November 30

L’architettura italiana è un frammento di paesaggio!

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(Text by Luca Molinari and Angelica Di Virgilio)

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Il lavoro di nove autori dell’architettura italiana contemporanea come frammenti attivi del nostro paesaggio. Questo è il punto di partenza della mostra e, in fondo, la provocazione culturale che sottende questa iniziativa.
L’architettura, con la sua presenza fisica e la sua forza iconica, diventa, ogni volta, un nuovo frammento che può contribuire, o meno, al rafforzamento e al cambiamento del territorio in cui si inserisce. Ma non solo.
L’architettura contemporanea italiana, dopo almeno tre decenni di pesanti stravolgimenti delle coste, delle campagne e delle nostre città, ha una decisiva responsabilità culturale nell’indicare alcune, potenziali, strade da seguire nella ridefinizione di un paesaggio in cerca di una diversa identità. Read more

November 30

Welcome to Espaiñ. New book by photographer Jordi Bernadó

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(All materials courtesy of ACTAR)

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Jordi Bernadó’s new photography book, Welcome to Espaiñ, recently released by Actar is an irresistible bad trip among the streets of Spain. Humourous and audacious his images get the viewer inside an unreal, or too real, spanish landscape. Fiction becomes true and reality blurs into phantasmagorical. Bernadó’s eye and acumen reveal the anecdotical in each photograph and a non-recognizable gaze of Spain comes out. It’s a different Spain. It’s Calderón de la Barca (La vida es sueño), Goya, Cervantes, Gondry…it’s an architect’s vision and pun, a great traveller’s look on his country. After portraying the most important urban settlements worldwide and being internationally featured, Bernadó hit the mark with his homeland. Read more

November 27

ExternalReference Architects @ ModaFad 2009 fashion show

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(All materials courtesy of EXTERNALREFERENCE ARCHITECTS, photos © la fotografica)

Reinventing applications for existing materials
Whenever you design an installation for a public event you have to contact materials suppliers in order to build it and, if you have no budget, the best you can do is to borrow something that you can give back in good conditions.

In our case, the company who provided the materials gained huge visibility for a very low cost. It is indeed quite easy for a Beer Brewery to lend 2500 plastic beer crates to build an installation having in return its name showcased everywhere at the event and in the media. Read more

November 26

The Ideal Theatre design competition. Honor Award to Iranian Aura team

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(Text by Maedeh Ziaei Moayyed, all images courtesy of AURA team)

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The Ideal Theater competition is created and managed by the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, that has held it for the last three years. The competition aims to involve theatre and architecture students in order to create professional theatre projects. The starting question behind the competition is, “What’s the ideal theatre for teaching and experiencing professional theatre”? As a competition rule this question is to be explored and answered by a “Team” composed of at least one theatre student, currently enrolled in a college or university theatre program, and one architecture student.
Each team member has a definite responsibility. Theatre students act as “Clients” while architecture students as “Designers”. “Clients” are responsible to teach “Designers” about the workings of aTheatre, to define the details and needs of the complex and provide at least one critique of the project design elaborated by “Designers.” It is desired that “Clients” remain active members of the design process. The design solution MUST be the result of a “Conversation” between “Clients” and “Designers”. History proves the most successful theatre design solutions have taken into account all aspects and needs of theatre production, such as artist presentation and audience interaction.
This year The Ideal Theatre Competition first award has been acknowledged to the team “Puerta DE TEATRO Group” of Escuela Tecnica Superior Arquitectura Alacala, Spain. The team members are: Javier Iglesias Sanchez (Architecture student) and Raquel Viana (Theatre student )

A honor award has been given to 2 teams from Iran and Poland.

The former, “AURA” team is:
Morteza Rahbar (Landscape Architect, Shahid Beheshti University), Omid Salighehrad (Technical High School), Ardavan Bidgoli (Architect,University of Tehran), Milad Khedmat Gozar (Architecture Associate, Islamic Azad University), Sadegh Panahi Azar (Architect, University of Tehran), Morteza Ghorbani Eftekhar (Electrical Associate, Islamic Azad University)
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Amin Ali kordi (Art postgraduate, Tarbiat Modarres University) and Nazanin Valajam (Theatre post Graduate, Tarbiat Modarres University)

The Poland team, “Bluette” fromTechnical University of Lodz, is:
Karolina Grzegorzewska, Magdalena Kotwicka (Architecture students)
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Krzysztof Lasek, Anita Naumiec (Theatre students)

Morteza Rahbar, leader of the Iranian team, has been recently interviewed by Iranian press to talk about his team and work. He said: ”We considered a site at Waterloo University, Canada. We started to design a theatre hall which could be suitable for any kind of performance or ceremony in universities, be creative in the structural building shape and efficient from the acoustics point of view. Since team members are all students, Clients didn’t expect such a professional design and the jury was interested in the architecture details and overall complex beauty. The Client request was to have a location not only for professional performing and rehearsals but also for other activities like operas, ballet, music concerts, fashion shows and professional theatre lessons.”
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November 26

