{"id":15253,"date":"2026-11-04T18:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ponderosa.it\/?p=15253"},"modified":"2026-11-05T12:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T11:38:16","slug":"155-tradate-a-new-cultural-space-finds-a-home-in-a-former-comb-and-shoe-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ponderosa.it\/en\/155-tradate-a-new-cultural-space-finds-a-home-in-a-former-comb-and-shoe-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"155 Tradate: A new cultural space finds a home in a former comb and shoe factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_8b2e5e525d556ebe\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel md-content enable-luminous-fast-follows enable-updated-hr-color stronger\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-busy=\"false\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_70c716a4f2ab153c\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel md-content enable-luminous-fast-follows enable-updated-hr-color stronger\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-busy=\"false\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_5b713bbb29a8eb3c\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel md-content enable-luminous-fast-follows enable-updated-hr-color stronger\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-busy=\"false\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<div class=\"first-token\"><strong><span class=\"\">by Luca Testoni<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"first-token\"><span class=\"\"> The new venture by <strong>Ponderosa<\/strong> founder <strong>Titti Santini<\/strong> has kicked off with an architecture exhibition.<\/span><span class=\"\"> An exhibition dedicated to <strong>Enrico Griffini<\/strong>,<\/span><span class=\"\"> the architect who,<\/span> at the height of <strong>World War II<\/strong> in <strong>1943<\/strong>, designed the plant for the then <strong>Czechoslovak<\/strong> cellulose multinational <strong>Koh-I-Noor<\/strong> in <strong>Tradate<\/strong>, and who was one of the leading figures of the Rationalist movement in <strong>Italy<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15264 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ponderosa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/155Tradate_Opening-28-ottobre-2026_Ph.-Andrea-Zendali-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ponderosa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/155Tradate_Opening-28-ottobre-2026_Ph.-Andrea-Zendali-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ponderosa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/155Tradate_Opening-28-ottobre-2026_Ph.-Andrea-Zendali-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ponderosa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/155Tradate_Opening-28-ottobre-2026_Ph.-Andrea-Zendali-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ponderosa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/155Tradate_Opening-28-ottobre-2026_Ph.-Andrea-Zendali-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ponderosa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/155Tradate_Opening-28-ottobre-2026_Ph.-Andrea-Zendali-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ponderosa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/155Tradate_Opening-28-ottobre-2026_Ph.-Andrea-Zendali-2-810x540.jpg 810w, https:\/\/ponderosa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/155Tradate_Opening-28-ottobre-2026_Ph.-Andrea-Zendali-2-1x1.jpg 1w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_5b713bbb29a8eb3c\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel md-content enable-luminous-fast-follows enable-updated-hr-color stronger\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-busy=\"false\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201c<em>When I was contacted as an expert on the work of the architect <strong>Griffini<\/strong>, I was asked to find a way to best showcase the extraordinary nature of this project. The first thing I thought was: \u2018What could be more interesting than showing the construction site of a building under restoration<\/em>?\u2019\u201d said architecture historian <strong>Massimiliano Savorra<\/strong>, curator of the <strong>Tradate<\/strong> exhibition alongside <strong>Griffini<\/strong>\u2019s granddaughter <strong>Valeria<\/strong> and <strong>Alessia Interlandi<\/strong> from <strong>+in.Circle<\/strong>, among others. \u201c<em>Architecture is very often visited once completed. This setup allows us to understand how the building was conceived and how it was brought to life.<\/em>\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Once the restoration work is completed, the former factory in the province of <strong>Varese<\/strong>\u2014which, prior to closing in the 1990s, also housed a shoe factory\u2014where the exhibition \u201c<strong><em>Enrico A. Griffini. Costruire modernamente<\/em><\/strong>\u201d (<i data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"217\">Building the Modern Way<\/i>) will remain open to the public until <strong>December 20<\/strong> (visits are available <strong>Thursday to Sunday<\/strong>, <strong>10 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/strong>, with mandatory booking via <strong>Eventbrite<\/strong>), promises to become \u201c<em>a hybrid space capable of turning into a gathering place<\/em>,\u201d to quote <strong>Titti Santini<\/strong>. It was <strong>Santini<\/strong> who chose the name <strong>Tradate 155<\/strong>, where the numbers reference <strong>11<\/strong>, a recurring number in his life. It will certainly be a multifunctional venue focused both on meeting local needs and supporting creative processes related to music and art.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Info: ponderosa.it\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>credit photo: Andrea Zendali<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>155 Tradate: A new cultural space finds a home in a former comb and shoe factory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":15259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,91,231,26,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bighome-en","category-festivals-en","category-magazine-en-2","category-magazine-en","category-music-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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