costruire con semplicità per opporsi semplicemente al costruire
Adalberto Libera, Casa Malaparte, Capri, 1938-1943 There is no doubt that architecture, and contemporary architectural planning in particular, is an intellectual activity which, in addition to the obvious cultural education, calls for advanced technica …
diciassette declinazioni del termine semplicità
In architecture, but also in creative fields more in general, from design to photography, from cinema to literature, the term simplicity generally has a positive connotation, with a value and charge of mysticism that evokes authenticity and truth (Mari …
Sverre Fehn tra tipo uso e costruzione
Sverre Fehn between type of use and construction On 6 March the new National Museum of Architecture opened in Oslo: the work of Norwegian master Sverre Fehn, winner of the Pritzker Prize in 1997, the institution is housed by the neoclassical building t …
il decalogo per una vita più semplice – John Maeda
In a world where everything is multitasking, doing something with simplicity becomes increasingly rare and a privilege of a few. John Maeda explains how to live simply in his best selling book: ”The laws of simplicity” setting out his 10 rules of which …
stiftung insel hombroich museum
Poetic is Álvaro Siza’s idea of nature and so is his project placed into the landscape. Arriving at the Raketenstation of Insel Hombroich, first there is only the roof of the building visible. A well staged way leads the visitor through earth walls to …
yaluntzangpu river terminal
The small boat terminal is located near the small village named Pai Town in the Linzhi area of Tibet Autonomous Region. As the remotest stop along the Yaluntzangpu River, it allows both local people and travelers from outside to transport by water deep …
namchabawa visitor centre
The visitor centre is the second building designed by standardarchitecture in Tibet in 2008 after the Yaluntzangpu Boat Terminal. It is located in a small village called Pai Town in Linzhi area, southeastern part of Tibet autonomous region. The buildin …
serpentine gallery
The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009 has an overall footprint of 557 square metres. The design comprises two mirror finished aluminium plates with a 18mm plywood centre, layered in a three-dimensional shape floating on thin stainless steel columns. The …
landscaping of the tram line 1
There are forgotten places behind the different levels that time leaves and there are places that remember us. Behind the remains of the factory “La Británica” were the first walls made in the Serra Grossa. The character of this site at the foot of the …
high line
The High Line, in collaboration with Field Operations, is a new 1.5-mile long public park built on an abandoned elevated railroad stretching from the Meatpacking District to the Hudson Rail Yards in Manhattan. Inspired by the melancholic, unruly beauty …