One Million Lights

#OneMillionLights is the winning proposal of a competition organized by the Municipality of San Severino Marche to design a Christmas lights installation in the main square of the city, right after a strong earthquake hit the city.

  • Location

    Italy, San Severino Marche

  • Design

    Andrea Tabocchini, Alessandro Donati, Leonardo Ottaviani

  • Photographers

    Francesca Vittorini, Pamela Natalini (Hexagon Group)
1_One Million Lights, A Donati, A Tabocchini, L Ottaviani_Ph. A Donati
The project introduces into the square 7 hills covered with natural vegetation and 10km of hidden artificial lights. The proposal is much more than a simple Christmas lighting: reflecting on the role of the square as a gathering space, the installation defines a sequence of spaces that interact with the urban fabric, creating an environment of encounters, interactions, and events. The hills, made with hay bales, compost sacks, and welded meshes, are covered with real grass and plants, creating a temporary and surreal landscape that generates a new microclimate within the square itself. The result is a spectacle of lights and activities that encourages movement and offers visitors of all ages spaces to spend Christmas in the wonderful Piazza del Popolo in San Severino Marche.
2_One Million Lights, A Donati, A Tabocchini, L Ottaviani_Ph. A Donati
3_One Million Lights, A Donati, A Tabocchini, L Ottaviani_Ph. Francesca Vittorini
4_One Million Lights, A Donati, A Tabocchini, L Ottaviani_Ph. Francesca Vittorini
5_One Million Lights, A Donati, A Tabocchini, L Ottaviani_Ph. Francesca Vittorini
6_One Million Lights, A Donati, A Tabocchini, L Ottaviani_Ph. Hexagon
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