Temples for Nature Sensibility Towards Our Natural Heritage Has Increased So Much That It Is Now Time to Build Temples for Nature

Michele De Lucchi Temples for Nature Sensibility towards our natural heritage has increased so much that it is now time to build Temples for Nature.

They are wonderful architectural objects, and like the ancient temples of past civilizations are built with the same grandeur and vision.

They are built to celebrate and experience nature in its most extreme forms where even the most convinced atheists will recognize the essence of divinity.

The new Temples are built to let you stay in absolute security and comfort, and are places to contemplate nature from your arrival, the evening sunset and the morning sunrise.

You sleep lulled by the sounds of nature, but it is not essential because in sleep the conscience disappears and is alerted and reactive in the moment of falling a sleep and that of awakening.

With the new digital platforms the choice of hotels is no longer just about service and price but is increasingly based on comparing the sensorial experiences that different environments can offer.

To ensure an intact landscape, you can only get there on foot or by air.

Drones deliver daily supplies to restaurants and hotel services.

The Temples for Nature are destinations in which to immerse yourself into the wonders of nature and celebrate the inherent sacredness of its most extraordinary manifestations. 1 The Polar Castle

Explore a cluster of ice clad spires that reach for the endless artic sky

2 The Desert Ring

Ride to a new oasis that celebrates the ever changing fluid forms of the desert

3 The Forest Leaves

Become fearless in the dense forest jungle

4 The Swampland Spine

Float your body and mind engulfed in the swamp mist

5 The Healthy Farm

Natural food and nature the perfect medicine

MICHELE DE LUCCHI

Michele De Lucchi was born in 1951 in Ferrara, Italy and graduated in architecture in Florence. He has been a prominent figure in such revolutionary movements as Cavart, Alchimia and Memphis. De Lucchi has designed lamps and furniture for well-known Italian and European companies, such as Artemide, Olivetti, Alias, Unifor, Hermès and Alessi. For Olivetti he was Director of Design from 1988 to 2002 and developed experimental projects for Compaq Computers, Philips, Siemens and Vitra. During this period, he developed a number of theories on the evolution of workplaces. He has designed and restored buildings in Japan for NTT, in Germany for Deutsche Bank, in Swit- zerland for Novartis, and in Italy for Enel, Olivetti, Piaggio, Poste Italiane and Telecom Italia. In 1999 he was appointed to renovate a number of ENEL (the Italian Electricity Company) power plants. For Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Bundesbahn, ENEL, Poste Italiane, Telecom Italia, Hera, Intesa Sanpaolo and other Italian and foreign banks he collaborated on the development of corporate image, introducing technical and aesthetic innovation into the workplace. He has been involved with numerous art and design exhibitions, creating building plans for museums including the Triennale di Milano, Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, Neues Museum in Berlin, Fondazione Cini in Venice, Gallerie d’Italia - Piazza Scala, Pietà Rondanini museum and Casa Manzoni in Milan. He has also developed a number of architectural projects for private and public client in Georgia, such as the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Bridge of Peace in Tbilisi. More recently he has undertaken a number of projects for the city of Milan including the pavilions for Expo 2015 (Padiglione Zero, Expo Center, Intesa Sanpaolo) and the UniCredit Pavilion in Piazza Gae Aulenti. His professional work has always run in tandem with a personal exploration of design, technology and craftsmanship. Since 2004 he has sculptured small wooden houses using a chain saw to create the essence of his architectural style. In 2003 the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris acquired a considerable number of his works. Selec- tions of his products are exhibited at various design museums in Europe, United States and Japan. In 2000 he was appointed Officer of Italian Republic by President Ciampi, for services to design and architecture. In 2001 he was nominated Professor at the Design and Art Faculty, University of Venice. In 2006 he received an Honorary Doctorate from Kingston University, for his contribu- tion to “living quality”. In 2008 he was nominated Professor at the Design Faculty of the Politecnico of Milan and Member of the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca in Rome. aMDL STUDIO

The philosophy adopted by Michele De Lucchi’s studio, aMDL, seeks to maintain a steady interaction between architectural thinking, industrial design and global communication. This transverse approach is backed by Michele De Lucchi’s personal research and international experience acquired through more than forty years’ work.

