The international studio Alvisi Kirimoto unveiled an installation in the Exhibition-Event Cre-Action by Interni during Fuorisalone 2025.

The historic courtyard of Università degli Studi di Milano "La Statale" is brought to life with the project, TAM TAM. Temple, Action, Movement, which invites guests to participate in introspection and collective action.

From April 7 to April 17, 2025, TAM TAM. Temple, Action, Movement is accessible for visitors in the ancient courtyard of Università degli Studi di Milano "La Statale." 

Alvisi Kirimoto reimagines the traditional temple as a living, breathing organism that is constantly evolving, rather than as a static monument, inspired by the exhibition's subject, which blends Creativity and Action. 

The six columns of different diameters in the 6 x 6 x 5 m installation are dynamic components that guests can move and rearrange to change the area in real time.

The installation incorporates the ideas of flexibility and participation with the classical principles of firmitas, utilitas, and venustas. The columns, which have historically represented stability, now serve as a concrete metaphor for how interpersonal relationships evolve.

"With TAM TAM. Temple, Action, Movement, we started with the idea of the Temple, transforming it into a dynamic organism that adapts and responds to the needs of those who inhabit it. For us, architecture is not just about form, but about relationships and sensory experience," explained Junko Kirimoto, co-founder of the Alvisi Kirimoto studio. 

"Our goal was to create a space in constant transformation, one that fosters interaction and allows each visitor to become an integral part of its evolutionary process." 

"Architecture thus becomes an open dialogue, a continuous encounter between the individual and the environment that hosts them, where context and experience intertwine in mutual transformation," Kirimoto added.

The complex nature of TAM TAM. Temple, Action, Movement explores how human interactions and space interact. On the one hand, architecture directs the visitor even if it is changeable; the placement of the columns, their size, and the spaces they create subtly imply passageways, rest spots, and places for conversation. 

However, by shifting the columns, visitors to the installation alter not only its layout but also the web of connections it suggests: a corridor delineated by the columns either narrows to delineate more private and secluded spaces or widens into a communal area akin to a square.

The form and significance of the space are determined by human decisions, which are ongoing and always evolving. 

In this dynamic conflict between space and action, architecture "proposes," people "respond," and people "reinterpret," revealing the true character of the installation. An architecture that communicates rather than imposes; that encourages change via interpersonal contact rather than dictating.

If it were a blank page only waiting to be filled, the structure's white embodies the idea of possibility like itself. 

Alvisi Kirimoto highlights the essence of the space, the purity of the forms, and, most importantly, the core of the human experience by removing colors, textures, and superfluous decorations in favor of the installation's dynamic elements, such as the movement of the columns, visitor gestures, and the voids that are created and filled.

The National Consortium for the Collection, Recycling, and Recovery of Plastic Packaging, or COREPLA, is a strategic hub between companies, municipalities, and citizens. As such, TAM TAM. Temple, Action, Movement is constructed from recycled plastic in accordance with a design approach that emphasizes material life cycles.

The Consortium works to properly manage the lifecycle of plastic packaging, which is clearly in the public interest. COREPLA aims to meet the recycling and recovery goals set by the European Union by uniting about 2,500 businesses within the plastic packaging supply chain.

The installation may become an itinerant project after the event, and the materials used to create it will be recycled into new goods, giving the installation a second chance at life.

Sketch

Floor plan

Elevation

Alvisi Kirimoto imagined an educational center like "a light leaf" in the Florence green landscape, Italy. In addition, Alvisi Kirimoto together with Studio Gemma added a bold and floating educational hub to the LUISS University Campus, Rome, Italy. 

Project facts

Project name: TAM TAM. Temple, Action, Movement
Event: Fuorisalone 2025: Exhibition-Event Interni Cre-Action
Location: Università degli Studi di Milano 'La Statale', Cortile d'Onore del ‘600, Via Festa del Perdono 7, Milan
Project: Alvisi Kirimoto
Dates: 7 - 17 April 2025
Realisation: COREPLA – National Consortium for the Collection, Recycling, and Recovery of Plastic Packaging

Structures: BUROMILAN
Set-Up: Primo Tasco
Tube processing: Plastica Cesena
Tube coating: Ideal Verniciature

All images © Giuseppe Miotto / Marco Cappelletti Studio.

All drawings © Alvisi Kirimoto.

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