The film journey, by which The Piranesi Experience tells us about the sixth and last Messner Mountain Museum designed by the Anglo-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid in collaboration with Reinhold Messner, starts out with the early light of dawn. The panoramic views of the drone span like wind blowing between the mountains at a height of 2275 metres, moving from the endless landscape of the Dolomites to the intimacy of a carved architecture in the rock from which it seems to be generated.
Rossana Vinci, architect and journalist
Claudio Esposito film director
The smooth shapes of the building merge into a symbiotic relationship with the natural power that houses them, concrete coverings and metal structures blend with the surrounding rocks in a continuous dialogue between artificial and natural, interior and exterior, darkness and light. Through the large panoramic windows, a gaze is able to move freely in four cardinal directions, disclosing an intimate and constant relationship with the scenery where the building is immersed, while witnessing the undertakings of the greatest alpinists of all time.
Fabio Paolucci, photography director
The fluid movements of the camera, accompanied by Populus’ notes and Fabio Paolucci’s photography, follow the labyrinthine trajectory of the interior hypogeum distributed over several levels that end by melting on an overhanging terrace with breathtaking panoramic views. The lights of the day go out, the camera slowly pans out revealing the building in its entirety, remaining silent on the mountain’s summit, which protects it.
Andrea Mangia aka Populous, author of the music
MMM Corones
New museum of Reinhold Messner Zaha Hadid Architects Plan de Corones 2015 53 ton 525 sq.m.
Key facts Installation of fiber cement panels: 382 - external: 174 - interior: 208 Metal parts: 28.000 - 20.000 single parts -8 .000 screws (laser location search: 2.700 points) Glass parts: 25 glass + 2 curved glasses = 7,0 ton Technical drawings: 4.600 files (3.500 engineering hours) - 3.600 files for machining - 1.000 files for assembly Timeline Start and end of our project: 25.05.15 - 11.07.16
Awards Premio Palladio 2017 CasaClima Award WAF 2016 Highly Commended
“The idea is that visitors can descend within the mountain to explore its caverns and grottos, before emerging through the mountain wall on the other side, out onto the terrace overhanging the valley far below with spectacular, panoramic views.� Zaha Hadid Architect Zaha Hadid Architects
Render 3D Š Zaha Hadid Architects
Engineering
“More than 3.500 Engineering hours - big project!”
Lorenz Kaufmann Design Engineer Stahlbau Pichler
On site
“Small project for us, but difficult logistics on top of the mountains.”
Stefano Cumer Chief Technical Officer Stahlbau Pichler
Foto © Wisthaler
On site
Foto Š Wisthaler
“A Museum on top of a mountain must be a success!”
Alberto Zabini Sales Director Stahlbau Pichler
Foto © OskarDaRiz