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Munich-based designer Ingo Maurer has presented at this year’s Milan Design Week his concept for the seemingly jovial structure to be built in the Art Park in Inhotim, Brazil. The design of a large scale architectural rendition of a ceramic table lamp called ‘Broken Egg’ from 1996 will greet visitors with a curious wonder, using the egg’s natural geometries to create a quite incredible interior auditorium space.
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Exhibition of the architectural installation project at Ingo Maurer’s show inside the Spazio Krizia, during Milan Design Week
An organic fissure runs across curving roof and wall letting in only a sliver of light that reveals the volumetric expanse of interior space, but also draws a powerful ray of light to the exterior from the activity inside. The approach is reminiscent of an alien aircraft’s entrance stairs from an old science fiction movie, perhaps lending to the mysterious nature of its origins. The long entry stairs colored a vivid red gradually separate the guest from the ground plane and dramatically allow the egg structure to grow in size as they approach the entrance through the middle of the interior seating structure. The primary platform is similar to a plate elevated above the rounded ground level, not quite reaching the edges of the envelope suggesting an infinite space.
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In art history, certain symbols are more commonly encountered, often continuing a tradition of depiction that can be traced back beyond into antiquity. The use of ornamental egg-shaped objects suspended within sacred buildings is one of these transcendental symbols.
One such enduring mystery is the egg suspended from the ceiling in Piero della Francesca’s Montefeltro Altarpiece. A cursory analysis may state that the egg is well known symbol of fertility and birth. Other readings see this object as a large pearl, which along with the shell represented in the architectural features behind may represent purity.
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detail of Piero della Francesca’s Montefeltro Altarpiece, 1465, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
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