ETNA | The Pizzi Deneri Volcanological Observatory in the exhibition dedicated to the architect Dante Bini
It was inaugurated last April 30th atADI Design Museum in Milan the exhibition Dante Bini, Out of the Box dedicated to one of the most interesting figures of international architecture of the second half of the twentieth century, Dante Bini.
The exhibition, curated by Alexander Columbus e Paola Garbuglio, hosts the model of the Pizzi Deneri Volcanological Observatory of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) which, located on the volcano Etna at 2.818 meters above sea level, is the Volcanological Observatory highest in Europe, built between 1975 and 1978 according to the technological principles of the architect Bini.
In particular, the technique used to build the Observatory was Binishell, or the construction of Dome structures by blowing compressed air between two plastic sheets enclosed between elastic metal mesh and cement.
Thanks to the collaboration with the Politecnico di Milano, the Pizzi Deneri Observatory will undergo architectural and scientific renovation as part of MEET (Monitoring Earth's Evolution and Tectonics), the project coordinated by theINGV and financed by National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). In this way, theSYHO It is destined to become an innovative high-altitude research laboratory, open physically and virtually to the international scientific community.
The exhibition Dante Bini, Out of the Box It will be open to visitors until June 15, 2025.
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Click here to learn more about the renovation project of the Pizzi Deneri Volcanological Observatory.
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National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV)
Dante Bini with Giulio Selvaggi, Stefano Branca and Salvatore Consoli of the INGV and the designers Matteo Brasca and Mario Motta.
Dante Bini signs the model, preserved at the Etna Observatory in Catania.
The Pizzi Deneri Volcanological Observatory.