
a project by Elena Quarestani
curated by Federica Sala

september-october 2020

Many Hands Make One

Michele De Lucchi with AMDL CIRCLE

1+1+1
a project by Elena Quarestani
curated by Federica Sala

september-october 2020

Many Hand Makes One, 1+1+1/2020 © Giovanni Hanninen
Many Hand Makes One, 1+1+1/2020 © Giovanni Hanninen

OPENING HOURS
from September 23 to November 14
Wednesday to Saturday from 15:00 to 19:00

EXTRAORDINARY OPENING
Sunday, September 20 from 16:00 to 20:00

In 2019, Michele De Lucchi and AMDL CIRCLE presented the architectural research entitled Earth Stations Many Hands: a reflection on the need to build contemporary monuments to celebrate handmade objects, craftsmanship as an art form, an exchange between cultures and a means of social inclusion.

Many Hands Make One is one of the possible declinations of this research. The carpet represents the symbol par excellence of vernacular craftsmanship. The carpet is born in the weaving through the choral work of several people and its realization requires a cohesive social group. In many cultures, the very design of the carpet is a representation of the symbols of the families that produced it. The installation designed for Assab One reconstructs, deconstructs and interprets the architectural elements par excellence (doors, windows, roofs, cornices, dormers, porches, chimneys…), juxtaposing the carpets to form what we ideally perceive as the first form of encampment, the home. This filigree architecture, made of roofs and walls suspended without a base, wants to represent the highest homage to craftsmanship: many carpets make a house, many hands make a unit. In order to realize this project, the production of the rugs was commissioned to Jaipur Rugs, a company producing high quality handmade rugs and creator of the Jaipur Rugs Foundation, an organization that has created the largest network of women’s and men’s handicrafts in India. The rugs will become part of Private Production.

Biografia

Michele De Lucchi, architect, has been a prominent figure in movements such as Alchimia and Memphis. Director of Design at Olivetti from 1988 to 2002, he was in charge of the design of several cultural, corporate, industrial and residential buildings. He has designed working environments and corporate image for Deutsche Bank, Enel and Poste Italiane among others; he has developed important hospitality projects in Georgia, China, Japan and various parts of Italy; he has planned buildings for museums such as the Triennale di Milano, the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, the Neues Museum in Berlin and the Gallerie d’Italia in Milan. In 2000, he was appointed Officer of Italian Republic. Since 2001, he is Professor at the IUAV in Venice and since 2008 at Politecnico of Milan. During 2018, Michele De Lucchi was Editor-in-Chief of the new Domus magazine. He is founder and member of AMDL CIRCLE, a multidisciplinary group of thinkers and innovators who focuses since 2018 on Earth Stations, future sharing architectures that combine technological development with humanist principles.

  • Schizzo di Michele De Lucchi - Collezione Many Hands Make One, 1+1+1/2020
    Schizzo di Michele De Lucchi - Collezione Many Hands Make One, 1+1+1/2020
  • Schizzo di Michele De Lucchi - Many Hands Make One, 1+1+1/2020
    Schizzo di Michele De Lucchi - Many Hands Make One, 1+1+1/2020
  • Michele De Lucchi con AMDL Circle © Giovanni Hanninen
    Michele De Lucchi con AMDL Circle © Giovanni Hanninen
  • Many Hand Makes One, 1+1+1/2020 © Giovanni Hanninen
    Many Hand Makes One, 1+1+1/2020 © Giovanni Hanninen
  • Many Hand Makes One, 1+1+1/2020 © Giovanni Hanninen
    Many Hand Makes One, 1+1+1/2020 © Giovanni Hanninen