It was created to cover the Piramide Observatory Laboratory, the Italian scientific research center at over 5000 meters on the Nepalese side of Everest, but before flying to the roof of the world the installation - produced entirely in Lombardy - will be visible to the public at the Design Week and to all the Milanese in Piazza Città di Lombardia.
From 16 to 21 April, during the Fuori Salone, 'Lombardia Square' will host the 'Pyramid of Everest', a 17x17x11m installation, inside which 3 blocks of ice will be exhibited, representing the 3 types of Alpine and Himalayan glaciers: ice clean;
ice affected by 'darkening';
ice covered by rocky debris.
During the design week, the blocks will be monitored by the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policies of the State University of Milan.
An urban glaciology activity designed to raise visitor awareness of the increase in glacial melting due to ongoing climate changes.
Furthermore, thanks to Oculos viewers, visitors will be able to take an immersive journey in videos shot by Unimi on the Forni Glacier during monitoring and research activities.
Virtual visitors will have the impression of being directly on the glacier with researchers from La Statale, to experience first-hand the impacts of climate change on the glacier.
The installation will then be transferred to Nepal, to cover - to allow its maintenance - the Piramide Observatory Laboratory, inaugurated in 1990 by the mountaineers Ardito Desio and Agostino da Polenza, to offer the international scientific community a unique opportunity to study the environment, climate, human physiology, geology and the most advanced technologies.
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