The project site is in the center of a natural stone amphitheater, a former mining area, situated on the top of the mountains surrounding the municipality of Dossena.
The earliest settlements in the area date back to the Bronze Age when iron, calamine, and galena mines were discovered. These mines led to the establishment of a stable community around the extraction sites, making Dossena the first settlement in the valley.
The monument ECHO OF THE MOUNTAIN celebrates the memory of all the people who worked in the now dismissed mining sites of Dossena.
The project consists of a circular enclosure, reminiscent of local wooden fences, embracing a large stone, sculpted by the artist Francesco Paterlini, and isolating it from the surrounding landscape, giving it a symbolic and contemplative nature.
The enclosure consists of a concrete base that extrudes halfway around its circumference, becoming a long seat for community celebrations, and a pyramid-shaped burnt wooden structure that grafts onto the concrete base along its entire length.
Team:
Commissioner: Associazione Cultura Dossena
Architecture: Associates Architecture
Team: Nicolò Galeazzi, Martina Salvaneschi, Mariachiara Cocchiararo, Claudia Crotti, Paola Federici, Nicole Tombini
Structure: Opera Mista
Artistic intervention: Francesco Paterlini
Graphic design: Giulia De Benedetto, TassinariVetta
Partners: Comune di Dossena, Politecnico di Torino-DAD
Cultural partner: Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea – Ministero della Cultura
Suppliers: Impresa edile Astori, Green Ger
Photography: Atelier XYZ
