New University Campus in Matera: LAMM among the protagonists

Inaugurated the last 19th October at the presence of the Minister of the University, Lorenzo Fioramonti, the new campus in via Lanera has been completed with the meaningful participation of LAMM, which has provided a significant contribution on different levels from the lecture hall and classrooms to the supply of multimedia systems and many furniture accessories.

 

The new campus in Matera, which houses the Department of European and Mediterranean Cultures (architecture, environment and cultural heritage), is a key element for the development of the University of Basilicate. Not surprisingly, the Dean of the university, Aurelia Sole, has pointed out that, although the campus is operational since one year, the official inauguration of the complex has been organised simultaneously with the celebrations for Matera 2019 European Capital of Culture, at the presence of the Minister of Education, University and Research, Lorenzo Fioramonti and of the most important local institutional personalities.

The campus is situated near Castello Tramontano in a composite covered structure of 14 thousand square metres with multimedia and traditional educational spaces, laboratories and research structures, the lecture hall, the library and their related services. Drawing on the 60 years of experience at an international level in the production of study benches, seating systems and turnkey installations in educational and training environments, LAMM has provided an important contribution to the project’s execution. The rather complex intervention has concerned the lecture hall, the classrooms, the supply of multimedia systems, blackboards and many furniture accessories.

More specifically, in the lecture hall, characterised by the widespread use of natural wood, many Unica armchairs (design by R&D LAMM) have been installed in the low backrest version equipped with tip-up writing tablets folding away into the arms and floor-fixing feet with semi-matt silver finish. The blue eco-leather covering and essentiality of the lines define significantly the interior design of a particularly representative space of the university.

With regard to the classrooms, two different solutions have been adopted.

The first one focuses on Q3000 study benches (design by Lucci & Orlandini) in the custom version. FSC beech plywood seats and backrests and tip-up writing tablets in beech bi-laminate complete the silver-painted metal structures. The first row benches are equipped with frontal panel in micro-perforated sheet metal. Each workstation has an object-holder rack and an electrification system. The customisation has concerned the backrests, which for the occasion have been produced in the unique version with vertical single panels. The second solution highlights the flexibility of New Modulamm chair (Orlandini Design), in the four-legged stackable version with FSC-certified beech backrest and seat and silver-painted structure, but also in the version mounted on inter-row metal beams, which allow the seat installation without drilling the floor underneath.

The latter has been supplied with FSC-certified beech backrest and seat, silver-painted structures and armrest with anti-panic movement tip-up writing tablet.

Project: UniBas – Matera Campus Lanera
Location: Matera, Italy
Year: 2019
Client: UniBas – Università della Basilicata
LAMM supply: Unica armchairs (Lecture Hall); custom Q3000 study benches; New Modulamm four-legged chairs; beam-mounted New Modulamm chairs

LAMM celebrates 60 years of business and presents the new Corporate Video

“We live in a time of great and sudden transformations in everyday life, in design, in production. We experience moments of enthusiasm and reflection. But compared to our international competitors, we are lucky enough to be deeply rooted in the ‘Made in Italy’ scene. A concept characterised by the creativity of designers, a unique culture of makers, and last but not least, a fabric of craftsmanship with entrepreneurial abilities that is unrivalled anywhere in the world and that cannot be conjured up out of nowhere: it takes generations of work.”

 

Michele Caruso
CEO of LAMM

 

LAMM celebrates 60 years of business. Many of those who work at the company today were not yet born back in 1959. And if it is true that knowledge is born of experience, this group’s strength and competitiveness can be identified in its ability to have known how to hand down this heritage over the decades, through technological and productive innovation and a design with incredible depth of identity, with the aim of being the best at interpreting the dynamics of demand and the market trends at any point in time.

The quality of LAMM’s offer and the importance of the projects it is involved in at an international level, alongside major names in architecture, are the concrete proof of a process where past and present successfully look to the future.

 

The company’s design abilities, engineering and organisation of products allow it to flexibly address the needs of architects and clients alike, offering a wide range of standard products, as well as solutions with different degrees of customisation. An approach and operational capacity which have allowed it to garner a spot at the forefront of the field of exclusive and tailor-made creations.

The entire process, from design to production, takes place in Italy. Innovation combined with the quality craftsmanship of the products, along with ergonomics, attention to detail and creativity have seen the company receive numerous international awards over the years.

In recent years, through a new corporate structure which sees the Caruso family at the helm, a process of deep evolution has begun, preserving the best of the company’s existing experience and expertise. The renewal of the production lines, streamlining of the offer, and development of a new generation of products capable of blending exclusive design and high technological content with the integration of sophisticated multimedia systems have been joined by the futuristic Floor Technology for the dynamic management of spaces by way of mechatronic devices. Seating systems which can disappear completely underneath the floor, developed and perfected by LAMM to optimise the usability of spaces. To round out the offer and specialisation in design assistance, LAMM now has a partnership with Caruso Acoustic, a highly-qualified division which deals with the production of sound-absorbing panels for acoustic comfort.

 

A journey which, through sixty years of business and hundreds of creations around the world, has become a shared heritage, capable of going beyond the form of the useful and the superfluous, helping to draw the lines of evolution for the entire sector.