Monumental Wonders Exhibition

Monumental Wonders Exhibition
© Marco Cappelletti

Monumental Wonders Exhibition 

OMA

ARCHITECTS
OMA

MANUFACTURERS
Solidnature

PROJECT ARCHITECT
Giulio Margheri

FURNITURE/OBJECTS
Alex Tintea, Benedict Wahlbrink, Arthur Wong

EXHIBITION
Eugene Kim, Andrea Masini, Alex Tintea, Arthur Wong

CLIENT
Solidnature

PARTNER
Ellen Van Loon

PHOTOGRAPHS
Marco Cappelletti

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Milan, Italy

CATEGORY
Museums & Exhibit, Installation

What does natural stone have to offer to contemporary design? What is its place among today’s abundance of synthetic materials? Monumental Wonders explores the potential of marble in furniture and interior design both as a raw and a recycled material.

Monumental Wonders Exhibition
© Marco Cappelletti
Monumental Wonders Exhibition
© Marco Cappelletti

The exhibition features a furniture set designed by OMA for SolidNature as well as a series of experiments in recycling leftovers from the manufacturing process.

The pieces – a cabinet and a bed – capture the monolithic nature of marble through simple and clear shapes, giving people the freedom to use them in various ways. Closed on one side and open on the other, the cabinet can be rotated 360 degrees like a movable wall.

Monumental Wonders Exhibition
© Marco Cappelletti
Monumental Wonders Exhibition
Courtesy of OMA and SolidNature

Lending a distinctive atmosphere to the space it faces. The bed too is conceived as a versatile object – a platform equipped to accommodate a full day’s activities. A slab that serves as a headboard can be moved aside and used as a table, simultaneously revealing a storage space underneath for anything from a laptop to a fridge.

The exhibition includes a laboratory room that displays samples of new materials combining resin with different types of stone grindings.Together with an installation that uses marble dust to create the feeling of a solid piece.

Monumental Wonders Exhibition
Courtesy of OMA and SolidNature


Monumental Wonders Exhibition
© Marco Cappelletti
Monumental Wonders Exhibition
© Marco Cappelletti