{"id":26068,"date":"2016-11-10T15:52:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T15:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sitowebwp.it\/fragments-of-light-glass-as-creative-expression-in-the-works-of-studio-comoglio-architects-turin\/"},"modified":"2016-11-10T15:52:30","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T15:52:30","slug":"fragments-of-light-glass-as-creative-expression-in-the-works-of-studio-comoglio-architects-turin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comoglioarchitetti.it\/en\/fragments-of-light-glass-as-creative-expression-in-the-works-of-studio-comoglio-architects-turin\/","title":{"rendered":"Fragments of Light. Glass as creative expression in the works of Studio Comoglio architects Turin"},"content":{"rendered":"

[:it]Artistic stained glass is one of those themes that pervades the history of art and architecture with its very long tradition, but in contemporary times it seems to have lost much of its expressive value, eventually being replaced by the quest for maximum transparency and maximum visual lightness of glass.<\/p>\n

For several years now, the Comoglio Architetti studio has been reworking a design path in which it repurposes
\ntraditional stained glass, with lead-bonded blown glass elements, to reiterate the relationship between glass and architecture, between light and color, between lightness and material effect, that this type of solution is capable of suggesting. The figurative choices are characterized by a contemporary approach with a synthetic design that brings figurative and abstract forms closer together. <\/p>\n

The interest in stained glass began with Giorgio Comoglio’s meeting with Father Costantino Ruggeri in the late 1990s. The collaboration between artist friar and architect started a path of reworking and by the Comoglio studio in the architectural works carried out in Turin, first of all in the recovery of churches and sacred spaces, and then becoming an iconic and identifying element also in domestic type environments or public spaces.
\nThe choice of glass proves to be an interesting perspective to revitalize different types of environments, through the use of color and light and promotes a functional tool to the architectural project. Thus a stained-glass window, in the room of a house, office or church, collects light and projects it, creating a living, animated, and continuously changing environment that follows the changing of time.
\nThe stained-glass window thus becomes a topic of interest for the architectural firm, which actively participates in the projects that are developed in different areas.
\nStudio Comoglio architects has its own laboratory for the preparation of both initial models, mock-ups and study tests, and final stained-glass windows. <\/p>\n

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Artistic stained glass window made for the S.M. Goretti weekday chapel in Turin -design: Comoglio architects, production: BiVetro<\/h3>\n

The figurative elements reproduce or rather interpret fragments of creation (a piece of the sky, a star, a flower) with an essential and vivid sign; the light passes through the colors, filtering them into the space of the Chapel and immersing us in a space of contemplation.<\/p>\n

 [:en]The stained glass represents a common theme in Art and Architecture history, with a very long tradition, but in last century seems to have lost its evocative power, to be gradually substituted by the search for maximum transparency and lightness of glass.<\/p>\n

In last years Comoglio Architects is leading a design research to propose a revised form of stained glass, made by leaded blown glass, in order to restore the relashionship between glass and architecture, between lightness and materic presence that this kind of solutions could suggest. Figurative choises are characterized by a contemporary approach of the drawing that matches figurative and abstract shapes. <\/p>\n

Raising interent in artistic stained glass was inspired by the meet between Giorgio Comoglio and father Costantino Ruggeri, at the end of ’90. Collaboration between the friar artist and the young architect led to an elaboration of the architectural works performed in Turin by Comoglio architects, primarily in the restoration of churches and sacred spaces, to become an iconic and identificative aspect also in private or public spaces. <\/p>\n

Glass reveals as an interesting perspective to revitalize different types of spaces, through the use of color and light, promoting a functional tool related to the architectural design process. This means that even a simple glazing, in a room of a house, in an office or in a church, collects and projects light in a vivid, animated space, continuously changing with the passage of time. <\/p>\n

The glass becomes an interesting theme for the architectural practise, an active element of projects developped in different fields.<\/p>\n

Comoglio Architects office owns a workshop space for the direct preparation of initial concepts and mock-ups, samples, till the assemblage of the final glazing.<\/p>\n

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Stained Glass realized in Santa Maria Goretti weekday Chapel, Turin – design: Comoglio architects production: BiVetro<\/strong><\/p>\n

Figures reproduces or better suggest a few fragments of the ‘Creation’ scene (a piece of sky, a star, a flower) with a synthetic end living sign; the light passes through the colors, filters them in the chapel space and plunges us into a contemplative space.<\/p>\n

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