{"id":8728,"date":"2025-06-15T10:27:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T08:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturalstoneisbetter.com\/for-two-days-venice-became-the-capital-of-authentic-natural-stone\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T10:33:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T08:33:37","slug":"for-two-days-venice-became-the-capital-of-authentic-natural-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturalstoneisbetter.com\/en\/for-two-days-venice-became-the-capital-of-authentic-natural-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"For two days, Venice became the capital of authentic natural stone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The great success of the \u201cStone is\u2026\u201d Forum promoted by PNA.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cStone is\u2026 is an unfinished phrase. An open threshold onto a material that has always inhabited us, and still questions us today.\u201d With these words, scientific coordinator Raffaella Laezza opened the First International Forum on Authentic Natural Stone, promoted by PNA and held on June 12\u201313 at the IUAV University of Venice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Over the course of the two days, twelve internationally renowned guests, leading figures from disciplines that have the privilege of working with stone, shared their experiences and perspectives, each attempting to answer the Forum\u2019s central question. The result was \u201ca mapping of meanings that doesn\u2019t claim to be exhaustive, but aspires to be inspiring,\u201d in the words of PNA Network president Stefano Ghirardi.<\/div>\n

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From artisanal knowledge to art theory, from landscape-scale projects to iconic design pieces, from digital modeling to quarry management, from philosophical detours to practical consulting, stone revealed itself as a material that is \u201ctimeless\u201d yet \u201calive,\u201d both \u201ctexture\u201d and \u201cmultidimensional,\u201d \u201cmore\u201d and \u201cbetter,\u201d at once \u201ccraft\u201d and \u201ccommitment,\u201d simultaneously \u201creadymade landscape\u201d and \u201cspace making.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Or, as taught by master architect and special guest Peter Eisenman (thanked by the audience with a standing ovation) in an introspective analysis of his last major project, the City of Culture in Galicia, perhaps a single word cannot be found.<\/div>\n

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Stone is\u2026 is an unfinished phrase, and in that spirit, the conclusion of the PNA International Forum is only the beginning of a long journey of inspiration and discovery.<\/div>\n

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