{"id":14072,"date":"2025-09-04T04:29:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T21:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/hay-bales-unroll-into-trace-of-land-installation-across-alpine-terrain-in-italy\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T04:29:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T21:29:32","slug":"hay-bales-unroll-into-trace-of-land-installation-across-alpine-terrain-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/hay-bales-unroll-into-trace-of-land-installation-across-alpine-terrain-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"hay bales unroll into trace of land installation across alpine terrain in italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">ELSE Design reinterprets the hay bale as a sculptural installation<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trace of Land by ELSE Design reinterprets the hay bale as a spatial <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/interactive-installation\/\">installation<\/a><\/strong> that unfolds across the pastures of Val Badia in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-italy\/\">Italian Dolomites<\/a><\/strong>. Presented as part of SMACH 2025, the international open-air art biennale, the project transforms an agricultural object into a canopy-like structure that follows the terrain, offering places for shade, rest, and gathering.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/land-art\/\">land art<\/a><\/strong> installation takes the form of a continuous path of unfurled hay bales that move with the contours of the alpine landscape. Removed from its functional role in farming, the hay bale becomes both <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/sculpture\/\">sculptural<\/a><\/strong> and architectural, drawing attention to the relationship between human labor, tools, and the land.<\/p>\n<p>all images by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guworld.com\/_plata\/index.html\">Gustav Willeit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">Trace of Land becomes a site for reflection on land and labor<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Typically seen as iconic remnants of agrarian life, hay bales are in fact products of industrialized processes, bundled, stored, and transported by machinery. In Trace of Land, this industrial form is loosened and reshaped, creating a structure that alternates between lying on the ground and lifting lightly to form shaded passages. The result is a temporary canopy that mediates between agricultural efficiency and natural setting.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The installation by ELSE Design <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elsedesign.net\/\">Studio<\/a><\/strong> aligns with SMACH\u2019s 2025 theme, la cu, the Ladin word for whetstone, a tool used to sharpen harvesting blades, by highlighting the reciprocity between human work and landscape. Visitors are invited to walk along and beneath the structure, using rectangular bales arranged as seating to pause and reflect. As time passes, the hay will naturally decompose, returning to the soil and completing a cycle of use and renewal, reinforcing the installation\u2019s dialogue between cultivation, transformation, and the environment.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Trace of Land unfolds across the alpine pastures of Val Badia<\/p>\n<p>ELSE Design reinterprets the hay bale as a sculptural installation<\/p>\n<p>unfurled hay bales create a meandering canopy through the landscape<\/p>\n<p>the structure follows the natural contours of the alpine terrain<\/p>\n<p>the installation offers shaded spaces for gathering and reflection<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>an agricultural object is transformed into a temporary pavilion<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>rectangular bales are arranged as seating within the installation<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>hay bales, typically industrially produced, are loosened and reshaped<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>hay bales are reimagined as both architectural and sculptural elements<\/p>\n<p>sections rise lightly to create passages beneath the canopy<\/p>\n<p>the temporary canopy becomes a site for reflection on land and labor<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>project info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>name:<\/strong>\u00a0Trace of Land<\/p>\n<p><strong>architect:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elsedesign.net\/\">ELSE Design<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/design_by_else\/\">@design_by_else<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>lead designers:<\/strong> Zhifei Xu, Zimo Zhang<\/p>\n<p><strong>location:<\/strong> Val Badia, Dolomite Mountains, Italy<\/p>\n<p><strong>photographer:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guworld.com\/_plata\/index.html\">Gustav Willeit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sangu\/\">@sangu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>designboom has received this project from our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/readers-submit\">DIY submissions<\/a>\u00a0feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/readers\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>edited by: christina vergopoulou | designboom<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/art\/hay-bales-trace-land-installation-alpine-terrain-italy-else-design-09-03-2025\/\">hay bales unroll into trace of land installation across alpine terrain in italy<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/\">designboom | architecture &amp; design magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELSE Design reinterprets the hay bale as a sculptural installation \u00a0 Trace of Land by ELSE Design reinterprets the hay bale as a spatial installation that unfolds across the pastures of Val Badia in the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.7 - 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