Torri
Michele De Lucchi
Michele De Lucchi
unique, signed wooden architectural models of “towers”
hand-made by Michele De Lucchi, 2007, Italy
hand-hewn cherry wood, cut with chainsaw and other tools
These one-off wooden models of towers are part of a continuing narrative, in which De Lucchi conducts experiments in carved wood - studies which were born from the desire to do architectural explorations and research independent from a client’s needs. These sculptural works are made of solid wooden blocks, which De Lucchi carves with a chainsaw and other tools. The architect said he realized his wish to work in this way with woods while sharpening pencils with a penknife.
The three examples exhibited here were first shown in the exhibition “Tra Eroici Muri di Legno”, at the La Triennale di Milano Design Museum, May 7-July 7, 2009.
De Lucchi writes:
“I moved from the lightness and quietness of the pencil to the roughness and din of the chainsaw, but without sacrificing my effort to treat the wood tenderly, as if it were paper, with effects that may be random but never mechanical.”
“These buildings are not necessarily intended to be built. I am still wondering why I do these wood houses and why they look so nice so small and twisted, whereas they would be so ugly built on a real scale, all straight and perfect, with their gutters and sealed windows, their shutters and balconies and switches to turn on the lights.”
hand-made by Michele De Lucchi, 2007, Italy
hand-hewn cherry wood, cut with chainsaw and other tools
These one-off wooden models of towers are part of a continuing narrative, in which De Lucchi conducts experiments in carved wood - studies which were born from the desire to do architectural explorations and research independent from a client’s needs. These sculptural works are made of solid wooden blocks, which De Lucchi carves with a chainsaw and other tools. The architect said he realized his wish to work in this way with woods while sharpening pencils with a penknife.
The three examples exhibited here were first shown in the exhibition “Tra Eroici Muri di Legno”, at the La Triennale di Milano Design Museum, May 7-July 7, 2009.
De Lucchi writes:
“I moved from the lightness and quietness of the pencil to the roughness and din of the chainsaw, but without sacrificing my effort to treat the wood tenderly, as if it were paper, with effects that may be random but never mechanical.”
“These buildings are not necessarily intended to be built. I am still wondering why I do these wood houses and why they look so nice so small and twisted, whereas they would be so ugly built on a real scale, all straight and perfect, with their gutters and sealed windows, their shutters and balconies and switches to turn on the lights.”
