The lightness of wind is juxtaposed by the weight of marble, mutating the apparent space. The earth joins the sky, the pavement the ceiling, the geometries, soft, fluctuating. The blocks on the pavement – signed by flashes of light that run along sinuous forms.

Marble, a pure and natural material, is transformed by air into wind, and the tornado becomes a fascination instead of danger, an elegant material dancing in the space.

Exciting, fluid, functional, this is the language that distinguishes Marco Piva’s architectural creations, product design and interior design. The effort in material research and technology, the value of differentiation and innovation, leads to an intense design production become one of the most representative in the contests of the Italian creativity and design.
Studio Marco Piva works ranges from Masterplan to Architecture, Interior and Industrial design.
Marco Piva, a traveller and a designer, is an innovator who is dedicated to create unique design solutions pervaded by stylistic freedom.
Currently, Studio Marco Piva is engaged in the development of hotel complexes and prestigious private houses in China, United States, India, Montecarlo, United Arab Emirates, Italy, Algeria and Albania, and in the creation of design furniture and complements for the main companies.

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Curated by Vincenzo Pavan

The natural environment as the fusion of two worlds – geological and biological – can be explained and interpreted as an enclosed space, a room open to the sky above. Just like Hortus conclusus, that embodied in a microcosm of symbols the desire of the Mediaeval world for a deep bond with nature and the supernatural, the Lithic Garden can now be a place where the interplay between geo and bio materials can generate new ideas for the human habitat, in a desired and sought-after relationship based on sustainability, balance and harmony with nature.
This is the goal of Lithic Garden exhibition entrusted to the creativity of designers of international calibre in collaboration with companies in the stone sector having a focus on experiments with innovative technologies in the processing of materials.
The stone gardens wind along a paved path offering horizontal and vertical surfaces, seats and sculptural elements, vegetable and water inserts, giving life to a design that finds in the participating companies ideal partners for experimenting with new generation technologies in transformation of stone materials.