WWMW
WWMW extends the pattern of Milan Cathedral to the squares and streets of downtown, weaving a system of “waterscapes.”
These critical and busy places are converted into experiential spaces that transform following the time marked by the city itself: school class schedules, moon phases, turning on pedestrian traffic lights, metro and streetcar arrivals. Here those who experience the place will wait or be surprised by events: the overflow of an aqueduct, the high and low tide of a lake, the appearance and disappearance of an atoll, the arrival of a sudden wave on the banks of a river, or the gentle one on the shore of a beach.
The combination of water, light and materials blends the wet design into the context and emphasizes the city’s iconic towers and historic buildings.
The Tide
Diaz square
The atoll
Mssori roadcrossing
The riverbank
via Larga
the seaside
Velasca square
the acqueduct
Statale gardens
The outfall
church of Saint Nazaro
Promenade at night
The Tide
Piazza Diaz
The water level rises and drops slowly, about twice a day in the depressed square, in front of Palazzo Martini.
The Seaside
Piazza Velasca
Each wave, depending on its direction, signals and follows the rhythm of the arrival of the underground trains below the square.
The Aqueduct
Università Statale Gardens
Between a lesson and another, for a quarter of an hour, the zigzag flow of the aqueduct is interrupted, the water gradually fills the tanks and finally exonerates. Students are invited to cross the garden between light water curtains.
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