La torre pluralista
It has often been said that “when the spirit, the content of a work of art is lacking, the form prevails”. I have been convinced for years that this sentence faithfully mirrors, and in few words, the situation of postmodern and contemporary architectur …
The organic building
The goal of this project was to create a new typology, a vertical garden. The nine-story building’s red steel panel exterior incorporates a system of small bays with controlled irrigation and drainage that allow for plants and trees (currently over 80 …
Bahia house
Through an expressive use of varied materials, Bahia House is an experiment of architecture that connects with the cultural identity of the place where it is built. Bahia (Brazil) has a long, multi-layered physical and human history. New discoveries ta …
Pescetrullo
Is it not surprising that present-day architectural expression has not yet taken advantage of all that happened in the culture in the Fifties and Sixties of last century? Pop art, Bukowski’s “ordinary” poetry, the Beat Generation, pop and rock music ar …
Pink pavilion
Architecture, as any other human activity, needs to progress. I hope this Pink Pavilion will make us think about the urgent necessity of innovation in its many necessary guises – including, as seen here, in the matter of color, with the unexpected colo …
Ponte sullo stretto di Messina
1. The bridge with the “S“ shape to slow speed and to remember the initial of Sicily. 2. The bridge supported by 20 pillars as there are Italian Regions. 3. The pillars are large in order to accommodate everyone inside of the large exhibition and parki …
area 118 – condominium
presentazione/introduction The collective dwelling: yesterday, today, tomorrow testo Marco Casamonti editoriale/editorial In the foam of cohabitation/Peter Sloterdijk letture critiche/critical lectures City in a Box/P …
The collective dwelling: yesterday, today, tomorrow
Studio Archea, Firenze Nova Residential Complex, 2006-2010 – photo by Tommaso Bovo Any entity, institution, school, any magazine, study centre or more simply, any designer interested in analyzing the disciplinary contents that pivot on architecture can …
In the foam of cohabitation – The apartment as autogenous bubble of co-isolated existence
Those who studies the history of modern architecture in relation to the forms of life found in a mediatized society will immediately realize that the two most successful architectural innovations of the 20th century – the apartment and the sports stadi …