The Sculpture Garden, at CASACOR Miami 2018, features works by the Italian studio, landscaping by Adriana Mavignier and work by Carola Bravo
Submitted at Dec 6, 2018, 2:42 PM
The studio responsible for designing classic Ferrari cars – Pininfarina –, led by engineer Paolo Pininfarina, used its technological and design know-how to create the Speedform series of sculptures, in partnership with Cosentino , for the Sculpture Garden of the CASACOR Miami 2018 , which takes up part of 700 Brickell Ave. The works, seats and garden bar were created with the help of cutting-edge software. The computers could control the machines that sculpted the marble with millimeter precision. Thus, each of the pieces looks as if it were created by the wind itself or by the erosion of a river. 
“Pininfarina’s design language is strongly guided by functional requirements. The aesthetic solutions are fluid, balanced and dynamic, without the need for useless decorations,” defines Paolo Pininfarina. These values align with the futuristic aesthetics of the sculptures, whose lines seem to carry the viewer with him in a quick movement. “For us, the aesthetic side is as fundamental as ergonomics or engineering,” adds Paolo Trevisan, director of design at the studio’s North American headquarters. 
This is not the first time that Pininfarina has produced sculptures. Last year, it presented the work Aqua, at CASACOR Miami 2017 and at the Pinta Miami fair, however, the Speedform collection, is more ambitious and also technologically more complex. In the same way that great Renaissance masters, such as Michelangelo, said that their sculptures pre-existed in the raw material, Trevisan states “we like to let the material reveal itself. More than shaping the stone , we wanted to discover its interior”. 
Adriana Mavignier's landscaping surrounds each piece; the aim is to unite the different areas of the site, allowing visitors to follow the sculptures in a cohesive and green way. To achieve this, Adriana used a mix of plants from Asia, Africa, Oceania, North and South America, including brazilwood and Japanese ferns. Wrapping around the entire project is artist and architect Carola Bravo's work, Engaging Urban Lines #2 . A metal mesh creates networks that branch, converge and cross, beautifying and delimiting the Garden. 
