For the evening dedicated to the "Habitare la Casa Comune" event on April 15, 2024, LAA-Lorena Alessio Architetti realized the essence of the Hermitage of Silence to define a space of reflection within the Church of the Carmine in Milan's Brera area.
Designed under the guidance of Don Claudio Berardi, this remarkable structure embodies the pure essence of the Hermitage of Silence, an experimental project aimed at exploring the profound meaning of minimalist sacred spaces. It embraces essential living solutions that reveal a captivating blend of contemporary design and spiritual serenity.
The Hermitage of Silence serves as a sacred space suitable for contemplation and meditation. Constructed entirely of poplar plywood, the building represents LAA studio's second project involving prefabricated drywall structures. The new interlocking drywall typology allows for the structural use of plywood and is distinguished by visible portals serving a load-bearing function.
For the installation, i-Mesh produced nine panels in the Morellet pattern, one of the company's most representative designs, tailored to fit the dimensions of the structure to which they were attached. Measuring three and a half meters in length by eighty centimeters in width, these panels impart an elegant and majestic appearance to the structure while ensuring high permeability and a steady flow of air and natural light into the environment, facilitated by the bidirectional tensioning of the fabric.
The luminosity of the sacred space is further enhanced by openings in the roof and walls, which emphasize the texture and create stunning light effects as the pattern filters the sun's rays.
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