MM Design × Xlam Dolomiti: Kiri³ at Fuorisalone
KIRI³ makes its debut in the Cortile d'Onore of Milan's Università degli Studi: a four-metre cube in SUPERTIMBER, at the heart of one of the most significant epicentres of the Design Week. This year, Interni's theme is Materiae: matter not as surface or style, but as the very substance of the project. Starting point and destination at once. The name is already a manifesto: KIRI³ brings together Kiri (the Japanese name for the Paulownia), a sacred tree symbolising the connection between earth and sky, and the cube, geometry's third power. Material, form and meaning in a single word.
MM Design and Xlam Dolomiti did not divide their roles: they asked themselves the same question. The result is an installation in which the narrative is entrusted entirely to the material itself: no cladding, no finishes. A lattice structure with reduced thicknesses that would be impossible to achieve with any other timber. At its centre, a stylised Paulownia emerges as a sculptural element.
The protagonist is SUPERTIMBER: patented by Xlam Dolomiti in partnership with the Bruno Kessler Foundation, it exceeds 1,000 kg/m³ in density, offers mechanical strength comparable to steel, and carries a negative carbon footprint. KIRI³ is no theoretical demonstration: it is built, walkable, real.
KIRI³ | MM Design × Xlam Dolomiti
Cortile d'Onore, Università degli Studi di Milano
On 23 April, from 15:30 to 16:30, MM Design and Xlam Dolomiti open the conversation: a round table on SUPERTIMBER, sustainable design and the future of construction. Join us at the Aula di Rappresentanza del Senato Accademico, Università degli Studi di Milano.
