Mirrored elevator at Villa Bombrini
Addition of a reflective elevator to the 18th-century villa Durazzo Bombrini, located in Genoa, italy. The project serves as an appendage to the building’s circulation, permitting equal access to the upper level. The rectilinear form’s mirrored surfaces transmit images of its surroundings, including trees, the sky, and the residence’s façade.
Gian Piero Frassinelli, member of the 1960s Radical group Superstudio, visited the elevator to evaluate its relationship to the work of Superstudio. Below is an excerpt from his reflections:
‘as soon as I saw that tower of mirrors I felt attracted to it and wanted to go and see what was inside. those who, like us, have long been pondering upon mirrors know that it is easy to enter them: it is enough to go towards them with assurance, without stopping when the cold surface is felt; for [the] second one sees the reflection of [their] own back, [they become] aware of having reached the inside. thus I found myself inside a lift cabin which was also entirely made of mirrors; the infinite setting, created by the repeated reflections and fading all around me in the darkness of distance…’
Project: 2010
Completion: 2014
Design: Sp10 (C. Bagliani, V. Caponetto, A. Norero, V. Scelsi)
Project team: Alessandro Perrotta, Jacopo Avenoso, Sara Grignani, Nicola Lunardi, Alberto Marcenaro, Raffaella Parodi, Raluca Salmon, Andrea Spinetti
Mechanicals systems, Facing and Metal Structures: Komè
Supervision of works: Sp10
Client: Società per Cornigliano
Location:. Cornigliano – Genova, Italy
