Stone house in a cloister courtyard

Milan, Italy

House of Stone

This installation was built for a design week exhibition in the eighteenth century courtyard of a university cloister. It came out of a collaboration with Salvatori, a company specialised in processing natural stone with a strong focus on ecology and sustainability.

The work is a simple house-shaped structure made entirely of Lithoverde, a fully recycled material produced from leftovers of stone processing. Inside, narrow cuts through the walls and roof let thin blades of daylight fall across the stone surfaces.

Project Information

Design studio
John Pawson
Time
2010
Primary materials
Natural stone, Reclaimed materials
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