For Italian Design Day, the Italian Embassy in Senegal hosted the presentation of Monolyto, an innovative building system patented in Italy and made in Dakar.
In Senegal, the 6th edition of Italian Design Day – an event promoted by the Italian Foreign Ministry that promotes Italian design worldwide – offered the opportunity to present ‘’Monolyto’’, a recycled plastic structure that replaces cement bricks.
Manufactured in the region of Dakar from an Italian patent registered by the developer Maddalena Martigli, “Monolyto” represents a sustainable and innovative solution that reduces the carbon footprint thanks to a product that is lighter and more solid than traditional bricks.
On opening the event, the Italian Ambassador to Senegal, Giovanni Umberto De Vito, underscored the “importance of this event in Senegal, our partner and privileged friend in West Africa”.
He said: “It is a great honor to count on the presence of members of the Italian and Senegalese Governments at this event, which highlights the creativity of our enterprises, applied to a dynamic economic sector whose potential can be strongly boosted through bilateral cooperation”.
The presentation was part of the initiatives for the 2022 Italian Design Day, dedicated to “Regeneration. Design and New Technologies for a Sustainable Development”. The event convened more than 70 institutional and business representatives, designers, and NGOs, both Senegalese and Italian, at the Comptoir Commercial du Senegal.
As announced during the presentation, Monolyto was chosen to build the new vocational training center in Thies. The new training center was presented by Elena Bonometti, CEO of the NGO Tostan.
The Italian Undersecretary for Ecological Transition, Ilaria Fontana and the Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Urbanization of Senegal, Abass Ndiaye, also attended the event.
“Reusing, repairing, renewing, and recycling existing materials and products is a necessity that goes in parallel with the development of new materials, and with an ever-tighter cooperation between designers and producers,” said Undersecretary Fontana.
