Sulla Pietra

Far removed from the conventional perception of stone as a high-impact extractive material, it is reimagined here as an active field of experimentation. Through practices of reuse, digital fabrication processes and new research into low-emission materials, stone becomes a medium capable of generating new languages across architecture, urban design and interior spaces.

From the ancient principle of spolia to the recovery of stone offcuts and dust used in the creation of hybrid materials, the curatorial journey traces a path that challenges traditional hierarchies of matter. Within this perspective, Grima identifies a new “golden age” for natural stone, in which digital technologies expand production possibilities and open new horizons for design imagination, redefining the relationship between material, sustainability and form.

The exhibition thus presents itself as a narrative device in which stone is no longer merely a material, but an archive of transformations in progress.