{"id":3246,"date":"2026-09-07T12:11:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T11:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/?p=3246"},"modified":"2026-09-07T12:11:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T11:11:36","slug":"plastic-for-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/atelier\/plastic-for-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"PLAstic for PLAnts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-58c5e73d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignfull is-style-default has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color has-romie-font-family wp-elements-1\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);font-size:clamp(33.419px, 2.089rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 2.769), 60px);font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none\">PLAstic for PLAnts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-19062304 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color has-romie-font-family wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(18.959px, 1.185rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.15), 30px);\">What Happens When Design Students Take On Plastic Waste<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-testi-ita-blog-color has-text-color has-link-color has-romie-font-family wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(18.959px, 1.185rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.15), 30px);\">Cosa succede quando gli studenti di design si occupano dei rifiuti di plastica?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-efcf3b01 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size has-romie-font-family is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.104), 15px);font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-custom-text-1-color has-custom-atelier-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius:20px;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.104), 15px);\">Workshop<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-custom-atelier-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius:20px\">Plastic<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color has-romie-font-family wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.104), 15px);font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">7 September 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--2\" style=\"margin-right:0;margin-left:0\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PLA-title-1-1024x544.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PLA-title-1-1024x544.png 1024w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PLA-title-1-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PLA-title-1-768x408.png 768w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PLA-title-1-1536x815.png 1536w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PLA-title-1.png 2008w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2eab17fa wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-125ae640 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f9cd94f0 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:500px\">\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color has-helvetica-lt-std-font-family wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(16.293px, 1.018rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.907), 25px);font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">Four teams. Four totally different answers to the same question: what can recycled plastic do for the plants around us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, Girotondo Horizons had the privilege of co-creating and hosting &#8220;PLAstic for PLAnts&#8221; \u2014 a design residency developed in partnership with Politecnico di Milano, working closely with PhD candidate Lucia Ratti and Barbara di Prette assistant professor from the university&#8217;s design faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The name is a deliberate play on words: PLA, the biodegradable, recyclable plastic at the centre of the brief, and the plants whose wellbeing shaped every design decision. The workshop asked a simple but demanding question: how can design \u2014 using recycled and recyclable plastic \u2014 improve both our awareness of the environment and the environment itself for the plant life around us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Held at 1,060 metres in the Parco Nazionale dell&#8217;Appennino Tosco-Emiliano, the residency put Girotondo&#8217;s own recycling plant to work as more than a backdrop. It became raw material. Waste plastic collected and processed on-site was reprocessed into PLA filament and fed directly into the 3D printing of the students&#8217; prototypes \u2014 closing the loop between what we throw away and what we design, on the same patch of mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:76px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--3\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"802\" height=\"1082\" src=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/monocle-work.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3252\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/monocle-work.jpg 802w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/monocle-work-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/monocle-work-759x1024.jpg 759w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/monocle-work-768x1036.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Divided into four teams, the students spent the residency moving from concept to physical prototype. Four very different answers emerged:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Caruota<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 a children&#8217;s toy shaped like a carrot that turns play into planting. Spin it in a circle and it deposits a seed into the soil, turning something as ordinary as a child&#8217;s game into a first, hands-on encounter with growing things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--4\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"1088\" src=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/carruota.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3254\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/carruota.jpg 799w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/carruota-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/carruota-752x1024.jpg 752w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/carruota-768x1046.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carruota!