Thresholds
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Project • By Fausto Ferrara • Temples
Temple of Silence
The Temple of Silence is a Total Spatial Work by Fausto Ferrara, built in Torrenieri, Tuscany, as a private non-denominational sacred pavilion.
The Work originates from a radical question: can architecture exist beyond function and return human beings to a condition of presence? The Temple is neither a hall, a church nor a meditation facility understood as a service. It is a place in which architecture suspends purpose in order to preserve another condition of dwelling: silence, inoperativity and a return to oneself.
The entrance does not coincide with a façade. A large curved wall interrupts direct movement and transforms access into a sequence of thresholds. The body is required to slow down, deviate and momentarily lose its habi... More
Project • By Fausto Ferrara • Art Galleries
Circle - Private Gallery
Circle is a Spatial Work by Fausto Ferrara, conceived in Berlin as a private gallery for an international client.
The Work adopts circular geometry not as an autonomous image or symbol, but as a principle capable of establishing a precise relationship between body, movement, void, light and time. A continuous perimeter surrounds and protects a central space open to the sky, transforming the gallery into an experience structured through circumambulation.
The visitor does not simply move through a sequence of rooms, but is led around a centre. The central void becomes the measure of the entire architecture, while the circular path continuously alters distance, orientation, light and the perception of the artworks.
Circle therefore does not... More
Project • By Fausto Ferrara • Pavilions
Spazio Sensoriale
Spazio Sensoriale is a Spatial Work by Fausto Ferrara, realized in Hudson, New York, for the Art OMI Foundation.
The Work was conceived as an architectural prototype and inhabitable sculpture, operating at the threshold between architecture, environmental art and perception. It is not a pavilion conceived as an autonomous object, but a spatial device in which body, light, water, matter and movement construct the experience.
Franco Purini describes Spazio Sensoriale as an “inhabitable sculpture” and a “space-situation,” emphasizing how architecture is taken beyond simple function to become pure tectonic articulation and a perceptual field.
The project is structured through sequences of compression and expansion, re... More