STONEGATE

concept and design

Raffaello Galiotto

 

engineering

Alessandro Serafini

realization

Lithos Design

partner of installation

Staminal Stone

 

assembling

Marco Bedin

metal carpentery

Officine M.C.N.

 

Marmomacc

Verona, 26 – 29 september 2012

Marmomacc & the City

Verona, piazza Bra’, 25 september – 29 october 2013

25 september 2016

inaugurazione della posa in piazza Zanella a Chiampo, Vicenza

STONE GATE  is the major new cutting-edge architectural-engineering project where designer Raffaello Galiotto in collaboration with Lithos Design measures up against the concept of gravity, proposing an architectural piece that works with the essential laws of physics.

One moves through a charming large marble ring (h. 3.80 m, depth 1.20 m) which can be crossed and walked on, designed according to its weight. A challenge that balances between mass, weight and gravity, and which appeals for its articulated and complex design. Indeed, STONE GATE is designed with a system of 20 modular hewn stones laid dry; combined in a structure that becomes self-supporting thanks to the state of compression given by the post-tensioning of the steel cables circling it and embedded in it. The cooperation with Staminal Stone, the Tuscan Company providing the raw material to realize this work, is also important for the output of the project. The material chosen for Stone Gate is Bardiglio nuvolato marble, a compact lithotype of a dark grey colour with thin white-grey veins, which is particularly appreciated for artistic, architectural and urban design applications.