corte B dettagli di facciata courtyard B, details of the façade
PANTONE 338 C
PANTONE 390 C
PANTONE 367 C
PANTONE 377 M
PANTONE 378 M
“OUR RECOVERY AND REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR THE MARSEILLE DOCKS WAS BASED ON A VIRTUOUS PROCESS WE TRIGGERED, THANKS TO WHICH WE HANDCRAFTED A CERAMIC ELEMENT FOR THE COVERINGS WORKING IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH AN ART WOR- KSHOP BASED IN ALBISSOLA. THEN, WE HANDED THE MOULD TO CASALGRANDE PADANA, AND THEY DEVELOPED THE ELEMENT ON AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF FRANCE’S AVIS TECHNIQUES. ALL THIS WAS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE CONSI- DERED THIS PROJECT AS A VIRTUOUS DIALOGUE BETWEEN PLAYERS THAT, UP TO A FEW DECADES AGO, TALKED AND ENRICHED ONE ANO- THER, AND NOW TEND TO GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS ALL THE TIME. ALONG THE WAY, WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS APPROACH – AND THIS IS THE CHALLENGE WE LAUNCHED TO CASALGRANDE PADANA – COULD BECOME A PRECIOUS RESOURCE, AND THAT THIS INTERACTION AND CONTINUOUS RESEARCH ON THE MATERIAL SHOULD NEVER STOP, REGARDLESS OF THE SCALE OF THE PROJECTS WE WERE PROPOSING”. Alfonso Femia