Rome sees the birth of the first bioresin mosaic with free wi-fi and digital content

In Rome, in the Garbatella neighborhood, the capital’s first green smart wall has been realized under the sign of sustainability. It is a bioresin mosaic, made with bio-tiles and equipped with IoT technology accomplished on a 50-square-meter wall adjacent to Metro B, thanks to the collaboration between Myllennium Award and Yourban2030 together with GraffitiForSmartCity. The mosaic is entitled The Endless Growth and its author is Jordi Alessandro Bello Tabbi, winner at the Myllennium Award, MyCity section - Yourban2030 Special Award.

An urban redevelopment operation that inserts atechnological innovation in one of the city’s busiest places. A digital and zero-impact work of art capable of providing all users with a smart information point with free wi-fi connection and a range of digital content, periodically updated information and useful services for citizens. Between urban redevelopment, innovation, environment and beauty, The Endless Growth is also the first monumental bioresin photo to appear in the capital; it also carries with it a very specific message: the importance of the R Factor, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, the factor around which the future is played, the factor of sustainability and circular economy.

Author of the photo is the young Roman artist, class of ’94, Jordi Alessandro Bello Tabbi, winner of the MyCITY section of the Myllennium Award 2021, who won the creation of the work and a cash prize of 500 euros. His work, designed for the seventh edition of the Myllennium Award and titled The Endless Growth, aims to investigate the duality between natural growth and industrial, artifactual growth. A dualism told by two personifications: on the one hand, consumerism and industrial production of plastic and harmful materials, which subjugates humans, and on the other hand, nature. Both as metaphors for unstoppable growth.

Investing in the new generations by supporting them concretely: this is the purpose of the Myllennium Award, the first “generational” award in Italy dedicated to the new generation under 30, which, with the MyCITY section, rewards street art and urban regeneration and which, through the collaboration with Yourban2030, introduces innovation and issues related to the 2030 agenda. This year’s theme is R-Factor, nature’s response to climate change turns into resilience: a truth invisible to the eye, an instant that can be captured through photographic representation.

The bio-tile of which the mosaic is composed, conceived by GraffitiForSmartCity, is 100 percent biodegradable and is composed of raw materials all from renewable sources, in total respect for the environment and without the use of petroleum and derivatives.

The Endless Growth is a work promoted and financed by Myllennium Award and Yourban2030, in partnership with GraffitiForSmartCity, under the patronage of Municipio VIII and in collaboration with ATAC, which granted the use of a wall of Garbatella Station for two years and guaranteed the electrical supply for the IOT technology and lighting of the work.

Ph.Credit Giulio Cafasso

Rome sees the birth of the first bioresin mosaic with free wi-fi and digital content

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