{"id":134725,"date":"2025-05-27T01:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T01:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/134725\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T01:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T01:54:12","slug":"mario-cucinella-3d-prints-flower-shaped-amphitheater-in-venice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/134725\/","title":{"rendered":"mario cucinella 3D prints flower-shaped amphitheater in venice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mario Cucinella\u2019s amphitheater blooms in san servolo, venice<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the Green Design Days 2025,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/mario-cucinella-architects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Mario Cucinella Architects (MCA)<\/strong><\/a> unveils A Flower in San Servolo, a 3D printed amphitheater in Venice\u2019s San Servolo Island. Designed as a space for dialogue, performance, and community, the open-air structure blossoms like a flower, melding poetic form with a low-impact construction process. Created in collaboration with local innovators and built using sustainable, lime-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/modular-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>modules<\/strong><\/a> produced directly on the island, the amphitheater stands as a symbol of environmental and cultural synergy, timed to coincide with this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/venice-architecture-biennale-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>year\u2019s Venice Architecture Biennale. <\/strong><\/a>\u2018Thanks to 3D printing and the use of sustainable materials, the structure integrates into the landscape with an organic form that, like a flower, emerges from the ground,\u2019 <strong>shares the architect.<\/strong> \u2018It is not just a stage space but a place for meeting and dialogue, where tradition and innovation merge in harmony with the environment.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1135311 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"mario cucinella 3D prints flower-shaped sustainable amphitheater in venice's san servolo\" width=\"818\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mario-cucinella-3d-printed-flower-sustainable-amphitheater-venice-san-servolo-designboom-01.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>all images by Niccolo\u0300 Baccega<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>750 dry-assembled blocks compose the structure<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The project stems from a shared vision between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcarchitects.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>architect<\/strong><\/a> Mario Cucinella and San Servolo srl, the public company managing the island. The goal is to create an inclusive, reversible structure available to students, residents, and visitors. Set against the cinematic backdrop of San Lazzaro degli Armeni, the amphitheater is conceived as an architectural gesture that grows from the earth and belongs to the lagoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Built from approximately 750 dry-assembled blocks across 62 unique types, each module is 3D printed from a certified sustainable material composed primarily of natural lime. An on-site printer ran for nearly 200 hours, reducing transport emissions and enabling precise, high-quality production. The structure was built using a dry assembly method, making it easy to take apart and reuse. Its modular design uses one interlocking piece, giving the amphitheater strength and a uniform look.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1135317 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"mario cucinella 3D prints flower-shaped sustainable amphitheater in venice's san servolo\" width=\"818\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mario-cucinella-3d-printed-flower-sustainable-amphitheater-venice-san-servolo-designboom-07.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>the open-air structure blossoms like a flower from the Venetian landscape<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1135314 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"mario cucinella 3D prints flower-shaped sustainable amphitheater in venice's san servolo\" width=\"818\" height=\"1227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mario-cucinella-3d-printed-flower-sustainable-amphitheater-venice-san-servolo-designboom-04.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>created in collaboration with local innovators and built using sustainable, lime-based modules<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1135315 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"mario cucinella 3D prints flower-shaped sustainable amphitheater in venice's san servolo\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mario-cucinella-3d-printed-flower-sustainable-amphitheater-venice-san-servolo-designboom-05.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>the amphitheater stands as a symbol of environmental and cultural synergy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mario Cucinella\u2019s amphitheater blooms in san servolo, venice \u00a0 During the Green Design Days 2025, Mario Cucinella Architects&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3939],"tags":[51732,4021,4020,4022,77,15697,58164,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-134725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-3d-printing","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-mario-cucinella-architects","14":"tag-modular-design","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114577307395598621","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}