On the occasion of Fuorisalone 2025, the Alvisi International Studio Kirimoto participates in the Cre-Action Internal Event of Internation with installation Tam Tam. Temple, action, movement. From 7 to 17 April 2025, the work will animate the historic court of the University of Milan “La Statale”, inviting a moment of reflection and collective action.
Starting from the title of the review that merges creativity and action, Alvisi Kirimoto reinterprets the classic temple no longer as an unchanging monument, but as a lively organism and constantly evolving. The installation, which measures 6 × 6 xh 5 meters, is made up of 6 columns of different diameters, dynamic elements that visitors can move and reorganize, redefining the space in real time.
The work resumes the classic principles of Firmitas, Utilitas, Venustas, combining them with the concepts of flexibility and
participation. The columns, traditionally a symbol of stability, thus become a tangible metaphor of the changing human relationships: “With Tam Tam. Temple, action, movement, we started from the idea of Tempio, transforming it into a dynamic organism, capable of adapting and responding to the needs of those who live in it. The architecture, for us, is not only a question of form, but of the relationship and the intent. constant change, which stimulates the interaction and allows each visitor to be an integral part of his evolutionary process. – Junko Kirimoto, co-founder of the Alvisi Kirimoto studio, tells.
Tam Tam’s complexity. Temple, action, movement is revealed in the dichotomy between space and human relationships. On the one hand, architecture, despite its modifiable nature, directs the visitor: the arrangement of the columns, their size, the interstices they create, implicitly suggest paths, breaks, possible areas of interaction. But by moving the columns, those who cross the installation not only changes the configuration, but intervenes on the plot of relationships that it underlies: a corridor marked by the columns expands to become a collective space, similar to a square, or narrows to outline more intimate and collected areas. It is the human, continuous and changing choices, to ultimately define the conformation and meaning of the space. The architecture “proposes”, the people “respond” and “reinterpret”, and it is precisely in this tension between space and action, which proves to be the true nature of the installation. An architecture that does not impose, but dialogues; Which does not define uniquely, but lets itself be shaped and enriching by human interactions.
The white of the structure embodies the concept of possibilities of the work itself, as if it were a white page still to be written. By freeing the surfaces from chromatism, textures and superfluous decorations, Alvisi Kirimoto shifts attention to the dynamic elements – the movement of the columns, the gestures of visitors, the voids that are created and filled, to enhance the essence of space, the purity of the shapes and, above all, the centrality of human experience. In line with a design vision attentive to the life cycle of materials, Tam Tam. Temple, action, movement is made of recycled plastic thanks to the collaboration with Corepla, a national consortium that promotes the circular economy of plastic packaging (www.corepla.it), operating as a strategic node between citizens, municipalities and companies.
The Consortium pursues a clear public interest: effectively manage the life cycle of plastic packaging; By bringing together about 2,500 companies in the plastic packaging chain, Corepla works to achieve the recycling and recovery objectives established by the European Union.
At the end of the event, the work can become a traveling project and the materials that compose it will be reused in new artifacts, guaranteeing the installation a second life.
Carlo Franza