Matteo Ferroni Architetto
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Fondazione eLand
via Lengina 4b
6965 Lugano, Switzerland
info@eland.org

singer composer Rokia TraorĂ© © M.Ferroni
Performing art center
I considered light a cultural phenomena rather than a technological challenge and I created a tool to harmonize culture with nature by turning the tree shade into light. Ultimately I repurposed a bike into a portable lamppost to tear down the rule of brighting space with a new yet ancient principle: illuminate life.
community garden studios theatre
Theatre and garden
Fondazione eLand ran a wide experimentation in the 'Commune Rurale de Cinzana' with more than 100 lamps manufactured in local workshops and delivered to 15 villages. This new light, welcomed by villagers as Foroba Yelen, deeply integrated into the life of communities accustomed to the moonlight and the glimmer of flashlights, carrying outcomes of huge anthropological significance. Fondazione eLand will release a handbook to replicate the project in any of the 20.000 villages of Mali and provide potentially huge energy savings to the country. The project was awarded by the City of Barcelona with FAD and is permanently exhibited at the Biosphere de Montreal as an innovative model of integration between technology and nature.
village community garden, Mali © M.Ferroni
Community gardens
Moving from Peter Kropotkin writings on independent communities, in 2010 I introduced the concept of collective light in rural Mali. Lighting tools owned by the village and shared for work education and cults, as a response to conventional public lighting solutions.
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Selected Works
Foroba Yelen
Luca Ronconi
Rokia Traoré performing arts center
Public gradens pavilion
Holy light for Mexico City
Ludovico Einaudi
Lectures
Matteo Ferroni lectures worldwide. Please write us for lectures and workshops enquiries
Awards
City to City Barcelona FAD Award: honourable mention
Lamp Awards: first prize for urban and landscape lighting design
Press Coverage
El Pais
La Repubblica
The Guardian
RaiNews24
Internazionale
Die Zeit
Neuer Zuercher Zeitung
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