Building up to the May 9 opening of OMA's Fondazione Prada, Italian filmmakers Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine have released 15-video series that captures the rhythmic and somewhat "transient" nature of the project's last month of construction. Part of a long ongoing relationship between Prada and OMA, the highly anticipated venue will be an "unusually diverse environment" sculpted from a historic 20th-century distillery south of Milan's city center that will be used to exhibit art.
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Bêka and Lemoine's Mini-Series Captures OMA's Final Month of Construction on Fondazione Prada
https://www.archdaily.com/624314/video-mini-series-captures-oma-s-final-month-of-construction-on-fondazione-pradaKarissa Rosenfield
OMA Nears Completion of Fondazione Prada’s New Milan Venue
When first commissioned by Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli to design Fondazione Prada’s new space in Largo Asarco, OMA set out to “expand the repertoire of spatial typologies in which art can be exhibited and shared with the public.” The result, an “unusually diverse environment” staged within a historic 20th-century distillery south of Milan’s city center that goes beyond the traditional white museum box.
https://www.archdaily.com/590814/oma-nears-completion-of-fondazione-prada-s-new-milan-venueKarissa Rosenfield