( Single units )
PIROSCAFO
Originally designed in 1994, the Piroscafo single unit by Aldo Rossi is a classic piece that has evolved with the times without betraying its origins as a rigorous but functional piece of furniture for versatile use in an array of interior spaces.
PIROSCAFO SINGLE UNITS ALDO ROSSI, LUCA MEDA
To find the genesis of this original domestic architecture, we have to take a step back in time. On a cold afternoon, two friends, Luca Meda and Aldo Rossi, are walking through the Fontivegge Centre, the headquarters of the Umbria Regional Council. They suddenly stopped to look at the large green glass facade next to the former Perugina chimney, a true relic of industrial archaeology. It was the moment of intuition: take the building’s facade and transform it into furniture!
PIROSCAFO SINGLE UNITS ALDO ROSSI, LUCA MEDA
PIROSCAFO SINGLE UNITS ALDO ROSSI, LUCA MEDA
PIROSCAFO SINGLE UNITS ALDO ROSSI, LUCA MEDA
PIROSCAFO SINGLE UNITS ALDO ROSSI, LUCA MEDA
In a few months, their intuition became reality. At the 1991 Salone del Mobile, four large compositions were presented, two with a white façade and two in Prussian green, which stood out in the centre of the Molteni&C stand. In 1993, based on an idea by Luca Meda, at the Salone del Mobile, a gigantic Piroscafo, 13 metres long, complete with red and black funnels reproducing a real ship, welcomed visitors.
It was an immediate success that has now lasted for thirty years.
( Aldo Rossi )
MOLTENI MIND
Aldo Rossi is known as one of the greatest 20th-century architects, winner of the 1990 Pritzker Prize, whose work has had an indelible impact on Molteni&C.
Perhaps it is snobbery but the more I see the world, the more I feel being a citizen of it and the more I want to go back to the old way of things.
Aldo Rossi