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mon\u00f2colo<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 a single viewing tube fitted with interchangeable plastic lenses, each etched with a word: feel, notice, listen, understand among others. Set the tube to a chosen lens and you leave a message, in the form of a filtered view, for whoever looks through it next \u2014 a quiet, analogue way of passing on a perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"801\" height=\"1081\" src=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/monocle-view.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3256\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/monocle-view.jpg 801w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/monocle-view-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/monocle-view-759x1024.jpg 759w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/monocle-view-768x1036.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Notice &#8211; unseen alterations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Typo<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 the most mechanically ambitious of the four. A precisely engineered, 3D-printed structure designed to be filled with a pheromone that attracts a specific insect species currently causing damage in the surrounding forest. As insects accumulate inside, the structure&#8217;s balance shifts until it flips on its own axis, releasing a token with each flip. Count the tokens and you have a simple, elegant population count for that insect in that location \u2014 real data to inform where and how countermeasures are needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"1089\" src=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Typo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3258\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Typo.jpg 828w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Typo-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Typo-779x1024.jpg 779w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Typo-768x1010.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Typo in the forest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Roots &amp; Rhythms: Biodynamic Calendar<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 a circular calendar that brings ancestral knowledge of seasonal and lunar cycles into conversation with the modern calendar we live by, held together in a single, beautifully made object.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"1085\" src=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/roots-rhythms.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3260\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/roots-rhythms.jpg 828w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/roots-rhythms-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/roots-rhythms-781x1024.jpg 781w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/roots-rhythms-768x1006.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roots &amp; Rhythms &#8211; Biodynamic calendar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What struck us most wasn&#8217;t just the technical ingenuity \u2014 and there was plenty of it, particularly in Typo&#8217;s self-tipping mechanism \u2014 but how directly each project answered the brief. These aren&#8217;t abstract sustainability gestures. Caruota reframes how a child first meets nature. Mon\u00f2colo turns a lens into a message. Typo gives forest managers a genuinely useful monitoring tool. And the calendar asks us to see time through a biodynamic view point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every project was filmed, and we&#8217;ll be sharing that video alongside the many photographs from the residency \u2014 of the students at work, and of the community trying the prototypes for themselves: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/15wmDG6vbqQ\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/15wmDG6vbqQ\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our thanks to Lucia Ratti, Barbara di Prette, and every student who spent the week turning plastic waste into working prototypes with real environmental purpose. This is exactly the kind of collaboration Girotondo Horizons was built to host: academic rigour, hands-on making, and zero waste, all at 1,060 metres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your department or research group is exploring a residency built around circular design, sustainability, or applied research in the mountains \u2014 we&#8217;d love to talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#CircularDesign #ZeroWaste #PLAsticForPLAnts #GirotondoHorizons #SustainableDesign #PolitecnicoDiMilano #DesignResidency<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:500px\">\n<p class=\"has-custom-testi-ita-blog-color has-text-color has-link-color has-helvetica-lt-std-font-family wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(16.293px, 1.018rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.907), 25px);font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">Quattro squadre. Quattro risposte completamente diverse alla stessa domanda: cosa pu\u00f2 fare la plastica riciclata per le piante che ci circondano?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All&#8217;inizio di quest&#8217;anno, Girotondo Horizons ha avuto il privilegio di co-creare e ospitare &#8220;PLAstic for PLAnts&#8221;, una residenza di design sviluppata in collaborazione con il Politecnico di Milano, lavorando a stretto contatto con la dottoranda Lucia Ratti e Barbara di Prette professore associato della facolt\u00e0 di design dell&#8217;universit\u00e0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il nome \u00e8 un gioco di parole intenzionale: PLA, la plastica biodegradabile e riciclabile al centro del progetto, e le piante, il cui benessere ha guidato ogni decisione progettuale. Il workshop si \u00e8 posto una domanda semplice ma impegnativa: come pu\u00f2 il design, utilizzando plastica riciclata e riciclabile, migliorare sia la nostra consapevolezza ambientale sia l&#8217;ambiente stesso per la flora che ci circonda?