SolidNature - Monumental Wonders

SolidNature presents Monumental Wonders, a group show of newly commissioned pieces realised by Dutch designer Sabine Marcelis and international architecture firm OMA.
SolidNature has invited OMA to design an immersive experience which will take place at Alcova’s Lavanderia building, in a challenge to showcase the different strategies on how natural stones can be presented.
An impactful installation of nine different types of onyx forms a 3-D entryway designed by OMA, leading the way to the exhibition where the seductive work of Sabine Marcelis takes centre stage. Marcelis’s installation is a monolithic state of the art bathroom of Pink Pale Hue onyx that can be admired from different angles as a sculpture.
The exhibitions continues with OMA’s creations: Balance, a multi-functional cabinet made out of Satin Verde Marble with shelves in Fresh Flow onyx, Inhabitable, a bed intended as a block of natural stones that reveals hidden functions and The Technological Stone, a block of natural stone with rough finishing transformed into a power plug creating a bridge between nature and technology.
The visit of Monumental Wonders culminates in the Lab Room, where SolidNature demonstrates the possibilities of the materials, especially by using marble dust to create new textures.