Founded in the early 1980s, the studio continues to evolve its original multicultural and multi- disciplinary origins, producing architecture and design for Italian and foreign institutes, public and private organizations, businesses and individuals. This work is based on close observations of all matters relating to contemporary society, advancing technologies and the importance of respecting our natural environment.

The present studio comprises some forty professionals from different cultural backgrounds and experiences who work in a flexible structure driven by constant teamwork. Its projects range from single products, to that of interiors, architecture and master plans, and are never confined to the visual aspects traditionally associated with design, but rather by contemplating every necessary step - from analysis to concept, from detailed development to realization through to the continued transformation for future scenarios.

Always at the forefront of the international cultural scene the studio in Milan’s central design district is organized as a creative workshop in an Art Nouveau building that was converted in 2006. At Angera, on Lake Maggiore, Michele De Lucchi has established his atelier-archive, where many architectural experiments start and where his works are documented and stored.

As proof of its constant search for excellence, the studio is certified ISO 9001:2015 for its architectural, urban, interior and exhibition design. Architectures POSTE ITALIANE OFFICES ENTRY WALKWAY TO THE TRIENNALE Italy, 1998 - 2003 DESIGN MUSEUM Milano, Italy, 2003 - 2007 Redevelopment of the interior and corporate image of the Italian post offices. The bridge made of bamboo connects the lobby of the first floor of Triennale building at the entrance of the Design Museum.

ENEL POWER PLANTS CHESA RITSCHA Italy, 2002 - 2006 St. Moritz, Switzerland, 2005 - 2008

Architetctural redesign of the Enel power An old barn renovated and converted plants that were converting from oil into a house. combustion to combined cycle gas turbine.

BANCA INTESA HISTORICAL BRANCHES FRANCO PARENTI THEATRE Italy, 2002 - 2006 Milano, Italy, 2004 - 2008

Redesign of retail banking branches Restructuring and renovation of the in the historic buildings of Banca Intesa. Fondazione Pierlombardo theatre, one of the historic avant-garde theatre institutions of Milano. NEW MANICA LUNGA THE BRIDGE OF PEACE Isola di San Giorgio, Venezia, Tblisi, Georgia, 2009 - 2010 Italy, 2005 - 2009 Monument dedicated to the peace between The corridor of the monastery of St. George, people, is a bridge over the Mtkvari River. which gave access to the private rooms of the monks, was converted into the Library of Art History of the Giorgio Cini Foundation.

MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS MEDEA HOTEL OF GEORGIA Batumi, Georgia, 2006 - 2011 Tbilisi, Georgia, 2006 - 2009 The hotel overlooks the sea in central It is a public building that houses offices Batumi and replaces an earlier one of the Ministry of Internal Affairs dating from the Soviet period. and the headquarters of the local police.

CARISBO FOUNDATION LIBRARY BATUMI LOW COURT Bologna, Italy, 2007 - 2009 Batumi, Georgia, 2009 - 2011

The church of San Giorgio in Poggiale The 17 floor tall tower is clad in stone and was restored and prepared to host the contains different public office functions. archive and library of Carisbo Foundation. UNICREDIT PAVILION PUBLIC SERVICE HALL Marneuli, Georgia, 2011 - 2012 Milano, Italy, 2013 - 2015

Building with glass façade and reflective A space for cultural and artistic events silver fabric sun protection system in the middle of the Porta Nuova business used for public administrative services. district.

EXPO PAVILION ZERO ACCESS TO THE "MERCATO DEL Milano, Rho, Italy DUOMO" 2012 - 2015 Milano, Italy, 2013 - 2015

It was the first pavilion to greet visitors Restructuring of the entrance foyer arriving at Expo Milan and introduced to the Autogrill flagship store the theme of “Feeding the planet-Energy in the famous Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. for life”.

SAFE GUIDE CENTER HEADQUARTERS "IL CENTRO" SHOPPING MALL Arese, Milano, Italy, Arese, Milano, Italy, 2013 - 2015 2013 - 2016

Multifunctional building dedicated One of the largest shopping malls in to different events around the world Europe that occupies part of the former of cars. Alfa Romeo factory. architetto Michele De Lucchi S.r.l. Via Varese, 15 20121 Milano Italy T +39 02 637868.1

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