“Earth Stations” in Paradigma. Il tavolo dell’architetto

In 2019, the Earth Stations were the protagonists of the seventh exhibition in the cycle Paradigma, Il tavolo dell’Architetto [Paradigm, The Architect’s Desk], periodically hosted by the Museo Novecento in Florence. In the exhibition spaces the models and drawings of the research project were presented, which focused on the evolution of the concept of function in architecture and on the need to construct symbolic buildings. As Laura Andreini, curator of the exhibition, explains: “Rethinking the social meaning of the building is a thought that for De Lucchi comes from way back. Already in the book 12 Racconti con Casette [Twelve Stories About Little Houses] he imagined an architecture placed in a series of landscapes with the intention of communicating hope and optimism. As he himself says, ‘one of the questions that I frequently ask myself is: what do people really want? What do we give to people? And so from the experience of little houses carved with a chainsaw, the symbol of research into the theme of dwelling, with the Earth Stations we arrive at a broader evolution, always linked to the theme of dwelling and to the quality of the living conditions of people on Earth, but this time expanded in scale and associated with the People-Nature-Technology relationship. New ‘architectural visions’ no longer distant from their function but that will help people increasingly develop their aptitude for reciprocal exchange and for every form of creativity and craftsmanship”.