Briccolone bookcase

The Briccolone is a self-supporting bookcase made with the original wood of Venetian "briccole": oak poles used as markers for waterways and tide directions for boats. As Michele De Lucchi explains, the bookcase “highlights the beauty of the material corroded by molluscs, by water, by salt, by time, by the gondoliers, by the tourists, by mice, by pigeons and by all the normal frequenters of Venice and yet keeps its heart pure, healthy, generous, incorruptible and highly visible beneath the crust”. The Briccolone is characterised by a linear column development with different levels that give space to the container spaces delimited by portions of trunk with exposed...

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The Briccolone is a self-supporting bookcase made with the original wood of Venetian “briccole”: oak poles used as markers for waterways and tide directions for boats. As Michele De Lucchi explains, the bookcase “highlights the beauty of the material corroded by molluscs, by water, by salt, by time, by the gondoliers, by the tourists, by mice, by pigeons and by all the normal frequenters of Venice and yet keeps its heart pure, healthy, generous, incorruptible and highly visible beneath the crust”. The Briccolone is characterised by a linear column development with different levels that give space to the container spaces delimited by portions of trunk with exposed bark.

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Area

Design

Year

2010-01 - 2010-04

Location

Cantù, Italia

Client

Riva 1920

  • Humanistic Architecture and Design
  • Humanistic Architecture and Design
  • Humanistic Architecture and Design
  • Humanistic Architecture and Design
  • Humanistic Architecture and Design

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