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Svoltasi a 1.060 metri di altitudine nel Parco Nazionale dell&#8217;Appennino Tosco-Emiliano, la residenza artistica ha sfruttato l&#8217;impianto di riciclaggio di Girotondo non solo come sfondo, ma come materia prima. La plastica di scarto raccolta e lavorata in loco \u00e8 stata trasformata in filamento di PLA e utilizzata direttamente per la stampa 3D dei prototipi degli studenti, chiudendo cos\u00ec il ciclo tra ci\u00f2 che buttiamo via e ci\u00f2 che progettiamo, sullo stesso lembo di montagna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/carruota-work2-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3253\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/carruota-work2-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/carruota-work2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/carruota-work2-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/carruota-work2-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/carruota-work2-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Divisi in quattro team, gli studenti hanno trascorso la residenza lavorando dall&#8217;idea al prototipo fisico. Sono emerse quattro soluzioni molto diverse tra loro:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Caruota<\/strong>: un giocattolo per bambini a forma di carota che trasforma il gioco in semina. Facendolo girare, deposita un seme nel terreno, trasformando un semplice gioco per bambini in un primo approccio pratico al mondo delle piante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/carruota-work-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3255\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/carruota-work-scaled.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/carruota-work-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/carruota-work-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/carruota-work-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/carruota-work-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mon\u00f2colo:<\/strong> un singolo tubo di osservazione dotato di lenti di plastica intercambiabili, ciascuna incisa con una parola: sentire, notare, ascoltare, capire tra le altre. Impostando il tubo sulla lente prescelta, si lascia un messaggio, sotto forma di visione filtrata, per chiunque guardi attraverso di esso in seguito: un modo discreto e analogico per trasmettere una prospettiva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--10\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"1083\" src=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/monocle.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3257\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/monocle.jpg 827w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/monocle-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/monocle-782x1024.jpg 782w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/monocle-768x1006.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mon\u00f2colo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Typo:<\/strong> il pi\u00f9 ambizioso dei quattro dal punto di vista meccanico. Una struttura progettata con precisione e stampata in 3D, pensata per essere riempita con un feromone che attrae una specifica specie di insetto che sta causando danni alla foresta circostante. Man mano che gli insetti si accumulano all&#8217;interno, l&#8217;equilibrio della struttura si sposta fino a ribaltarsi sul proprio asse, rilasciando un gettone a ogni ribaltamento. Contando i gettoni si ottiene un conteggio semplice ed elegante della popolazione di quell&#8217;insetto in quella specifica localit\u00e0: dati concreti per capire dove e come intervenire con le contromisure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--11\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"1015\" src=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/typo-work.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3259\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/typo-work.jpg 828w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/typo-work-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/typo-work-768x941.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Typo &#8211; assembly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Roots &amp; Rhythms:<\/strong> Calendario Biodinamico \u2014 un calendario circolare che mette in dialogo la conoscenza ancestrale dei cicli stagionali e lunari con il calendario moderno che utilizziamo, il tutto racchiuso in un unico oggetto di pregevole fattura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--12\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"821\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/roots-work4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3261\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/roots-work4.jpg 821w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/roots-work4-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/roots-work4-778x1024.jpg 778w, https:\/\/girotondo.earth\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/roots-work4-768x1010.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roots &amp; Rhythms &#8211; group work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ci\u00f2 che ci ha colpito di pi\u00f9 non \u00e8 stata solo l&#8217;ingegnosit\u00e0 tecnica \u2013 e ce n&#8217;era in abbondanza, soprattutto nel meccanismo di ribaltamento automatico di Typo \u2013 ma la concretezza con cui ogni progetto rispondeva al brief. Non si tratta di gesti astratti di sostenibilit\u00e0. Caruota ridefinisce il modo in cui un bambino incontra per la prima volta la natura. Monocle trasforma una lente in un messaggio. Typo offre ai gestori forestali uno strumento di monitoraggio davvero utile. E il calendario ci invita a guardare al tempo da una prospettiva biodinamica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ogni progetto \u00e8 stato filmato e condivideremo il video insieme alle numerose fotografie della residenza \u2013 degli studenti al lavoro e della comunit\u00e0 che prova i prototipi \u2013: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/15wmDG6vbqQ\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/15wmDG6vbqQ\">[link al video]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Un ringraziamento speciale a Lucia Ratti, Barbara di Prette e a tutti gli studenti che hanno trascorso la settimana trasformando rifiuti di plastica in prototipi funzionanti con un reale scopo ambientale. Questo \u00e8 esattamente il tipo di collaborazione per cui Girotondo Horizons \u00e8 stato creato: rigore accademico, lavoro pratico e zero sprechi, il tutto a 1.060 metri di altitudine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Se il vostro dipartimento o gruppo di ricerca sta valutando una residenza incentrata su design circolare, sostenibilit\u00e0 o ricerca applicata in montagna, ci piacerebbe parlarne.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:66px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cb-carousel alignwide\" data-slick=\"{&quot;slidesToShow&quot;:3,&quot;slidesToScroll&quot;:1,&quot;speed&quot;:450,&quot;arrows&quot;:true,&quot;dots&quot;:true,&quot;autoplay&quot;:true,&quot;autoplaySpeed&quot;:3000,&quot;infinite&quot;:true,&quot;responsive&quot;:[{&quot;breakpoint&quot;:769,&quot;settings&quot;:{&quot;slidesToShow&quot;:1,&quot;slidesToScroll&quot;:1}}]}\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cb-slide\">\n<figure 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