What’s up in the skies of Milan…

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(All photos © Dunia Rahwan)

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November 25

Lo-Fi Architecture

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November 25

District 9 and the Dystopian Present

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(Text by Nicola Bozzi)

Before actually going to the movies to watch it, you hardly notice District 9 is not a Peter Jackson movie. His name is so boldly sported on the flyer you are easily tricked into thinking the maker of the Tolkien trilogy movies and former gore enthusiast must have moved over to another genre, this time tackling sci-fi with his signature close-ups, ever-moving camera, and post-King Kong FX spree. But the movie is no silly adult fairytale, nor an epic fantasy horseride across the green meadows of New Zealand. And, more importantly, it’s no sci-fi cliché either. At his first big shot, South-African director Neill Blomkamp (who had only made shorts before, including a prelude to the movie you can actually see below) has achieved something that – like many of his padrino’s early works – will probably go down as a cult, if not a masterpiece. Read more

November 24

House in Canobbio by Davide Macullo Architects

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(All images courtesy of Davide Macullo Architects)

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Nestled on the Alpine slopes north of Lugano, this house is characterised by a volumetric architecture that emerges from the terrain and follows the natural contour of the land. Its constructed volumes embrace the land in an organic and fluent sequence of spaces, each relating to each other and to the surrounding landscape. In order to communicate an identity and a language to the inhabitants, the project has a strong and precise form, its clearly identifiable geometric structure delimits an organised development of spaces. Carved in a clear square geometry, the spaces meet the slope and extend in a spiral, fluent movement that continuously changes the perception of the space and its relationship to the exterior, offering striking panoramic views across the hinterland and to Lake Lugano. Read more

November 23

Into the landscape, last touch

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(Text by Aresha Gul, Nataleen Daas and Maedeh Ziaei, video © Arianna Forcella)

Few final adjustment works have finally brought to completion three wooden costructions along Seljord Lake, in the Telemark district of Norway. The three structures – a sauna, an observatory deck and a shelter for fishermen on the lake shore – have been designed and built by a group of international students during a 10-days workshop led by Sami Rintala and Dagur Eggertsson in October. The event, Into the landscape, was organised by the Municipality of Seljord in cooperation with the Norwegian Theatre Academy from Østfold University, the Master of Landscape Design of Politecnico di Milano / Naba and the Master of Interior Design of NABA.

Here follows a little report by three of the participants, one for each design & construction team.

Aresha Gul at the Fisherman’s Point:

Just imagine nature all around, fresh air filled with the subtle smell of wet misty willows, the fragrance of wood penetrating into your mind and soul…. And a sea-serpent ghost hovering about.
As soon as we reached the workshop location we were told about the legend of a strange animal living in Seljord lake and often seen by local people and tourists. Of course, this story of the sea-serpent was set aside as a figment of imagination based on mere conjectures but, whatever the case maybe, we worked our structures out keeping in mind the legendary sea-serpent. In some way it was expected from us to provide some glimpse of the mysterious beast and to make one feel the magic of the place.
The Fishing Point installation seemed the simplest of the three projects, but designing it was quite tricky. The location was right on the bank of the Seljord Lake. The bank was divided into two undulating. Our job was to create a connection between those two levels so fishermen may easily move from one level to another despite the slippery bedrock steep incline between the two levels. The structure was designed in the form of a wooden bridge that acts as a shelter for fishermen. Drilling and wood cutting took a lot of time but we managed to complete the task within two days. Needless to say, it was biting cold especially by the lake and to make matters worse for those who were not used to the northern climate, it was windy too. To set up the fireplace – an essential element for enjoying the pleasure of fishing – we had to make a mortar on our own by mixing concrete and rocks taken from the site. Finally, we painted the wood so as to blend it with the natural mountain scenery. On the 9th day it was great to see our efforts transformed into matter and form; a tiny landmark left on the heart of Seljord.

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November 20

RIKEA by Marco Lampugnani and Antonio Scarponi gets honorable mention @ IABR

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(All images courtesy of Marco Lampugnani)

If you think your tiresome or broken IKEA pieces are to throw away, the potential of RIKEA project as an exemplary hybridization handbook will make you change your mind…

RIKEA is a prototype structure thought for “instant urbanization” of free market square Ballon in Turin. The project was designed by Marco Lampugnani and Antonio Scarponi together with IKEA and italcementi. It basically consists of tiles for the recognition of the merchants’ position on the public space where it is possible to install elements of the ikea ‘broder’ system in order to support temporary shelters. The re-use of the foldable sofa ’svingen’ (ikea) is adapted to realize a trolley for goods delivery. Read more

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