Magnifica Fabbrica
Magnifica Fabbrica
Magnifica Fabbrica
Milan
Milan
A city-stage and open laboratory for La Scala opera house
A city-stage and open laboratory for La Scala opera house
Overview
Overview
The “Magnifica Fabbrica” project creates a new site for the Teatro alla Scala laboratories and warehouses as well as the expansion of Parco della Lambretta, giving shape to an innovative cultural, artistic, and production center for the city of Milan. The Magnifica Fabbrica is envisaged not only as a place for the making of the amazing sets, costumes and scenic artifacts of the theater, but as an actual city-stage.
The “Magnifica Fabbrica” project creates a new site for the Teatro alla Scala laboratories and warehouses as well as the expansion of Parco della Lambretta, giving shape to an innovative cultural, artistic, and production center for the city of Milan. The Magnifica Fabbrica is envisaged not only as a place for the making of the amazing sets, costumes and scenic artifacts of the theater, but as an actual city-stage.
Key information
Key information
Client
Client
Comune di Milano
Comune di Milano
Year
Year
2022
2022
Location
Location
Milan, Italy
Milan, Italy
Typology
Typology
Cultural, Workplace
Cultural, Workplace
Size
Size
160,000 sqm
160,000 sqm
Services
Services
Architecture, Urban Design
Architecture, Urban Design
Status
Status
International competition
International competition
Insights
Magnifica Fabbrica openly shares and makes 'visible' the 'invisible'
The project aims to reproduce that sense of suspension of time and space that you breathe during the Teatro alla Scala performances, spreading out the magic of the theater from the stage to the whole city. The “behind the scenes” becomes instead the stage of Milan, breaking down its walls and revealing the hidden beauty behind the complex stage machines that animate the sets of the Teatro alla Scala.
Magnifica Fabbrica openly shares and makes 'visible' the 'invisible'
The project aims to reproduce that sense of suspension of time and space that you breathe during the Teatro alla Scala performances, spreading out the magic of the theater from the stage to the whole city. The “behind the scenes” becomes instead the stage of Milan, breaking down its walls and revealing the hidden beauty behind the complex stage machines that animate the sets of the Teatro alla Scala.
Description
At Magnifica Fabbrica, everyone becomes a spectator of a show that is always in progress, participatory and dynamic, where the protagonists are not the actors who typically go on stage but the scenic artifacts and the women and men who are the creators of these works. From an architectural point of view, this opening is interpreted by metaphorically translating the Scenic Tower of La Scala from the theater to the Magnifica Fabbrica and transforming it into a transparent and permeable building.
The new tower is the centrepiece of the intervention and acts as a driving force for the creation of an attractive and inclusive place. The square in front of the tower thus becomes an urban stage that invites even those who are perhaps less interested in operas to get exposed to this “magnificent” art form.
At Magnifica Fabbrica, everyone becomes a spectator of a show that is always in progress, participatory and dynamic, where the protagonists are not the actors who typically go on stage but the scenic artifacts and the women and men who are the creators of these works. From an architectural point of view, this opening is interpreted by metaphorically translating the Scenic Tower of La Scala from the theater to the Magnifica Fabbrica and transforming it into a transparent and permeable building.
The new tower is the centrepiece of the intervention and acts as a driving force for the creation of an attractive and inclusive place. The square in front of the tower thus becomes an urban stage that invites even those who are perhaps less interested in operas to get exposed to this “magnificent” art form.
